Slang/short for: Na(tional) No(vel) Wri(ter's) (Mo)nth. :) I want to say it's been around for almost a decade, but I can check on the website (www.nanowrimo.org)
Yep, 1667 words a day for ten days, and you'll have a mini-novel. Voila! It's intense, but fun. And you'll be at it with thousands of other people. It's kind of like the Boston Marathon for writers.
ok, thx i guess. i meant more that it seemed you wanted to share something, so i was interesting in reading your thoughts on this. your thoughts are as valid as mine.