So! I was hoping there would be a handful of people willing to embark on some summer writing with me. Instead, I got 50 people expressing early interest in the idea of a June, July, August writing... thing. I am hesitant to use the word 'challenge' because it has competitive undertones that might put some people off.

Writing 'thing' has a nice ring to it, don't you think? ;)

Also, look! I made a pretty banner:



I will put this on the check-in posts each week, and I kinda like the fact that Kaz's Summer Camp has the initials KSC. It's like, we're going one better than KFC... (Or maybe I just broke my brain with all the revisions I've been doing. Heh.)

Anyway, I will leave this post open until the end of the day Monday, June 7 after which it will explode. Well, it won't do that, but I've decided to close the comments after a week so we can have a steady group of the same people checking in each week. Cool?

So our first check-in will be next Tuesday, June 8th - obviously some people might have signed up a bit late so won't have done much by then, but that's okay. Mostly I want this to be fun and supportive and not too much like hard work for anyone... which is why I'm keeping it very flexible. (Apart from closing this signing up post one week from today.) There will also be some flexibility around time zones, given that some of us are in different ones. So please don't stress if you haven't checked in on a given Tuesday in future weeks. There are no penalties or any of those shenanigans.

If you want, you could share a snippet of your work when you check in - but you don't have to. And I'll have to think about what I mean by 'snippets' because we don't want hundreds of words blocking up the comments. LOL! Options include: just having ONE sentence that you really love. Or maybe two sentences. Something like that. Or the option to post your own teasers on your blog and invite people to take a look. (I'm still working this part out, but it's not a big deal. I quite like the idea of checking in with what you achieved in a given week and then just including your favourite line or two from a WiP, but only if you want to share it.)

Let's hear it, then! Goals, please: What tangible, reasonable writing goals do you hope to achieve between June 1st and August 31st, 2010?

As I said before, you can list as many or as few as you want. This isn't a competition; everyone has their own working pace and their own level of other commitments during the summer. We are here to support one another and to have a place to keep ourselves accountable on a weekly basis. That's all. Nothing more complicated than that. You are welcome to reply to anyone else's comments here at any time, though I expect you're more likely to do that during check-ins. In fact, you should feel free to do this. I actively encourage it, as it means I won't have to reply to 50 people every week. ;)

Please refer to yesterday's post for more information about how this idea came about, and the sorts of things you might like to aim for in your goals.

If you're all set, let's see what you got...

Remember to sign up with your goals by the end of the day Monday, June 7 at the latest.

**This post is now locked. No more sign-ups, thanks!**