NaNoWriMo begins tomorrow in Australia and New Zealand! Noveling fever will continue throughout the day across time zones around the world, finally reaching the West Coast before jumping in the ocean and paddling over to Hawaii where—at last—the whole world will be writing. I can hardly wait! I have been carrying around my novel idea
We’re exercising more than our minds…
I can see it now, Wrimos. The shore of NaNoWriMo. I don’t even need my spyglass to see the sand and waves of November 1. Beautiful, isn’t it? Okay, pirate-isms aside, November is really close! I have already been to one Kick-off Party and have three more on my calendar. Hopefully you, too, are planning to
Posted by: Heather Dudley on 10/28/2010 Procrastination Station
Donate your books and stay safe!
Wrimos, we want you on our site. We want that more than anything else, really, except for you to write a novel this November. (And more cake. We always want more cake.) As you can imagine, the reports that some of you are having login troubles make us weep. Logging in should be easy! After
Donate your books and stay safe!
Posted by: Heather Dudley on 10/25/2010 Procrastination Station
Posted by: Heather Dudley on 10/22/2010 Procrastination Station
Wrimos, there are only ten days standing between you and your noveling adventure. Between now and November 1, I challenge you to prep yourself for a successful 50,000-word marathon by doing the following: Tell everyone what you are about to do. The more people who know what you’re up to this November, the less likely you
Wrimos, I am writing with great news! Amazon.com has again awarded the Office of Letters and Light a $25,000 grant to help fund NaNoWriMo and the Young Writers Program in 2010. This is the largest grant we’ve received this year, and the timing couldn’t be better. We’re busy bringing our noveling challenge into even more
Posted by: Heather Dudley on 10/20/2010 Procrastination Station
Write your novel in a library or bookstore!
Posted by: Heather Dudley on 10/18/2010 Procrastination Station
We’re on the downhill half of October, speeding toward November and an explosion of noveling awesomeness. As if that weren’t enough to work me into a frenzy of excitement, I am greatly anticipating the slew of sweet features about to be unveiled on November 1. Here’s a sneak peek of what’s coming: New and improved word-count widgets!
Posted by: Heather Dudley on 10/15/2010 Procrastination Station
Posted by: Heather Dudley on 10/13/2010 Procrastination Station
One of my favorite pre-November pastimes is updating my site profile. You should, too! In addition to listing your favorite books and movies, uploading a picture of your gorgeous face (or dog or avatar or favorite cartoon), and—if you’ve gotten this far in your planning—adding a working title and summary to your novel info, here are
Aliens and wizards and dinosaurs!
Posted by: Heather Dudley on 10/11/2010 Procrastination Station