NaNoPlaMo or MoPoWriMo or Whatever

OK, it's National Novel Writing Month.  I have done that fun activity several times and I'm skipping out this year, for various reasons, but I've previously written about why you should try to write a novel in 30 days.  I've also summarized my things I learned by not finishing last year.  So - been there, done that.  If you're interested, go check those out.  And feel free to download the fun spreadsheets and planning things that I have out there.

This year, though, I'm not doing it.  Instead, I'm doing two other things:

1. November Poem-A-Day Chapbook Challenge.  Did this last year (and the April equivalent), and it results in a whole mess of poems being generated and then eventually submitted.  It's fun.  It's run by Robert Lee Brewer of Writer's Digest, so go check it out (still time to play catchup and write three poems to get on track).  I jokingly called this "MoPoWriMo" (More Poetry Writing Month), but it fits.
2. A NaNoPlaMo exercise (National Novel Planning Month).  OK, NaNoPlaMo is unofficially October.  But I'm doing it in November.  And probably not following any rules or minimums.  My goal: Character backgrounds, high level worldbuilding for a story bible, and an outline.  For a full-length mystery novel, not a 50,000 word NaNoNovel.  So more like 80-100K.  The other output of this exercise (I hope) would be a walkthrough planning process exercise.  I'm reading several "how to plan your novel" things and incorporating what works for me.  Not sure it will work for you.  If I find a good way to share, I will.

So that's what's up in my world.  What's up in your world?