I knew I wanted to do something different for NaNoWriMo this year, since I finished last year. I knew I wanted to do it on this blog, just ’cause I can.

I have attempted a few times to write a memoir, and several people have asked if I have written one or would write one. I had sort of given up on the idea, but now I think it’s time to share my story. After reading and hearing other people’s stories, and sharing some of my story on Rising Above Radio, I want to share my own. I want others to know they are not alone. I’m scared to death of doing this, but I want to.

So, for this year’s NaNoWriMo–aka National Novel Writing Month–I’m going to write a memoir, on this blog, every day adding a little more to the story. I think I will probably change everyone’s names, including my own, just to make it a little easier for myself to talk about it. I think I’ll probably write about it in the third-person, past tense as well, just to make it a little easier. It scares me to death to share these things, but I’m going to do it. I mean, it scared me to death to talk about my battle with self-injury on internet radio, but I did it and got so much positive feedback and so many thank yous that I see it as totally worth it.

Plus, it will gain me a second year of winning; I’ll never get writers’ block! I think I’ll start going through my old journals and blogs soon and start outlining things. I just need a title now, and it always takes me forever to come up with these things. D:

Edit: Would it be totally lame if I called it Perpetual Smile?