Prepping for National Novel Writing Month

Welp, it looks like I'm all prepped for NaNo! I've got my novel registered on the site (not required to participate), and I even drew a cover for it! (I'm not a very good artist, so it's not that great but I mean, I do what I can.)

I'm really stoked for this, I really want to finish this novel. You know how good that would be for my condifence as a writer? But in order to be able to do that, I've got to do a lot of schoolwork in the next couple of weeks. Just this week, I'll have an exam on Tuesday, a paper due Wednesday, a paper due Thursday, and a paper due Friday. (Here's hoping I still feel like writing a novel after all that.) I'm confident right now, and I'm praying that'll last through the month and keep me motivated.

Motivation--or rather, the lack thereof--is my worst enemy sometimes. That's why I haven't finished any of my other novels yet, that's why I'm not relentlessly contacting publishers and that's probably why my books aren't in stores and libraries yet.

This year, that will change.

I'm deciding that if I'm serious about this writing thing, which I am, I need to make it more of a priority, and not just a hobby. That means I'll be writing and publishing more articles in the future, and I'll be working on my novels like nobody's business.

Woo!

Well, now that I'm properly pumped up, I'm going to go listen to peppy music and try to knock out one of those papers.

Love Always,

Kristin