Nanowrimo 2012

It's that time of year again. I'm participating in National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as Nanowrimo. During the month of November, I will be attempting to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. It's my 7th year participating. Lucky seven, I hope!

If any of you want to be writing buddies, I would love to join you in the insanity. My username is Rhov.

If you have a novel you want to work on and think a competition like this is a good excuse to focus on it, it's not too late to join in. It's lots of fun, especially if you get really involved, meet up with local writers at write-ins, and make acquaintance with the people in your region through the forums. Sometimes I write so much in the forums that I get too distracted from my novel.

So please excuse me as I take a break from writing fanfiction during this month. Random one-shots might spring out from my over-worked Muse, but otherwise my life is focused around my novel. It's called Trombones Are Blue, about a girl with synesthesia, a condition I have where I hear colors and see sounds. In my story, her way of experiencing the world causes her to be bullied and outcast. Still, she struggles on and in defiance of the kaleidoscopic chaos, she joins the school band. Although petite, she wants to play the trombone (which I play) because "trombones are blue."


Rough concept of a book cover.