Do you have a novel you keep vowing you’ll complete someday? How about one that is sitting half finished on the computer that’s taunting you? Or maybe you’ve made it past the initial writing stage and just need to buckle down and get those final edits and revisions worked out. Whatever stage in the novel writing process you are in now, LAFFN is the answer for what ails your novel.

What is LAFFN?
Well, I’m glad you asked! LAFFN, which stands for Let’s All Finally Finish a Novel, is month long commitment writers are making to finally get that novel written, edited, submitted, etc. Basically, it’s a time to stop hiding behind our desks, get off our creativity (yeah, you can read that as “butts”), and get our novels out there for the readers.

The creator of LAFFN and a talented writer friend of mine, Jennifer Walker – and the author of Bubba Goes National – explains the whole thing on her blog, Jennifer Gets Bloggy. Go check it out!

And you don’t have to suffer through the novel writing process alone. Come join us at Accentuate Writers Forum, which happens to be my favorite writers’ forum, and join in the discussions in the LAFFN section. While you’re there, grab the cool LAFFN graphic to display on your own blogs, forum signatures, and Facebook pages and encourage your writer friends to join in! They may hate you for it this month, but next month when their novels are complete (or edited), you’ll be their new BFF.

What is my goal for LAFFN?

I’ll finally be completing the first draft and begin on the revisions for my humorous children’s novel, tentatively titled “The Tempestuous Tales of Tallulah Templeton.” I’m a little less than 2/3 finished, but it’s all been circling in my head for months now. It’s time to get it all written, polish it, and share it with the world. My first goal is to finally get it all down. Then I plan to hit the market research heavy. I’ve already started on that, but admittedly, I still haven’t done nearly enough.

So, what are you waiting for? Feel free to blog about it and share your post links in the comments. I’d love to hear what you’re planning. I’ll see you in the forum.

Let’s all finally finish a novel!