Welcome!

This is the launch of the MaNoWriMo blog. Inspired by the real thing NaNoWriMo, but not wanting to wait until November a few of us have decided to challenge ourselves to write a novel in the month of May.

We'll keep track of word count or whatever your goal may be in the Comments section. The first order of business is to state your goal. I'll start by putting mine in the Comments below.

I'll also offer a few tips I learned last year in my first NaNoWriMo:

• Some advance character sketches may be helpful
• Chris Baty's book "No Plot, No Problem" is awesome! He is the creator of NaNoWriMo.
• A handy list of names of potential characters can save you some time. When a new character pops into the story, it's nice to not have to spend valuable minutes (hours?) pondering what to name him.

Let's Write!!