I first became familiar with National Novel Writing Month (or, as it is widely known, NaNoWriMo) a couple of years ago through my friend Sam. Every November 1st, Sam starts to write a novel, and every November 30th, he finishes it. He does this in spite of having a job and being a world-famous radio personality.

I have long believed that novels take too long to write, and so I've always admired NaNoWriMo. But I can't do it myself, because I write too slowly. But when I was in Austin, Texas this weekend (which was very fun), I had an exciting revelation, which is also a very special opportunity for all you writers out there:

THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER SHALL HENCEFORTH BE KNOWN IN THE GREEN FAMILY AS NAFADOYBIMSCOM.

NAFADOYBIMSCOM STAND FOR "NAtional Finish A Draft Of Your Book I Mean Seriously Come On Month" (for the record, NAFADOYBIMSCOM is pronounced na-fad-oy-BIM-scom). The name of this project is reasonably self-explanatory. Instead of writing an entirely new novel in a month, all you have to do is finish one you've, say, been working on for many months. Look for daily updates on this blog all through November. And if you've got a manuscript to finish, you're certainly welcome to participate in NAFADOYBIMSCOM.