I had a great time yesterday afternoon at the East Regional Library in Durham at the NaNoRDU Author Showcase. I shared two poems and two pieces of original art from Chicken Haiku and got to talk to loads of interesting writers and readers.
Now those of you who know what NaNoWriMo is might be thinking, “But haiku is not a novel!” NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It takes place in November each year, and challenges participants to write 50k words in 30 days–basically a draft of a book. It’s a worldwide event with 300,000+ people participating.
Lest you think I was an interloper, I have indeed participated in NaNoWriMo more than once–but let’s just say I have saved the world from having to read the resulting novels. But I might have just been inspired to participate again in this year’s event. 🙂
