Sunday November 18th is Singapore's first ever (and possibly last ever!) Mini NaNoWriMo Write-a-Thon
If you've been on another planet the details are:
Time: noon to 6pm and all times in between RSVP to rozen ftdbgroupATyahoo.com.sg
Location: Clementi -- we're not giving you the address because you have to email me to say you're coming
Food: Yes! -- sarahcoldheart is taking care of food and she needs numbers, which is why you have to email
Drinks: BYO mostly -- there will be tea and coffee and a few bottles of soft drinks.
Main Events:
Link up with NaNoWriMo Mother Ship via Skype (still sorting it out) during their Major Write-a-Thon
AlphaSmart Word Wars
Prize for most number of words written in the day (honour system)
Sausage in a bun BBQ
Other games that you make up yourselves
Other Stuff:
Quiet room for writing
Noisy room for -- noise
Outside and inside seating even in the rain
Smokers' balcony
Non-writing Time Things To Do
For perusal during and for take away by anyone who wants them if they're still there at 6pm:
Back issues of UK Writers News and Writing Magazine
Writer's Market 2006
Children's Wrtier's & Illustrator's Market 2004
Writer's Market 2004
Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2004
Guide to Literary Agents 2000
The Australian Writer's Marketplace 2000
Yes, I know some of them are ancient but they have useful articles.
Young WriMos under 18 must have parental consent. I will give you my handphone number if the parents want to speak with me.
That's it except that you come at your own risk and thereby agree that no liability is accepted by anyone for anything, so there!
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rozen is not sure if she's co-ML for Singapore but is for NaNoWriMo and anyway she'll be in Ireland for the entire month of April and not in Singapore to organise any events and there was only one meet-up last year after it was all over and four people tu
50,010 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2007 - 03 49
So far we are seven:
1. rozen
2. sarahcolheart
3. Raven Silvers
4. infusedpizza
5. Cancy
6. vasundhara_s23
7. sunlitstranger
Thanks for being so prompt with the rsvp.
----------rozen is not sure if she's co-ML for Singapore but is for NaNoWriMo and anyway she'll be in Ireland for the entire month of April and not in Singapore to organise any events and there was only one meet-up last year after it was all over and four people tu
50,051 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2007 - 19 24
Come on people! Respond fast! Cause if it's going to be under ten people, I'm SO gonna blow the budget (well it's not THAT large but it is significant enough for me) on nice le gasptastic food of overness.
If that meant anything, that is.
----------ML for Singapore
50,010 / 50,000
Nov 8, 2007 - 02 48
Two more signed up: starflamer and Lily_Gypsy.
That makes nine so far.
Yummy good food! All the more for me.
----------rozen is not sure if she's co-ML for Singapore but is for NaNoWriMo and anyway she'll be in Ireland for the entire month of April and not in Singapore to organise any events and there was only one meet-up last year after it was all over and four people tu
50,010 / 50,000
Nov 9, 2007 - 02 52
We are now 12 with one tag-along who has to write or else take care of the BBQ, wash the dishes or otherwise make himself useful.
----------rozen is not sure if she's co-ML for Singapore but is for NaNoWriMo and anyway she'll be in Ireland for the entire month of April and not in Singapore to organise any events and there was only one meet-up last year after it was all over and four people tu
50,010 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2007 - 22 47
I think today or tomorrow is the last day for letting us know if you can make it on Sunday. The list so far is:
1. rozen
2. Sarahcolheart
3. Raven Silvers
4. infusedpizza
5. Cancy
6. vasundhara_s23
7. sunlitstranger
8. starflamer
9. Lily_Gypsy
10. HQ
11. Schnoc plus one
12. Aadria
13. Nerwen
14. BloodyJuan
15. Avalon
16. Sentrovasi
17. dKellis is making up his mind
If anyone else wants to come along PM or email me. Likewise if I've left anyone off the list.
----------rozen is not sure if she's co-ML for Singapore but is for NaNoWriMo and anyway she'll be in Ireland for the entire month of April and not in Singapore to organise any events and there was only one meet-up last year after it was all over and four people tu
50,010 / 50,000
Nov 14, 2007 - 22 34
Plans are going well -- food is chosen and sarahcoldheart has been paying particular attention to the food-to-nano-with thread so expect donuts among other things.
Chris "The Creator of NaNo" Baty has emailed to say that he will email at 9pm San Francisco (Sat there Sun here) time to let us know if the internet is working in the Write-a-Thon venue there at which point we will or will not have our link-up via Skype.
Anyone else out there who can't make it to Singapore for this event feel free to PM me to arrange a Skype "HowDiDoDee" on the day, time differences allowing of course.
We are around 20-ish in number. A few people trying to switch work days and so forth.
That's it!
----------rozen is not sure if she's co-ML for Singapore but is for NaNoWriMo and anyway she'll be in Ireland for the entire month of April and not in Singapore to organise any events and there was only one meet-up last year after it was all over and four people tu
50,010 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2007 - 04 40
First Mini Write-a-Thon Singapore is now over. We had twelve WriMos plus one boyfriend, averaging about three donuts each.
Not sure what the total word count was but there was lots of chat as well as long, long silences but for the clacking of keys.
Despite being all geared up with cameras, microphone and Skype, the NaNo Mothership did not make contact :(
But we had a really good time!
----------rozen is not sure if she's co-ML for Singapore but is for NaNoWriMo and anyway she'll be in Ireland for the entire month of April and not in Singapore to organise any events and there was only one meet-up last year after it was all over and four people tu
50,010 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2007 - 20 24
We got a message from Chris about the Write-a-Thon.
Hi Rosemary,
I hope your write-a-thon was a big success! We had 120 guests show up at our event on Saturday night, and I was so frantic running around tending to everyone that I didn't have a chance to sit down and connect with you guys. I'm so sorry. Next year, I'll plan my time better (and make sure we get a working webcam, which we didn't have last night), so we can build international shout-outs into the event.
The good news was that, despite the stress, the whole thing couldn't have gone off better, and we raised $11,000 for NaNoWriMo and the Young
Writers Program. Please give my regards to everyone in Singapore!
Chris
----------rozen is not sure if she's co-ML for Singapore but is for NaNoWriMo and anyway she'll be in Ireland for the entire month of April and not in Singapore to organise any events and there was only one meet-up last year after it was all over and four people tu
50,051 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2007 - 22 37
Hahaha we had 12 wrimos (plus a boyfriend), they had 120 guests (and I'm sure plenty boyfriends too) I think everyone enjoyed themselves too!
That's cool for the fund raising though so yay!
----------ML for Singapore