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Second NANOEDMO KICK-OFF attempt, March 1 @ 2 p.m. The Coffee Tree #1

Redd Herring — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:51:21 -0800

TO ALL YOU WRIMOS WITH NOVELS TO EDIT:

I'm trying to drum up some more editing interest next Saturday, March 1, at 2:00 p.m. at the Coffee Tree coffee shop and book store, heading South on Bailey Cove in the same shopping center with Casa Blanca Mexican restaurant. The closest intersection is LILY FLAGG ROAD.

The shop has free WIFI, but plug-ins are strictly at the discretion of the management. They've had some problems in the past.

I'll have my painted sign, my laptop, and some red pens to give away, the red pens, not my laptop!

If we stay and edit long enough, there's also a world-wide edit-in beginning at 5 p.m. We can actually contribute Alabama:North numbers to the effort. Read more about it at http://www.nanoedmo.net/xoops2/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=90&f...

Also, if a dozen or more of you are coming, a quick RSVP at the edmo site would be helpful!

Read all about nanoedmo editing month this March and sign up at http://www.nanoedmo.net/xoops2/

Hope to see one or two or some or a dozen of you there,
Amy
The lonely Edmo ML!

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Amy
readfish_at_mchsi_dot_com
"Something good will come from the unpromising beginning . . .."
-- Soren Kierkegaard

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Great party!

KristenS — Wed, 5 Dec 2007 10:02:07 -0800

We had a great time meeting everyone at the party Sunday! And thanks for your patience with our wiggly kids. (They love the little notebooks they got ... Maddy is carrying hers everywhere now.)

Anyway, it was cool to get to put some faces and names together, though I'm pretty terrible with names and will still probably need to be reintroduced at any future events. :) And it was neat to just get to listen to writerly chatting, with people who 'get' this obsession with making things up and putting them down on paper. I wish some of my other IRL writing buddies could've made it. Maybe next time.

Thanks for the great party!

And thanks to our ML's for all their hard work!

:)
Kristen
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TGIO Victory Party Dec. 2 @ 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Redd Herring — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:43:54 -0800

Don't forget this (from our events calendar)!

Thank goodness it's over/victory party at the champagne brunch, Holiday Inn in front of Madison Sq. Mall, University Dr., Huntsville, AL. Bring the family, small writerly gifts for the ticket-to-write drawing (optional) and your completed tickets to write (with name and daily word count, dates optional). You rock, North AL Wrimos!

Bryan and I have picked up a few silly writerly gifts, so bring whatever you like to add to the drawing, even if it's only pencils and paper clips. Since I have about three tickets to write only, I'm hoping to win at least a paper clip. Yea me!!!

If you'll chime in here with numbers attending, we may be able to get our own reserved table. I think it takes twelve or more. If not, look for us on one of the long raised tables in the lounge/lunch buffet area. That's where they have placed us for recent events.

Join us to celebrate all our WINNERS and give a pat on the back of encouragement to slackers like me, too. (I will finish by Nanoedmo in March, by golly!)

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Amy
readfish_at_mchsi_dot_com
"Something good will come from the unpromising beginning . . .."
-- Soren Kierkegaard

United States :: Alabama :: North

Last weekday write-ins including Tues. 11-27 & LAST CHANCE on 11-30

Redd Herring — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:38:21 -0800

Tonight at 6 p.m. is our last Atlanta Bread Company (ABC) Tuesday write-in. Both Bryan and I will be there and there are lots of outlets when you add our surge protectors to the mix.

And don't forget the last chance write-in on this coming Friday, November 30. We'll start at ABC at 6 p.m. and retire to Krystal's at closing time if anyone is still with us and wants to stretch it out to the midnight hour. We'll try to find out if Krystal has any outlets available before then as well. Location? off University and Old Monrovia Rd. intersection just beyond Madison Sq. Mall.

Now, if I can only write 15K-words-PLUS in each of the next three days.

And if I haven't already said it enough, KUDOS, flaming fiesta lights, fireworks, and all kind of bright and sparkly things to our local WINNERs already chiming in at the last stretch topic!
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Amy
readfish_at_mchsi_dot_com
"Something good will come from the unpromising beginning . . .."
-- Soren Kierkegaard

United States :: Alabama :: North

Hey from the cheering section!

Sandymom1 — Fri, 2 Nov 2007 06:16:59 -0700

Howdy all! This is Gina (with an "I") from the cheering section this year, not really participating word-wise because of so many life changes, but I still wanted to be part of the great karma that this group always generates! Best of luck to everyone this month. I'll try to keep abreast of write-ins, etc. and make it to one, if only to hand out for a while.
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'Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.'

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The Final Stretch!

KristenS — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:28:04 -0800

Everybody excited? Or panicked? Or both?

I'm heading into the final few thousand, and I'm relying on the word wars to get me to the end. I had some panic when I thought my ending might wrap up too quickly, after spending the whole book not getting anywhere, but I came up with an alternate idea just in case. I might write both and let the editing sort it out. But ... I still have to make myself write. And that's getting really hard.

My son, who got his YWP green bar days ago, was really excited to get the purple bar today. In fact, I can hardly scroll the forums because he wants me to stop and let him look at every purple bar that goes by. There are an awful lot of verified winners out there!

Five more days! We can do it!
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Last Saturday write-in today!

Redd Herring — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:45:17 -0800

Hello all,
I've been such a slacker, but I'm still going to try and pull it off, starting with the last Saturday write-in today at Noon at Barnes & Noble, Bailey Cove. B and I may be at Firehouse at 11:30 as well, for a little mid-day sustenance if anyone wants to look for us early.
You go guys!
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Amy
readfish_at_mchsi_dot_com
"Something good will come from the unpromising beginning . . .."
-- Soren Kierkegaard

United States :: Alabama :: North

End of Week Three!!!

KristenS — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:15:05 -0800

And who's still writing?

I'm getting there ... hope to hit 40K today, so that Thanksgiving won't mess me up too much.
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Mid-way Check-In

KristenS — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:44:27 -0800

So... how's everyone doing?

My story started to actually find a bit of flow today (don't let that word count fool you). It's so nice to write with an actual idea!

How are y'all coming along?
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Need Input

Zeus — Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:09:16 -0800

10K and counting, but will soon be mired down in ignorance. Like my little buddy, No. 5 the robot, in the delightful movie Short Circuit, I need input. My characters are a ghostly lot, but it would be nice to have some real experieces if any of you have had a a close encounter of the spiritual kind, or know a real neat story that somebody told you as true. This is a shot in the dark, but isn't most of what we do in Nano somewhat in that category?
Zeus
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Valley Planet Interview anyone?

Redd Herring — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:49:57 -0800

We've had a contact from a reporter for this local paper requesting to interview an AL North Wrimo. Would any of you care to respond?
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Amy
readfish_at_mchsi_dot_com
"Something good will come from the unpromising beginning . . .."
-- Soren Kierkegaard

United States :: Alabama :: North

Thursday Evening

Roundelais — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:38:07 -0800

My sister and I should be at the Valley Bend B&N from 7:00 - 9:00, should anyone like to join us. I'm currently on Chapter 3 when I should be on Chapter 14, but hey. Never did the path of WriMo run smooth, right?
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Happy ML Day and Month :-) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keyboard Warrior — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:46:42 -0800

Happy ML Day and Month to our to wild and wonderful MLs :-) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ABC Tuesday Write In

BeverageMaiden — Tue, 6 Nov 2007 18:31:13 -0800

There were only two of us at Atlanta Bread Company tonight. Keyboardwarrior and I are the real true NaNo-ers. Together we added, well, lots and lots of words to the Alabama North word count and we're sitting here hoping all of you are at home doing the same.

Hope to see lots of you next week.

BeverageMaiden
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"But my thoughts flew about, hectic as hummingbirds, and could not settle." - MARCH by Geraldine Brooks

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Write-ins & Excitement

Redd Herring — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:54:14 -0700

Hello all you N-AL Wrimos!
Bryan and I are so excited to be your co-MLs again. It's been a rough go for us in October as we get through salt mning + influenza for me, but we're catching up and I plan to be healthy again soon. For those of you who have requested this information, here are the write-ins currently planned. I hope to get them on the Events list today as well (excuse my slowness; I'm an untried navigator of these nice new pages):

Tuesday Write-ins

Each Tuesday from 6 to 9 PM at Atlanta Bread Co. ("ABC"), University Drive in the very front of the Target Shopping center. We also like to go early and have a quick dinner (optional) at 5:30 PM. ABC features FREE wi-fi and lots of coffee, other non-alcoholic beverages, sandwiches, soups, and bakery goodies. Mark your calendars for Nov. 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2007.

Saturday Write-ins (2nd and 4th Sat. only)

2nd Sat. from Noon to 2 PM, Barnes & Noble, University Drive (with the huntsvillewriters@yahoo.com groupies). That's Nov. 10, folks!

4th Sat. from Noon to 2 PM, Barnes & Noble, Bailey Cove Rd. (at the North end of the Target shopping center, behind Chili's). Calendar this one for Nov. 24.

(We had planned to be out of town for the first Sat. write-in, but we don't know if we're leaving now or not. If someone wants to lead the charge that day, let us know as we still may be weekend-tripping to points Northerly.)

Last Chance Write-In (Nov. 30)

Just for kicks and word count, we're scheduling a last chance write-in on November 30 from 6 to 9 PM at ABC (Atlanta Bread Co.), University Drive, Huntsville, AL, in the very front of the Target Shopping center. As always, we plan to go early and have a quick dinner (optional) at 5:30 PM. If we want to stick it out until Midnight for those last encrypted 50-K submissions, we can retire when ABC closes to the the all-night-open Krystal just East of Madison Sq. Mall, also on University Dr., Huntsville, AL. Incredibly, the Krystal folks also have free wi-fi and all the square, onion-laden hamburgers you can eat!

Go forth and do those plot summaries, character sketches, and what not, but hold those words for November 1,
All the best,
Redd Herring
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Amy
readfish_at_mchsi_dot_com
"Something good will come from the unpromising beginning . . .."
-- Soren Kierkegaard

United States :: Alabama :: North

Here's a chance to see your name in print.

whtbearfan — Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:11:29 -0800

Hello all,
A writer (Jeanie Kezo) for the local paper the Valley Planet would like to hear from some of you regarding your experience with NaNoWriMo. If you would like to answer the questions, please drop her an email with them. The questions are:

"Here are some questions that they may want to answer. I'll need the answers by Tuesday morning, if they want to respond.

1) Please list your name, occupation, and include a picture of yourself, if you have one. ( ML Note: I would also include your location, this being the North Alabama forum, we would most likely have some folks that would like to be included in the article that do not live in Huntsville proper. Also the fact that this is the Valley Planet and the Tennessee Valley includes a good number of places)

2) What inspired you to want to participate in the National Novel Writing Month event?

3) Briefly describe your genre and a synopsis of your novel.

4) Have you participated in any previous NaNoWriMo projects? If so, have you completed or published your novel?

5) What challenges have you encountered, so far? How have you been coping with them?

6) At this point in the process, what have you learned about yourself and what do you hope to take from the experience, besides a completed manuscript?

If you can send me your answers by Tuesday morning, I can meet the deadline, and the article will be printed in the Nov. 22nd issue of The Valley Planet."

Her email address is jeankezo@comcast.net

I will also ask that Jeanie put something in about the remaining write-ins we plan to have and invite readers to come see novelist at work, but not to disturb the creations happening.

Chat soon everyone.

Bryan
ML North Alabama

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If I don't have a deadline, I'll never finish.

southernmaverick — Sun, 4 Nov 2007 16:12:01 -0800

This is my first year in Nanowrimo, joining from Huntsville.

I'm kinda working under a couple different difficulties for a first try at this - I'm starting four days late, and I'll be spending most of the Thanksgiving part of the month in San Diego, probably with no computer access. Guess that means a lot of coffee and longhand.

I'm not writing a novel from scratch, though. I already have about 50,000 words on the novel I'm working on, one I began writing in high-school and laid aside due to a very busy period in my life. But I want to see if with the help of the Nano community spirit and a firm deadline, I can add another 50,000 more words to it and hopefully wrap it up.

It would be nice to get done with this story which has been haunting me for about seven years. I've been putting off finishing it forever and it's time to kick it up a notch and get it on the page before it passes out of my memory.

So, with that being said...what's up, talespinners? :)

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"Now is the winter of our discontent." - Flash Mob
Paranoia Is Total Awareness!
Take Back Your Country!
Dystopias forever.

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Champagne Brunch/TGIO Victory Party

Redd Herring — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:06:04 -0700

Per our custom, we'll have the TGIO Victory Party at the Champagne Brunch held at the Holiday Inn in front of Madison Square Mall, beginning at 11 AM on Sunday, December 2, 2007 (the first Sunday after Nano ends). Unless there is a postive outcry of nay-sayers, we'll stick with that date to avoid our multiple kick-off confusion.

Definitely mark your calendars for December 2 at 11 AM, all you winners, decent effort and let's try this again next year Wrimos!

All are welcome and bring the family + plus small writerly gifts for our tickets-to-write drawing.

Also, be sure to remember to take your tickets from your Wrimo Expedition pack, write your name and word count for each day you write and bring them along for the drawing. It's a lot of fun. Writing the date of each daily effort on your tickets is optional, but sometimes intriguing.

Wow, we are just so ready to party!
Redd Herring
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Amy
readfish_at_mchsi_dot_com
"Something good will come from the unpromising beginning . . .."
-- Soren Kierkegaard

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First Day ... how's it going?

KristenS — Thu, 1 Nov 2007 07:49:44 -0700

Well, I've got 276 whole words, which is about 275 more than I had plans for. LOL. Totally making it all up this time.

I always forget how MUCH 1667 words ends up being. Yikes.

How are you guys doing?
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It's October!

KristenS — Tue, 2 Oct 2007 05:17:41 -0700

Here we are again! Woo Hoo!

November, here we come!

I think I'm not going to shoot for all 50K this year .. I've managed it for two years, but the health consequences last year were pretty dire and I'm not sure I should do it to myself again. So I'm dedicating this year to recruiting new Wrimos and cheering on my buddies.

I will spend October outlining (if I can pull an idea together) and I will write in November. I'm hoping for 30K. I just can't miss out completely on the Nano insanity. :)

What's your goal this year?

Kristen
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Java Kick-Off

whtbearfan — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:24:10 -0700

We are going to have one more kick-off get together this Thursday at the University Drive Barnes & Noble. Here in the information for Thursday.

Java Kick-off
Barnes & Noble
University Drive in Huntsville
Thursday, Oct 25, 2007 from 5:30-6:30 pm

Come have a cup of coffee or some other beverage of your choice. We will also be giving out 2007 North Alabama NaNoWriMo Expedition Packs. We have a few left to give out and each one comes with a Free Plot Coupon for your novel.

Bryan
ML North Alabama
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Lit Fiction

BeverageMaiden — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:25:09 -0700

I don't know how many of you will be writing Literary Fiction, but I recommend you all mosey on over to the Lit Fiction lounge and read the "You Know You're Writing Lit Fiction when..." posts.

I am always overwhelmed by the number of lounges on the Wrimo site; I could read them all, but instead I'm asking for recommendations. Would you all mind sharing any particularly interesting forums you come across?

K
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"But my thoughts flew about, hectic as hummingbirds, and could not settle." - MARCH by Geraldine Brooks

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Welcome to Nano

whtbearfan — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:16:05 -0700

Greetings, everyone:
Well I hope everyones plots and characters development are coming along for the big kick-off November 1. Redd has been letting everyone know about the Kickoff party for the region and hope that everyone will be able to attend. Make sure you ring in about it soon, if you haven't already.
We will also be posting local events soon, so keep an eye out for those. Write-ins were attended well last year and hope to see lots and lots of folks this year.
This is a quick note, will post more later.

Bryan
ML North Alabama
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