Every year since 2003, I've attempted to complete NaNoWriMo (short for National Novel Writing Month). The way I see it, NaNoWriMo participants have been using the Tweetup format for years before Twitter was in existence. What do I mean? People all over the world meet up in cafes, coffee houses, libraries, and other locations to write together after convening and connecting online. One of my the items on my bucket list is to write a novel. If it's one of yours too, I definitely recommend giving NaNoWriMo a shot. For ten years they've had everything we love about connecting via social media platforms...community, user generated content, sharing knowledge and lessons learned, and making friends that will last long after the month-long challenge is complete. Honestly, I've tried and failed every year since 2003 to start and complete my 50,000 word novel (the benchmark for having successfully completed the challenge). And this year, I'm not even going to try it because my November is already shaping up to be pretty hectic schedule-wise. But I do want to harness the spirit of writing every day. And I know there's a NaBloPoMo for those that want to write a blog post every day of the month. For me, my biggest challenge is certainly not going online every day and connecting. No, my challenge is that I don't connect with those people in my offline life nearly enough. So, for November, as an alternative to NaNoWrimo and NaBloPoMo, I'm declaring...

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