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Saint John Kickoff - Please Read!

Cass — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:43:04 -0700

[EDIT 2:]

When? Thursday, November 1st at 7pm.
Where? Pizza Hut, Brunswick Square uptown

Come one, come all!

[EDIT:]

OKAY! The date is set! We'll be getting together on November 1st.

If you have a preference of time (right now it'll either start at 6pm or later), please let me know ASAP.
Also, if you have a preference of venue (or area of the city - ie: uptown), let me know.

I will keep this thread updated as details are confirmed.

Also: WOOHOO, IT'S ALMOST NOVEMBER!

Okay people - we need to figure out when to have our kick-off event.

Two dates that we're kicking around are:

Friday October 26th
Thursday, November 1st

General evening-type times for both, I think. Depending on the kind of response we get (and Mary's availability, since she's the other ML), I think we might have to try to do two small get-togethers.

This is where we need your help! Tell us (here or via email - st_john_nb@nanowrimo.org) if you'd like to meet up with us, and let us know what days/times are best for you. And if you can't make the kick-off, don't worry, we'll try to shake things up a bit so you can get to at least a gathering or two.

It should be noted that there will be A SPECIAL GIFT for all of you who can make it - but please RSVP so Mary and I can make enough for everybody.
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Meet and Greet in Fredericton

Susan Douglas — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:04:30 -0700

Solita and I are planning an informal meet and greet for the afternoon of Sunday, October 28. We were trying to decide on a venue.

Here are our choices:
- Reids
- Room at University
- Cafeteria at Student Union Buliding
- Tim Horton's on King
- Starbuck's in Chapters
- Second Cup in King's Place

Any preferences?

Susan
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Mount Allison 'Wrimos?

ohmynoti — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:12:42 -0700

I'm considering against all logic trying nanowrimo again (after having failed quite miserably when I did so two years ago when I was still just in high school)...so I'm just wondering if there are any similarly insane Allisonians.
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Saint John - TGI-so-totally-O party?

Cass — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:56:27 -0800

Hi folks!

I apologize for basically dropping off the face of the earth this end-of-November and beginning-of-December. A swath of papers and essays and general woe-is-me-type gloom devoured me. Today I am crawling out from underneath my rock and trying to remember how to perform basic functions like eating and wiggling my eyebrows one at a time.

Anyway! I'm certain that I'm not alone in feeling overwhelmed, seeing as how it's That Time of Year. This is why I am proposing a general get-together some time in early January. Something relaxing so we can recuperate from the season and spark the imagination all at once.

If you are at all interested in this, please just reply and say, "yup!" I would love to see all of you again, and I think we will have a super-awesome time.

(And if you have a house or apartment where we could HOST this thing, email me. Please. I will love you forever, and absolutely offer myself up as your personal house-cleaning slave for the day, including after-party clean-up.)

Happy End of December, Novelists!

- Cass
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The finish line!

Eternal Winter — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:07:08 -0800

Who else is with me?
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Saint John - Checking in & TGIO party

Cass — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:57:18 -0800

Howdy doody folks!

It's been a couple of weeks since I last emailed with y'all. How are you? How are those pesky novels coming (unless, like the less sane among us, you've already finished)?

I will admit, I crossed the finish line about a week ago - though the race is far from over for me, let me tell you. I have about 10K of polished, well-written ESSAYS to write before the month is out. EEK. As a matter of fact, as soon as this email is finished I'm putting my nose to the grindstone again. So while the novel is done, I am still wholly with you in the deadline-ridden spirit of the NaNo season.

It may be a little late to have another "write in," but how about a TGIO party? And don't you dare think that NOT hitting 50K is any excuse not to go. If you wrote ONE SINGLE SOLITARY WORD in the course of this month, you are welcomed - nay, implored to come.

So let me know what days and times in early December are good for you. Mary, my co-ML, will probably only be available on weekends, so a Saturday night or Sunday afternoon might be a good option. If this works for you, great; if not, tell me when you can make it, and I'll do my best to work around you.

Take heart, fellow NaNoWri-mians! The end is near - and I mean that in as non-apocalyptic a way as possible.

- Cass, off to write about gender-switching, Frankenstein, and Shakespearean royalty
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Anyone in Moncton writing?

thordora — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:20:16 -0800

It always seems like no one else is writing here! Why do Fredericton and Saint John get to have all the fun!?!
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Canada :: New Brunswick

250,000 words from Moncton... and counting?

paintbyletters — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:42:01 -0700

Once again the Gracie family has committed to writing five 50,000 word novels in November.

We were all successful last year. Will any Monctonians join us to make this a half a million word year?

A million word year?

We could sure use the company. :-)
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Need Ideas?

Susan Douglas — Fri, 9 Nov 2007 07:24:32 -0800

This link arrived in my email this morning: http://writesparks.com/ws-lite-followups/fws48.php

It concerns journalling, but can work for NaNoWriMoing too.

In summary:
- pithy saying
- nature (look out your window)
- unsent letters
- memories
- daydreams

Susan
Just keep swimming - Dora
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Canada :: New Brunswick

<0> Saint John events - Updated 11/07

Cass — Fri, 9 Nov 2007 14:09:47 -0800

Howdy, everybody!

I hope your month is off to a flying start, and that the sweet, sweet muses are whispering delectable nothings in your ears. If you haven't gotten off to a great start, however, I have these words of advice for you:

DON'T PANIC.

The month is young yet, and your imagination is a hearty breeding ground for amazing, fun, and mercifully long-winded passages about whatever your heart desires. If you find yourself stuck, drop the scene where it stands and start with something else. Noodle for a paragraph or two about a minor character's troubled relationship with his hamster, Percival. Have the power go out wherever your characters are. (Or have your Fantasy characters' fire go out mysteriously or something.) The weather is yours to command: use it to your god-like advantage.

Now, on to business.

This Wednesday, November 14th, at 6pm, there will be a write-in and games night for Saint John wrimos. Let's get together at Tim Horton's on King Street. THE VENUE MAY CHANGE, so please RSVP if you'd like to attend. I will send out another email closer to the date to remind everyone, and let y'all know of any changes.

I will probably be able to pick some people up if transportation is an issue, so don't be shy.

I hope to see lots of you there. Take care, and write on!

- Cass
ML, Saint John; Destroyer of worlds, Wearer of pants.
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Halfway point!

Eternal Winter — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:00:45 -0800

The ends of my fingers feel kinda numb from hitting keys for so long, but I made it to the halfway point today!

Now I have plenty of time to slack off and watch some TV and make Christmas and Yule presents without worrying about falling behind the way I've done just about every other year I've done NaNo.

Anyone else at that delicious halfway point yet?
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Chat room available

Susan Douglas — Fri, 2 Nov 2007 06:31:55 -0700

I’m just going to make this quick and dirty for now, here are the basic instructions for getting into the chat room:

http://www.goodchatting.com/rooms/nanonbpei.php

Or through any regular IRC client, with the following information:

Server: irc://irc.goodchatting.com
Port: 6661-6669
Channel: #nanonbpei

The dude named BattleJesus is what is known as a bot. He does all sorts of nifty stuff to run word wars. instructions on how to use and can be found here http://jesus.thewrigro.com/

The instructions are also on the FredWriMo site http://www.thecatsweb.com/fredwrimo/

Susan
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Saint John Wrimos!

Cass — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:16:53 -0700

Heya folks!

It's almost that time again! I love October. October is almost November. I keep getting that tingling feeling in my fingers, and I'm pretty sure a swarm of butterflies are performing synchronized dance routines somewhere in my upper intestinal area.

Man, I'd better just be excited and not, like, having a stroke or something.

ANYWAY! If you're in SJ, please say hi.
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My 2005 NaNoWriMo Novel

Susan Douglas — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:31:02 -0700

I have put my first NaNo novel up for sale here:

http://www.lulu.com/content/1020684

You can download it for free, or pay $12 US + shipping to get a hard copy.

Susan
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Magna Carta II

Susan Douglas — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:21:22 -0700

Okay, now for the second part of our writing exercise, Magna Carta II!

Now we need to make a list of all the things we hate in a novel.

My list:
- graphic and explicit sex scenes
- long essays describing social injustices (yes I'm looking at you Victor Hugo!)
- pages and pages of intricate and detailed description (that's you Tolkien!)
- bad guys that have no reason behind what they're doing
- stories that don't really come to a conclusion

Susan
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Posters for Fredericton!

Susan Douglas — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:57:49 -0700

I have a stack of posters provided by the lovely Solita to give out to people to put up around Fredericton. If you would like any,even if they are just to put up in your room, please send me a note or leave me a message on this thread.

Susan
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Organization

PamelaH — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:01:49 -0700

How much preplanning and outlining are you "Oldtimers" doing? How much is ok?

Does anyone have a favourite way to organize their work? (ie. Snowflake, index cards etc.?)

I am curious how many are planners and how many are seat-of-your-pants writers?

Pam
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Magna Carta I

Susan Douglas — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:33:44 -0700

Hi guys and girls. It's time to get warmed up for our challenge next month.

Let's start things off with our Magna Carta.

Create a list of all the things you like and enjoy in a novel. We will be making another list of things you don't like in our next exercise.

For example, things that I like in a novel are:
- cats cats and more cats
- high adventure and fairy tales.
- Magic that takes place in every day worlds
- sensible people.
- Plot driven stories.
- Airplane novels.

Feel free to post your list here.

Susan
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Nano... and University?

Rowan Fairholme — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:53:48 -0700

Hi... I am currently going to UNB. Is there anyone else who's done NANO while going to university full time? Any advice? Am I going to want to kill myself? I don't even have any ideas yet, I just wanted to try it again.... Cheers!

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Miramichi people!

RionaDaidouji — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:23:23 -0700

I know a few people that I advertized to, and at least one of those people joined the site. So I know there are SOME people on here from the 'Chi!
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Teen WriMos?

Callieach — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:19:05 -0700

Hey, I was just wondering if there were any other teens from PEI or NB doing NaNoWriMo this year.

I'm 15 and from New Brunswick, if you're curious. ;-)
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Canada :: New Brunswick

Looking For Island NaNoWriMo Members

mheald — Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:00:55 -0700

Just wondering if anyone from the island is taking part in this thing. It would be great if there was some local support.
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