Chris Baty
Writer, former word nerd at Figma, and founder of NaNoWriMo.
Doing NaNoWriMo this fall? Check out www.nano2.org!
🏝️Alameda, CA
- This connects to some hopeful news I heard from a friend who works in social justice law. It sounds like attrition from heroic lawyers stepping down instead of doing unethical work has left the administration so understaffed that they increasingly lack bandwidth to appeal rulings against them.
- Bad news, cinephiles
- Sending raucous cheers and high-fives to anyone sprinting towards The End on a big November writing project today. Need a pep talk? I got you: nano2.org/posts/2025/a... Hit your goal? The NaNo 2.0 validator is standing by to shower you with badges and certificates: nano2.org/validator/ 📚🎉🏆
- Good to see the kids’ section of our local bookstore still carries the classics.
- Any other parents living in a fever dream of Italian brainrot music right now?
- I helped write the new NaNo 2.0 newsletter! It comes with a free gift for you from our grumpy office leprechaun. sh1.sendinblue.com/adv2nuoholpf... Also from me: How to save an ailing writing project by leveraging the mighty power of physics: nano2.org/posts/2025/a...
- Scientists: We discovered a new 1.5" crustacean off the coast of Chile! Popular Mechanics headline writer: www.popularmechanics.com/science/anim...
- Handpainted sign by www.analogsigns.com
- Wishing a wildly productive first day of NaNoWriMo to everyone writing! If you'd like some company, NaNo 2.0 volunteers will be hosting word sprints today starting at noon Pacific: bsky.app/profile/nano...
- The latest NaNo 2.0 newsletter has some of my writing in it! If you love stories of jewel thieves absconding with office microwaves, this one is for you. Read the harrowing tale here: sh1.sendinblue.com/acoxmioholpf...
- Totally in awe of the mood boards authors are creating for books they're writing next month. As someone who struggles to visualize my scenes ("Phil was an older man with reddish hair and two eyeballs"), it is really inspiring to see stuff like this.
- I helped write the first NaNo 2.0 newsletter that just went out! It's here: sh1.sendinblue.com/ackpx6oholpf... We want these to feel like a writing buddy who lives in your inbox, cheers you on, and makes way too many jokes about imaginary Norwegian history museums. Subscribe: nano2.org/subscribe
- Spotted in a window in Fort Bragg, CA.
- Newbie cat parent with a question. We adopted two strays a few months ago—a mom and her orange tabby son. Every time they see us they act like they haven't eaten in weeks, so we've been feeding them 3 times a day. That's too much, right? We want to dial it back, but we fear their hangry wrath.
- How much planning do you *really* need to do for #NaNoWriMo? NaNo 2.0’s Maria Berejan lays out the options: nano2.org/posts/2025/h... Do you have a favorite novel planning tip or approach you’d be willing to share? I'll drop mine below! 👇
- There's another Chris Baty who lives in England and I keep getting added to his work email threads. I can't help but think this is the universe feeding me valuable material for #NaNoWriMo.
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