Have you ever had a yearning to write a novel? Or perhaps you’ve wondered what it would be like to be a writer. If so, then November’s NaNoWriMo is tailor-made for you. NaNoWriMo is a month long challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days.

I can just see you scratching your head now and asking, “Who the heck would ever want to write 50,000 words in 30 days?”  Well, Caris O’Malley from Apache Junction did and he got his book published in 2010. Check out The Egg Said Nothing at your local public library.

More than 90 published novels were started during NaNoWriMo including Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants, Stephanie Perkins’ Anna and the French Kiss, and Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus.

So whether you want to write at home or join fellow writers at your local public library, get ready to start…November 1^st is just around the corner.

The following Pinal County libraries are participating in this year’s NaNoWriMo:

• Apache Junction Public Library: Saturdays – November 5^th and 19^th – 9:00AM to 5:00PM
• Casa Grande Public Library: Sundays – November 6^th, 13^th, 20^th and 27^th – 1:00PM to 4:30PM
• Eloy Public Library: Wednesdays – November 2^nd, 9^th, 16^th, 23^th, and 30^th – 1:00PM to 6:00PM
• Florence Community Library: Tuesdays – November 1^st, 8^th, 15^th, 22^nd and 29^th – 5:00PM to 7:00PM

For more information about National Novel Writing Month, visit http://www.nanowrimo.org

Need some help getting started? Check out these books on writing from around the Pinal County Library District:

• The Everything Creative Writing Book by Wendy Burt-Thomas
• No Plot? No Problem! A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty
• Is Life Like This? A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months by John Dufresne
• Rip the Page! Adventures in Creative Writing by Karen Benke
• Seize the Story: A Handbook for Teens Who Like to Write by Victoria Hanley

For more books on writing, browse through these subject headings:

• Creative Writing
• Authorship
• Fiction--Authorship
• Fiction--Technique
• English Language--Style