This is a thread for people to arrange or to post local write-in events, since it looks like people are already starting to plan them.
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Oct 19, 2009 - 10 29
Anyone interested in meeting at the Newburyport Public Library? I can reserve one of the only rooms where we can have coffee or snacks. The one drawback is that we'd have to leave promptly by 9pm.
Mondays and Thursdays are best for me--anybody else?
----------SweaterGrrrl
http://dorianachase.blogspot.com/
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Oct 19, 2009 - 10 57
I'll put mine here as well: I'm not in the Newburyport area, but we do have one write-in event scheduled at the Hamilton-Wenham Library (loc. South Hamilton) for November 13...ie. Friday the 13th!!.
We will have a room specifically set aside for novelists, and I'm planning to have snacks. If you want to arrange more write-in events just let us know, but of course writers are welcome to come by any time that we are open.
Hours of operation:
----------Monday - Thursday 10:00am - 8:00pm
Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm
Sunday Closed
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Oct 19, 2009 - 16 22
I live in Woburn, but I'm in Salem a lot too. If there's interest I'll organize a write-in in either (or both) area.
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"Anybody want a peanut?"
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Oct 19, 2009 - 17 12
Absolutely! Mondays are good (except for the second Monday of the month) and Thursdays are fine. If we get some interest, I'd be happy to bring a little something for folks to munch on!
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Oct 19, 2009 - 17 13
Mondays and Thursdays are best for me--anybody else?
I'd love to have a meeting in Newburyport. Let me know if I can help!
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Oct 20, 2009 - 06 24
Newburyport works swimmingly for me since I work in town :)
I also own a small art gallery in Georgetown, MA if we need somewhere to come together and write. It'll be private since we'll be the only people there, haha
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Oct 20, 2009 - 06 34
I just need to check when my husband is going to China - I'm personally voting for the week of Thanksgiving - so I can have t.v. dinners for me and the girls. When he isn't around I won't be able to go out.
Anyway - Mon or Th nights in NBPT - fabulous
I live in Georgetown - would love to hang at an art gallery. Perhaps if I run out of story one night something in the gallery can be written in.
What time on Fri the 13th is the write-in at the Hamilton-Wenham library. Might be able to go - I volunteer in my daughter's school library on Fridays normally.
Can't wait for Nov 1st! Yippee! Beth
----------4th Year Nano Veteran
2009 Novel - Irukandji Diving - (thinking I need a better title)
(Irukandji are extremely venomous jellyfish)
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Oct 20, 2009 - 08 28
"What time on Fri the 13th is the write-in at the Hamilton-Wenham library. Might be able to go - I volunteer in my daughter's school library on Fridays normally."
Friday we open at 10 and close at 5. I have two rooms reserved. The large meeting room is available to us all day; the children's programming room is available starting at 12. It will be very casual: people can drop in and drop out as they please. There will be tables and chairs, an extension cord (for laptops) and tons of scrap paper and pencils. There will also be coffee and snacks.
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Oct 21, 2009 - 07 15
Please include me for any Newburyport library write-in announcements!. I am available Mondays and Thursdays; I'd absolutely love to get together.
I'm pretty much fried by 9 pm anyhow.
gg
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Oct 21, 2009 - 09 29
Anybody up for a write-in at the Starbucks on Elliott St in Ryal Side, Beverly? I am planning to spend a lot of time there in November. =)
Louise
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Oct 21, 2009 - 15 52
Newburyport Public Library
the last 3 Mondays in November: 16th, 23rd, 30th
6:30pm to 8:45pm
We will meet in one of the only rooms where food and beverages are allowed. Check at the front desk for the meeting.
Free parking anywhere downtown (no time limits after 5pm).
Newburyport Public Library
----------94 State Street
downtown Newburyport
(978) 465-4428 (ask for Donna, or leave a message at ext. 223 no matter what the recording says)
SweaterGrrrl
http://dorianachase.blogspot.com/
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Oct 22, 2009 - 15 44
Hey Louise.
I'm up for some write in's when I come home, I'm currently at school, but I'm coming home for thanksgiving and the weekend of Novemeber 7th... possibly more but I think that may be it. Hit me up here/via nanomail :]
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Oct 22, 2009 - 17 58
Hey everyone! This is Michele, your ML. I am working on organizing some write-ins in the lower North Shore area and potentially a big Meet Up pre-Nano for next week.
I sent you all an email several days ago but realized that my auto signature didn't appear AND it didn't automatically alert you that it was NaNo related. Please check your spam filters for an email fromm missluckster@gmail.com and containing the subject line "Are we seriously crazy?!"
I'd love to hear from all of you!
Best-
Michele
----------Michele Martin
with assistance from her bratty boxer.... Bella McBratty
www.luckydogorganics.com
www.twitter.com/luckydogorganic
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Oct 23, 2009 - 05 02
OK, Friends, I am putting a stake in the ground. I am hereby announcing a write-in on Monday, November 2, from 6:30 - 9 PM at Starbucks in Ryal Side, Beverly. The address is 242 Elliott Street, Beverly, and I will be there with bells on.
Please send me a private message if you're in so I can line up the tables. The staff at this Sbux is friendly and there are LOTS and LOTS of electrical outlets!
Cheers,
Louise
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Oct 23, 2009 - 11 42
I will totally get my work shift covered for that! haha
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Oct 24, 2009 - 06 01
Here's the link to the newburyport library schedule for nano: http://www.newburyportpl.org/events/11-2009
I'm going to go to the teen ones. Let me know if you're going to be there too!
-----------Emily
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Oct 24, 2009 - 06 18
"OK, Friends, I am putting a stake in the ground. I am hereby announcing a write-in on Monday, November 2, from 6:30 - 9 PM at Starbucks in Ryal Side, Beverly. The address is 242 Elliott Street, Beverly, and I will be there with bells on."
You'll be wearing more than bells, right?
And I may try to do that.
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Oct 24, 2009 - 10 20
Is anyone else interested in getting a room at the Newburyport library on the Mondays *before* Nov 16 - that would be the 2nd and the 9th? I don't live in a town in the MVLC system anymore and so don't have a current card (if that is required for reservation), but would love to get into the routine of weekly Monday write-ins....
gg
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Oct 25, 2009 - 19 17
"OK, Friends, I am putting a stake in the ground. I am hereby announcing a write-in on Monday, November 2, from 6:30 - 9 PM at Starbucks in Ryal Side, Beverly. The address is 242 Elliott Street, Beverly, and I will be there with bells on."
I might be able to do that. I'll know better that day.
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Oct 25, 2009 - 19 20
Hey Michelle
So what do you consider " the lower North Shore area" ?
I'm in Peabody and would love to do something kind of local ;-)
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Oct 26, 2009 - 09 08
I'd love to do something in Salem. Starbucks is a stand-by, but Gulu-Gulu Cafe is great -- and very artist-friendly. Would anyone else be interested? I could do any weekday after 7 pm, Saturdays after 3 pm, or anytime Sundays.
http://www.gulu-gulu.com/
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Oct 26, 2009 - 17 20
I live in Beverly, about a mile away from said Starbucks. I'm definitely up for that. :-)
Salem sounds good too, but I'll only be able to make it on a Friday or weekend unless my afternoon classes are cancelled.
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Oct 30, 2009 - 20 27
I would LOVE write-ins in the Salem/Peabody area! Preferably on weekends, since I work nights. Gulu-Gulu sounds interesting, I could definitely do that. We gotta get it together soon 'cause the time is sooooo near!!! *is super excited to begin* =)
----------2005 - Chrysallis - 67,705 words
2006 - Catching Flies - 52,515 words
2008- Playing By The Rules - 55,359 words
2009 - Untitled (for now)
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Oct 31, 2009 - 14 08
This is my first NaNoWriMo and I've never organized a write-in or anything similar. Do we need to ask Gulu-Gulu or get permission? Or do we just all show up? How long do the write-ins usually last? If we're only going to be there for an hour or so we can probably just show up, especially if we plan on ordering any food or drinks, right?
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Nov 1, 2009 - 04 02
Hello, friends - just a reminder that we'll have a write-in at Starbucks in Beverly (Ryal Side, 242 Elliott Street) tomorrow night, Monday, November 2, at 6:30 PM.
I'm already having fun being a rebel and writing my memoir, and I'll look forward to meeting fellow WriMos tomorrow.
Cheers and happy writing,
Louise
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Nov 1, 2009 - 08 36
And I will be there tomorrow night at the Starbucks. I've got frizzy brown hair, black glasses, and I'll be making a NaNo shirt tomorrow afternoon. See everyone then!
----------"Stop that rhyming! Now I mean it!"
"Anybody want a peanut?"
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Nov 1, 2009 - 15 30
Does anyone have an interest in having write-ins on days other than Monday in Newburyport? I work until 9 on Mondays and Wednesdays, and I'd like to get a chance to come to a few write-ins in the area. I'm currently using Seabrook Starbucks as my writing area, but it gets boring sitting and writing by yourself for hours on end.
----------"By the pale moonlight with no end in sight, perseverance was their greatest strength. With the sword in mind they would make it fine, to the tomb of the king and the blade." - The Second War by Starship Destroyer
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Nov 1, 2009 - 16 12
Is there a write-in scheduled for Newburyport? If, so, I'd love to go!
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Nov 1, 2009 - 17 59
I'd quite like a Gulu-Gulu write-in ... or Jaho. Jaho might be a quieter bet, and small groups congregate there all the time.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 18 43
Oh, right! I'd forgotten about Jaho. I'd love a write-in at Jaho!