Oct 21 2008

NaNoWriMo Halo Giveaway

Jamie Grove, on the How Not to Write blog, is giving away 30 NaNoWriMo halos to NaNo participants. Fill in the form on his blog to participate in the draw. The halos are given to those NaNo participants who donate for the NaNo event. That money supports the event itself, and young writers.

Unfortunately, as Jamie discovered, some of us can’t afford to donate the voluntary $10 even if the cause and event are appreciated. No halos for us then, we are tainted with the recessionary devil horns, perhaps. I am in that boat, but won’t fill in the form on Jamie’s blog, leaving others to take hold of Jamie’s copious generosity. I’m currently donating my last half-month’s salary (yep, it’s £10) to supporting an African chicken purchase for a promise made on Blog Action Day which was held last week. It’s almost worth the vintage joke - which comes first, the chicken or the NaNo?

The How Not to Write blog is well worth a bookmark. I particularly like Jamie’s post “Twelve Step Program for NaNoWriMo Acceptance” in which his little devil voice sounds just like mine did when contemplating whether or not to enter myself into the NaNo this year.

As Jamie and I appear to share a similar sense of humour, I’ll be buddying up with him on NaNo once I can get there (the server is currently down, it appears). In a world full of serious writing blogs, freelance writing blogs, copywriting blogs, internet marketing blogs, editors and preditors warnings and the like, the How Not to Write blog is a fabulous find, with both some serious topics, dished out with some humourous seasonings also. (There, I’ve well and truly done my dash with mixed metaphors today).

And for those who missed the item in my last Free Ebooks for Writers post, here’s the link to Lazette Gifford’s NaNo for the New and Insane free ebook explaining your way into NaNo also.

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  1. Jamie Grove - How Not To Write said:

    Thanks so much for the link and the kind words, Michelle! I’ll be looking for your buddy up once the NaNo site comes back from whatever dungeon it’s been locked into. :)

    October 21st, 2008 at 1:21 pm

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