Yearly Archives: 2008

How I’m getting Ready for NaNoWriMo

Tim asked me to blog about how I’m getting ready for NaNoWriMo this year. Well, I’m saying no to anything and everything in November except for a few special commitments–like my daughter coming back from college on the 1st for two days, and a special event at my synagogue, also on November 1st. I have […]

October 8, 2008 – 8:02 pm | By KatherineWriting | Posted in NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

Kick-off over, but still plenty of time to plot & plan

On October 4th, we met at the 95th library for the kick-off. We worked on plot and characters, including writing a few line plot and passing it around our table for twists. The question and answer included testimonials from people who have done NaNoWriMo before. Add in brownies, cookies, and a reporter, and I’m sure […]

October 4, 2008 – 3:18 pm | By KatherineWriting | Posted in NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

Saturday’s kick-off

For the first time in our young NaNoWriMo region’s history (we were first a separate region in 2005), our NaNoWriMo kick-off is in October instead of November. It’s this Saturday (October 4th). We chose this date because there are invariably people who come to the kick-off who never have heard of NaNo before; and when […]

October 2, 2008 – 7:04 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

NaNoWriMo site down (10/1)

The NaNoWriMo site went down this morning. The staff wrote: In the wee hours of October 1, after running like a brave champion, one of our two database servers, Lekempti, had what looks to be a very grave hardware failure. Lekempti is off-line now, and is getting new android guts installed. In the meantime, we’re […]

October 1, 2008 – 5:48 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Comments (0)

The NaNoWriMo Illinois::Naperville forum is open!

The Illinois::Naperville forum is open on NaNoWriMo site, so be sure to stop by and introduce yourself to the group. Our October 4th kick-off at the 95th Street Library (1-3 pm, room B) is looking to be a blast. Special goodies for participants this year along with a fun program. –Tim

September 28, 2008 – 1:51 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Comments (0)

Using freemind to plan your novel

In the 2007 NaNoWriMo forums, I wrote a post about how I used Freemind to plot my novel. Unfortunately, NaNo forum posts go away each year (it doesn’t look like they are archiving the sites anymore). Fortunately, tonight is the last night before they wipe the databases and I have pulled out the essence of […]

September 20, 2008 – 6:23 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in Writing | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

October events!

Hello, Illinois::Naperville! I believe most of you probably saw Chris Baty’s recent e-mail about the upcoming NaNoWriMo site lockdown (Sep 21-Oct 1) in preparation for the unveiling of what has been promised as a much more reliable AND feature-filled site than last year’s. I hope that many of you are returning for this fall’s National […]

September 17, 2008 – 10:10 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Comments (0)