[STICKY] Randomized Self-Introduction Thread

1) Name/Handle: Laurie E. Smith/prairiecrow

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): Female, turning 45 in November

4) Years Done Nano: 2

5) Years Won Nano: 1

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: 1

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Z-Write on an iMac

8) Genre: Sci-fi/film noir mystery

9) Title (if known): "Micro Noir"

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Characters facing the task of questioning and/or changing themselves

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Vanilla lattes

12) Favorite Music to Write To: I find that music distracts me...

13) Favorite Place to Write: My living room

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Surfing the Intenet

15) Best Nano Moment: Crossing the 50,000 word line in 2007... WOOT!

16) Worst Nano Moment: Realizing that as the climax for my 2007 novel, I was going to HAVE to kill the protagonist's cat in a very nasty fashion... since the cat is based on my own little Emmie, that was a heartbreaking moment

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): None immediately come to mind

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Writing fan fiction, reading historical and scientific books

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Comic book colorist

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: When I was in high school and university I won a few poetry awards and was published in magazines

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Nope

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): Betty and Heather are doing just fine -- keep up the great work, guys!

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it? -- Sleep. A lot.

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves?

1) Name/Handle: Cara/IvorySilk

2) Hometown: Winnipeg!

3) Gender/Age (optional): Female, 19

4) Years Done Nano: Three (ish)

5) Years Won Nano: One. Woot.

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: Four. One of which recruited two others.

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Laptop!

8) Genre: Young Adult fiction, I think.

9) Title (if known): Inherited.

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? They’re all over the place really. I like quirky ones. xD

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Err... chocolate, coffee, and tea. Starbucks tea.

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Soundtracks (mostly Narnia), or LIGHTS, or Paramore! Man, I love Paramore.

13) Favorite Place to Write: Starbucks

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: The Sims, totally.

15) Best Nano Moment: Every day in grade 11 Nano, I would print out the stuff from the day before and bring it to school. I had a few people who read the updates every day – they kept me going!

16) Worst Nano Moment: Having the whole plot shift without any warning, half way into November. >.<

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): Convincing my friend I was going to kill off the character she was in love with by giving a chapter a misleading title. She almost killed me in English class (where she ignored the teacher and read my novel)

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Church, somewhat? Work? Writing in general?

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): I work in retail, bleh! In one of the malls in Winnipeg. I’m also in school... journalism/creating writing.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: I’ve had several articles published in a small local paper which was fun. I really want to have fiction published though, which I haven’t done yet.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Nope

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): ... Cookies? >.>

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it? Err.... run around wildly with coffee and dollar store cookies. I don’t know? xD

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves? Nuuu... I wouldn’t ever do that... >.> Ok, yes, I do. Sadly. Not all the time, but frequently. Though I’m sure I do it unintentionally often too, because other people notice things I don’t.

C) Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till your done? Do they get to read them at all?

1) Name/Handle: Kace/ChaosVixen

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): Female/23

4) Years Done Nano: This will be #2

5) Years Won Nano: Sadly none.

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: None yet.

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Many, many notebooks (I love the feel of actually writing), and my laptop when it decides to behave.

8) Genre: Fantasy

9) Title (if known): Veins of the Hourglass

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Dark/Intelligent/Sarcastic

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Definitely videogames - WoW, XBox Live, PSP, DS...

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Silent Hill soundtrack, HIM, Lacuna Coil, Halestorm, Marilyn Manson, various jazz.

13) Favorite Place to Write: Home, where it's nice and quiet. I'm kind of the shy type >.>

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Videogames :D

15) Best Nano Moment: When my best friend recruited me.

16) Worst Nano Moment: Not having the time to take my first one seriously, being solely unprepared.

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): Realizing this year's MMC has complete control of my brain.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Reading, drawing, coffee, anime/manga, travelling

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Team Supervisor at a call center

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Various magazine articles for a work-placement program in highschool back in BC, a couple of poems in various anthologies, but no big fiction yet.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Nope, though I would love to try my hand at a comic book.

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): I second the cookies ^_^

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?
More than likely copious amounts of WoW & XBox Live with my fiance. That's about all "date night" consists of these days with the distance.

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves? I generally make it a habit not to, though I will use interesting personality quirks.

C) Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till your done? Do they get to read them at all?
The only ones that read the WIP are my best friend for Beta purposes, and my fiance because he'd annoy the crap out of me otherwise.

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.

1) Name/Handle: Nicole/creativecat74

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): Female/35

4) Years Done Nano: first time!

5) Years Won Nano: none yet

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: 0

7) Technology / Method of Writing: notebook & laptop

8) Genre: romantic comedy

9) Title (if known): not sure yet

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? slightly crazy and a bit self-absorbed ie. just like everyone I know

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): cupcakes, coffee

12) Favorite Music to Write To: something quiet

13) Favorite Place to Write: park bench, starbucks

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: only one? checking email or eating

15) Best Nano Moment: I guess we'll find out

16) Worst Nano Moment: that too!

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above):

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: reading, movies, cooking

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): sales

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: not yet, maybe someday

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Y/N No

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders):

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?
November 22. It's my sister's 40th birthday party

1) Name/Handle: Sabrina, or Janks.

2) Hometown: Motown! (Formally known as Morris)

3) Gender/Age (optional): I'm a girl, and I'm 15.

4) Years Done Nano: First time!

5) Years Won Nano: Guess, I dare you :P

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: 2, so far.

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Computer, or notebook. It depends where I am.

8) Genre: Fantasy/Comedy/Romance

9) Title (if known): Zombies, Ghosts, and Mustaches

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Either crazy eccentrics, or very very sarcastic seemingly mean people who actually aren't mean.

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Food, normally. Sometimes sleep.

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Almost anything. Except Apocolyptica. I just can't write to them for some reason.

13) Favorite Place to Write: Anywhere but my bedroom.

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: 'Research', or drawing stuff that in no way relates to my writing.

15) Best Nano Moment: Hopefully something awesome

16) Worst Nano Moment: I guess I'm going to have to wait and find out.

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): I hope it's funnier than the time I found a fry in my purse. XD

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Art stuff, serving meals to people in town, and taking part in the school's drama productions.

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): None, at the moment.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Nope, but I'm totally hoping it will happen one day.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: I wish.

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders):

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?
Probably a day when my cousin's out. I think I'll be going to see a movie with her, if not, I'll be sleeping.

I procrastinate. It should be a talent.

1) Name/Handle: Andrew/Chaos Hippy

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): I am a dude who is 25

4) Years Done Nano: 4

5) Years Won Nano: 2

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: 3. Hi Mom.

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Laptop and coffee shop

8) Genre: Sci-fi Spy Thriller

9) Title (if known): Withdrawal (subject to change at whim)

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? I like archetypes. Either played straight or fiendishly subverted

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Is beer PG-13? As long as I don't share, right?

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Depends on what I'm writing. I tend to write a lot of action, which calls for high energy metal.

13) Favorite Place to Write: The Second Cup on Edmonton

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Does this have to be PG-13 too? I guess I'll just say Internet then. And beer.

15) Best Nano Moment: Occurred off-season. Realising that my first 50k win is now at around 73k and might actually be finished someday.

16) Worst Nano Moment: Bombing out after one day and five hundred words.

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): Is this a fair question? Betty, you know what happens at our get togethers. In that unfettered environment of creativity and mental problems, you expect me to pick a single moment?

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Writing (naturally), reading (of course), video games, tabletop gaming, drinking

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Senior Bookseller at McNally Robinson Books at the Grant Park mall. Yes, I have ordered extra copies of "No Plot, No Problem"

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Working on it.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Nyet

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): Beer at kickoff/midmonth/TGIO? Just sayin'...

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?: I don't know when it will be, but it will almost certainly involve beer.

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves?: I've based a couple of characters on myself, which is even more shameful. Mostly, though, my characters either grow naturally in the uncharted depths of my diseased mind, or get ripped off of my RPG characters.

C) Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till your done? Do they get to read them at all?: I tend to post my progress online, so friends, family and complete strangers can read them.

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.: That is always my plan, at least at the beginning. It has only remained the plan with one of my works so far. I use NaNo as something of a proving ground for ideas. If, after 50,000 words, the idea is still alive and fit for development, then it is consider a book in progress.

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?: I have recently realised that many of my ideas get their start in those weird morning dreams you get just before the alarm goes off and in between whacks of the snooze button. I just got one yesterday in fact, and it is possibly the most messed up thing I've ever considered writing.

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http://twitter.com/Zenbomb

1) Name/Handle: Jodi Lee / Jodi-Lee

2) Hometown: Miami

3) Gender/Age (optional): Female / 37

4) Years Done Nano: 4

5) Years Won Nano: 2

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: I'm not sure. At least two that stayed.

7) Technology / Method of Writing: On my computer, by the seat of my pants, usually.

8) Genre: Cross-genre (for now)

9) Title (if known): Unsung (for now)

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Crazy serial killers. I never know who they're going to do next.

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Ben & Jerry's

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Combination

13) Favorite Place to Write: My office.

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Anything. Everything. This year I imagine it'll be twitter.

15) Best Nano Moment: Winning that first time.

16) Worst Nano Moment: Missing the verification in 2006.

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): Attempting two nanovels in 2006.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Reading, graphic design.

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Editor, publisher.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Yes and yes.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Nope. Maybe someday.

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): Get them to delete my other accounts. LOL

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it? Probably the 20th of November, so my girls and I can shop for Christmas.

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Jodi Lee

1) Name/Handle: Kylie/Fin

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): Female/20

4) Years Done Nano: 3

5) Years Won Nano: 2

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: Zero! They all think it’s craziness

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Any nearby computer, but with a preference to my laptop

8) Genre: Hmm, always have a hard time choosing a fitting genre, but I guess Adventure/Fantasy/War Time works ;)

9) Title (if known): We Started The War
10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Means one, sarcastic ones, unsung heroes, inner conflict kind of guys. All sorts!

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Writing my NaNo [i]is[/i] bribery to finish my school work!

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Sad stuff, but this year I have a feeling I’ll just be listening to the new Tegan and Sara CD on repeat

13) Favorite Place to Write: My room, but I’m not too picky

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: The Internet – seeing how everyone else is doing, checking my general sites I live on or just any other social networking site. And TV.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Writing, piano... that’s about it for this time of the year anyway

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Full time student majoring in Anthropology, part time librarian,
part time janitorial staff and part time canteen worker.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: I’m hoping that by the time I’m 30 one of my Nano novels might be worth editing and submitting. But it’s just a pipe dream.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: I always try at the start but can’t fine the groove of it

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): Everything that you guys do has been pretty awesome :]

ADD A QUESTION:

A)Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?

C)Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till your done? Some people online I guess, but in general, not at all!

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?:
Pain killers, haha – kidding. I usually get my ideas when I have time to think – so on the bus or at work. Were it usually me silence or iPod and 3 hours of silence.

1) Name/Handle: Coral

2) Hometown: Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Now living in Winnipeg for University

3) Gender/Age (optional): Female, 18

4) Years Done Nano: 1

5) Years Won Nano: 1

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: Hopefully one, my English teacher from last year, and hopefully if she does it the rest of her class will be 'recruited'

7) Technology / Method of Writing: My laptop or pen and paper

8) Genre: Fantasy

9) Title (if known): Shift

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Usually the sarcastic/ emotionally damaged type, especially if they are both. I also love writting villains.

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Chocolate, lots of chocolate...that and allowing myself to post in my RPs

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Pretty much anything, though my magical writing song is Don McLean's American Pie

13) Favorite Place to Write: Not sure yet, though probably the Art's lounge or my room

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: RPing

15) Best Nano Moment: Reaching 50K on the 17th

16) Worst Nano Moment: Losing all momentum the last few days

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): Writing a beautiful summer scene in my novel then looking outside to see the snowstorm then writing a thousand word rant about 'evil fluffy white bits of fluff from the underworld'.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: I'm a member of girl guides of Canada and do a lot of volunteering with them

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): I'm either going to be majoring in English or History - don't have to choose until next year.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Haven't been published but would like to be.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Y/N Yes, I failed horribly though

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders):

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?
I think that I'm probably going to do it on a Saturday or Sunday if my family's up or if one of my friends want to do something.

NaNo 2008 - Death Sentence (won - 90,112)
NaNo 2009 - Shift

1) Name/Handle: D.B. Hirose/Citadel

2) Hometown: Winterpeg, Manisnowba

3) Gender/Age (optional): 22-23 once November hits.

4) Years Done Nano: 4

5) Years Won Nano: 0!

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: None?

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Was Palm M500 /w NIR Keyboard, Treo 90, Palm T|E, Travelmate 2440, Inspiron 1300; Now rocking out with the AsusTek EEE Pc 1000HE

8) Genre: Military Sci-Fi
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9) Title (if known): On a Foreign Soil

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Sassy, no nonsense sarcastic characters, with a penchant for violence.

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Rootbeer.

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Soundtracks, the more bombastic the better. Hence why my playlists always seem to start and end with Hans Zimmer...

13) Favorite Place to Write: Millenium Library

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Reading, consulting information from other people and then editing whole pages through.

15) Best Nano Moment:

16) Worst Nano Moment: Realizing that there was a gigantic plothole in my story three years back; which right then and there killed the story at the 10k wordmark

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): The fire alarm at the Millenium Library going off in the middle of writing... And then trying to write outside in the cold.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Airsoft

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): CSR Subcontractor for the Bank of Canada for Hewlett Packard

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: No, and Yes.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Yes, failed twice! :D

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): Mandatory Ludovico treatments at the start of the campaign to deter dropouts.

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it? Cook something random.

C)Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till your done? Not usually.

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?: Sleep; it's where the ideas are.

R) What has been the most boring character, in your opinion, you have ever created?: I made the awful mistake to try and make a pencil-pushing bureaucrat seem exciting; failed miserably and then middle of the novel had him killed off with a speeding bus.

Half a league, half a league, / Half a league onward, / All in the valley of Death / Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade! / "Charge for the guns!" he said: / Into the valley of Death / Rode the six hundred.

1) Name/Handle: Mikaela/scammer

2) Hometown: Steinbach, Manitoba.

3) Gender/Age (optional): Female/16.

4) Years Done Nano: This will be my third year.

5) Years Won Nano: I won my first year, although I did AugNoWriMo this past summer and won that too.

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: I almost got a friend to do AugNo last summer . . . xD

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Just my desktop, although it would be fantastic to have a lap top.

8) Genre: Fantasy.

9) Title (if known): Oh, I'm terrible with finding titles for my novels.

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Mostly just sassy, sarcistic, witty females and vapid, dopey teenage boys.

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate.

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Usually piano, or really just anything that fits the mood that I'm writing in.

13) Favorite Place to Write: In my room, but I can only do longhand there since I don't have a computer there.

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: The Internet.

15) Best Nano Moment: I have yet to have it. ;)

16) Worst Nano Moment: When I realized that I wouldn't get through last year, I suppose.

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): In my first year, when there was about ten thousand words left in five days. My characters get drunk and sang 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall three consecutive times, and then got sucked into this alternate universe where they were slayed by some sort of evil bird. My novel wasn't fantasy that year, by the way.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Piano, and reading. Pretty much.

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): I'm an academic major, which really isn't saying anything. I have no idea what I want to do after school. Some people know exactly what they're doing and practically have the next ten years planned out, and I don't even know what I'm doing in the next ten minutes.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Well, I wrote for the school newspaper last year (which was a bad, bad idea). And yeah, it would be pretty sweet to get published in the future.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Yeah, I attempted it two years ago.

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): Eh, I don't really think I have any good suggestions.

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?
I don't know, I guess I'll know when I get there. xP

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves?
Oh, I do this so much. I try to hide it, though.

C)Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till your done?
My friends/family never get to read my work. I always tell my mom that she can wait until I'm published, just like everyone else. She isn't very impressed.

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.
Yeah, if all goes well.

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?:
From my dreams.

R) What has been the most boring character, in your opinion, you have ever created?:
Actually, I don't think I've ever really created a boring character. Well, not a boring major character, anyway. For me, if the character isn't at least remotely interesting, then I won't write about him/her.

S) What is the most embarrassing thing you have ever written?

To be a Pokémon master is my destiny.

1) Name/Handle: lori/losgann

2) Hometown: NW Ontario, currently in Thompson

3) Gender/Age (optional): I am not a dude who is 28

4) Years Done Nano: um...5

5) Years Won Nano: None. THIS IS IT.

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: Two.

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Laptop, chesterfield

8) Genre: it's looking like YA fiction

9) Title (if known): I don't even have a plan yet!

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Snarky self-aware and self-absorbed ones.

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): whisky in the bath.

12) Favorite Music to Write To: CBC Radio 3 (I like the lack of control of radio; if I have a playlist I end up fidgeting with it.)

13) Favorite Place to Write: My chesterfield

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: trashy novels, the internet, my job...

15) Best Nano Moment: Standing up at 2 am having written for hours, elated that I'd captured the scene in my head.

16) Worst Nano Moment: 1622 words in 2008.

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): Taking over the 2nd Cup on Spring Garden with the HRM Nano-ers and scaring the muggles away.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: sewing, knitting, reading, canoeing, camping...outdoorsy type stuff. (Why? WHY is it snowing? I'm not ready!)

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): lawfin

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Short stories. And an academic article this summer.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Nein.

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): We need regional events! I'll get on that...

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?: I don't know when, but i expect it will involve the pub

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves?: I try very hard not to.

C) Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till you're done? Do they get to read them at all?: Only my (former) roommate reads things in progress, and even that's limited.

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.: Always!

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?: Good ideas wake me. Really good ideas keep me up.

R) What has been the most boring character, in your opinion, you have ever created?: A guy who was entirely too nice. Very dull;

S) What is the most embarrassing thing you have ever written? a particularly bad short story in grade 8 that I *still* shudder about making other people read.

And...

T) Will NaNo affect your other writing? Will you start a blog to post your novel, give up your normal blogging, blog your frustrations and your successes? Will your papers be late because you're novel-ing?

1) Name/Handle: Jody/Kizarny (NOT after the wrestler)

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): Female/Too lazy to do the math so let's say late 30s

4) Years Done Nano: Just 2008

5) Years Won Nano: 2008!

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: One last year but hopefully two this year, we'll see

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Laptop but I need a new keyboard for it because I managed to pop off the left shift and how the heck to write quickly without a left shift?

8) Genre: Crime? Comedy? Crimedy?
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9) Title (if known): Hasn't come to me yet

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Smart ones, mutterers

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please):No bribes really, unless video game time counts.

12) Favorite Music to Write To:Start with a playlist that gradually gets whittled down to whatever song is working, techno works well

13) Favorite Place to Write: My bed

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Housework. Not really "favorite" as much as "usual". How can I possibly sit down and write when my sink is full of dirty dishes? My house gets so clean in November.

15) Best Nano Moment:The day that I painlessly knocked out almost 10,000 words

16) Worst Nano Moment: The 9 days of non-writing that came before the 10,000 word day.

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): When I wrote a motivational haiku to keep from getting bogged down in the details.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: It's a pretty long list

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Caterer/cake decorator/fire artist

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Wouldn't mind but don't really want it enough to go chasing it

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Y/N Tried it in 2009 but my personal life imploded and I had to bail. I'm going to run at it again next year.

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): None really, you're great!

EXTRA QUESTION

23) Do you let anyone else read it? Good Lord no! It was complete dreck but it was so much fun to do and so good for me (I've got perfectionism issues *shrug*)

1) Name/Handle: Ashley/Ashuri

2) Hometown: Winnipeg.

3) Gender/Age (optional): female, 20.

4) Years Done Nano: 2

5) Years Won Nano not yet.

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: none.

7) Technology / Method of Writing: small 200 page notebooks, a couple of bigger ones and my laptop.

8) Genre: fantasy, yet again lol

9) Title (if known): Vampiric Relicuum

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? intelligent sarcastic and selfish, yet kind and generous ones with father issues?

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): sleep..or being bored at work.

12) Favorite Music to Write To: harry potter OST's, LOTR OST's plus other wordless music.

13) Favorite Place to Write: my bed, or work.

14) Favorite Procrastination Method:drawing, tv, movies, video games.

15) Best Nano Moment: waking up in the middle of the night because i had to write something down.

16) Worst Nano Moment not getting past the 25,000 mark my first year, i was so close.

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): none yet.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: going to the movies, drawing, watching tv, video game, sleep, hanging out with my friends.

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): I work at Silver City Polo Park, a local movie theater.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: i hope to be published one day.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: nope.

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): dont know...

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?I have no idea.

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves?: i have a couple based on friends, they are not cleverly disguised.

C) Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till you're done? Do they get to read them at all?: my best friend does. a lot of co-workers want to read my stuff. they are very interested.

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.: Always!

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?:dreams. sleep is fantastic.

R) What has been the most boring character, in your opinion, you have ever created?: not sure. i would need time to mull that over. i have too many.

S) What is the most embarrassing thing you have ever written? a really bad love story that i wrote and drew pictures for in like grade 5.

T) Will NaNo affect your other writing? Will you start a blog to post your novel, give up your normal blogging, blog your frustrations and your successes? Will your papers be late because you're novel-ing? no it will not.

~Ashuri Kasandora Tsuyoi~

1) Name/Handle: Sam/Greg Sanders

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): female/32

4) Years Done Nano:2007

5) Years Won Nano: none

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: 2

7) Technology / Method of Writing: labtop/netbook/noteboook

8) Genre: erotica fiction

9) Title (if known): The Domain

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? complex ones wo have issues with self -esteem

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): dinner and a moviee out

12) Favorite Music to Write To: whatever's on the iPod

13) Favorite Place to Write: library, the forks

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: tv and movies

15) Best Nano Moment: just having the self discipline to to it

16) Worst Nano Moment: losing the idea before it wasfinished

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above):

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: reading

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): health clinic receptioist/ bio-pyschology majr

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: nope but it would be cool

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Y/N Nope

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders) keep up the good work

GSanders

1) Name/Handle: Dana

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): boy, 36

4) Years Done Nano: This year will be 7

5) Years Won Nano: All six.

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: hmm...3 or 4, I think.

7) Technology / Method of Writing: laptop, with notes scribbled here and there.

8) Genre: This year, Adventure. Specifically, I'm writing a 50000 word fight scene.

9) Title (if known): Mason Lawless in Vengeance Part IV: The Revenge of Retribution, a Mason Lawless Adventure.

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Clever people. I often write people who feel a little isolated. This year I'll be writing taciturn action heroes.

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Ehh, I don't really self-bribe. I like to buy myself a bottle of reasonably expensive vodka or scotch to consume through the month, though.

12) Favorite Music to Write To: My ipod on shuffle.

13) Favorite Place to Write: Coffee shops or the library. I find I'm more productive out of the house.

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: the Internet, reading.

15) Best Nano Moment: First victory!

16) Worst Nano Moment: Haven't had any bad nano moments.

17) Funniest Nano Moment: When I get tired I usually start making hilarious typos.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: reading, hobby coding. When I'm not in a lazy phase, bike riding, yoga and rock climbing.

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Software developer.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: It would be neat, but it also seems like a lot of work.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Nope! Maybe some year...

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): Steady on!

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). Ehh, I don't think I'll need a mental break. I usually have a few days during November that I don't write.

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves?: I sometimes yanks dialogue and jokes from friends, but I don't base characters on them.

C) Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till you're done? Do they get to read them at all?: Yup, if they ask.

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.: Soooooo lazy!

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?: In the shower. Or on airplanes.

R) What has been the most boring character, in your opinion, you have ever created?: Oh god, probably lots.

S) What is the most embarrassing thing you have ever written? Some of my more obvious filler in past nanos.

T) Will NaNo affect your other writing? I've been doing Friday Flash on twitter the past several weeks, but I'll probably take a break for nano.

LJ: gruberman.livejournal.com
AIM: NoGuitarMercy
twitter: ywgdana

1) Name/Handle: Janell/Audreidi

2) Hometown: Winnipeg/Winkler

3) Gender/Age (optional): XX/22

4) Years Done Nano: '05, '06, '07, '08

5) Years Won Nano: '05, '06, '07, '08

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: Just one, at the very beginning, but she's still going strong, too. Like 100k-and-above strong. Dang.

7) Technology / Method of Writing: WriteRoom on my lappytop. Sometimes pen and paper when the mood/RSI strikes.

8) Genre: Uhhh... um. Hmm. I guess the default answer here is "fantasy".


9) Title (if known): The Undercurrent (subject to change in maybe another five minutes)

10) What kind of characters do you like to write?
- Jerks.
- People who are older/wiser/more interesting than I am, which usually fails, given that I have to interpret them anyway, ahahahaaaagh.
- Kinds of characters I have not tried writing before/failed to write decently.

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): These don't really work so well for me, but I will have to go with sleep and coffee. Not at the same time, mind you.

12) Favorite Music to Write To:
- Dark ambient. Giz me the hardest of drones and I am a happy camper.
- Sometimes space disco.
- Tracks that sound super-depressing.

13) Favorite Place to Write: Millennium Library, or a coffee house suited to the purpose, or home. All for different reasons.

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Picking over my writing to check for inconsistencies, repeated words, and general obtuseness. Or lying around and staring at the ceiling.

15) Best Nano Moment: As it stands right now? Realising last year that my subconscious had actually woven together a semi-coherent plot, and just hadn't bothered to tell me until one week was left.

16) Worst Nano Moment: Oh, there are a great many small despairing moments scattered hither and thither. I don't bother keeping track of them.

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): I have to go with Chaos Hippy's answer. There are far, far too many for me to be selective here.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano:
- Drawing/sketching
- Reading
- Writing EVEN MORE with my dear buddy Tiana Calthye
- Volunteering with my workplace
- Being a huge nerd

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): I be a graphic designer for the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: No, and yes. We'll see how long it takes to get there. I'm not in a hurry, but it would be nice to have happen.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Aye, a co-written one a few years back. It featured evil penguins, bartender ninjas, and pirates, mostly/all in space.

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): Dudes, you're awesome already.

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it? Planning ahead ruins the whole point! Ahaha.

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves? I used to do this, but they have long since decided to be their own people. Anyway, these days, new characters tend more to Athena outta Zeus, if you catch my meaning.

C) Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till you're done? Do they get to read them at all? They can read, if they want. Anybody can, as I generally post the chapters online as I write them (self-motivational tool). I don't listen to any feedback until the end of November, though. That's just unneeded noise while the month is going.

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc. It's a story that figures into a much larger whole authored by me and my afore-mentioned pal, so we'll see.

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas? Lying around and staring at the ceiling, waiting for my brain to take a bizarre left turn. Either that, or babbling at people.

R) What has been the most boring character, in your opinion, you have ever created? Wow, let's see. A good many of them have wound up into my Nano messes. It's hard to narrow it down, anyhow.

S) What is the most embarrassing thing you have ever written? Oh goodness. I am not saying, and you can't make me. Nope.

T) Will NaNo affect your other writing? Will you start a blog to post your novel, give up your normal blogging, blog your frustrations and your successes? Will your papers be late because you're novel-ing? The other writing will go on, albeit at a somewhat reduced level, probably, like most years. All that I shall be blogging are my chapters as they are produced, I think.

1) Name/Handle: Daivd (dcathcart)

2) Hometown: Vancouver, currently working/residing in Brandon, MB

3) Gender/Age (optional):Male... I'll be celebrating the third anniversary of my 35th Birthday in March

4) Years Done Nano: 0 this is my first year

5) Years Won Nano: 0

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: 0 so far

7) Technology / Method of Writing: any word processor

8) Genre: Drama/Fantasy

9) Title (if known): Dragons' Mark

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Real characters full of light and dark who change and grow with their experiences

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): I'd have to think about that... I don't think it works with me...

12) Favorite Music to Write To: silence

13) Favorite Place to Write: most often in my living room, but I used to love writing in the park in the summer time

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Let me count the ways: vacuuming (in university we called it "accademic cleaning"), Lord of the Rings on line, kniting, YouTube, FB, staring into space...

15) Best Nano Moment: My friend introduced me to Nano last year after she had completed it. I was so excited about the idea I made my own disapline of writing in Lent (I gave up writers' block). I wrote 75,000 words in five weeks

16) Worst Nano Moment: Not really a Nano moment, but inspired by Nano. I realized that the 75,000 words were just the beginning of an 800,000 word book...

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): every time the characters mutany on me...

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Knitting, Spinning, Singing (Coral and this year an Opera), Astronomy

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): United Church Minister, I started studying Drama in the early 90's until someone told me I couldn't find a degree less practical than drama so I transfered into honours philosophy, and eventually ended up with a Masters of Divinity.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Just this year some of my children's stories have been published in a church periodical. I've performed many children's stories and of course, I preach weekly. I was originally educated as a playwright and had a play produced many, many lifetimes ago

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Nope

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders):

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it? I usually try to write 2,000 to 3,000 words a day six days a week. I've found that I get into trouble if I let more than two days go by without puting something down

wellll.....cookies are not completely out of the question.....

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1) Name/Handle:
- Heather / HeartWeaver / Co municipal Liasion and cat herder extraordinaire

2) Hometown:
- Winnipeg (or should we say winterpeg...)

3) Gender/Age (optional):
- female at the ripe old age of 30

4) Years Done Nano:
- 4

5) Years Won Nano:
- 2 9I seem to alternate years with life crises... would like to break the habitual pattern

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano:
- um... lost count, at least 6

7) Technology / Method of Writing:
- laptop

8) Genre:
- usually fantasy

9) Title (if known):
- um... seriously wish i did

10) What kind of characters do you like to write?
- animals or powerful women with gender bending roles

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please):
- mmmmm.... cookies

12) Favorite Music to Write To:
- have a rnadomized playlist, usually combination of Dave Matthews, Evanessence, Tori Amos and the dance albums i made years ago for a job where I was really sick of listening to the same cd over and over and over and over and....

13) Favorite Place to Write:
- Starbucks off of Panet, Second cup on Edmonton and library (cause I usually actually focus)

14) Favorite Procrastination Method:
- staring off into space... or simply not having the computer handy...

15) Best Nano Moment:
- the first year I made 50K

16) Worst Nano Moment:
- the year I hit 25,000 words, my character fell under a sleep spell and my creativity went with it ;(

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above):
- the day I was reading aloud a scene and my character "sat on the rock an pulled her knees to her chest and put her feet behind her" I am still trying to figure out if this is phsically possible... remember kness tucked to chest...*sigh*

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano:
- Ness babptist food bacnk (satellite for winnipeg harvest), singing with Musique Magique, Sewing and knitting, the LAS society & CIBC run for the cure

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.):
- working for major investment company doing back end processing (yes I do actually like it)

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?:
- not at this time, and if I had a book worth publishing that wouldn't need a black lace title...

21) Script Frenzy Veteran:
- No... nano is more than enough for this little chikadee

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders):
- We so rok, we are the most awesomist MLs ever and should not change a thing... oh wait ..

*lol* seriously, we try and change a littel bit every year and are making everything more accesible so serious feedback on things you would like to see (or not see).. no chaos hippy beeer is not an option at the library, wya to many liscenses involved and all events are there this year
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ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?
- nope, i am sure I will find more than enough dyas where i can make the excuse I am "too busy"

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves?
- my characters are usually fantasy based so not an issuer

C) Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till you're done? Do they get to read them at all?
- only the co ml gets that priveledge... not that she'd want to read the dreg most days

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.
- nope
J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?
- in coversations with my sister... we talk about some strange stuff....

R) What has been the most boring character, in your opinion, you have ever created?
- that would be the one who fell asleep mid novel...

S) What is the most embarrassing thing you have ever written?
- by far the physical improbabilities that occasionally crop up

T) Will NaNo affect your other writing?
- I do very little writing in the off season, however this has improved the writing I do when I do it.

Co-Municipal Liaison - Manitoba:Canada (Winnipeg)
Done nano 05,*06,07,08 *years won 06
Co-ML 05,06,07,08
"Don not taunt the happy fun ball!"

1) Name/Handle: Randilin

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): Male / 34

4) Years Done Nano: 06, 07, 08, 09

5) Years Won Nano: 07, 08

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: I don't keep score

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Laptop for the writing and pen and paper for the outlining.

8) Genre: Steampunk

9) Title (if known): Risen Steam

10) What kind of characters do you like to write?

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please):

12) Favorite Music to Write To: - Depends on the scene a great deal. This year be heavily influenced by Abany Park

13) Favorite Place to Write: Have laptop & iPod so I'll travel

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Filling in intro threads #;o) or Xbox

15) Best Nano Moment: Nothing leaps to mind

16) Worst Nano Moment:Nothing leaps to mind

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above):Nothing leaps to mind

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Writing with Rainbow Ninja Writer Society , Gaming, Video games and table Top, reading, Working on any Writing project.

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Costumer Service for MTS

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: I've had a couple of Internet Columns. I've also gotten a few rejection letters on other projects.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Y/N Nope

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders):

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?

I actively write all year long, so if I do a play hooky day it will likely be spent working on other projects. But in all honesty I don't see my self doing this.

Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till your done? Do they get to read them at all?

I do get someone to read my outlines from time to time. I figure it is better to find a massive problem in advance then have to go back and make more changes. But once the project starts No gets to read it until its finished.

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.

I just sent last years NANO to an editer, and plan to do something similiar with this years project.

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?:

I get ideas from all sorts of different places and scribble them down in a notebook that I carry with me everyewhere.

T) Will NaNo affect your other writing? Will you start a blog to post your novel, give up your normal blogging, blog your frustrations and your successes? Will your papers be late because you're novel-ing?

As much as I wish it wouldn't I know that NANO likely will affect other projects. Right now I'm working to get ahead of NANO so that everything is ready. in advance.

Blog - http://betweentheticks.blogspot.com/
Web Novel Carpe Arcanum - http://www.carpearcanum.com

1) Name/Handle: Siobhan / buttercupvb

2) Hometown: I live in Winnipeg now.

3) Gender/Age (optional): I am of the female persuasion and of that age when a woman usually does not tell (although I was carded a few months ago - when you're actually twice the legal age is this still a compliment??)

4) Years Done Nano: 4 (this will be 5!)

5) Years Won Nano: 4 (although a couple times just by the hair on my chin and some really bad dream sequences that had nothing at all to do with the story)

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: 2, but I don't think either of them got very far.

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Laptop/flashdrive to work (but I only wriate at lunch)

8) Genre: I've done two fantasy and two mystery so far. For this fifth one I actually have no idea as of mid-October.

9) Title (if known): Not known - perhaps if I picked a title, I'd come up with a story idea??

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Those with ordinary everyday flaws and problems.

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Champagne, but not this year, so I'll say candy.

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Sibelius, Dvorak, Garth Brooks or the Rolling Stones

13) Favorite Place to Write: I just moved in to the house in August, so I don't know yet - but at home somewhere for sure.

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Running the word count and filling out all those spreadsheets that tell me how many words I have to write today to be sure I finish on time.

15) Best Nano Moment: My first Nano win - it seemed so daunting the first time!

16) Worst Nano Moment: Adding riduculous dream sequences that did nothing for the plot just to up my word count.

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): Telling my husband the story as it's going along while soaking in the hot tub every night. What seems natural as I write by myself sounds ridiculous when I try to explain it to someone else out loud.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Too many to mention. This year I'll be in my seventh month of pregnancy so that's sort of my hobby these days.

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Engineering Manager

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Sort of, I guess. My name's on the cover of a little booklet you can buy on the internet - it was my idea but is a compilation of other people's submissions as well as my own. It was a fundraiser for a favourite website of mine.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Not yet - maybe some day.

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders):

ADD A QUESTION:

Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till your done? Do they get to read them at all? I've only let family read one of my novels, but I'm not sure anyone actually took me up on the offer.

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NaNoWriMo 2005: Into The Clouds (Winner!)
NaNoWriMo 2006: In Your Dreams (Winner!)
NaNoWriMo 2007: Final Fantasy (Winner!)
NaNoWriMo 2008: (Winner!)

1) Name/Handle: BMW

2) Hometown: Flin Flon, Manitoba

3) Gender/Age (optional): Older than dirt.

4) Years Done Nano: 3

5) Years Won Nano: 3

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: 2

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Laptop

8) Genre: Haven't decided that yet.
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9) Title (if known): Not yet.

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Everyday kinds of people that have potential for greatness

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Pressed coffee

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Usually none

13) Favorite Place to Write: At the dining room table overlooking the lake.

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Housework. Who knew it was so attractive?

15) Best Nano Moment: Reaching the 50,000 words.

16) Worst Nano Moment: ??????

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above):

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano:

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Teacher

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: I want to be published, But, I'll have to get off my sorry a-- and do some editing first.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Y/N

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders):

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?

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1) Name/Handle: Jenna

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): Female/17

4) Years Done Nano: 2008

5) Years Won Nano: 2008

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: One for sure (Toast Samurai)

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Just Word on an ancient laptop I borrow from my uncle...looking into alternate programs this year. Hopefully I will also have a netbook by November!

8) Genre: Fantasy

9) Title (if known): I'm not good with titles...

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Not sure, still experimenting ;)

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Fooood!

12) Favorite Music to Write To: X-Ray Dog tends to cover everything

13) Favorite Place to Write: The Forks

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Browsing blogs/wikis

15) Best Nano Moment: Nothing stands out, I liked it all XD

16) Worst Nano Moment: Can't really think of one...

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Reading, writing, anime, biking, blogging, photography

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): High school

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: No, no interested

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: No

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?

Watch a lot of anime, or go out with friends.

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves?

I've only ever done this for NaNo, since I needed some 'ready made' characters, just borrowed some characteristics. It's never going to be read by anyone but me, so I didn't even change the names :P

C)Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till your done? Do they get to read them at all?

Nobody reads any of it, unless I ever get around to doing an edit...

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.

This year I'm hoping to do a thorough edit and hopefully try to make it into something I wouldn't mind sharing

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?:

I really have no idea ^^; Music tends to be very inspiring lately.

T) Will NaNo affect your other writing? Will you start a blog to post your novel, give up your normal blogging, blog your frustrations and your successes? Will your papers be late because you're novel-ing?

Usually I write with my friends, so that'll be on hold for this month and November. I'll continue blogging, about 'regular' life and NaNo, and I'll probably post snippets as I go. Have to stay on top of my school work, though, since it's my last year of high school XP

1) Name/Handle: Connie / Lady Bhugg

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): F/40s

4) Years Done Nano: 1

5) Years Won Nano: 1

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: 2, maybe

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Mac

8) Genre: Fantasy, Sci Fi

9) Title (if known): ?

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? adventuresome

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Chocolate

12) Favorite Music to Write To: depends

13) Favorite Place to Write: Living Room

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: surf net, game

15) Best Nano Moment: 70,000 words first time - finally put down on "paper" my ideas

16) Worst Nano Moment: none

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): Max (one of my dogs) doing his best to get my attention

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: RPG, LARP, SCA, sewing, needlework, art, etc

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Graphic Artist

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: No - but I'd like to try.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: N

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): Keep it up.

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?

Get out of the house!

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves?

I think there is a small part of some of my friends and family in some characters, but never the complete person.

C)Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till your done? Do they get to read them at all?

Not until I've completed my first edit… if I ever do.

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.

Yes, it's the plan, we'll see how I do this year.

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?:

Not sure, this year's story only started developing after a stray thought during an RPG I was GMing started to perculate. Ideas aren't the problem, it's getting them to make sense!

1) Name/Handle: Anne Marie

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): 36

4) Years Done Nano: Planned to last year but got the wrong month. I did JanNo instead and it was fun. Am looking forward to doing the real thing this year :)

5) Years Won Nano: 0

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: None - yet

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Lap Top

8) Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Mostly write serials.

9) Title (if known): TBA

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Usualy they tend to be high school age.

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): None really. I just like writing. I don't watch much television so the way I watch my "stories" is to write them :P

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Jpop

13) Favorite Place to Write: My computer desk

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Checking e-mail

15) Best Nano Moment: Completing JanNo and then moving onto FebNo and a few others

16) Worst Nano Moment:

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above):

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Singing, Acting,Dancing. I actually have several recordings up for downloa don 4shared.com of me singing in Japanese. I think one or two in Chinese as well

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): I run the billing department for a rather large Winnipeg Based company.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Soon, I will have my website up and will be offering excerpts in pdf format as well as sales of the whole book. Wish me luck.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Y/N I did Script Frenzy last year as well. I adapted the novel I wrote for JanNo into a 100 page screenplay. It was a lot of fun.

:)

JanNo - Goal Winner 2009 - A life More Ordinary

1) Name/Handle: BarbPFC

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): F/38

4) Years Done Nano: 2007, 2008. This will be Year #3. Wahoo!

5) Years Won Nano: 2007, 2008. Fingers crossed for a hat trick!

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: 1 for sure, although it could be much higher after publishing articles on the Nano experience.

7) Technology / Method of Writing: PC

8) Genre: Mainstream fiction

9) Title (if known): Dog & Pony Show

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? relatable people faced with an ethical crisis

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Coffee, crunchy snacks

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Totally depends on the mood of my characters

13) Favorite Place to Write: home office

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: checking e-mail and (oh yeah), full-time work and full-time family

15) Best Nano Moment: Every Sept-Oct when I fall in love with my characters and am struck by plot inspiration

16) Worst Nano Moment: None yet (knock on woodgrain desk top)

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): n/a

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: family, tv, pop culture, social networking, travelling to DMB concerts

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Marketing/corporate communications

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Yes, but not books (hopefully someday)

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: No (hopefully someday)

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): You guys rock! Love the regular email encouragements!

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?

Going to an awesome concert series on the second last weekend of the month.

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves?

This year, I definitely am using some familiar personality traits and settings, although names and details will be changed to protect the not-so innocent!

C)Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till your done? Do they get to read them at all?

No, no and no.

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.

That's always my intention, but it hasn't happened yet (hopefully someday).

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?:

I keep a journal of all Nano ideas throughout the year although I never know where the inspiration will come from. It can strike anywhere and at anytime, although most likely to happen around naptime on weekend afternoons or while driving.

1) Name/Handle: Eric Farrell / ERelevant

2) Hometown: St. Catharines, Ontario (arrived in Winterpeg via Calgary, then Banff)

3) Gender/Age (optional): 27 / M

4) Years Done Nano: 99, 07, 08 (one right after '99, but can't remember which year so I probably lost interest really quickly)

5) Years Won Nano: Never! I have a laptop now, which should keep me away from the usual ambient distractions surrounding communal desktops.

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: Two or three over the years.

7) Technology / Method of Writing: Normally pen and one of the dozens of spiral notebooks or moleskines I keep buying. During past nanos I would try to type on shared desktop comps or work computers.

8) Genre: Heavily influenced by Pynchon and Borges, so usually some sort of all over the place nonsense.

9) Title (if known): no clue

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? Two dimensional ones

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Coffee, usually.

12) Favorite Music to Write To: That's complicated, I usually try to capture a specific feeling, which varies

13) Favorite Place to Write: Hopefully far, far away from distractions this year.

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: Cracked.com

15) Best Nano Moment: Cranking out a few thousand words one night while working the Night Audit in Banff.

16) Worst Nano Moment: It's mostly just a lazy blur

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): Soooo lazy.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: Reading, occasional Warcraft binges

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): I work in a group home for St. Amant

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: The ideal, right?

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: N

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): none

1) Name/Handle:
-Phynix L. Caskey

2) Hometown:
-Winterpeg Manisnowba.... *le sigh*

3) Gender/Age (optional):
-Female/26 (of look you didn't ask about sex! Shucks!)

4) Years Done Nano:
-This is year three

5) Years Won Nano:
-Computer issues each year it sucks!

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano:
-A few... yes two!

7) Technology / Method of Writing:
-Oh my notebook for layouts and then my word processor of choice on either Lilith or Suzzie!

8) Genre:
-Erotic Fantasy

9) Title (if known):
-Oh this year.... I am calling it Take three as my working title. I hope a real title will hit me!

10) What kind of characters do you like to write?
-I really don't have one! I like all my characters but I best love badguys they are the fun part of writing.

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please):
-aww.... has to stay pg-13? I never actually needed to bribe myself to do this. I would have compleated each year if it were not for the techinical issues. I write over 5000 words a day in my rpg's I do so I am more then able to write this. Nothing like my rpg's!

12) Favorite Music to Write To:
-Mostly it is random depending on the mood of the story. For this one it is a lot of things like Abney Park, Everessance, linking park and the likes.

13) Favorite Place to Write:
-Sitting in my office at about 1am alone and in my fluffy pjs with a glass of hot coca, and my music cranked.

14) Favorite Procrastination Method:
-My child! I go and read to her during the day so by time I am forced to write it is the next day and at like midnight. I also use my art as a break.

15) Best Nano Moment:
-OH THIS IS A STORY! And it works with the next question.... so answer in the next question Enjoy!

16) Worst Nano Moment:
-This is answered bellow in funniest!

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above):
-November 26th 2007, I was just finishing the day of writing and checking when the grey cup was on as the blue bombers were playing! (I am a proud gal) and all my family was en route over to watch with me for my brithday! It was a huge party all around the grey cup! I am so happy and I was on the net and my computer, desktop at the time, just powers down. And I cried. I was like okay.... just the power supply I will fix it tomorrow. Well it was not, there was a surge or something the only thing that worked on that puter was a stick of ram the rest of it didn't work any more. It was a long life that puter had I have had it since I was 17 at that point and been through many upgrades! So I was not upset! But my laptop came in like two days later there was no way to catch up so I admited defeat on that year.

The next year my laptop had to be factory reset as it would not unlock and there was a virius issue mid november and I just gave up as I was only about 5k worth from the end. So i wanted to cry again. And I did and gave up in depression. Oh did I mention I had a back up on a usb that my brother deleted by accident the day before! lol. Worse time!

So this year I havet wo laptops, a external and I bought a special usb for it!

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano:
-Oh crafting.

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.):
-I am an aritst speciallizing in crafting custom toys.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?:
-Yes, I was published in a small book we did for a community fund raiser when I was in school. And I would love to get the novels I am working on published when they are ready.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: Y/N
-WTF?

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders):
-Good luck..... uhh....

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?
-OH My birthday! I celebrate my birthday on the 26th and I planed to not write and just enjoy it with someone elses book!

2007 - Did not Finish due to a computer Crashing, Cried long and hard!
2008 - Didn't finish due to deletion of the project.
2009 - planned and ready to go.

1) Name/Handle: Tatiana

2) Hometown: Winnipeg

3) Gender/Age (optional): F/25

4) Years Done Nano: 2006, 2007, 2008

5) Years Won Nano: 2008

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano: 8

7) Technology / Method of Writing: PC

8) Genre: Fiction

9) Title (if known): It was never me

10) What kind of characters do you like to write? the kind that are a culmination of some of the most fantastic people I've ever met

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please): Oreo Cakesters

12) Favorite Music to Write To: Jon Schmidt

13) Favorite Place to Write: on the couch in the livingroom

14) Favorite Procrastination Method: baking and/or cooking

15) Best Nano Moment: Telling the barista at Starbucks the day after nano 2008 that I had spent my weekend finishing my novel when she asked me about my weekend.

16) Worst Nano Moment: When I realized I had to stop in 2007 because I just wasn't prepared

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above): When my husband didn't bat an eye when I said I should get out the tiara I wore on our wedding day and use it as my thinking cap.

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano: I'm a member of the Winnipeg Roller Derby League, I also pole dance for fun, I also geocache, bake, cook and like to create

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.): Volunteer Coordinator for The Rainbow Society

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?: Quite a bit actually. I wrote for my University paper for 3 years I also wrote for an online womens publication.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran: No

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders): You are doing a bang up job I think however last year I felt as someone who has participated in Nano before but not in Winnipeg that I was looked upon as an interloper. You may not have been actually doing this but this is how I honestly felt. I understand that many of you have been doing this together for quite some time. But I felt alienated at the kick off last year due to the sheer amount of inside jokes and various other things mentioned that only a few people in the room were privy to. So my suggestion would be to prehaps break up into two groups. One group for people who have been doing this with this group for a while and a second group for newbies not only to NaNo but to the Winnipeg group.

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?

November 16 - going to a dropkick murphy's concert!

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves?

Sometimes it's a blatant rip off other times it's merely that they share a name. They say write what you know. I feel that can extend to writing the people you know to.

C)Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till your done? Do they get to read them at all?

I've let my best friend read it in its entirity and my husband has been allowed to read two paragraphs. Other than that no one will ever be allowed to read my nano novel.

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.

Hopefully

J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?:

I do A LOT of people watching.

1) Name/Handle:
Linda/daen wiser

2) Hometown:
Winkler

3) Gender/Age (optional):
f/37

4) Years Done Nano:
This will be year 5

5) Years Won Nano:
Four. I just squeaked in once or twice, but I've always finished

6) Number of Friends Recruited Into Nano:
Four for sure, possibly more. I keep trying with some people (my sister, mostly, who keeps claiming that between leading choir, teaching piano, and homeschooling her three kids, she has no time. Honestly.), and I'm hoping that this year life will allow participation for them.

7) Technology / Method of Writing:
Ancient laptop without internet connectivity.

8) Genre:
Umm... I don't seem to settle to one genre. Two years (but not consecutive years) I wrote inspirational fiction, one year was fantasy, and one was chick lit. This year could be chick lit or mainstream fiction or humor.

9) Title (if known):
Aardvark Lite. That's the first thing I was sure about with this year's NaNo.

10) What kind of characters do you like to write?
Noncomforming independent women.

11) Favorite Self-Bribery Mechanism (PG-13 please):
For daily goals, chocolate, especially mini peanut butter cups. For reaching quarterly wordcount goals (ie whenever I reach 12500, 25000, etc) I go for books or nifty office supplies. I'm always amazed by people who bribe themselves with Ipods or Xboxes or other expensive stuff - the biggest bribe/reward I've gotten myself was a hardcover book, and that was for finishing my first NaNo.

12) Favorite Music to Write To:
None. I'm distracted by any kind of vocals (words! Must listen to words!), so if I have to listen to something, classical instrumental is all right. So is a mix CD my friend made for me years ago of all kinds of instrumental oddities.

13) Favorite Place to Write:
the swivel rocker in my living room, if I can persuade the cats to vacate it

14) Favorite Procrastination Method:
Reading, forums... and I just got married this summer, so I expect my husband will distract me a bit. Well, a lot, really. (For those of you who kept track from last year, I married sturmey. He won't be writing this year.)

15) Best Nano Moment:
Oh, my. Validating my novel my first year? Discovering I can write 22000 in three days? Holding my novel in my hand as a published work? (it was only Lulu, but still... there are copies of Waltz for a Soldier in the library system where I work).

16) Worst Nano Moment:
Probably something to do with wordcount, impending deadline, and running out of plot.

17) Funniest Nano Moment (if not above):
reading Nanoisms in the forums

18) Hobbies / Volunteering Outside Nano:
well, this last year has been pretty intense with the whole relationship/engagement/wedding planning/wedding/honeymoon thing. I haven't had much time for pursuits besides work and my husband. I have, however, been known to knit and to read.

19) What's your 'day job'? (Or your major, if you're in school.):
Librarian. Library clerk is my official title.

20) Have you ever been published (and/or do you want to be)?:
I've written some articles and worship resources that have been published, and as I mentioned, one of my books has been published through Lulu and is in my library. Would I like to be published by a publishing house and have a print run of larger than seventeen? Yes, but I lack the discipline to keep polishing my work. Once I've written a decent draft, I sort of lose steam.

21) Script Frenzy Veteran:
No. Not my thing, really. Although there is this idea floating in my head that would be more movie than book...

22) Suggestion for the Co-MLs (Municipal Liaisons / Real time event hosts / Cheerleaders):
?

ADD A QUESTION:

A) Chris Baty and the NaNoWriMo Staff suggest planning a 'hooky' day during November (a day of planned not-writing to give yourself a mental break). What's yours going to be and what are you going to do with it?
I usually end up not writing for a day or two somewhere along the line. Or only writing 500 words, which to me is the same thing. I'll just roll with it, whatever happens... although now that I think of it, there's a production of The Pink Panther that I want to see...

B) Do you find that you base characters on people you know, and if so, are you careful to disguise them so your friends and family don't recognize themselves?
I don't do it deliberately, except for the one year, but I seem to do it without meaning to. People have recognized themselves and pointed it out to me.

C) Do you let your family and friends read your WIP NaNo novels, or do they have to wait till you're done? Do they get to read them at all?
I may, at some point, offer to share selections, but mostly it'soff-limits until after I'm finished and have corrected the worst of the typos.

D) Do you plan on taking your NaNo farther after November? Editing, printing off, going for publishing etc.
We'll see. I'm most interested in reworking my '06 fantasy NaNo, and I have ideas as to where I want to go with it... but sooooooo lazy.
J) Where or how do you get your best creative ideas?
daydreaming

R) What has been the most boring character, in your opinion, you have ever created?
Don't know. I'm sure there've been a few, especially since the fantasy novel featured twelve princesses. I don't think I quite succeeded in differentiating them properly, much less making each of them interesting.

S) What is the most embarrassing thing you have ever written?
Two possibilities. The first was the sex scene, the first I'd ever written. Iwas horribly embarrassed writing it, and dropped it halfway through. (Later re-reading made me think that it wasn't as bad as all that, but I still deleted it anyway.) The second was in last year's NaNo, when my characters persisted in sitting around the kitchen table and drinking coffee and burning through plot points. In the end, I tried sending them to participate in a roller derby, just for the action, then gave that up and restarted from the point where I had bogged down. Not so bad, you might think... but I left it all in for the sake of word count.

T) Will NaNo affect your other writing?
I don't write much outside NaNo. I feel I should, but I don't.