Maybe don't accuse others of "living under a rock." You do know that NaNoWriMo (the organization) is imploding over last year's handling of child grooming and this year's tone-deaf statements on AI (which I only roll my eyes over, at this point, having deleted my account early this year). OG, eh? 2001 was my first year participating. :) Good luck with it - hope you're doing NaNo on your own or with an independent group, you "rebel," you. No point supporting the org at this point.
I put a disclaimer at the top to say it was previously published on Medium and is from my archives. Should have been clearer. It was published in 2021! I first participated in 2004 so you definitely are an OG.
The first couple of years I participated, the only forums were in Yahoo Groups. I'm sad to see how it has slowly deteriorated and recently imploded. But the PERSONAL EFFORT is still worthwhile, and I'll be cheering you on from the sidelines as I work to write more poems over here.
Are you just showing off - to make the rest of us look lazy - or has inspiration hit you this Fall? I'm going with the Fall inspiration theory as for some reason I seem to be more productive when the weather changes to rain, cold and colder...Go figure... Anyway, now I need to get back to work too!
I wrote the piece in 2021 on Medium. I'm publishing older pieces from the archives for posterity. So rest assured you are ahead and making me look lazy. :)
Maybe don't accuse others of "living under a rock." You do know that NaNoWriMo (the organization) is imploding over last year's handling of child grooming and this year's tone-deaf statements on AI (which I only roll my eyes over, at this point, having deleted my account early this year). OG, eh? 2001 was my first year participating. :) Good luck with it - hope you're doing NaNo on your own or with an independent group, you "rebel," you. No point supporting the org at this point.
I put a disclaimer at the top to say it was previously published on Medium and is from my archives. Should have been clearer. It was published in 2021! I first participated in 2004 so you definitely are an OG.
The first couple of years I participated, the only forums were in Yahoo Groups. I'm sad to see how it has slowly deteriorated and recently imploded. But the PERSONAL EFFORT is still worthwhile, and I'll be cheering you on from the sidelines as I work to write more poems over here.
Are you just showing off - to make the rest of us look lazy - or has inspiration hit you this Fall? I'm going with the Fall inspiration theory as for some reason I seem to be more productive when the weather changes to rain, cold and colder...Go figure... Anyway, now I need to get back to work too!
I wrote the piece in 2021 on Medium. I'm publishing older pieces from the archives for posterity. So rest assured you are ahead and making me look lazy. :)