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Apologies and NaNoWriMo

Hi everyone,

First off, I need to apologies again for not having any posts up this past month. October was a pretty busy month for me between work and personal things and it got to be too much for me to try to read and write good reviews for you. I've never been diagnosed with depression but I have no other way to describe how I felt last month, even though I know I get a little down whenever winter starts to arrive. So I decided to take a little break for myself and focus on getting other things done before coming back to this blog. I hope you all weren't too disappointed and will understand.

Now that it's November, that means NaNoWriMo has begun!

For those of you who don't know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It's a month long challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days and it has grown from just a few people in California to an annual international  event. I've participated several times, "winning" twice, and have decided to give it another go this year.

Last year I got the word count but I never really focused on a single story, instead using posts from an online RPG and a fantasy I've been trying to write, in order to get the word count. This year, I want to try to focus on the actual novel idea (though I may include blog posts and notes in the count if I get desperate).

I do plan on getting up reviews again this month, so please be on the lookout for those. Otherwise, I hope you will consider joining me for NaNoWriMo and all it's mayhem.

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