National Novel Writing Month came up in our conversation today... here's the link: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ The associated LJ community is: http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=nanowrimo&mode=full For graphic artists, the corresponding effort is NaNoMango?, I think. http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=nanomango&mode=full For people who want to do a lot of reading rather than writing, there's the 50-books-in-a-year challenge, where folks try to read 50 books and review them on their LJs or blogs. http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=50bookchallenge&mode=full