Get Your Words Out 2017

There'll be another promo post about this closer to sign-ups but I'm going to link to the Get Your Words Out (GYWO) 2017 update post, giving an outline of changes. ETA: it's a locked post, only current members can see it, but as I mentioned below there are only a few tweaks and you can read more about all the features as soon as sign-ups open.

GYWO 2017

The choice of pledge levels will remain the same, but there are a few new items including writing buddies which, if successful, could be helpful.

GYWO is a low pressure community for writers. All writing bar mandatory work (business reports, school essays, etc) counts - original fic, fanfic, poetry, meta, non-fiction all go towards the annual wordcount. There are no penalties for failing to meet your goal but there is encouragement throughout the year at LJ/DW, Tumblr and Twitter. You do have to check-in with your up-to-date wordcount at the end of each month (check-ins run for 5-7 days) but so long as you have more than zero words by the March check-in you're good to go.

I've participated in 2015 and 2016. I'm close to meeting my 200k goal, up from my 150k goal in 2015 (and would have completed by now had I won NaNo again) and it is worth signing up for the spreadsheet wordcount tracker alone. You can track by projects as well as overall totals so it gives you a good overview of when you write, when your most productive months are, which projects are getting all your love, etc.

Winter graphics

For gameofcards, winter/winter holidays stock icons and graphics

Total Icon Count: 20

Teasers:

( Graphics under the cut )

5 x tumblr graphic: http://meridianrose.tumblr.com/post/154429802031/5-x-graphics-for-the-winter-gameofcards-challenge

10 icons for the 10in20 winter holidays challenge, prompts: red, green, light textures, snow, fake background, food & drink, scenery, winter clothing, candycane, bokeh