I think I'm crazy... (NaNoWriMo post)

[gategrrl]

No, I don't think I'm crazy for participating a third time in NaNoWriMo (I've got this tidy little horror story idea that I'm working on).

No, I just sent an email to the Municipal Liaiason coordinator for NaNoWriMo.  For my area. There doesn't seem to be anyone local for my area. And I stopped in at my local library to see if they might be interested in sponsoring for it this year - either donating Write-In space for a few hours on a weekend, or at night.  I may swing by the local Barnes and Noble as well, for a once a week evening Write-In, also. I've never been able to go to one of these things, because usually, they've been on nights I couldn't make it, or in locations that wouldn't really make sense for me to get to, time-wise.   

Yep, last year bought the t-shirt. (really. I did)  This year, I'll see if I can do more.

Comments

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

There's a typo in your link. :)

And yes, this seems to be the only productive thing I have to add to this post, as the whole thing isn't exactly on my continent. ;)

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Did you know that people participate from all over the world? And you don't have to write in English, either - just *write*!

Oh, and thanks - I'll recheck that URL. I thought I'd copied it correctly.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

The link now works. There was a comma between the www and nonowrimo. But it works now. Thanks for telling me!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Well, obviously, I didn't know that. ^^;

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Oops, sorry - I didn't mean to sound so strident on my post. :-( Text can be so limiting sometimes.

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Ah, no, you didn't come over as strident, I guess my answer was a bit too short. *coughs* You're right about that text thing, though. :)

It certainly sounds intriguing, that whole "write a novel" idea. If only I had the time. *sighs* :)

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

All cool ideas! I was never able to get together with the local group here, because they were very vague about where and when they were meeting.

I loved NaNo last year, and I want to do it again, but I have even less of a plan this year than I did last year. *g*

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

The past couple of years were tough, since my kids were smaller and the Guy had to work more weekends, or was burned out from work. And it didn't help that the times and places scheduled by the LA coordinator were never at times and places that were very good for me.

If I do get selected (I don't know how selective they are!) there should be two or three other folks in the general area, which is huge. If I were a ML, I'd probably designate certain places and times as Perpetual Write-In locations, for evening and daytime hours. And encourage more people to go ahead and plan (which, to the ML's credit, she did encourage people to do).

[karendreamer.livejournal.com]

I've signed up for NaNo. I'm hoping I can make it into a wonderful RL distraction. I've got several ideas. I'll give you a call and we can talk about it.

Hugs......

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Cool. :-) I hope you get selected. :-)