Happy Halloween, everyone. Also, it’s the night before National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo.

I’m participating this year, and I am so excited–I can hardly wait to get started writing my entry for this year’s NaNoWriMo. I’ve been planning my entry since near the middle of January–I’m not nearly as prepared as I want to be (for example, the synopsis for the book isn’t finished–I started writing it this morning)–but I still can’t wait to get started, and I’ll just have to fill in whatever blanks there are as I write.

I’ve focused almost completely on my National Novel Writing Month entry this year, so almost everything else–my cookbook challenge in particular–fell by the wayside (the cookbook challenge fell by the wayside also because of my cash-flow situation and I let laziness get the better of me); if my cash flow allows, I may cook some dishes from at least one of my cookbooks during November when I’m taking a break from writing my book or some free time. It feels like Christmas Eve to me, and the possibilities are endless.

I’ll give occasional updates on my participation in National Novel Writing Month 2023 here, and my impressions of my experience thereof–and if I do end up cooking recipes from one of my cookbooks, I’ll be sure to write about it here as well as posting photos on my Instagram account.

Here’s to my succeeding in National Novel Writing Month, and, once again, Happy Halloween.