Check Out Your Imagination... Feast on Writing

This year, we’ve invited you to tackle NaNoWriMo and check out your imagination at “The NaNoWriMo Library”. We’ve asked some real-life librarians for their best tips on finding inspiration in the stacks. Today, Liesl Seborg at Salt Lake County Library Services encourages you to keep going:

Some librarians love the beginning of September because it signals the return of children to school and the end of summer reading programming. I prefer November because that is when the real fun begins. People start talking about stories, and writing, and authors visit to promote their new books! It’s a feast for the ravenous reader and the practitioner of the writing craft.

For the past two years, we have brought that excitement into my library system by celebrating writing, writers and NaNoWriMo. Last year we had two library branches do write-in programming, and this year we have four! Our annual “Local Authors & You” event will coincide with NaNoWriMo this year, so writers can meet 55 local authors and participate in over 30 writing workshops as they complete or struggle with their first week of writing. 

The WriMoose (as they like to be called) at the Hunter Library are lively and incredible! I’m inspired by them and am so glad we are able to offer space for the write-in again this year. Several of our WriMoose completed the challenge last year—and I’m so proud that we are able to support and encourage these talented community members.

Liesl Seborg is the Senior Librarian for Adult Programming & Outreach at Salt Lake County Library Services. She holds and MLIS from the University of Washington and an MA in Literature from the University of Utah. She has been a librarian for 12 years in both Utah and Idaho, enjoys long walks with her two Dobermans and sharing the ever changing face and services of libraries with those around her. Even in the grocery store line and the hairdressers!