November 1st means that NaNoWriMo has begun. Yes, I'm "in" again! Kicked off in my traditional way - the first minute available after midnight on the first day of November.
This year, as it has been several times previously, "midnight" came past that mark in my time zone due to work. I think we actually started at what would be Hawaiian midnight or Alaskan midnight? I ended up working 25 minutes past when I was scheduled, due to a complicated situation I had to wrap up; that happens.
Then I popped over to my friend's apartment where we kicked things off with tea and Trader Joe's snacks.
I wrote 1677 words, just a sliver over the NaNo daily average of 1667. I will write another - at least - 1667 later today. It's already later today, but our night wasn't over when we stopped writing about 3:30 am; so I am just now getting a start to my day. There was an emergency situation my friend needed help with and I'm glad I was there to help out.
At least it's still light outside, right?
On to my day and more writing and preparing for a midday job tomorrow.
NaNoWriMo 2023 is officially underway!
11/1/2023 official word count (so far): 1677
