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Teetered on the brink of #NaBloPoMo until Actually Mummy saved me

By Luci McQuitty Hindmarsh, on November 1st, 2012
NaBloPoMo November 2012

The first and last time you’ll see this badge on mother.wife.me

Tuned into Twitter this morning to see a smattering of #NaBloPoMo tweets and realised with a jolt that not only is it the first day of November today, but the first day of Nation Blog Post Month.

I got that slightly shaky feeling that I get when I think I’m going to do something impetuous. In this case, getting stuck into NaBloPoMo in an attempt to get my blogging mojo back on mother.wife.me. Slightly crazy given that I only got half-way through another impetuously started NaBloPoMo back in the summer, at a time when I had about 33.3% less things to do with my days.

Still, the urge was there. I love a challenge and I must confess to a little self-loathing at the moment, that I’ve let slip the blogging that I so love doing. Even though it is in favour of getting Ma Puce, my website for helping parents help their kids learn French, off the ground. Plus a few mammoth ‘real-world’ tasks that I’m currently packing in alongside being a full-time mum to an almost three-year-old.

So there I was, teetering on the brink of diving into NaBloPoMo. I logged on to BlogHer and searched for the NaBloPoMo page. Up came a list of Na…blah..blah..blah links, among which was one from Actually Mummy entitled ‘Why I Will Not Do NaBloPoMo Again‘ One read of this post and I am cured of the urge to participate.

Thank you Helen, you have saved me from a fate worse than the equivalent of having to file a new tax return every day for a month. And more importantly, you’ve saved the readers of mother.wife.me from the resultant bilge.

Instead, I’m making a commitment to mother.wife.me that I will fill it with at least one decent, well-thought out post per week. Clearly this isn’t it, so I need to get my thinking cap on before the week is out…

 

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  • http://bluebirdsunshine.wordpress.com bluebirdsunshine

    I entertained the idea of doing NaBloPoMo this month too, but then I realised that if it is taking me so long to get my brain to engage to type ‘NaBloPoMo’ I should probably not participate! Too many things vying for my attention at the mo and it would only lead to me feeling really disappointed when I didn’t do it justice. Thanks to you (and Helen) for making me not feel alone on this :)

    • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

      Very pleased to know that I am not the only one feeling like this, this year round – am so glad I saw Helen’s post and managed to abort mission before I got started on the road to disappointment and shoddy (shoddier…!) writing!! Sounds like you have a lot on your plate too, we can be NoNaBloPoMo together!!!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003407081076 Rosita

      I can’t believe you are even aenimptttg to write a novel! That alone makes you amazing! I love that you are just getting to know your character though–I teach that to my third graders when we are doing realistic fiction–we spend lots of time imagining our character and getting to know them….

  • http://www.actuallymummy.co.uk Actually Mummy…

    So glad to have been of service – you won’t regret it!

    • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

      I can tell I won’t – you put it all so eloquently in your post!

  • http://older-mum.blogspot.co.uk older mum in a muddle

    I too was tempted once, but I honestly don’t think it would any favours to me or my readership – by the end, I think I would just be churning out rubbish. Maybe one year I will be tempted by national novel writing month – that’s a whole different kettle of fish.

    • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

      Yes, I spied that you are working towards writing a book, kudos to you! I think I would have been churning out rubbish by day three the way my blogging mojo is at the moment!!

  • http://www.mummyglitzer.co.uk Mummy Glitzer

    Ah yes! I was beginning to think I am the only person not taking part but actually there seem to be a fair few of us. I struggle with my current aim of 1 or 2 decent (half decent, not shoddy) posts a week (aside from the Sat Cap and Silent Sunday) as it is and I would hate to piss off the few readers I do have or put undue pressure on me.

    • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

      That’s the thing isn’t it, when you look at it from the perspective of people visiting your blog, unless you can be sure of posting genius at every turn, it really isn’t fair on ‘em!@

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003407062765 Sylvia

        I have often wondered why NaNo and NaBlo fall right as thgnis are gearing up for the holidays. The shared insanity is fun but exhausting! If you decide to start your own personal NaNo next year, holler and I’ll join you. I’ve got a big project I need to tackle, but it’s got to wait until at least January.

        • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

          I’ll give you a shout!!