I hereby call this meeting to order.
I.
The first order of business is encouragement. No matter how you Nano, or where you Nablo, or if you wri or blo at all– I am wishing you the best of all things. I’ve set up some tweets for you, or any of our cheerleaders– just click to pass them on. Feel free to change the hashtags to suit your encouragement needs.
- “Keep shining my bright and shining star of a friend.” – Ivy Baker #YouCanDoIt
- “We are very near greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?” —Ralph Waldo Emerson #WeCanDoIt
- To Your Success! #Cheers
- “Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.” – F.H. Burnett #GoNanoPoblano
- “Trust that still, small voice…” – Diane Mariechild #TrustYourVoice
- “It is not down on any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville #FollowYourHeart
II.
Last chance! November 5th is the last day to add yourself to BlogHer’s blogroll for prizes and fun. As such, it will also be the last day to become an official Poblano. You don’t need to be on BlogHer’s blogroll to join the spicy poblanos, but there’s no reason not to be. http://www.blogher.com/nablopomo-november-2013-blogroll After you add yourself there, be sure to add yourself to the YeahWrite grid, too. http://yeahwrite.me/nablopomo-page-13/
III.
Now for official poblano business;
A.
You are amazing. Be sure to visit the other poblanos and spread the love. We’ve had some new additions since Day 1.
B.
Are you making the most of our YeahWrite connections? Have you linked up with your rowmies and column mates? Have you checked out a couple of others on the grid?
C.
Are you making the most of our BlogHer allegiance? You can add each of your individual posts to their Soup list. Poblanos belong in soup, y’all. http://www.blogher.com/nablopomo-soup-add-your-november-2013-posts
If you’ve created a BlogHer account, you can also post blogs directly there for a chance to be spotlighted, and perhaps even paid. Keep in mind that Google doesn’t really love duplicate content, so you’ll have to weigh the risks and rewards for yourself. You can read more about how to do that by looking at list item 2 here: http://www.blogher.com/6-ways-get-most-out-nablopomo-november
D.
Remember you can promote your teammates, too. You can tweet @freshly_pressed when you run across a post that meets the requirements of the Freshly Pressed board. You can also leave comments for BlogHer, suggesting our spiciest friends: http://www.blogher.com/must-follow-mondays-nablopomo-bloggers
E.
Since you’re blogging daily anyway, it’s worthwhile to skim through the prompts for ideas. You can link up to the prompt and all the NaBloPoMo stuff for double the impact. Some of my favorites include:
- Remember The Time (New Prompts on Thursdays, that run till the next prompt)
- Cognitive Reflections Picture Writing Challenge (New posts on Mondays, and they run till the next prompt)
- The Daily Post (Daily challenges, and weekly photo challenges)
- Trifecta Writing Challenge (Weekly and weekend prompts)
- Bloggers 4 Peace (This month’s challenge is to love thy enemy. Can you do it?)
Several other challenges are on hiatus, or will be soon, so I’m not sure where else to direct you.
F.
B through E only matter if you want them to. If you’re in it just for the good times, well then– just rock ‘n roll! Well, rock ‘n write. Or write ‘n roll. Or you know– just write.
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What are some of your favorite prompts in the ‘sphere? Do you have any tips or words for encouragement for those writing a full book this month or doing 30 days of posts?
