Remember how I was participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Yeah…that didn’t so much happen. Apparently my body thought November was a really bad month to be writing a novel. I was sick the first two days of the month. Then I got better. Then I was sick again the entire second week (and part of the third). Then I got better. Then, right after Thanksgiving I got sick AGAIN.
I am certain that if I can heal fully from one illness before being exposed to another, my little immune system will be better equipped. Maybe I should just quarantine myself for a month. I am sure my boss would love that.
So, with all the sickness, I definitely did not get Darken all written last month. And you know what? I am not upset about that at all. The whole point of NaNoWriMo is for writers to prove to themselves that they can write a (nearly) novel length piece of work. I already know I can do that. I have before, and I will again. I have written a novel in a month before-it is an intense, exciting experience. But I don’t need that to get a book done.
I would have rather been healthy and writing during the month of November, but I will not beat myself up for not making my goal. Sometimes life happens and we just have to roll with it.
