We're having a write-in! Everybody squee!
Where: State Library on North Terrace
Date: Sunday, 8th November
Time: 1pm til 4pm.
Map/How to get there: A short walk from the train station. Just head up the ramp, turn left, and continue walking past Parliament House. It's next to the museum.
Details: There's plenty of parking around if you prefer to drive. It's super cheap on Sundays as well.
We'll be in Study Room 1 (it's the massive glass room in the middle of the library). Go up one flight of stairs, past security(handbags and non-laptop bags will need to be checked at the security station) and you'll see several glass-walled rooms. See that massive one on the left? That's us!
Unfortunately food isn't allowed inside the library, however there is a cafe downstairs if you need a sugar or caffeine hit! We're also thinking that after the write-in, we'll head downstairs, grab some coffee and have some chill-out time on the grass.
Mel and I will be at the Library at around 12:45. We'll be waiting out the front near the fountains. Look for the people with the laptop bags! We'll be heading inside at 1pm, so if you think you'll be late or might get lost, just PM me or Mel for our mobile numbers :)
Powerboards will be needed, so if you have a spare one lying about, please bring it! It will be greatly appreciated.
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Christina
Adelaide ML
"Take your clothes off, we've got some writing to do!"
74,397 / 50,000
Oct 20, 2009 - 03 07
I'll be there (since I'm already mentioned!) I'll be bringing my hot chocolate/iced chocolate money for afterwards! And maybe a greek salad!
I love exclamation marks!
----------Mel / Calliopes.Sin
ML of Adelaide, Australia
"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die." - Isaac Asimov
20,066 / 50,000
Oct 20, 2009 - 03 19
*clears throat* SQUEEE!!!!! If i'm not working, I'm totally coming!
8,050 / 50,000
Oct 20, 2009 - 03 20
I'll be there... may be working so its possible i'll come towards the end and pretend to do lots of writing... but i'll def be there at some point. especially for the caffeine part....mmm caffeine
----------do people ever think you're weird?
sure .. in a charming, endearing, lovable ... yeah.
15,011 / 50,000
Oct 20, 2009 - 03 29
Sundays no worky for me.
I'll be at the first Saturday writein. I swear.
----------"My job, as a writer, is to explode."
- Neil Gaiman
55,841 / 50,000
Oct 20, 2009 - 03 34
I knew that'd reel you in!
----------Christina
Adelaide ML
"Take your clothes off, we've got some writing to do!"
8,050 / 50,000
Oct 20, 2009 - 03 54
is my caffeinewhoring that obvious?..... who am i kidding of course it is... well... i'll do the writing part too... i swear....
----------do people ever think you're weird?
sure .. in a charming, endearing, lovable ... yeah.
42,432 / 50,000
Oct 20, 2009 - 04 52
Ohh State Library on a sunday haha
----------i'll be there if i'm not working, -fingers crossed-
should be fuuun, might even have a spare powerboard lying around too
Fayhte Briegar/24/Secret Agent/Drug addict/werewolf
2,117 / 50,000
Oct 20, 2009 - 05 02
I'm pretty sure I'll be there. November can't come fast enough for me now.
52,693 / 50,000
Oct 20, 2009 - 05 33
Ooh... first write-in (on the boards... because i'm sure we'll have some before that lol)...
Definitely planning to be there... i'll be drinking the hot chocolates/iced chocolate with Mel (mmm... chocolate)
----------44,000 / 50,000
Oct 20, 2009 - 19 39
Well, I got a 21st the night before, so I'll be nice and BLARGHCRAZY for the 8th. I intend to make it, birthday macbook and NaNo travel mug in hand(s)!
----------ΩPR!
2008: 'We, the Disappeared' - Win
2009: 'Chaos and Other Theories" - Promising
31,575 / 50,000
Oct 21, 2009 - 18 54
I used to intern at the library and I love it there! Weekends are a prime time to hide among the books and do whatever.
If I can, I'll definitely try to be there! (I might be visiting in-laws in Whyalla that weekend...)
36,697 / 50,000
Oct 21, 2009 - 19 19
it's funny you should say that, becuase I'm currently trying to devise plans to escape Whyalla that weekend so that I can make it ... I don't think it will happen though. I will however be in Adelaide for the 29th, so fingers crossed someone will hold a write in then.
----------NanoWriMo Efforts:
2006: Crossfire - 57,000 - Success!
2007: Untitled - 33452 - Epic Fail!
2008: Untitled - 50,727 - Success, sort of.
2009: Dancing on a Dirk's Edge - see for yourself
57,825 / 50,000
Oct 21, 2009 - 20 47
Grrr. I will be working. I've already switched shifts for the Kick Off and I'm only owed so many favours. :P Plus I need someone to cover for me when I go way late Nov/early Dec so I can't ask for too much. :P But I shall be there in spirit. And I will really, really try and make it to the next one. :)
----------"Imagination is more important that knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." ~ Albert Einstein
"It's not plagiarism - I'm recycling words as any good environmentally conscious writer would do." ~ Uniek Swain
39,401 / 50,000
Oct 22, 2009 - 12 47
I will be there! It will be good to meet some other NaNoWriMo-ers... and get a sense of how everyone is going after week 1.
x
Amanda
50,769 / 50,000
Oct 22, 2009 - 21 31
I will totally be there :D
----------Can't wait!
I feel so violated... Do it again?
55,841 / 50,000
Oct 23, 2009 - 00 10
Yay!
This is going to be an awesome write-in :D
Keep em comin', people!
----------Christina
Adelaide ML
"Take your clothes off, we've got some writing to do!"
23,223 / 50,000
Oct 23, 2009 - 05 46
I'm coming! Just a question though, my younger sister, who is 11 and doing the young writer's program, would like to know if she's allowed to come along with me and write. I told her it would probably be okay, but that I would check that it's alright.
----------Sunset Reflective - nano 2008 - win (51588 words)
Daisy Chain - nano 2009
55,841 / 50,000
Oct 23, 2009 - 14 29
@Princessare: of course she's welcome to come!
----------Christina
Adelaide ML
"Take your clothes off, we've got some writing to do!"
42,516 / 50,000
Oct 23, 2009 - 18 58
I'll see whether I'm working. I'm already taking most of the other sundays off, so I might be pushing it a bit to get that one off too.
----------74,397 / 50,000
Oct 23, 2009 - 19 09
@Pianochick we normally like to organise things for Saturdays but we couldn't avoid the Sunday this time. We'll see what we can do about other Saturdays/Sundays. I think we might have to mix things up a bit :)
----------Mel / Calliopes.Sin
ML of Adelaide, Australia
"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die." - Isaac Asimov
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Oct 23, 2009 - 22 30
I will be there, barring work commitments. :D Heading into SuperBusyFunTimes as anyone else in retail will appreciate.
38,693 / 50,000
Oct 23, 2009 - 22 37
I have a few questions. First of all, I'm 14 years old, do I need a parent to stay with me? Secondly, I don't have a laptop, is it necessary? Thanks in advance.
----------Katie Walker
http://midnightkebab.wordpress.com
http://compliments4world.wordpress.com
74,397 / 50,000
Oct 23, 2009 - 22 46
You don't need a parent to stay with you as long as your parents have given you permission to be there with us. If you need someone to meet your parents or anything I'll help you out. :)
If you don't have a laptop you can always use a pen and paper. Most people will have laptops there although in the past some have brought pen and paper and done things that way. (There will probably be more laughing and chatting going on than writing at the first write-in!)
----------Mel / Calliopes.Sin
ML of Adelaide, Australia
"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die." - Isaac Asimov
38,693 / 50,000
Oct 23, 2009 - 23 47
Cool, thanks.
----------Katie Walker
http://midnightkebab.wordpress.com
http://compliments4world.wordpress.com
951 / 50,000
Oct 24, 2009 - 07 16
It's in my calendar! For anyone else who's read the first two of the Monster Blood Tattoo trilogy, you'll see how that sentence can be odd :)
33,124 / 50,000
Oct 24, 2009 - 13 31
I'm coming! See you all there! :)
----------Heaven's Garden NaNoWriMo '08 - Won 50,018 words
Love and Angels Script Frenzy '09 - Won 102 pages
Big Red Motorbike NaNoWriMo '09
30,603 / 50,000
Oct 26, 2009 - 03 48
Unfortunatly I can no longer make it. Working every weekend in November. :(
2,201 / 50,000
Oct 26, 2009 - 20 01
I'm hoping to be there, though like Riverwings I may be working every weekend in November. Isn't retail a pain?
----------Cate
2009: Flowers for the Fallen
2,518 / 50,000
Oct 26, 2009 - 20 06
That's one advantage of living the in the country in a retail job. My work is never open on weekends.
Still, I doubt I will be along for this one.
----------2007 - All That Can Never Be
2008 - Reign of the Super-Men: Book 1 - Origins - Winner!
2009 - Untitled
30,603 / 50,000
Oct 26, 2009 - 21 42
I suppose at least this will keep my record of attending one event in five years intact though. Hooray?