A Bit In The Way Of Explanation

I mentioned the May 2005 challenge before, but I didn't explain what it meant. I have challenged myself to write 31, 000 words during the month of May. I have also invited (begged? pleaded with? bribed?) those of my writing friends who went through NaNoWriMo with me last November to join me in the challenge. Out of the five people I sent the challenge to, one isn't able to participate, one said "Sure!", and I haven't heard from the other three (although I'm guessing they aren't going to participate considering it's already May 4th). So, anyway, I suppose I'll just post my word counts and Angie's when she sends me updates.

I actually AM getting quite a bit of writing done in the last few days. I'm doing work on two or three different short stories at the same time. As soon as I figure out my cumulative word count, I'll post it. (I know you're just dying to know, and I'm curious myself.)