Hi all,
Time for the obligatory 'welcome to the world' thread. Step up and introduce yourself.
Me first.
Name: Aaron
Location: Cleveland Park
E-mail: Nano or theguywhoisthatguy [at] gmail.com
Yahoo/IM/etc.: none
Nanohabits: I'll steal what time I can at work, but I'm counting on the moral support of write-ins to get me to 50k. Favorite spots include Politics & Prose (Van Ness) and SoHo (Dupont Circle).
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Oct 4, 2008 - 11 15
Name: Tina
Location: Cleveland Park (downtown during the day)
E-mail: nanomail or fictionaldupont@livejournal.com
Yahoo/IM/etc.: radiantgabby at YM & AIM
Nanohabits: I can write just about anywhere but I adore the social aspect of group support at the write ins and Kick-Off and TGIO parties. Anyone downtown during the day? I'm at 20th and Penn if anyone would like to do mid-day lunch writing!
51,604 / 50,000
Oct 4, 2008 - 11 46
Name: Trish
Location: American University
Email: trinnyallica@gmail.com
Yahoo/IM/etc.: Yahoo - metal.disciple; AIM - danish unicorns; MSN - forheldeve@hotmail.com
Nanohabits: Write as much as I can within one week. No, really! LOL. I also really want to go to some write-ins, so I'll try and go this year. :)
52,613 / 50,000
Oct 4, 2008 - 12 42
Name: Beajay
Location: Arlington (cross the river), but I work work in town16 hours a week over 5 days. Long story
Contact: NaNoMail or BMcNeice@gmail.com
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Oct 4, 2008 - 14 35
Name: James
Location: American University
E-mail: ikasug at gmail.com or through NaNoMail
Yahoo/IM/etc.: n/a
Nanohabits: I procrastinate to extremes, often finishing nano with the help of nanowridays set aside for non-stop noveling.
12,149 / 50,000
Oct 4, 2008 - 19 07
I think this might be my first forum post in 4 years of NaNoing. sheesh.
Name: Jessi
Location: "Upper Georgetown/Glover Park"
Nanohabits: just trying to get it done. I shoot for the 5K marks rather than individual days--every three days is another 5K. But last year I only made it to 10K, and was sorely disappointed in myself. So this year, I don't care how busy I am. I will finish.
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Oct 5, 2008 - 07 21
Name: Rosey
Location: American University
e-mail: the.french.rabbi@gmail.com
AIM: frenchrabbi
NaNohabits: I bring my laptop to class and pretend to be taking notes. Unfortunately I don't think this will work this year, so I'm thinking of writing it all over Thanksgiving break, with maybe a bit of a lead in from the previous weeks. I'm not sure how this will work...
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Oct 5, 2008 - 09 32
Name: Catherine
Location: George Washington University (And wondering where the rest of her frigging GW kids are...I know you exist! :P)
E-mail: thankyouverymuchforthemusic [at] gmail [dot] com
Nanohabits: Procrastinate any and all homework like the dickens by writing. Or procrastinate my writing with homework. Either way, sh't gets done :-)
PS, George Washington NaNo is gonna try to have some on-campus write-ins this year...if any of you AU NaNoers wanna join, shoot me a NaNoMail or an e-mail or something :-)
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Oct 5, 2008 - 09 50
Hello!
Yes, I'm in, trying this one more time:)...I'm committed to finishing, but this will be my third year, and I haven't done that yet. But I've got a lot riding on this - book due to editor. So I'm ready to get this party started.
Name = Denny
Location = Washington, DC - downtown, all day and all night!
E-mail: denny@dennysbryce.com
Yahoo: denny@dennysbyrce.com
Nanohabits: I may even try writing at work this year..that might help me focus actually. I always start well, but it's tough finishing after a miss even one day of writing...so clearly there are no holidays in November. NONE.
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Oct 5, 2008 - 13 26
Hi all,
I completed my goal in 2005, but I had to take two years off because I was working two jobs and going to gradschool. Now that I'm only working the one job I'm excited to get back to writing and love working with others, so writins are a must.
Name: Jamie
Location: Mt. Pleasant
E-mail: Nano or jamie.henthorn@gmail.com
Yahoo/IM/etc.: none
Nanohabits: Lots of music; coffee in the mornings and wine in the evenings (I get more writing done in the evenings). I do a day of writing down structural ideas and basic plot, then a day of editing/fleshing out so I spend more time with each part. Am trying to do a novel of travel vignettes this year, but we'll see how that goes.
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Oct 5, 2008 - 15 58
Hi, I've tried this experiment in the past and failed, but this year I'm determined!
Name: Alli
Location: Arlington (I work on the Hill)
E-mail: nanomail is fine
AIM: bluestshade
Nanohabits: I'll probably do most of my noveling on the weekends since I work full time. I'm hoping that since congress will not be in session in November it wont be too crazy at work and I'll have more time for writing.
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Oct 6, 2008 - 06 04
This will be my 7th Nano. I've "won" five.
Name: Jon
Location: I live in Columbia Heights, work near the White House
Email/chat: Start with Nanomail, although I'm not that hard to find online.
Nanohabits: My daughter will seven weeks old on October 31st, so I don't have any idea how I'm going to manage to do any writing at all. I'm determined to try, though.
Every year I swear I'll get to a write-in, and every year I fail. This year, I plan to do the same.
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Oct 6, 2008 - 12 40
Hi there. I did my very first Nano last year with the DC group. Now that I've moved to Silver Spring I get emails from the organizers in Maryland begging me to make their state my "home region" so they can up their word count. But I think I'm sticking with DC.
Name: Bonnie
Location: Silver Spring
Email: Nanomail
Nanohabits: 1600 a day. Except during Thanksgiving when I have to trek to the farthest reaches of Washington County, Maine and back again, god help me. Hope to meet up at Politics & Prose!
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Oct 6, 2008 - 12 57
Name: Sara
Location: Rockville (White Flint), MD but I work near Metro Center
E-mail: acceptancepeach at gmail.com
Yahoo/IM/etc.: beautiful.distraction (Y!M) and cloverdew (AIM)
Nanohabits: I'll steal what time I can at work, but I'm counting on write-ins, lunch breaks, and late nights to get me to 50k, oh, and the fact that I'm staying in the city alone for Thanksgiving... anyone up for Write-Ins Thanksgiving weekend?!!!
Favourite spots: SoHo (Dupont Circle), Borders Cafe (Friendship Heights), formerly Foster Brothers (Cleveland Park). Oh, and I'm totally planning on doing lunchtime writing at any restaurant I can afford as many days as I can actually escape my office during lunch :P I'm at 13th and L if anyone wants to do lunchtime writing with me!
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Oct 6, 2008 - 12 58
Awwww. MAINE! Tina/littledupont and I are both from there originally! :)
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Oct 7, 2008 - 12 30
Ok So I'm not in DC really....but I wish I was!
Name: Sarah
Location: Middle of nowhere PA at School-wishing I was back in DC
Email: Nano mail
YIM/AIM/MSN: writerpatonr46, tigerpriestessxx, ElleRah[at]hotmail[dot]com
Nanohabits: Finish before Thanksgiving break. Especially since I get my Con law take home final on the 25th. Joy! I think i was on eo fthe first to cross 50k for the DC region (on Day 12...65k by Day 17). I'm oping to help you gusy again this year. I miss you all...definitely going to miss the write-ins.
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Oct 7, 2008 - 12 53
Name: Julia
Location: American University
E-mail: nano or jl3314a@student.american.edu
nanohabits: not finishing- this is my third year, the closest i've gotten in 45,000 words. i'm hoping that maybe going to a couple of write-ins would help. there are a lot of us at AU, we should organize a write-in on campus ;) I'm originally from massachusetts and i'm a freshman
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Oct 7, 2008 - 13 08
Hey. Patrick Lewis here.
hithereeveryone@yahoo.com
I write continuously and don't save it up for nano, much to the chagrin of my loving wife.
I am now the writer for the web comic Girl Ninja for Rebecca Simms, so try googling that and you will see my handiwork.
Aside from that, I'm one of the few, the proud, the somewhat slack that have been having write-ins at SoHo on Wednesdays since last Nano.
Later
Patrick.
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Oct 8, 2008 - 12 25
Name: Mary Wise
Location: I live in the MD burbs, but I work right around Tenleytown -- Okay, I work at Fannie Mae (GASP!).
Email: NanoMail or maryrwise@comcast.net
NaNoHabits: It works best when I write steadily every day on a story that I enjoy. I hated my story last year and decided to stop. I'm hoping this year will be different! I may take a previous NaNo (I've completed four challenges but only one story), rip it apart, and start over. Then again, I may not.
Friend me on FaceBook, LinkedIn, or Pulse!
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Oct 11, 2008 - 18 14
Name: Alexa
Location: Dupont Circle
Email: marmiteandtea@gmail.com
It's my first NaNoWriMo and I've never made it past 20,000 on anything I've started. So fingers crossed that this works and I make it to 50,000!
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Oct 12, 2008 - 15 10
Hi. I actually moved from Silver Spring into DC this year (though Maryland is just across the street).
Name: Katie
Location: Friendship Heights/American University
E-mail: Nano or katieoneill28 [at] gmail.com
Nanohabits: I'll write just about anywhere if I get a chance. My favorite part of nano is being able to write with others.
And I'm so glad not to be done with the story I tried last year. (though it got almost interestingly strange when I tried to make it... interesting.)
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Oct 14, 2008 - 13 52
Name: Brian
Location: GWU
Email: Nanomail
Nanohabits: Not sleeping, pretty much like everyone else =).
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Oct 14, 2008 - 16 07
Hi there!
Name: Virginia Ruth
Location: Great Falls, VA
Email: Nanomail or virginiaruth at gmail.
Nanohabits: The only time I've won was when I had spent September and October doing plot and character work. So, I'm doing that :-) I do best writing about 3K at a time, so if I can write four days a week, I'll be in good shape.
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Oct 14, 2008 - 20 18
Hello all. my third nano, hopefully my first win.
Name: Lyrik
Location: Van Ness/SE by way of Downtown
E-mail: Nano or gr8lyrik [at] gmail [dot] com
Nanohabits: Praying and writing feverishly between work and school. Hope to frequent write ins to raise word count, and meet people
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Oct 15, 2008 - 21 02
Name: Shannon
Location: Silver Spring
E-mail: DiscipulaDC on gmail (and livejournal)
Nano habits: I write at home, on slow days at work, or in downtown Silver Spring (usually borders or Adega). I'm not terribly good about doing nano socially (I think I only went to the opening meet-up in Union Station last year), but we'll see if I make it out more this year.
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Oct 16, 2008 - 17 01
Name: Emma
Location: Takoma Park area on the DC side
Email: tucker.emma on Gmail
Nano Habits: I'm used to writing in a club that I started at my university, but even with that I only ever finished once in the 6 years that I've done it. I'm determined to make this my second finished year, so I better get cracking on that outline...
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Oct 16, 2008 - 19 27
Hey all...
Name: K
Location: Gaithersburg
Email: nanomail
AIM n' such: don't have it
Nanohabits: avoidance and trying to sneak in writing time while students are doing their own research.
Fave spot: Foster Bros. (in mourning for the loss of Fosters). Trying to find a new location...the back booths at Nanny O's look really inviting.
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Oct 17, 2008 - 07 33
Eep, I can't believe it's already the 17th and I haven't even introduced myself! Not that I don't constantly prowl the forum anyway... I just forgot to say hello. How rude of me...
Name: Anamika
Location: house in Chevy Chase, office in Georgetown
Email: Nanomail me!
IM: theplaiddress on AIM
NaNohabits: Not Winning. Two years running, have never gotten past the second week. Long stories about why both years; suffice to say that I'm a newly confident NaNoer this time around. My habits will probably involve lots of whining and hot cocoa with cinnamon.
Favorite writing spots around town are definitely Soho in Dupont, Tryst in Adams Morgan and the ever-faithful Politics and Prose. (How typical!)
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Oct 18, 2008 - 17 43
Name: Avidan
Location: Dupont Circle
E-mail: NaNo or Computr821@aol.com.
IM: AIM is Computr821
Nanohabits: Well, I've never tried it here in DC since I only just moved down here. But I'm really close to SoHo in Dupont (the one at 22nd and P; I don't know if there's another one). I did a lot of write-ins last year in Second Life which was awesome because I didn't have time to go seek out write-ins in my old area. I tend to go stream-of-consciousness when I write instead of planning out my plots. I'm looking forward to some real write ins!
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Oct 19, 2008 - 14 29
Hi everyone!
Name: Allison
Location: Glover Park/American University
E-mail: You can reach me through Nano
Nanohabits: Rather poor so far. I've signed up the last two years, but never got very far. I have vowed this year will be different, despite silly distractions like my job and graduate school. We have so many AU kids here we ought to organize a write-in somewhere on/ near the campus. Any suggestions?
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Oct 20, 2008 - 10 42
Hey, everyone! I've done NaNoWriMo 4? 5? times but have never finished. The closest I've ever gotten was 20,000 words ... but I am determined to cross the finish line this year!
Name: Erin
Location: Capitol Hill / Stadium-Armory area
E-mail: NaNoMail
Yahoo/IM/etc.: AIM me @ hipchick525600
NaNo Habits: Writing away from the homefront is ideal, using my ancient laptop that cannot get wireless (prevents excessive procrastination via web surfing) and listening to music. If I try to write at home, I get too easily distracted by the TV, the internet, my husband and my cats.