I have such a heavy teaching and mentoring role at my new school this year that I shudder at the thought of doing another NaNoWriMo, especially since, per its "rules," I could not merely continue with the book I began last year and which I have been slowly building ever since. I think NaNoWriMo is something an aspiring writer should experience, but much like a broken collarbone, afterward, the memory of the experience should suffice to preclude the behavior that engendered it.
Trying to update my sig ...