November. Sometimes quite a dreary month. Dank, drizzly, dark. I love all those D words. Lots of things happen in November. We often see mustaches growing, there are Christmas craft fairs (most years), and crazy people around the world hunker down in front of their laptops to write a novel. Yes, November is National Novel Writing Month. Your chance to sign up to put down 50,000 words on paper (in a Word file?), producing the great … novel. It takes no preparation, no editing, and if you can write 1,667 words a day, you write a 50,000 word novel in a month. No problem. So if you need a challenge (and making it through 2 courses in 10 weeks isn’t enough of one), head to nanowrimo.org to sign up. You’ll get help tracking your progress, setting milestones, and you’ll be able to participate in events designed to make sure you finish your novel. So it’s already the 10th. Tomorrow is a holiday (you’ll only need to write 16,670 extra words)! Get writing!