The thing is, the NaNoWriMo folks state up front first thing, if you want to be taken seriously in your craft, don't do NaNoWriMo. If Hromi The Humorless wants to be taken seriously in her craft, then she shouldn't be involved in NNWM, at which point it's rather silly for her to get up in arms in this fashion about NNWM.
On the other hand, she has a point about serious novelists being trivialized throughtout the NNWM FAQs. And while I think the trivialization was meant in good humor, it's still in poor taste. Thus, the NNWM folks should consider rewording their faqs.
As to serious writers not being welcome to participate...yes, I see that the FAQ says that. I'm still 100% certain that if Steven King chose to write 50,000 words and submit them, noone would turn him down. -H...
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On the other hand, she has a point about serious novelists being trivialized throughtout the NNWM FAQs. And while I think the trivialization was meant in good humor, it's still in poor taste. Thus, the NNWM folks should consider rewording their faqs.
As to serious writers not being welcome to participate...yes, I see that the FAQ says that. I'm still 100% certain that if Steven King chose to write 50,000 words and submit them, noone would turn him down. -H...