November is NaBloPoMo. Or at least it used to be until the organizers got a little drunk with the power of it all and decided to make every month NaBloPoMo, which in my view has basically killed it.
I participated last year, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I posted every single day of November and was pretty proud of myself for doing so. It’s good to force the creativity sometimes; it takes you in directions you hadn’t thought of before.
But often forcing it can be damaging too. It can cause rips, tears, and general discomfort. And sometimes, when you look at what you’ve produced you’re not particularly proud of it.
I’ve been forcing it for a while now. Probably since the end of the walk back in July.
So instead of posting every day of November I’m going to not post every day of November. I’m going to watch some films, read some books, and get a bit more sleep instead.
This isn’t a proclamation that I’m quitting. I’m going to be back in December. I’m just going to have a bit of a break so when I come back my blog movements will be a little more fluid. I’m still going to be around other people’s blogs too, although perhaps not quite as much as I have been. I’ll still be answering email ( dghughes28(at)yahoo.co.uk ) and hanging around instant messaging (AIM username: dghughes28 ) so feel free to look me up.
And don’t forget, you can still get a daily dose of life in the Hughes household over at my wife Kerry’s blog: CeleryJam.com.
See you in December.


















on Oct 30th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
oh well, maybe not. have fun in the real world. see you here in december.
PGs last blog post..Oven Roasted Potatoes (270/365)
on Oct 30th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
on Oct 30th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
I think it’s because Santa is bringing you a new laptop and you have to wait and be a very very good boy until then!
have i just wasted my time replying if you aren’t going to read or respond to it?
‘Missing you already’.
gails last blog post..Christmas Traditions At My Place
on Oct 30th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
on Oct 30th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
(un)relaxeddads last blog post..What’s so funny about…?
on Oct 30th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Arjans last blog post..Concrete drill vs Metallica’s Death magnetic : 1-0
on Oct 30th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
VegasDads last blog post..sharing the love
on Oct 30th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Xbox4NappyRashs last blog post..ET goes to bed
on Oct 30th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
on Oct 31st, 2008 at 12:06 am
You’ll be ruining my laptop screen now, the top of my blog reader will be static for Nov, screen burn city central.
It won’t be the same without you, roll on December.
SingleParentDads last blog post..Half-Term Is A Scream
on Oct 31st, 2008 at 1:52 am
I may need to steal this from you.
NYCWDs last blog post..Where Have All The Good Blog Review Blogs Gone?
on Oct 31st, 2008 at 7:21 am
Brandons last blog post..Lazy Meme Thursday: Who and Why?
on Oct 31st, 2008 at 9:06 am
Have fun with it. We all know you’re really just playing the “absence makes the heart grow fonder” card and will return in a month to 7,432 new readers and invitations to join all the cool dad blogs.
Don’t be a stranger. See you in December!
Phils last blog post..This Is Halloween
on Nov 1st, 2008 at 1:01 am
Or just chill. As long as you come back ok?
Jo Beaufoixs last blog post..Have a Spooktacular Halloween
on Nov 1st, 2008 at 5:16 am
Rattling the Kettles last blog post..a SCARY dragon
on Nov 1st, 2008 at 10:19 am
on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 5:39 am
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on Nov 3rd, 2008 at 2:28 am
Jeff Ls last blog post..The Post Halloween Report
on Nov 3rd, 2008 at 5:14 am
People in the Suns last blog post..Sufjan!
on Nov 3rd, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Raging Dads last blog post..All the neighbors come on out to their front porches, waving torches
on Nov 3rd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
DC Urban Dads last blog post..Talk to the hand
on Nov 4th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Darrens last blog post..I’m Adding Travel and Tourism Writer to my Resume
on Nov 6th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Ed (zoesdad)s last blog post..Why So Down, Little Boy?
on Nov 9th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Whits last blog post..And Now the Force is with Us
on Nov 13th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
I am NEVER going to force myslef to blog every day for a year again. But at least I know I can do it for a month… I like April instead.
Becs last blog post..When Did Writing Get This Hard?
on Nov 17th, 2008 at 2:23 am
ImPerceptibles last blog post..Hey, Let’s Build Us a Uranium Mine!
on Nov 25th, 2008 at 5:38 am
http://www.magnetoboldtoo.com/2008/11/05/it-is-that-time-of-year-again/
People in the Suns last blog post..A Short Post About My Mom