FINALLY, I'm free from the work I have to do. Well for now. Anyway, people were asking for the headcount on Saturday, and the plans so here we go. All taken from last night's conference.
(BTW, for details about this event, click here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1034542)
The event starts at 2:00pm, but people are planning to meet up for lunch before that. Here are the details of the lunch meet-up:
WHAT: PinoyWrimo pre-convention lunch
WHEN: November 10, 1pm
WHERE: Yoshinoya, right beside Powerbooks, Megamall
I already asked Julie (planet_telex) to be in charge of the lunch, just in case I don't make it since I'll be coming from night shift. Look for someone who has a NaNo poster (which I will post in this thread later, when I finish making it). :D
The convention starts at 2:00pm at Powerbooks, so I guess we should be there early to get good places. I'll be there already, so to the guys who are not in the conference or just happened to pass by in this thread, just look for the NaNo poster. :)
So now for the headcount. Please let us know through this thread if you're going or not, so we can have a headcount, that way we know who to expect. Then we'll raid a coffee shop or something after the event to write, write, write (or talk, talk, talk, whichever ;)).
Oh yeah, I'm giving stickers to those who come on Friday. =D
So far this is the headcount I have (using NaNo names so we don't get confused :D):
(UPDATED 11/08, 12noon)
- tinamats
- planet_telex
- Sparkplug
- stormberry
- fuyu
- zodiac13serpent (tentative, right?)
- suddenlyisee
- Ravenmarked (are you going?)
- xrecent
- xcerpted
- writeonjo (tentative)
- dycee29
- icqgirl
- Sushi Evenlir
- selecetial (tentative)
- chalkman (lunch only)
- authoressninja (tentative)
- ghibli (lunch only)
If i missed anyone, please tell me. :D Haha. To those who want to come, please say so here so we can add you to the list. :) Contact numbers will be given to the concerned people by Friday.:)
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Tina, ML for the Philippines
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NANO 2007: Red Meets Blue
Refine Me | More than Bitesized Fiction
50,574 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2007 - 02 00
I can't go...I'm going to a Creative Writing workshop that day (and skipping out on my drama class...*sigh*). But PWEEZE keep a record for me, okay? I'm sad to miss it!
50,821 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2007 - 03 16
There is a chance that I may go. Anyways, I'll just see you guys there at Yoshinoya, aye? If ever I could go.
-sushi evenlir (the writer with the messy hair. that's the guy.)
50,328 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2007 - 03 31
I MIGHT be able to drop by. I just have to rush from Mapua Makati to Megamall T______T *wiggle eyebrows at driver slash guardian* Yes~♥
0 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2007 - 05 18
Megamall, Yoshinoya, Saturday, one in the afternoon? I guess I could check it out, but I probably won't stay for Write or Die.
0 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2007 - 06 50
maybe I can stop by for awhile since we're going to makati that day...maybe,,,
:)
50,007 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2007 - 07 00
i might attend but im not sure if i'll stay for the workshop
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Nov 7, 2007 - 20 17
Hi, this is Tin. I'm a member of the Read Or Die secretariat and we are the organizers of Write Or Die: Writers Write. We're glad that the Filipino writers participating in Nanowrimo will be attending the workshops. The speaker for the first workshop--Dean Alfar--wrote his novel "Salamanca" during Nanowrimo and it went on to win the Grand Prize for Novel in the Palanca ;)
Anyhow, before I was pointed to this thread, we have already been talking about Nanowrimo write-ins with Powerbooks. Will you be interested in using the bookstore as a write-in place (so as to get more notice about Nanowrimo or attract more participants)? The write-ins can coincide with the workshops. It's not possible this Saturday in Megamall because there will be a seminar following the workshop but maybe we can schedule it some other time? And will you be averse to collaborating on a bigger write-in event right after Nanowrimo and to culminate the first stage of Writers Write? Since we had been planning to do one anyhow.
Also: Jun Cruz Reyes, a noted Filipino writer, is accepting manuscripts for critique for his session on November 17. I'm not sure who among you is writing a Filipino novel but if you are, or if you have a Filipino manuscript tucked away somewhere, please send excerpts to readordie.ph@gmail.com on or before November 13, 2007 so we can forward them to him.
English-language manuscripts will be critiqued by Charlson Ong who won this year's National Book Award for Novel for "Banyaga." Both he and Cruz Reyes teach creative witing at the University of the Philippines. You can send your chapters to Prof. Ong for critique on or before November 25, 2007.
Thanks again :)
Tin
http://read-or-die.org
http://write-or-die.org
50,121 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2007 - 21 10
Hey Tin! I'm Tina, the Municipal Liaison for the Philippines. Wow, this is great. :) I've been wondering if the NaNoWriMo group can find some local support here, just like the group in Singapore. :D Is it okay if I can get your email address so I can contact you and we can talk about this? Or if not, I'll be at Megamall on Saturday, so we could talk about this then. :D
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Nov 8, 2007 - 01 05
Hi Tina,
Not sure if you got my private message. I probably won't be around for the entire talk on Saturday but if you want to set a separate meeting so we can talk about this at length you can email me at readordie.ph@gmail.com :) Will reply asap. Thanks!
50,821 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2007 - 08 35
The invitation said to bring any writing weapon you have to the convention (i.e. laptops, notebooks). Does that mean that I have to bring my "story with me", my laptop, to the convention too? I'm just wondering about the safety of my laptop.
50,121 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2007 - 08 49
I'm bringing my laptop along...we'll be in Megamall naman so it should be pretty safe. Well safer than outside that is. If you don't feel like bringing your laptop, it's okay, just bring whatever you can write with. :)
50,121 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 10 07
To those who will be going tomorrow, kindly contact me or Julie (planet_telex) before 1pm/2pm to confirm your attendance. Please text us your REAL NAME and NANO NAME so we can keep track, okay? :)
Tina: 092092863616
Julie: 09209274230
See you tomorrow! :D
50,121 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2007 - 04 40
Hi everyone! The session earlier w/ Dean Alfar was great. =) So inspiring! I was really glad to meet the guys who came. :D
I uploaded my notes on the event here, you may download it for your reading pleasure. :)
http://nanowrimo.refineme.org/wod-deanalfar.doc
Just right click then save as. :)
7,241 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2007 - 22 19
Nice to have seen some of the Pinoywrimos! And I have started with Dean Alfar's Kits of Stars. I actually buy that compilation, the Year's Best Fantasy and Science Fiction, but I don't have the 17th, where his story is. Must find that one!!! He was great, he made sense, I have a new direction not to keep to my sequential method, and to STOP EDITING. Geez, that will be hardest of all, because that's what I do, I always correct spelling and grammar and wording... No wonder I never finish, always some 20K short. Anyway, I hope everyone got a good pep talk from Dean Alfar as well, and good luck to us all!!!
7,241 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2007 - 22 19
Nice to have seen some of the Pinoywrimos! And I have started with Dean Alfar's Kite of Stars. I actually buy that compilation, the Year's Best Fantasy and Science Fiction, but I don't have the 17th, where his story is. Must find that one!!! He was great, he made sense, I have a new direction not to keep to my sequential method, and to STOP EDITING. Geez, that will be hardest of all, because that's what I do, I always correct spelling and grammar and wording... No wonder I never finish, always some 20K short. Anyway, I hope everyone got a good pep talk from Dean Alfar as well, and good luck to us all!!!