JANO, JANO, JANUARY!

It's that time of year again, the beginning of another twelve months of our lives stretched out before us without a single, solitary blemish. For one brief moment in time everything seems possible. It's a heady concept.

Some of us get caught up in the hoopla and resolve to do better. That action, of course, usually translates into indulging in LESS of one thing and doing MORE of another.

Ask any writer what they resolve to do better this year and I'll wager they'll say write. Write more. Write faster. Write better. If that's your goal for 2011, consider JANO.

Sleuths' Ink is sponsoring the write-a-novel-in-a-month event. You've heard of NaNo. They call it JANO because it begins in January! The goal is to write like mad (no editing) and end up with a 50,000-word novel at the end of the month that you can edit the rest of the year.

Who needs New Year's Resolutions when there's JANO?!