I must be a bit of a silly girl because not only am I currently participating in the Nano challenge but I’ve also decided to Sweat with Sven.

Sven is very nano-like only over a longer period of time (Nov 10-late January) with a larger word count.  However….dramatic pause….that word count equates to ½ the daily requirement than what Nano is asking of me. The other thing about Sven that I like is that I can use a work in progress I don’t have to start from scratch.  I like that a great deal because I have a story I’m working on right now that I really want to continue to focus on.

So for Sven I’m going to be working on the second in my “Memoirs” series.  The first, titled “Memoirs of a Lifelong Bachelor”, is complete. I’ll post a summary and some excerpts here to get all caught up.  The follow-up is “Memoirs of a Self Imposed Singleton” and I’ve currently got two chapters done.  So picking up early in the game on that one will hopefully help me get through it at a greater clip (perhaps).  There will be a third as well, not yet titled, to tie them all up.

I’m loving Nano and all the friends I’ve made there and through Twitter so I’m definitely going to stay on. I have no intention of stopping my attempts for a positive outcome there at all.  In fact even though I doubt sincerely I’ll be getting the 50K “win” I believe I’ll be a winner by achieving some self-set goals.  Mainly, I really wanted to use that challenge as a way to get myself into a routine where I write daily and so far I’ve been pretty successful at that.

I will admit though, that the pace is a bit too aggressive for me.  I think Sven will be better suited to my style given the fact that it spans a greater amount of time and the word count requirements don’t to seem to be as aggressive on a per day basis.  With Sven I don’t think I’ll feel like I’m in a race to compete for numbers rather I’ll be in a situation where I’m more relaxed and can also focus on quality.

I’m excited!  Can’t wait to get working on this new challenge!