LiMoWriMo Mid year LiNoWriMo anyone?

[Nikky Lee]

For those of you who remember back to November last year, we did ran a pretty successful Litopia NaNoWriMo for national novel writing month. Is anyone keen for a mid-year event?

 

[Pamela Jo]

Sounds good Nikki. I've been distracted for the last month - haying and horse husbandry and stuff like that there. I'd like something to get me focused back on the book I need to rewrite.

 

[MattScho]

Nikky! Just what i need right now, to write now. I need to do a full third rewrite, and have been putting it off because, you know, lotta stuff on YouTube that needs time wasted on it.
I looked last night and thought, i am gonna set a deadline for completion. I think July 31 works as well as any. Long answer.
Short one: I'm in!

 

[Sedayne]

I need to double-down on my third novel rewrite - although I need to keep doing short fiction too - so yep, count me in, and I'll see what a focussed month can do for me.

 

[Nikky Lee]

Okay, so next test is to see if people can use this link to track their progress? TrackBear

 

[Sedayne]

Okay, so next test is to see if people can use this link to track their progress? TrackBear

Signed up fine. But is it necessary for LiNoWriMo?

I'm pretty useless with apps like this. I've tried task tracking apps before and let them slide as being more of a chore than the thing I'm trying to do.

You might be able to convinced me otherwise, but If I've got to log on to another app, I'm more likely to end up forgetting it and just get on with writing.

 

[LJ Beck]

I'm in! thanks @Nikky Lee
I'll skip the TrackBear but thanks for the option.
Will there be a new link posted, or will we use this one?

 

[Nikky Lee]

I'm in! thanks @Nikky Lee
I'll skip the TrackBear but thanks for the option.
Will there be a new link posted, or will we use this one?

I will post a new link once it all kicks off.
Alternatively, if people don't want to use Trackbear, I can set up a spreadsheet like before

 

[LJ Beck]

Ah I didn't do it before, and haven't done Nano so am not in the know.
What's with the tracking? And how do you track when you're editing?
(BTW I can wait till it all kicks off to find out. I'm still in.)

 

[Pamela Jo]

Ah I didn't do it before, and haven't done Nano so am not in the know.
What's with the tracking? And how do you track when you're editing?
(BTW I can wait till it all kicks off to find out. I'm still in.)

Just like in weight watcher weighing in. Helps keep some of us accountable. If it doesn't work for you-not necessary. I was able to sign up for the link. This starts July1?

 

[Nikky Lee]

Ah I didn't do it before, and haven't done Nano so am not in the know.
What's with the tracking? And how do you track when you're editing?
(BTW I can wait till it all kicks off to find out. I'm still in.)

You should be able to set a different goal and measure and track that. For editing it could be chapters, words, scenes, or lines edited—or time. There should be a tab that says "My Participation" that allows you to edit what your goal is.




Once you set your goal, the leaderboard will track your percentage towards your individual goal alongside everyone else.

 

[LJ Beck]

Very cool @Nikky Lee !! Thanks.

 

[Bloo]

Good show, Nikky

@AgentPete - this needs to be a sticky here, and promoted everywhere else on the Colony. Can you do?

And...um...it's LiNoWriMo. The same boo-boo crept in last year

 

[LJ Beck]

Just signed up to TrackBear and set my goal (-ish, but good enough!) So now we wait to get a Leaderboard Join Code when we kick off? Is that right @Nikky Lee ?

Cool! This'll be fun!

 

[Nikky Lee]

Just signed up to TrackBear and set my goal (-ish, but good enough!) So now we wait to get a Leaderboard Join Code when we kick off? Is that right @Nikky Lee ?

Cool! This'll be fun!

The join code is ready to go. Can someone try joining the leaderboard to see if it works?

Join code:
034541c6-6f0f-4bb0-a1e1-c8c288640e2a

In URL format:

https://trackbear.app/leaderboards/join?joinCode=034541c6-6f0f-4bb0-a1e1-c8c288640e2a

 

[Sedayne]

Can someone try joining the leaderboard to see if it works?

It works. Whether I can be trusted to keep updates is another matter... But I'll have a go

 

[Aethalope]

Works for me too, thanks for setting this up

 

[LJ Beck]

In! Very cool thanks @Nikky Lee !

 

[Aethalope]

Good show, Nikky

@AgentPete - this needs to be a sticky here, and promoted everywhere else on the Colony. Can you do?

And...um...it's LiNoWriMo. The same boo-boo crept in last year

I see the graphic says Li MoWriMo. I think we should go with that

 

[AgentPete]

I see the graphic says Li MoWriMo. I think we should go with that

Sorry! Too quick off the mark! Can you live with it…?

 

[Aethalope]

Sorry! Too quick off the mark! Can you live with it…?

Absolutely! It's Litopia's Most Writerly Month.

 

[Nikky Lee]

Absolutely! It's Litopia's Most Writerly Month.

Litopia's Monster Writing Month
Litopia's Month of Writing Momentously

 

[Geoff]

Hi Nikki, please add me, if I am not too late,?

 

[Nikky Lee]

Okay, official thread for July is here: LiMoWriMo - LiNoWriMo July 2025 – Official Thread

 

[Rachel Caldecott]

For those of you who remember back to November last year, we did ran a pretty successful Litopia NaNoWriMo for national novel writing month. Is anyone keen for a mid-year event?

I'd like to give it a go. I'm going to try my hand at a political eco-thriller. Potential log line is: When a brilliant young biochemist creates a virus to peacefully reduce the human population and force global climate reform, her plan is hijacked by a grief-stricken radical, turning her act of eco-resistance into a potential mass extinction event.

I'm working on the outline right now. Although it is tough. It is 7.15pm and my study is still over 30°C (thanks to the latest heat wave).

So, unless I die of heatstroke, I intend to crack the outline and get at least 30K words done by my 65th birthday!

 

[Rachel Caldecott]

I'm in. Have signed up with Leader Bear (hopefully correctly)

 

[Sedayne]

I'd like to give it a go. I'm going to try my hand at a political eco-thriller. Potential log line is: When a brilliant young biochemist creates a virus to peacefully reduce the human population and force global climate reform, her plan is hijacked by a grief-stricken radical, turning her act of eco-resistance into a potential mass extinction event.

I'm working on the outline right now. Although it is tough. It is 7.15pm and my study is still over 30°C (thanks to the latest heat wave).

So, unless I die of heatstroke, I intend to crack the outline and get at least 30K words done by my 65th birthday!

Brilliant concept.

 

[Robinne Weiss]

I'll be with you in spirit, trying desperately to complete the first couple rounds of edits on the next book, but with the Tamariki Book Fest on 12-13 July, chances are good I'll only manage festival work for the next two weeks.

 

[RK Wallis]

Last minute running in, phew! I'll join in. Have alot on IRL, but I want this book finished!