November is for...

Depending on who you ask, November means different things. Ask the motor-sport fans (like hubby) and they say its the end of the season and when the V8 championship gets entertaining. Ask the horse-racing fans and they say Melbourne cup and Spring Racing Carnival. Ask a Generation Y, and they'll say Christmas Parties - I have four Christmas party invites for November because December is too busy.

But if you ask a writer they say NaNoWrMo - National Novel Writing Month. Described as thirty days and nights of literary abandon it challenges writers to produce 50 000 words in 30 days in November. I've never managed the 50 000 words, probably because I've got a huge dose of edit-while-I-write-itis. But I love the challenge and it brings writers together - one of our local coffee chains sets aside tables for NaNo participants.

Are you doing NaNoWrMo this month? If so I wish you BICHOKAW (bottom in chair, hands on keyboard and write).

June Book in a Month

It's been a bit quiet on the Bootcamper blog this month as a fair number of us are participating in the June Book in a Month Challenge. The idea started with National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWrMo as its known, held in November every year.

Those of us down under decided Winter would be a much better time to hold a novel writing challenge and decided on June. Brisbane has turned on a selection of fine days for our challenge, with cold clear nights just perfect for using the laptop, while snuggled under a home made quilt with a hot chocolate (we don't own a heater up here in the Sunshine State).

So how are we doing so far? Pretty good, wouldn't you agree team? We're all working through individual goals, rather than the stock standard 50000 word count. And most of us are on track to meet our targets.

Wish us luck.

Book in a Month Challenge

Here at Bootcamp, we are a third of the way through our October Book in a Month Challenge and the word counts are starting to add up.

If you’re interested in trying to write a book in a month, November is National Novel Writing Month and you can register on the NaNoWrMo website http://www.nanowrimo.org/.

The Romance Writers of Australia also have a group dedicated to writing 50K in 30 days http://writeinjune.blogspot.com/. They participate in NaNoWrMo and also run a June challenge, taking advantage of cosying up next to the heater in the Australian winter.

 So if you want to try turning off your internal editor and writing to a deadline, the book in a month challenge is the one for you.