Category Archives: NaperWriMo

A successful write-in at the Nichols Library

We had a nice write-in at the Nichols Library, our last of 2012. Ten people won nanobots.

November 18, 2012 – 8:27 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Photos from the November 11th Write-in at the 95th Street Library

Our turnout was a bit light (compared to the Nichols Library write-ins); we only had thirteen people present. But people did quite a bit of writing and several nanobots were awarded! Be sure to follow our participants wordcount adventures on our regional graph.

November 11, 2012 – 9:05 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Progressive Write-in a big success

We had our very first Progressive Write-in in Naperville region history! It was great fun, organized by Katherine (KatherineWriting) to go from Caribou to Target to the Hilton Garden Inn Naperville/Warrenville to the Atlanta Bread Company to Rock Bottom Brewery to end up at Caribou. Many participants joined in throughout the day. Many thanks to […]

November 10, 2012 – 8:28 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Very productive write-in at Nichols Library in Naperville, 4 November!

Averaging over 3100 words per person across the three hours, the 26+ participants of the write-in at centrally-located Nichols Library to be productive and fun. Several nanobots and many limited-edition nanobot cards were awarded in NaNoBot word wars and Box of Doom contests. Sarah (WritingStudent) wrote over 7000 words to lead the group. Here are […]

November 5, 2012 – 12:07 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

A full day of write-ins, Saturday, Nov 3rd

We had a full day of writing yesterday (Saturday, November 3rd), thanks to Sarah Kovacs, who organized and hosted the write-in at the Carol Stream Library, and to Catherine Brennan, who organized and hosted the write-in at the Woodridge Public Library. In between, eight of us met for lunch at the Hot Dog Palace.

November 4, 2012 – 10:18 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

2012 Kick-off Party Photos

Saturday, October 27th was the kick-off party, our region’s eighth annual kick-off event. Thirty to forty excited participants were there to share each other’s company and to feast on the great food. The pictures from the event are available below: NaperWriMo Kick-off 2012 Folks can also download and print out this scan of the signed […]

October 31, 2012 – 5:57 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Notes from the Oct 20 writer’s self assessment workshop

Author and psychologist Roger Lubeck led a group of twenty four writers October 20th through a writer’s self-assessment workshop to prepare folks for National Novel Writing Month. Roger, who is the Editor of the upcoming Journey short story anthology The Day Before The End of the World (to be published October 31, 2012), is by […]

October 22, 2012 – 10:57 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo, Writing | Tagged , , | Comments (0)