NaNoWriMo Fail
November 20th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
While I started off with great intentions to complete the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) contest and complete a 50,000 word novel in a month, I am not going to be able to complete it. The first day I got about 3,500 words written and was well on my way to my goal. However, events in the very first week conspired against me and I began to fall farther and farther behind. By the end of the first week it was clear that I wasn’t going to make it.
That being said it was not a total bust. For some time I have been blogging on a work related blog called The Crime Analyst’s Blog. I have been fortunate enough to get some attention from a couple of prominent bloggers who blog on crime analysis or criminal justice issues. As I have continued to blog, my blog statistics have continued to grow. A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by a crime and criminal justice website and offered an opportunity to become a regular contributor and write articles for their site The Crime Map.
There is an old adage that says “write what you know”. With 19 years in law enforcement I suppose it’s only fitting that I take that advice. I posted my first article for The Crime Map here. It’s exciting for me as I love to write and want to be able to do more than just annoy my friends on Facebook with my rants.
While I’ll chalk this year’s NaNoWriMo up as a loss, the new contributor gig goes in the win column.
Cheers,
Scott D
