#nanowrimo scandal 2023

[feralkwe]

so i am still digging up sources to verify things, but there is, allegedly, a grooming scandal being aimed at a moderator of NaNoWriMo forums.

the closest thing i can find to a source is know your meme, which has screenshots from the accusers and the accused. it's not enough, imo, to make a judgment alone, but i did find a statement from the board of directors of nano, which i will share in screenshots. apologies for quality, and it will take at least one reblog to fit them all because tumblr only allows ten pics.

#nanowrimo #nanowrimo scandal 2023

[writey-unicorn]

So I haven't been here in a while and when I did, I didn't talk politics. But NaNoWriMo doesn't care about the community and it is making me just mad enough that I have to say something.

The way they're handling this situation is fucked up. Should the woman who started this get fired? Yes! Should we punish the moderators? Sure! Why not? Fire every single one for all I care! All of this could have been solved entirely if they had just put in a block button and gotten rid of the moderators entirely! It's likely that last year's NaNo still would have been ruined but we would have had forums for Camp April and a guarantee of having forums for Camp July and for this year's NaNo. Instead, this has dragged on for over 6 months now because NaNo can't pull their heads out of their ass.

They have blocked off all of the ways the community could speak to them directly, tech support has stopped answering questions, and there is no end to this in sight. I know I can't be the only one who has lost any faith I had in them; something that wouldn't have happened if they had dealt with this in a reasonable, swift fashion when it became a problem.

I don't know what NaNoWriMo is doing but whatever it is, it isn't out of love for the community because if they gave one shit out the community then this problem would have been solved by now and this would be a sad blip in the rearview mirror. this would allow us to still talk to them. Tech support would still be answering questions. So I don't know what they are doing this for, virtue signaling or power tripping or politics, but it's not for the community. I never gave any donations before although I had thought about it but now, now that they've shown themselves to be untrustworthy, I can't imagine anyone who would give money to them. If anyone knows of a good replacement for the community that NaNo has destroyed then please, I need to know about it because, at this point, I doubt they're going to fix it.

#writing community #nanowrimo #nano trouble #nanowrimo scandal #nanowrimo 2023 #camp nanowrimo #camp nano

[ilightmytorch]

Writing Goals:  June 2023

Writing goals for the month, posting publicly because I think it encourages accountability:

Prepping: I’d like to finish two books–I have a book by a new-to-me NYT bestseller on hold at my library, and then I think I want to read The Invisible Orientation which I can also get from the library (still thinking about Ace!Luke and how to write that).  And I need to clear out the remaining prom dress bookmarks from my computer.

#1000wordsofsummer runs from 6/17 - 6/30 and then Camp NaNoWriMo starts 7/1, so it would be good to come up with a plan if I’m going to spend 6 weeks trying for more words than normal.  I need to triage what scenes in Boogaloo are most important to publish before The Squad--I have about 3 months to write and publish whatever I can.

Writing:  The Type is my top priority because I’d like to publish that this month and it’s very close to being complete.  If I actually do #1000wordsofsummer, I could end up finishing 4-5 scenes from Boogaloo this month, which would be cool--I’m thinking the Ray & Reggie talk, Kayla’s grandfather, Saving Trevor, and The Panic Attack should be priorities. 

The other issue is The Prom--I’ve kind of realized that I need to write that scene sooner rather than later, even though it happens a week after The Squad, because I’d like to be able to release The Scandal, which is the fic directly after The Squad, immediately after The Squad.  In The Scandal, Julie and Flynn go dress shopping, and I don’t think I can commit Julie to a dress until I see how prom actually goes.

Editing and Publishing:   I have two more chapters to publish in The Thief and the Dude of Honor, so aiming for 6/3 and 6/10 for those.  Ideally, I’d like to publish The Type and The Other Woman on the remaining two weekends in June, but we’ll see--they both need serious editing.  And I need to edit The Squad so I can turn it over to my Big Bang artist.

#my writing