@EmpressPixie @Qingu You two are too cute. Makes me want to stab myself in the eyes with hot pokers.
Anywho, I added all of you (I think).
As for genre, subject: it’s a science fiction novel with existential overtones. First person, told from the perspective of an omnipotent A.I. network, tracing from sentience, leading up to demise. Sounds boring, but I have a bunch of nuanced sub-plots that should spice things up a bit.
I just hope it doesn’t end up reading like a Flowers for Algernon carbon copy. Shouldn’t, but still.
Interestingly, I was going to write a transhumanist novel, like @Qingu, but decided that’d be a bit difficult, given the time frame. My inner editor would cry out for sweet release of the time restriction – basically, I’d never finish it!
Currently, I’m dealing with a bit of paranoia; I’m not entirely sure how to tie together some important points. Unlike @Jeruba, I went a bit farther than just a germ of a story and have outlined particular plot developments, their timing with relation to other events, importance of characters with regards to the story arc, etc – somewhere on the site (or perhaps in the bot email they sent out), it was said that you may start to work on it a bit before November, albeit in a limited sense (that is to say, no hard pen-to-paper writing, just gathering thoughts). At least that was my impression.
As others have said, I’m glad we have a bit of a support group here on Fluther. It’d feel rather impersonal if I just hopped on the NaNoWriMo forums and asked a question; I think this thread can serve the important purpose of guiding us through the month of November, together.