For many years,I happily participated in National Novel Writing Month, popularly known as NaNoWriMo. This was the chaotic adventure of writing a 50,000-word novel in 30 days, which meant a minimum of 1,665 words per day (or doubling up the next day if you skipped a day).
There was something satisfying about watching one's word count ratchet up...
...until you reached that final tally and crossed the finish line.
Sadly, NaNoWriMo is no more. Apparently the organization was having some legal as well as financial troubles. Those of us who were registered on the site received an email in late March or early April that the whole thing was shutting down. Just now I logged onto the NaNoWriMo website, and this is what I saw:
But the methodology lives on. I just sent in the proposal (synopsis + 3 chapters) for my next Amish romance to my agent, and immediately started writing my daily NaNoWriMo-esque word count so I could complete the story in a timely manner.
I'm sorry the official organization is now closed, but I'm grateful to have participated during their heyday.
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