Author Archives: NewMexicoKid

Shakespeare Readers Theatre – March 13 and April 16 and 24

The works of William Shakespeare are beautifully written but many aren’t aware of how much fun they are to read and to act. The Journey, the writing group associated with this Naperville region of National Novel Writing Month, has scheduled some sessions for folks to come out to read-through (no memorization required!) one of Shakespeare’s […]

February 27, 2015 – 7:15 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in The Journey | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Thank Goodness It’s Over – 2014

Saturday, December 6, 2014 was our annual Thank Goodness It’s Over (TGIO) pot-luck lunch party at the Naperville Municipal Center. We had around 55 people there. Festivities kicked off with a fun ice-breaker that Katherine created where participants tried to order themselves based on a 10-25 word excerpt they brought in from a favorite novel. […]

December 8, 2014 – 7:14 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Inter-regional word war vs. Ottawa County Grand Rapids, Michigan

The Naperville region has challenged Ottawa County Grand Rapids, Michigan to an inter-regional word war (based on average word count), with a side-bet that the losing region must record themselves singing the regional song of the winning region.

November 15, 2014 – 9:15 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

A fun kick-off! 2014-10-25

We had a fun kick-off this Saturday (2014-10-25) at the Naperville Municipal Center Lunch Room. Thanks to everyone who brought delicious food. Special thanks to Katherine (for organizing the event and running the ice breaker and keeping us on schedule), Barry (for all the behind the scenes stuff he does), Sabrina (for her help), Frank […]

October 25, 2014 – 9:13 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

A full slate of preparatory workshops for 2014

Every year people around the world take the plunge and become an author during the month of November. If you’ve always wanted to write a novel, or try to write a novel, then this is the year to take advantage of National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo). It is a free, annual challenge that takes […]

September 26, 2014 – 4:58 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

What a great NaNo season 2013!

See the pictures from our 2013 TGIO: [shashin type=”photo” id=”79,99,73,49,41,40,39,37,32,28,18,83″ size=”small” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”] It was a great NaNo season and a wonderful Thank-Goodness-It’s-Over party! Many thanks to Ky (scrapacat) for contributing this beautiful scarf she made, to Steve (Whitey) for contributing a very handsome handmade journal (which I won in the raffle), and to […]

December 8, 2013 – 8:45 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

A fun kick-off to the 2013 NaNo season

Saturday, 26 October 2013 was our Naperville region’s kick-off party. It was a delicious pot-luck event, with plenty of savory and sweet delights, including Frank’s chili, my beef stew, Kel’s fruit salad smoothie, Todd’s best chocolate chip cookies and many, many more dishes. We about forty people in attendance at the Naperville Municipal Center (not […]

October 27, 2013 – 6:47 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)