Sharp Words

This November, I’m trying to get people to pay me to write.

Alas, the money won’t be for myself. I’m seeking sponsorship this year for my NaNoWriMo endeavours: 50,000 words (or more; I’m hoping for 70,000 like last year) in just 30 days.

What, you ask? National Novel Writing Month? Why do you want to be sponsored for that?

Well, NaNoWriMo – or more properly, its parent organisation, the Office of Letters and Light – is a nonprofit organisation which provides free resources not just to those adults taking part in NaNoWriMo and Script Frenzy, but also for the hundreds of schools which take part in the Young Writers’ Program. And I’m sure we can all agree that getting kids to write can only be a good thing!

Have a look at the NaNoWriMo ‘Where Your Donations Go‘ page to find out more.

Every I donate some of my own money to support NaNoWriMo – and all participants are encouraged to do the same, although sadly less than 10% do so. I also give my time as a Municipal Liaison (aka regional co-ordinator) – come to think of it, that costs me money to.

But this year I thought I’d give myself an additional NaNoWriMo challenge of getting ther people to contribute too. So, I’ve got myself a nice little official GiftTool page and am accepting sponsors (I’ve had my first one already, thanks Ken)!

Unfortunately, sponsoring me directly through the page can only be done by credit card and in specified dollar amounts. (And I ultimately have to submit all my gathered amounts as dollars too.)  However, you can also sponsor me directly in cash (pounds sterling) or via Paypal (currency of your choice) – any money coming that way is counted as a pending pledge until I pay it through, but it still registers against my total.

Please do sponsor me. Thanks.