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A Philly version of Night of Writing Dangerously?

The English Rose — Thu, 6 Nov 2008 09:29:32 -0800

I'd like to do the NWD and support Nano, but there's no way I can get to San Fran to do it. Is there any possibility of Philly doing its own mini-version, raising money and sending it as a lump-sum donation? There's the typical write-in at Double Shots that day....
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Dare Ye Dare Ye

esotaria — Sat, 1 Nov 2008 16:31:52 -0700

The Kick-Off Party generated some CRAZY ideas -- just Ask Amy. http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3078874

But we've still got a whole month of madness ahead. If you've got a wild idea that you can't fit in your novel -- or can but want to see someone else do it anyway! -- post it here! Inspire your fellow novelists! Or, barring that, prevent them from sleeping at night, thereby giving them more noveling time. Either way, you're doing them a kindness.
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EVENTS -- DO NOT REPLY

esotaria — Sun, 5 Oct 2008 11:55:33 -0700

Consider this a back-up to http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=s5t5f3um77ogsb1chsb6ttr7no%40gr... . DO NOT REPLY TO THIS POST.

October 30th
KICK OFF PARTY!
Capogiro's at 20th and Samson
8 pm - 11:30 pm

November 1st
WEEKLY WRITE-IN!
Double Shots Espresso Bar
211 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia PA 19106
10 am - ?

KICK OFF PARTY!
Big Blue Marble Bookstore
551 Carpenter Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19119
www.bigbluemarblebooks.com
215-844,1870
3 pm
Bring potluck snacks and/or beverages.

November 7th
WEEKLY WRITE-IN!
Barnes & Noble
Valley Forge
7 pm - 10:30
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Wow. Can anyone else hear those crickets?

wirklichkeit — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:39:23 -0800

I hope this means all of you are doing nothing but writing in your spare time :)
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Outside the City (Valley Forge, Lansdale, Malvern, etc.)

esotaria — Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:03:55 -0700

If you'd rather attend events that are NOT within the city limits, reply here with your area and we'll come up with some alternatives. Last year the Valley Forge group was a great success. =D It'd be great to start that up again.
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A sad request/challenge from a fellow wrimo

katpetal — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:00:40 -0800

Hello folks - most of you won't reconginize my name, I'm the ML from Delaware, and I've been kinda lurking here for a while.

I bring this to you via a post to the ML forum - this started as a challenge from a wrimo to the other wrimos in his region. And has quickly spread across many other regions. His brother was killed in Afganistan very recently, and he is asking that we find a way to keep his memory alive by putting his name in our stories.

Be warned, this brought tears to my eyes:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3129303

I will be finding a role for him in my novel, how about you?
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Milkboy Ardmore on Sunday?

wirklichkeit — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:35:07 -0800

Hey guys,

I've been working two jobs like a crazy person and haven't been able to get anything done!!! I have two meetings scheduled for this Sunday, the 23rd, and about 10 hours in between them, so I'm going to plant myself at Milkboy in Ardmore if anyone would like to join me! I'll be there from about 10:30-7:30. It's right on Lancaster Ave near the Ardmore train station, good food and drinks, and way more open space than Starbucks.

If you plan on stopping by, either send me a message or just show up. I'm a short, blondish, wielding a black macbook.

Cassandra
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How about we change the meeting spot to Last Drop?

Mr. Eddie — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:43:32 -0800

Hey, sorry about the lateness. I went to Double Shot last week and kind of passed this new location suggestion by the 3 other people there. It's because I am a music Nazi (not that I mean Wagner or Notwist by this), and had to put on headphones to keep out the weak alt-pop punk they were playing. The Last Drop is a super-pleasant cafe on 13th and Pine with great music, cool atmosphere, and a whole basement level we can take over tomorrow morning.

So I'll be there... :)

Ed
908.415.3716
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Write or Die!

esotaria — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:23:34 -0800

Having problems forcing yourself to write? Finding yourself staring for hours at a time on your screen, your brain refusing to come up even with nonsense? Family and friends refusing to threaten you with bodily harm if you don't get writing?

This might be the program for your. http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html

Quote:

Write or Die is a web application that encourages writing by punishing the tendency to avoid writing. Start typing in the box. As long as you keep typing, you're fine, but once you stop typing, you have a grace period of a certain number of seconds and then there are consequences.

Consequences:

* Gentle Mode: A certain amount of time after you stop writing, a box will pop up, gently reminding you to continue writing.
* Normal Mode: If you persistently avoid writing, you will be played a most unpleasant sound. The sound will stop if and only if you continue to write.
* Kamikaze Mode: Keep Writing or Your Work Will Unwrite Itself

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Fellow College Nano-ers Toughing It Out

Starreleni — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:09:34 -0800

I did Nanowrimo twice in high school, and was hugely successful at it. This is my second year at it in college, and I have come up with a simple formula to describe this year's Nano as well as last:

Me+College+Nanowrimo=EPIC FAIL

So, some Q&A for in-the-area Nano-ers in the same boat. What uni do you attend? Do you live on campus, and if so, where do you go to work on your Nano? How many papers have you had to write since November 1?

The answer to the last one for me is 3, and I'm at 'Nova, btw.
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Can Anyone Help with Research Question RE a location in Eastern Philly?

wordophile — Sun, 9 Nov 2008 02:24:25 -0800

Hello Philadelphians!

I am writing from Australia, but at the moment my main characters are on the run in Philadelphia. It's been a few years since I have been to Philly and was hoping someone here could help me. I'm looking for specific locations for my fugitives who have just arrived from Pittsburgh (driving). They get into an accident, and I need them to go to a hospital, then encounter some homeless, and then find a fancy hotel to stay in. From the hospital they need to walk. Are there any places in Philly that would have a hospital, homeless, and a posh hotel within a few miles of each other?

I appreciate any help, and if there is anything I can do to help any of you, send me a NaNoMail.

Thanks!
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Speech help

Everything-to-you — Sun, 9 Nov 2008 18:27:41 -0800

okay I'm from philly in the northeast. And I'm my story a girl is from Philly can anyone help me with the speech. I know we say things funny and I'm not sure how to phenetically spell them. So can anyone help me please.
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Bryn Mawr or Ardmore / Main Line write-ins?

wirklichkeit — Sun, 2 Nov 2008 23:14:17 -0800

Hey everyone,

I was wondering who would be interested in meeting up in Ardmore or Bryn Mawr for a write-in! I'm behind on wordcount already and I work in both towns, so it'd be awesome to meet up with others in the area. Please reply if interested!

Cassandra
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Philadelphia Roll Call

buffmed — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:43:32 -0700

Hello fellow Philadelphians. I thought I would start a topic for everyone to introduce themselves. I would like to suggest everyone give their name, location in the city/suburbs, participation history, and genre of this year's project.

My name is Daniel, from Lawndale. This is my fifth NaNoWriMo year, but I have only won once. The only year I won was the only year I went to a kick-off event, so maybe there is something to that. This year's project is planned to be Science Fiction.
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Neshaminy/Willow Grove/Hatboro etc area write-in

wrstWRITERevr — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:29:56 -0800

Actually, doesn't have to be the Neshaminy area just somewhere close. I haven't been in Philly that long and don't really know the areas or my way around.

I googe-mapped the other write-ins and found them to be a forty minute drive for me. That's a touch far for me to go and I fear getting lost.

If anyone is interested, let me know. There has got to be at least six Starbucks in a five mile radius of my house.
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Anyone go to Norristown High School?

ohmygollygarsh — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:30:41 -0800

I don't but I was there today for a choral thingy and I saw that there were NaNoWriMo posters everywhere. Kudos!!!
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Anyone Twitter?

smitsp — Sat, 8 Nov 2008 07:09:12 -0800

I've got a LiveJournal, but I've neglected it so much lately, it's collecting dust again. *sigh*

I'm totally addicted to Twitter though. If you tweet, I'd love to follow you.

I'm at http://twitter.com/uniquelysteph
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Did Anyone's Word Count Suffer From Being Immersed In The Election Coverage?

ohmygollygarsh — Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:18:57 -0800

Because mine surely did. I'm slightly ashamed. Sigh. I'm excited to find out who will win, though.
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Veronica!

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Anyone out there in Collegeville?

seer358 — Mon, 3 Nov 2008 06:02:58 -0800

Any of you writers from the home of Ursinus College?
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Are there any teenage NaNoWriMos out there?

ohmygollygarsh — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:41:44 -0700

I'm just looking for some cool kids 14-18 to talk to about writing!
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Veronica!

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You Can Do It!!

aesthetic42 — Sat, 1 Nov 2008 14:35:01 -0700

And away we go speeding over the landscape of broken dreams, broken metaphors. Our Rube Goldberg machines still in their boxes, the promise of an unwrapped package, a runon sentence away from nirvana.
Oh, November. Sweet, sweet November, how I love you so.
Welcome all you Nanobites (ooohhhh, look at that) to the world of hip-hip-hurrahs. A kick in the pants when you need it. A pat on the back. A let's get out there and win one for that sweet kid who was just not big enough to ever make the team.
So gather your gear. Pack your caffeine. Bowl up your fingerfoods and let's set this grand journey on its spiraling axis. Spin me a yarn and I'll spin you mine.
May the many words of Webster and Roget and Oxford be with you all!
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My Word Count Hates Me

Sweetnz87 — Sun, 2 Nov 2008 23:28:36 -0800

I for some reason must be doing SOMETHING wrong. I can't seem to get my novel posted into the Word Count box to get i counted! It's not registering as me having any more than zero words.

I'm not sure if it's me or Nano, or just my Nano but it's driving me nuts!

For the last day or so I couldn't even get onto the forums, this is the furthest I've gotten since the 1st. Where do I go to get some tech help around here, report a glitch. or perhaps, have some wonderful Nano fairy come teach me the error of my ways?
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Days Spent Not Writing: 0
Days over Daily Quota: 0
Title: *Still Don't Know It* (Oops)
Sweetz

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Posting Your Novels?

esotaria — Sun, 2 Nov 2008 16:29:54 -0800

Is anybody posting the whole of their novels anywhere? For the first time...ever, I believe, I'm posting the entirety of mine as I go. http://dorks_dumpster.livejournal.com/tag/nanowrimo '08 if anyone wants to stalk.

Anybody else sharing theirs? Post the links here! Give me something to procrastinate with! XD
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Kick-Off Party -- Center City/University City

esotaria — Fri, 3 Oct 2008 06:23:28 -0700

Because advanced planning is your friend (as I have learned the hard way many, many times XD).

As of this moment, I'm planning on holding the kick-off party Thursday, October 30th at Capigiro's in Center City (exact time and address forthcoming). If that's a problem for anyone, let me know here and we'll find a way to work around it.

I also encourage those in the Philly suburbs, who'd have a problem getting to Center City events, to host their own kick-off parties and other events. I'm more than happy to help you set them up. Just set up a thread for your area, get a head-count, and I'll send you some of the ML goodies and whatever else you think might help.

Questions? Comments? Post 'em here!
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do you think the phillies fans will burn the city down?

mdieva — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:20:54 -0700

and if so, can we still have write-ins in vacant lots?
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