JaNoWriMo, anyone?

[ahavah]

Hello, friends!

I worked out a good chunk of a new storyline in The Dragon Alliance for NaNo this year. It's still not done, as I've had to focus on the house all December to make up for November's lack of doing darn near anything. Things are settling down now...and I think I'm going to do JaNoWriMo. I really want to bust out my apocalyptic survivalist/prepper story, Neon Giraffe (working title). The husband is a bit disappointed that I did The Dragon Alliance for the second year in a row, as he's apparently pretty excited about the Neon Giraffe idea. So looks like I'll have some good support at home if I try to get cracking on this thing next month.

I posted to the janowrimo community yesterday, but no one's posted there since 2010, and I've gotten no response yet. I had better luck on my FB, where I've recruited a couple of friends to do it with me, and a few more are contemplating it.

NaNo works for me primarily because of all the support & camaraderie. I'd love to give it another go if anyone wants to join us! I will even 'cheat' and say go ahead and finish/edit/polish up your NaNo if you prefer. I'm just looking for folks who might want to write together for a while again. Please let me know! Thanks!

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[agdhani.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a great idea. I'm a long way from finishing my book, and though I've worked on it in Dec, like many others, Dec gets eaten up doing what didn't get done in November and preparing for the holidays. I'll have a week and a half off for Christmas, so we'll see how much I get done then.
So I guess this a tentative commitment, lol. I'll jump over to janwrimo and join it. Its the deadline/goal that works the most for me, so setting up this sort of thing is probably the best way for me to finish this monster!

[ahavah]

Yay! Thanks so much! I will take even a tentative commitment. :D I hope you're able to do it. I tried one year a long while back, but I didn't last more than a week or two. I really hope to knock out a good portion of this new WIP.

[infernos.livejournal.com]

I'm willing to give it a go, for sure. My novel is so far from done it's hilarious, really, and I've been thinking about it the last few days, but I keep putting it off because I still have so many Christmas presents to finish.

I can't swear up and down I'll be around all of January to do it, though, but I'll probably have most of the month: My Boy is re-enlisting in the Army and we'll probably be uprooted and moved by the end of January, but yes. Count me in.

[ahavah]

Huzzah! Thank you! And best of luck to you and your boy. ♥

[eien-herrison.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be writing in January -- I've entered in for WriYe (http://wriye.proboards.com/index.cgi) with my own personal writing target and plans for the whole year (I've got a series of stories I really want to get at least a first draft of).

[ahavah]

I'm not familiar with that. I'll have to look over the board more when I get a bit more time. Thanks for the link! If you just feel like buddying up for some sprints or word wars, I don't care what anyone's personal goal is. I thought I might make a chatzy room if there was any interest though. I'm not a mod here, so hopefully they won't mind, but I really ended up enjoying the chatzy thing this year. It was my first try. I did a lot of writing with buddies on FB too.

[eien-herrison.livejournal.com]

The good thing is that you can set your own goal with WriYe (there is a 50k minimum though) -- I think that if you signed up you could say your goal is 100k, write 50k in January and 50k in November, that'd be fine as it averages out over the whole year*.

Good luck :)

(*I've had this semi-confirmed as my average per month is over my minimum thanks to doing 1k a day every month except November -- the average would be just over 32k -- but if I keep the pace I should hit my goal by the end of the year.)

[ahavah]

That's a great idea! It seems like I can never carve out time to write for myself unless it's a nano situation. That's why I'm so militant about my annual writing time, I think, possibly to the detriment of house & home. lol I've tried daily goals, and it just seems like I struggle with even small goals. Something to definitely work on this upcoming year if I want to get anywhere as a writer!

[freaky-nea.livejournal.com]

I would participate too!

[ahavah]

Awesome! Let's do it! Are you re/working your NaNo, or do you have a new idea?

[freaky-nea.livejournal.com]

I'd be a NaNo!rebell again and use the NaNo!spirit to finish some WIP... My icon really says it all

[ahavah]

I love your icon! Is it snaggable?

[freaky-nea.livejournal.com]

Of course! I just don't remember who created it, but it wasn't me.

[megfuzzle.livejournal.com]

I didn't get to do Nanowrimo, so I think I will attempt Jan!

[ahavah]

Thank you! I am getting so excited. I didn't expect so much interest when the other community held only echoes. lol I'm stoked!

[gtodt.livejournal.com]

Count me in

[ahavah]

Fantastic! Thanks so much! We should have over a dozen definitely interested now. :D

[legoheadprince.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely in.

[ahavah]

Awesome! I guess I will try to organize some stuff between now and then and post to the janowrimo if folks join up there. Not sure if I should take over this community for it, but I'm really glad to find some other folks who are interested! I have strong motivation to stick with it now.

[meketserqet.livejournal.com]

I would be down for at least trying! I'm going on a week-long vacation the end of January so the 50k is probably out of reach, but even attempting to hit it is more than I'm doing right now! XD

[ahavah]

Right on! That's an awesome attitude. And January has an extra day too, so the daily wordcount is slightly more forgiving. lol

[meketserqet.livejournal.com]

hahaha, so true! i know at least one Nano where i would have loved that one extra day... XD

[lurkch.livejournal.com]

I'll be writing in January. I'm reworking my timeline (for my story) this month and figuring out missing scenes and such so I can write my 'Less Shitty Draft' next month.

[ahavah]

I do the same thing! My "first draft" is usually really a 3rd or 4th attempt at a first draft. lol Anyway, glad to have you along! Thanks. :D

[alicia-h.livejournal.com]

I might not be doing a brand new or full length nano in January but I'll be doing research for and working on two previous nano novels. I'm also writing a 10K story that links those two novels for a challenge at a writing comm I'm part of, though the deadline for that is the end of February.

So I'm up for joining in for the Nano levels of motivation and having people to share the joys and woes of a month of writing with, but I don't know yet if I'll be aiming for 50K or just seeing how much I can get done. :-)

[lisbetavery.livejournal.com]

I'm in. And as a head's up, the chatzy room is still open and they do do sprints during the rest of the year. I've been lurking in the room with a few others. They take December off (for obvious reasons), but sprints should start back up in the near future.

[ahavah]

Glad to hear it! I may have missed any announcement. I actually only just got my internet back. I do enjoy buddying up to write, so I'll peek back in after Dec's done.

[ahavah]

That sounds awesome. I'm glad to have writing buddies no matter what the goal. Thanks!

[frea-o.livejournal.com]

Count me in. I've got more work to finish and could use another commitment that's not in November. Worst month for Nanowrimo or WORST month for Nanowrimo? You decide. :)

[ahavah]

It does seem to be full of bad timing, but I'm curious as to whether January will be the same. I'm betting it might. LOL

[ladyseraph-756.livejournal.com]

count me in. I posted on the other comm but I thought I'd better post it here as well. I'm going to be a rebel and do a fanfic, if that's alright?

[ahavah]

Anything that gets you writing, imo! Glad you're joining in.

[llblckraincloud.livejournal.com]

Hey, feel free to stop by dz_writing if you're looking for motivation and oomph. :D We just formed and are always looking for new people. :)

[ahavah]

Thanks! I'm torn. On one hand, I swore off RPGs because I got far too busy playing in other people's worlds and not working on publishing my own stuff. On the other hand, I've recently been feeling like I need to get to know my Muse much more tangibly. I'm not sure I quite understand all of it, but I'll mull it over. It might be a bit much for me to try to take on if I'm doing jano, but maybe after.

Are you in for janowrimo with us? Looks like we have around 20 folks right now!

[llblckraincloud.livejournal.com]

Lol its not an rpg you just earn rewards like one. Its a community focused on making goals and meeting them. Everything else is just for fun. :)

I dont know yet if im doing janowrimo. I have to look over my january goals and go from there. I probably will though.

[ahavah]

Sweet! Well, since this coincides with my wanting to get to know my Muse more intimately, I'll join up and mull it over as I lurk a bit, if that's okay. I technically *know* my Muse, but she's been ephemeral and flighty up until recently. lol I have no name or anything for her yet. Just Muse.

[llblckraincloud.livejournal.com]

Yeah, feel free to lurk. There arent any activity requirements. :) you can see how it all works.

[waldenwriter.livejournal.com]

I would be interested. I want to try to do the CreateSpace thing so I'd need to have my book done by June I think. And while I did reach 50k during NaNo, like you, my novel is far from done.

[ahavah]

I really want to do that. I didn't do it last year because it wasn't finished, which was one of the main reasons I wanted to work on the same one from last year. Didn't get the thing done though. I'd love to just HAVE a book of mine in hard copy though. I need to finish. Hubby's really eager for me to write 'his' book though, so a two month break on my other WIP might clear my head for when I try to merge the two drafts together.

[sushimustwrite.livejournal.com]

Have you checked out the Jannowrimo site? (http://janno.ymakadomain.com/forum/index.php)

[ahavah]

I did peruse the site briefly, but I don't really care for separate forums all that much. I barely peek in on the official nano forums, either. I pretty much only have time for LJ & FB, so that's where I hoped to find some folks who might be interested. I was sad to see that the lj community had died, but maybe we can bring it back. Thanks though!

[somewhatlacking.livejournal.com]

I'm totally participating! :) So glad to see others are also interested...

I'll head over to that community and see if I can't help breathe some life back into it.

[ahavah]

Very cool! Thank you so much! I have an intro post that I'm working on in bits and pieces as the kidlets let me.

[mycha-miska.livejournal.com]

I really like the idea! I'd use it to work on editing my novel from November, but I'm finding it hard to carve out the time to work on it. For whatever reason, the sprints in Nov. really got me into the habit of making myself write something for at least two hours a day every day.

[ahavah]

Feel free to join us then! I don't mind if folks edit or have their own personal goals to work toward. I also got a lot of help from regular sprints, or even just knowing other folks were doing it with me.

[rsn-studios.livejournal.com]

I'm game! I am planning on doing the LJ 90 days novel challenge starting on January 1st to begin with, and this will motivate me to get off to a great start!

[ahavah]

Very awesome! I might have to look at the 90 days novel idea. NaNo gets way hectic for me, so maybe that's something I can focus on during the year.

[febobe.livejournal.com]

I might be in! Will try and join the community and try to post as soon as I dig out from under this revision and house problems. :P

[ahavah]

Thanks so much! I tried to post yesterday, and a couple other people said they were going to post. It seems to be moderated now, and I haven't seen any go through. Not really sure what's up there, but I might see if the mods mind us organizing it here or if maybe I should start a generic anytime 'wrimo' community.