WELCOME, ONE AND ALL, TO THE CLUB THAT IS EEEW!
That's right, kiddies, there's no escaping the fad. You're just not cool if you're not EEEW!
We accept anyone and everyone, AS LONG AS YOU'RE...
1) Willing to ENCOURAGE your fellow EEEW members!
2) Are totally and completely EXCITED about the month to come!
3) Are so ENTHUSIASTIC, you don't think you can stick it out through October!
4) And lastly.. are willing to let the WACKY monster inside of you free!
WE WANT YOU IN THIS GROUP! Because even if you're not any of the above, we guarantee by the time November comes, you won't be anything BUT EEEW!
So please, I beg you. Jump about this crazy coaster because you'll regret it if you don't! And if none of that convinces you, I'll throw RED FROGS into the deal!
Satisfied?
I bet you are. ;)
Talk about anything you want, we won't judge. Got exciting news? This is the place to come. Need to vent? We'll listen! This is a support group, and we're going to do anything we can to support you and we hope you'll do the same :-)
We're gonna get you through November, no matter how hopeless you think it is!!
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Christina
ML of Adelaide
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Oct 2, 2007 - 02 06
EEEW isn't something you can just put in a thread. It's more than an idea, it's a decision you make to turn your NaNoWriMo adventure into something truly memorable... and how better to make it memorable but with WRITE-INS!
Feel free to organise your write-ins. Make them fun, plan to be there but don't plan much else!
Some friendly tips
Snack always keep up the conversation; think red frogs, jubes, gummies!
Remember power cords and extra adapters.
Just remember your basic saftety rules
1) Make sure you know where you're going and that someone else knows where you will be and for how long
2) Hold the write-in in a public place; library, cafe, restaurant... anywhere that you can come and go as you please.
And go forth and be EEEW!
----------Mel / Calliopes.Sin
ML of Adelaide, Australia
Moderator: Character & Plot Realism Q&A and Chick Lit.
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Oct 2, 2007 - 02 10
Yay, now there are two EEEW threads.
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Oct 2, 2007 - 03 12
Yes. There is.
I can't believe we're finally in October!
29 DAYS TO GO!! IT'S SO UBER EXCITING!!
I'm so hungry right now :(
----------Christina
ML of Adelaide
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Oct 2, 2007 - 03 00
Psssst... Christina... there are 31 days in October.
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Oct 3, 2007 - 02 12
Edited. I really wasn't thinking clear when I posted this this morning. Sorry guys.
----------Christina
ML of Adelaide
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Oct 2, 2007 - 18 21
He sounds like a moron. Guys are painful.
I am at uni right now. And my friend just had a go at me for not giving her story a review. *rolls eyes*
She doesn't understand busy.
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Oct 2, 2007 - 21 11
Guys are seriously painful. I'm thinking of posting the convo up on lj later just so you can all see how freaking ridiculous he was.
I made it to uni on time! Well actually, 6 minutes late. Stupid nonparking. But I think I did surprisingly well on my test which is a shocker.
I HAVE A BOX OF LINDT'S PETITS DESSERTS!! THEY'RE SO UBER DELICIOUS!
----------Christina
ML of Adelaide
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Oct 2, 2007 - 21 18
Oh, I just realised you have an EEEW link! That's so uber rad!
----------Christina
ML of Adelaide
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Oct 2, 2007 - 23 30
Yes, I had to have a link so that people in other regions know exactly what EEEW is. I can totally see someone going "hang on a sec, what the hell is EEEW?" so I linked it so they can find out. :-D
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Oct 3, 2007 - 01 07
I think it's more fun without a link! :D Then it's like ooo secret!
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http://www.notebookinhand.com - Come for the creativity. Stay for the insanity.
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Oct 3, 2007 - 01 13
AHAHAHA! Ny you evil thing! Send all of nano on a search for the secret club!
----------Christina
ML of Adelaide
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Oct 3, 2007 - 01 26
Well why not! :D I'm all about the Secret Societies... and they'll see EEEW around the forums and be all 'what the heck!'
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Oct 3, 2007 - 01 42
I think it should be something that makes them go looking for it!
It's the Adelaide phenomena sweeping the region! :)
All Adelaideans (and South Aussies in general) should take this and put it in their signature.
Proud Member of EEEW
----------Mel / Calliopes.Sin
ML of Adelaide, Australia
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Oct 4, 2007 - 21 53
I'm up for EEEW!
I think I can definitely DO this this year. and I WILL!
----------Encouraging, Excited, Enthusiastic and Wacky Member of EEEW
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Oct 10, 2007 - 18 52
I can't believe this thread died already. Horrible.
pkgirl - YOU'RE IN! I'm sorry I didn't say that sooner <<; But welcome aboard ^___^ The first step to nonrecovery is admitting you're EEEW =D
Okay, so to get this thread rolling, I'll start the discussion.. how is everyone coming along with their novel planning?
Last night, I was up until 6:30 because I couldn't sleep, but what's awesome is that the last few hours consisted of novel planning. It was sudden inspiration hitting which I'm grateful for. My novel has started to look extremely daunting but this has got the ball rolling. Maybe I'll be more planned than I think by the time November starts...
how about you guys?
----------Christina
ML of Adelaide
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Oct 10, 2007 - 20 37
As in you were awake the whole night till 6.30 am? You need a good sleep pattern so you can totally destroy it during November with sugar and all-nighters.
I've had a few of my plot twist become a bit more solid. I didn't have a reason for my FMC being captured and experimented on but Christina you said something and it wasn't relevant but it worked! Now I'm trying to steer it away from the prophecy and get a bit more sci-fi into it.
----------If we're talking pieces of pie plotted (cause I'm starving here!)... I've eaten one third. :-)
Mel / Calliopes.Sin
ML of Adelaide, Australia
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Oct 10, 2007 - 21 32
Hahahaha, ooooooooooooooooor I can just keep the tattered sleeping pattern I have now. Works for me.
Don't you just love when you're talking crap and something good comes out of it? Yeah, I'm brilliant like that.
What do you think of the title, "Ambrosia's Burden"? Yes, I changed my FMC's name because Alexandra sounded way too modern.
----------Christina
ML of Adelaide
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Oct 13, 2007 - 01 44
I'm baaaaaack. Melbourne sucked balls and the US embassy was a pain in the butt. But I am now legally allowed to work in America. Yayness.
I like the name Ambrosia, though Alexandra isn't modern. Think of Alexander the Great -- Alexandra is the feminine version.
My plot got stuck on the plane and it hasn't come back to me yet. :(
----------Proud member of EEEW
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Oct 13, 2007 - 04 56
Okay, yeah I cheated the invisibility disease and signed off, cos I really wanted to know who had posted <<;
Yes, I know it's not modern (Alexander the Great is the first reference to come to mind when that name is brought up ^^) but the fact that Alexandra is a name still (kinda) commonly used today makes it sound more modern. Well, that's what it sounds like to me.
Plus, now I love my title, so I don't feel like changing names back. haha. <<;
----------Christina
ML of Adelaide
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Oct 13, 2007 - 05 05
I like Ambrosia's Burden.
I reckon you could tweak it a bit too if you wanted.
The Ambrosial Burden.
Ambrosia; burdened <---- cause I like to spice up the title a little.
Of course, it only matters if you can read this post. :)
----------Mel / Calliopes.Sin
ML of Adelaide, Australia
Moderator: Character & Plot Realism Q&A and Chick Lit.
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Oct 13, 2007 - 07 09
Alexander isn't new but he isn't really old either. Alexander the Great was around in 350BC. Thats a long time from 9500BC and the Atlantis myth.
I think that there wasn't obvious Greek names around 3500BC. You could just pick through Greek history and choose what you like.
----------Mel / Calliopes.Sin
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Oct 24, 2007 - 01 25
How do I join? Or have I joined already? See, very new to all this stuff.
Thanks...
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Oct 28, 2007 - 14 51
You've already joined, just by posting in this thread. :)
Anyway, I think this can go here because it's rather wacky and I reckon it was caused by the meet-up yesterday.
I had a dream last night where it was November 1st and I was so excited to start NaNo, I wrote and wrote all day and all night -- and wrote 60,000 words and finished my story. And so, because it was absolutely perfect (yeah, right) I submitted it to a publisher that afternoon, and got a letter back the next morning saying that they were sorry, but my submission was not right to become a new design on a Guess wallet.
Yes, it was a very strange dream.
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Oct 28, 2007 - 18 04
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
That is awesome! I love dreams like that, that make total sense at the time and then you wake up and go "wtf..."
2 days until the midnight write-in..... AAAAAH!
----------Christina
ML of Adelaide
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Oct 28, 2007 - 18 26
... what midnight write-in?
----------Proud member of EEEW
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Oct 29, 2007 - 00 05
I think Christina means the midnight chat that results in everyone abandoning the conversation at midnight to write. We could actually have word sprints!
----------Mel / Calliopes.Sin
ML of Adelaide, Australia
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Oct 29, 2007 - 00 32
Ohhh, right. Yes, word sprints would be cool. I actually have to get up and go to work on Thursday morning at 8 (ew) so I think it's going to be a night of 3 hours of sleep.
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Oct 29, 2007 - 16 59
Yes yes, that thing. :)
Tomorrow night...
Oh man, I'm freaking out. I'M NOT PREPARED!!!
----------Christina
ML of Adelaide
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Jun 7, 2008 - 03 41
*strokes thread*
----------Proud member of EEEW
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Jun 7, 2008 - 03 45
*hugs thread*
Sorry I haven't been around, lil buddy...
----------Mel / Calliopes.Sin
ML of Adelaide, Australia
Moderator: Character & Plot Realism Q&A and Chick Lit.