{"id":2188,"date":"2012-11-01T20:02:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T19:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/?p=2188"},"modified":"2012-11-01T20:05:05","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T19:05:05","slug":"the-write-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/2012\/11\/01\/the-write-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer&#8217;s End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/ravenfamily.org\/sam\/avatars\/penink.jpg\" alt=\"avatar\" title=\"Going for the finish, this year.\">It&#8217;s November. I love autumn, and the November weather is always an exciting mix of cold, sharp, crisp sunny days filled with spectacular colour; wet, dismal weeks of heavy mists, mizzle and downpours; and the odd freeze bringing snow, ice and cold-hurty fingers and knees because I&#8217;ve stupidly opted for cycling mitts and shorts. The changeable weather traditionally has matched how I feel about this time of year. Much as I love the season, and birthdays, and the way the cooler temperatures mean I can train harder, for some reason life usually chooses this time of year to throw various crises at me, so I don&#8217;t get to enjoy it as much as I&#8217;d like to.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve attempted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\">NaNoWriMo<\/a> twice, and failed each time as life has got in the way. I didn&#8217;t bother in 2010 because things got squirelly before I got as far as making the commitment. I didn&#8217;t bother last year, either. I had just changed job and packed up to move a couple of hundred miles north. I did not have time or mental space to think about trying to write 50,000 words in a month.<\/p>\n<p>It has, however, been a pretty good year. It has had its ups and downs, as all years do, but the positives outweigh the negatives and we&#8217;re in a reasonably good place. As superstitious as I am about my birth month, I think I&#8217;m going to be brave.<\/p>\n<p>Writing a book in a month isn&#8217;t brave. No. A little crazy, maybe, but not brave. No, I&#8217;m going to be brave by assuming I can make it this year: that whatever life chooses to throw at me I can get through it without it throwing me completely off track.<\/p>\n<p>And I actually like my working title, which is a first. So this month, as well as the short stories I&#8217;m working on with deadlines in the next few weeks, I&#8217;ll be attempting to complete NaNoWriMo. If you want to add me as a writing buddy my name there is (as always) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\/en\/participants\/ravenbait\">Ravenbait<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Participant-180x180-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Participant-180x180-2.jpg\" alt=\"NaNoWriMo\" title=\"NaNoWriMo\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Participant-180x180-2.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Participant-180x180-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s November. 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