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Yes, it’s time to write your epic novel. What, you’re too young for that sort of thing? Tell that to Christopher Poalini.

NaNoWriMo, otherwise known as National Novel Writing Month, has a special program just for young writers!

National Novel Writing Month happens every November! It’s a fun, seat-of-your-pants writing event where the challenge is to complete an entire novel in just 30 days. For one month, you get to lock away your inner editor, let your imagination take over, and just create!

That means participants begin writing November 1 and must finish by midnight, November 30. The word-count goal for our adult program is 50,000 words, but the Young Writers Program (YWP) allows 17-and-under participants to set reasonable, yet challenging, individual word-count goals.

In 2010, 200,000 adults participated through our main site, and 41,000 young writers participated through the YWP.

Writing Science Fiction or Fantasy? Check out this article on io9.

Congrats on surviving the week!

“3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ….into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films…..

= a trip of a lifetime.”

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

LA Light
Daily What’s Lights Out of the Day: Shooting on an off over the course of six months, Colin Rich says he “sought out to capture the electric radiance of Los Angeles at night.”

Music: Cinematic Orchestra – “To Build a Home”

The Chelsea District Library has been given an opportunity to start a new program for teens that encourages leadership, community service, and will offer mentoring by community leaders. We may have some SPACE outside of the library which would be used for teen-led projects that would help the community. Please help us shape this initiative!

Take the survey HERE.  If you have completed your survey, librarian Edith Burney will give you candy.

Kinda awesome.

3:30-4:30pm.  Food will be served. Anime to follow.

Now watch the pretty pretty video.

The Unseen Sea from Simon Christen on Vimeo.

The Proposal is among many interesting murals in the alley behind Pierce’s Pastries Plus!  Congratulations to Zach Byerly!

This energetic-looking metal statue stands in front of the home of Rick DeTroyer, a local artist whose work is also displayed at the Chelsea District Library in Katie’s Corner!

Summer is here, and there’s lots of prizes you can win just for reading!  Sign up for the Teen Summer Reading Game and get a chance to win an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar, 4 tickets to Cedar Point, or a $100 Gift Certificate to Borders Books!

To sign up, simply come to the Youth Reference Desk between now and July 28th.  The earlier you sign up, the more chances you have to win!

Did you read Shiver by Maggie Steifvater?

The surprise sequel Linger is coming out this July, here’s the mysterious book trailer…

There are plenty of great book trailers for the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. First Hunger Games, then Catching Fire, and now here’s a new an excellent trailer for the long awaited Mockingjay, out this August!

Want a book that’s on the shelf right now? Lies, the lastest Gone novel by Michael Grant has a professional trailer done by Harperteen. Check it out!