NaNoWriMo, Writing and Blogging

Once again I'm going to participate in the event known as NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. The challenge is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. That works out to 1,667 words a day, every day ,for the course of the month.

I did it in 2009 and it was awesome. It started me on the path to becoming a professional writer. Not that I'm making tons of money, but since successfully completing NaNoWriMo I have published an article, a book and become a contributing writer for a content providing company. So I make my living by writing. That's pretty cool.

This year I'm upping the ante, so to speak. I'm going to continue writing for my day job (about 2,000 words a day) plus I'm going to try to get a non-fiction book drafted by the end of the year (goal of 1,000 words a day) and I want to edit a previously written work to be ready for eBook publishing by November 11th. On top of that I want to write another 1,667 words a day on a fiction book that's been trapped in by brain since the summer of 2010. I'm not sure what will give out first, my brain, my fingers or my keyboard.

I may be a bit less prolific in my writing here, but just know it's for a good cause.

Are you going to NaNoWriMo? What motivates you to write?

Mobile Blogging

This post is coming to you from my mobile phone (a Samsung Epic 4G). I'll make the short point that we need to consider how we can use all means and technology to communicate. I can post a blog from my phone, how can I preach with these tools?

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Earn the Right to Make Long Posts

On a blog about preaching I feel the need to talk about blogging for a moment. Blogs are, in essence, a bunch of people shouting to see who can be heard. Some blogs have a huge following, while others have nary a reader. While there are many differences, one of them is the length of the posts. I won't read a long post if it's not from someone who has earned the right to make those long posts.

I don't know if my blog is there yet, so I'll keep this short.