Introductions Here!

Hello everyone!

I'm David, a third year participant in Valdosta. I've been successful for the past two years with this and I'm not going to stop now. I'm a high school teacher, and while I tend to write about things like zombies, I'm hoping to make a go at something more serious this year. I've been unofficially organizing writing get-togethers in Valdosta for the past two years, and I'm hoping to find more people in the area to join us this year. Best of luck everyone!

Cheers!

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2007: To Fast in Fires (Won)
2008: Keys to the Kingdom (Won)

Heyas!

bearilou from North Georgia (Clermont area). I've done NaNo for a few years, winning once and failing abysmally a few times. Hasn't harshed my desire to keep trying, though! I was trapped in New Jersey for many years and have just recently made my escape back home to Georgia, looking forward to trying NaNo again this year, and hoping to hook up with other writers in my area.

Insert blatant copypaste from Atlanta forum: "I'm currently 26, live at the northern end of the Atlanta sprawl, Gainesville (aka BFE, georgia) and I work in the mortgage business. What a GREAT place to be right now! :D I'm also an unashamed dork, quite possibly evil, flunked out of computer science at Tech (went on to Japanese) and have a horrid sense of humor that you all will be exposed to for an entire month. Mwahaha."

If it so happens there are other Gainesvillains here, I'm totally up for crashing at Inman Perk a couple of times this month. :D

Goal: 200k 260k. My wordcount was going to be an average, but we need to beat the pants off Denver, right?
Part of the evil triumvirate of Atlanta and Shoutouts moderator.

Hi there! 23 year-old technical communications student from Savannah here. You can call me Ren. :) I've been a member of the NaNo website for several years now, but I've never really seen the process through. Now I'm absolutely determined to reach that elusive 50k word count. Nice to meet you all, and best of luck when November comes!

I'm here because Redcurl guilted me into it - I'm Mattkinsi, otherwise known as Tim. I'm one of the co-MLs for Atlanta, although honestly none of us live inside the true city limits of Atlanta, just the 'burbs. My burb o choice in Marietta, close to the Marietta-Smyrna demarcation zone.

I will say that feel free to join any of the Atlanta events, once we get them all posted, if there's none happening in your area being put on by the wonderful redcurl or anyone else in your local area. We won't make you affiliate with us to write with us. (although.... :-)

Back for year #6, and MLing for the first time. Go NaNoLanta!
Co-Moderator of LitFic Genre Board

This year's Novel: "Just A Normal Thanksgiving."
Goal: 135k (9 chapters, 15k a pop)
Genre: LitFic
POV: Rotating First Person Stream of Consciousness

Hello everyone,

I live in Fayetteville--south of the airport--and have for the past five years. I have also lived in Roswell/Alpharetta areas for many years. this is my first time trying the nanomo and I hope to make the 50K mark. Even if I don't I should have a good start on a novel.
Is there anyone else from the south of Atlanta--Fayetteveille, Peachtree City...

Selatsoc

I'm Savvy, from waaaay down at the very south-western tip of old Georgia! In Early County, though I think most people don't know where we are... yay small boring southern towns! This is my second year and this year I'm going with pirates! Yarrrr!
Anyone else attend the Ga Ren fest? I went on pirate weekend and omg I want to go again next year...

NaNo 08- Quest for Blood- Fantasy Adventure
NaNo 09- Perilous Tides- Pirate Adventure
"Yo ho ho and a bottle of NaNo-RUM-o!"

There's at least one person I can recall down south and some effort to get some write-ins down there. Check the Atlanta forum :)

Novelling since 2004.
Collective word count: 833k
Goal: 200k

Goal: 200k 260k. My wordcount was going to be an average, but we need to beat the pants off Denver, right?
Part of the evil triumvirate of Atlanta and Shoutouts moderator.

I'm Mari and I'm in Thomasville. Last year I went to Valdosta for the write in. I will be doing that again, but more frequently this year. I'm also hoping to maybe get a write in in Thomasville, maybe at The Bookshelf on Broad St.

I don't know what I'm going to write this year. I just know it will be in first person...and probably romance.

http://www.iwriteromance.com

Hello, I'm Keith, and I'll be writing in Columbus, Georgia. Feel free to give a shout if you're in the area.

I'm Rock, a 49 year old respiratory therapist living in Dallas & working in Johns Creek. This is my third Nanowrimo entry, but the first I will complete. I'm a fairly accomplished reader & a woeful writer.

Rock Conner
Dallas, GA

Amanda here, a 26 year old shade tree mechanic/parts slinger from Tifton. This is my fifth nano...Hopefully I'll make it this year. All years I've written in the supernatural genre, and this year will be no different. But...Haha, I'm attempting to write what Twilight would have been like had it actually been awesome. And had demons instead of vampires. Kind of a Devil May Cry, Twilight, Emo Scene inspired thing. I don't even know. My brain likes doing this to me.

Anyway, I'm actually excited this year. And am hoping to find more people in the area to write with, because this loner thing is awful.

Edited because my typing skills are made of fail. :[

Hello everyone! I'm just your average 16-year-old who's written 6 novels in the last year and a half. =) I've done NaNo twice before and won both times. I'm super pumped for this year.
My address says I'm in Gainesville but really I live in Clermont. 'bout a half hours drive to Gainesville. I'd love to do a Write In sometimes if any one's around my area.

Good luck everyone!
Happy Noveling~

2007: Melvin and Are's Epic Adventure (52K)
2008: Locked Doors (71K)
2009: A Journey Off World

Cool, someone else in Johns Creek! (Good lord, have you got a commute though, Rock!)

I actually live and work in Johns Creek. NaNoWriMo rookie, a technology consultant torn between drafting a book to boost my software-development consulting business, and drafting a sci-fi or fantasy novel.

Anyone else in the Johns Creek area, like Rock, perhaps we can commiserate / check-in during a weekday lunch. There's two likely cafes near to my residence and place-o-work, at 141 cross 120, which I think would be great for this. My daytime schedule through to about 1:30pm is very flexible (I bill out the rest), so other location can work out too.

Joseph
2009: (sketching projects to choose among) (goal 50k)

Hello everybody.

My name's Charles, and this will be my first year participating in Nano. I'm mega excited and am hoping to get some good ideas together soon. I'm from Columbus, GA, also; so great to see someone else on here from the area! If there are any other Columbians, send me a message!

Nice to meet everyone. :]

charles.

Hi, everyone. I'm Kelly from Barnesville. If any other NaNos are close by, I'd like to hear from you. If there aren't any, my Home Region will have to be Macon. Which is cool since I know lots of people in Macon and Warner Robins.

This will be my first year in NaNo and I'm REALLY excited. Only recently did I have the faintest urge to write fiction. I love writing non-fiction, mostly as a way of clarifying my thinking about a topic I want to understand better. Now I want to try fiction for partly the same reason, but this time clarifying my thinking about ideas and characters. My biggest hope is that I'll get to experience a character of my invention taking on a life of his/her own and taking control of a story. Or whatever mysterious happens like that...only time will tell.

My mind never shuts off having crazy ideas, so I'm open to anyone who wants to bounce ideas off of me, or ask for ideas.

Wish the best to all of you this NaNo season!

Kelly Carter
2009 first-time NaNo
50k in 30 or DIE !!!

Heyy. I'm Caitlyn, a 14-year-old in Hoschton. This is my first year doing NaNo, but I'm really excited about it; writing is a major passion of mine. I'm not completely sure about what I want to do for the novel. I'm debating between something in poetry format [poetry is my favourite form of writing], journal format, or just plain first person with little different bits mixed in. [I hate trying to write ALL in one form; it's why I love poetry, because it's never the exact same.]

I am not the jaded kind. Playback's such a waste. <3

Hey everyone! =D I'm in Brooklet, GA, which is about 10 minutes from Statesboro if anyone's wondering. =] I'm 15 and this is my first year trying this. I'm super hyped too. ^^ I'll probably go with dragons for my novel.

~Ezra

Do not trifle with the affairs of dragons; for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

Hey! I'm in Cuthbert! Nice to see another SW Georgian!

Dannis
1st Year NaNo
http://dannistories.com
http://www.examiner.com/x-26892-Altanta-Low-Income-Issues-Examiner
Here 'cause I love to write and encourage folks!

Hi, Gang!
I'm a first time NaNo, and I actually did an outline that I may or may not use. This is going to be such fun! I have just migrated from Win Vista "de Beasta" to Linux Ubuntu 9.04 so my machine won't need another reformat in the middle of NaNo.

I'm in Cuthbert, GA, which is in Randolph County sorta near Eufaula, AL and Albany, GA. I notice several NaNoers from Early County. I told the folks in Clay Co Library [Fort Gaines] and Calhoun Co Library [Edison, GA] about NaNo, and Family Connection is sponsoring a group, so looking forward to seeing y'all here! Calhoun's group will include young writers.

I'm a disabled single mom who loves computers and nerdy stuff. My daughter Maggie attends Andrew College here in Cuthbert, and my older daughter, Amanda, is a vet tech in Portland, OR. My household includes Maggie, Aki The Silky Terrier, and Anya the Russian Blue; none of them decided to do NaNo this yesr, so they'll just have to put up with me. Aki and Anya are frustrated writers; they just can't seem to keep their paws off my keyboard!

Dannis
1st Year NaNo
http://dannistories.com
http://www.examiner.com/x-26892-Altanta-Low-Income-Issues-Examiner
Here 'cause I love to write and encourage folks!

Hello, all.

I'm DarkeAOU--call me Darke or AOU, I answer to both. My location's a bit tetchy, since I actually live in Burke County, which is only about ten minutes or so outside of Hephzibah, but I'm only home on the weekends. Monday to Friday, I'm stuck in Grovetown, half to help take care of my Grandma (who had a stroke last July) and half to keep my Mom from killing my Uncle.

The only good news about this arrangement is that Grandma's house has Internet, and so I can participate in NaNoWriMo.

And also, redcurlkennesaw? I know what you mean about Script Frenzy. I almost drove myself insane when I ran out of story on page 99. I was short just half a page. Luckily I decided to include a bonus chapter for that graphic novel script I was working on, otherwise I'd have been completely out of luck.

I just wish that participating in Script Frenzy didn't stick me with writer's block for a month and a half. It was awful.

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Hello! I'm Lor from Savannah! I've been NaNo'ing for 5 years, now, though I haven't been able to finish 50K words since I started teaching again! Some days, I really miss my small-office desk job!

~Lor
WoT Freak
DM Overachiever

Hey there!
I'm actually from Leesburg, but I'm in college at VSU right now.
I've never done Nanowrimo before. I heard about it last year after it was over. I'm very excited about starting and I hope I can make the 50K.

Hi.

I'm BSharp (or Ben).

I live in Roswell, but spend some of my time writing at my cabin just outside of Young Harris.

I won NANO last year and am now shopping my 83k word novel, Seven Sanctuaries to agents and publishers.

I'd love to catch up with anyone north of Atlanta.

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2008: SEVEN SANCTUARIES, 53,000 words - Winner!
2009: THE THIRD OPTION

Hey all,

I'm Erica. I'm 24 and I live in Americus, GA. This will be my first Nano and I'm starting to get a little nervous, but excited as well.

Good luck to everyone.

http://twitter.com/sparrowhawk17

Hi. I'm Lisa and I live in Euharlee, which is close to Cartersville. This is my first NaNo. I'm a very undisciplined writer so I'm hoping that this will make me stick to a schedule. It's time for me to finally finish a novel.

I'm wishing you all the best of luck and support for winning!

Lisa
www.lisahgolden.blogspot.com

Lisa Golden
I blog at That's Why (http://www.lisahgolden.blogspot.com)

Hello!

I'm Liana Brooks, I'm outside Columbus, GA. This is my third year doing NaNo. I usually write sci-fi but I'm doing an urban fantasy (heavy on the fantasy) for NaNo this year. It's a lot of fun. :-)

NaNo take 3!