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What are YOU (yes, you) writing this year?

hysteresiscure — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:35:57 -0700

This is the thread for sounding off about plots, plans, any ideas you've got for what you're doing this year - which may go out of the window on November 2nd, like mine did last year. I'm writing a French/English novel - I have a Big Scary Concept, despite the fact that my French is far from fluent. I'll explain more later.

Jo.
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Hello/Welcome and a Personal Pledge

Belwrites — Sat, 4 Oct 2008 05:20:39 -0700

Hello my dear Scribblers,

Hope you are all well and up for another year's frantic novelling madness. Tis Bel, your ML from last year. Greetings all.
Jo has already done her big welcome and let you know that I am ... well,kinda retiring this year and pleading geographical incapabilities. Basically I can't do meet ups, and I may not even have an electricity supply or interweb connection with which to type. But hopefully, the delights of internet cafes may allow me to contribute to these forums.

I am sad to be missing out on Nanowrimo this year, but I will definitely be back in 2009 and hopefully even from Script Frenzy. I wish you all loads of caffeinated good luck - you are in very capable hands with Jo (and thank you muchly to her for taking over!).
For any Newbies - this will take over your life in November. It will stress you out to the extreme and render you unable to function as a rational human being, But come December, the euphoria and exhaustion kick in and you see that is it all worth it in the end!

I honestly don't think I am going to make it to 50,000 words this year, not whilst being the other side of the world on a high altitude coffee plantation and having to write this on my mobile phone. However, the temptation to at least TRY is too much for me. This is my personal pledge. Last Nanowrimo, I did not actually finish my novel, I got to 50k words, but left my heroine standing on a doorstep in Brazil, with a parrot in her hat. This year, I am going to finish the actual story. I think this will take me at least another 25000 words. This is my chosen challenge - I am going to try and do a half-novel in a month. From Nicaragua. On my phone.
Please wish me luck!

Above all, have fun with this, and I look forward to reading all your contributions on these forums!

Happy scribbling loves,
Bel xx

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Hello and Welcome!

hysteresiscure — Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:46:47 -0700

This is a big hello from Jo, your new Municipal Liason! Bel is Absent With Leave this year, for those of you who have taken part in previous years. She is off to Nicaragua and Costa Rica for four months to study coffee. So you are in my capable (cough) hands.

Real life meetings will probably be taking place at the Arts Centre, Voodoo Cafe at In Arcadia, and probably the Tanners - dates and times TBA, but Wednesday nights are more than likely. I'm open to all suggestions as to when and where to meet up - this is your group.

Virtual meet-ups are probably possible here, and other likely places for showing off your work and venting your spleen include the RASC (Random Acts of Senseless Creativity) forums at rasc.muux.org. In case you are new to all of this, RASC is a creative writing and arts group set up by me and Bel. We also have a website: www.rascwriters.org.uk, where you can submit your work for the perusal of all and sundry. There is also the option of that time sucking portal of doom: Facebook. Add me. Don't be shy. Search for Joanne Land, and send me a hello.

See you soon!

Jo.
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