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Nano nano!
Sep. 25th, 2003 11:07 pmSorry, I couldn't resist. Even my father made that joke when I finally told him about Nanowrimo.
Yes, the would-be writers of the world are gearing up for a month of sheer torture again. As we speak, countless writers are coming up with their sterling projects... or trying to decide between five or six projects. You'd think some of us would have learned our lesson the first time around.
This time around the artists are getting into the act with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
nanomango where you draw a page a day for thirty days in a sequential story. You can write panel strips or full blown layout stuff. Sounds nifty keen... except for that whole drawing thing.
The CVS meeting focused on a little more business. We did two critiques for submissions that had been turned in and hopefully we provided some decent feedback for these pieces. Then our community coordinator surprised us with two guests who were doing a signing upstairs. She thought they might provide a different take on the writing and publishing process. The book was "Embracing America" about a Cuban exile named Elena Maza. The main author/interviewer talked about her experiences dealing with a small university press, while Elena discussed the perils of getting her mother's poetry published by a small bilingual publisher.
Yes, the would-be writers of the world are gearing up for a month of sheer torture again. As we speak, countless writers are coming up with their sterling projects... or trying to decide between five or six projects. You'd think some of us would have learned our lesson the first time around.
This time around the artists are getting into the act with
nanomango where you draw a page a day for thirty days in a sequential story. You can write panel strips or full blown layout stuff. Sounds nifty keen... except for that whole drawing thing.The CVS meeting focused on a little more business. We did two critiques for submissions that had been turned in and hopefully we provided some decent feedback for these pieces. Then our community coordinator surprised us with two guests who were doing a signing upstairs. She thought they might provide a different take on the writing and publishing process. The book was "Embracing America" about a Cuban exile named Elena Maza. The main author/interviewer talked about her experiences dealing with a small university press, while Elena discussed the perils of getting her mother's poetry published by a small bilingual publisher.
