Introduce yourself here (and only here!)

Welcome Emily,

This is my first too!
I'm anxious and kinda nervous lol.
I have to take an unexpected trip out of the country for a week...Nov 6 to Nov 12, it'll be the first time I take my laptop on a trip with me...yikkes.
Do have an outline of what you'll be writing?

Donna

It's your Wedding Day! Congratulations!

I like the idea of the time slip one. That way you can invoke humour and adventure. Having the modern world to fall back on would also make your life a lot easier if you get stuck.

How do I upload the amounts I am writing. This is probably obvious to everyone but I haven't a clue

All three sound great. Hard to choose!

I'm also working on a split time novel which is a version of a timeslip. However, I've decided to write about something totally different for Nano because my particular novel has quite a complicated plot and would take much longer to write. The one I'm going to do instead was originally a short story which I am adapting into a novel (my idea was originally meant to be a novel anyway).
I think you should write whichever one has the simplest plot.

I understand being in a remote area (at least as far as connection to other nanopeople). I am on an island in Alaska, so all the write-ins and things are on the mainland, quite inaccessible to me. :( But we can do it! :D Good luck staying on track!

I'm Darci, and I'm definitely a newbie...

I only just started writing... like, really writing... this year, and i have found that I love it. I've been working on my first novel for about 3 months, and I'm excited to start a new one. I have some great ideas, and can't wait to see how I do!

Happy to be here :-)

Hi!
I'm Ruth and I introduced myself in the wrong place (d'oh)!

I work as a supervisor at Lush in Leicester, UK and I live in an urban village in Leicestershire with my parents, as I'm still far too skint to move into my own place. I have an older brother who lives in Dublin.

I trained as a reporter but sucked at most of my exams and lost the love for journalism, which is a little sad, but I've always been more interested in writing fiction - and I've had a novel on the go for best part of three years, when the muse comes and goes.

I drink a shocking amount of tea and get most of my inspiration out of the blue, or from strange conversations with friends.

I *will* get to 50,000 words...or more!
x

Hi, I'm Lisa and I'm brand-spanking new to Nano. My younger daughter first told me about it a few years ago, but this is the first time I've taken any steps to participate.

I believe at heart, I'm a thwarted writer. I'm working as an accountant (CPA, no less), and the main obstacle to anything other than work is, well, work. I tend to be a workaholic, and give short shrift to everything else. So joining this venture and attending live events will help me a lot, I think, if I CAN MANAGE TO LEAVE WORK AND GET TO THEM! Really, I'm quite stupid about it.

Currently, the only writing I do is a blog, which has given me some great feedback and more importantly, satisfaction.

Living in Arkansas, I've not found a lot of kindred souls, but truly, that is probably because of me (and some personal circumstances-see paragraph 2 and my blog). I'm hoping to change things up, and look forward to this challenge.

My goal is teeny-tiny: go to the kick off party in my area, and write everyday. That's it.

okay, here goes. i'm ferris and i'm a procrastinator. scrolled thorough most of this list before biting the bullet and introducing myself. i'm in. yikes!!

Hi guys, I am I-ping. First time participant in this challenge. Feeling really nervous about it.

I have created a blog "The Modern Homemakers @ NaNoWriMo 2011" to post my novel (from start to finish) and also to share writing tools and tips I find useful. Please drop by to say hi, slam my writing or give me some words of encouragement. I would need that!

Let's have so much fun together!

Hello NaNo!!!

My name is Karla, I am a fairly new writer, I have written small poetry since I was a child and I attempted a novel once when I was 12!

Recently I have just finished my first full length novel which is the first in a series of books, I will be writing the second book in November. My main job is acting and I also work part time as a Gymboree Teacher in St Margarets, Richmond, I would love any advice, mentoring anything to help me achieve this massive challenge!!!

Come on NaNoWriMo prepared to be dazzled!!!!!

Hi, I'm Cindy. Been writing most of my life but never seem to get anywhere with it. I am excited to finally have courage enough to sign up to do this. I live on Maui, my personal dream place to live. Maui's heady perfume makes me want to create all the time and since moving here I have met artists, poets, playwrites, musicians. It's amazing. I have written 5 novels up to this point, all in various states of not being finished.
I am bummed however that my site name will forever be Impoowerwriter. When I signed up, I got and extra o in my Impowerwriter name. Guess it's a sign from the universe to remain humble through this process and to beware of the inner poo.
I work selling pizza for a living, or a kind of living. I am part of the Maui Live Poets. And I live with a wonderful partner named Bear who writes very well and is my best editor ever.
I am so looking forward to doing this, to challenging myself and to put my writing in the forefront for a full 30 days. Yippee. Good luck to everyone. May the muses whisper sweet ideas to you!

my name is sydney and im living in kings mountain, nc for now. ive traveled all over the states, most recently living in washington, including two stays in india and ecuador. ive been very priviliged all my life and had loads of experience eccentric.

and yes... im already thinking wtf am i doing here. i am comforted by the fact that there are a few on here who have no ideas yet (quietborderline "i have no idea what im writing yet"... me too!) ive never written anything longer than 5 pages, and that was in college, which i have dropped out of or been kicked out of, erm, a few times. can this flighty 20 year old commit to something like this? we'll see!

Hello,

I am Lynette from Illinois. This is my first NaNo and I am excited about the challenge to make the goal of 50K. My writing has been articles, manuals and other short forms presentations. This is my first novel and the idea came to me and is gaining a life all its own.

This is my year to gain new challenges and this is one of them.

My name is Katelyn, its my first time taking the challenge and I'm super excited!

Howdy Ya'll!

I am Cassie. I have no idea what I am doing on here, but for some reason I have this notion in my brain that someday I will actually get paid for doing something I love. yeah, go figure.

I am 27, and 14 months. Live in the big, dry, and hot state of Texas, yes it is still hot in October. Our "cool front" yesterday brought it down to a high in the mid 80's! It's feeling like October already...I am a newly-wed, newly-grad, and insta-mom. All in the course of a year, the same year I've decided to write my first novel.

I was talking to my husband and we decided I should get writing about the same time I found NANOMRIMO! It was serendipity for sure. I have so many ideas for wonderful novels, and so many journals full of those ideas. Now I have something to do with them.

I would love advice, support from the Nanowrimo-Pros, and anything else that is offered here. I have this feeling that this may be the end of my sanity, however I am fully committed to having a novel at the end of the month.

Let's see....I love all things, I would garden, craft, write, read, bike, and swim every day of my life if I could. I think for the month of November I will just be writing mostly...I'm an open book-say hello, and let's get this thing going!

Much love, all!
~Cassie

Hi!!! :D I'm Sydney and this is my first year taking the challenge! *.* Well, kind of. Last year I found out about NaNoWriMo through one of my friends who actually did the challenge and immediately started working on a novel in October. And then I found out about the rules, so I slapped myself and decided to put that away. This year I'm not going to do any of that sort xD I promise!

I must admit I am a bit nervous: I have my national's competition for marching band in November, my birthday in November, my driving permit test in November, a very good friend of mine's birthday in November, Thanksgiving, school... x.x You get the point. Though one of the things that come with this experience (well that I'm hoping will come) will be the pleasure of actually finishing a writing piece as well as exploring sides of writing I've never explored before...

Anyway, I live in New Jersey annnnd I'm seriously excited for November to come and in case nobody noticed yet I love to babble :D

Good luck everybody~ n.n Don't completely go insane.

Hey :)
My name's Lauren, and I'm 20. I've tried doing Nano the past few years and gave up each time , and eventually forgot my username/password so I decided to make a whole new account. I haven't started planning anything yet, hoping to get some motivation within the next few days to start, but i WILL win this year...hopefully.

Hello, I am Nicole and this is my first Na No Wri Mo. My daughter double dog dared me to do it. I asked her what my reward was for doing it? I get to read her proof from last Na No Wri Mo! She has never let me read anything she writes! So I wll be chugging away clueless everyday trying to get to my 50,000 with everyone else!

I am excited and peeing in my pants nervous at the same time. I have not had the first inspired idea for a short story, much less and entire novel. The longest work I have ever written was a mini thesis as a biology major. I do not think that will sufice here.

Well, good luck to all and I will enjoy sweating it out with you all.

Hi, I'm Karen, here for the first time, and looking forward to this! I think this sort of creative inundation will be good me. I have written one rough draft of a novel (which took several years) and have been holding off on the rewrite due to.... fear, probably. It's so easy to blow it off.

So here I go again!

Just got introduced to this site earlier today via and friend and twitter!

I do enjoy writing and i think my best was one i've done with a friend....kind of a story with no end, all fantasy and demons and romance and stuff, though we dont add too it as much now, but i still love it!

I find i can write action more then romance, i dont know why....i love Primeval and have done quite a few primeval fics and enjoy them more....so kinda fantasy/dinosaur/action/magic is my type of genre....not really had much luck with chick flicks, prefer to read them rather then write them.

Im Stacey btw and will shortly be planning my fic for nanowrimo....just gotta decide on what exactly....takes me about a week just to plan a fic and come up with the plot and characters, let alone write it! haha


x

My real name is Irene, but I've gotten so used to using Irako online that it feels weird now to be typing "Hey, my name is Irene!" Just call me Irako!

This is my first NaNoWriMo challenge, and I'm trying not to be intimidated by the sheer amount of words I'll have to come up with! Gyaaah! I've really only written for roleplays lately, so this is definitely going to be different.

I have three cats, one of which is in my avi pic, and they often like to lie on laps and paper when it is most inconvenient. I try to incorporate some of their feline characteristics into my stories about dragons most of the time.

It's nice to meet all of you!

HI,

I'm Edward and I wrote my first novel earlier this year, but thought this might be a fun challenge.I'm working full time and going to school for my MBA. My goal is to get a rough draft done by 11/30/1.

Good luck to everyone!!!.

Ed

This is a scary dive into the deep end for me!!!!

Have always scribbled in journals and noted dreams ..

Never pushed myself to write continously or consisitently (fear of failure????) but this year is going to be the 'year of writing dangerously'. Looking forward to pushing, pushing, pushing for the 1,666.66 (all the 6's look ominous!) words per day target. The discipline of trying will be a steep learning curve, learning about myself and learning about placing one word after the next and the next.

btw - name is Geoffrey and live in Sydney, Australia, where currently spring is breaking out in all its glory, the sun is shining, birds singing, and the green grass getting greener by the passing day ...

I'm Amy and I've been wanting to do this for a few years, but now I'm actually doing it. I'm a little nervous!

I'm from Rochester, NY. I was born here and will probably die here, which is fine with me. I'm homeschooling my 6-year-old, and I have an 8-year-old in public school. This is the first year I've had time to pursue writing more actively.

I've been writing on and off since I was young, maybe 8 or 10, but I've been very shy about letting anyone else see it until about 2 years ago when I started a blog. Having the support of my friends helped me gain confidence, but I have yet to show anyone my fiction.

I'm Shannon and I'm new to NaNoWriMo... my first year! I've been told I'm a decent writer, but I've never really focused on finishing anything, so this will be a great challenge for me. 50k or more... I hope I can do it!

Hey everyone! Im Echo, a 28 year old mother and housewife! I have started a novel (or several) many times but have never got further then a few chapters. Im hoping this will help me stay on track while having fun. I refuse to give up!

I look forward to getting down with my writing and completing what I have started!

I am Thomas and I heard of Nano from Neil Gaiman's blog.

The second I saw what this was about I signed up because I have had the idea for a story floating around in my head for a while, but I was never sure how to get it across or how I would tackle writing it without just giving up. So, here's to hoping this is just the motivation I have been looking for in order to write this novel.

I have wrote various things, ranging from some short stories to scientific papers, but I have never really just done my own writing like I would like to do it.

So, good luck to everyone!!

Hi, I'm Grammy Blick, from Texas, and though I've watched for a couple of years, this is my first time to take the challenge -- and I'm not writing fiction. Well, some might call it so, but it's a bit of family history and I require the accountability to write it all down in an organized, readable, interesting format.

So, NaNo will be my accountability site - not only to actually sit down and accomplish the writing, but to reach the 50,000 words. Then next year I can come back and write Maggie Rockinson's story. She's a fictional character that's been bugging me for months now to tell hers, too. But, mine comes first!

Hoping to find others in the area, too. Anyone around Wise county, Texas?

I'm Alex. I'm a freelance writer living in Seattle. This is my first year doing NaNo and I'm very excited about it.

Hey everyone,
I'm a newbie this year. My name is Louise and I'm SUPER excited for Nano to start. I heard about it through Kristina Horner, aka italktosnakes on Youtube. I am 14, and I've been writing since I was about 6. So I've got 8 years up my sleeve. I understand that I won't be the best writer out there because I'm probably one of the youngest here, but I still love to write. And hopefully this should improve my writing loads. I SHALL win, but of course I need to put GCSEs and homework first *sigh*.

I have never really finished a PROPER book before. Only mini short stories. My friends think I'm really weird at school when I take my notebook out and start writing. They don't understand my passion. I'm doing Nano this year with my cousin Naomi, and I'm going to persuade some of my friends to do I think as well.

I really can't wait for the Writing Buddies tab to come up on the website. And good luck everyone. Hope you win this year!

Hi, I've decided after many attempted novels to just do it. So, I thought "Why not do NaNoWriMo?" This is my way of telling myself to just do it.

I'm really excited to do this but a little stressed at the same time. November is going to be a strange month for me, filled with school and lifeguard courses and swim team practises and work and now NaNoWriMo. So if I get a little snappy it's not my fault.

Anyway, I can't wait to get started!

You can call me Panda.

I've known about NaNoWriMo for over two years, but only this year am I finally planning on participating in it. I'm really excited!

I'm just some boring teenager from New England. I enjoy drawing, reading, and writing (although I don't think I'm too good at the last one). I like to while away most of my time surfing the Internet like a madwoman (-girl?).

I've written several short little stories over the course of my short little life, some about spacemen and some about fairies and some about nothing at all. I've already got an idea for my NaNo novel, and hope to finish it by the end of the month, all while remaining (mostly) unscathed.

Wish me luck, and good luck to all my fellow Wrimos!

Hi, I'm the moron that introduced myself to my region forums *before* introducing myself here 8D;;

My name is Jessica, please call me Jess if you like, or Puffball or some variation thereof (I've had so many nicknames, and they all have to do with my poofy thick curly hair). I'm from San Antonio, TX originally, but I recently moved to Redmond, WA two years ago. I'm well-traveled; I've been almost all over the western United States, and in particular my own home state. It helps to have family on both sides scattered about the state XD

This will be my very first NaNoWriMo. I wanted to participate last year, but I found out about it too late. There was no way I'd catch up. I feel nervous but excited at the same time, I hope I can do this. I consider myself a mediocre writer, because I have a bigger interest and talent in fine arts despite having an Associates in computer programming and an interest in hard sciences and nature. I've also written mainly fanfiction up to this point, so yeah |D This will definitely be a good challenge for me. Nice to meet you all! <3

Hi, I'm Alma, and this is my first time doing NaNoWriMo. I first learned what it was this year when telling a family friend about my plot idea/problems and she suggested this place, so here I am! I love fantasy books, and my goal is to actually buckle down and work steadily on my first "book". I write all the time, although usually it's just short horror stories, but I've been prolonging finishing this one story from the very beginning. Hopefully I'll find the drive to make time for this despite college and work!

Good luck everyone!
Alma

Howdy!

I'm a 64 year old woodsman and amateur survivalist, but only on the outside. Peering through my eyes is an adventurous barefoot boy, still finding new and wonderful people to meet, secret places to find, and strange things to examine in this fascinating world. I really don't think I've ever met a stranger in my entire life.

I have been a life long reader of books, particularly novels of adventure and fantasy. I have written stories for my own enjoyment since childhood, but never completed anything worth saving. That is about to change!

I've recently become involved with an awesome Role-playing group of very creative people in an MMO game, called Dungeons and Dragons Online, and writing a Journal is part of what we do. Perhaps, if I can write about a fantasy character, in a fantasy world, I can write a coherent novel in the same manner.

So... here goes! Wish me luck!

- Swamper

Hi All!

I'm Deanna. This is my first year trying the NaNoWriMo challenge, and boy am I intimidated (but still excited)!

I'm a sophomore in college, pursuing double degrees in Genetics and Biological Anthropology. I love watching TV and movies, but have recently been speeding through books, which has rekindled my love of writing. I've attempted novels in the past, but never got very far. I have quite a stack of poems that I'm proud of, though!

A couple years back I came up with an idea for a fantasy novel, with the help of my little brother, but never did anything with it, so, after hearing about NaNoWriMo, I've decided to give it a go!

Writing has been a huge part of my upbringing, being the granddaughter of a published author, and having a mother who's written several books that will hopefully be published in coming years! Writing is a part of me, so, despite my many failed attempts, I'm eager to pump something out! It is my hope that NaNoWriMo provides me with the extra push I seem to need!

Good luck to you all, and here we go!

Hi, I'm Valerie. I have been writing all my life, actually have published a small work of non-fiction, a memoir of my mother's journey through a terminal illness. That piece took me 26 years to finish...

I know I have a novel in me, and I'm ready to try to get it out. I'm library media specialist at a small independent school in Washington State. It makes for a busy work schedule, which should make November interesting... I going to write a historical fiction piece - I have my main character, based on a shirt-tail relative from my husband's family who has fascinated me for years. I have been gifted with stuff, mementos, photos and diaries from her life, so the fuel is all there! There are many gaps and a couple of mysteries in her story, which makes me feel as if it could be very exciting to create one for her.. Don't know what life will hand me in the month of November, but here we go!

Hi my name is Anne & I'm taking part for the 1st time. I am not currently in employment due to various health problems. I live in a village near to Dundee in Scotland. Ihave rekindled my interest in writing thru a Writers Group @ a local Maggies Centre. So far I've only witten poetry, but I have aspirations to write a novel!

Hello!

I just wanted to add my voice to the chorus of newbies. I like to do most of my online writing under the pen name "Reprieve26." This will be my first NaNoWriMo and I'm super excited about it. :)

Are there any other writers out there on the Oregon coast that would like to create a local writing/support group? If so, please feel free to contact me!

Toodles!

I'm Kat and I'm taking the challenge for the first time this year. I'm excited about it, but I don't know how likely it is that I'll actually finish in time.

I'm a law student living in Detroit, MI. I've been writing fiction for a very long time, but I've never tried to write anything this long. Let's see how this goes!

Hello, I'm Ellie. I write deprssing poems and wierd little blips only my grandad takes seriously.

This is my first year doing NaNo, my friends tried last year and I am joining them now. Funnily enough the moment I began planning my plot bunnies moved out but finally I have dragged one kicking and screaming out of the pile of fluff at the back of my brain and forced it to give me a nice, detailed plot for November. By day three it will have run away.
I WILL write 50 000 words. I can't promise they will make sense or even be legible but I will write them.

Hello. My name is Johnny Miles and I'm entering NaNoWriMo for the first time in the hopes I can jump-start my next novel. I've been published before and have also self-pubbed; an interesting learning experience but not one I'd necessarily recommend unless you're willing to wear a LOT of hats!

I mostly write in the m/m romance genre but looking to branch out after I've gotten a few more books under my belt.

I'm really looking forward to starting my first NaNo attempt and wish everyone much success!

Hi folks, my name is Bob and I'm a newbie ('Hi Bob')

I'm juggling work, school, two dogs, two cats, and marriage along with working on at least one idea (if not two) for my first NaNo.
I've been writing fantasy and mysteries ever since I was a kid. However I reached what I call the "dead times" around age 22 or 23, but thanks in part to my niece, I've been able to rekindle the fire. This should be the medicine to help me get back to where I want to be.

Onward and upward to 50k words or more!

Hi! I'm Andacus. I'm here for the first time and I'm determined to wrestle this novel to the mat, so help me gods. There will probably be blood and tears, but so be it. Good luck to everyone out there and I hope to meet some great people!

Hello All!

This will be my first year participating in NaNo, and I have to admit that I'm scared to death. :)

I'm currently working on my fourth novel, and it's coming along way too slowly for my liking, so I'm hoping this will be the motivation I need (and I'm really hoping my two-year-old is cooperative).

Best of luck to everyone!

Hello everyone!

I'm Andy and this is my first time taking the challenge! I am very excited to get moving on it!

My biggest concern is: Am I able to write a screenplay for this challenge, compared to a novel? Both are word-based and creative in their own ways. I hope writing a screenplay would be acceptable since there is no NaScreeWriMo event happening ever!

I'll be tackling a new job, a rigorous weight-loss routine as well as this new endeavor and I am eager for success on all fronts!

To the moon!!

My name is Pamela and I always have ideas for stories rolling around in my head. I have never written a complete novel before and I imagine it will take me quite some time before I am good at it.
That said, this is me:
I am 43 years old with a husband and 3 kids. I'm originally from Utah, but have lived in Vermont and am currently in Oklahoma. I am a ballet director and love all things ballet. I can't listen to music without choreographing in my head, so i try to save it for work and have learned to enjoy the sound of a clattering keyboard. My kids make fun of me for pushing so hard on the keys but i learned to type old-school when you actually had to put some effort into depressing the key to make it smack the letter on the page. I have been managing carpal tunnel syndrome for 12 years, not because of typing, but because I am a prolific knitter. I also love books, movies, and tv shows without commercial interruption(thank you netflix). I have several people in my support system who encourage me to write, but ultimately I know it is up to me!

Hi! I'm Michelle (call me Meesh) and I'm taking on Nanomo for the first time this year. I am 32 and I mostly write fanfiction, but I am trying to create and original work!

I am Tracy and am taking the NaNoWriMo challenge... though I decided to do it on the 24th of October...

Let's just say I am not overly prepared.

I have ALWAYS wanted to write a novel and have been talking about it for YEARS. I am a Spanish professor at a small college in Iowa and I am teaching creative writing this semester. Hopefully I can inspire my students to participate in NaNoWriMo this year or in the future :)

I think that I will struggle the most with not using "my inner editor" but I am going to hit 50,000 words come hell or high water!

Hello to everyone! :) I am Tessa and a newbie, though I have been planning to do this since last year.

I only realized how much I loved making a world out of a paper and pencil when I was in the 6th grade, that was a great day. Now I write all the time, my writing is 80% poetry and I am psyched (and a little anxious) to be trying a full out novel.

I love sunshine, the ocean, walking outside, reading, sketching and living my life.

Most people I have talked to think I am crazy to do this, and you know, I think they are right. But all writers are a bit on the insane side, I think. We are the people who color the world with stories and ideas.

Of course we are loony!
So, Let the madness begin!
Tess

Hi everyone my name is Alisia and this is my first year doing nanowrimo!

I'm a part time college student. I'm an aunt and godmother. and well I really don't know what else to say about myself.

I started writing when I was 13 and from then on I've been hooked on writing. I'm still getting to know my grammar...it's hard. I have written many, many storys...but have only finished like 2 or 3 of them..sad I know. So when I happened upon an artical on tumblr I thought it was cool and I came here and got wheeled in yay!!!

I'm already getting my story up and going I have a planner dedicated to my first story for nanowrimo! So my goal by the end of Nov is to hit that 50,000 or more; or else I'm going to cry :'( a little maybe. So yes GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE and good luck to me!

Hi, Im Charlotte. Found this website and said it's time to write! So Hope this first time goes well! I. I am a dreamer and I have always wanted to write a novel- but have never been able to complete one.

My wish is for me to complete this 50K and have someone other than me love it.

I work all day long and then head home to a wonderful husband and 3 very mischevious daschunds. In my spare time, I am usually reading, outside gardening, or fishing with my husband. We also do a little bit if hiking when we have time.

I am not really sure how this works but good luck to everyone!

Hi, I am also taking this challenge for the first time this year. I am also doing a project for work called Publish and Flourish to increase my academic writing and publishing, too. I hope to produce something over the month of November that will at least serve as a starting point for me.

I work as an Assistant Professor at the University of West Alabama in Livingston, AL, but I live in Crimson Tide Country in Tuscaloosa, AL.I never thought I would want to write again after I finished my dissertation in Instructional Technology, but four years have passed and I am ready to get back to writing again!

I am looking forward to writing and getting feedback from other WriMos!

Laurie Fowler
Tuscaloosa, AL
Roll Tide!

Hey y'all!

I'm Regina, I'm 24, I live in St. Petersburg, FL, and my main hobby is photography. I haven't actually written anything for fun since I was in high school, but I used to LOVE writing. I've also wanted to do NaNoWriMo since I was in high school, but I have always either had a ridiculous amount of stuff going on or forgot about it until halfway through the month. I'm putting myself through a rehab of sorts, trying to get everything toxic out of my life and replace it with something good, and I think this is just the thing for that!

I'm excited but a little lost, overwhelmed, and don't know where to begin...but I'm figuring it out. I've got a few days to pull it together, right?

Hey, I'm Cheri, and I found out about this yesterday from a friend's blog. I've always loved to write and I've dreamed of writing a book, but never seemed to make the time for it. I am 30, a SAHM of a beautiful and active 15 month old boy, so I'm not 100% sure I'll make the goal, but he usually lets me spend a couple hours on the computer a day, plus he has naptime, so maybe it'll happen.

I live in Missouri with my husband and my son, and our lives will be changing very soon, so this may be the last "quiet" time I have for awhile and my best chance to get a habit of writing little everyday started.

Hi, I'm Lisa. This is my first time doing the challenge.

I used to write when I was younger, but I haven't written in such a long time. I figure this is the perfect thing to get me motivated again. Luckily, I still have many idea's still rattling around.

Hi! I'm Codex, and this is my first NaNoWriMo.

A bit about myself:
-I'm a high school student, so I'm always juggling homework with everything I do.
-I love, love, love, love writing! But that's obvious, isn't it? :D
-I also love drawing and photography and crafts. I am an origami nut as well.
-My favorite band is Coldplay, so they are my go to writing soundtrack :)
-I basically have no idea what I'm doing!

So, what's it going to be? I'm going to try. Empasis on TRY for 50,000. I will not suffer sleepless nights to do it, I will not slack in my studies. They are the most important!
But I really want this, so watch out! I'll be writing my little heart out here :)

I'm young and I'm freaking out. Yes, I know. Clap for me. :)

Hi there. I'm Amy and I am a lot younger than a lot of you here, I imagine. That's ok, though.

I love writing. I live writing. (I'm an odd child) I'm silly and weird and different and proud of it!

While, I'm really nervous to start NaNoWriMo for the first time this year, I'm also really excited. I not only want to write to novel, I want to see how I do with it. I want to observe how I feel and, frankly, how late I stay up doing it. I want to know how hard it really is. I want to see if I can write something without going back and editing every 2 minutes (Stupid inner editor!). I'll see how this all turns out.

If I don't finish the novel in this coming month, I always have next year. I'm determined. I will NOT give up! I just know it.

Bring on the challenge. 50,000 words, here I come!

I'm Ashley, and this is my first NaNoWriMo. I live in Clearwater, Florida (10 minutes from the beach). I'm a high school sophomore, I write a lot of various fiction, I read lots of classics and plays, watch tons of British comedy and drama, play too many videogames, and drink way too much tea.
Writing isn't necessarily my long term goal (I'm more interested in history), but I've been writing as a full time hobby since my 6th grade year, where I wrote an extremely crappy 170 page vampire story. Since then I think I've gotten better, and my friend and I are now attempting to complete a novel in 30 days. We'll see how it goes. I'm very nervous and very excited.

Hi, my name is Gina and this is my first year participating in NaNoWriMo. I've thought about it for several years and have finally decided to take the plunge. The longest thing I've written is a Major Paper for my master's degree and I've really never written fiction of any kind.

I'm 36 years old and live in northern Wisconsin in a small town. I'm married to a wonderful man and we have 2 cats and a dog. I work in my family's sewing manufacturing business and have been involved in creative endeavors for most of my life - music, dance, theater, quilting and crafts. I guess I just wanted to add creative writing to the list. :)

I'm aiming for 2000 words a day, so that I can build up a little buffer before Thanksgiving - I'm hosting my family this year!

Good luck to everyone else, and here goes nothing!

Alright... so.... Hi. *waves*

My name is Gina and the story I'm writing is one I've been wanting to write and failing to write, and then deleting everything and starting again, for about two years. I'm doing NaNo for the first time in hopes of getting this story out of my head once and for all. It's really distracting, honestly.

I'm a chemistry student and now that midterms are over, I'm ready to throw myself face first into writing and not stop until the very last minute. I think this is going to be a fun experience. :)

I'm Charlotte, and this is my first year!

I heard about it through our small writing club at school, and have decided to really motivate myself to work on a writing project I'm really excited about.

My schedule's pretty busy, but I'm going to try my best!

50,000 words? Challenge. Accepted.

I'm Kenneth and I'm finally taking the challenge after toying with the idea the past two years and making excuses like "I just can't do it this year... maybe next year." Well, after two "next years" it's this year!

I'm PCSing (changing military duty stations) this month, but as a Soldier it seems that Army is always throwing something at me in November (deployments, etc). I don't report in at the new unit until 30 November, so it seemed like a good time to go for it.

I've mostly written poetry and some very short stories, but I've always wanted to write a NOVEL. So... let's see how this goes!

I'm probably one of the youngest members on here :D

I'm 13 (yes, 13) and this is moi first NaNo (which is pretty much obvious). I plan on starting Nano with only the dim light of a vague idea to guide me ;) Wish me luck!

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison

I'm Marianna, I have a minimum of four books circulating in my brain at all times. It is time to take the challenge!
I have fed the kids, written my articles for Staten Island Parent Magazine, written my lesson plans for the week and have not done the laundry, (we have plenty of clothes) and deactivated FaceBook (too time consuming).

Hi,

I'm Susan and I live in Lincolnshire UK. This is my first attempt at Nano, I'm looking forward to it as it will be a new approach to writing. I've been working on a complicated split-time novel for over 20 years, so to write a novel in a month is a big challenge! I'm adapting a short story into a novel and plan to just let it flow and resist my natural instinct to edit and polish as I go!
I work as an Estate Agent and have written short stories and poetry for years. I also used my flair for rhyming to write slogans for consumer competitions and have won many holidays, a car, £10K cash and other prizes too numerous to mention so I suppose I have reaped some rewards from my creative abilities already.

Here I am, a newbie! My son introduced me to this site and the pressure is on to come up with a plot.

I'm an artist, acrylic mostly, a chanter (anyone chant with Krishna Das?), a Mom and proud Grandmom. Oh, and in my unreal job I manage a social collaboration, much like this one, for a company with 38K users.

Glad to meet you all!

Hello Everyone (:
My name is Markie. 16 years old and a junior in high school. This is my first year attempting to do NaNo and although I'm much better at poetry than prose, I have a great idea and I'm determined to hit 50,000!
There are, of course, a few things everyone needs to be aware of before talking to me. (Just giving everyone a warning/heads up!) I am in love with coffee and coke! I guess you could say I'm a caffeine addict.. I love animals so so much and I'm a very passionate vegan (: ..and last but not least, music is my everything!! I play the flute in marching band and i play piano in my spare time (:
If anyone wants to strike up some conversation with a fellow noob, I'm all ears. I don't bite, promise :D

Hey I'm Katlyn... and I am a newbie.
I tried this last year and jumped ship before Day 1. :(
But I love love LOVE writing and want to stretch myself... So this November I am going to attempt to somehow juggle school (sr. high school yr!), work and play with my Nano novel. :P

Crazy, huh?

I am looking forward to meeting you all as I learn not to edit so much and let my novel flow.

Katlyn

I'm Arowa, from the tiny island of Singapore!

You guys might have read my fanfics that I had been steadily pumping out for a few months now, so I thank you if you did give my works a read! If you're interested to read it now, it's at FanFiction.net, same username.

Can't wait to start and finish the story! I just hope I can cope with it, cause I am planning to continue writing chapters for my fanfic side by side with doing NaNo!

I'm Morgan and have moved from Holland to England to study Creative Writing. I love England and definitely want to stay here and keep writing in English! This is my second participation and I'm sooo excited to join again. Last year I finished a day early, so let's see how I'll do this year. I hope to gain many writing buddies to share the love of writing! :)

Good luck everyone and have FUN! :D

My name is Sandeep, and this is my first NaNo. But you all knew that already given that I am posting in the newbs forum. My daytime cover is a software programmer creating kids video games. I've been wanting to write this story for a few years now. It's been begging to be put on paper and this seems to be the ideal motivator to get it done.

I have written a little already, started a couple of weeks before I heard about NaNo, stopped writing since I signed up. I was planning to set my goal higher by the number of words I have already written. But that is against the law of the land. Well I guess I'll be a newbie rebel then. Heaven knows I need all the help I can get to get to 50,000 words.

Let's see if I can get to 56,000!

Hi I'm I, Dallis and this is my first NaNo. I'm trying not to freak out right now. I had a story in mind but never wrote it down. Now, today my mind is blank. Can't remember. Oh well, my fingers will hit the keys tomorrow and we'll see what comes out.

I normally only write research papers and edit the work of others so this is totally outside my comfort. I can't wait

I'm Sandy and am doing this for the first time.

I'm a wife, mom, grandmother, sibling and friend. I haven't done any writing except journaling since I retired in 2003.

I am going through waves of anxiety alternating with waves of excitement. I had what I thought was a great idea, but then decided it would be too long if I did it justice. Now I scaled back and am thinking I'll never be able to write 50,000 words. How much is 50,000 words anyway? I'm used to thinking more in terms of pages, paragraphs or sentences.

Happy writing everyone!

It took me forever to find where to post this...how's that for clueless? No ideas....No outline..and I still want to do this...why? Because it's time.....I need this.

Just call me DeeNee...I'm married and have two great dogs that make me smile everyday of my life.
I work parttime so I hope that will give me more time for this.....here's to all of you. Good Luck to everyone!

Hello from Greenland

This is my first time and I plan to take it easy and enjoy the process.

Best of luck to all writers!

Chris

Hi, I am Pinaywriter. I am from the Philippines. I love to write romance novels and fanfiction romances. I am trying Chick Lit for this year. I am hoping that i can reach the 50K goal this time.

My dream is to be a publishe Filipino romance novelist. I edit novels for my writing group and it takes a lot of time. I have just recently broken up with my boyfriend and he was jealous of the time I spent writing and editing. T_T. I co-write a comic with a friend as well. I write, he draws basically.

I teach English online to Koreans. I love and hate my job. Love the work, hate the managers.

I tend to not finish a lot of things that I start out. I hope that this year would be different. 50k or nothing.

Hi All!

I'm Chris and this is my first time doing NaNoWriMo and I'm so excited!! And a little nervous about the 1667 words though. I have three kids, a husband, a dog, a cat and a fish! I live in Columbus, Oh and yes I am a buckeye fan and an alum. OH-IO!!!!

I'm am going to write, write, write and whatever hits the page is better than white space. So here goes.

Good luck to you all and let the words flow.......

Chris

I too am a newbie and doing this for the first time. I'm not even sure I'm going to win, but then I'll just win next year instead ;) I've just started uni again, I have a BA in Creative writing, and now I'm studying Arabic. I also have a son, boyfriend, dog, two cats and a need to sleep... I'm very excited, nervous and tired already. My son has just turned one, so his idea of a full nights sleep is very different from mine ;) Looking forward to getting to know you and hopefully getting some work done!
Best of luck from Tanja

Hey!
I'm Steph and I'm 14. this is my first year attempting NaNoWriMo. I'm still a little unsure and nervous about how this all works, but iI'll give it my best shot!
Still very excited and I hope I learn lots from this.
Hopefully i reach the big 50,000!
Good luck to everyone :)

Hi, I'm Travis from the Baltimore area. This is my first time actually participating, though I've been intending to for years! Gah! I'm really excited to see how far I can go.

Hey guys, so when does Friday come before Thursday???? Anyone know? Anyone? If you said "in the dictionary," then by golly you're a smarty! (Thanks for patiently enduring my corny ice breaker.) My name is Susy and I loooooooooove devouring bowls of Capn' Crunch cereal, while galavanting through treacherous volcanic mountains that could erupt at any moment!


One of my life goals is to travel to a different planet, believe it or not. But writing seems more possible at the moment. Which has led me to NANOWRIMO! For too long have I been procrastinating and doubting my ability... Enough is enough, wouldn't you say? And now that I've tossed all the excuses into the recycling bin, I can push myself to achieve a dream that's as real as a first kiss.


Au revoir! I wish you all the best of luck!

I'm Janet and I'm taking the challenge for the first time!

I'm a high schooler in Washington State. I live with my mom, dad, and younger sister. I've been writing since I was really little, but I haven't written much original work recently, mostly short stories about different fandoms.

It'll be interesting to see how I can balance writing and school work, on top of chorus rehearsal and soccer games. At least I'm done coaching soccer for the year!

I've heard about NaNoWriMo for years, but haven't actually looked into participating until now.

My biggest issue is I don't even have any idea what I'm going to write about- where do I start?

My name is Desirea and this is my first Nano. Now I feel like I've walked into some Writers Anonymous meeting and I'm introducing myself and my "story". Well, maybe i am.

I've blogged and written short stories and non-fiction instructional content. I'll see how this goes. I have a couple of ideas that have milled around in my head for a couple of years. I guess it's time to put them down on the virtual paper.

Hopefully I can produce something readable.

Des

I never thought I'd ever do this in a million years...but here I am. lol I'm Rhonda, and this is my very first time to try this. I love stories, all kinds of stories, and have been a voracious reader all my life. As a kid, then as a teen, reading and writing were my refuges, my personal therapy, and my outlet. As I got older, life happened...married, divorced, single-mom, re-married...I started writing less and less, though my appetite for books never waned (I think my local library has me on speed dial). The stories in my head never stopped either...the difficulty has always been in getting them from my head onto paper (or these days on screen). A friend of mine told me about this (she sent me the link along with a short message: Start writing!) and I figured, hell why not?? I honestly don't know if I can do this, but I'm going to give it my best shot. (Deep breath....) Am I seriously nuts or what?? lol

Hi I'm Loraine and the first thing I did was post my introduction to the wrong place. Doh!

I took the challenge last year but it was short lived. Last year I was invested like the chicken and this year I'm hoping to be committed like the pig in a ham and egg sandwich.

I'd like to meet some friends especially those working within my genre of parody and satire. I'm supposing this is all based on the honor system because it seems anyone could write a book ahead of time. But today is day one and I've just now committed to a story line and I'm sticking to it.

Naturally, day one includes babysitting a sick child, so we will see how this goes.

I'm not a book writer. I'm a now defunct article writer and PR person but I hope that this exercise will help me get back to writing and earning some extra cash.
Best of luck to you all and here's to 50,000 words in one month!

Hello,

I'm Anouk, 36, and I study to become a librarian. I know of NaNoWriMo since a very long time, but never dared to participate, because I didn't even finish a short story. But at the moment I don't have anything good to do and I just want to see how far I get.

I already have a good plot - or at least the beginning of one - and... let's see!

I'm Kathy and I'm new to Nano. I decided to try it because I have been thinking about writing a book for a long time but I haven't been able to make myself sit down and write it. In the past I have only been able to write with deadlines (except for personal journaling) so I'm trying to impose some self discipline on myself. "They" say it takes 3 weeks to create a new habit. I don't expect to finish my novel in a month, not even the first draft, but if I can teach myself to sit down and write for a month then I can get it done eventually.

Hey, I'm Meredith and a definite newbie.

I work about sixty hours a week between jobs, but jumped at the idea to actually spend some of that free time doing something that I love. I've been out of school for about six months, and haven't written since. This seemed like a good idea to get myself started again.

50,000. Shouldn't be so bad, right?

Hi. I'm Andrea. I've no idea whether or not I'll be able to do this. I'm a professional freelance writer, but I write for other people and never myself. I really want to try my hand at this, just to be able to say I did it, but I will only be able to do it if my clients are amenable. :) Well, either that or if I write really, super-duper fast all month.

Or skip sleep.

Maybe the latter. Who knows -- maybe a lack of sleep and excessive amounts of coffee will combine to create an amazing plot and spectacular characters? Hmmm ....

We'll go with that. Yep. That's it. That's my story.

So ... good luck, everyone! Let's get to that finish line together!

Hi there, I'm Sable, and I'm also taking the challenge for the first time this year! I'm a veteran writer but I have a habit of not finishing what I start when it's a long project. I'm using this as a motivator and tangible goal-setting device and I'm hoping that the experience will give me skills that I can put to work in my other projects. Just like Patrise, I was an avid writer who lived on it as a kid, but adulthood's busy-ness and responsibilty made me lose my way. I've written a lot of articles in recent years and I maintain a blog, but novel writing is where my heart is. My current work is a fanfiction fantasy novel which I suspect will never make me a dime, but I'm writing it anyway because it's a really great story.

I have a question. I am submitting a novel I started in October. My current word count for the total novel is 26802. But I assume the goal only applies to what you've actually written in November? So I would subtract the base word count I had yesterday, which was 26130, from the total to record my word count, right? Or is it total words of the novel overall (in which case, I'm already halfway there)?

Thanks for your time!

Hey, my name's Katie, I'm 13 and I'm going to be juggling my first novel with GCSE coursework this month so it's gonna be tricky!

I live in Swindon (home of the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers for any Nerdfighters out there) with my mum, dad and younger sister and I go to a Catholic school.

My main hobby is writing but I also take drama lessons and can play piano, guitar (a tiny bit) and most easily recorder.

I've been writing as long as I can remember and have always loved language and communication (probably explains why I'm such a chatterbox).

I have an account on Wattpad where I might post my NaNo novel. I also have some other shorts and poems up there so please go and take a look. Thanks a bunch and DFTBA!!!
Katie xxx

Hello,
My name is Nadina, and this is my first writing on Nanowrimo, actually more like my first long novel writing. I am more into short stories, plays and poetry but this is quite a challenge.

I have begun a story which I have no idea where it will lead, for prior to that I had no intention on writing a novel that soon. But a challenge calls and I oblige the call, hoping to be up to standard.

So here, I just introduced myself and hope to hear from many authors here and get ideas and feedback on how this is working.
Thank you Nanowrimo for this opportunity and hosting us on your site, and thanks to all you writers out there.

Hi there!


I'm Hina! I like to write a lot of fanfiction but I also write original stories too. I often write fantasy stories which is my favorite genre. :)

Hi!

My name is Rhonda and I am a substitute teacher in Waynesville, MO. A Langage Arts Teacher, who was my college teacher at one time, introduced me to this site as I have been bugging her for links to help me write my first book.

I drink copious amounts of coffee and read numeorus "romance" novels. I'm a junky! I will admit it! This contest will help me get over my procrastination! I hope!

Hi, my name is Bee. I don't know if this is the right place for this but I have a question. For some reason I'm not able to update my word count or add an excerpt. It just keeps saying "event has already been taken".... HELP please???

Hey I'm Brian :D how is everyone?

Right then I ain't really got a clue what i've got myself into just think this will be a laugh and i'm interested in seeing where it goes. But i'm slightly confused as i'm not sure how exactly this works. do i write live online? do i copy and paste 1667 words from word onto here and post what i've got so people read as I write? do people get to read it? Is this a competition against others or myself and writers blocks? Is there a prize at the end? hahaha sorry not sure if this is the right place to ask but thought maybe the best place to get a decent idea to the answers of these questions.

Anyway i'm an 18 year old student. I write a lot but read even more. So far i have a growing collection of shorts that ive written over the years. I'm also working on the first book of a series. Not too sure what else to say so just feel free ask guys.

Cheers and all the best to all.

Hey, I'm Mitchel and this is my second time trying to write a novel.
in middle school my teacher made us do it, but now that i'm in high school I've been dying to give it a try. I'm super stoked to try and reach my goal. I still don't have any idea on how to pick my title, but i hope it will come to me.

I'm Jay and this will be the first story I will write since "How the Cheetah Got its Spots" back in 1st grade. This is going to be fun!

Hi I'm Katwrite. Wife, Mother, Grandmother. This is my first attempt at NaNo, and I am so nervous. I'm just learning to get around in NaNo. I'm scared ti death I will post in the wrong area. But, I feel like I'm in the right area for introductions. I just left F2k and learned so much there. A lot of my friends that I met there are in NaNo now, so I'm looking forward to feed back from them and meeting new friends. So let's get started and write, write, write.

Katwrite

Hi there. I'm Barb and this is my first time trying this too. I've done lots of non-fiction but this will be my first attempt at fiction. Right now I'm wondering why I think I can do this but here we go.
I love theater, reading and hanging out with my family. I make ballet costumes and am the youth director at a local church.
Okay, gentlemen (and ladies) start your keyboards.

Hello Everyone! My name is Tam and I am officially attempting Nano this year.

I am a YA writer and full time Entertainment Business student at Full Sail University. I am also interning as an Editor for Spectacle Publishing Media Group. http://www.spectaclepmg.com/

Of course, this is only a part of my sekrit ninja life. The rest of my time is spent as a wife and mother, (who double agents as a taxi driver, maid, cook, and boo boo kisser) of three boys.

I just published my first short story in an anthology entitled, Disturbing. (http://amzn.to/v5ul2Q) Since that was a huge hurdle cleared for me, I though that this challenge would be the next step.

Good luck to you all, and please feel free to add me as a buddy. There is nothing better than to have others to commiserate and cheer with.

Ahoy-hoy! I'm OpheliasMusing and attempting my first for reals NaNoWriMo. I created this account last year and did a big fat nothing, but this year I'm committed. Day 1 has me at 1,795 words. Not bad for someone who literally just came up with a vague novel idea about 3 hours ago.

Adding to the insanity? I'm leaving my job on Friday, starting a freelance writing & consulting career, AND doing NaBloPoMo (Nat'l Blog Posting Month) all during the same damn month.

Ha! Love to connect with others doing this madness.

Hi everyone! This is my first time with nanowrimo! I am attempting an adventure novel that i am quite excited about. However, I am going to have a hard time fitting it into my schedule as i am a freshman in high school. Oh well, it'll be a fun journey! :)

Any advice?

I'm Lauren.

After deciding that the only way to become a paid author was to actually strap in a write a novel, I figured NaNoWriMo was a good way to keep me accountable to at least get a good portion of work done. Plus it's credit for my Creative Writing class. Huzzah.

But anyways. I'm seventeen. I can't help but write and create art and capture beauty, be it through the pen or paintbrush or camera. I'm striving to hold onto childness and veer away from mundane and monotonous life.

I don't know, I hate talking about myself, hah. But my novel idea is one that I've had since I was eleven years old, and I figured since God let an idea hang around in the back of my mind for so long it must be worth writing down.

I hope to meet a lot of writers on this website and gain encouragement. So yeah. Nice to meet you all. :)

I'm Nivee and this is my first year at NaNoWriMo as well.

I'm a regular blogger and am a voracious reader. I like cats, and good music, I'm a big science fiction lover and internet humour aficionado. I like reading and writing fiction because I believe that sometimes everybody needs to escape daily life and engage themself in something, if not real, then out of this world or greater than themselves. I've been writing since I was 11, and only got quite a few of my essays published but never my fiction work. I'd like to once put on the web because the internet's a giant place, I'd get a lot of feedback.

I don't know about winning, but I think NaNoWriMo can help me a lot and I feel very inspired. I'm still a bit slow, but I'm sure this will be worth an experience.

All the best, fellow participants!
50,000 words! Haha.

Hello everyone!

I'm Tamra, and I am 27 years old. I live in South-central Indiana, and I'm currently doing the stay-at-home mom/student thing. I have friends who have tried NaNoWriMo before (though most of them live across the country), and I've always wanted to give it a shot. I guess this is the first year I've managed to work up the courage.

Hi, I'm Tim and this is my first year at all this stuff. Been 'writing' (or rather having what I think is a great idea and then getting bored with it after about 2 weeks and giving up) since I was at school and uni. Never managed to get anywhere! But when I saw this advertised I thought that maybe this time I could manage it. Started early with the planning and have got the ending sussed! Just got to work out one major plot point and I'm there. I've written about half of the first chapter now and its fun. The thing is, for ages I couldn't decide what to write about. Then I remembered that old chestnut about writing what you know so I thought about all the stuff I love and I've pretty much lumped it together in this story.
I love the idea that I'm involved with something that so many others are doing all over the planet and its just great to do something purely for the pleasure of it. I read the other day that we now live in a society where our hobbies or interests are deemed unworthy unless they bring us monetary gain. For people like that I feel such pity. They have no idea about how to feel simple joy at creating something, with no boundaries, no rules about the marketplace or whatever. OK, so who wouldn't like to be published but I'm doing this cuz if I don't Id just be another one of those boring people who moan on about how they coulda been a contender but they never had the time. I WILL DO IT!

Heyo, I'm Saiyakitsune I'm 17 years old (about to be 18) And I'm going to die this month for writing so much! XD If anything this will be a good thing for me since I have a lot of ideas, but never write them out. Main reason is because I get a better idea later on so I'm going to make a lot of changes along the way, hopefully not so many that I wont finish in time. >w<

50,000 words, 30 days and 30 nights, I'm laying all the marbles down for this one!

I'm Harriet. I find introducing myself hard as I either have lots to say or nothing at all.
Currently I'm thirteen and I live in England. I get way too attached to fictional characters and I'm possibly the most clumsiest person you'll ever meet. I love British television and I'm obsessed with the BBC program Sherlock. As well as writing and eating I enjoy playing guitar and violin.

I'm also hoping for 50k words!

Hello! My name is IYIYTH. I registered here about half an hour ago...so I guess I'm one of the newest members here. If you've ever been on the young writer's site then you might know me. I must have thought that was the adult's forum, which I now find quite odd since there's a huge logo in the top left corner that says "Young Writer's Program."

About me online: I'm a very active forum user, but I have never seen this many registered users online before. Of course, since I am familiar with forums I am familiar with BBCode and similar texts, so if anyone needs help with anything technical then I can hopefully be of some assistance.

About me in RL: I'm a 14 year old high school student. One thing I clearly remember about my years in school thus far is the transitions form one school to the next. In elementary school our teachers were remind us literally every day that middle school was coming up and we should be ready for the "dreaded middle school transition." It must have scared some people but the only difference I noticed from elementary to middle school is the addition of lockers and new people. In turn, the middle schools emphasized our preparation into high school and I remember them babbling nonstop about the "dreaded high school transition." I must be immune to these transitions because I noticed practically no change other than more faces. Makes me wonder how the "dreaded college transition" will go.

To conclude, I'm very excited about being here and writing a novel in 30 days and meeting new people. Unfortunately I will not have the time to write a full 50k word novel so this year I think I'll stick with a short story somewhere in the neighborhood of ~3k words. Sounds crummy, but I suppose that's a good goal for someone with a very limited amount of free time.

Good luck this year!
-IYIYTH

Good evening all. I am Gabrielle and this is my first time participating in Nano. I am 41 and am the mother of 3 amazing children, the youngest being twelve and still at home. I am engaged to my soul mate and we live happily in Northern California. I have 2 dogs - a golden lab/retriever mix named Charlie, who is a galumphing oaf, and a weiner dog named Gidget who is the absolute comic relief in our household.

I love to write. I am quite obsessed with it. It consumes my every waking thought. So, I thought it was high time I did something about it! Thus, I have taken up the challenge and hope to finish my first novel. Wish me luck!

I'm Eryn, and I'm an even mix of excitement & nerves now that I've decided to take the NaNoWriMo plunge for the first time.

I'm an artist, romance novelist, and unrepentant chocoholic currently living in Houston, TX. I'm hoping to emerge victorious with a modicum of sanity left intact. Right now, my goals are to get at least 1,667 words down every day~if I reach 50,000 words before the end of November, that gives me more time to work on my other projects. So far, I'm on track...granted, it's only 2 days in, but every little bit helps :)

I wish everyone the best of luck in the race to 50,000 words!

Hi all. I am Jenn and this is for me, as it is for all of you, my first nanowrimo. I have had a very rough idea for a novel for a few years, but as I am a short fiction writer have never dared to write it before. I am taking the plunge this November. But I must admit, I am having second thoughts because, although I am already over 4,000 words into it on day two, it is total crap and this particular plot line is super important to me. I'm afraid of ruining the novel with the head first rush into it. Does anyone ever get anything publishable out of these things or should I be picking a different idea just to get the experience?

Hiiiiii.
I'm Lauren, and I heard about this from a friend today at school. I've been writing short stories since elementary school, even took a creative writing class (which I must add, did not help at all) last year during school, but the longest I've gotten to so far is about 10 pages or 5000 words, so this is going to be a real challenge for me, but I really think the time limit/1666 words per day will really help me!

Hi I'm Rebecca and doing this for the first time.
I'm only 13 but I love writing and I'm gonna prove you don't have to be an adult to be an amazing author, or at least that young people can write a book!
I'm excited to have found NaNoWriMo because I've been wanting to write a book for the past year and hopefully this can get me to do so. :)

I'm Shannon, and I'm a newb. My goal is actually to write 1,000 words a day, but more importantly to write every day - I'm more interested in developing the writing habit than in a final word count.

That said, I was thrilled yesterday when 1200 words flew out of my fingers. And then I went to sleep thinking it was 1200 words of telling, and I don't know how to show ... and ... well ... today I have scratched out 500 very doubt-filled words.

So apparently I will be honing my skill, not just vomiting up words on a page. And that's a good thing as well.

I'm looking forward to the community on here - giving and getting support. Cheers, y'all.

Hey Peeps!
I'm Chanelle, and this is my very first attempt to write anything longer than a short story...which, I've only written one of those, so basically I'm just new to all of this. I generally write "poetry" so this whole novel/50,000 words thing is pretty intimidating. However! I will not let this intimidate me! I'm a night receptionist at the dormitories here at Michigan State University, so I have plenty of time to muddle around in the world of literature within my brain. Hopefully, it actually works. bahaha. *sigh*

Anyways. I'm not sure how this site works, so I don't know where to post any of the writing that I will be doing...Help would be much appreciated!
~Chanelle

Hi! I'm Megan. I've never written anything worthwhile in my life, but I've always wanted to write a novel. NO CLUE where to start...

Hello all, First time around for this old Codger. I ain;t gonna let this thing kick my butt so ya'll give me a lot of boosts. :) Please feel free to click my profile Glen Rose and click on my wbsite www.glnroz33.blogspot.com ( no "E's" in the website) for a visit. Ya'll come to Texas and I will treat you to some Bar-B-Que. I'll be checking in ya'll too,, Thanks Glenn

I'm Katelyn and this is my first year as a Wrimo! However, I'm also a NaNo Rebel (Writing a book made up only by pictures. ;) A picture IS worth a 1000 words!)
So.... hi!

Hi, I'm Karen Black. My sister introduced me to this sight just three short days before the kickoff leaving me wondering if I am even going to participate this year. However, participate I am. At the very least I am hoping that this marathon will get the old chug boat going again. With three writing projects that are still not done on other sights two of which I started back in 2005 and are currently in the midst of their second two-year hiatus. The third one can't seem to get passed chapter one. Hopefully by writing this 50,000 monstrosity I can get the gears grinding again and fight my way to completely them. Will be a first. I have never completed a single story I've started, sad I know.

Hi! My name is Kaitlin (pyseudenum: Penelope Wrightly)...I've been writing fanfiction for about 7 years, and smaller works of fiction for longer than that. If I could be paid for daydreaming I'd be a very rich young woman; but alas no such luck. This is my first NANOWRIMO and hopefully not my last...I'm excited to see how it goes.

Hello, NaNoverse! My name is Sarah, a 17 year old expat currently in Indonesia. I have an itty bitty cat, drink Red Bull religiously, and occasionally watch trashy reality T.V shows. I don't really know what else to say besides that, I'm really about as interesting as a sock. Well, I did NaNoWriMo way back when in '09 when I wasn't burdened with the stresses of junior year year in a distracting New York City. Suffice to say, NaNo '09 was complete dismal failure.

So, on top of all this International Baccalaureate junk, I'm ready to challenge myself once again and shoehorn in all I can offer to get over that 50k word count. <3

My name is Shoshana (no, I'm not Jewish, thank you for your curiosity), and I just heard about NaNoWriMo from a friend this year. I have been writing since I was little, but haven't really finished anything serious that wasn't for a school project. Unfortunately, I hated my schoolwork so much that I tossed it all when I finished highschool. I'm hoping to finish a novel this year, though! I can feel it, this is going to be the first one, and if I can finish this one, then I can finish more! haha!

I have a feeling this novel is going to suck though, cause I have a serious cold, so the first 10,000 words or so are bound to be somewhat influenced by cold medicine.... But I'm going to finish, and that's what counts! I can always fix the goofy bits later!

I'm Janette, and I just found out about this website/challenge last night from a friend who's daughter joined it.

I've been writing novels since I was in my mid-teens, but I never did anything with them - nor did I quite finish any of them. I've always loved writing, and it seems to come so naturally to me. I type about as fast as I can think, so that aids me in letting the stories just roll out and onto paper (or screen, nowadays!). My goal is to establish myself as a successful, published novelist. I currently have my first real novel on the go, the one that is hopefully going to get me to my goal. I'm a stay-at-home-mom of three young children, so it is rather difficult to find the time to write as much as I'd like to, but I'm determined to make this work! I am a new member of the Yahoo! Contributor Network, so I've been writing articles and short stories on there for the last month to help get my creativity flowing and get some experience "publishing" and having others read my work (a big step for me!).

My personal goal is 80,000-90,000 words, but I'm not sure if my story will take me that far or not. I think a goal of 50,000 words on here is a good place to start! I'm about 1/3 of the way to 80K-90K already. If I can pace myself to write about 1500 a day, I should have my novel finished by the end of the month - and I'll have surpassed the 50K word count goal! I'm excited to get this finished and see where it can lead!

I'm still not sure how this all works... I thought that I would be writing the novel ON this website (and was apprehensive about having others access and read my novel!) but now I think this site is just about encouraging and helping writers get to their goal, is that right? I still have a bit to learn about how this site works!

Hello all,

Name is Lee, just found the site and I am looking around.
Not sure what all is going on here but looking forward to finding out.

Hi there, I'm Kat from New Mexico, way down on the border with El Paso, TX. I teach 6th grade, raise a lot of animals and have an absolutely fantastic son who will be 20 on Nov. 23 and is closing in on 3 years of service in the Army.

I love to write, I always have, unfortunately a lot of my writing gets started, and finished, in my brain and never on paper. This is my first real attempt at NaNoWriMo and of course it can't go off without a hitch, I love to make things as hard on myself as possible.

I'm really looking forward to growing and interacting with everyone.
Kat

Hi! My name is Izzy and I am a 12 year old wanna be actor-singer-performer-author (I turn 13 November 10th, though) and this is (obviously) my first year with NaNo! :)
Last August, I was in the teen writers month at my local library where around eight teens including myself set goals to reach by the end of the month, whether it's to write three hours a day, two chapters a week literally anything you could think of and I chose to write 5000 words a day. I don't know how I occomplished it, but I did, so yay!
All eight of us now are meeting at the library to do NaNoWriMo and it's so much fun! I only started today, so I have a lot of catching up to do.
I better start writing!

As Patrise said, 50,000 words or bust fellow authors! :)

Hello everyone~

My name is Johanna but people know me in internet with name Jalle. I come from Finland and I'm 16 years old and my b-day is 15th of February (-95).
I'm cosplayer, I love roleplaying, drawing, writing, singing and dancing, and of course, sewing! I study in first year in tailor school and I sew a lot.

I start to roleplay 7 years ago and I like writing so much, now (6.11 -11) I have my prologue for my first novel. It's okay execution/performance, I think, I have in it over 500 words so it's good for now in start.

I hope my writing-ability/skill gonna cure in here NaNo ~

Johanna aka Jalle

I'm Diana and I'm taking the challenge for the first time. I read about it on FlyLady (go figure!) and checked it out. What a way to get motivated!

I've written a fair amount, had my publishing endeavors grind to a halt due to some issues with a dishonest agent, and then stopped composing for several years due to job pressures, moves, other things. (I worked on projects that were more or less complete, but the fire was gone and the well had dried up, so to speak).

Currently I have my books parked on Kindle and Nook.

However - suddenly the floodgates opened when I looked over a truly ancient manuscript of mine that had been discarded years ago. I thought "I can do better than THAT!" and rewrite a scene. It was a one time thing; the story had changed hugely from its initial concept, but suddenly I was creating again.

I have several projects in varying stages, including a sequel to one of my books. They are on hold for this month.

My NaNo project is a story that follows one of mine, taking up the thread eighteen years later. It has characters from the first one, but is not dependent on the first book for its plot. It is based on some musings I did twenty years ago. The idea sparked, and I thought "This will be my NaNo project!" So I've been doing a lot of thinking and some character notes and timeline thoughts. I started composing in longhand thanks to the Great Northeastern Power Outage (power cam back Saturday night) and after I post this I'll be setting my timer for 45 minutes and writing up a storm.

I'm delighted that NaNoWriMo exists - what a fun incentive to get cracking!

Thanks!

Diana Wilder
Working on a story with a terrible 'working title'. I'll fiddle with that later.

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