USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

Thank Goodness It's Over Party! Dec. 6 RSVP

poetT — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:25:49 +0000

YOU ARE INVITED
to our TGIO event; celebrate with a great big sigh of relief in December!
Absolutely EVERYBODY can come. It doesn't matter whether you wrote 150,000 or 5 words. We want Kyou there as we all say, "We're glad it's over!"

PLACE & DATE
Sunday, Dec. 6, 6:30 pm -10:00 pm
The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO
The Writers Place
Parking on the street but watch the no-parking signs on the sides next to the building, and the fire hydrant. There is a small handicapped-accessible parking area in back. For this event, we can also use the Uptown's parking lot at 3600 Broadway.

POTLUCK MEAL
Bring your favorite
-substantial appetizer
-casserole or other dish
and if you want a
-dessert
-beverage
We'll all share! Coffee and tea, plates, cups, & silverware will be provided.
RSVP–POST HERE, and tell WHAT FOOD you’ll bring!

INTERACTION
-Celebrate and commiserate–socialize without having to write.
-Share an excerpt from your novel if you want (a couple pages). We'll set up a Readers Corner for people to graze through
-Sign up for the year-round e-mail list to keep informed of twice-monthly write-ins during the year
-Play–your humble ML poetT owns at least 35 word-based board & card games and will be starved for play time
Though November draws to a close, the KanMoWriCollective community doesn't end.
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poetT / Teri
ML in the black hat

USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

*****November Write-ins for KanMoWriCo

poetT — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:08:22 +0000

A write-in gets your writing out–out into the company of other writers. Even if you’re usually the solitary type, you’d be surprised at how motivating it is to work side by side, pounding out those words together, knowing that you’re not alone on the road to 50k. Here’s the lineup:

Sundays, Nov. 1, 8, 22, 29: 6 pm - 10 pm
The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO
The Writers Place
It's a glorious castle/house building with rooms (yes, plural) to sprawl. Parking on the street but watch the no-parking signs on the sides next to the building, and the fire hydrant. There is a small handcapped-accessible parking area in back. We'll have coffee and tea and a few goodies there, or BYO. not Nov. 15

Wednesdays, Nov. 4, 18: 6 pm - 9 pm [not Nov. 11 or Nov. 25 for holiday closings]
Central Resource Library, 9875 West 87th St., Overland Park, KS
Central Resource Library
Take, oh, 20 paces in through the front door, then turn right or west. The Nancy Pickard Room is behind the purple wall with glassed-in artifact display case. (Alternatively, go to the information desk. Otherwise, you could wander for a long time without finding us.) The library has lots of parking (it's a suburb) and outlets. Beverages with lids are allowed; the library provides water, juice boxes, and snacks/treats.

CHANGE IN LOCATION
Wednesday, Nov. 11: 6 pm - 10 pm
Black Dog Coffeehouse, 12815 W 87th Street Pkwy, Lenexa, KS
Black Dog Coffeehouse

CHANGE IN LOCATION
Sunday, Nov. 15: 6 pm - 10 pm
Westport Coffeehouse, 4010 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO
Westport Coffeehouse
Park in lot or on street. It's just 4 blocks south of the Writers Place. They have sandwiches and baked goods, so please don't bring major food; support the business' tolerance of our camping out there by buying there.

All write-in details are posted on our KanMoWriCo Events Calendar

Wednesday, Nov. 25: 6 pm - 10 pm
Roasterie Cafe, 6223 Brookside Blvd., Kansas City, MO
Roasterie Cafe
Park in the lot behind or on the street in front. Support the business’ tolerance of our 4-hour camp by buying food and drink there.

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poetT / Teri
ML in the black hat

USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

KanMoWriCo Graph--Opt In!

poetT — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:06:40 +0000

Want to compare yourself to others in our region?

Please reply to this post if you want to be included in the following graph.
How about if, in your reply, you list one difficulty you're putting in the way of your main character.

If you click on the graph here, you can see more details about others who have opted in. Click on the graph on that page to see the graph better.

Graph

It takes a while to get added. Be patient!

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poetT / Teri
ML in the black hat

USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

*****Introduce Yourself Here! at KanMoWriCo

poetT — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:06:14 +0000

Welcome to the Kansas-Missouri Writing Collective!

Come on in, novelists and novelists-to-be! Slap on a name tag, and tell us about yourself–why you’re here, if you’ve NaNo’d before, genre, whatever you want to share.

(Also, go to this page to make sure your home region is set for "United States :: Missouri :: Kansas City"
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/og/home. If there's nothing on that page, you need to go to the My Regions tab to join.)

I’m poetT from Overland Park, KS. This will be my fifth year doing NaNoWriMo, and my fourth as municipal liaison (ML) here. (ML=local volunteer in the KC metro, organizing meetings and write-ins, answering questions, encouraging you--and myself--in the crazy month to come.)

Why do I owe NaNoWrMo my creative life?
Before NaNoWriMo, I hadn’t written much for 15 years. After college, real life set in, and I had no external deadline or goal. I didn’t have anyone to even talk with about writing. Then ::magical play of colored lights:: NaNoWriMo came into my life. Deadline Extraordinaire. Writing community galore, here on the forums and at write-ins. The success of that first year gave me the confidence and the friends to help me keep writing.

And why do I keep coming back to do it again?
It’s that creative fury of the fast first draft, like the rush of a river that sweeps up all kinds of crazy ideas that never would have got into the flow, daring me to ride it out. It spurs my creativity in a way that I don’t always find standing on the bank, throwing in a pebble or two.

How about you?
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poetT / Teri
ML in the black hat

USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

Supporting Your Support--Donating

poetT — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:33:14 +0000

NaNoWriMo! What a massive endeavor--thousands upon thousands of people all getting the support they need to write their hearts out!

And who will pay for that support?

You and other wrimos.

Here are info and links for donating to NaNoWriMo. The Office of Letters and Light (OLL, the umbrella for NaNoWriMo, ScriptFrenzy, and the Young Writer’s Program) is a 501c(3) non-profit, so donations are tax deductible.

You can Donate online here. If you donate $10 or more, you’ll get a halo on your profile, with other giveaways for larger donations.

Short of cash in these down financial times? You can support the cause even when you're broke, including Goodsearch and Ebay Giving Works, and get sponsored by family or friends.

And if you want something tangible for your money and let others know about NaNoWriMo, you can buy shirts, mugs, merit badges, or posters-- items from the store to help fund OLL, too.

Where does the money go? To support NaNoWrimo's youth and adult novel-writing programs and operating expenses. If you want to see exactly how OLL spends money, take a look at the budget page.

It’s payment for an intense and insane creative-writing workshop. Help support the dreams of tens of thousands of writers–including yourself!

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poetT / Teri
ML in the black hat

USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

I went to _ write-in and ___

poetT — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:23:54 +0000

I went to the Nov. 1 write-in at the Writers Place and

-we had the largest write-in turnout: 30! people, all heading into the surf of their novels
-I watched lots of people get some good word counts under their belts--a good thing to do, before the work week hit
-(and then there was me; so it goes)
-watched someone not eat lard
-ate the bottom off of a Rice Krispie treat
-wondered what in the world this mummified monkey is going to do once the rats wake it up

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poetT / Teri
ML in the black hat

USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

Everybody's Wordcount

inkwet_image — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:30:59 +0000

I had a request for an updated wordcount list, so here it is.

If you're feeling competitive, find a Worthy Opponent and challenge him/her!

NB: these lists are static; the numbers are from 6 or 7am on a given day. Ergo, today, we actually have 17 winners already (but I'm not going to take time to pull the exact scores. Sorry.).

KanMoWriCo Ranked Wordcount List
updated 11.24.09, 06:32:48

1 teamevil 100,095 WINNER!
2 mike oleary 100,001 WINNER!
3 Meowtima 88,888 WINNER!
4 deejm1950 77,156 WINNER!
5 poetoffire 72,178 WINNER!
6 poetT 66,966 WINNER!
7 Fleur Du Destin 52,153 WINNER!
8 skakid 50,471 WINNER!
9 Mankoi 50,436 WINNER!
10 silverdolphin1489 50,166 WINNER!
11 Dayzed in KC 50,045 WINNER!
12 chrisbeggs 50,037 WINNER!
13 magunn 50,027 WINNER!
14 azoblue 49,068 WINNER!
15 ladymajnai 48,788 WINNER!
16 badapplejuice 48,072 WINNER!
17 8one6 47,118
18 KSwife 47,022 WINNER!
19 Riemann29 46,160
20 Yamachi 45,342
21 sevendaysofsun 45,229
22 Lauranna75 45,199
23 rachael.leann 44,062
24 thekittymuta 43,833
25 Davila426 43,765
26 jrademacher 43,559
27 Scorpionicus Cl... 43,493
28 cparish 42,538
29 Sknapp 42,086
30 Griselda Banks 41,732
31 Raia Svit-kona 41,251
32 righter1 41,146
33 portiaalex 41,059
34 kufan11 40,228
35 insanitybook 40,222
36 Tasmin21 40,090
37 eriz 40,027
38 ShwStppnActr 40,023
39 luckydicekirby 40,022
40 supernovah 40,004
41 wes_hardee 39,448
42 infectiousindip... 39,062
43 faintingcheerle... 39,000
44 kirby.urbanek 39,000
45 Corestar 38,794
46 MommaDenise 38,470
47 ZenFajita 38,267
48 mjonesmanaol 38,121
49 ImmortalShadow 37,787
50 RainJ 37,767
51 oh_the_wit 37,764
52 jennej 37,462
53 Darana 37,298
54 rneece 37,155
55 angelicaadela 37,154
56 Mai.Ann 37,030
57 lauraks555 36,837
58 KidSocrates 36,753
59 TatyanaLexington 36,700
60 LennaHime 36,682
61 phil.forrester 36,302
62 MonoVerde 36,222
63 dr. gigi 35,493
64 fluker77 35,310
65 daemonrange 35,234
66 mamawrites 35,130
67 Liz_elindel 35,094
68 beautiful_dista... 35,040
69 TeeSeeJay 35,040
70 catalyst26 35,008
71 Totally Icy 35,000
72 VirgoMaiden 34,869
73 aramel2 34,676
74 raven_mirage 34,438
75 ditty1013 34,136
76 Don Keeler 33,850
77 quietdissident 33,318
78 mightynute 33,102
79 Lady Nai 33,070
80 pig_ina_poke 32,870
81 Darah 32,335
82 wildcaard 32,148
83 .simplymad__xx 31,702
84 ladmorton 31,520
85 NoreLineas 31,286
86 Jacob Willard 31,011
87 GigaRox 30,829
88 MimoMo 30,804
89 melisahall 30,779
90 odanu 30,266
91 devilsfolly 30,170
92 mindakay09 30,140
93 Linewalker 30,044
94 bcpease 29,791
95 melrice 29,635
96 cattieloves 29,063
97 Tony Blue 29,015
98 ligia_elena 28,885
99 secret_writer 28,866
100 Aloe-vera 28,312
101 katayamma 28,107
102 Yasaibatake 28,098
103 mtgjuicy 27,312
104 Glostakarov 26,719
105 Aracertariel 26,706
106 mkt 26,574
107 mylaurel 26,135
108 revbucky 26,050
109 demykidd 25,995
110 indieanajess 25,771
111 htjazz 25,064
112 renegaderebel 25,061
113 jerlapoint 25,039
114 writermelissa429 25,019
115 jamesrjung 25,011
116 Calico Stripes 24,530
117 LeeCorta 24,500
118 Rockiesfan4ever 24,286
119 LiteraryKitten 24,267
120 Rekssifer 24,105
121 Untamed Shrew 24,095
122 Equuleus 24,094
123 tsmiley 23,881
124 unepetite 23,539
125 inkwet_image 23,143
126 actorwithaquill 23,076
127 Cdraven 23,000
128 chuckjaywalk 22,775
129 jaalt1 22,560
130 Wonderiffen 21,999
131 Bach14 21,895
132 blfroeschle 21,852
133 Paladin99 21,797
134 mayhap 21,721
135 russellorama 21,532
136 karatetentacles 21,378
137 Tobaeus 20,781
138 Bethykins506 20,597
139 cognomen 20,524
140 plockhart 20,133
141 itsthegunnster 20,024
142 Krisy36 19,570
143 rjeffy 19,114
144 wolf-j 18,256
145 LTHG 18,170
146 amyorr17 17,974
147 Mijan 17,300
148 humester 17,085
149 destinys_chosen 17,059
150 Mishaela 17,032
151 Lost Scribe 16,934
152 jeppyshoney 16,716
153 rbenfrst88 15,687
154 nofearfox 15,630
155 Maldavian 15,600
156 Lizabeth Rose 15,525
157 KCYankee 15,341
158 shmeiliarockie 15,157
159 neverwinterrains 15,012
160 BeccaDoodle 14,753
161 neelloc 14,458
162 mfcjen 14,375
163 meeliah 13,435
164 Bleak-Banter 13,351
165 cofox 13,058
166 Shardarch 13,000
167 TattooChaos 12,640
168 marsgirl101 12,463
169 Magicwings 12,451
170 clsfdkidd 12,147
171 Arydalmn 12,067
172 callmebecks 12,055
173 crucify_brett 11,885
174 Muldoon527 11,721
175 SilentFred 11,256
176 halcali 11,243
177 momothegogo 10,792
178 fic_reccer 10,761
179 Dreamadi 10,526
180 xxtheWhiteReaperxx 10,364
181 Arkenbow 10,290
182 Zera 10,062
183 mtadams29 9,447
184 Sorianna 9,086
185 wrtbestseller 8,777
186 hellojed 8,571
187 SweetNightshade 8,341
188 DanyelleFerguson 8,007
189 rasika 8,000
190 Tyrante 7,625
191 hokansonh 7,612
192 praecantator 7,498
193 VioletRays 7,410
194 daemonrange@spl... 7,390
195 writermama3 7,241
196 LycanBoy 7,225
197 BambiJo 7,218
198 CreativeWords 7,002
199 ayumu_in_blue 6,909
200 mds4192 6,600
201 PatB 6,548
202 kyoudo 6,500
203 MikeyCam 6,500
204 HaiGiac 6,368
205 Smeddley 6,281
206 gatwoi 6,072
207 okobojii 5,879
208 EmmersonBlair 5,839
209 lady_gumdrop 5,666
210 S_StClair 5,567
211 xaved 5,516
212 rainbow_writer30 5,328
213 Bill Minter 5,325
214 Glith 5,286
215 Lavonia.Kay 5,268
216 Tallsor 5,236
217 amoebaeDONTlie 5,229
218 Dream Walker 2009 5,200
219 JonathonVolkmer 5,050
220 library-lisa 4,557
221 M. Ricky 4,440
222 garnetstarsmile 4,375
223 Jasini 4,091
224 Hyalineaquas 3,830
225 lyrical_ardor 3,775
226 Funkachop 3,738
227 RDeluxe 3,621
228 DimShell 3,547
229 roydanielcarter 3,530
230 cecsav 3,405
231 kbrownlee 3,338
232 LinneaEdlin 3,300
233 Brasknote 3,298
234 write_gal13 3,200
235 IncarnationLuna 3,023
236 brokentopaz 3,007
237 Elaine DeCamp 2,980
238 smyrck 2,922
239 mbrotherton 2,911
240 mesmeric 2,864
241 Orin Warren 2,504
242 daisy04 2,426
243 Celestials 2,383
244 XxMagicBoxersXx 2,349
245 JaykGrey 2,317
246 Katricia 2,271
247 shelbnumber1 2,249
248 Wardog Otter 2,233
249 Ellira Noelle 2,216
250 globug0822 2,067
251 r.schier 2,006
252 Blackholebobby 1,918
253 rak11 1,915
254 Goeticpath 1,818
255 henthorna 1,794
256 elmonteban 1,740
257 jbzwilling 1,739
258 libraryknitr 1,739
259 bootsanddora 1,623
260 lovek 1,586
261 dennis_barr_2009 1,566
262 cutechic1971 1,539
263 ladychaos 1,435
264 mike.ekey 1,406
265 Dayton Ward 1,280
266 captcork 1,223
267 Medinaquirin 1,179
268 Lisiche 1,154
269 LostInLalaLand 1,113
270 Almafeta 1,016
271 JPruente 1,012
272 erinbolton 1,002
273 Scoobie-Scoob 947
274 reenum 921
275 k.adventure 872
276 Riyallyn 800
277 GregHyatt 791
278 Djangology 676
279 grnblsgs 478
280 Buffywnabe 450
281 MegaMatt.EXE 435
282 Micky-Nikki 255
283 kgilson 228
284 burgess1981 182
285 DianaInKansas 111
286 trmndsblndtte 89
287 ilroyalfan 63
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USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

50K Shoutout!

poetT — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:09:15 +0000

Did you cross that finish line? How does it feel?

Is your story line finished? What more do you plan to do for the rest of your novel?
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poetT / Teri
ML in the black hat

USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

20,000 word miracle

catalyst26 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:33:01 +0000

Didn't Chris Baty say something about a 20,000 word miracle where plots and characters start clicking and getting easier? I am damned close and not quite feeling it. Does it exist for any of you? Or has it in the past? Cause I'm in the weeds here....
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USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

Year-Round Write-Ins for KanMoWriCo

poetT — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:30:20 +0000

Have you been glad to find the support of the Kansas-Missouri Writing Collective for your November writing efforts? Well, that metro-area support doesn’t have to end.

We have write-ins on the 1st & 3rd Sundays each month, 6pm. We’ve been sticking with the Roasterie recently–consistency of location has been nice. I do like variety though, so that could change.

At these write-ins we:
-work on whatever our current WIP (your 20xx NaNovel, a new novel, short stories, whatever)
-socialize/talk about writing topics--at least, more than you get a chance to in November. We try to keep the writing/chatting ratio about 75%/25%. When necessary, we separate into writing tables and talking tables.

Because most people stop visiting this forum after November, I send out an e-mail message by request only at the beginning of each month (and try to post it on the forum as well, though sometimes I forget). I also send out a reminder the week before the 3rd Sunday.

I do not send the e-mail to the entire list of affiliated wrimos for USA::Missouri::Kansas City. I only send it if you've specifically asked to be added to the list.

If you want to be added to the e-mail list:
-come to the TGIO party http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3460377
and find the sign-up list
-if not, then send me a NaNoMail private message, including your e-mail address. I don’t have access to anybody’s e-addies through the NaNo system.

This isn't something I organize as Municipal Liaison, btw. I do it because I really like having a support group--knowing I'm part of a larger writing community in my area. Also, if I'm having a really bad month creatively, then at least I know that there will be at least two evenings that I have set aside for writing. It's a promise to my writer self that I keep.

In December, 1st Sunday is TGIO. I'll post about the 3rd Sunday write-in on Dec. 20 in a couple of weeks.

Hope to see you throughout the year!
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poetT / Teri
ML in the black hat

USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

It's 11:04 AM on Nov. 24--do you know where your NaNo Website Clock is?

poetT — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:10:02 +0000

Okay, I know I already mentioned this in a mass e-mail. But just one more time, for the record:

If you logged in or registered before Oct. 31, your time setting is probably wrong.

If you haven't checked it, go to
My NaNoWriMo>>Edit User Settings
Page down to
"Locale Settings"
and make sure it has your current time (and ends in -600, for our time zone).

I would just hate for anybody to be trying to validate at 11:55pm on Nov 30 & find that the website thinks that it's too late for them. Yes, it's possible to go in and mess around and tell it you live somewhere else to fix it.

But believe me, there are so many people out here on the site late on the last day, it's much better to validate EARLY if you can. After you do, you can keep updating your word count via the blue update box.
---
One other time issue:
That Countdown Clock on the NaNoWriMo home page? It's off by a day--a known tech problem. I'm glad I'm not the one having to fix everything around here....

In case you thought you had been sucked into an odd time vortex, now you know.

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poetT / Teri
ML in the black hat

USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

40,000th word

Griselda Banks — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:12:20 +0000

I was very proud to reach this point today, thank you very much.

"take"

"I think you should take on a place as one of our servants, if you are willing."
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All writing begins life as a first draft, and first drafts are never any good. They're not supposed to be.
- Patricia T. O'Conner

USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

Weekend Contest: BEST % Gain

inkwet_image — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:07 +0000

The winner of this challenge will be the writer whose weekend-total wordcount is the largest % of his/her Friday wordcount, the biggest jump in comparison to the starting point.

If you start with 33,340 words on Friday night, and end the weekend with 36,674 on Sunday night, that’s a 10% increase. If you start at 7,000 words, and end the weekend with 26,000--that’s a 271% increase from your starting wordcount.

You have from 6am on Saturday until 6am on Monday to write like the devil is at your heels.

Then, the intrepid soul who makes the biggest (proportionate) leap over the weekend shall be declared the grand victorious winner, to much fanfare, praise, and congratulations. Then you get to brag about your improvement, and get yourself a much-deserved reward.

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USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

Spy vs. Spy--Challenge Other Agents Here***

mike oleary — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:56:48 +0000

Good morning, Wrimo writer 77, the thread that you are looking at is a challenge thread. Not for oh_the_wit to make into holiday gifts, more likely for poetT to fashion into some sort of garrote to assist her when she sneaks up on your wordcount and surpasses you in the wee hours when she is powerful and you are merely unconscious and drooling.

As an operative, you should attempt to write your challenges to your friends, loved ones, and strangers in spy speak, Mission Improbable genre clichés, and cold war russian overcoats. If you fail to complete this portion of the message, you will be ridiculed. Severe embarrassment may ensue. I'm sorry. If you can't follow directions, how are you going to achieve your objective?

Government research has shown that operatives who challenge someone else, or gasp, gang up on someone, will feel competitive rushes of words that just flow onto the page and boost you to ever widening gaps to your inferiors.* If your enemy is 500 words ahead of you, you might forgo that second spy sandwich and just opt for an apple. Operatives need plenty of fiber.

Should you or any of your so-called team be killed or captured in your attempt to surpass other operatives, we will disavow any knowledge of your actions, even your very existence. This message will self-fall to the second page in several days, if you don't use it. Good luck, Wrimos.

* of course no one is inferior. some messages just get carried away.
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USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

And the 20,000th word now!

poetoffire — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:28:59 +0000

Okay, here's a separate shout-out for the 20,000ers. What was the word or sentence?

My word was "the". "If I had another dream about the grim reaper, it would be less nightmare and more fantasy" was the sentence. A lot less pretty and sweet and romantic in context. MC is not being morally straight right now.

Anyone else hit their 20,000 mark?

...anyone?
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USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

Need a Ride to Tonite's Write-In from Overland Park!!!

melisahall — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:46:01 +0000

I'd really like to get to tonight's write-in at the Writer's Place, but have no ride home, and it'll be hard to get there, since my husband needs our car tonight for dialysis. Could I hitch a ride with anyone? I'm between Mission and Roe, just south of 119th street, and I could also maybe get a lift from him to someone's house to help with the ride there. Thanks for calling if you can,
since it's getting so late! (913) 948-0527 Thanks, Melisa
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USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

Who has their faces in the dirt? (Commiserate here)

poetT — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:06:07 +0000

Yeah, yeah, some people are zooming ahead at the speed of sound or light.
But some are plugging along, fighting the friction of the road under our noveling wheels.

It'll be okay. Come in here and complain. Get it off your chest.

And then take that sense of misery and give it in some form to a character,
and get back to writing your novel.
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poetT / Teri
ML in the black hat

USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

Saturday: Travelling Marathon of Doom

inkwet_image — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:22:30 +0000

Behold, teh Marathon Plannation:

Morning: two write-ins are already scheduled. See below.
Lunch: ??? I think something is going to be suggested...
Afternoon: 2pm-6pm at the Plaza Branch Library. I’ll be requesting a study room first thing in the morning. I’ll figure out a sign or trail of breadcrumbs to make sure we find each other.
Evening: 6pm-9pm at Toad’s Pub & Perk (the Coffeehouse Formerly Known as Daily Dose).

In teh morning, your options are:
9am-noon @ Borders on 119th and Metcalf Saturday mornings in Nov from nine to noon. Teamevil’s usual Saturday morning write-in; look for the guy with the menagerie of teeny monkeys.

8:30am-noonish @ One More Cup, 7408 Wornall Road. Meowtima’s and Oh-the-Wit’s Saturday morning: look for the guy with a panda hat.

**Original Post**
Last year, for those of you who don’t know, we had a Traveling Marathon of Awesomeness, and a few intrepid souls wrote for 14 hours, scribbling their way from the Northland (Liberty Panera) to Overland Park (Daily Dose), stopping midtown in between (Westport Coffeehouse & spontaneous lunchplans).
It was bold! It was epic! It was awesome!
It was long.

So, to get to the point: I’m not going to plan another marathon unless there is sufficient interest. Sufficient interest would be at least 6 people who want to spend 7-9 hours writing on Saturday, Nov 21st. Location(s) would probably be something midtown, or the Coffeehouse Formerly Known as Daily Dose.

So, if you want the Marathon, weigh in.
Otherwise, we’ll just be awesome in our usual ways. ;)
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USA :: Missouri :: Kansas City

I wil be finishing my novel this weekend, so do I still write more?

deejm1950 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:41 +0000

I am getting to the place where I know how to end my novel.

I am just wondering if I should go ahead and start the second novel
that is now a part of me? It is a sequel to the one I am finishing up for Nano
and is from another character's perspective but will also, include the same
characters as the first.

If I do I may break 100,000 words or more.

Please could someone go to my novel and read the synopsis and the excerpt and give
me some feedback. Thanks!

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Scooters Write-in (Nov.20)

Yasaibatake — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:02:39 +0000

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the super late notice but I will not be at Scooters tonight. You are, of course, still able to go and rock out the wordcount without me!

Thanks for putting up with the change!
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30,000 Words! Woohoo!

Griselda Banks — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:15:59 +0000

I got to 30,000 words yesterday! More than halfway there already! My 30,000th word:

"eyes"

"At last he saw it, and for a brief instant his and Kademi's eyes connected."

Secret eye signals ftw! :D
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All writing begins life as a first draft, and first drafts are never any good. They're not supposed to be.
- Patricia T. O'Conner

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JFTFS

teamevil — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:09:38 +0000

Hey all, Teamevil here.

With the obvious goal of writing an obscene amount of word count in the month of November, I think that another point of the month gets lost in all the mayhem, and that is to finish the story itself. So that is the mission of this particular little corner of the nano world, Just Finishing The Story (JFTFS for short). Myself, I have completed Nano four times and have never managed to finish the novel within the thirty day time frame, leaving my story hanging like one of those relationships you go back to examine later and can never figure out why you started in the first place, but this is going to be the year that I do that. What I want to know is, who else is in this with me? Who is ready to take the oath and try to get some closure out of this whole thing? Whose ready to take a step forward, drink the kool aid (raspberry flavored this year) and take the pledge? Here, I'll go first.

I'm Teamevil and I have a novel completion problem. In the past I have failed in my thirty day goal but now have the will and determination to kick my issues with expounding too much (though not in this post obviously), providing unnecessary details about things that have no meaning, and a raging case of Diarrhea of the keyboard to finish my Nano novel this year without consideration for the fact that it might drive me to the funny farm and whom I might take along with me.

Okay, your turn.
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VIDEO: I need your help!

Ravyn — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:43:45 +0000

Hello everyone! A fellow KanMo-er needs your help. Here'a a video telling the what and how: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC_fol6_46w
Thanks a million in advance to anyone who watches! <3
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Day 18 Challenge: Pass or be Passed, ROUND 2 RESULTS

inkwet_image — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:08:43 +0000

You’re on this list--but you’re on the wrong spot. You’re supposed to be much higher up on the list! You’d better fix that--and hurry!

If you missed the last challenge, get going on this one! The Day End List will be up by 7:30 tomorrow (Thursday) morning.

Your mission is still simple:
1. Find yourself on the list.
2. Write more to climb higher.
3. Stay ahead of the writers behind you!

It's optional, but the challenge is much more fun if you nanomail a personal challenge/warning to the writers above you on the list. :)

Remember: if you’re not on the list, you’re still not homed to KC. 14 people have fixed this since our last challenge--yay. If you still need to, go to  http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/og/home to pick a home region. We want to count you. :)

KANMOWRICO
updated 11.18.09

1 mike oleary 74,747
2 teamevil 71,610
3 Meowtima 66,666
4 deejm1950 60,542
5 poetoffire 55,054
6 skakid 50,471
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8 poetT 49,022
9 Mankoi 46,827
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13 sevendaysofsun 38,597
14 jrademacher 38,502
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17 ImmortalShadow 37,787
18 Dayzed in KC 37,584
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43 LennaHime 30,683
44 Griselda Banks 30,478
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55 dr. gigi 28,597
56 RainJ 28,502
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58 mightynute 28,404
59 lauraks555 28,380
60 Linewalker 28,371
61 Raia Svit-kona 28,358
62 Yasaibatake 28,098
63 Darah 28,011
64 Davila426 27,824
65 phil.forrester 27,783
66 MonoVerde 27,737
67 pig_ina_poke 27,600
68 ZenFajita 27,521
69 raven_mirage 27,343
70 mtgjuicy 27,312
71 TeeSeeJay 27,241
72 daemonrange 27,215
73 fluker77 27,072
74 faintingcheerle... 27,000
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76 thekittymuta 26,537
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78 ligia_elena 26,303
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80 secret_writer 25,387
81 devilsfolly 25,382
82 Lady Nai 25,152
83 quietdissident 25,053
84 catalyst26 25,026
85 jamesrjung 25,011
86 GigaRox 25,000
87 TatyanaLexington 25,000
88 Glostakarov 24,772
89 Liz_elindel 24,493
90 LiteraryKitten 24,267
91 Rekssifer 24,105
92 unepetite 23,539
93 Corestar 23,510
94 jerlapoint 23,405
95 cattieloves 23,367
96 Totally Icy 23,313
97 actorwithaquill 23,076
98 wildcaard 23,002
99 Cdraven 23,000
100 MimoMo 22,628
101 Rockiesfan4ever 22,357
102 .simplymad__xx 22,326
103 melrice 22,316
104 mindakay09 22,256
105 Aracertariel 22,067
106 Wonderiffen 21,999
107 Bach14 21,895
108 blfroeschle 21,852
109 Paladin99 21,797
110 Aloe-vera 21,687
111 karatetentacles 21,378
112 demykidd 21,207
113 indieanajess 21,049
114 russellorama 20,796
115 cognomen 20,524
116 jaalt1 20,509
117 renegaderebel 20,319
118 plockhart 20,133
119 mylaurel 20,106
120 odanu 20,086
121 Jacob Willard 20,019
122 mkt 18,728
123 tsmiley 18,445
124 LTHG 17,859
125 itsthegunnster 17,369
126 LeeCorta 17,344
127 Mijan 17,300
128 katayamma 17,276
129 destinys_chosen 17,059
130 Mishaela 17,032
131 Lost Scribe 16,934
132 Krisy36 16,786
133 Calico Stripes 16,720
134 humester 16,264
135 inkwet_image 16,058
136 nofearfox 15,630
137 Lizabeth Rose 15,525
138 Maldavian 15,475
139 shmeiliarockie 15,157
140 htjazz 15,110
141 Untamed Shrew 15,086
142 mayhap 15,033
143 neverwinterrains 15,012
144 BeccaDoodle 14,753
145 neelloc 14,458
146 chuckjaywalk 14,437
147 Tobaeus 14,386
148 wolf-j 14,251
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165 jeppyshoney 10,540
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180 DanyelleFerguson 8,007
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183 mtadams29 7,528
184 praecantator 7,498
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186 VioletRays 7,410
187 daemonrange@spl... 7,390
188 LycanBoy 7,225
189 BambiJo 7,218
190 CreativeWords 7,002
191 rjeffy 6,921
192 ayumu_in_blue 6,909
193 writermama3 6,751
194 mds4192 6,600
195 PatB 6,548
196 kyoudo 6,500
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198 HaiGiac 6,368
199 Smeddley 6,281
200 gatwoi 6,071
201 okobojii 5,879
202 hokansonh 5,878
203 lady_gumdrop 5,666
204 S_StClair 5,567
205 xaved 5,516
206 Bill Minter 5,325
207 Glith 5,286
208 Lavonia.Kay 5,268
209 Tallsor 5,236
210 amoebaeDONTlie 5,229
211 Dream Walker 2009 5,200
212 JonathonVolkmer 5,050
213 rainbow_writer30 4,844
214 library-lisa 4,557
215 M. Ricky 4,440
216 Jasini 4,091
217 EmmersonBlair 3,843
218 lyrical_ardor 3,775
219 Funkachop 3,738
220 RDeluxe 3,621
221 roydanielcarter 3,530
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223 Hyalineaquas 3,351
224 clsfdkidd 3,340
225 kbrownlee 3,338
226 LinneaEdlin 3,300
227 Brasknote 3,298
228 write_gal13 3,200
229 cecsav 3,110
230 IncarnationLuna 3,023
231 brokentopaz 3,007
232 Elaine DeCamp 2,980
233 garnetstarsmile 2,955
234 smyrck 2,922
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237 Orin Warren 2,504
238 daisy04 2,426
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240 XxMagicBoxersXx 2,349
241 JaykGrey 2,317
242 Katricia 2,271
243 shelbnumber1 2,249
244 Wardog Otter 2,233
245 Ellira Noelle 2,216
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248 Blackholebobby 1,918
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250 Goeticpath 1,818
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255 lovek 1,586
256 dennis_barr_2009 1,566
257 cutechic1971 1,539
258 ladychaos 1,435
259 mike.ekey 1,406
260 Dayton Ward 1,280
261 captcork 1,223
262 Medinaquirin 1,179
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264 LostInLalaLand 1,113
265 JPruente 1,012
266 erinbolton 1,002
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277 Micky-Nikki 255
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280 Almafeta 137
281 DianaInKansas 111
282 trmndsblndtte 89
283 ilroyalfan 63
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I Have a Problem...

.simplymad__xx — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:15:37 +0000

I can't seem to get any of my novel written unless I'm actively participating in constant 15-20 minute{optimal word countage} word wars/sprints. Otherwise I seem to distract myself waaaaay too much. Can anyone suggest a way to cure myself, or is anyone up in the wee hours of the morning to run sprints with me? XD

=.="
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NaNoWriMo 09: Grasps Of Reality
NaNoWriMo 10: The Child Inside {GoR Prequel}
Important Characters: 8
Character Deaths: 1 planned
Dares used: 6
Dream sequences: 3 or 4
Species Used: 5
Beverage Of Choice: Coffee <3