I'm participating in NaNoWriMo!

This is about 4 days late, considering, well, I'm already 4 days into NaNo and at about 8000 words. But, hey, better late than never.

So one thing I've always wanted to do was participate in National Novel Writing Month. It's always been kind of this cool concept that people can do this thing.

Having already finished 2 blog challenges (I know, I know, the second one took me half a year) and one game jam (which was about five days) I figure my next big thing should be NaNoWriMo.

Which might mean that 1700 words in fiction on top of extra blogging work might be a little too much to handle. If blog posts slow down in November (even though I usually only post about one a month) I do apologize, but it is because I'm doing something worthwhile.

But to answer some other questions:

Does that mean I'll publish my novel once it's finished (if it gets finished)?

A big maybe. Publishers are especially weary during the December/January months precisely because of NaNo. Any first draft written in just a month is usually not a masterwork and I spent years on a book only to have to turn out kind of shitty anyway.

So official big publishers are probably out.

Buuuut if I'm up to editing it, releasing the novel on Fiction Press, Wattpad, as a standalone document, hell, even going through the hassle of publishing it on Kindle as a free piece? That might be more on the cards.

Will there be updates on my progress during November?

My personal Facebook page has it, but no. I will post a piece at the end of November with a graph of my progress, along with my thoughts on the whole experience.

You'll just have to wait until then.

Can I even do this, seeing as the last 30 Day Blog Challenge took ages?

The tricky thing about the blog challenge is finding engaging topics. On my best day it's already hard to do that. I didn't just want to repeat the same stuff I usually write and that's why it took so long. But I was determined to finish it, and I did finish it. My November is surprisingly clear, so this is a pretty do-able challenge. Plus, I'm already far ahead of where I need to be, just in case life happens.

So that's all I have to say. Wish me luck, and I hope you have a fantastic November, and an even better December.

Until then.