Big News Congratulations!

For three years now my eldest son Mark has taken part in the 3-Day Novel writing contest. It takes place every year on Labour Day weekend. The object of the contest is to write a novel within a 3-day time frame beginning on Friday night at 12:00 midnight and ending Monday at midnight. You write on your honour anywhere you wish and the contest is open to anyone in the world. Yes, you are probably thinking that someone can write a novel during the year and then submit it at the end stating that they spent the entire three days at it but the judges can tell if it is a product that has been polished and one that has not been cranked out in three days. There is also a component whereby someone has to submit an affidavit stating that this person did spend the time writing that weekend.

In two previous years Mark wrote his novel at his home while his wife went away to a friend's cottage for the long weekend. This year Mark and three friends (who also submitted entries) wrote at a different location but one that had more space for all of them. They were not to communicate other than to leave notes to each other. Sleep was mainly snatches of naps and coffee was always on the go.
The prize for the winner of the contest is to have their work published. This year my son Mark WON!!!

3-Day Novel Contest

CONGRATULATIONS MY SON!

Congratulations to Mark

Great news! Son number one (Mark) is the second place winner of the 2008 3-day Novel writing contest. It's a weird thing he has done for the second year in a row. Last year he was one of the twenty honourable mentions. The contest takes place - or rather the writing takes place - over the Labour day weekend. I wonder what he will write about this year? His wife (Kate) leaves and goes to a friend's cottage for the three days. This year we (his parents) brought him some microwaveable food and snacks to tide him over on the Saturday while we were out grocery shopping. We caught him as he was taking a break so we did not cut in on his writing time. He still managed to write 53,000 words.