Somewhat improbably, I've decided to devote a big chunk of my leisure time this month to writing a mystery. Yes, I am participating in the mass writing event known as National Novel Writing Month -- NaNoWriMo for short. And yes, "leisure time" also happens to be the time I use to update this blog. This is the second time I've participated. Back in 2007, I did it along with several university colleagues, and managed to write the required 50,000 words plus of original fiction in 30 days. That's … [Read more...]