NaBloWriMo!
Okay, so I'm gearing up for National Novel Writing Month, a.k.a. NaNoWriMo, and because I want to overextend myself just that much more I am proposing that everyone commit themselves to NaBloWriMo -- that's right, National Blog Writing Month.
Let's all take the sometimes depressing month of November and post EVERY SINGLE DAY. Perhaps a brief meditation on Tim Allen's career trajectory, an inventory of things found under your bed, the top three things you hate about Sundays, the song that should burst out of loudspeakers every time you enter a room and why; you get the picture. Doesn't have to be earth-shattering. Just the joy of hitting "publish" every day.
And for those without blogs, your mission is simply to de-lurk. Comment on one blog every day. After all, there will be so much to comment on.
Participants, leave your name and url in the comments so we'll know where to find you.
Let's all take the sometimes depressing month of November and post EVERY SINGLE DAY. Perhaps a brief meditation on Tim Allen's career trajectory, an inventory of things found under your bed, the top three things you hate about Sundays, the song that should burst out of loudspeakers every time you enter a room and why; you get the picture. Doesn't have to be earth-shattering. Just the joy of hitting "publish" every day.
And for those without blogs, your mission is simply to de-lurk. Comment on one blog every day. After all, there will be so much to comment on.
Participants, leave your name and url in the comments so we'll know where to find you.
355 Comments:
Sounds like a plan. I'm in!!
I'll do my best - and de-lurking to comment for a change. :)
Seriously, every single day? A chall-onge!
Yeah! I will post about playing my banjo! Rah!
Failing that, I will tell you all something that made me laugh!
Failing that, I will discuss my oral hygiene regime!
Failing that, I will put on oven mitts, and smash my hands all over the keyboard, and hit "Publish"!
Come for the hilarity, come for the gibberish.
http://banjeroo.blogspot.com
smashing idea! Perhaps this is just the thing to put some pep back into my blogging step.
proudmary.typepad.com
I've been thinking about making myself do this, you just gave me the push I needed. I'm in!
I do love hitting publish. But I also love knitting. Sweaters be damned! I'm blogging everyday in November.
Heather
Knock Knox
long-time reader de-lurking.
I'm in too! Even if I have to give a detailed list of what's in the trash, I'll do it.
http://www.youmeandababy.blogspot.com
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I scribble something every day, but I read everything in feed and go days without commenting. I'll play along and try to become a more interactive blogger.
Domestic Psychology
Dude, you're on and I'm in.
You need to design a button so we can spread the word!
K@Chookooloonks
crap...
here's the easily clickable link
You,Me and a Baby
I'm in.
Find me here.
I already write a post almost every day, but look at me outting myself in the comments here. I'm in on both counts.
I'm in (oh god, why did I just commit to that, I'm so screwed - oh did I mention that I'm self-defeating?).
I'm in. Maybe it will help me remember to look for positive things happening every day.
Table for Five
OK. I'm in. (Over here).
Every day in November, huh? Count me in. I'll have to dedicate one post to my daughter in her "fussy" tshirt.
Erin
Game on!
Ooh! I'm already doing something like this! Well, sort of. OK, not really. I called it NaBloPoWriMo, and I'm just going to try to do a bunch of posts in a short amount of time, not necessarily waiting until November. So, you know, not exactly the same thing. But still, close enough that I got excited at the idea of others doing the same sort of thing.
http://www.schnozzfest.com/blog/?p=350
Anyway, good idea. The blogosphere could use a little rejuvenation these days.
I consider you to have just slapped me across the face with your glove.
www.menosblog.blogspot.com
oh my word. i am going to hate myself but - okay. i will do it!!
(i'm also doing nanowrimo, another thing i will hate myself for shortly)
Ok I'll do it.
beldabelda.blogspot.com
I up for both...
http://byjane.blogspot.com
I post (mostly) everyday already. Perhaps my marching orders should be revised to NO posts every single day in November? But sericously, I will gladly participate in order to delurk at some new reads.
Okay, I'm in.
When does November start again?
Thank God, something actually do-able (which novel writing is not, at least for me.)
Letters From the Zoo
I was just thinking, 'I hope Fussy updates today.' (Really. Perhaps I need more hobbies.) And, you did! With something PARTICIPATORY! I'm so in.
http://www.mooseinthekitchen.com
Lovely idea. Now I don't feel so bad about blowing off Nanowrimo. Again.
I post nearly every day anyhow, but I'm in!
http://kaybeeblog.blogspot.com
I am new to blogging, so I will jump right in. I think I will even comment everyday, too. Yes, I am daring.
http://www.southernmomof2.blogspot.com/
am willing to try that... i keep telling myself i'm going to do it anyways :P
www.hauteculture.ca
Every day, you got it.
www.heypeaches.com
How embarassing. I forgot my blog link. Here I was, all excited to have the first comment, too...
Lectio.ca
I'm in.
www.bethiclaus.com
Count me in! You can find me here for English-teacher, work-related stuff:
http://teacherseducation.blogspot.com
and here for irrelevant, crazy New Englander Mommy type stuff:
http://theinnerdoor.blogspot.com
And I'll do one better - I'll post AND comment on a new blog at least once a day! (yes, I'm a shameless overachiever...
NaNoWriMo: No. NaFebWriMo would be SO much more convenient for me personally. So I think they should change it. Just for me.
NaBloWriMo is definitely doable, though! Yay! And a button would be way cool, but I will try to spread the word anyhoo.
I'm at:
http://badgermeetsworld.blogspot.com
Enough with the guilt!
Fall Resolutions:
Post-a-day check
Comment-a-day check
Glass-of-wine-a-day check
http://mitmoi.blogspot.com/
-moi
I'm in.
http://sowdersadoption.blogspot.com/
Denise
Okay. The lurker in me is twisting in fits at the thought of commenting every day!?!, but I'll give it a shot.
http://www.greentshirt.blogspot.com
Oh, and Eden? Since I'm already here and commenting for the first time, I just wanted to tell you that a couple of weeks ago I was reading your old archives and really enjoyed all of the poetry you used to put up. Your choices were wonderful and reading them made me like you even more than I already did. Thank you!
Holy Cow!
How will I ever read all of these blogs everyday?! guess I'll have to let the children loose in the backyard...
Count me in! I don't have enough stress in my life at the moment. Must. Add. More.
You can find me in way too many places. Let's just say:
http://www.mommyneedscoffee.com
I am doing my own version of NaNoWriMo. It is called Get The Book Edited Before the Agent Beats You. GeBoEdBeAgBeYo?
Thanks for the challenge! I will be just coming off of maternity leave and will need something to get myself recharged.
You can keep up with it and give me shit if I don't post over at www.ceece.net
I'm totally in. Great idea. I post almost every day, but this will challange me to be absolutely vigilent.
http://outtamymindwithworry.blogspot.com
I'm in! It will be a nice balance to the seventh grader-penned journals I'll be reading next month.
http://re-purpose.blogspot.com
Oh man, I am so happy to see that Jenn got her lap top back from Clint. Hope she is feeling better.
I almost always blog every day, I guess I have a lot to say, but maybe just maybe, one of these days I am actually going to write a book, in a month, the month of November, and be a book writer too. (cue: crowd cheering and confetti)
http://clickmom.typepad.com
Great!
And if you have been meaning to use all those art supplies you keep buying and saving for later, you are welcome to participate in NaBloWriMo by joining DrawMo! (it stands for drawing more, or drawing month, I'm not sure which) which is a group of people who plan to draw something every day for the month of November and blog that.
I think I can absolutely complete this one (my ability to complete the novel would be in question). So sign me up!
Great idea! We need a cool logo, for the sidebar, though.
rachel
A Gaggle of Girls
Bring it!
www.karenroadchronicles.blogspot.com
Well now. I think I just might do that.
http://dajamou.blogspot.com/
Let the writing begin.
I post every single day anyway -
so no skin off my....
blackbird17.blogspot.com
I'm off to inventory the crappe under my bed.
This should get interesting. I'm in. A button would be great. (But then again, I am a button-whore).
http://becksmommy.blogspot.com
I can write inbetween working on my new house, driving school bus, baking, knitting, and hiking.
http://caffinara.blogspot.com/
If you say so - it will be done.
Great idea!
http://www.dadoughkids.blogspot.com
Ironically I just wrote a post today about how, after trying to get back in the habit since the first of the year, I hadn't been very enthusiastic about it and I knew it showed.
I've been doing it since 1997 (albeit haphazardly the last several years) and, after nearly a decade, have just been feeling somewhat uninspired and unmotivated, like I've just lost the muse for it.
Maybe this challenge is the kick in the ass I need. Thanks for the push - I'm in.
Here goes nothing. I just started a blog today. I guess that means I have a couple of weeks to practice before I start daily posts.
http://eternitythen.blogspot.com/
Umm...I'm doing NaNoWriMo, too, so who knows if I'll have time to do both. But I'll try.
www.velocibadgergirl.blogspot.com
I am so IN!
Here's my blog.
http://everydaykay.blogspot.com/
Chookolonks sent me here...
I can do this!!
I'm in:
http://justgottahangon.blogspot.com
More than anything, this will be a chance for me to spend more time on the internet and less time being productive.
The 8 to 5 Experiment.
Me too!
www.earthmamagoddess.com
yay!
http://siren52684.livejournal.com
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I'll give it a go!
It will probably do me good.
x
L
I sign up for NaNoWriMo every year and then sometime around Thanksgiving I remember.
Maybe I'll be better at NaBloWriMO.
http://everybodylovestana.com
This will be interesting.
mkcarroll.typepad.com
I'll give it a go...luckily, I'm far enough down in the comments that (maybe) no one will hold me to it.
http://kshish.blogspot.com
I'm in. Plus, I just emigrated so I'll have plenty to write about.
I promise to:
- write every day in November (except maybe the first day because that's the day I move into my new house and I may not have the internet sorted by then.
- comment every day on a new blog I found in this comments section.
Fabulous. I look forward to discovering new writing!
Ack. Not a good start.
Here's my blog:
www.urban-hills.blogspot.com
I think I can, I think I can...
5penny
I love November torture rituals!
aarika.vox.com
NaNoWriMo has crushed my soul three years in a row. Perhaps I'll give NaBloWriMo a chance to do the same.
(p.s.- am also delurking for the first time after years of reading. you're kick-ass Mrs. Kennedy.)
http://canuckifornia.ca/main
I think I'll go for it, but can you post a reminder Oct 31st? That way when I stop by Fussy on the 1st, all hungover, the post will still be visible and I can write about how hung-over I am, and how I almost forgot to write on the first day of ... etc.
Thank You!
http://eleventoseven.blogspot.com
Count me in too!
jennanddave.com
I think I am gonna do it!!!
Woohoo!
www.tracymr.blogspot.com
Okay. THIS I can do.
It doesn't hurt, of course, that I just ordered Maggie Mason's book. That should help me fill in the gaps. You know - for those days when I must resist the temptation to play "Guess What The Puppy Swallowed Yesterday And THEN Guess How I Found Out About It."
In.
-MeL
Oh Lordy - I'm already anxious about NaNoWriMo, so what the heck? Just add more crap to my pile of inadequacy, right?
A Smeddling Kiss
Well OK then...
foodmomiac.com
I'm in. For both NaNoWriMo and NaBloWriMo.
Feral children, by December 1st.
Jenny
http://www.threekidcircus.com
But of course!! On my little guy's blog - http://lilduckduck.com and on my new blog - http://www.parentingtoddlers.net
Oh, the pressure! This means I need to fix all the stuff I hate about my new site. Agh, CSS.....
http://lionandmagicboy.com
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I'm game.
www.emotionaltoothpaste.blogspot.com
What I tried to say earlier is I'll do it.
Courtney
A good reference for when we're stuck.
I'm in.
mandajuice.com
Game on!
http://irishgoddess.typepad.com
Game on, but there needs to be a t-shirt for this little adventure.
www.outsidevoice.net
I'm in. I've been in a posting slump and maybe this is just the motivation I need.
http://www.psychologyofmotherhood.com
blog every day, you say? alright, i'll sign my name to that challenge. and also, i think i'll write my novel too. i bet i can so get it done in a month because not having been able to get it done in SEVEN years is so not going to be an issue.
I am totally in. I'm still reeling from the break-up that would not end, and hence, I've been taking a bit of a break from the site as of recently. But by November? That's enough time off for me to jump back in. See you all there!
What great idea! I'm in!
and you can find me here.
I'm in. here. (I may change URLs mid-stream, but I will definitely post a blog entry a day)
I have given NaNoWriMo a good shot twice now, and I found it far too depressing. Oh, the failure! Posting an entry every day, now that I can maybe accomplish.
Ooh, I like it. Especially the de-lurking bit.
See? I've done it on your blog twice now!
I'm also signed up for NaNoWriMo so it should be an interesting month. The family has been warned.
I've got a problem with procrastinating when faced with something as overwhelming as writing a novel. A blog post a day though... I'm in!
Infected Paper Cut
i think i can, i think i can...
http://wordsisfun.vox.com/
I'm in! (fingers crossed)
I'm signed up for Nano also, but I'm up for this too!
http://www.gipsysmusings.com
Amber
Seems like as good a way as any to build up my archives. http://ultimatebestof.blogspot.com/
Delurking to say: I'm in.
An udge and a wink
Hooookay, I'll have a stab at posting daily. Should be interesting, as I usually only manage to post every week or two.
http://nicketysplit.blogspot.com/
K I'll give it a shot too. And I promise that if I don't post every day in Nov, I'll comment on those days! :D
And yeah, a reminder'd sure be nice since I tend to forget things not written on my hand.
Victoria of
http://advicefromasinglegirl.blogspot.com/
( I don't know how to do linky things in comments)
Okay! I'm game! Sounds like fun to me!
I'm in!
i thought i counted myself in last night, but maybe i was fake drunk.
jenandtonic.ca
or myabe mrs. kennedy hates me. :-)
I'm in!
shoesonwrong.net
i think rebecca and i are up for this challenge - or do we have to write a post each? that seems a bit more daunting.
anywho, i completed nanowrimo once - i should be able to accomplish this too, right? do i sound confidant?
I just checked my religious handbook, and great news! i have no sabbath. so count me in for EVERY DAY.
I'm in!
I'm in! I'll give it my best shot. As long as we don't get hit by lightning (don't laugh, it happened) I'm in.
challenge accepted. does this posting count?
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Worthy I hope I am.
Join, like to I would.
www.thegeekinside.blogspot.com
i accept the challenge and am very excited that you will be posting everday. and i may have to write about tim allen's career trajectory or jim j. bullock.
read about my adventures here. you know you want to. kimblahg
I'm so in!!!
www.zozosmamma.blogspot.com
www.choogling@blogspot.com
titankt.livejournal.com
The breastfeeding blogger is in!
Breastfeeding 1-2-3
I'm going to stop posting the rest of October just to save up my juices for November.
I did this for a week and didn't die, so let's give it a go.
Streaks On the China
Heck yes. fishunderwater.blogspot.com.
Hey, I'll do it. My blog has been kind of stale lately. This should be Veeeery interesting... Heard about this from LOD's blog.
http://crazymomcat.blogspot.com/