No, It’s not some rare speech impedement. It’s actually a shortened version of National Novel Writing Month. Ands it’s pretty amazeballs!
It’s the epic challenge (and God only knows that I love a challenge!) to complete a 50,000 word novel in a month. The month of November in fact. It’s even worldwide so it’s not actually National. It should be called the International Novel Writing Month in November.
InternaNoWriMoInNo.
Doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, does it?
Anyway, during this month I hope to smash out 50,000 word for the seconnd novel in a murder mystery series that I’m writing. I’ve already mostly written book 1, so book 2 will be the Empire Strikes Back to my New Hope. The plan is to get 3 books written by the New Year and release them like squirrels into the wild, in February sometime.
Just to warn you, these books are nowhere near the childish toilet humour of my regular non-fiction. They are all out dark mystery for the young adult reader.
Expect murders.
Expect violence.
Expect unexpected twists and turns.
I’m certain that it’s not what my audience on my jondoolan.com website and Raise Them Wild podcast would be interested in AT ALL.
Unless you’re out camping with the wee little nippers, they’ve dropped off and you want some creepy escapism on a dark night. Entirely up to you.
But I wanted to try a bit of fiction anyway. I’m facing all sorts of other barriers though. Plot. Characterisation. Describing things that aren’t actually real. You know. What proper writers do! It’s going to be a hard slog.
So please think of me over the next month as I slave away in my den (AKA the dining room table) trying to bosh out 50,000 words. In fact, if you fancy joining me, I’d love to know that I’m not alone on this endeavour.
Best wishes in your adventures (be they real or imagined). Keep adventuring!