This year’s NaNoWriMo felt more difficult. I guess each year’s challenge to write a 50K word novel in 30 days brings, well, new challenges. The beginning of the month found my family and I taking care of our tiny relative. She was 2 months old and delicious to cuddle for the time we had her. Then, of course, Thanksgiving. The thing I was the most thankful for this year was that I didn’t have to cook anything for Thanksgiving. I didn’t even have to clean house since we weren’t hosting. So that wasn’t too much of a distraction from writing. Right after Thanksgiving my parents and kids and I took an RV trip to the beach. So the last few days of Nano were spent trying to squeeze in words where I could. The RV park did not have Wifi so I used my cell phone’s hotspot, validated my 50,059 words and did the happy dance. I made it happen again! I do not love this story the same way I love The Home (my Nano 2014). Or maybe I love it differently.

My plan now? To get some serious editing done on The Home, which my Aunt Eileen has read and graciously offered to help me edit. She is sharing her expertise (my word, not hers) as I try and turn it into something I MAY consider sending to a publisher.