NaNo Confession Time 2014

I’m writing these words at one o’clock in the afternoon on November 30, the last day of NaNoWriMo, that crazy commitment to write 50,000 words in 30 days.
As I’ve done since 2009, I’ve pledged to reveal my NaNo progress here , in hopes that fear of public humiliation will drive me towards my goal.

At the moment, I don’t know for sure if humiliation or victory is in the cards for 2014. I’m nearly 4,000 words short, and my brain is not being especially cooperative (which may have something to do...