I have no fancy stats for you today. Only an apology that I haven’t continued to update you on my novel writing progress.

Essentially, my week  two word count total looked like this:

Days 8-13 = 0

Day 14 = 1000

And my week three word count total looked like this:

Day 15 = 2000

Day 16 = 1760

Days 17 -21 = 0

On November 22, I should have been at 36,667 words. I was at 19,257. In the latest NaNoWriMo pep talk I’m part of the 3rd NaNo Writer group. The “Go On Without Me” group.

I could rattle off a list the length of my arm with excuses, but I won’t bore you with the details. Yes, I had a lot to do this month and yes I chose to spend it doing things other than writing this novel (because there was writing involved, but I digress).  We all have busy lives and it’s how we “chose” to spend our time that matters.

So on November 23, just before I went to bed I checked out a few of my friends NaNoWriMo stats. Two of them had already met the 50,000 word goal. A little purple banner was next to their names with brilliant white text that read “Winner”.

I wanted one.

So I got up the next morning and wrote 2,438 words. Yesterday I wrote 3,742 words.

According to a bunch of word count calculators, I have to write just under 5,000 words for the next 5 days to win.

I’m calling all of my bosses (because I have multiple jobs) and asking if I can push back a couple of deadlines. Some I can’t, but some I can.

I’m hopeful that I can do it, even though I’m asking myself to write half of a novel in 5 days.

We’ll chat on Tuesday, December 1st, and you’ll find out if I made it or if everyone went on without me