November marks National Novel Writing Month and National Blog Posting Month.

I’m thinking about going for broke — writing both a novel and posting about writing the novel as I go.

Fuck it. I’m gonna do it. What is there to lose?

OR…what about this doozy…write the novel as blog posts! Could you imagine having your first draft totally out there? It’s like exposing dirty underwear! LOVE it. (Though let me be clear that my underwear is stark white, and even in its constant pristine state, I would never expose it.)

That’s the ticket. I’m going to do that bad boy.

Thank God Script Frenzy, when we all blow the wad writing a screenplay, is in April.

Still working away at the novel that has now consumed nearly all my silent thoughts and most of my written ones too. As they say in writing form follows function, and while I am keeping with lots of those tried and true storytelling principals, I’m breaking away from some as well.

So the novel is one story told three different ways, and I’m on the tail end of plotting the first way. Goal for the day? Have a good, solid plot outlined. Wish me luck.

So far everything I’ve written has been on legal pads with a very wonderful Papermate Flexigrip pen. In many ways the act of writing is much like playing the piano (something I used to do very well in a former life). It’s so much easier for ideas to flow when your instrument feels right.

And Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!