NaNoWriMo: Bah humbug

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AAARRGHH, why does NaNoWriMo have to be in November? That's pretty much an impossible month for students and academics. Also, why do I suddenly have a spanking first line in my head now*, when I most assuredly don't have the time to do anything with it?

Oh well. Good luck to everyone on the f-list who's buckling down and making the attempt. I don't think I ever will.

* For the curious: Jonathan first realized they were different from other children on the day they went to see the woolly mammoth calf at the zoo. And yes, I do have a plot to go with it, sort of.

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Oh, I know! If NaNo were in the summer, I could at least *try* to do it concurrently with my (still nonexistent) dissertation. But with teaching and grading and at least feeling guilty about said dissertation (guilt is very arduous work), there's no way.

Really, why not July or something?