National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is officially over, and I’ve never been happier to see Dec. 1 pop up on my calendar. November – especially the last week – has been hell. But today, I can officially call myself a “novelist” because with nearly 13,000 others, we reached the 50,000 word count by midnight yesterday. The beginning of this crazy writing marathon started out with optimism and hope. The goal seemed relatively easy: Write... more ›

If you watched the NY Marathon, you'd have seen Lance Armstrong, who can scoot his bicycle up the French Alps, nearly die trying to run 26 miles. He had a team of people giving him fluids and advice, he had all the best trainers, he had astrologers, he had memories of Sheryl Crown and Ivanka Trump dancing through his head, and he still nearly passed out. more ›

By now it's obvious to everyone that LAist has no business writing a novel. We actually have a job that requires us to write. more ›

LAist doesn't recommend that you actually read any of this novel thats being written on this site. It's not very good. It doesn't know what it is. It doesn't know where it's going. It doesn't appreciate all of its secrets being revealed. It doesn't appreciate the time it takes to do it. more ›

It's hard to tell the tone of comments. Sometimes someone will say something and you'll be all "fuck that guy." And then you'll read it a different way and you'll be all, "Oh he was being nice." more ›

It's National Novel Writing Month, so LAist is writing a novel. more ›

Today marks the start of National Novel Writing Month, affectionately called "nanowrimo" by the tens of thousands of its participants. Now in its 8th year, the month's premise is simple, really: Write 50,000 words in 30 days and earn the right to call yourself a novelist. more ›