Deborah Ng Oh yes. It’s November. All the writing blogs and forums are abuzz with NaNoWriMo talk, which is why I’m steering clear. Yes, I’m a NaNoWriMo grinch. Part of the reason is that I’m not a fiction writer and part of the reason is because I think it’s a little overblown. What is NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month and is probably the silliest anagram I’ve come across in some time. Say it out loud with me, “NaNoWriMo.” It doesn’t really flow, does it? To make it worse, perfectly fluent writers and bloggers are saying to each [Read more…]