It's almost that time again. That special time of year when nutjobs all over the world abandon whatever they've been working on for the past year and turn to the complete chaos of (dun dun DUN) NaNoWriMo! Thirty days. Fifty thousand words. Gallons of coffee and kilos of sugar.

And fun. Lots of that.

NaNoWriMo is sponsored by The Office of Letters and Light, a nonprofit that runs programs supporting young writers and libraries in Southeast Asia. They're a nonprofit. A charity. That means they operate on donations, folks. Donations from nice people who write novels during NaNoWriMo, mostly, but then there are those of us who are, um, not so much gainfully employed. It's hard to donate when you've got no disposable income.

Until now! You know how marathon runners get sponsored by people who aren't actually running? Well, NaNo has set up a similar system. All you have to do is get out your credit card, and click "Give Now." You can donate as much or as little money as you want to the cause, and 95% of it goes directly to tOoLaL.

Yeah, I'm shaking you down. But it's for a totally good cause, and you can donate any amount, from a dollar to a thousand dollars (heh, I wish). If you donate, thank you so much! And if you don't, that's ok - my nanovel will still be going up in pieces on my blog for you to enjoy.

Thank you so much for your support of my writing and the Office of Letters and Light's literary mission! If you can think of anyone else who might be interested in sponsoring me, please forward this page along to them.