Hello NaNOrlando!

Wahoo!

I'm here convincing the Orlando Writing League that we're all signing up for Nano.

I'm Tina or Marie Dees in the writing world. I've done and won Nanowrimo 4 years and I'm going for year number 5. I still haven't decided what I'm writing yet.

Marie

Cheers to our new ML, Elizabeth!

Lori Strongin here, doing a bit of an anti-NaNo. Rather than starting a new 50,000 word project, I'm going to return to last year's NaNo Novel to both finish it up and edit the h%&# out of it.

So, wish me luck!

Smiles!
Lori

HEY THERE YOU HOT PIECE OF ML GOODNESS!!!

(This is Whit, as might have guessed. Congratulations on being the ML this year, love!)

Hi Everyone.

It’s German - I'm back! Like the neighbors annoying kid.

Way to go, Elizabeth! Three cheers for our new Orlando ML from your old ML.
I know you'll do a rocking job of it!

Where are my Cookies?

No cookies for you.

I told you cookies Tuesday, German. :) I had errands to run today. But I will 100% be there on Tuesday with fresh home baked cookies. I'm making them on Tuesday to ensure the freshness. :p

Hey, Lori and I want cookies too! Don't make us mug German to get them. It wouldn't be a pretty sight. (and knowing y'all, someone would take pictures)

Marie

Oh, I would never forget about cookies for you two! I just directed the post at German since he seems to think I can magically give him cookies right now or something.

I mean... I guess I could google whether I can send him internet data cookies, but I don't think those cookies are the ones he's after. hehe

This is Johnathan "Red" Kenny. First time NaNoWriMo participant
Hoping to do my best among these awesome ppl, and to just get my procrastination for writing an awesome book out of the way so that i can fix it afterwards

Yay! ^__^

I'm a first time participant as well. Looking forward to see what my muse cooks up for this!

~ Amy ^__^

"Do or do not, there is no try." ~ Yoda

Um hi. My name is KL, and I have a steampunk problem. I hope you will not judge me.

You got no muscles to show for it (yes, the brain is a muscle, but if you show it to people it’s usually because part of your skull has been torn off and that doesn’t impress the ladies – unless the ladies are ZOMBIES! Where did this paragraph go?)
-Joss

Ladies, you know I'm all about sharing my Cookies (and Choco-Veta).
No Worries, I'm sure there will be plenty to go around.

G-man

Hello to all you new guys. This is going to be an awesome year with Elizabeth at the helm.
The Orlando group is all about having tons of fun (While meeting wordcount of course)

Welcome to your most cherished worse nightmare.

Sincerely, Evil - G,
A.K.A.: G-Man, German, Jerk, Primal, Dogman, Dogboy, GM,
Tina's toy, Whitney's punching bag, Lori's whipping post.,
& of course "Mr. Wonderful."

This is going to be an awesome year with Elizabeth at the helm.

Hey, German, remember what happened last time you went somewhere with an 18-year-old at the helm? If nothing else, we won't be bored!

For everyone else, come out to a write in or two and ask about how our favorite Puerto Rican accidently invaded Cuba.

Tina

hay everybody!

Mike Reynolds here. This is my first year of NaNo and I am really excited. I am currently working on a fantasy novel called The Gadon Stone. By the time NaNo starts i will be about 20k words in and will be using NaNo to catapult me to 70k or more.

Looking forward to meeting new people, and of course winning!

\m/

:blog: mreynoldo.blogspot.com
:AIM: polypatterns

Shhh, don't tell the Nano folks you're cheating. The November novel is supposed to be a brand, spanking new novel. Though I've heard rumors that a few people might be working on existing novels.

I haven't decided yet. Either something with elves or something with Victorian vampires. But Victorian means historical research and that would slow me down. Elves are just pure November fun. I may do that because it'll go faster.

Tina Marie

Hi, all!

I'm Risa and this is my first NaNo! I'm attempting this three weeks after starting a new job with a toddler at home.

Wish me luck!

Hey there! I'm a homeschool sophmore this year and this will be my second time doing NaNoWriMo. I won last year (an hour from deadline), and (amazingly) completed this year's summerwrite! I am SO ready for this year's Wrimo! Bring it on!

NaNo 2007: Discovering Destiny- WINNER! (50,200k)
NaNo 2008: Raven Band (current title)- 18,400k in!

Hello! Due to college exams, this is the first year I can actually participate in this event. I hope I can finish ^^

Hello all! I'm Dave and this is my first official NaNo. I did a test run in January, producing 50k of utter rubbish in 27days. Hope to produce a readable 50k words this November.

I had every intention of cheating, though it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to get started until late October on the actual manuscript, so I'll probably wait until Nov 1st to be official. I'm planning a YA Fantasy called Thomas Moore and the Immortals, and am looking forward to getting to know everyone. Finally, writing has been socialized!

Any other UCF students? I'm a third year Molecular and MIcrobiology Major, and am curious if anyone else is neglecting studies to participate....

Dave

JanNoWriMo '08- The Heir Apparent, 50,000 words on 1/28/08
"I think one step ahead... like a carpenter... that builds... stairs."
- Andy Bernard, The Office

Hello!

My name is Shaun and this is my 2nd year at NaNo! Unfortunately, I was about 20k short of the goal last year, but I've learned so much over the past year that I'm positive I'll finish! I'm a huge procrastinator so it'll be tough, but I will keep trying. I just moved to this region to attend UCF for my third year. I'm a journalism student, a student reporter, and a creative writing minor, so November is going to be jam packed with tons of writing between Nano and uni.

Hello!

My name's Cassie and this is my first year taking part in NaNoWrMo. I'm looking forward to writing this novel I have floating around in my head that originally based off of a Kingdom Hearts fanfiction I had written earlier in the year. I'm not looking to win (though, it'd be awesome if I did), this is more of a personal competition with myself!

"Detail makes the difference between boring and terrific writing. It's the difference between a pencil sketch and a lush oil painting. As a writer, words are your paint. Use all the colors."

-Rhys Alexander, Writing Gooder

Even if you don't reach 50,000 words, I consider it winning so long as you get out of NaNo what you hope to get out of NaNo. If you want to use NaNo as a tool to help you reach a personal goal, meeting that goal still counts as winning in my book. I see NaNo as a challenge meant to get writers to churn out words instead of excuses. So, you don't have to win by NaNo's standards in order to feel you've accomplished what you wanted to during November. :)

Nano is back up and running! Wahoo!

So, who else has joined for this year's craziness?

Tina Marie

Ah~

Thank you for that.

My family thinks I'm nuts for taking this on because I have a nasty problem with procrastination and I get side tracked way to easily. But, I suppose, I've been testing myself all year with my fanfiction (word count seems to steadily grow larger with everything that I put out).

To help myself reach my goal, I'm putting all of my other things on hold for that month...fans'll kill me, but it's worth it since everyone I know seems to think I'm capable of producing a full fledged novel...just not in a month. lol.

"Detail makes the difference between boring and terrific writing. It's the difference between a pencil sketch and a lush oil painting. As a writer, words are your paint. Use all the colors."

-Rhys Alexander, Writing Gooder

Oh, I've got a bit of a procrastination problem myself, but when I've come face to face with NaNo the past two years my mentality of "this can wait till later" is replaced by "time for a challenge!" I've always thrived more on the last-minute adrenaline rush, and that's what the whole month of NaNo feels like for me. So once November 1 hits, you might find yourself cranking out words faster than you ever thought yourself capable, which is awesome.

*waves*

Hi... Erin here.

I'm new this year and have no idea what I'm doing, honestly :D

Nice to meet y'all

Hi hi hi! This will be my first participation in Nano (although I've lurked around the site for years). I'm working on a modern fantasy plot for this year and if all goes well, it'll make it to 50k. Nice to meet you all!

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Hey,

Checked your profile and had to go look up aquarist just to make sure it meant what I thought it did. Are you in the attractions area? There are a group of us working in that area.

Tina Marie

Yeppers! Well, I work in the attractions area, although I do live a good 25 minute drive from where I work, which is pretty frustrating sometimes what with 1-4. =/ But I get off of work early in the afternoon most days, so my schedule's pretty flexible.

-Christine

edit: Some of my posts from yesterday seem to have gone "poof!", odd.

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