Anybody doing this this year? Just write a novel, any novel, 175pp or 50,000 words. Do it during the month of November. Start writing November 1st, and be done by midnight of the end of the month. This is the best idea I've ever seen. You can sign up as late as 11/25. That's the requirement that really spoke to me, having never completed a written assignment ahead of schedule, nor started one greater than 24hrs in advance of the due date. Last year 3,500 of 25,000 entrants finished. If he hadn't just started a new job, I'd nominate Mattycakes. If I had a single idea in my head but how to get out of work anywhere near on time, I'd do it, if only for the practice of thinking about something other than medicine for a change. If...