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Our annual "Thank God It's Over" celebration of words written, things achieved, and family members not strangled is this Saturday, from 6:30 - 11:00 pm. Come join us in the festivities and revelry! Details and RSVP are here.

Victory is so close we can taste it! Come to the Millwoods Write in to add to your word count pile.

In the meantime, we recommend that you have a chair dance party when you reach a major goal to keep your energy and focus up.

Our (K)night of the Living Spec is tomorrow. We're really excited to give out the surprise goodies and see what happens at resurrection o'clock. See you there!

We have an epic weekend ahead of us! Firstly, the splinter event Weekend of Wars in the #edmontonwrimos chatroom is going strong from 6 pm Friday, Nov. 9 to Sunday, Nov. 11, just in time to head over to the Overnighter write-in at Denny's in the west end. There will also be a splinter write-in at Cha Island on Whyte Ave Saturday afternoon, 2-5 pm.

I expect those word counts to soar. We'll catch up to Calgary yet!

We’re off to a great start, wrimos! We’ve had our first write-in (online and in-person), we’ve had our first Adopt a Day winner, we’ve had a few brief ceremonies in our character graveyard, we’ve designed the ultimate battle standards, and we’ve each written between 1667 and 3335 words (or more!)
Our next event is at the Strathcona Library Write-in on Saturday the 3rd, followed by the Lois Hole Library Write-in on the 6th. See you there!

Only three days left until NaNo begins! We'll be counting down the minutes and flailing about with excitement at the NaNoEve Online Countdown in the chatroom then getting a few solid hours of writing under our belts at the First Day Write-in.

The Kickoff Party is coming up soon! Join us on October 27th in the afternoon for food, fun, games, and door prizes. Click for more information and RSVP.

Afterwards we're heading to the Edmonton Public Library's interactive screening of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Join us!

The countdown to NaNo continues! Our first official event of 2012 is this Saturday. We're excited to announce that author Thomas Wharton will be joining us to answer all of your burning questions about how to write a novel. Join us at the No Plot? No Problem!/Pre-November Plot Planning Party!

Welcome, everyone! Please stop in at our welcome thread and introduce yourself!

While you’re exploring the clean new forums and waiting impatiently (or trepidatiously) for NaNo to begin, please make sure to affiliate with Edmonton AND set Edmonton as your Home Region so that your words and donations count in our totals. Thanks!

To affiliate with Edmonton:
Go to My NaNoWriMo and click My Regions. On the Regions tab, locate Canada::Alberta::Edmonton, and click Join. Then click Join again. Follow the directions below to add Edmonton as your Home Region

To make Edmonton your home region:
On the Home Region tab, click the circle beside Canada::Alberta::Edmonton, and click the Set Home Region button.

Welcome, new wrimos! Welcome back, Edmowrimos!

As you can see, there have been a few changes already this year. Learan (Nikki) has resigned from the ML team and we have been joined by Paige Knorr. She comes to us with a wealth of skills, having spent four months as an intern at NaNo Headquarters (the Office of Letters and Light) last year. We're lucky to have Paige on the team.

Feel free to flex your writing fingers and add a line to our Continuous Story while you wait for NaNo to rev up for 2012!

Are you ready? Camp NaNoWriMo starts June 1 at 12:01!

Camp NaNoWriMo is like a mini-NaNo novel writing adventure during June or August (or both if you want to!) You still write 50,000 words, but it’s more campy. It's an entirely online adventure, so there are no MLs, counsellors or in-person meet ups. This means that you have the freedom to sneak out after dark to write and, unlike camp in real life, you don't get stuck with the bunk in the leaky corner with the squirrel!

You can sign up for Camp NaNoWriMo using your nanowrimo login. Instead of the massive message boards, there are small cabins of 6-8 wrimos where you can get to know your fellow writers a little more in depth and unlike real camp you have some influence over who is in your cabin, so you don't have to share with the kid who picks his nose and mysteriously smells like Cheetos all the time (unless you want to - we're not judging).

Welcome to the home of the Edmowrimo Literary Ninjas! Since you've stopped by, join in on our continuous story!

It's been an amazing month, thank you everyone! This Saturday, Dec 3 we'll celebrate the end of NaNoWriMo at the TGIO Party. In the meantime, tell us about your experience!

The official last minute write-ins are today! Join the in-person write-in at Milner Library (Downtown) to finish your novel or cheer on other winners as they finish theirs. Then join in the fun in the #edmontonwrimos chatroom as we race the clock in the final virtual write-inof NaNoWriMo 2011.

Have you hit 50,000 words? Validate your novel to get your pretty purple bar and winner goodies and then tell us about it !

Edmowrimos on a (Mind)bender* is this Saturday! If you're ready for a break come join us at West Ed for a bit of fun before getting back to writing. Details in the thread below.

*Mindbender Optional

The deadline to RSVP for the NaNoWriMo Writers Open Mic has been extended by a day and a half. Sign up if you want to read an excerpt!

Thursday, November 24th is Denny’s Day! We’ll be at three locations (Downtown, Calgary Trail and Sherwood Park) in the afternoon to boost our word counts and eat pancakes. Details and RSVP below.

RSVP for the NaNoWriMo Writers Open Mic by 9 am Wednesday, November 23rd. Show off your writing skills by signing up to read an excerpt. Details below.

Thursday, November 24th is Denny’s Day! We’ll be at three locations (Downtown, Calgary Trail and Sherwood Park) in the afternoon to boost our word counts and eat pancakes. Details and RSVP below.

Thursday, November 24th is Denny’s Day! We’ll be at three locations (Downtown, Calgary Trail and Sherwood Park) in the afternoon to boost our word counts and eat pancakes. Details and RSVP below.

Tuesday, November 15th is STAFF APPRECIATION DAY!

- Show the Office of Letters and Light staff some love on the forums. There are staff appreciation threads in Tech Help (http://new.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/tech-help-site-bug-reports/threads/36399) and the All Ages Coffee House (http://new.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/all-ages-coffee-house/threads/36398).

- Check out our staff appreciation video on our newly minted Edmowrimo YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_qV7ZwjGaw&fmt=18

- Come out to our Official Write-in scheduled for Tuesday, November 15th at the Mill Woods Library from 5:00 to 8:30 pm to sign a thank you card to be delivered to the OLL staff on Friday.

- Send your own video of thanks on YouTube

- Tweet your love of @NaNoWriMo

- Leave a “Thanks!” Comment on their wall at: https://www.facebook.com/nanowrimo

- Show your appreciation of the OLL staff by donating on Donation Day, tomorrow (Wednesday, November 16th). If you’re enjoying your NaNo experience, make sure you donate here: https://store.lettersandlight.org/donations

Our next Official Write-in is scheduled for Tuesday, November 15th at the Mill Woods Library from 5:00 to 8:30 pm.. This event will be run in the program room by counsellors Absotively and methos77. Stop by to pick up your lanyard and catch up on your word count! There will be word wars a-plenty and if you win you could get to wear “The Helm of Baty”.

Monday, November 14th is National "Back Up Your Novel Again" Day! Make sure your words are safe.
Wednesday, November 16th is Donation Day. If you’re enjoying your NaNo experience and/or you want to see improvements, make sure you donate here: https://store.lettersandlight.org/donations

In the meantime, there are several scheduled events coming up:
Mon, Nov 14th Marty Chan is running a write-in from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Londonderry Library.
Tues, Nov 15th Marty will be writing at the Abbotsfield Branch from 6:00 -9:00 pm.
Wed, Nov 16th Marty has a write-in at Stanley A. Milner Library (Downtown) from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Join him!

Our next Official Write-in is scheduled for Thursday the 10th at Lois Hole Library from 5:00 to 8:30. This event will be run by counsellors .Doc and Talliana. Stop by to pick up your lanyard and catch up on your word count! In the meantime, there are several scheduled events coming up:

Nov 7th is National "Back Up Your Novel" Day! Make sure your words are safe. Marty Chan is also running a write-in from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at Stanley A. Milner library (downtown).

Tues, Nov 8th Marty will be writing at the Mill Woods Branch from 5:30 -8:30 pm.

Wed, Nov 9th Marty has a write-in at Idylwylde Branch from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Join him!

There's an official Write-In today at the Milner Library downtown (12:30 - 4:30). We'll be in the basement in the Edmonton Room and Chloe K. Evil, Eluna Nuv and methos77 will be motivating us towards victory!

Missed the first day write-in? Not to worry! Join Marty Chan on Wednesday, November 2nd from 4:30-8:30 pm at the Calder Branch (12522 - 132 Ave). You can also write with Marty on Thursday, November 3rd from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Castledowns Branch (15379 Castle Downs Rd). For more information on Marty's events, check out the EPL website at www.epl.ca/nanowrimo

And we're off! A total of 50 wrimos joined our NaNoEve Countdown in the chatroom last night/this morning. Thanks to Chloe and Arnold for helping us get our word counts off to a great start!

Our Official First Day Write-in is today from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm in the program room of the Strathcona Library branch (8331-104 St). Join us to kick your word count into high gear!

A huge "thank you" to everyone who came out to the Kickoff. We had a great time!

Our next event will be the NaNoEve Online Countdown in the #Edmontonwrimos chatroom. You can see details about the event and how to get to the chatroom below. We'll (virtually) see you all (virtually) there on Oct 31st at 10 pm. Chloe and Arnold will be getting us all motivated to get a jump on our wordcount at the stroke of midnight. Join us!

Your first pep talk of the season awaits you in your NaNoMailbox. Check it out!

Details and R.S.V.P. for the kickoff party are here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/canada-alberta-edmonton/threads/5675 You should come, it will be a good time!

Welcome to the home of the Edmowrimo Literary Ninjas! Please take a moment to introduce yourself in the "Welcome" thread and check out our google calendar to see the many writing and social events we’ve planned for you.

We're also lucky to be joined this year by EPL's Writer in Residence Marty Chan. Marty will be running write-ins at EPL branches all over the city this month. Check the links for Marty’s info and schedule.

Here’s to another delightful month of literary abandon!