Russ, what juicy new features are you launching this year on the NaNoWriMo site?
I’m so glad you asked. There are some completely new things, like WrimoRadio, that are completely different than anything we’ve ever done before and the Live Chat feature that will be available sometime in the next couple of days. There are number of major enhancements that will be deployed in the weeks leading up to november, including new NaNoMail features, a Writing Buddy List, and a couple of things that are too wonderful to talk about. We’ve also made some quieter changes by upgrading the forums area. The biggest complaint we had last year was that you could no longer mark topics or forums as read. This feature is back, along with a new compact view mode that hides signatures, a ‘Report this Post for Moderation’ button, and the return of the polling booth. We have a new sister site, NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program, which is for teachers and students working on NaNoWriMo in the classroom. And finally, we have a couple of new profile fields, a lot of new forums and a LOT of new Regi
