One can never take candy corn too seriously.

"Math is hard," taunts my husband. Stick it in your ear, mister.

I think I've turned 600seconds into my new dream journal. But hey, instant content, right?

Thanks, Fred. In truth, they both came about on the same day, and I just back-dated the one. The river one was a dream I woke up with yesterday morning. Then, a little later in the day: Teddy bear poem.

So, I'm not entirely convinced they did come from the same brain. My dreaming brain is definitely strange.

I'm a little amazed (in a good way) that this and this came from the same brain, only one day apart, Sharon.

I'm not entirely satisfied with it, but at least I'm writing. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

By which you mean you've overslept on 3 separate occasions, right? Not that you've overslept by 3 full days? (Sorry, my brain isn't functioning properly, is demanding sleep.)

I knew I'd have a good one for spoon. Just had to get all this dumb work out of the way.

Well, we just figured, when you turned down the Jell-o...

Oh sure. You wait until I leave to do all the fun stuff!

I got your reference, sir. You sent me the link, after all.

I printed it out, adorned it in runes, and then set it aflame, while dancing and chanting "Nah Noe Rye Moe," naked and covered in finger paint in my living room.

I had to look it up, Shawn. I hope to write at least half as well with my NaNoWriMo attempt.

Okay, Chili Beans, three of us, so far, have registered for National Novel Writing Month in November, and a fourth is thinking about it. There is still the opportunity for others to join.

600 seconds needs to not be "that thing I feel guilty about because I'm working on my novel." Instead, it should be a place of community and support. (The NaNoWriMo boards are cool, but there's too much stuff! If I started reading and replying, I'd have no time for Writing. We can be our own, reasonably sized support group.)

I suggest we shift the focus for the coming weeks. Let's still post topics, and those who aren't Wrimoing can still write 10-minute passages. Those who are, send status updates and word counts to the 600s blog when you like. Pose questions when you're stuck. Post passages if you're ready. (I wouldn't be. Eek, looking at a work in progress? Perish the thought. But that's me. I don't bring my underwear to the laundromat.) I want to keep activity moving on the 600s board, so that we're not all languishing in silence, wondering if we're the only one stuck inside, with writers block.

This is our play space. The intent has always been to make writing safe and easy, so you get all the Head Junk out of the way and just Write. NaNoWriMo is kind of the culmination of that. The pinnacle. The zenith. The...

I'll resist the urge to bring up the thesaurus, and just quit there.

I signed up yesterday. Anything that gets me writing can't be bad. It could kill me, and I don't have any idea where or how to start a project as big as a novel (ten minutes on a single topic has been proving tough lately), but I'm going to feign optimism and give it a shot.

Hey, gang. Y'all are writers, so here's a thought: NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. Ben's up, I'm gearing up, Jon groaned audibly. How 'bout you?

Faith: Yes! ^_^

Not ten minutes worth of writing, but it was 10 minutes worth of cute, I thought.