NaNoWriMo 2009

So when I begin in November to write my 50,000 word novel for NaNoWriMo, I will be starting my fifth NaNo book. It's exciting. I always look forward to November because of NaNo. It's not like any other month. Of course, in any month you can make yourself write and finish up a book or story. But no other month has so much support from others, and a clear goal line. "Winning" NaNo is like proving to yourself that you truly are a writer, at least on one level.

It's the next level that is frustrating. I have had one of my novels with a publisher for that past two and a half months with no word about whether they would like to publish it or not. I really wish they would let me know so I could get on with my life. I keep thinking it must mean that they want it, since they've had it so long. But then again, I think they might be stalling because they don't want it. What do I do?

I'm trying to finish my soccer book right now. I think I'll send that to someone else, unless I hear back from this current publisher. Should I go back to agents? Should I try another small local press? I don't know what to do. I just know that it's been twelve years since I finished my first novel, and I really would like to see something of mine in print before I'm forty. My previous goal was thirty-five. I thought that was fairly realistic. Guess not.