The OLL-iverse: Starlog 1

Hello, OLL fans, and welcome to a new blog feature! On Fridays, we’re going to recap all the goings-on in the world of Letters and Light.

There’s a lot happening every week, whether it be existential crises brought on by too much Twitter whimsy or the latest Yeti sighting in the virtual forest at Camp NaNo’s edge, and it can be hard to keep track of. If you want to make sure you don’t miss the highlights and higher-lights, this post is for you, completionist.

Today’s list has been brought to you by Ben, your camp co-counselor and fan of the Prairie Home Companion.

Camp NaNo:

Week One happened! Breaking News kicked off the week with a post about our dearly beloved Scrivener, and their Camp offer.
As your co-counselor, I sent out a pep talk about writing in caves that you can find in your Camp inbox (Where is that tooting horn coming from?).
The Office had an intense and delicous run-in with some S’mores Cookie Bars, courtesy of a comment recipe from Wrimo Pen and Ink.
Lindsey provides some writing oomph and pizzazz as you head into this second weekend.

On Twitter and Facebook:

Thursday was the big #SummerReading conversation! Figment struggled in vain to get Justin Bieber to promote the hashtag. We love you, Figment! No love, Bieber.
Camp NaNoWriMo launched a game of Two Truths and a Lie with Community Liaison Sarah Mackey.
Our Facebook Friday writing prompt challenged you to write in a genre you aren’t familiar with. (Sword and sorcery? Allie proposes sword and saucery.)

On the forums:

Lots of people shared their typo-tastic NaNo-isms. My personal favorite is probably Stratadrake’s recounting of the oft-forgotten Arthurian baking tale, The Sword in the Scone.
Running out of steam? Need a quick idea to spice things up? Drop by the June Dares thread!

Fun stuff around the net:

Have you seen webcomic author Aaron Diaz’s fantastic X-Men Reboot ideas? Very cool stuff. This follows his previous fantastic reboots, of The Justice League , The Legion of Doom , and of course Batman .

That’s all that’s been going on with us! Tell us how your writing has been going this week in the comments, and/or let us know what you think of our new blog feature!