WRITING/PODCASTING A NOVEL IN 30 DAYS 1 NOV 21

Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than we consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along to what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com

NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists.

NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event along the same vein as National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you podcast every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp.

1 Nov 2021    daily count 1680       cumulative count 1680 

Carl woke up at 6:30 AM, later than he usually did, and not refreshed as usual. On the TV was the music channel, Grover Brecht was playing in the background.  

“Thought I told you to stop fucking with me,” said Carl to the TV. He quickly changed the station to another jazz channel.  

The sun was just rising above the horizon and Carl got up with a stiff neck from sleeping on the sofa again. He headed straight for the kitchen where he pressed the brew button on his coffee maker. Soon the usual sounds of gurgling from the heated water started to go. Today, he reminded himself, they were going over to Nate’s and let the kids play while the adults figured out what to do about the issue of Myra.  Wasn’t looking forward to having a vegan enforced day as his older brother and their family only served vegan food, so Nate went through the fridge to see what he could cook up quickly for everyone. Yesterday they had cheese omelets so today needed to be something different. He saw the breakfast sausage and some hashbrowns, he also pulled out some peppers and onions to make breakfast for everyone. He tried to be as quiet as possible to let Cheryl and Myra sleep in.  

Pulling out the skillet and nonstick spray he turned on the stove and sprayed down the skillet. His coffee was just about done, and he opened the cabinet with all his assorted coffee mugs and poured himself a cup. As the skillet warmed up, he drank the coffee and let its magic powers refresh him for the day ahead. He could hear Cheryl from his bedroom, soon to be their bedroom he thought to himself, and pulled out another mug for her as well as milk and sugar as he...