Happy Early New Year!

So, I'm still in the midst of holiday company (hence the tardiness of this post). I really don't have time for a big lengthy anything at the moment (what with packing for our trip and dealing with people), but I wanted to wish everyone a fabulous 2012!

An extra special shout out to the OWG Rebels and those who hang with me at the Rebel Outpost. Your love, support, and encouragement have kept me going. I adore each and every one of you. Last year I dubbed 2011 the year of the Rebel. For 2012, the Outpost is staging a worldwide takeover. A year of releases, a year of firsts, and a year full of awesome!

Welcome #NaNoRebels!

As many of you know, I have an unhealthy love for NaNoWriMo (if you don't know what that is, check out their site here). This year I'm faced with a November full of what if. There are a number of things going on right now, and any or all of them could come to fruition in November, which will alter my 50k words plan. (To put it in perspective, any of them would befabulous things, so I'm not complaining.)

What that means is, my NaNo is potentially going to be an exercise in change where I jump from one project to another to another. And I'm not the only one. My writing group (the Rebels), has some people who are spending November on heavy-duty revisions, some who are writing the 50k, some that are doing a bunch of smaller projects, and some who are determined to finish a project without worrying about that blasted 50k. Add to that the fact that my local NaNo group doesn't work for me, and...

it's time for #NaNoRebels.

This is not limited to my writing group. We stuck with Rebels because we're not necessarily worrying about the official rules. You already started your project? Awesome. You're a Rebel and can join us too. This project will be running on both this blog (YA) and my adult blog in tandem. On Tuesdays, I'll post there with an updated list of when we have scheduled virtual write-ins (I will probably set up a lot of them, but other people can do this too, just make sure I have the time and URL and I'll get it on the list.) On Thursdays, I'll post here and we'll all do status updates and commiserate with stories and rants from the previous week. (Feel free to rant at the other blog too, but just to give a basic idea of what's where.)

In addition, we're going to use the hashtag #NaNoRebels on Twitter for whatever chitchat we want as well as reminders about upcoming virtual write-ins.

What I want from you. Let me know if you want to play along. I'd really like it if you followed/joined/GFCd the blog (one or both, you know, just to make me happy) and put something in the comments that lets me know you're going to be a Rebel too. The last Thursday of this month, there will be a post where you respond with your goals for NaNo.

So please, join in, tell your friends, and get your fingers warmed up. It's going to be an interesting November.

Our list of #NaNoRebels:

Julie Particka/Seleste deLaney

Gareth/Falcata Times

Noelle Pierce

Danielle LaPaglia/Dannigrrl5

J.A. Campbell/PFirewolf

Terri/Angbuf

Tammy Crosby/CrosbyWrites

CanadianSportsChick/Misha

Katee Robert

Kelly Metz/bwlrgrl300

Rae Lori

Chrissey/ArcadeStarlet

Donna/DBReynoldswrite

Todd DeSilva / @todddesilva

Janelle Alexander / @Janellealexandr

Jennifer Baker / @BronwynK

Sean Hayden / @ShaydenFl

Update: the blog follow thing is fubar. I'm getting on fixing it now. Please follow when you can!