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Fusion Tonight

caradrake — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:12:31 +0000

I'll be at the Fusion coffeehouse in Ridgeland tonight, starting at 6:30. I plan to stay for at least an hour, perhaps two if people show and/or the writing is going well. If anyone feels like joining me, that would be awesome.

The street address is 1111 Highland Colony Pkwy, Ridgeland MS, 39157

My aim is DruidessEmily, Yahoo is DruidessEmily@yahoo.com, and MSN is DruidessEmily@gmail.com.
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Jackson-area donation made!

Aelph — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:44:52 +0000

Hi, guys,

Just thought I'd mention to those in the Jackson area who were at the kick-off party: your money (as well as what I chipped in) just went off to help with Donation Day. I can't get you all halos, but you know who you are, and you're much appreciated! Donation was made in the name of Jackson-Area NaNoWriMos, a total of $50.

To you, and to anyone else who has donated today or anytime this month: thanks! :-D
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Are we meeting anywhere on Tuesday the 24th?

soarjean — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:10:48 +0000

I am planning on being at Cups in Clinton on Tuesday the 24ht. Got to do some serious bashing out of words this Mon and Tuesday since I work 4-12 hour shifts the rest of the week. Anyone up for meeting breifly and setting up shop? (Unofficially, I have only ever been there once, but they seemed friendly.)
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Tupelo Events

Aelph — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:15:24 +0000

Topic for events to be held in the Tupelo region during October and November. Check back!

Introductory Meeting: October 24, 5:00-11:00PM, Books-A-Million

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Oxford Writers' Circle

TheTutor — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:09:45 +0000

Greetings, All!

My name is Laura, and I wanted to let anyone in the Oxford area know that my husband, kids, and I are planning some writer get-togethers during NaNoWriMo. We will be meeting at the west-side High Point (by Belk) on Saturdays at 11:30. Our first get-together will be this Saturday, Oct. 31st. We will continue to meet every Saturday through November, and we can talk about how to celebrate our success when the madness has ended!

Adult and youth program writers are welcome. We'll consume sugar and caffeine and be available to each other as a distraction or encouragement. Come and chat, come and get advice, or just come and write in the presence of others who "get it."

If you would like to get in touch with me, email is your best bet: apollosacademy@gmail.com

Hope to see you Saturday!

Laura
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Jackson Events

Aelph — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:14:32 +0000

Topic for events to be held in the Jackson metro area during October and November.
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Mississippi/Indiana (North) FRIENDLY taunting thread

Carrietta Marlow — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:51:46 +0000

I feel the need to start this lovely thread at this moment... :)

Indiana:North has also excepted our challenage so off we go to write them out of the water :)

Remember we are a whole state against one part of the state... okay I am bad at coming up with taunts but give me a break

PS How's the weather up there? Are the trees still colorful and pretty?
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Online Write-Ins?

Carrietta Marlow — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:07:09 +0000

I just wanted to check to see if anyone was interested in doing some online write-ins again this year on AIM or another program?

That way people from all over the state can meetup in real time together.

If so just let me know here and when would be some of the best time during the week that would work for you :)
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Mississippi Gulf Coast WriMo's?

danebramage — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:27:47 +0000

Any Coasties doing NaNoWriMo this month? I grew up in the Moss Point area and will be home for Thanksgiving. I was wondering if there were going to be any writing get-togethers while I'm down there.

Hopefully, the days off that week will *help* my word count rather than hinder it. :-)

Take care!!
Richard
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Hello! - Introduce Yourselves!

Aelph — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:16:44 +0000

My name is Emily, and I'm the new co-ML for Mississippi. I'm in the metro Jackson area, but I'm hoping to get things going all over the state this year - though help will be needed! More information on that coming soon...

I thought it would make sense to go ahead and get an introduction thread going, as people will hopefully be trickling in all month, participants old and new. So - as I said, my name is Emily and I'm in Jackson (well... Brandon... but close enough). I moved back here a little over a year ago after four years abroad. I did NaNo in 2007 in Toronto and last year right here. I'm really looking forward to this year, as I'm working now, so the balancing of work and play-writing should create an interesting challenge!

My story this year is called "Summer Figs & Relative Philosophies," and will be a collection of linked short stories set in a fantasy world I've been working in for a couple of years now. I'm still not ready to write the main story there, so instead, I decided it might be fun - and interesting - to this year let some of the minor and secondary characters have their say about things. The tentative plan at the moment is to have 10 short stories, set before, during, and after the main events of the series, so they get about 5,000 words apiece to have their say and establish themselves as full-blooded characters in their own rights. I'm really looking forward to get into the heads of some of them...!

Floor's all yours, guys. Let's hear from you. :)

And welcome to NaNoWriMo 2009!
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Happy ML Day!

saraheilonwy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:06:34 +0000

Thanks guys!!!! :)
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NaNoWriMo at USM?

Shadow_Phoenix — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:20:59 +0000

'ello!
Curious. Are there any NaNoWriMo participants going to USM?
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Anyone near the Flowood area?

Keilight — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:24:37 +0000

Curiosity speaking, here.
I see that a lot of you are in Tupelo and Gulfport, but any Flowooders? xP

I'm Gracie, by the way.
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Hattiesburg Events

Aelph — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:16:11 +0000

Topic for events to be held in the Hattiesburg area during October and November.
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Delaware - Mississippi FRIENDLY taunting thread

katpetal — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:51:25 +0000

Howdy Folks! The challenge has been made and Delaware has accepted. So lets have some fun taunting and challending each other to ever ascending word counts.
Here's the competition widget:

Here are the categories:

Wordiness Award : to the region with the highest average word count per active member.

Loquacious Award: to the region with the greatest number of 50K winners per active member.

"All Words Are Good" Award: In the NaNo tradition, every region which participates is a winner. This is not a lame consolation prize, because, ALL WORDS ARE GOOD.

An "active member" is a member who is "homed" to the region and who has logged a word count of any size.

This is the thread that, by the magic of the NaNo site, appears in both. And this is where we taunt one another. In a FRIENDLY fashion, of course.

Let the taunting commence!

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If you've already volunteered to be a "Liaison Lite"...

Aelph — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:01:01 +0000

...Could you please post here so I can get your username on the site? I don't want to put anyone's real name up without knowing they're comfortable with that.

I've had volunteers so far from Hattiesburg, Tupelo, and Corinth. (And if I haven't replied to your last e-mails yet, I do apologize, but I had more stuff to do at work this afternoon than usual, so I'll get to those this weekend.)

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, the information was sent out in a regional e-mail a couple of days ago. I can't send regional e-mails at the moment - the system is messed up; they're working on it - but I'll be putting up all the stuff about "Liaison Lites" here very soon, so we can hopefully get some other volunteers. So don't despair if you're terribly confused.

But if you're one of those mentioned above - show yourselves! I know you're there. ;-)

And a HUGE thank you if you've already volunteered. You rock. <3
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Columbus/Starkville

Carrietta Marlow — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:48:52 +0000

Is anyone interested around this area of having a real live meetup this year... I am not 100% sure where we could do it around here since Public Library hours are weird in Columbus but I will start talking to some places to see about doing something if people think that they are interested.
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Liaison Lites

Aelph — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:59:08 +0000

As promised, here's the explanation for those who didn't get the regional e-mail.

And if when Carrietta gets here, she wants to do something completely different, that's fine, we'll regroup, but I want people to have time to get in touch with local businesses this month if they need to, so it seems best to get this organized.

Basically, Mississippi is a large state that only counts for one region. Not too surprising, really, considering there hasn't been a huge interest across the state in NaNo thus far. This year, though, I hope we can at least begin to change that. But it's going to take some volunteers across the state who are willing to do basically the same thing the MLs do, but without, unfortunately, any of our magical powers. You can be, uh... the squibs to our wizards. Part of the magical world, but not able to do quite as much as the wizards. *runs* (I'm sorry. I had to put in a Harry Potter reference SOMEWHERE, right?)

...Anyway. I'm asking for volunteers from around the state who will handle organizing parties and write-ins and any other events they want to do in those particular areas. I've tried to split the state up so that no one is too far away from potential events - but if I've missed anywhere, feel free to suggest that I add an area. The volunteers will be 2Ls, Liaison Lites, and they will, I promise, get something very nice at the end for being willing to put in time and effort for this. :-)

The list of regions:

Jackson Metro (assigned - well, sort of; it's mine)
Gulf Coast
Hattiesburg (assigned to Valerie Wells)
Delta
Tupelo (assigned to JeriKit)
Columbus (assigned - that will be Carrietta's, if she wants to do it this way)
Corinth (assigned)
Desoto Co.

I'm open to volunteers for any of the open areas above, and any suggestions for other areas. You can attend events in any area you want, but I'm hoping nobody has to drive more than 30 minutes to an hour to get to events.

Get in touch with me right here or e-mail me at greatbritannia[at]gmail[dot]com if you want to help out. And if you want to do it in an already assigned area, feel free to get in touch with the 2L already there and find out if they want to co-2L.

As I say, special rewards will be given to those who do this, and I hope it really will help get more people in the state interested. I'll be working privately with the 2Ls a little later in the month to help them get things going.

And if you think this is a horrible idea, you can tell me that, too. ;-)
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Corinth Events

Aelph — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:16:50 +0000

Topic for events to be held in the Corinth region during October and November. Check back!
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Stickers

Aelph — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:39:04 +0000

Got the stickers for this year today! They're a mixture of the new T-shirt designs: the "writing machine," "Camp NaNoWriMo," and some exclusively for write-ins (i.e., not available through the sticker package available through the store) that have the "NaNoWriMo Est. 1999" design on them.

I've got 50, so once I've gotten some idea from people in the various areas how many they're expecting, I'll be glad to send them some to use. I'm also going to keep a few for people who might not be able to go to write-ins but who might want one anyway - they shouldn't be left out just because they can't travel, for whatever reason. And, of course, I'll keep some here for the Jacksonians. If I need more, I'll buy one of the sticker packs, so don't fret if it starts to look like too many people have already requested them. I'll make sure anyone who wants one gets one. (Of course, if you want more for your area quickly, you could always order a sticker pack and help support OLL!)
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Word War with another region?

Carrietta Marlow — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:33:51 +0000

I was wondering if anyone besides me would be interested in possibly being in a word war against another region... I think I can get it set up pretty quickly.

I kinda missed doing this last year to get all the excitment of we are ahead or we are behind so and so. It can be a lot of fun and if we do it get that polite trash talking ready to rumble.

UPDATE- Anni is talking to her people to see if they want to go up against us
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List for Event Dates Please

Carrietta Marlow — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:45:08 +0000

I am trying to get the calendar up and running so if you could please post a list for each event with where its being held, what day, when and for how long I would very much appreciate it.

The calendar should be up and running by Saturday night at the latest but the should word is very important since Google Calendar and me have had issues for the last few years now.

*shakes fist at it*
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Sorry Everyone

Carrietta Marlow — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:17:53 +0000

*Peaks head in*

I was here... really I have been here for weeks... I was just writing in invisible ink is all.

You don't believe that one.

Okay first I had an emergency trip back home and then the internet crashed (we now have a new internet company) and then I got really sick and that’s just from the end of September through now. I am also a substitute teacher so my schedule is a bit on the crazy side since I plan on accomplishing lots of stuff and then get called in to a school. Even when I started to get sick I was still going to school but then I crashed hard every day when I got home from whatever school I was out. Then I spent basically 10 days sleeping trying to get even semi back to normal. I am still kind of out of it but I am here now.

Okay back to your original programming…

Once upon a time, thousands and thousands of people started a wonderful journey to reach a magical land known as craziness due to insane goals of writing 50,000 words or more in one month that also contains Thanksgiving, Black Friday (which we know is the bigger holiday) and the start of the crazy holiday season. The time is almost here again and the butterflies are a buzzing okay that might just be the medicine but hay its all good. Put down the candy or not depending on your preference (at least the chocolate that’s messy on keyboards) and get ready to TYPE….

Best piece of advice that I have is to start big and keep going big because the farther into the month you go the worst that it will be. Its like when you get that shine new car and you swear up and down that no one is eating or drinking in your new car (and with me that no one in my family is allowed to smoke in it) but slowly people are allowed to drink, eat and cause a mess. But also remember that it is about how you feel and what your goals are 10,000 can be as much of an accomplishment as 100,000 depending on you. Also throw your inter editor out the window at 11:59pm October 31 and make that creature of darkness stay gone until next year… yes I did say next year if at all possible because December is really not the best time to let it come back.

Good Luck Mississippi

Carrietta

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An apology if things get/continue getting behind...

Aelph — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:21:07 +0000

I know I'm already getting a bit behind in keeping some of the various area topics updated about events in those first posts, and I need to get on sending out some regional e-mails about those events. My only excuse is being at work most of the day, being six months pregnant, and finding my weekends taken up by trivial nonsense the last few weeks. ;-) Not much of an excuse, I know, but bear with me...! If I'm getting very behind and anyone is worried I'm going to miss something, feel free to give me a kick, here or through NaNoMail or e-mail. Sometimes I need them!

I'm still feeling out being an ML, so suggestions on ways I could do better are always welcome.

And a huge thanks, as always, to those who are organizing events elsewhere in the state. You guys are awesome and you're going to get something very nice at the end of next month, I promise! (And if anyone besides yourself has done a lot to get things going or organized or anything at all, and you feel they should be recognized and rewarded, let me know by mid-month so I can make sure they get something, too.)
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Libraries, bookstores, coffee shops...!

Aelph — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:37:28 +0000

Another request from me. Surprise, surprise. ;-)

This one's not just for those who've volunteered to help organize events, though - it's for anyone anywhere who wants to get involved in helping spread the NaNo gospel this year.

If you've got a local library, please send them a quick e-mail or give them a call and ask if they'd be willing to put up the fliers advertising NaNo - even if they don't want to allow noveling sessions there, most libraries will have a bulletin board where you could put up a flier. You're welcome to put my contact information on there in addition to what's already there if you don't want to put on your own (my name is Emily and I'm most easily reached at greatbritannia[at]gmail[dot]com).

And if you've got them in your area, the same goes for bookstores, coffee shops, or any local businesses that you think might be interested in helping spread the word. If any of those places have questions you can't answer, refer them to me. (I will provide a phone number on private request, but for obvious reasons don't really want to post it up here...!) I've already put up some fliers at my workplace, and those little info tabs have been disappearing, so clearly there's potential interest just about anywhere.

In case you haven't stumbled across them yet, the fliers: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/1005807

Thanks!
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