The ML for Nashville has issued a challenge to all Wrimos everywhere, so I'm sharing this with you all:
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I collect postcards because I think it's cool to see other places.
And I've been thinking of an idea that's postcard centered, and then this kinda came to me.
Here's what I want.
On the back of the postcard, instead of a note to me, I want a small character profile.
Character Name:
Age:
And a couple small traits.
Bascially, I want to know *who* would send this postcard.
The post card *HAS* to be a location. None of the crap that shows a hillbilly and says Alabama in the corner.
A town, a landscape, a museum, etc is perfectly fine. :)
Basically, the postcard has to show SOMEWHERE so I can write about it.
So I already said I would write more words than I had miles on my car (which is already 66k and I'm sure will be more like 70 by the end of NaNo)... This is how your region gets to screw me.. In addition to my 66k and counting, I will write 500 words about each postcard I get.
Yeah, so if I get 100 postcards.....
I'm totally up for this, and I want you guys to get the word out to all your NaNo people.
This is especially good for NaNo regions where I have dropped, thrown, or flung gauntlets. Go ahead, try to overwhelm me. I dare you.
And, since you'll need to know where to send them:
fly/Mandi M. Lynch
1008 Jacksons Valley Rd
Hermitage, TN 37076
USA
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They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday. - Robert A. Heinlein
2002 - The Jesus Engine | 2003 - Shatter | 2004 - Алфавил | 2005 - Faith Island
2006 - The Headcount | [2007 - n/a] | 2008 - Abdication | 2009 - Night Class
41,474 / 50,000
Oct 14, 2009 - 22 54
Oh man...that's really close to where I'll be when I visit my folks during Thanksgiving weekend. I wonder if she'll still accept postcards near the end of NaNo...I think it would be great to just show up at her doorstep with a bag full of postcards from RI.
----------Go wherever your heart takes you! ...But not that way!
6,084 / 50,000
Oct 15, 2009 - 13 19
I think she wants them ASAP, to include in her novel. But she might be tickled at a more personal one, too. Heck, maybe you could hook up when you're down there. I hear Brown's Diner is good.
----------They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday. - Robert A. Heinlein
2002 - The Jesus Engine | 2003 - Shatter | 2004 - Алфавил | 2005 - Faith Island
2006 - The Headcount | [2007 - n/a] | 2008 - Abdication | 2009 - Night Class
6,084 / 50,000
Oct 26, 2009 - 20 58
Reclarification / bump:
She's started to get some postcards, and is totally psyched. She now officially opens this up as a Nano-wide challenge, specifically asking for people in any region to send 'em, all during Nano.
Fire away.
----------They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday. - Robert A. Heinlein
2002 - The Jesus Engine | 2003 - Shatter | 2004 - Алфавил | 2005 - Faith Island
2006 - The Headcount | [2007 - n/a] | 2008 - Abdication | 2009 - Night Class