Why don’t you leave a comment?

I have one question: Why don’t you leave a comment?

I’m wondering if my readers who don’t leave comments are put off by having to sign in with their screen name and their email address? This is for my blog’s security, not for information gathering. I don’t sell your information, nor do I have any wicked plans for it. Please rest assured that when you fill in any information requested it is just WordPress’s way of making sure you are not a s p a m m e r. Together, WordPress and WordPress’s bloggers (I being one) work to keep it fun. Anyone with questionable intentions is rightfully blocked with an accuracy rate of 99.88%, but we (WordPress and WordPress bloggers) don’t have any evil intentions for our readers.

Just so you know. 🙂

I look forward to reading your legitimate comments!

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂

PS: Watch for more fun content coming right up! Next is an author interview.

my NaNoWriMo updates

Just a quick note to you —

I DO intend to participate in NaNoWriMo this month. So far, in case you didn’t notice, here on my blog I have set up a new page called NaNoWriMo Updates (2012) where you can track my progress – which is, so far, not progressing. But I have not given up yet. Last year I didn’t get going until day 7, and that was a slow start with a low count of words. The result was not a NaNo win, but it was not a total disappointment to me because I did add to my novel. I’m hoping to do better this year.

Just so you know … in case you are interested.

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂

NaNoWriMo – am I crazy to try it again?

It’s National Novel Writing Month again! And the question is:

Am I crazy to try it again?

Let’s see …

reading reading reading, reviews, interviews, Caregiving, two homes to keep up, other family concerns, blog posts, emails, more writing …

sounds like a year ago this time! Only it’s more stressful as time goes on.

NaNoWriMo should either keep me going forward or push me over the edge of sound mind.

I do have this novel I want to finish. I started it in NaNo 2010, at 50265 words I put it away for a year; in 2011 I picked up where I left off, at 32150 words I put it away for another year. (You can see that info on my NaNo pages update here and here.) It would be exciting to write my way to a great ending this time. The characters haven’t revealed to me how that ending will transpire, but it was all starting to come together to the resolving of a few critical issues leading to it.

All year the story and characters have been playing on my mind – not enough to write more but enough to keep it alive in my memory. I think it is a story waiting to be told.

So, what do YOU think? Am I crazy to try it again? (I’m nodding YES!)

Should I do it anyway? (I’m nodding YES!)

Will I do it? (I’m nodding YES!)

Will you join me? OR will you support me? I am going to keep track here on my blog again, the same as I did the previous two times. Hopefully, I will have something good to report each day. I have installed two fun NaNoWriMo widgets on the right side of this page so you can watch my progress (of lack of) through this month.

Wish me well?

(Now I’m excited! even with 0 words for day one. 🙂 )

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂