Yearly Archives: 2009

Half Way Through October — Planning, Planning, Planning

I’m having a good month, so far, although I keep having the fear that I’ll run out of plot. I had what started out being a fun SF idea–almost dropped it because I was reading stuff about how aliens-are-not-humans-with-weird-ears,or other stuff stressing that there has to be a REASON for aliens to have developed as […]

October 17, 2009 – 2:36 pm | By KatherineWriting | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged | Comments (0)

Planning for November

The next planning session is October 24th at the 95th library from 1-3. It will be led by Barb and Lloyd and will focus on character development and other useful things to make November writing smoother. Now’s a good time to be reading the forums, getting ideas, doing research, etc. Also, sidestepping most social obligations […]

October 12, 2009 – 7:09 am | By KatherineWriting | Posted in Miscellaneous | Comments (0)

Oct 10th Plot Prep Session!

This Saturday, October 10th, from 1-3 pm is our high energy Plot Preparation Session. Located at the beautiful 95th Street Library in Naperville (part of the Naperville Public Library), this event is designed to prepare participants in National Novel Writing Month for a successful novel-writing in November. Led by Dave (TRRDEDEAN) and myself (Tim aka […]

October 9, 2009 – 10:26 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

How to access our jabber chatroom

Here are instructions on how to access our jabber chatroom. Pidgin setup instructions are included.

October 6, 2009 – 3:45 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

Event at Anderson’s Bookshop

Thanks to all the WriMo’s (Daniel, Bob and Bob’s wife (argh, I’m so bad with names–was it Tracy?)) who stopped by our table at the front of Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville on Saturday (October 3rd). Many thanks to Lloyd (Grayraven) who did an incredible job reaching out to the customers and Barb (babsy55) who set […]

October 4, 2009 – 7:11 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

Infinite monkeys not required!

We have a new cafepress shop to help fund our local events: Pictured here is a $19.99 travel mug; there are also t-shirts galore, buttons and other items. Be sure to visit our overview shop that has links to our other cafepress stores.

September 10, 2009 – 6:16 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

Where did THAT come from

I came across an interesting reference to cliches and their origins that I thought I’d post: www.businessballs.com/clichesorigins.htm.

September 8, 2009 – 3:11 pm | By KatherineWriting | Posted in Writing | Comments (0)