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Musing Mondays: Bookish News I'm Excited About



So, another Monday is upon us, and I have two exciting news I want to share with you today.

First of all, I've written a guest post for Book Bloggers International, which will be featured on Wednesday. It's a great blog, where book bloggers from all around the world get to share their thoughts on books, TV shows and all things cultural. This will be my first guest post ever.

News number two: I've challenged myself to participate in NaNoWriMo this year, and I've accepted the challenge. This will be my second NaNo. Last November, my creative spark fizzled out when I reached 30k words. I also wrote for Camp NaNoWriMo in July, and I FINISHED the first draft for my other book. But this November I'm going to try something completely different. 50k words in one month is a pretty big commitment, which means that I won't have the time to be very active around here. So, I apologize in advance :)


For those of you who don't know, National Novel Writing Month is a nonprofit project for writers. The goal is to write a fifty thousand words novel until 11:59 on November 30th. And you can't start writing until midnight on November 1st. So if you have an idea for a novel, or just want to get some inspiration, I strongly recommend checking out their site.   


This week, I'm planning on reviewing a book and a TV-episode that is very dear to me. I'm also working on something Halloween-related. So stay tuned!




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