Chamomile Has A Blog

Euterpe bless my lyric,
Help me reach your sisters eight,
I’ve exhausted means empiric,
To overcome my wretched state,

Melpomene, the sword and mace,
I called you Julianne,
And your steady mourning gaze,
Has long helped guide my pen,

Thalia, despite the burns,
The searing of my soul,
To you I hope I will return,
Recovered and made whole,

Terpsichore I’m not of your court,
But my sister is devout,
Lend to me divine support,
And she’ll always have my clout,

Polyhymnia, the veil divine,
Please bring me some acclaim,
I offer praise to muses nine,
With each book that brings me fame,

Erato, I’m no stranger,
I’ve been with you before,
Now that I’m in danger,
I need you to help me soar,

Urania, the philosopher,
And charter of heavens,
Please help me to not suffer,
As I face Armageddon,

Clio, I have been with you,
Since I was but a child,
Please show me this loyalty too,
Please bless me with your smile,

Calliope, my patron,
To you I’ve always been allied,
Now I need your motivation,
Please do not leave my side.

If you’re not aware of National Novel Writing Month, you probably don’t care about writing. It’s kind of a big deal. Just in case you’re only here for the games, though, NaNoWriMo (in its defense, this name was cemented years before Soho-style name truncations like this were horribly played out) is a thing where would-be authors all get together and try to write a 50,000 word short novel in the space of a month. The specific month in question is November. This is troublesome for me, because Novembers have always been the worst month for me. I think it may be seasonal affective disorder. It’s not so bad that I’m completely unable to muscle through it, but it’s bad enough that muscling through takes way more time and effort to make things than normal, which means my total creative output falls off drastically. This has made NaNoWriMo very hard, and I’ve never successfully completed it despite multiple attempts and frequently being able to produce similar wordcounts in other months of the year.

I’m taking a crack at finally overcoming that hurdle, which means November’s updates are going to be paltry, 1-3 sentence updates on the current status of the story. It’s basically going to be a Facebook feed from back when Facebook was just kind of banal and vapid rather than completely awful. I may occasionally post excerpts from what I’ve written that day if they’re any good.

Here goes.