So I’ve committed to the insanity otherwise known as NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. Each November, over 100,000 participants around the world attempt to write a novel in 30 days.  The goal is 50,000 words (approximately 175 pages).  If I write every day of November, that comes out to 1,667 words, or 6 pages, per day.  I’ve never written anything remotely close — even in grad school, even when finishing my thesis.  But what the heck…

The thing is, I’m not writing a novel. I’m writing a memoir, which I committed to finishing this year in some god-forsaken previous blog post.  So according to the NaNo forums, I’m a NanoRebel… yeah, I like that.  They even gave us a special logo.

The official time starts in T minus 2 hours.  Here goes…