Howdy Ho Red Hots!
As you all know, in just a few short hours we shall begin the battle for our novels. As is tradition here at National Novel Writing Month, we as a region chose to go to word war!!!!
OORAH OORAH OORAH!
What is a word war you ask? Simple. We as a region choose to use our word counts as our weapon. This is a battle for epic proportions. Every word that every Michigan::Flint Red Hot Writer writes, and adds to their word count is a GIANT STEP towards EPIC VICTORY.
Normally regions battle one another. Active writers words counts in one region verses active writers word counts in the other region.
However.......... we are no normal Region.
Red Hot Writers are TOTALLY HOT....... This is a known fact, and the basis for this word war.
Chris Baty We Declare War on YOU!!
This year, in our bid for world domination, We, the Red Hot Writers of UNITED STATES::MICHIGAN::FLINT throw down the glove and we throw it down at Chris Baty's feet.
The war is simple - we war with the founder of NaNoWriMo himself!
By November 30th, we vow that our collective word count, averaged down; will exceed Mr. Baty's, thus ensuring us victory.
How it will work:
We will take the collective word count, divide it by the number of active writers from UNITED STATES::MICHIGAN::FLINT and average it down to a Single Novel. For example if 13, active Red Hot Writers log a collective total of 150,000 words during the month of November, that averages down to a singular novel word count of 11,538 words. <--- That 11,538 words must meet or exceed Chris Baty's final word count for us to be victorious.
WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS!!!
Chis Baty, prepare. Our assault begins in mere hours. We the Red Hot Writer Warriors of United States::Michigan::Flint declare War upon you sir.
May NaNo have mercy on your soul!!!!
Red Hots
Red Hots
Red Hots
OORAH!
Sincerely and Visciously Yours,
The Flint Red Hot Writer ML Tri-Fecta:
-Cylithria aka eensybeensyspider
-Rachael aka caffeinatedelf
-Sarah S aka leianajade
And Every Red Hot Writer of Flint.
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Co-ML: United States::Michigan::Flint
Mod @ Military Lounge
Blog:Why Not - Right?
Twitter: @Cylithria
txt or call 989.482.9096
Wave to me at: cylithria@googlewave.com
18,213 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 16 34
*throws gauntlet*
Flint Red Hot Writers are RED HOT! :)
----------Co-ML for Michigan::Flint, the Red Hot Writers
blog: www.antithete.com
noveling blog: www.nano.rachaelacklin.com
twitter: @caffeinatedelf
810-515-8971
caffeinatedelf@gmail.com
caffeinatedelf@googlewave.com
10,195 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 16 38
I've always loved a good challenge :D
64,338 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 17 03
So, if i write two novels totaling 50K plus words EACH this month... can i count them both, if i start on Nov 1 and end on Nov 30? /grin. That'd be a 100k contribution toward the war!
----------Shell Lee http://shellsletters.blogspot.com/
2009: "Hide Me (Hideaway Inn)" - 50,021
2009: "Just Five More (and You'll Be Perfect)" - 14,841
2008: "Dragon Eye" - 50,126 words on November 30th, 2008
72,424 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 17 04
Howdy HO RED HOTS - This just in on my phone. Apparently another region saw our War Declaration and they dared sending me the following text message:
"Dear Flint, Anyone can beat CHRIS. But can you beat NASHVILLE? The gauntlet has been thrown."
I replied in kind my fellow Red Hot Writer Warriors shown here:
"NASHVILLE we shall overcome!!!! Hahahaha Oorah. It is war!!! (love that you texted) oorah - Cylithria aka eensybeensyspider"
-- -- --
So rally your writing efforts, we must not only take down our founder, but show Nashville just who is RED HOT.
Bring IT Nashville....... when we're done with you, you'll be writing bad country song bout 'losing my plot and charactar and my whole story line...."
THIS MEANS WAR!!!!!
OORAH Red HOTS!!!!! The world trembles at our feet!!! Mwahahahahaha
Insanely yours,
----------Cylithria aka eensybeensyspider
Co-ML: United States::Michigan::Flint
Mod @ Military Lounge
Blog:Why Not - Right?
Twitter: @Cylithria
txt or call 989.482.9096
Wave to me at: cylithria@googlewave.com
18,213 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 17 07
Leave them in the same document and you're golden! :)
----------Co-ML for Michigan::Flint, the Red Hot Writers
blog: www.antithete.com
noveling blog: www.nano.rachaelacklin.com
twitter: @caffeinatedelf
810-515-8971
caffeinatedelf@gmail.com
caffeinatedelf@googlewave.com
64,338 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 17 18
Of course! I may type one in blue and the other in another color, just to help distinguish them from each other in the end. hm.
----------Shell Lee http://shellsletters.blogspot.com/
2009: "Hide Me (Hideaway Inn)" - 50,021
2009: "Just Five More (and You'll Be Perfect)" - 14,841
2008: "Dragon Eye" - 50,126 words on November 30th, 2008
72,424 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 17 59
OORAH Shell Lee!!!!!!!!!!
Run Baty............runnnnnnnnnn
----------Co-ML: United States::Michigan::Flint
Mod @ Military Lounge
Blog:Why Not - Right?
Twitter: @Cylithria
txt or call 989.482.9096
Wave to me at: cylithria@googlewave.com
56,369 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 18 31
We can take them all!
Ye-eah, I said it.
Flint writers are RED HOT. Other writers are SO NOT.
----------Co-ML-IN-TRAINING: United States::Michigan::Flint
Twitter: @leianajade
37,429 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 19 11
Pffffffffffffffft! Nashville poses no threat to the might of Flint!
----------Go to my website: http://www.stanmanx.com
18,213 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 20 43
Doods, I have created a Twitter hashtag to use when bragging your wordcount: #iownchrisbaty
Use it liberally! :)
Go go go, Red Hot Writers! We own this place!
----------Co-ML for Michigan::Flint, the Red Hot Writers
blog: www.antithete.com
noveling blog: www.nano.rachaelacklin.com
twitter: @caffeinatedelf
810-515-8971
caffeinatedelf@gmail.com
caffeinatedelf@googlewave.com
72,424 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 21 06
sitting and writing, I glance up and see my google chat window open. There is my name on the list, then @caffeinatedelf and then @leianajade
Nothing unique about that, until you look at our status messages. All of which we each placed there unaware of what the other ML was doing. note:
@Eensybeensyspider : Chris Baty, You're goin down!
@Caffeinatedelf: I OWN CHRIS BATY
@leianajade: Your mom can beat Chris Baty
Red Hot Writers nothing says it better then those status messages. WE BELIEVE IN YOU.
Keep Writing. Keep updating your word count. WE CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!
Chris Baty.... the drums o' war --- they are beating.......... boom chakalakalaka
Insanely yours
----------Cylithria aka eensybeensyspider
Co-ML: United States::Michigan::Flint
Mod @ Military Lounge
Blog:Why Not - Right?
Twitter: @Cylithria
txt or call 989.482.9096
Wave to me at: cylithria@googlewave.com
72,424 / 50,000
Nov 1, 2009 - 23 08
Howdy Ho Red Hots!!!!
It's 2:00am est Nov. 2nd 2009 and so far here are the stats for our region:
Wrimos in United States :: Michigan :: Flint
There are 59 Wrimos in this region (active and homed) - 42% are new to NaNoWriMo
6.78% of Wrimos in this region have donated 80.00 so far (thank you!)
Wrimos in this region have written 86,518 words (2,703 per Wrimo with wordcount)
Here is Chris Baty's word count at this same time: (taken directly from his user profile at 2:00 am est) 759 words so far
That means so far, we each have written 2,703 words while Mr. Baty has written 759
KEEP WRITING Red Hots............. let's shoot way out in front and take the lead so he can NEVER catch up.
Go RED HOTS - GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OORAH and Insanely Yours,
----------Cylithria aka eensybeensyspider
Co-ML: United States::Michigan::Flint
Mod @ Military Lounge
Blog:Why Not - Right?
Twitter: @Cylithria
txt or call 989.482.9096
Wave to me at: cylithria@googlewave.com
56,369 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 03 18
Awesome! Let's not get complacent.
Knock this one out of the park, red hots!
-Sarah
----------Co-ML-IN-TRAINING: United States::Michigan::Flint
Twitter: @leianajade
72,424 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 07 58
ATTENTION Red Hot Writers:
This just copied and pasted from the ML forum post I made (which was this Word War Original post pasted to the ML forums for staff, ML's and Chris Baty to see) Chris Baty has replied to our Declaration of war:
I love it! And I accept. And I pity all of you, for I have written 749 VERY LARGE WORDS ALREADY! That's right! And I wrote them all sitting OUTSIDE in the SUN at a nice cafe! Take that, ice cold writers of Flint. I hope you enjoy the taste of dust, for you will be eating mine ALL MONTH LONG.
Bwa ha HA!
Promising to not use anymore all-caps for the duration of our challenge,
Chris
The man dared call us "ice cold writers"??????
get real!!!!! We are the red Hot Writers of Flint and you're going down Chris.................DOWN DOWN DOWN
Come on writers, update those words counts!!! write write write............ this means war!!!!!!!!
OOrah and Insanely yours,
----------Cylithria aka eensybeensyspider
Co-ML: United States::Michigan::Flint
Mod @ Military Lounge
Blog:Why Not - Right?
Twitter: @Cylithria
txt or call 989.482.9096
Wave to me at: cylithria@googlewave.com
30,417 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 08 27
Oooh, 759, so scary! Well guess what Chris, I got 1066 MORE THEN YOU.
And how dare he call us Ice Cold Writers!
----------He's the ice cold one! I had the WORST write-in word count yesterday and I STILL kicked his butt for Day 1!
"3K a day keeps Chris Baty at bay!" ~MidWestPrincess
64,338 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 09 19
759 for his first day? then he's already behind schedule!
i hit 6263 before going to bed last night. That's over 5500 more than him... I'm not scared!
Ice cold huh? I beg to differ. The red hot blood running through our veins is what lets us survive and thrive in the cold Flint weather!
If he came here...His thin blood would freeze up and he'd be sitting there in a chair, a lump of ice with only the heat from a laptop letting just his fingertips thaw out. his fingers would strain trying to reach the laptop, but alas, it would be just out of reach. he would curse inside, for his mouth would be frozen shut as well. he would cry, if if only his tears wouldn't add more water to freeze around him.
Go ahead Chris Baty, sit there outside in the sun at the cafe. Enjoy the warmth. While you're doing that, remember... the Flint RED HOT Writers know THEY can survive anything--blizzards, ice storms, 20 below temps--and still write!
Go Red Hots Go. We're hot blooded and burning up the pages with our words.
----------Shell Lee http://shellsletters.blogspot.com/
2009: "Hide Me (Hideaway Inn)" - 50,021
2009: "Just Five More (and You'll Be Perfect)" - 14,841
2008: "Dragon Eye" - 50,126 words on November 30th, 2008
89,828 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 11 05
Ice cold? Us? Bring it, Mr. Baty, 'cuz it is ON.
----------NaNo 2009 - Simple Human - You are but a simple human whose mind cannot fathom the greatness that is The Collective.
64,338 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 21 43
This "ice cold" writer didn't hit her personal word goal today, but grocery shopping was rather important considering we had empty cabinets, cupboards, and bare shelves in the fridge. the freezer was lonely, filled only with an almost empty bag of crushed ice.
So, i had to take time to go get some groceries.
Beware Chris Baty, I bought enough food to stock our house for a month (i hope), so grocery shopping wont deter me any more from my writing!
War has been declared, War is what we shall have.
----------Shell Lee http://shellsletters.blogspot.com/
2009: "Hide Me (Hideaway Inn)" - 50,021
2009: "Just Five More (and You'll Be Perfect)" - 14,841
2008: "Dragon Eye" - 50,126 words on November 30th, 2008
56,369 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 05 02
:blink blink: Personal word goal, Shell? I see TEN THOUSAND words on that bar, and that's not making it?
Dude. You RAWK, then. ;)
(and I had to get groceries yesterday too. can't say as I bought enough for a month though - I think our apartment cupboards would explode. :) )
----------Co-ML-IN-TRAINING: United States::Michigan::Flint
Twitter: @leianajade
64,338 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 06 33
Dude. You RAWK, then. ;)
(and I had to get groceries yesterday too. can't say as I bought enough for a month though - I think our apartment cupboards would explode. :) )
Well at the time that i posted that, i was around 9,000 and my goal had been 10,000 by the time i crashed for sleep. but just as i was getting ready to shut the computer down, one of my closest friends logged into AIM and we started chatting. she woke up and couldnt fall back asleep so she started writing on her story. so we chatted in AIM until 3am or later and wrote on our stories lol.
She's doing awesome as is her 13 year old daughter.
Her daughter has a goal of 1,000 words per day, 20,000 for the month --allows room for a few days off (youth writer). And she hit her goal the first two days so far. :)
----------Shell Lee http://shellsletters.blogspot.com/
2009: "Hide Me (Hideaway Inn)" - 50,021
2009: "Just Five More (and You'll Be Perfect)" - 14,841
2008: "Dragon Eye" - 50,126 words on November 30th, 2008
30,001 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 22 42
Dearest Writers of Flint,
I need to apologize for referring to you as the "ice cold writers of Flint" in my original post about our battle. I feel like we got off on the wrong foot, and I called you something I shouldn't have.
Instead, I should have called you the "ice-cold writers of Flint." I think I forgot a hyphen, and for that I am truly sorry.
I also need to warn you that I am planning on writing a quadrillogy this month. So watch out. I'm at almost 6,000 words already, and haven't even written my way out of the legal disclaimers on the copyright page of the first book. That's how massive these four novels are going to be. My prologue alone will likely weigh in at 150,000 words.
And I'm typing it all with my nose.
Chris
11,834 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 02 41
Aren't you afraid of gunking up your keyboard with nose gook and boogies?
55,035 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 03 27
Oh, I just got the message about this epic battle, and then I had to run back home and get my armor, polish it and all (it took forever to get it on...I think I might have put on a few pounds, or maybe the armor shrunk when I washed it) and then I couldn't find my sword...but yeah, I'm here, a newbie NaNo, ready to fight! Of course, after I stopped guffawwwwing over Chris Baty's post, it took me some time to re-adjust all my armor but I think I'm good to go now.
I've got close to 12,000 word count (haven't updated it yet, will soon).
We're gonna leave them all in the dust. I just know it.
----------Waterloon
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It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block. ~Paul Gauguin
37,429 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 04 23
Mr. Baty,
Well, first of all, it's an honor to have you post in our forum.
Second of all, you must be destroyed. It's nothing personal.
I'm glad you reminded me of the disclaimer page! Perhaps I'll take a break from working on my dedication section to get that in order. I've decided to dedicate my novel to everyone in the Southeast Michigan phone book. It can be slow going, since I'm trying to call all of the S Andersons to find out what the S stands for. You won't believe this, but one guy's name is actually "Stop Calling Me". Crazy, right?
----------Go to my website: http://www.stanmanx.com
56,369 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 05 36
Dear Mr Baty,
(Hi!)
You might have more words if you used your fingers instead of your nose. That right there might be why our writers are, in fact, owning you.
Also, thank you for the extra 141 words.
Sincerely,
Sarah
----------Co-ML-IN-TRAINING: United States::Michigan::Flint
Twitter: @leianajade
39,030 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 06 36
Mr. Baty --
Let me just say how incredibly cool it is to have you on our forum.
Next, I'd like to thank you for the motivation I needed to hit 10K today. It'll be an honor to be able to say I wrote a ten page research paper, 50K and aided in the taking down of Chris Baty all within 30 days.
Connie
----------Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
-- A Cinderella Story
9,014 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 07 08
You can have my axe (the second one that I happen to have sitting right next to me even though I broke my axe on the One True Ring).
----------L. Vincent Poupard
44,386 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 08 11
Mr. Baty --
We have just discovered a fatal flaw in your plan. You hyphenate adjectives, and therefore you lose words. We may be "ice-cold" and not "ice cold," but at least we know that when we say "Flint writers are red hot and others are totally not" we get to count all of the words we type, if we were to be writing yourselves into our novels.
It's a draft, right?
<3 Kate
----------2009: In the Name
Twitter: @astraev
Excerpts: writexchange.livejournal.com
LJ NaNo Home: nanoinflames.livejournal.com
56,369 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 08 32
No no no, it's "Flint writers are red hot and other writers are totally not."
Can't forget that extra word! ;) Ha ha ha.
----------Co-ML-IN-TRAINING: United States::Michigan::Flint
Twitter: @leianajade
89,828 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 09 19
Dear Mr. Baty,
I am currently sitting at over 16,000 words. And have yet to start my day 5 writing. You are going DOWN.
Toodles!
----------NaNo 2009 - Simple Human - You are but a simple human whose mind cannot fathom the greatness that is The Collective.