Alright Already

So after a month-long hiatus, I'm back to blogging. I know all four of you out there have been really missing me, but I have an exceptional excuse: in the month of November, I wrote a book. That's right, I signed up for National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo to us insiders, and in 30 days I was tasked with writing 50,000 words.

I can't tell you how many people asked me what I would win if I completed the book in the allotted time. I've received more blank looks than I can count when I attempted to explain that writing a book is the prize. Well, that....AND this:







Yup, it's an icon. It's alright to be jealous.

There is one problem with writing a book in a month though, which is that for 30 days, you've been valuing quantity over quality. So now I have 50,000 words, 30,000 of which probably need to be rethought. But at the advice of other, more experienced NaNoWriMoers, I'm taking a breather from the process. Maybe in January I can take another look at what I've written and, with fresh eyes, start the onerous editing process.

In the meantime, I'm just going to be blogging. And I have to admit--it's good to be back.