I DID IT!

I finished my frist novel!  I am so sorry that I haven’t been baking or posting much over the past month, but I have been busy putting into motion a 10 year dream.  I have wanted to write my novel ever since 1998 and I have finally done it.  I was scared to death, and I am quite sure that my novel is total crap that no one will ever read, but I did it. 

Dreams are a wonderful thing, they keep us going and give us something to live for.  What dreams do you need to put in motion today?  I encourage you to do it.  I didn’t think I could write a whole chapter let alone 100 pages.  I also didn’t think that I could write dialogue, but I did.  You can do it too.  Take a hold of your dreams today and work for what you want.

Recipes and baking pictures to come later this week.  DD and I are gearing up for a month-long baking freenzy!

What Have I Done? – NaNo WriMo

I think I have really lost it this time.  I did it really before I even knew what I was doing, or thought about it, or really contemplated what I was doing.  I signed up over on the NaNo WriMo Website to write a novel in a month.  Am I crazy?  Yes, most likely.  But I am also doing something I have promised myself I will do in this lifetime, and well, I really am not getting any younger.

So, before this very year is out I am going to write a novel.  I have no idea what I am writing about, or who my characters are, or even where my book will take place, but I will figure that all out in the next 8 days.  In fact, that is about all I will be doing for the next 8 days.  I am going to put my reading aside I think, and concentrate on gearing up for the actual writing.  I have no idea where this will lead, and most likely it will be no where.  But I would like to finally say, you know, I did really try this one time to write a novel and found that it is not for me.  Instead of spending the next how-ever many years I have wondering if I could write a novel.

How about you?  Ever wanted to write the Great American Novel?  Why not give it a try yourself. . . join me in this craziness and let me know if you are going to give it a try.  I would love to procrastinate by encouraging others along in the journey!