February is for Letters

February is here, folks. February is a BIG month in our letter-loving world. There's that funny old Valentines thing some people like, but we've also got International Correspondence Writing Month (InCoWriMo for the hip-and-with-it crowd) and Month of Letters! Both websites operate on the same basic principle- send one letter every day* in the month of February. (*Or every weekday. It's the shortest month; you can do it!) Respond to all the letters you receive. Talk amongst yourselves about the sending of mail through their forums and gain a bunch of Internet points and prizes. It's a great month to be a letter writer! Who's playing along? How are you preparing? Got any fun tips or downloads to share? Let your community know in the comments!

Comments

[Cynthia]

I'm in!

[Kiriaki]

First letter done and posted

[Joe F.]

Oh, I'm in! Wrote my first letter today, and will get it in the mailbox in the morning.

One thing that helped me the first time I managed to complete the challenge (after not managing the year before) was to have a list of people to write to ready to hand. I didn't do that the first time, figuring, hey, I know plenty of people -- surely thinking of someone to write to will be easy. And it was, for the first week or so. I found that having a list of names to refer to (and put checks next to) was really helpful.

[Eunice]

I'm doing Lettermo.Letters written today and yesterday, and will be written tomorrow.

[LetterMo Postmaster]

Wanted to add that the LetterMo website is struggling, but we don't know why. We're hoping to get it back up and functioning ASAP.

[Wanda]

Yes I'm on letter #4 today

[Mel Luna]

Here it is the 23rd and I'm playing catch up since I've only sent 19 so far! I completed the InCoWriMo challenge last year, but didn't register on the website. This year I did post my address and have received a couple of very nice letters! That was a surprise. As the saying goes, to get a letter - send a letter! The mail is flowing... cheers!