The last grain of sand has tumbled through the hourglass, and NaNoWriMo 2007 is now history. Congratulations to everyone who took part!
We'll put together some final stats early next week, but barring some unforeseen word-count circumstances, it looks like Seattle, Washington has typed their way into the record books as 2007's wordiest region. Way to go, Seattle writers! Runners up (in order of word count) are Maryland, Germany and Austria, the Twin Cities, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, New York, Portland, and England Elsewhere. It's so great to see an international array of regions in that Top 10 list.
We'll be rolling out the time-honored "I Wrote a Novel, Now What?" page next week, which will include some thoughts on what to do with the uncomfortable amounts of free time we now have on our hands, as well as tips on rewriting and revising from some NaNo novelists who have sold their month-long manuscripts. We'll also launch our December and Beyond Forum, and I'll be sending out an email to everyone laying down the gauntlet for another year of big, fun, and scary adventures.
If you are a Big, Fun, Scary Adventure Challenge winner from last year, please make sure you've sent us your name and email address via the general contact form on our Contact page. (Putting "BFS Adventure Challenge Winner" in the subject line will help us out a lot.). The BFS winner's certificates are going out next week via email. If this is all gibberish to you, don't worry: It'll all make more sense next week when you get the email.
On December 11th, I'll put up the final episode of WrimoRadio for the year. Wanna be on the show? Check out the show notes page for Episode 5 to find out how!
Thanks to our staff, volunteers, Municipal Liaisons, everyone who answered questions and gave encouragement in the forums, everyone who supported our programs by buying something in our store, and our dreamy, dreamy donors. We love you guys.
More on Monday,
Chris
ps: Thank God It's Over Parties are happening this week in a town near you! Check your regional forum for information. No party in your area? Come to our party on December 1 in San Francisco!