I found this pic of the road
It was a good day. I'm going to bed now to ...READ A BOOK! I am going to quit NaNoWriMo, the people I met with were ...very ... unusual. I guess I was too old for them? Or too normal? All these youngish people were sitting round a table in a coffee house when I joined them. No one spoke to me. And I didn't konw what to say. They all knew each other already. I sat and watched them and sipped a coffee. I just kept watching. One pulled out playdoh for people to play with when they saw fit, and then another pulled out a real typewriter and began clacking away. Seriously reeked of 'I'm so quirky I use this' stuff. I would have talked about books, about writing, about plot, about characters, challenges, anything, but that didn't seem to be happening. I got up and left! Fast! I hope they do well. I will not. And I'm pleased. It was not my scene!
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The Nanowrimo group sound dire. Maybe they all knew each other from before and hadn't expected a 'stranger'? And the pretentious quirkiness - words fail me!! But you needn't quit - there are loads of friendly writers online. I'm not one of them - I mean I'm friendly and I'm a writer but I'm not doing Nanowrimo - I don't work well under pressure. I know a few people who are writers of both fanfic and original fic - and I mean really know them, as in 'real life' so I can vouch for them - if you want to dip your toes into a virtual setting.
-And the pretentious quirkiness - words fail me!!
Yeah, youth, I guess! And thanks for the writer offers! But I think November is a bad month for me, too much end of year pressure to get things done, planned, prepared, assessed, prize winners, junior activities, you know how it can be.
I would prefer a Janorimo. Maybe I'll have my own *g* I'm not really a very good 'social' writer!
I can see that November is a bad month for your whole continent!! You could have a Janowrimmo privately and keep a brief diary and then post it in February...
That other icon and this one were made for me by one of my f'list. She posted these witty sand I said they would make good icons and she made these for me the next day! Sadly, she's one of those people I've 'grown apart' from - not much in common other than some shared fandoms and we haven't commented on each other's posts for a couple of years. In fact, I even filter hers out of my f'list along with a few others when I'm in a hurry.
I still miss 'lost friends' out there now and then. Which irritates me! I wish I could forget them!
-You could have a Janowrimmo privately and keep a brief diary and then post it in February...
I think I'd have to write AND post in January. February is too busy again!!! Our year is so upside down!
I'm not a fan of being quirky just to be quirky. Why can't people just be themselves?
No, it's really a very tame road. It's our #1 highway, believe it or not!! We don't have straightforward highways!
-I'm not a fan of being quirky just to be quirky. Why can't people just be themselves?
Yeah. I guess it's fun to be fun and different, but seriously, an old typewriter? It's just disturbing the peace! And you can't fix errors LOL!