This year’s NaNoWriMo has started and this time I am a little more prepared than the first two years when I wrote “No Cry Tali” and “Shy Girl.” I did not actually start writing this year’s novel, but I have been thinking about the characters and doing some research. The research is needed because I decided to base the story someplace other than Nashville, so I’ve been looking at maps and trying to learn about daily life in another state. I also decided to make my main character part of a family that is practicing Catholics. I freely admit that I do not know a lot about the Catholic religion, but have very much enjoyed asking people and looking up things on the internet.

This year’s novel will be called “No Arizona,” inspired by a song I heard several years ago about a woman who meets a sweet talking guy. He heads to Arizona and promises to get a place and send for her, but he ends up ghosting her.

I thinks it is contemporary story about trust, faith and family. I hope I can get the whole thing written in 30 days. That’s the whole point of NaNoWriMo – I only have the month of November to write the whole thing! I can do this!