Greetings from New Jersey! We drove up this morning to visit with family this weekend. This has always been my excuse to not go shopping on Black Friday — not that I need an excuse.

NaNo isn’t happening for me this year. I’ve been tracking my progress for every writing session, but I’m nowhere near my re-calibrated goal of 12,000 words written this month.

Luckily, I’ve fallen into a decent rhythm of writing about 500 words each session. So basically, it took me three weeks to find my rhythm. Now that I have I’m focused more on maintaining it and trying to tick upwards towards the 800-1,000 word range per writing session.

My goal now has little to do with NaNo. I just want to keep writing at a solid clip. I also need to complete my read-throughs for WoEM, so I’m aiming to complete that by the end of the year.

Writing Goals for 12/1: Write 4,000 words to finish out NaNo strong

Also read through one chapter of WoEM

Happy Thanksgiving weekend! I hope it’s filled with family, friends, and leftovers.

Steve D