USA :: Pennsylvania :: Norristown

TGIO Party, Sat March 31 from 3-7pm at Thomas Paine UU Fellowship in Collegeville (www.tpuuf.org). Come one, come all!

You can also use this as a kick off for Script Frenzy for those of you planning to participate in that. :)

Please look at the latest on the TGIO Party and post what day/time would be good for you there and also on the thread to set up a regular write-in/edit session now that nano and the holidays are over.

People have expressed interest in continuing to meet once the holidays are over to push those not finished to finish their novels and to help those who are finished to edit/proof. Or to at least give them encouragement to do so.

If you are interested--PM me your email address so I can add you to my contact list.

Don't forget to backup your novel in all the craziness of pushing for the final stretch. And when I say back up, I mean, save the entire thing in more than one place--just in case.

Region Stats as of 11/30 5am

Wordcount: 2,442,804
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 95,541
Average: 19,700.0323
Standard Deviation: 23,149.5147
Donations: $675
No. of Donors: 28

I do wish the high wordcount person would come forward.

And look at us, we are cooking with donations now. Please consider making a donation if you haven't already. nano stats say only about 6% of participants donate, so we need 7 more people to step up for our region. if everyone on nano donated $1, we would have the million we need to pay off this year and look forward to next year without having to give up anything on the site, or cutting programs.

--Did you know NaNo has a $500,000 shortfall this year? This means if they don't raise the money they will have to borrow it and if they can't raise the money to cover before the end of February, that could mean cutting back on what NaNo offers next year? Can you stand to lose some of the great forums? All of them? What about the freebies to Libraries and Schools? Please Please Please Make a Donation.

--Still trying to decide on times for a write-in on Friday at Thomas Paine. Post your comments in the thread for Black Friday. The Norristown Public Library is also open that day, so people could meet and write there as well.

--If anyone is up for writing on Saturday, let me know that as well.