{"id":4427,"date":"2013-09-19T10:26:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T14:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=4427"},"modified":"2013-09-19T10:26:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T14:26:18","slug":"coming-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/09\/19\/coming-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that fall semester has started again and chaos of midterms and first projects starts to blend with the warm feeling of the approaching holidays, it’s time for artists, comickers, and writers to commit to insane goals.\u00a0 Let’s review:<\/p>\n

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  1. Inktober<\/a>:\u00a0 celebration of drawing with ink from October 1 to October 31.<\/li>\n
  2. 24 Hour Comics Day<\/a>:\u00a0 create a complete 24 comic in 24 hours.<\/li>\n
  3. NaNoWriMo<\/a>:\u00a0 write a 50,000 novel during the month of November.<\/li>\n
  4. Optionally AcWriMo<\/a>:\u00a0 November long write-a-thon for academics and scholars.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Are you ready now?<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Now that fall semester has started again and chaos of midterms and first projects starts to blend with the warm feeling of the approaching holidays, it’s time for artists, comickers, and writers to commit to insane goals.\u00a0 Let’s review: Inktober:\u00a0 celebration of drawing with ink from October 1 to October 31. 24 Hour Comics Day:\u00a0… Continue reading Coming up<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":319,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2011\/10\/11\/yes-i-was-waiting-for-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":4427,"position":0},"title":"Yes, I was waiting for this.","author":"leems","date":"October 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"All right kittens.\u00a0 The new NaNoWriMo site is finally up!\u00a0 Is it sad that I was waiting for this?\u00a0 I mean, it's still mid October and I have a couple of stories that I really really really want to finish up before starting something shiny and new on November first,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Neutral2_180_180_white-150x150.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":879,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/02\/08\/planning-out-the-challenges\/","url_meta":{"origin":4427,"position":1},"title":"Planning out the challenges","author":"leems","date":"February 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Dunno if you've noticed, but I like to commit to crazy creative challenges.\u00a0 I keep finding out about ones that have just passed without my knowlege (like hourly comics day).\u00a0 So in an attempt to miss as few as possible, I'm planning. 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