Getting revved up

Last year's mad rush to 50,000 words has turned into over 100,000 officially today -- and there's about 10-15k more to write before I start editing. 497 pages. Woof.

This year's entry will be very focused, since it's for an entry in Ben Yehuda Press' possible anthology of Jewish alternative history stories. Harry Turtledove and company do these stories with panache, but one on a Jewish theme? As in, what happens if the Hashmona'im lose to the Greeks? What if the Third Temple was rebuilt by Shabtai Tsvi? What if Jews really did control the world's finances and press?

NaNoWriMo rules state that one can start taking notes, jotting down ideas, etc. before November 1, but no actual writing. This is a toughie for me; I generally start by plunking down several thousand words before the idea percolates. And what with blogging on other fronts, work, family, community... it's as if November's already upon me.