Participating in NaNoWriMo? Here’s Where to Find Fellow NaNo-ers

If you haven’t heard about NaNoWriMo, you’ve been spending too much time under a rock . . . or maybe just writing so much you haven’t been spending a lot of time online perusing social networks. In that case, congratulations, you have far more self-discipline than me.

So here’s the deal, in a nutshell: 30 days. 50,000 words of a NEW writing project. An entire community of fellow Nanoers to cheer you on. Below I’ll tell you where to find them.

The main site: NaNoWriMo

List of Nanoers on Google+ (Nano forum post)
List of Nanoers on Twitter (Nano forum post)
List of Nanoers on Tumblr (Nano forum post. Is it weird that I know how to spell “Tumblr” yet my fingers automatically corrected it to “Tumbler”? It’s almost painful to spell it the “correct” way.)

For you Nanoers on Facebook . . .

NaNoWriMo’s official Facebook page
NaNoWriMo group
NaNoWriMo and Beyond group
Writers, Authors, and NaNoWriMo Friends group 
My writer profile – friend me! (Make sure you tell me where you know me from)

Join the groups and join the conversation. You will be welcomed with open arms.

On Twitter, hashtag #NaNoWriMo
(If you’re new to Twitter, type the hashtag into the search box. See who’s gearing up to write next month and then follow them.)

NaNoWriMo’s official Twitter profile 

On Google+, funnily enough, hashtag #NaNoWriMo

Seriously. Type it into the search box. Add those people using that hashtag to your circles, write something about NaNoWriMo on your About page so they know which circle to put you in (this step is crucial; otherwise you may not see their Nano-related posts), comment (and check out who comments) on their Nano posts. Before you know it, you’ll be making Nano friends left and right. Many participating Google Plussers have been posting their NaNoWriMo circles for other writers to see, making it especially easy for us to connect with each other.

And finally, the largest, most logical place to connect with other Wrimos is on the forums themselves. Check them out; peruse to your heart’s content. You won’t be disappointed. The forums, for me, have been and still are one of the largest sources of writing related help, information, and connections with other writers, during the month of November and each of the other 11 months of the year.

14 days and counting! Hope to see you there, dear writing friends.