Introduction
With this post I am combining the stats from both the TrackBear leaderboard and Writing Month. I highly recommend Writing Month if you want something that is easier, and a little more direct to use than Track Bear. You can’t go wrong using either tool.
Note: I’m blocking out some project names for Writing Month folks as I don’t want to leak anything they don’t want made publicly known. (I know one participant added a “working title” to their project name, but I still thought it’s better to block it out.)
The Stats
So as of Saturday, I’m keeping my head just in front of the curve. I didn’t make the progress that I had wanted. I’m concerned for danwchan, as they appear to be falling behind. Hopefully they will be able to recover in the next few days.
On the Writing Month side: OrbitalMartian, Nicholas Bernhard, Nathan Lowell, oluonline are either on target, or pretty close to being on target. However, SeaFury, Jess Mahler, and Benjamin Hollon could use some serious encouragement.
I hope those that are struggling can reach out to others if they need talk about what they are struggling with. Hopefully talking about their struggles might help.
I’ve noted, going through the #WritingMonth, #FediWriMo, and #WriMo hashtags that there are others that are just posting about their writing journey. Cool seeing that there are more people working on their writing.
A Thought and a Question
I wonder if we could merge all the hashtags into a unified group? Right now there are quite a few different hashtags that people are using. I’ve already mentioned several, but there are a few more that are in use. Here’s the list I’ve come up with so far:
- #WritingMonth
- #WriMo
- #FediWriMo
- #FediWriMo2026
- #amWriting
- #WritingCommunity
And there are more. A few of these are not specific to Writing Month or FediWriMo. But, I wonder if we couldn’t unify our posts around three of these tags? Namely: WritingMonth, FediWriMo, and WriMo. That would make it easier for the participants in this event to find each other.
(And, I haven’t started looking at Bluesky yet to see what the community is like out there.)
Conclusion
It seems like this event is expanding in the Fediverse. It’s cool to see so many people sharing their writing journey, no matter what level they are at. I’d love to see us unify our posts a bit. I think it would lead to a stronger community, and make it easier for use to interact with each other.
This month has been an adventure so far. I had a bit of a late start to WriMo, then a dental appointment sidelined me longer than I expected. I thought I’d be back to working on my project right after the procedure and work through the rest of the day, but nope! Still, I managed to keep things on track, and it’s all smooth sailing now.
As for the book I’m writing, it actually started as one story, but now that it’s starting to find its voice, it’s taking on a completely different direction that I wasn’t expecting at all. Turning out to be an interesting project!
