Tag Archives: 2011

On self-publishing and being an Indie author

I am Roger Lubeck.  By profession, I am a psychologist and business consultant.  Today, I am pleased to say I am a published novelist.  In 2004, I started my first NaNoWriMo right before Thanksgiving and completed a 67,000 novel in less than 15 days.  This will be my eighth NaNoWriMo.  On October 29, 2011 at […]

October 14, 2011 – 6:35 am | By Roger Lubeck | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Welcome to the new nanowrimo site

The new Ruby-on-Rails NaNoWriMo site is live! There are a number of nice new features, some features that need to be improved/attained/added, and a list of known issues and missing features. If you are a long-time user of the nanowrimo.org site, the missing features will be quite noticeable; please try to be patient. You can […]

October 11, 2011 – 10:33 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Tom shares his tips on plot development

Tom Ostler (aka tomster) gave a terrific workshop Saturday, October eighth. Held at the Nichols Library Community Room (we thank the Naperville Public Library for their sponsorship!), the session was highly interactive and covered strategies for plot development and tips for successfully navigating NaNoWriMo. In one exercise, Tom had us answering four questions in response […]

October 9, 2011 – 8:59 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

RSVP for our October events!

The RSVP form for our October events is now available. Please help us plan for these events (e.g., # of handouts, etc). Just visit http://naperwrimo.org/oct2011/ Thanks!

October 2, 2011 – 4:19 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

What should we use for our chats?

We have used our jabber room for our online instant messaging for years; now there are new technologies available. Please help us to determine which technologies and tools we should use this fall by participating in this poll (doodle.com). When participating in the poll, use your NaNoWriMo handle. Thanks! –Tim

September 15, 2011 – 9:12 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Preparation for NaNoWriMo (fall 2011)

Katherine has posted an article in our Naperville forum about the upcoming planned events to help folks prepare. These include: September 21, 6-8 pm, Caribou Coffee: Doing NaNoWriMo Again: Get Together to Talk October 7, 10:30 am-noon, Plano Library: NaNo Info session October 8, 1-3 pm, Nichols Library, NaNo prep session October 15, 1-3 pm, […]

September 10, 2011 – 1:08 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Online Pitchapalooza

Just saw the post on the NaNoWriMo blog about the online Pitchapalooza. Just send in your 200-word or less pitch to arielle@thebookdoctors.com by February 15th, 2011. Twenty-five pitches will be chosen randomly and critiqued by Arielle and David on their blog, www.thebookdoctors.com/blog. A winner will be chosen on March 1, 2011. The winner will receive […]

January 21, 2011 – 4:37 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, Writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)