To NaNo or not to Nano?

Decisions decisions!

Why am I even contemplating this? I’ve spent the last six months moaning about the shackles of my OU course and now I’m considering putting myself through the trials and tribulations of NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month. Actually, I am a little further along the path than just considering - I am registered and playing with an idea, vaguely gearing myself up for when it starts on November 1st.

I’ve never done it before and actually know very little about it. They have a very professional website but frankly, all the ra-ra-ra-cliquey-club-forum approach is a turn off; I’m far too cynical for these things, which was possibly my downfall as far as the OU course was concerned. I hate groups and clubs (be they realtime or somewhere in the ether) which are founded on the premise of self congratulation and sycophantic praise.

To be fair, online groups are the worst, where posters have special signatures with rows of kisses and smiley faces and have bizarre conversations about sharing chocolate and wine because they are the only people in the world who are in front of their computers at midnight. Woo hoo! IT’S THE INTERNET FOR GOD’S SAKE!! YOU CAN’T SHARE FOOD OR DRINK AND BEING UP AT MIDNIGHT DOES NOT MAKE YOU A TORTURED ARTIST!

Ahem, sorry…I never realised I felt quite so strongly about that until I started writing.So anyway, I will make my NaNoWriMo decision this weekend.

My cat likes Question Time

OK, strictly speaking this is not a writing-related post but nevertheless, worth a mention. I just watched her wake up, stretch, realise the TV was on, obviously twig that it was Question Time and then settle to watch intently. You can’t beat a socially aware moggie.