Welcome dear Wrimo's to another year of the madness EPIC FUN!
What is in this email:
1. Kick Off Events around the country
2. The forums are active
3. Location, Location Location!
4. How to get off this mailing list
1. Kick Off Events around the Country
This year we have Kick-Off events in 4 cities: Cape Town, Grahamstown, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.
The PE event happened this last weekend and by the looks of the photos on Facebook was heaps of fun.
The other 3 events are as follows:
Sat Oct 31, 2009
15:00 - 05:00 Grahamstown Kick Off Party
Where: Cow Moon Theory
Sun Nov 1, 2009
12:30 - 15:30 Cape Town - Kick Off Party
Where: Mugg & Bean, VnA Waterfront
14:00 - 17:00 Johannesburg Kick-Off
Where: Mugg & Bean Melville, 76, 4th Avenue, Melville
To keep track of future events via Google Calendar, click here add this calendar.
2. The forums are Active!
Many of you have already returned or stumbled upon the forums where a great amount of chatter is currently happening. This is the perfect place to keep up to date on events happening in your area, hook up with other local Wrimos and ask all those questions you have ... or just poke a bit of fun at each other. It will also be where the Word Wars will take place and are often a great source of inspiration.
Forum Link: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/259
3. Location, Location Location!
While we all know that where you place your novel is important, it is also important to update your profile with your location so the hard-working ML's can find you. The basic format that works best for you to show up in searches is: City, Province, South Africa.
4. How to get off this mailing list
This is for those who are not participating this year. You have received this email because you at some stage signed up to participate in NaNoWriMo in the last few years and affiliated to the Africa::South Africa region. To stop receiving these emails, do the following:
1. To opt out of regional emails from your local Municipal Liaison:
Login to the website, go to your Region Management page, and click "My Membership" to the right of your region's name, and then click "Leave this group."
2. To stop receiving NaNoWriMo mails:
Login to the website, go to My NaNoWriMo and select Edit User Settings. Check the box "No emails from NaNoWriMo headquarters" and save the changes. This will opt out of emails from NaNoWriMo headquarters, including weekly pep talks.
3. Global Unsubscribe:
A little further down on the Edit User Settings page is the global unsubscribe that offers to Shut off all NaNoWriMo emails. Checking this box will remove you from all email notifications, updates and blasts regardless of settings within the rest of this module. No more pep talks, emails from your Municipal Liaison, or site subscription notifications. This may take up to 24 hours.
While we would love to have you with again this year, we understand that Life is what happens when we make other plans!
I leave you now with my favourite quote for NaNoWriMo and how I have approached it year after year, plot in hand or not!
"No thinking - that comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You re-write with your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!" - Movie: Finding Forrester
Best of Luck and speedy fingers,
Yvette Wray (aka magependragon)
ML: Cape Town, South Africa
Winner: 2003, 2005-2008
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Yvette (2009 ML - CPT Region)
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