USA :: North Carolina :: Wilmington

The plans have come together for our 2001 NaNoWriMo TGIO Holiday Party. One of our newest additions to the NaNoWriMo family, Joy Allen, has graciously offered the use of her beautiful home in downtown Wilmington for this event.

The details of the party are as follows:

DATE

Sunday, December 11th

TIME

6 P.M. – 8 P.M.

ADDRESS

104 South 6th St.
Wilmington, NC 28401

There should be ample parking along 6th St.

INVITEES

ALL NaNoWriMo participants from the Wilmington region and their families or significant others are invited to attend.

FOOD

We have decided to have a potluck-style format for the party. You can either email me through NaNoWriMo with what you would like to bring or post it on the TGIO PARTY - POTLUCK topic on our regional forum page.

Bringing a dish is not mandatory in order to attend but it is appreciated.

GIFTS

We will also have a White Elephant (Yankee Swap) gift exchange for anyone that would like to participate. The item should be new and cost no more than $10. Please be sure to wrap your item. The gift can be as funny or as serious as you want.

RSVP

Please RSVP by either emailing me through NaNoWriMo or posting your plan to attend on the TGIO PARTY - RSVP forum topic. Try to RSVP by next Friday (12/9) so we can have an approximate number for Joy and those bringing food.

DISCUSSION

There has been interest from several participants this year to explore the idea of starting a local club or perhaps Meetup group. The objectives would revolve around writing, editing and publishing works of all lengths - including NaNoWriMo (pre and post activities), contests, classes, and more.

Any input on this subject will be appreciated regardless of whether or not you can attend the party.

Our final write-in is almost here. We are all about the sugar rush to help get us past the finish line at this point in the month.

We will be meeting from 6 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. on Tuesday the 29th.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
2822 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28412
910-799-1560
http://locations.krispykreme.com/location/wilmington

We hope to see you there!

WORD WAR UPDATE WITH FAYETTEVILLE

I'm so proud of everyone in Wilmington! Fayetteville was talking trash before NaNoWrimo kicked off this year and challenged us to a word war.

Here are the stats as of noon on Thanksgiving:

Wilmington (405 writers) - 2,357,775 words
Fayetteville (413 writers) - 1,542,614 words

Not even close! Great job everyone. Let's finish strong.

Tuesday (11/22)

We hope to see you tonight at 6 P.M. at Coastal Roasters for our next write-in!

5954 CAROLINA BEACH RD STE 170 Wilmington, NC 28412
(just south of Monkey Junction at the corner of Carolina Beach Rd. and Sanders Rd.)

www.thecoastalroaster.com

Write-in list is up, and check your NaNomail for a word from a (slightly behind word count) ML!

Next write-in: UNCW Library, Friday the 10th at 6:30.
Write-in on deck: Hot Pink Cake Stand, Monday the 14th at 6