NOW NO TO MEETUP
I continue to get emails from politicized organizations.
I’ve tried to use a website called Meetup to find writing groups in and around my area. It never worked well. I found networking with other authors led me to far more people than the website, but I never deleted my membership with Meetup.
No to NaNoWriMo
Yesterday NaNoWriMo.org, the organization behind the event felt, compelled to send me an email in which they stated, “Because of this core organizational value, we join the many voices standing against the presidential executive order that bans refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.”
Why is National Novel Writing Month involving itself in issues of immigration, foreign policy, and national security?