NaNo 2015 -- Slay's Guide to Successful NaNo'ing

Over on the DWL forums, the lovely KG asked:
Warning - slightly irrational complaining ahead
As I’ve mentioned, I live overseas, which can be a really isolating affair. So I pretty much jump at any socializing opportunities. We were invited to the marine ball at the consulate, which is a formal affair.
Mod Talk: De-Authorings and Bannings
As per our stated rules, the mod team occasionally removes approved authors’ posting access and/or ban users from the forum. As there have been some questions about this process, we wished to dedicate a mod talk to how we approach this process and how we handle it afterwards.
The Groupthink Invite Thread: Summer Edition

Dear friends, as recently announced, this is the Summer 2015 invite thread! Here in Pakistan, it’s basically been summer for a couple of months already (it was 108˚today, which is kinda par for the course), but I think it’s just starting to really warm up for those of you back in the US. If you are interested in…
Contacting the Subblogs
I originally made this list in 2014 and there have been significant Kinja changes since then. I’d like to update it. If you are a member of any subblog, please feel free to share this list to your forums, and correct or add contact info in the comments. Also, I’m happy add any group forums that wish to be included —…
43 Dead in Attack on Bus in Karachi
43 people are dead and as many as 24 were seriously injured in a morning attack on a bus in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Most of the victims were members of the Ismaili community, a sub-sect of Shia Islam. Witnesses report that men on motorcycles surrounded the bus before boarding and shooting the passengers inside.
Interrupting cow
I know there's important gossip afoot but interject this interlude. A lifelong insomnia sufferer, I just took my cheap knock off PK pills. They work pretty well except on the rare occasion I don't fall asleep immediately. Like right now, being awake when I should be sleeping. Then things get weird. I usually put the…
Rage Gifs
For all your middle finger needs.
Rage Gifs -- When You Need to Give the World the Bird

Fellow People of the Internet, I know that there are times when you encounter comments and posts that are so inane, so rage inducing, so full of goddamn stupidity, that your ability to counter them with the written word evaporates into a fine red mist that obscures your vision. This is why gifs were invented, for…
Interested in writing for Powder Room
If you're interested in applying, I encourage you to do so as soon as possible. I'm reviewing applications this week.
Displaced Aggression in Cats
If you follow me on FB or Twitter, you know that most of my posting is centered around adorable pictures of my cats. I adopted them off the streets at about 3 weeks and 5 weeks old, and despite the first week's wariness, they've been the best of friends since.
Interested in Writing for The Powder Room?
The Powder Room is Jezebel's subblog devoted to highlighting the best writers from its vast commenter ranks. Unlike topic-specific sub-blogs, The Powder Room is 'general interest', which means we publish posts on a variety of topics, serious and non-serious, gif-heavy and gif-free. Over the past year we have run…


