Welcome to the South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. If you live, work, or attend school in Silicon Valley and environs, between Mountain View, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, and the mountains surrounding the valley, you may be a SoBaNaNo!
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* If you're new to NaNoWriMo, and unsure what to do with all this, take a gander at Orientation for New Nanos.
* And don't forget, the Regional Forums are All Ages. Click on the link if you have questions about that.
* Backed up your novel? The correct answer is "Yes!" But if you still need convincing, check out the Back up your novel thread.
* Find out about different ways to donate and help keep NaNoWriMo running.
* Something not exactly NaNo-related you'd like to share in this forum? Put it in the Off-Topic thread.
* If you're seeing strange behavior on the website and think it's a bug, please check out the Known Bugs link before reporting it.
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Your South Bay municipal liaisons are Ian (idunno) and Lisa (marcopolo). Contact us with any questions by posting in the forum below, sending NaNoMail, or using the ML contact form.
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Check the Official South Bay Calendar of Events for the complete schedule of write-ins and parties.

| Topic | Replies | Created | Last reply |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post nano write-ins | 19 | 30 weeks 6 days ago | 14 weeks 1 day ago |
| South Bay TGIO party details! | 12 | 28 weeks 2 days ago | 25 weeks 6 days ago |
| Winner's Roll Call | 18 | 30 weeks 5 days ago | 26 weeks 4 days ago |
| Local TGIO party? | 39 | 30 weeks 2 days ago | 28 weeks 2 days ago |
| Something important for the Screenwriters Among you! | 0 | 29 weeks 5 days ago | 29 weeks 5 days ago |
| Pan Bay TGIO party - Friday, December 5 | 13 | 32 weeks 3 days ago | 30 weeks 1 day ago |
| Who wants 15 minutes of fame when you can have 20! | 3 | 33 weeks 3 days ago | 30 weeks 2 days ago |
| NaNo Q&A: one of our own! | 5 | 32 weeks 3 days ago | 30 weeks 5 days ago |
| word counts | 13 | 35 weeks 3 hours ago | 30 weeks 5 days ago |
| I just killed off Cliff Brooks | 17 | 34 weeks 1 day ago | 30 weeks 5 days ago |
| South Bay Region donations to headquarters | 2 | 34 weeks 5 days ago | 30 weeks 5 days ago |
| Back up your novel | 9 | 37 weeks 5 days ago | 30 weeks 5 days ago |
| Word Count Warning: Nano site vs. your word processor | 3 | 31 weeks 1 day ago | 30 weeks 5 days ago |
| Thankful for Write-Ins and MLs | 5 | 33 weeks 1 day ago | 30 weeks 5 days ago |
| The Scoreboard | 21 | 39 weeks 5 days ago | 30 weeks 5 days ago |
| Last minute sprint to the finish write-in, anyone? | 4 | 31 weeks 1 hour ago | 30 weeks 6 days ago |
| Good Lord I am so behind! | 15 | 31 weeks 6 days ago | 31 weeks 1 day ago |
| Thanksgiving weekend write-ins | 2 | 31 weeks 5 days ago | 31 weeks 3 days ago |
| How to validate and WIN! | 0 | 31 weeks 4 days ago | 31 weeks 4 days ago |
| Wordcounting boosting tips? | 2 | 31 weeks 5 days ago | 31 weeks 5 days ago |
| Thank you all for the support and help - I'm DONE! | 0 | 31 weeks 5 days ago | 31 weeks 5 days ago |
| write-in schedule | 11 | 35 weeks 3 days ago | 31 weeks 5 days ago |
| Night of Writing Dangerously Write-a-thon | 8 | 38 weeks 2 days ago | 32 weeks 1 day ago |
| HALFWAY PARTY! SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 | 20 | 34 weeks 2 days ago | 32 weeks 6 days ago |
| Strange Symptoms of Over-Writing? | 5 | 33 weeks 4 days ago | 33 weeks 1 day ago |
