writing contests

Summer is upon us, or so the calendar says (it's a matter of opinion in some regions that don't have much summer-like weather at present). Be that as it may, on July 1, veterans of NaNoWriMo and newcomers seeking a different kind of challenge commit to a writing project for the month of July...

The month is nearly 5 hours old here and I haven't even registered my novel yet (will attend to that later today). Once again it's time to write x number of thousands of words in 30 days. I'm probably going to aim for 15,000 but will hopefully get closer to 20,000. Murphy's Law has thrown a...