Ghosts of Novels Past, Present and Future -- Kickoff Party Must-Read Info

So how's it going guys?

Me, you ask? Not so great. I'm finally sitting down to work out my plot tonight, so fingers crossed it'll be done by Saturday night.

Saturday night is the real subject of this email, so shall I get to the point?

Saturday Evening

You are all invited to a Hallowe'en Party/Write in on Saturday, October 31st at your co-MLs' home. The party starts around eight, but we're willing to be a bit flexible on this time, and goes on till 12:00:01, when the writing can begin! We then go as long as possible with all the usual fun, distress and word wars that go along with the novelling territory. Everyone is welcome to stay over, not least because of the village location. There are some spare beds available, and plenty of sofas, but you are advised to bring a sleeping bag and pillow for when you crash, if you're planning to stay over!

We had something like this last year, and although only a few people attended we all had a lot of fun! Hopefully this year more of you will come along and get themselves off to a great start with there novel.

Seeing as this is on Hallowe'en, fancy dress is encouraged (but not compulsory) and there was a great suggestion that you could come dressed as one of your NaNo characters - definitely a good talking point, hmm?

We'd also love to take your suggestions on things to do before midnight, literary-related or not - we do have, spread across the two living rooms, a Wii, a PS3 and an XBOX 360 for our collective amusement. Feel free to bring any games you think would be good to play.

Now, the pertinent details:

If you're planning on attending, drop us an email and we'll work with you on travel arrangements. We both have cars and will do runs from Durham and Peterlee Bus Stations and the like, but we can't go all over the North East, as much as we'd like to! We can also help you with bus routes to the stop across the road and a post code for Sat Navs and multimap!

Alcohol is going to be permitted, though we do ask you to bring your own and be sensible, there's nothing fun or cool about Wrimos vomiting over their laptops. Of course you don't have to drink - I'm sure not everyone will be! As for 'catering arangements', we were thinking that the easiest option is for everyone to bring enough money to chip in for a take away of some description - where we go depending on what everyone wants!

If you don't feel confident coming to this by yourself, or have never been to one of these before, bring a friend! Even if they aren't novelling we're happy to have them. This especially applies to younger Wrimos whose parents or older siblings may want to tag along - they're more than welcome.

Please note that we do have a chihuahua and a cat, so if you have allergies, do be careful!

Sunday Afternoon

Now if you can't come to the evening do (and even if you can!) we hope you'll be able to come along on Sunday 1st November to Café Nero near the Gates in Newcastle at 2 PM for some socialising and writing! If you have any problems finding us, get in touch on the numbers below.

Any questions? Get in touch:

Nixx - fae.nixx@gmail.com (07874 097262)
Zof - falcons.honour@gmail.com (07845 316556)
nano.northeast@gmail.com

We will also post this in the regional forums so anyone who signs up after this goes out doesn't miss out, and also as a place to post your questions, comments and suggestions.

Happy novelling!

Zof & Nixx
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2007: Equilibrioception (won & finished at 54,000)
2008: The Other Half (won at 51,000, plot ongoing)
2009: Life Story (results pending!)