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ONLINE events - Tri-City Calendar (Fredericton - Peoria - Gainesville)

writerwithoutborders — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:11:41 +0000

For the online events, we are working with 3 adjacent timezones. In writing the times of the events below, the timezones are Peoria, IL (CST) / Gainesville, FL (EST) / Fredericton, NB (AST). So an event that is listed as 5pm/6pm/7pm – 7pm/8pm/9pm would run from 5-7 pm for folks in Peoria, from 6-8 pm for folks in Gainesville, and from 7-9 pm for folks in Fredericton.

If at any point you are confused about the time of one of these events, please don’t hesitate to contact your ML.

All of these events will take place in our chatroom, which is here: http://www.crushedmuffin.com/Chat2.htm. You can also get there from the Chat & Jar page on the Tri-City website. If you have a Meebo account, the room is called NaNoWriMo War Games

*Please note, the guest author event will take place in a different room – link below with the event.

Online Write-in
DATE: Saturday, Nov. 21
TIME: 12pm/1pm/2pm – 2pm/3pm/4pm
Word War: 12:30/1:30/2:30 – 1:30/2:30/3:30 pm
HOST: Peoria

Online Write-in
DATE: Sunday, Nov. 22
TIME: 5pm/6pm/7pm – 7pm/8pm/9pm
Word War: 5:30/6:30/7:30 – 6:30/7:30/8:30 pm
HOST: Fredericton

Online Write-in
DATE: Saturday, Nov. 28
TIME: 12pm/1pm/2pm – 2pm/3pm/4pm
Word War: 12:30/1:30/2:30 – 1:30/2:30/3:30 pm
HOST: Peoria

Online Write-in
DATE: Sunday, Nov. 29
TIME: 5pm/6pm/7pm – 7pm/8pm/9pm
Word War: 5:30/6:30/7:30 – 6:30/7:30/8:30 pm
HOST: Fredericton

Final Push – Online Write-in
DATE: Monday, Nov.30
TIME: 4pm/5pm/6pm – 9pm/10pm/11pm
Word Wars – as desired
HOST: Gainesville

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PAST EVENTS:

Online Meet & Greet
DATE: Thursday, Oct. 29th
TIME: 6:30pm/7:30pm/8:30pm – 8:30pm/9:30pm/10:30 pm
HOST: Cross-Regional

Kick-off Online Write-in
DATE: Sunday, Nov. 1
TIME: 12 pm/12 pm/12 pm – ?
Word Wars: as desired
HOST: Fredericton ; Peoria

Online Write-in
DATE: Sunday, Nov. 1
TIME: 5pm/6pm/7pm – 7pm/8pm/9pm
Word War: 5:30/6:30/7:30 – 6:30/7:30/8:30 pm
HOST: Fredericton

Online Write-in
DATE: Thursday, Nov. 5
TIME: 5:30pm/6:30pm/7:30pm – 7:30pm/8:30pm/9:30pm
Word War: 6/7/8 – 7/8/9pm
HOST: Gainesville

Online Write-in
DATE: Saturday, Nov. 7
TIME: 12pm/1pm/2pm – 2pm/3pm/4pm
Word War: 12:30/1:30/2:30 – 1:30/2:30/3:30 pm
HOST: Peoria

Online Write-in
DATE: Thursday, Nov. 12
TIME: 5:30pm/6:30pm/7:30pm – 7:30pm/8:30pm/9:30pm
Word War: 6/7/8 – 7/8/9pm
HOST: Gainesville

Online Write-in
DATE: Saturday, Nov. 14
TIME: 12pm/1pm/2pm – 2pm/3pm/4pm
Word War: 12:30/1:30/2:30 – 1:30/2:30/3:30 pm
HOST: Peoria

Online Write-in
DATE: Sunday, Nov. 15
TIME: 5pm/6pm/7pm – 7pm/8pm/9pm
Word War: 5:30/6:30/7:30 – 6:30/7:30/8:30 pm
HOST: Fredericton

Gainesville’s Big Event with Guest Author Chat
DATE: Tuesday, Nov. 17
TIME: 4pm/5pm/6pm – 9pm/10pm/11pm
Authors:
J.V. Jones – 5:30/6:30/7:30 – 6:00/7:00/8:00 pm
J.C. Hutchins – 6:30/7:30/8:30 – 7:00/8:00/9:00 pm
Mur Lafferty – 7:30/8:30/9:30 – 8:00/9:00/10:00 pm
HOST: Gainesville
ROOM: Special Guest Author Chat Room

Online Write-in
DATE: Thursday, Nov. 5
TIME: 5:30pm/6:30pm/7:30pm – 7:30pm/8:30pm/9:30pm
Word War: 6/7/8 – 7/8/9pm
HOST: Gainesville
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Tri-City chat room...

johannsen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:06:27 +0000

and will be for the next couple of hours, if anyone wants to word war. If I don't respond immediately, I'm writing, but will check back in every once in a while.

http://www.crushedmuffin.com/Chat2.htm

Gina
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Author Chat tomorrow, Nov. 17th

weylyn42 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:12:13 +0000

Join the Gainesville region on Tuesday, Nov. 17th for our Big Event Write-in.

Gainesville WriMos: The in-person event will take place from 5pm - 10pm in Library West, Info Commons. Refreshments will be available, as well 3-mini word-wars, one after each of our guest authors, for a chance to win a book by these authors.

For everyone in Peoria, Gainesville and New Brunswick regions: We have three awesome guest authors joining us via live-chat to provide inspiration and to answer questions about their works and the craft of writing. These author chats are being hosted in a Meebo room that is different from where the word-wars take place, so please make note of this link:

Large Chat Window: www.crushedmuffin.com/Chat.htm
Small Chat Window: www.crushedmuffin.com/Chat-small.htm
Back-up Chat Window (in case the host site is down): www.uflib.ufl.edu/LibraryWest/NaNoWriMo.html

The Authors:

J.V. Jones (5:30-6pm Peoria / 6:30-7pm Gainesville / 7:30-8pm Fredericton)
J.V. Jones is author of the bestselling Book Of Words series. Her books have been translated into nine languages. Her latest book, Watcher of the Dead, will be published by Tor in April 2010. She lives in San Diego. http://jvj.com

J.C. Hutchins (6:30-7pm Peoria / 7:30-8pm Gainesville / 8:30-9 pm Fredericton)
An innovator in online publishing and promotion, J.C. Hutchins has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR's Weekend Edition and Time.com. He used podcasting and fan evangelism to land two fiction book deals from St. Martin's Press. His 7th Son thriller trilogy is the most popular "podcast novel" series in history. jchutchins.net

Mur Lafferty (7:30-8pm Peoria / 8:30-9pm Gainesville / 9:30-10pm Fredericton)
Mur Lafferty is an award winning American podcaster and writer based in Durham, NC. She was, until July 2007, the host and co-editor of Pseudopod. She is also the host and creator of the podcasts Geek Fu Action Grip and I Should Be Writing, and author of Playing for Keeps. She is participating in NaNo WriMo 2009 to work on the sequel. murverse.com

The Rules:
Please edit your username for the room to include the first letter of the region you are closest to: P-, G- or F- (E.G. P-Hewey; G-Dewey; F-Louie)

Authors will be introduced at the beginning of their chat, and I'll ask the first question to get the ball rolling. After that feel free to ask questions of the author, but be respectful of them and other participants. Sometimes an answer may be broken up over more than one entry from the authors. I've asked them to use ellipsis (...) to indicate they are still in the middle of answering the question. If you see this, please wait until they have finished answering before asking the next question.

Authors are scheduled for half hour chats each, and transcripts will be made available if you are not able to attend one or more of these chats. If you aren't going to be able to make it, and you have a question for a specific author, you can post those here until 4:00 pm EDT tomorrow. After that, I might not get them.

-Christy

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-Christy
Co-ML for Gainesville, FL
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NaNo Participant: 2002-09
Nano Winner: 2002-03, 2005-08
NaNo ML: 2003, 2005-09

USA :: Illinois :: Peoria

Any G-Ville Students Here?

amcintosh — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:40:03 +0000

I'd love to correspond with some of the younger writers from Gainesville who take part in this. I'm 15 and go out to Loften and am kind of curious as to who else here is a highschooler/college student :)
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USA :: Florida :: Gainesville

Lock-in Nov. 14th-15th RSVP thread

weylyn42 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:22:50 +0000

Hey everybody, in case you didn't know, we are having a Lock-In Write In from 9 PM Saturday, November 14 through 9 AM Sunday, November 15. It's a chance to log off, lock-in, and write on. The Gainesville institute of Self Defense has graciously offered to let us use their Do-Jang for this overnight event.

Located next to Alley Katz, the Do-Jang is spacious, with plenty of outlets, and padded workout floors. Unfortunately, at this time, they do not have wireless Internet. (They are working on it, but can't guarantee they'll have it before the write-in.)

We are asking a $5 donation from everyone who attends. The money will go towards pizza and soda, with the leftover money being donated to the Office of Letters and Light. In addition to the opportunity to write all night, an instructor from the Do-Jang will be stopping by to teach a self-defense course to those who are interested. Also, sharing a parking lot with Alley Katz, participants will have the chance to take a break and bowl in few sets.

Participants are welcome to bring a sleeping bag, pillow, coffee and candy in addition to the writing implement of your choice. The idea jar will be there, and a room full of writers working towards their 50,000 word goal.

If you are interested in attending only part of the lock-in event, you're welcome to leave until he shut the doors for good at 1 AM. If you have questions about the event, post them here, or send a private message. I am happy to speak to parents, spouses or roommates -- anyone who may be worried on your behalf about this event, to provide whatever assurances they need, as well as a number to my cell phone, which I will have on me at the event.

If you think you'd like to attend this event, please RSVP by commenting on this thread, or sending me a private message. We can accept your $5 donation at the door, but if you're pretty sure you can make it, and you can bring the money to one of the Veterans Day write-ins, it would greatly help in the pre-purchasing of said pizza and soda. Also, if you can RSVP at least a "maybe" by Thursday, Nov. 12th, it'll help us know how much food to get.

If you do RSVP, we're happy to take requests for pizza toppings, though it will likely end up majority rule.

The Gainesville Institute of Self Defense is located next to Alley Katz bowling alley, off of SW 34th Street between
Archer Road and Williston Road. Coming from Archer Road, take a right onto SW 42nd Ave. (if you're coming from Williston Road, take a left on the SW 42nd Ave.)

Follow SW 42nd Ave. to the stop sign (SW 35th Terrace).

Take a left on SW 35th Terrace.

Take the next right onto SW 42nd Ave.

SW 42nd Avenue ends in a circle, take a left when you reach it (you'll see the sign for Alley Katz)

The building to your right as you come into the parking lot has several numbered doors. The Gainesville Institute of Self Defense Do-Jang is door number 5. We'll put up signs.
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Co-ML for Gainesville, FL
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NaNo Participant: 2002-09
Nano Winner: 2002-03, 2005-08
NaNo ML: 2003, 2005-09

USA :: Florida :: Gainesville

Tri-City Frenemy program

weylyn42 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:16:33 +0000

Howdy,

I am Christy, one of the co-MLs from the Gainesville, FL region, and this thread is to introduce the "Tri-City Frenemy" program. This year Fredericton (New Brunswick), Gainesville (Florida) and Peoria (Illinois) have teamed up to create a little cross-regional competition. In addition to the online write-ins that each region is hosting, we want to encourage wrimos in the regions to reach out to writers in your "Sister-Cities" to find a writing buddy(friend)/enemy.

By picking a Frenemy from the Tri-City group, you'll have someone you can look to for support, or a little one-on-one competition during the online word wars, or at other times during the month. If you are looking for a writing buddy, I encourage you to reply to this post, let us know if you are looking for someone who will cheer you on, or someone who will taunt you whenever their word count sneaks past yours.

Feel free to take on more than one Frenemy, but remember, a writing buddy is a commitment, you have to feed them, walk them, and… well, not quite, but if you do pick a writing buddy, you both want to know that you'll have someone who will help see you to the 50k finish line.

So go ahead, and post your info, or look at the posts others have made, and find someone who you think would be a good match to your writing style, and adopt a Frenemy today. This thread appears in all three regions, so there is no need for you to leave the comfort of your own regional forum to find a Frenemy.

And for those frenemy buddies that want a chance to meet before November, - or if you'd rather pick a writing buddy "live", join us at the Tri-City Online Meet & Greet, to be held on Thursday, October 29th at the following time:

Peoria 6:30-8:30 pm
Gainesville 7:30-9:30 pm
Fredericton 8:30-10:30 pm

(This is the same time, reflected in the respective time zones)

The chat room for the online Meet & Greet, as well as the word wars (or any clandestine meetings for Tri-City region writers) is http://www.crushedmuffin.com/Chat2.htm

(If you have a Meebo account, the room is called NaNoWriMo War Games)

I look forward to seeing everyone through November!

-Christy

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-Christy
Co-ML for Gainesville, FL
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NaNo Participant: 2002-09
Nano Winner: 2002-03, 2005-08
NaNo ML: 2003, 2005-09

USA :: Illinois :: Peoria

Welcome to NaNo 2009!

weylyn42 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:12:41 +0000

Hi there Gainesville (and surrounding regions)

I'm Christy, one of your MLs for this year, and I wanted to say that we are very excited about the events we're planning for November. A few details regarding location are still being ironed out for events this year, but I'll go ahead and post a calendar soon. I'll also be posting a list of events here in the forum.

This year we have two sister-cites which we will be corresponding with online via a chat room. Each region will be hosting online write-ins that you can attend from the comfort of your computer, so give a friendly shout out to Peoria, Il, and Fredericton, which is in the New Brunswick region of Canada. We'll be hosting an online Meet & Greet for the three cities on Thursday, October 29th, a chance to meet the other regions on friendly terms, before the word wars of November begin. More information will be added to our list of events.

So, to get the ball rolling, why not take a chance to introduce yourself. I'll start.

I'm Christy. This is my 8th year participating in NaNo WriMo, 6th as regional ML for Gainesville. This year I'm trying my hand at an urban fantasy. Or perhaps a magical girl story. I think it'll be in first person, though I'm still wavering on that, too. One thing I do have is a title. I think, unless I decide to change it ^_^

One thing is certain, though, and that is that I look forward to being an ML for Gainesville again this year. I look forward to seeing some of you again, or meeting you for the first time.

How about you?

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Co-ML for Gainesville, FL
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NaNo Participant: 2002-09
Nano Winner: 2002-03, 2005-08
NaNo ML: 2003, 2005-09

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Happy ML Appreciation Day!

merry_abandon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:29:43 +0000

Thanks to our wonderful MLs, weylyn42 and bankysgirl, for their awesome support, organization skills, and excited involvement! NaNo wouldn't be the same without their help! :)
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Tri-City: Word War Rules

weylyn42 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:54:52 +0000

At our online chats we will be holding multi-region word wars. At most of the regular chats, (Sundays, Thursdays and Saturdays) the word war will take place during the middle hour. Chat Room Here: www.crushedmuffin.com/Chat2.htm

At the other online events, word wars may take place as decided by the host region for the event. One of the MLs for the host region will be moderator / time-keeper for the word war. She will call “go” and “time,” at the prescribed time.

Participants in the war will write during that hour, and stop when time is called. In order to determine which words were written during the word war, we ask that you do one of the following:

1. open a new document for the word war, and use the word count feature there
2. write down the number of words you have before we start the war. Subtract that from your total word count at the end of the war to determine how many words you wrote
3. or write you words for the word war in a different color text, so you can easily highlight it and do a word count on your selection.

At the end of the word war, once you have your word count, you will need to report the number of words you wrote. Before the word war, an ML from each region (if available) will identify herself as the one to take your word count.

Report the number of words you wrote to your ML. She will tally all word counts, and come up with the average word count for the region (total number of words divided by participants in the region). Your ML will report the word count average to the hosting ML, and she will announce the winner of the word war.

If no ML is present from your region for the word war, the hosting ML can either ask for a volunteer from your region to gather and average the word counts, or take and do the math for multiple regions.

This is a honor system. Please report your words truthfully.

We recommend keeping an eye on the time yourself, and/or leaving your chat window open, at least a little, next to your document, so you know when the war ends.

In order to be fair to people in your region for average word count, you can’t participate if you join the word war and/or are not in the chatroom more than 15 minutes after the word war starts.
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-Christy
Co-ML for Gainesville, FL
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NaNo Participant: 2002-09
Nano Winner: 2002-03, 2005-08
NaNo ML: 2003, 2005-09

USA :: Illinois :: Peoria

Gainesville List of Events

weylyn42 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:18:52 +0000

Hi guys,

I am pleased to bring you a list of this year's events. This will be one of two posts about the events we have planned - this year marks the return of Peoria, IL as a sister-region, and I am excited to say we have another region, Fredericton, New Brunswick, joining in our competition. One of the things we are doing within this Tri-City, multi-region challenge is to bring online write-ins, hosted in turn by each of the three cities, where we have the opportunity to compete for regional word-wars. Because these are online only events, I'll be posting them in a separate thread. What I'll be listing here are the in-person events that will be hosted for the Gainesville, Fl region. We look forward to seeing you.
-Christy

Meet & Greet
WHEN: Saturday Oct.24, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
WHERE: room 212, Library West
WHY: Leave your inner critic behind, (we'll have a nice little "resort" for them), learn about the Jar, and enjoy light refreshment while commiserating with others who have signed up to write 50K words in a month.
DIRECTIONS: 2nd Floor, Library West
Library West is located on campus, north of the Plaza of Americas, on University Ave across from Target Copy. Room 212 is on the 2nd floor, to the right, just past the circulation desk.

Day One Write-In
WHEN: Sunday Nov. 1, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
WHERE: Library West, room 429
WHY: Let’s start this puppy off right. A chance to get going on your novel in the company of others who have taken on this crazy challenge.
DIRECTIONS: 4th Floor, Library West room 429
Library West is located on campus, north of the Plaza of Americas, on University Ave. From the main elevator bank, take a right, down to the end of the hall, then another right, and you'll be facing the room. You can ask for alternate directions at the Circulation desk.

Ice Cream Social and Fundraiser
WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 3; 7:00-8:30 pm
WHERE: Sweet Dreams Ice Cream
WHY: A chance to take a break, chat with other writers, eat ice cream, and raise money for NaNo WriMo.
The NaNo WriMo Ice cream cup will be on sale from 5:30 – 9 pm, so invite your family and friends, help raise money for the Office of Letter and Light.
DIRECTIONS: 3437 W University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
Behind Grandy’s – Plaza on corner of University Ave. and SW 34th street.

Veteran's Day Write-in Part 1
WHEN: Tuesday Nov 11; 12:00 noon- 3:00 pm
WHERE: Westside Park
WHY: No work? No school? Get some fresh air, and some more words
DIRECTIONS: 1001 NW 34th Street, corner of 34th and NW 8th. We'll set up somewhere outside - look for me in my neon-yellow NaNo WriMo ML shirt. **This event will be cancelled in case of poor weather**

Veteran’s Day Write-In Part 2
WHEN: Tuesday Nov. 11; 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
WHERE: Books Inc./Book Lover’s Cafe – Art Gallery
WHY: Take advantage of the holiday to get more words.
DIRECTIONS: 505 NW 13 St., Gainesville, FL 32601
On the corner of NW 13st street and NW 5th Ave

Lock-In Write In
WHEN: Saturday Nov.14th- Sunday Nov. 15th; time TBD
WHERE: Gainesville Institute of Self Defense
WHY: Are you falling behind in words? Have you always wanted to do a writing lock-in? Come get ahead on your words in this overnight writing challenge.
DIRECTIONS: ADDRESS TO FOLLOW
Next to Ally Katz, off of SW 34th St.

Write In – the Big Event
WHEN: Tuesday Nov. 17; 5:00 pm – 10 pm
WHERE: Info Commons – Library West
*This is also an online event.
WHY: Hit the middle-of-the month slump? Come to the middle-of-the-month Write in. Commiserate with others, get your write on, and have the opportunity to get words of inspiration, and your questions about writing answered by our guest authors. This year we will be joined by J.V. Jones, J.C. Hutchins and Mur Lafferty.
DIRECTIONS: 3rd Floor, Library West, Info Commons
Library West is located on campus, north of the Plaza of Americas, on University Ave.

Pre-Thanksgiving Write-in
WHEN: Sunday Nov.22; 11:00am - 3:00 pm
WHERE: Library West, room 429
WHY: Going away for Thanksgiving? Staying home and vegging? This is a chance to get a boost of words before the holiday.
DIRECTIONS: 4th Floor, Library West room 429
Library West is located on campus, north of the Plaza of Americas, on University Ave. From the main elevator bank, take a right, down to the end of the hall, then another right, and you'll be facing the room. You can ask for alternate directions at the Circulation desk.

Write In – the Final Push

WHEN: Monday Nov. 30; 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
WHERE: Info Commons – Library West
* This is also an Online event.
WHY: We return to the Info Commons to get our write on. Last day to crank out words towards our goal, this will be a day concentrated on writing. Let’s cross that finish line!
DIRECTIONS: 3rd Floor, Library West, Info Commons
Library West is located on campus, north of the Plaza of Americas, on University Ave.

TGIO Party
WHEN: TBD
WHERE: TBD
WHY: To celebrate all who participated in this year’s NaNo, no matter how many words you got. Everyone who signed up is a hero in our book, and worth celebrating.
DIRECTIONS: TBD
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-Christy
Co-ML for Gainesville, FL
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NaNo Participant: 2002-09
Nano Winner: 2002-03, 2005-08
NaNo ML: 2003, 2005-09

USA :: Florida :: Gainesville

Gainesville NaNo Online

weylyn42 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:17:12 +0000

Hi guys,

I just wanted to let you know about some ways you can get more information about events in Gainesville, as well as our on-line tri-city events using some non-NaNo sites. We're on a few of the social networking sites (Facebook and Twitter) and also we have a wordpress page that houses our online jar and chat room for our multi-region word wars. We've posted information about events there, as well as here, in case the NaNo WriMo site gets sluggish as traffic increases, or in case you want to quickly access the event information without being tempted by all the awesome forum discussions going on here. So, the breakdown:

On Facebook:
NaNo WriMo- Gainesville, FL: group for local events
Tri-City NaNo: Fredericton, NB - Gainesville, FL - Peoria, IL: group for multi-region online events

On Twitter:
gainesvillenano

Wordpress site:
Tricitynano.wordpress.com: where you can find lists of events, our chat room, and the online jar.

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-Christy
Co-ML for Gainesville, FL
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NaNo Participant: 2002-09
Nano Winner: 2002-03, 2005-08
NaNo ML: 2003, 2005-09

USA :: Florida :: Gainesville

Tri-City - The Jar

weylyn42 — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:13:24 +0000

Returning wrimos from Gainesville will remember the Jar, the wondrous jar of ideas that we create at the Meet & Greet, that appears at every in-person event through November. Well, this year marks the return of the online version of the Jar, a place where you can go, add plot or character ideas when you have an abundance, or draw ideas when you get stuck.

The Jar can be found linked off of the Tri-City NaNo Wordpress page, or you can access it directly at www.crushedmuffin.com/NanoJar2

When you get there, click "Add an Idea to Jar" to add to the 009 jar. You can draw ideas from 3 categories using the drop down menu:
Jar 2008 (last year's online and in-person ideas)
Jar 2009 (this year's online jar)
Jar of NaNo Past (contains all the in-person ideas from 2007 and earlier)

I'm opening up the jar to our sister-regions of Fredericton and Peoria, so hopefully a lot of good ideas will be on hand whenever you get stuck.

And this is a family-friendly jar, so please, keep it appropriate. Most importantly, Enjoy!

-Christy

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-Christy
Co-ML for Gainesville, FL
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NaNo Participant: 2002-09
Nano Winner: 2002-03, 2005-08
NaNo ML: 2003, 2005-09

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