The TGIO party is a chance to kick back and revel in (or complain about) our noveling efforts. There will be food, fun, prizes and excerpt reading. Whether you wrote 100 words or 100,000, join us for the last hurrah of the NaNo season!
When: Saturday, December 1st from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm (we have some setting up to do, so please don't arrive early.)
Where: Calvary church, 1851 N. HoustonLevee Rd, Cordova, TN.
Who: WriMos and their novel supporters are invited to the TGIO party.
If you've been coming to events and getting punched by Kara (hee) you're eligible for prizes (woo!), but you have to be present at the TGIO to win them!
If you'd like, bring something to drink or something sweet to nibble on. At around 4:30 we'll be ordering pizza. If possible, please bring a few dollars to chip in towards the pizza.
About halfway through the night we'll settle in for excerpt reading. A few points on excerpts:
- Excerpt reading is completely optional. Furthermore, if you have an excerpt you like, but are shy about reading in front of the group, there will be plenty of people who will be happy to read it for you. Just ask. :)
- While excerpt reading isn't mandatory, being respectful of those who are reading is. We're not here to critique, just to share and enjoy (read: quietly.) If you're not interested in hearing excerpts, feel free to slip out when we give the call.
- To make sure everyone who wants to read an excerpt gets a chance, we're capping the excerpt length at 1000 words. We'll have a place to set out longer excerpts for people to read at their leisure and these can be any length you want but (once more, bolded for good measure) excerpts to be read can not be more than 1000 words long. You can bring more than one 1000 word long excerpt and if we have time, we'll go around again.
- If you have an excerpt you want to read but don't have access to a printer, drop me an e-mail (evakiday at comcast dot net) and I'll print it for you and bring it with me.
- All of our events are all ages friendly. Please use discretion when choosing your excerpt.
EDITED TO ADD: If you're coming to the TGIO and you made it to at least 25K and you would like a one inch button with your novel title on it, lemme know. Just link me to a background image and lemme know what font you want (must be something I can download for free somewhere.) I'll bring it to the TGIO for you. :)
Any questions, post 'em here or PM me or Kara. Can't wait to see you all there!
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Jenny, co-ML for Memphis, TN
52,556 / 50,000
Nov 25, 2007 - 14 57
Yay for TGIO!
----------91,273 / 50,000
Nov 25, 2007 - 15 34
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!
(even)
=^_^=
----------53,027 / 50,000
Nov 25, 2007 - 19 04
I'm planning on attending. TGIO, indeed!
----------"Some people are born stupid, the rest of us really have to work at it."
50,141 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 20 38
Edited the main post to include the button clause: get as far as 25K, get a button with your novel title on it!
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Jenny, co-ML for Memphis, TN
50,143 / 50,000
Nov 27, 2007 - 20 51
I plan to come.
And I want a button! (I'll pay for a second one for my co-writer)
Will my boys fit on a button?
http://community.livejournal.com/tq_nanowrimo/11342.html
has the pic.
If not, just use part of my banner.
Weltron Urban or any circus-y font would be fine
----------"Alive on the Inside"
50,172 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2007 - 15 44
I have about a 50% chance of being there. I'll try to post Friday to let you know for sure.
50,052 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2007 - 21 10
Maybe by Saturday I'll be able to look at my "novel" again to get an excerpt. Right now I'm just relieved it's over!
shew. Tough month.
----------40,394 / 50,000
Nov 28, 2007 - 21 21
I haven't come to any of the writing parties (started late and life is...well life ^__^ )
Is it cool if I still come? I don't know anyone else who does NaNoWriMo aaand I'd really like to. I can bring some money to pitch in for pizza and whatnot. So if it's cool if I come...can I get a button as well?
Thanks :D
50,141 / 50,000
Nov 29, 2007 - 04 07
Is it cool if I still come? I don't know anyone else who does NaNoWriMo aaand I'd really like to. I can bring some money to pitch in for pizza and whatnot. So if it's cool if I come...can I get a button as well?
Thanks :D
Yes, and yes. :)
Lemme know what image/background and font you want on the button. (They're teeny - one inch, so nothing too detailed.)
Jenny, co-ML for Memphis, TN
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Jenny, co-ML for Memphis, TN
18,172 / 50,000
Nov 29, 2007 - 09 57
shew. Tough month.
I knew you could do it! I am so proud of all of you who have made it to 50k. Great job!!
Kara
Co-ML, Memphis TN
~*~
"However, if anything is missing from above the knee level, there's only one person who knows about it, and is hiding the details because he's too afraid to tell his wife." - Laurie Notaro, Autobiography of a Fat Bride ----------
Kara
Co-ML, Memphis TN
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"However, if anything is missing from above the knee level, there's only one person who knows about it, and is hiding the details because he's too afraid to tell his wife." - Laurie Notaro, Autobiography of a Fat Bride
1,189 / 50,000
Nov 29, 2007 - 19 54
i will be there
51,273 / 50,000
Nov 29, 2007 - 23 09
Congrats to all and enjoy the party for me too
----------I'll be there in spirit...
have to work = ^ (
big bummer
u don't know what u don't know
50,394 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 11 48
Is anyone else not bringing an excerpt? I don't wanna be the only person there without one.
Oh, well, either way I'll be there.
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ScriptFrenzy 2008
59,745 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 15 22
At the very least, I'll have my laptop with me, so if the spirit moves me, I can read off of the screen. At this time, I'm not planning a reading, but you never really know.
40,394 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 18 28
Is it cool if I still come? I don't know anyone else who does NaNoWriMo aaand I'd really like to. I can bring some money to pitch in for pizza and whatnot. So if it's cool if I come...can I get a button as well?
Thanks :D
Yes, and yes. :)
Lemme know what image/background and font you want on the button. (They're teeny - one inch, so nothing too detailed.)
Jenny, co-ML for Memphis, TN
Ahh thanks ^__^ I'll definitely be there then. Would this bg be ok?
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/kenji_kitty/?action=view¤t...
monotype corsovia "Birth of the Vampire"
50,797 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 18 43
Oh, well, either way I'll be there.
I'm not bringing an excerpt! As much as I think I love my novel now, I'm far from ready to read it in front of people.
----------- Allison
http://www.fotograficmind.com
50,141 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 20 38
I dunno, guys... Last year we didn't plan an excerpt reading, it just sorta happened. And then we had people combing through their laptops/things they had printed looking for bits to read. It's more fun and less embarrassing than you think!
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Jenny, co-ML for Memphis, TN
50,141 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 22 00
Anyone who wants a button, get your request in by 2:00 am. After that I will be asleep. :)
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Jenny, co-ML for Memphis, TN
50,112 / 50,000
Nov 30, 2007 - 22 25
I'd like a button! "The Necromancer's Daughter."
Will you see if this image will work?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Thetriumphofdeath.jpg
I don't expect to be able to make out any detail, I'll just be happy if I can make out the gist of it. (This is what I used as my wallpaper on my laptop while I was writing the novel.)
If it looks like crap, though, maybe this one will work:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Holbein-death.png
I don't have a font preference...I guess something medieval looking.
Thanks Dev!
-Keith
52,268 / 50,000
Dec 1, 2007 - 11 28
I'll try, but i may not make it...concert last night, concert tonight, concert tomorrow night (any wonder why the book is called The Last Concert? This time of year, it's wishful thinking.) I posted a 600-word excerpt on the Post Your Excerpt Here site if anyone wants to check it out. Loved all the excerpts, guys! So many different topics and styles- what an amazing bunch!
52,268 / 50,000
Dec 1, 2007 - 13 26
P.S. I think we ended up 22nd or 23rd (I lost track) in the words per capita race, too!