NANOWRIMO IS COMING...

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Anyone jumping into the vat of boiling oil and committing 31 days to the madness? I'm going to join in on the local level...see if I can dig out some decent writerly types in this city I live in where no one knows my name...

What the heck, why not.

Anyone else?

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[used_songs]

You're braver than me! I can't commit. :P

Actually, that's one of the worse times of year for me in terms of having time to write - between work and holiday stuff, I never get much writing done.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Ohhh I can imagine. :(

This October, Nick will be at the Hub, and another weekend visiting his parents, and I can write at lunch every day now, so I could do this! I could! LOL. I've never finished a book under 8 months thereabouts, but who cares! I can try, like a crazy loon. :)

[momebie.livejournal.com]

I'm considering...

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

LOL you are the reason I am going forth with this, so I can find Cool Writerly Cheebles like you did! Grin. Well, that and I just want to. LOL. :)

[amproof.livejournal.com]

Sure am!! Don't know what I'll do yet, though.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Oh awesome! I shall wave my stick at you!

I know what I'm going to do but I am keeping it a secret. Even from myself. LOL. NOT THINKING ABOUT IT NOT THINKING ABOUT IT NOOO!!!!

[m-barnette.livejournal.com]

I'm doing NaNo again this year. I've done it every year since 2006, and I even know what I'm going to write. I already sent a rough proposal to my publisher about it.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

WOO HOO!!! Go you!

[talekyn.livejournal.com]

Let's see ... Ambergrin's not done. Christmas Ghosts is not done (although it "won" NaNo last year). I need to advertise The Firflake and get the website going.

Of course I'm going to do NaNo.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

LOL AWESOME!!!!!! WOO!!!
:)

We will set one hour aside Sunday to discuss Ambergrin. LOL.

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

No way I'm going to do NaNo - November is one of my busiest months. I'm over the 100,000 words mark, thanks to my personal H/D NaNo in August *g*, and I will be happy to add a few more till the year is over. But I guess I won't reach the 200,000 mark of GYWO. If I could have made a smaller pledge, I'd done that, too. Because after the next three fest contributions, I will have to focus on the aikido book, and that won't add as much to my word count.

But then, it's not all about the number of words. It's also how we use them.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Oh good for you! I wish I had done a smaller pledge--I'd be in there still. LOL. Oh well.

And yes, aikido book is not fiction, so it is not about the number of words, yes. I love what I've heard about that project though--you've been amazingly writerly this year!

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

I always get a slight urge to have a go at NaNo around this time of year when numerous online friends start burbling happily about their projects and the social aspects, but it's really not a good time of year workwise. Actually, it's a more basic problem than that. Though I have occasionally produced bursts of up to 2500 words, I can't maintain an average of 1667 for a month. Instead, I'm going to sign up for another round of novel_in_90 and see if I can finish the novel about the war in Baradel by mid-December.

But good luck! I know NaNo really works for some people. My friend birdsedge revised and extended her NaNo project and is now submitting it to publishers.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

/eyes the novel in 90/ I will have to look at that.

I have a few people on this flist who did brilliantly last year (2 of them have responded, whee!).

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

I have to echo heleninwales

NaNoWriMo is not a good fit for me. I tend to ride along on the wave for a few days and get some words down, and stop before it becomes a chore.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

LOL that's been me in the past...this year, I want to get out there and participate. There has GOT to be some awesome people in this huge city, there has to be! LOL.

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I'm trying to decide. The big projects I have on tap at the moment should be done by November, though I've got two OTHER big projects that I hope to start on then. Neither of them, though, is supposed to clock in at 50k. Plus, I have other things I need to get done...

Maybe?

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

I always start Nano, and never finish. Nick just groans, but then switches on the Supportive Boyfriend cloak and says Good for you, you can do it!

I really really want him to be able to say this year YAY YOU DID IT!!!

I am intrigued by your user pic. LOL!!!

[infinityltd.livejournal.com]

Here's my answer:

http://infinityltd.livejournal.com/227607.html

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

AWESOME...

Because you did fantastic last year and left me in shame.

[criada.livejournal.com]

I can't not do Nano! This year, however, I'm going to cheat a little and write a whole bunch of short stories.
Hanging out with local Nano people is how I met some of my best friends.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

LOL Awesome. Hey I saw your picture...was on Absolute Write yesterday, bumming around and lurking cuz I was bored at work, and saw a post by Karen, went to writer's weekend, and there was a picture and you were in it!

That is my main reason for doing it this year, and I am cheating too, as I'm already workign on what I'll be doing. But I hope that will get it finished up. I don't care about 'winning' it, I really just want to meet some decent, open-minded, fun writerly types here. I KNOW THEY EXIST!!!!

Nothing's happening on the site yet, but it will soon, figure around Oct 1.

[velvetcure.livejournal.com]

if i do it, it'll probably only be the mini-nano version. i like that better. my life is too full of drama and chaos to consider doing the full one. plus, i live in a small city. i feel like if i had people i could interact with, face to face, i might be more persuaded to do it but because i have no cheer leading squad then i'll stick to the mini. i had a lot of fun with it last year, should be good.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Yes, you did! It went well for you! 25k was your goal, right?

I'm looking for the face-to-face, definitely. Should be interesting... LOL.

[aseas-words.livejournal.com]

I have officially signed up. Ahem.

What is your username there? Can I be your friend? I'm asea. (Big shocker, right?)

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

I can't seem to figure out how to add people! I am paragraphs there, and frustrated! LOL.

[blue-fjords.livejournal.com]

Wow, I didn't realize there was stuff for nano other than "everybody write stuff." Does that make sense? I am planning to rather unofficially do nano. I want to finish my romance novel so people stop asking me about it. I figure if I have a semi-official deadline for it, I might actually get it done! So November is romance novel time.

M does nano, but she's never finished anything.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Yeah...I went to one warm-up party and there had to be 40 people there. I am more willing and able now (now that I have a laptop) to do things, so who knows, might find some decent warm bodies to hang out with.

Come on, do it! I will happily poke you! And misswinterhill too... bwa ha ha ha!

[rebbyrebs.livejournal.com]

I'm not touching that event.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

LOLOL! It won't bite! :)

[misswinterhill.livejournal.com]

Ok, well, I explained I think what I'm doing on my journal. I should EMAIL YOU, because then random searches on LJ can't accidentally out me.

I'm so glad you're doing it! I was thinking I'd be the only one over the legal drinking age doing this mad thing.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

I saw your message and thought "I must answer that later!" then got distracted. LOL.

cparagraphs at googlemail is me. :)

Nah, lots of oldies but goodies doing it! I love thoug what you are going to do!