I’m on my third day of writing my next book in this National Novel Write Month contest. This will be the 67th book I’ve written. I’ve entered this writing procedure 12 times and made it over the 50,000 words mark by the end of the month ten of those times. Actually, this isn’t a contest, but a way of encouraging myself to write and finish my next book.

Out of the 12 times, I didn’t complete the challenge to write the 50,000 words twice. One of those times was the first time. I didn’t work at getting the story done in a speedy fashion and with a holiday which was a day I didn’t get any writing done I didn’t finish by the last day of November. However, I did go ahead and finish the book in December and published it. The second time was three years ago when I didn’t even have a chance to start the book before my computer was unhooked, waiting for our new living room to be built. It was in March of the next year when I was able to hook my computer back up.

Once the contest is over, I take the month of December to edit the book and by January I’m ready to put the book in Amazon and Barnes and Noble in large print as well as twelve font and into nook and kindle for the ereaders. The concentration on these books makes the winter go by faster which please me.

A tally of how many words I’ve written over the years is on my first page – 522,878. Each time I have reached the 50,000 words goal, I receive a trophy to paste in the front of my book. If you read any of my books, you will find that trophy and a statement from the website management.

This book is the next in the series of Nurse Hal Among The Amish books. The title is Joy’s Barn Wedding. More later when I’ve finished the project.