I will be hanging out at Vic's Espresso as Writer in Residence again this year. (Well, same location, different shop. Use to be Deja Brew sniff!) PLEASE NOTE: I have changed my hours slightly.
Hours for my residency are:
Mondays 4pm to 6pm
Wednesdays from 10am to 12 noon
Sundays 12:00 to 2:00
This will be posted on the calendar as soon as I get myself over there to the widget and make it happen.
The Writer in Residence gig is just to let WriMos in the area come and write or talk about your novels, get advice, or just blow off steam. Whatever makes sense. If we get a diverse crowd, we can break into two tables: one for talkin' and one for writin'.
We can even use the Writer in Residence hours for write-ins. I've already approached the staff about it, and they seem cool. I have yet to talk with the owner, Rob, but I do not foresee any problems with meeting there at any time.
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Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
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nov. 2, 2009 - 15 27
It's almost 4:30pm, and I am here at Vic's at Airport Rd in Longmont! Danielle and Nancy are with me. Nancy is about to take off. I'll be here til 6pm (close).
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
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nov. 2, 2009 - 16 56
We are closing up shop here. Danielle and I did add significantly to our word count. Yay us!
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
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nov. 4, 2009 - 08 38
I am here at Vic's on a lovely sunny Wednesday morning. Come join me if you can. I'll be here until at least noon, and probably longer if there are folks here.
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
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nov. 8, 2009 - 10 57
I am sitting at a table at Vic's ballooning my word count. Have a ways to go to get to my goal of 16K, and even further to get to my stretch goal of 18K. But I am ready for a break, so come join me and say hi. We can talk for a bit, then get to work on our word counts!
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
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nov. 8, 2009 - 11 09
I tried to get my husband to go to Vic's with me, but it's a no go... and my knee is screaming too loud at me to let me go alone in the car.
Maybe next week.
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nov. 8, 2009 - 12 32
Ellen,
I will be joining you tomorrow (Monday) for your 4:00 PM hours - this year's stickers finally arrived and I want to make sure to get some to you for Longmont distribution!
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nicole j. leboeuf : actually writing blog
IM: vortexae (AIM, Yahoo), vortexae at hotmail dot com (MSN)
Puzzle Pirates: Millefleur on the Viridian Ocean
Second Life: Kavella Maa
50,557 / 50,000
nov. 8, 2009 - 13 39
thanks for trying, Lady Doom! Hope to see you another time. Hope your knee feels better!
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
50,557 / 50,000
nov. 8, 2009 - 13 40
I will be joining you tomorrow (Monday) for your 4:00 PM hours - this year's stickers finally arrived and I want to make sure to get some to you for Longmont distribution!
Thanks, Niki. I'll look for you tomorrow! It will be nice to have you in my neck of the woods!
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
50,557 / 50,000
nov. 8, 2009 - 13 43
Still here and will probably be here another 20 t0 30 minutess. Cheryl, Moonlit Butterfly, and Angel have joined me. They may be hanging out longer....
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
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nov. 8, 2009 - 14 31
I've met my minimal goal for the day, so I am taking off. Hope to see some of you here tomorrow. Angel has already left after a very interesting discussion about Anna Quinlan novels and the various additional textures one might add to one's stories, and I think Cheryl and Moonlit Butterfly are leaving soon.
We talked a lot about dark fantasy and realistic fantasy and whether my novel was dark science fiction or more thirller/mainstream. Whatever. MUST KEEP WRITING!
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
38,112 / 50,000
nov. 9, 2009 - 13 08
I'm here, I'm here! (Dang, that's a long bike ride from Diagonal Highway.) It's only 2:00 PM, admittedly, but what's a couple of hours between Wrimos? We'll say I'm keeping the table warm.
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nicole j. leboeuf : actually writing blog
IM: vortexae (AIM, Yahoo), vortexae at hotmail dot com (MSN)
Puzzle Pirates: Millefleur on the Viridian Ocean
Second Life: Kavella Maa
41,308 / 50,000
nov. 10, 2009 - 14 50
I'm thinking of swinging by tomorrow at noon to hang out. Will you be there? I think I need a little peer pressure if I want to catch up as I've been putting off writing for way too long now.
Where is this place? I'm new to Colorado and coming from Lyons. I know Main Street and where Ziggi's is, and I know where the Panera is on Ken Pratt. That's all I know about Longmont, though.
----------It will get done. It will be stupendous.
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nov. 10, 2009 - 18 28
Great. Vic's is at 600 S. Airport Rd, which is at the southeast corner of Airport Rd and Nelson Rd. If you are coming from Lyons, and you take 66 east, I suggest taking a left on 36 and go south to Nelson, then hang a left and head east on Nelson, pass through the intersection with Airport Rd (about 4 miles, I think), and take the very next right (right at the Proto's restaurant sign) and then take another immediate right and you will be in the parking lot for the plaza which house Vic's. Vic's is on the West side of the plaza.
I will be there until noon, but will hang out with you if you show up!
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
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nov. 10, 2009 - 20 23
Oops- meant to say 10 til noon. I'll be there for the duration. Thanks for the durations. See you anon.
----------It will get done. It will be stupendous.
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nov. 10, 2009 - 20 24
I meant thanks for the "directions."
----------It will get done. It will be stupendous.
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nov. 11, 2009 - 08 27
Excellent. I am here now, but am sitting at a two-top. It is really crowded in here this morning, but if it clears out a bit closer to 10am, I will grab a 4-top so we can have some more room, especially if others join us.
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
50,557 / 50,000
nov. 15, 2009 - 10 52
I am here today! It was a lovely walk through the snow. Hope some of you can come out. It has turned into a pretty nice day.
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
50,557 / 50,000
nov. 15, 2009 - 12 03
Cheryl joined me a bit ago, and we are enjoying a pretty cold cafe today. Might have to move closer to the fire... meanwhile, I'll just clutch my mug of Tea of Inquiry closer and hope the steam warms my hands and brain enough to keep the thoughts coming and the fingers typing. I've got 1093 words in today so far!
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
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nov. 15, 2009 - 12 11
How much longer do you think you will be there today?
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nov. 15, 2009 - 12 56
Ellen said she'd be leaving at 2, but I'm going to be here for a while more, in the hope that I can remotely get caught up.
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nov. 15, 2009 - 13 00
Yes, I am leaving now. But Cheryl said she will be here for a while, so please come down if you need some help getting those words out. I reached 29K just now, and I gotta go to get ready to hear Imogen Heap at Etown in Boulder tonight. But maybe I'll do another 1K before bed to get to 30K...?
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
54,666 / 50,000
nov. 15, 2009 - 13 54
Oh cool, yeah I wanted to come but I found out that I don't have a ride :( so maybe I'll come on Wednesday...
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nov. 15, 2009 - 14 20
Too bad you couldn't come by today, but your word count looks nice and shiny, so maybe it won't be too bad for you! Hope to see you on Wednesday!
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
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nov. 16, 2009 - 06 55
I was hoping to come out this evening to Vic's, but as it turns out I have to be home by 4 to give Null a pill. Very inconsiderate of that cat, needing pills when I want to be at a write-in! So I'll do my usual after-farm lunch-and-writing at China Panda and then catch a bus back to Boulder. Will be thinking of you!
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nicole j. leboeuf : actually writing blog
IM: vortexae (AIM, Yahoo), vortexae at hotmail dot com (MSN)
Puzzle Pirates: Millefleur on the Viridian Ocean
Second Life: Kavella Maa
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nov. 16, 2009 - 08 37
Sorry you won't be at Vic's Niki, but sounds like you will be getting your wordcount in anyway AND taking care of your poor little kitty!
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
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nov. 16, 2009 - 14 48
I plan to stop by today, probably a little after 5. Then we'll just have to see how long it takes me to get some writing done...
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nov. 16, 2009 - 15 48
Great! Hope you do stop in. Cheryl and I are here, writing away! We have a table tent up and are sitting at a 4-top halfway back.
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
50,557 / 50,000
nov. 16, 2009 - 16 28
Joe (umphrey1012 has just joined us. We will be here until 6pm (close). Altho, some of us might move on to Caper's bar aterward. I can't. I have a dinner commitment.
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
50,557 / 50,000
nov. 16, 2009 - 16 57
I am finishing up here at Vic's and I have smashed the 30K barrier! I'll be back on Wednesday from 10:00am to noon.
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm
50,557 / 50,000
nov. 17, 2009 - 12 13
A special note about Monday, November 30th:
I know it is only the beginning of the third week of NaNoWriMo, and you may still see an ocean of time ahead of you to finish your 50K, which is great. But why not invest in some insurance that you might like a little help with that last mile of our writing marathon and plan to join me for The Final Push Party for Longmont?
The Final Push Party for Longmont is set for 6:30pm to Midnight on Monday, November 30th, at my (Ellen's/Alienor's) House in southwest Longmont.
My house is just around the corner from Vic's so I will start at Vic's with my usual Writer-in-Residence horus of 4:00pm to 6:00pm, then we will all go en masse to my house, OR you can just meet us at my house at 6:30pm.
Please RSVP to the party thread (http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3453961) if you plan to be there and let me know whether you are planning to be at Vic's beforehand. IF you are not going to be at Vic's beforehand, I'll NaNoMail you the exact address and directions to my house. If you are going to be at Vic's, I'll just tell you then, or you can follow me on my bike. ;--}
I have two big tables, a desk, and two comfy futon chairs, and a comfy loveseat that my husand made. You can also sprawl on the floor by the fire. Of course, the comfy chairs can be pulled up close to the fire as well. There will be munchies and beverages available, but please bring a munchie or a beverage to share, if you like.
----------Ellen or "Alienor"
"... it could be my job to write a novel a year, but it's also my job to take a walk and think." -- George Pelecanos
http://www.electricrider.net/ellen/index.htm