Second annual unofficial NaNoWeen gathering at my place on the 31st: Join your fellow insane WriMos for final preparations before the stroke of midnight and caffeinated/sugared typing into the wee hours of the morning.
There will be coffee and candy (sweettarts, laffy taffy, giant pixie stix, m&ms, etc), tea, healthy snacks, halloween varieties of Jones sodas, and I'm trying to convince the hubby to agree to pizza. If enough people verify they're coming ahead of time, we'll be getting one or two Sicilian pizzas from Shiano's.
Feel free to show up anytime after 6PM on the 31st. And I do mean any time. Go ahead, visit your Halloween parties after the kickoff party. Then drop by for NaNoWeen at like . . . 1. I promise, we'll still be here . . . and very caffeinated. Last year we were typing until 5 in the morning on the first.
The schedule...
up until 10PM: Diversions for plotters and pantzers alike including a storytelling card game, uhm...more candy?, and a rousing brainstorming session guaranteed to ensure the first 4 thousand words of your novel includes both ninjas AND pirates.
Starting at 10PM: We'll be watching Secret Window (Johnny Depp and John Turturro).
MIDNIGHT: Go time!
Some notes:
18+ only
Bring your own beverages (if you want something other than water, coffee, tea, or jones sodas) and any other snacks you'll need to keep your muse fueled and...awake.
Bring your own notebook, laptop, tree bark--whatever you intend to write your novel on.
Bring your own pen, pencil, fingers--whatever you intend to write your novel WITH. (And if you're intending to write it with someone ELSE'S fingers, the party's on . . . uh . . . oh darn, you just missed it. It was great fun though, we wrote lots of words--wish you could've been there, man!)
Allergy warning: I have two cats. They have fur. I can tuck them away for the evening but I promise the fur will still be omnipresent. ^_^
Please NaNoMail me or catch me at one of the remaining official events for directions.
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To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. --Robert Louis Stevenson
StarStones: NaNo Novel 2007
Eyewitness: NaNo Novel 2008
Broken Spark: NaNo Novel 2009
15,239 / 50,000
Oct 23, 2009 - 14 31
Ooh, thanks for the reminder about the cats. I'll have to dose Alex with don't-sneeze-on-the-girlfriend meds before we come XD
I'm not 100% certain that we'll be there, since I'm pretty sure Alex has work the next morning, and he usually spends weekends with his family. I am around 70% sure I'll be there. Give Alex a solid 50% for tagging along. May also bring Melanie, if she's able to get some time away from her boyfriend.
Also, I'm game for hauling people from the downtown/campus area (I'm by the new USC baseball stadium). It'd have to be two at a time, since I'm driving a truck (and it's a stick shift, so one person at a time if you have dignity and don't want me reaching for the clutch between your knees). But if you need a ride, contact me -- I'm willing to play bus-driver for people in my general area.
If you want, Alex and I could cook something if we come. I'm always looking for an excuse to cook food for other people, and both of my non-Alex, non-four-legged roommates are picky eaters.
----------http://www.nanowrimo.org/NanowrimoUtils/MyMonth/95590-goal=200000-pc-day...
Ideal Goal: 200k
Minimum Goal: finish Only Child
5,278 / 50,000
Oct 23, 2009 - 22 43
I can also truck some people if they're near the Woodwinds/Rapids neighborhoods.
35,919 / 50,000
Oct 24, 2009 - 09 53
Don't-sneeze meds will be very helpful; I don't want anyone's head to explode or multiply or anything. Bring whatever you get the urge to engineer foodwise -- it sounds like there will be a good turnout and we'll be ordering two giant pizzas to serve as dinner and munchies for the evening. Hope your whole crew is able to make it; the more the merrier (and decidedly more insane)!
----------To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. --Robert Louis Stevenson
StarStones: NaNo Novel 2007
Eyewitness: NaNo Novel 2008
Broken Spark: NaNo Novel 2009
35,919 / 50,000
Oct 24, 2009 - 09 57
And we can do a sweep of the NE of Cola, too. The hubby will have to go out for the pizza and can swing by for pickups on the way back if necessary.
----------To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. --Robert Louis Stevenson
StarStones: NaNo Novel 2007
Eyewitness: NaNo Novel 2008
Broken Spark: NaNo Novel 2009
15,014 / 50,000
Oct 27, 2009 - 07 14
So...I don't have a laptop...How hard will it be for me to actually get a good amount of writing done at one of these events? That has been bothing me for a little bit.
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32,001 / 50,000
Oct 27, 2009 - 07 53
Elaine....
You'll be surprised at how much you can accomplish at these events. We always have a few folks writing the old fashioned way.
Vikki
----------Go Tigers!
35,919 / 50,000
Oct 27, 2009 - 08 03
Depends on how fast you scribble. But seriously. Last year, I attended half of the write-ins wired, half of them with pen in hand, and I tagged over 60k by month's end. I always brought a notebook if I brought my laptop just in case I felt like I needed the change of medium. By notebook, a 15 minute word war nets me around 500 words. By laptop, it triples.
So if you're like me, when doing a word war (5, 10, 15 minute time restraints where everyone is slamming words down on the page at the same time) at a write-in, you won't win gloating privileges if you're handwriting (unless you're weighing in against others with paper) -- but you'll definitely make forward progress!
I find the added pressure of frequent word wars helps my productivity and pushes me to amazing word count totals by the end of the evening -- I do better in public during nano, with either medium, than I do at home with only myself to cheer me on. And believe me: There will be lots of cheering.
By hand, I find my words also weigh more in the end as I'm not prone to wasting the muscle effort. I can't hit backspace in a notebook, and I don't scribble out words during nano, so it's just as productive :)
----------To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. --Robert Louis Stevenson
StarStones: NaNo Novel 2007
Eyewitness: NaNo Novel 2008
Broken Spark: NaNo Novel 2009
31,947 / 50,000
Oct 27, 2009 - 16 26
Such a shame I'll be missing this! I already have Halloween party plans that also involve staying up until the wee hours of the morning...but for totally different reasons. Of course, I just decided to sign up for NaNoWriMo for the first time about 30 minutes ago. Hopefully I'll be able to attend some of the other events. I look forward to meeting other crazy novelists in Cola Town.
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Dianne
NaNoWriMo 2009 - Ignoring June
24,700 / 50,000
Oct 28, 2009 - 11 58
Elaine, I have an old laptop I might be able to sucker in to working for you. It's a bear that's running Windows 98, and it's slow as all get out, but it still works for word processing--at least, it did when I was using it! I'll boot it up later on this evening and see how it's doing, if it still works, it's yours!
----------Euphemia (2008)
Heir of Solland (2009)
Need to waste some time this Nano? Check out Subeta!
28,555 / 50,000
Oct 28, 2009 - 15 47
Could I get a ride? I live south-east of USC campus.
----------NaNoWriMo 2008: Lambs Among Wolves (sci fi)
NaNoWriMo 2007: The Amateurs (historic fantasy)
http://ashes_to_roses.livejournal.com
36,766 / 50,000
Oct 28, 2009 - 18 04
This sounds like SO much fun! If I'm not passed out asleep from work I will SO be there!
----------A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.
Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
35,919 / 50,000
Oct 29, 2009 - 08 36
This could be a blessing or a curse: the timelords have granted us a boon: 1 extra writing hour on November 1st. At 2 o'clock in the morning on November 1st, it will be 1 o'clock in the morning on November 1st...again.
/manaical laughter
----------To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. --Robert Louis Stevenson
StarStones: NaNo Novel 2007
Eyewitness: NaNo Novel 2008
Broken Spark: NaNo Novel 2009
35,919 / 50,000
Oct 30, 2009 - 08 50
Random thought of the day: If anyone wants to come over early and doesn't mind helping do a little setup, I've got space in my car for 2-3 people after the kickoff party. Looks like I'll be breaking out extra chairs and picking up a second thing of hummus :)
Also, if anyone else needs an address or directions, let me know and I'll nanomail it to you (since the forums are publically searchable I'd rather not just post it for the interwebs to ogle). Or just snag me tomorrow at B&N during the kick off.
----------To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. --Robert Louis Stevenson
StarStones: NaNo Novel 2007
Eyewitness: NaNo Novel 2008
Broken Spark: NaNo Novel 2009