Quick hit: Some time ago, C. told me about this write-a-novel-in-a-month craziness. November, she said.
I forgot.
Then she brought it up again the other day. Oo, no, can’t. Nope, can’t do it. Still finishing edits on novel two. Have three jobs. Grading. Nope. Nope.
I have three jobs, she said. I’m doin’ it.
Dammit. Can’t use the 3-jobs gambit. (Really, people workin’ 3 jobs is sadly usual in this city.)
So at the bar last night, I said, ‘K. Tell me more.
Your turn, C. Tell me more. I’ll broadcast it to me tens of readers.
And getchyer freakin’ blog up, already! If I can write the damned novel, you can write the damned blog.
Gauntlet picked up, rethrown.
AbsurdBeats 
Just had to confirm, as of today, that my awesome blog name is well and truly unavailable. God damn it.
Anyway.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
The idea is to write so fast, wonderful things happen because your mind has to get out of the way. Worked for me last year. Some of these novels have been published, I’m sure if you nose around on the site you’ll find the evidence, but it’s kind of not the point. Some people are very sensible about writing a certain number of words per day; some people write all 50,000+ in the last three days. Some people cheat. I didn’t. It was awesome. I haven’t gotten that high from writing in years. I can’t wait to start again.