Entry for 31st January, 2008

Welcome to the Blog of the Kindly Cuppa
40 Cups of Tea With 40 Friends
is my goal in life.
And it must be done before 10th July.
Click here to find out why.
If you would like to be my friend and earn a QCT (Qualifying Cup of Tea) then let me know.
No. of QCTs to date: 4
I'm afraid that the idea of writing a novel in 31 days has not gone away. I have even bought a kit from the nanowrimo people that gives you advice on how to do it.
I haven't yet broached the subject with my Sgnificant Other. I have some fear about her response.
I don't suppose any of you lot fancy trying it at the same time do you? Then we could be a support network, and could e-mail each other for advice and sympathy. I imagine that, even as you are reading this, you are thinking to yourself "Ooooooh I like the thought of this. A novel? could I really do it?" Go on! take the plunge. What else were you thinking of doing in March!
Here are the rules. Sorry. What I meant to say of course is: here are what the rules would be if I was stupid enough to take on such a ridculous project, which I'm not, that would just be silly, but here's the rules anyway, just as an academic exercise you understand -
1. Between 1st March and 31st March you write the first draft of a new novel.
2. It should be at least 50,000 words long (about 175 standard pages).
3. Quality does not matter - it is the production of a first draft that is the goal. 50,000 words - good, bad or indifferent - or pay the price.
Go on. You know you want to. Can't you see the hippopotamus on the lawn?