Monthly Archives: November 2009

Pictures from write-ins

Write-ins can be inspirational, focusing, and productive; a welcome break from writing alone by yourself. Here are photos from three of our recent write-ins: the 95th Street Library (in the children’s area; normally we are in the nicer room A), Warrenville City Hall, and the 2nd annual Illinois Statewide write-in hosted at the Inn of […]

Naperville battles Birmingham-West Midlands and Holland & Belgium!

Our Naperville region is in a fierce regional word war vs. England::Birmingham-West Midlands and Europe::Holland & Belgium. Naperville writers–we are currently behind, but a concerted push can help us catch up! At stake–the losing region of each of the two wars must sing (and record themselves singing, as demonstrated so charmingly by France in 2008) […]

Daily Herald article about our region!

Susan Dibble wrote this article in the Daily Herald about our region of Naperville (dated 10/30/2009). Take a look! Since Naperville became an official region in 2005, 130 to 160 aspiring writers from the area have participated each year, Yao said. Last year, 37 percent won – that is validated their novels on the organization’s […]