I did it! Finished Camp NaNoWriMo for the 2nd time!

I know they had Camp last year too, so it's not the first year, but it is pretty recent and I'm not entirely sure how recent. Ooh! I hope you get to try November with me! There's still September and October to get everything sorted out beforehand. I've got a few ideas I could go for in November but I'm not quite sure which one I want to do. I bet I'll know by day one though.

Oh yeah, you mentioned they have a camp, I guess you call it, online, that I don't have to go to my local library? Is that correct? Please share the link again, if I saved it I have no idea where...and yes, it would be cool to do it together. Can you explain in a little more detail how it works so I know what I am up against?

It's all online, you never have to go to the local library, though the main NaNoWriMo does have local city/county write-ins that you could possibly attend. I've never gone to one myself. Here's the camp link: http://campnanowrimo.org/ And here's the main event (upcoming in November): http://www.nanowrimo.org/ Basically, you sign up on the web-page and it gives you some tools to work with plus access to the forums/community of other writers trying NaNo with you. Among your tools there's a word count updater and a stats page tracking your progress which tells you what the average words you need to write per day is, how many words you have left, how many is your average, what average you need to have to finish on time, etc. They send everyone pep-talk e-mails every few weeks, and sometimes they're written by notable authors. Towards the end, they have a word-count verifier which you copy and paste the text of your novel into (the paranoid among us are allowed to 'scramble' the novel, though we are reassured the tool just counts the words and deletes the text from its memory) which verifies your word-count. If it's over 50,000, then you get to the winner goodies page, which is usually a bunch of little jpgs that say "NaNoWriMo Winner!". I think it's loads of fun, personally. I feel like I write better when I have that deadline and that community to work with.

... in my wildest dreams. I have certainly not forgotten you! It's good to see you again! How've you been?

Well, I've been doing fine, thank you.. In fact, there has been quite a massive change in my life from the last time I used to come here as I have changed my job and migrated back to my hometown. Now I'm more satisfied regarding my job and staying in my city as well.. So how's life going for you?

Up and downs, but been pretty up the last few months. I changed colleges and majors. I was doing pretty poorly when I was at my old school, but now I'm on the road back up again. I'm glad you're doing well at your new job! That's good to hear.

The Official NaNoWriMo starts up in November. It could never hurt to try!

If you have less on your plate in June/August then it might be better for you. Otherwise it's exactly the same, it's just at a different time of year. Well, some of the online features are different, but it feels basically the same for me. I'm gearing up for this November as well.