This is definitely the most difficult decision I've had to make since starting RAWbservations. I've considered a number of options. Could I maybe cut back on posting? Only post a little here and there? Surely there would be time for some posts. Unfortunately, there are only so many hours a day. It has everything to do with where my mind and energy are. For the next month, my mind will not be on politics, whimsical observations, or anything else that people come here to read.

Instead, it will be on Something So Perfect.

For those of you wondering, this isn't the novel I've been working on for the past year or so. I'm taking a break from that one because of National Novel Writing Month.

Blame Oliver Willis. I saw it on his site and I became intrigued. I am a sucker for a challenge and this sounds very challenging to me. The plot already exists in the back of my mind and has been festering for some time now. Better yet, I haven't written so much as a word on it. I ran the mathematics in my head and the time is there. I can do this, theoretically. Part of me wishes I had run the numbers and they wouldn't work. Alas, no excuses for me.

No social life either. No blogging (reading or writing of them). Nearly all of my waking hours not devoted to work, sleep, or staying alive on the road need to be open to thinking about the story. It's possible I could post on the blog occasionally or get a guest blogger, but I don't want to do it half-hearted with my mind clearly elsewhere and I wouldn't want to burden anyone with a month of posting. Nor do I want to waste the time you guys would take by coming here for a site that will only be sporadically updated. If that. So, consider RAWbservations down from now until 12/1/2. If I return early because I bail on the project, I will let my fellow bloggers know and hopefully they will pass on the news.

Speaking of fellow bloggers, Wednesday and Thursday of this week marked the highest hit-count in RAWbservations recorded history (the Instalink I had was before I got the counter). Thank you to Greg, Charles, Page, and Kevin for your link-ups this week. Thanks, as always, to those who have me on their permanent roll. Keep those handy because I will be back!

UPDATE: I posted a link to where the novel will be. I'm going to upload to that vacation so you can watch my progress. I don't know if I'd recommend trying to keep up and read it as I go because I will go back and make changes as appropriate. It's all kind of on the fly. And, when I'm done, readers of my site will get a free copy. I do this not for money, but for glory!