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It’s come to my attention that NaNoWriMo has been accused of child exploitation. One of its moderator allegedly ran a fetish website involving minors from NaNoWriMo’s main forums. There are a few threads on TikTok and Twitter/X, but what you need to know is that NaNoWriMo took too long to protect their teen writers. Only recently has this allegation been addressed by NaNoWriMo’s Board of Directors. They have issued a statement, which can be found here: ywp.nanowrimo.org/pages/forum...
For this year, I have made the difficult decision to withdraw from participating in NaNoWriMo until matters have been settled. I’ve worked with NaNoWriMo in the past, and I’ve met so many friends and gained a big part of my audience through their community, so I don’t wish to turn my back on them. However, I think it would be best to give NaNoWriMo time to investigate the situation. I take child grooming very, very seriously, and I do not want to imagine a world in which child exploitation through NaNoWriMo has impacted my community and my followers.
In the video, I’ve chosen to not retroactively edit anything out. I even reconsidered retitling the thumbnail, but that made me feel like I was hiding behind a word, and I’m not scared to own up to the fact that the writing vlog is specifically a NaNo vlog! I had already participated in NaNo this week, so not posting the video or retitling the thumbnail can’t erase the fact that I had participated in NaNo this week.
I’ll be keeping an eye on NaNoWriMo’s live thread and will update when the results of the investigation are posted. I’m glad that the Board proactively stepped in and acted swiftly to handle the situation. Going forward, I hope we can continue treating writing spaces with kindness, care, and attention.
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0:00 Opening chapters and beta feedback
6:09 Coffee always
7:18 Bumps but also progress!
13:24 This is the hardest part of writing
17:55 Exploring a new bookstore
19:01 No longer participating in NaNoWriMo
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