2008

on 2008/12/03 by NewMexicoKid, [NaperWriMo]

And so yet another NaNoWriMo ends fairly successfully for Illinois::Naperville. Over fifty percent (54.7% to be exact) of our active writers successfully completed NaNoWriMo! Kudos to you all! Coming up on Saturday, December 13th is our famous pot-luck Thank-Goodness-It’s-Over Party (TGIO); we hope to have a good turn-out for that. Come join us whether you [...]

on 2008/11/25 by NewMexicoKid, [NaperWriMo]

Pictures are now available from the first ever Illinois All-State Write-In, November 22, 2008. The brainchild of Chicago ML TimSimms, the event was hosted by the Illinois::Naperville region at the Warrenville City Hall. 08112_all_state_writein As Katherine noted, the event was lots of fun. I believe that we had close to 40 people in attendance. My [...]

on 2008/11/23 by KatherineWriting, [NaperWriMo]

I was going to start this by talking about plugging away at your novel, but, hey, why plug, or plod, when you can skate, fly, sprint, race, throw yourself willy-nilly into the flowing rapids! In other words, continue to have fun. Speaking of fun, the all-Illinois write-in on Saturday was great! During the first word [...]

on 2008/11/08 by NewMexicoKid, [NaperWriMo]

Well, a average wordcount regional word war with Europe::France (here is the great challenge thread in their forum from our own FinbarrMcG). The terms are the same as they were the last two years: the losing region must sing the winning region’s song. Here is our wordwar graph (click through to go to the wordwar [...]

on 2008/11/05 by KatherineWriting, [Writing]

If possible, and it isn’t always, try to write in your optimal time. In my case, that’s first thing in the morning. Luckily, I can shift my hours around and start work around 9 or 10 on most days. I plan on doing that. I also can get up at 5 in the morning and [...]