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Karl / Carl, where are you? [Missing person alert]

zooeyglass — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:43:05 +0000

Hello,

At the pre-nano event on October 31st, I was introduced to a gentleman by the name of C/Karl. I don't even know how to spell his name. But the enchanting story of his 2008 nano, and the humble manner in which he introduced himself, made me want to see how he was doing this year.

Does anyone have any leads? Seriously! Last year he wrote 80k but he still failed cos he was aiming for 125,000. How is he doing this year? At first, I thought it was funny, but now I am actually concerned. I want to know, I want to be able to send him a nano-message encouraging him. And I want to hear how the gay guy who's pretending to be straight and might come out in this year's novel, how he's got along.

Please can you help? Do you know of a London C/Karl that might be writing a novel in november? Do you know his screen name on here?

thank you

frankleby
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WRITE-IN: Writers' Crawl : Guerilla Noveling in London / Fundraiser, Sat Nov 28th, 12-4PM

Jenepel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:27:34 +0000

Asphodele and I have been throwing this idea around for a while, and I know we've talked to some of you guys about it at write-ins, so hopefully there will be enough interest to have a decent sized group.

VENUE: Various sites around central London (list to come soon), the first meet-up point is the steps of St Paul's - we'll have some sort of big Nanowrimo sign so that you can find us.

DATE: Sat Nov 28th

TIME: 12-4PM (I'm sure people will want to come late or not stay the whole time, so we may have a changing group, which is fine. If you think you might be late, send me a nano-mail now and I'll give you my phone number so you can text on the day to find out where we are at any given time.)

WHAT IS IT: In the style of a traditional pub crawl, we will move from site, just staying a while at each - only instead of drinking we'll be writing! (Possibly not as fun, but good for your Nano word count.) We'll do 15-20 minute flash writes in famous London places, from the Tate Modern to Covent Garden and then (of course) end it all in the pub. We'll bring badges, stickers and candy to be used as prizes for word wars and challenges throughout the day.

WHY ARE WE DOING IT: Of course there are the obvious things like bringing up your Nano wordcount and getting to write in some fabulous London locations, but we also wanted to give a little back. We're piggy-backing onto Audiofrog's Abnowrimo project, where she is raising money for the children's charity Barnardos. We would like everyone who comes to donate something to the project, or if you want to ask friends and family to sponser you, go for it! The giving page is here or of course you can bring cash on the day.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING: Yourself and something you can write with. Obviously we won't be hitting many (or maybe none at all) power points, so this is swayed towards people with laptops with a long power life and anyone writing long-hand. If you think your laptop won't make it, please consider bringing a notebook and coming anyway. Also, if you have Nano gear, wear it! Asphodele and I will see what we can do about making some sort of signage so that people can see what we are doing.

WEATHER: Obviously this is the worst time of year to plan an outside event! We are trying hard to come up with a list of places that includes both indoor and outdoor options. For instance, wouldn't you like to write in the Globe Theatre Foyer? (We'll see if they let us!) Also consider that we'll be walking from place to place, so umbrellas, waterproof bags and warm clothing is essential!

SCHEDULE: tba (feel free to suggest places in this thread if you want, esp if they are indoors!) I have a feeling it will also be flexible on the day as we figure out what works and what doesn't.

Facebook Event Page Here

We're really excited about this, so we hope people want to come! It's sure to be manic - we'll be dodging tourists and maybe doing some writing in very strange places or positions - but it should also be a ton of fun.
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2008 - The Guardians of the Stone (winner!)
2007 - Gaijin Desu (winner!)

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Growing Pains

yakera — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:16:26 +0000

As we approach week 3 I wonder how everyone is doing. I and am interested to hear about the various growing pains some of us may have experienced. I have a new found respect for novelists! Whew it's a lot of work. The most important shift I have noticed while showing up to the page every day, these past couple of weeks is, that I can trust my inner voice to guide me,These last two weeks taught me to show up to the page and place words on it, one after another, each word bringing me closer to actualizing my dream. Here's to another fun week of challenging that little voice that says " I can't or later, or as soon as I.....(fill in the blank) and honoring the one that says, "Yes I can and I will!" Yay to more frivolous sentences and paragraphs created in 'diabolical merriment.' ( I love those two words together)
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We love our ML!

fairyhedgehog — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:29:37 +0000

Without Lily none of the wonderful meetups would happen. She's always there for us with her ~~evil~~ cuddly meerkat.

Just wanting to say we appreciate you, Lily. Oh, and I love the new venue for weekend meets and I really loved the hat competition. Who won in the end?
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WRITE-INS Victoria Park (Saturday) and Bethnal Green (Monday)

MissMouse — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:50:40 +0000

Hi folks

it would be great to resurrect the Camel pub write-ins again. For those of you who aren't familiar with the venue, it's about 5 mins walk from Bethnal Green tube and in the past they were kind enough to reserve the big table at the end for us, and we could easily fit in 8-12 people with some availability to plug laptops in (limited though). Most importantly, the pies are great! We would normally write for a couple of hours from about 6:30 - 8:30, with some continuing afterwards while others concentrated on drinking and pie consumption. I'm thinking Monday as Sun/Tues/Thurs already have central London write-ins pencilled.

For the weekends, (Saturdays?) I think the Britannia beside Victoria Park might work well and I can have a chat with the owners to see if we could get some of the tables in the restaurant reserved; or perhaps use the upstairs room. It gets busy but the restaurant is slightly set back so should be a little quieter. It's a short walk from the village where the 425 and 277 buses stop; or on the 388 from Hackney Wick.

There's another pub I'm going to investigate which is slightly closer to Mile End tube too.

If you're interested in coming along to either of the write-ins mentioned above, please let me know so I've got an idea of numbers before I go ahead :-)

Best
Gail

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Why do I do this to myself? Because this year I might just win...

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Word War Info - Updated 21 Nov.

Loriba — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:22:52 +0000

Hi all,

This thread is primarily for me to post info about the Word War to all competitors, so it's being cross-posted to all the regions taking part. If you want to make any comments, however, feel free. :-)

ETA: Here's the link to the leader board: http://www.annelyle.com/projects/scoreboard.html

The regions currently signed up are:

Birmingham
Brighton
Cambridge
Darlington
Devon & Cornwall
Essex
Gloustershire
Lancaster & Cumbria
Leicester
London
Manchester
Newcastle
Norfolk
Oxfordshire
York & Leeds
Dublin
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Eng: Elsewhere
Scot: Elsewhere
Wales

Only one region has given a definite No, so we may get a lot more before the 10th. Here's hoping. :-)

All those regions that are signed up should have a Banter thread, so feel free to go over and give them hell (but in a nice way). :-)

There may be a slight delay in the War starting up, as we're reliant on the site API working and the site is notoriously slow during the first few days of Nano, plus we're running it in a slightly different way this year and I'm not sure what problems will crop up because of that. In addition, one of Anne's cats is very seriously ill at the moment, so she may not have time to work on it. I'll be in touch with her and will let all the relevant MLs know if we have to make other arrangements at all. I'll also be in touch when I know the URL of the leader board. :-)

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Damn unexpected subplots , random characters and the most ridiculous words.

Elyzab — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:45:30 +0000

I have had a new character wander into my story unplanned, he just turned up in the forest when my heroine and her children were in danger. He now wants to tell her all about the stars and how to use them to navigate! He also demanded I use the word 'loquacious' to describe him talking about the stars. Honestly!

What strange plots/characters/words have wandered unbidden into your masterpiece?
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Shout out for sitting down to write today!

yakera — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:45:13 +0000

Maybe we could have a shout out for all of us who sat down and wrote today. Sometimes that's all we can do and sometimes the numbers don't reflect the amount of effort it took for an individual to get comfortable enough to let the words flow. So anyone with ten words or more deserves a shout out! Ten words, maybe a sentence, possibly a paragraph. Way to go all of us. Congratulations for showing up to the page. This does not discount those of you who have hit the major k's. You show us it's possible and inspire us to keep going. Congrats to you for forging the trail!
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Moooosic

Enzo — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:47:00 +0000

Every year I end up listening to one artist predominantly through the month. Year one (2006) was the lovely Julieta Venegas. Foreign lyrics are less distracting I find.

The following year, if I remember correctly, was the Amelie soundtrack & other Yann Tiersen stuff. Mostly they're instrumentals.

Last year was all about Tokyo Jihen.

This year: David Bowie. I've had the same 10 or 15 Bowie songs on loop for 3 weeks.

What about you? Do you prefer dead silence? Or, if not, what music does it for you during NaNo?
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2009 - a place like this
2008 - Copernicus Undone (EPIC FAIL)
2007 - Monument (winner!)
2006 - Some Solitude for a Social Species (winner!)

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WRITE-IN: Costa's at Piccadilly Waterstones, Sundays (Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29) 2-5PM

Jenepel — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:20:16 +0000

As posted by Asphodele in a previous thread, here are the further details...

VENUE: Costa Coffee, Waterstones Piccadilly - 203-205 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9HD (It's on the bottom floor of the bookstore, just keep going downstairs and you'll come right to it.) Google Map Here

DATE: All Sundays in November (1, 8, 15, 22, 29)

TIME: 2-5 PM (they are actually open from 12-6 and we might be there before or after the "official" time, so feel free to expand if you want to)

DETAILS: We'll have table signs that say Nanowrimo (and many laptops) so hopefully we'll be easy to spot. Keep in mind that it's a public place and we aren't an official event, so there will probably be a bit of a scramble for tables. That said, Sunday is a slow day and it's a decent sized cafe, so we should be ok. We'll try our best to save spots and we'll also bring along two power strips to help with plugging in. Also, it probably goes without saying, but it's a normal Costa's, so coffee/tea/nibbles are available for any who desire them.

SCHEDULE: We know that a lot of people write better if there are actual times set aside for writing when there isn't a lot of chatter, so we have a (somewhat flexible) schedule. It's a public place so if you're more of a chatty writer you can of course make your own table of like minded people. Basically we plan for 15 minute chat times, and then 45 minute write times, to fill out each hour. Which would go like this:

2:00-2:15PM Chat
2:15-3:00PM Write
3:00-3:15PM Chat
3:15-4:00PM Write
4:00-4:15PM Chat
4:15-5:00PM Write

We also have some Nano stickers, buttons, etc which we will give out at will at all of our write-ins over the month. (Big word counts, good progress, creative noveling ideas, etc!)

Hope to see many of you there!

Facebook Event Page Here (We're trying to put anything posted on the London Nano Forum on the FB group.)
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2008 - The Guardians of the Stone (winner!)
2007 - Gaijin Desu (winner!)

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A (Very) Brief Word About Donations

darklily — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:51:26 +0000

I'm happy to announce that NaNo London has already raised a highly impressive $1,180 - well done, everyone!
Last year London raised a total of $1,470, and I hope we will be able to beat that total by the end of the year.

(By the way, you can see our current regional stats - donations, total words written, et cetera - by going to the 'Regional Info' tab on the regional lounge header thingy.)

I'm sure that the rest of you don't need to be told that NaNoWriMo would really appreciate any financial support that you can offer.
I would however like to draw your attention to the easily overlooked Donating When Broke page, which includes (among other things) information about the GoodSearch scheme.

Thank you for taking the time to read this!
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Municipal Liaison for London, England
'Nil Desperandum!'

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still in the game

yakera — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:22:56 +0000

Still in the game! We're all moving, steadily, towards the finish line. Who knew we could commit to 2+ weeks much less a whole month. One word at a time we continue to honor this commitment to ourselves. We deserve a pat on the back and a huge hug!
Just curious. How have you honored yourself today for being so awesome? I took a long, hot bath.
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Any twitter users?

Ewacat — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:16:16 +0000

I'm on twitter a lot and it's proving to be quite a good tool for keeping in contact with other nanowrimo participants - I'm using the #nanolondon tag for my Nano tweets. It might be useful for organising other write-ins or events, esp since it's quite a bit quicker than facebook!

E x
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WRITE-IN: Costa's at Piccadilly Waterstones, Thursday Nov. 19 & 26, 6-8PM

Jenepel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:21:17 +0000

ATTENTION: This write-in is to replace the one that was going to be held in the British Library cafe. We've found the cafe to be really crowded and have decided to move our Thursday write-ins here instead. Sorry for all the confusion, but at least now there are only two Thursday left!

VENUE: Costa Coffee, Waterstones Piccadilly - 203-205 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9HD (It's on the bottom floor of the bookstore, just keep going downstairs and you'll come right to it.)

DATE: Thursday, November 19th & 26th

TIME: 6-8PM (We're bumping the time up from 5:30 to 6 since it's hard for people to get off work that early - the other time was really only because of the British Library rules.)

DETAILS: We'll have table signs that say Nanowrimo (and many laptops) so hopefully we'll be easy to spot. Keep in mind that it's a public place and we aren't an official event, so there will probably be a bit of a scramble for tables. That said, it's a decent sized cafe, so we should be ok. We'll try our best to save spots and we'll also bring along two power strips to help with plugging in. Also, it probably goes without saying, but it's a normal Costa's, so coffee/tea/nibbles are available for any who desire them.

6:00-6:15PM Chat
6:15-7:00PM Write
7:00-7:15PM Chat
7:15-8:00PM Write

We also have some Nano stickers, buttons, etc which we will give out at will at all of our write-ins over the month. (Big word counts, good progress, creative noveling ideas, etc!)

Hope to see many of you there!
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2009 - The Defective Detectives (WIP)
2008 - The Guardians of the Stone (winner!)
2007 - Gaijin Desu (winner!)

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WRITE-IN: Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, Tuesdays (Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24) 6-8PM

Jenepel — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:40:38 +0000

As posted by Asphodele in a previous thread, here are the further details...

VENUE: Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall (We will be in the cafe part at the back, go past the big brown couches and look for small tables.) Royal Festival Hall site

DATE: All Tuesdays in November (3, 10, 17, 24)

TIME: 6-8 PM

DETAILS: We'll have table signs that say Nanowrimo (and many laptops) so hopefully we'll be easy to spot. Keep in mind that it's a public place and we aren't an official event, so there will probably be a bit of a scramble for tables. We'll try our best to save spots and we'll also bring along two power strips to help with plugging in. Also, there are lots of food and drink options at the Southbank Centre if you're in need.

6:00-6:15PM Chat
6:15-7:00PM Write
7:00-7:15PM Chat
7:15-8:00PM Write

We also have some Nano stickers, buttons, etc which we will give out at will at all of our write-ins over the month. (Big word counts, good progress, creative noveling ideas, etc!)

Hope to see many of you there!

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8:30am-ish BBC Radio London - Nano on the radio, probably

opportunemoment — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:47:06 +0000

It turns out, following a short but rather bizarre set of circumstances involving Twitter, that I'm going to be on the BBC Radio London breakfast show from Victoria Station tomorrow, talking about writing on the tube!

They're doing a feature on interesting ways to use your commuting time, and I happened to mention that this month I'm writing a novel partly in hourlong bursts on the underground, so they invited me along to talk about it on the radio. They're not going to be asking Nanowrimo as such I don't think, but I'm definitely going to be mentioning it. (Partly because the other project I wrote on the tube I'm not actually allowed to name or really describe for Official Publishing Reasons, which is sort of funny.)

Wish me luck and not too much stammering...
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Attention, Word War Participants! Last Chance To Drop Out!

darklily — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:18:34 +0000

Just a quick reminder that voluntary removal from the word war ends this Friday (the 20th) at 8pm.
If you are intending to resign, please message me before then.
Thank you!
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Lily
Municipal Liaison for London, England
'Nil Desperandum!'

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Word War with Toronto - Please Join our Scoreboard? And the Word War!

Elumir — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:37:19 +0000

[Editor's Note: If you've already signed up on our regional word war thread (as of 3pm on the 3rd of November), then you're on the participant list that I've submitted to Elumir, and don't need to email him yourself. Unless, of course, you want to be removed from the London/Toronto word war, in which case he is the person to contact! ~ Lily]

Alllooo London!

How are you? I hope you are doing well. I've noticed that you have a scoreboard. I may be confused, but it looks like you normally compete against other regions. Is this the first time you are competing with another country?

Anyway, I was wondering if you would please join our scoreboard here:

http://www.torontonano.org/WordWar/

This is a running tally of every person participating, the average, as well as a chat room.

And for those of you who haven't joined yet, JOIN! It's a great amount of fun! Come to our chat room! Watch your wordcount rise!

From the looks of your scoreboard, you normally have on average about 20 people that participate in the regional word wars! And according to your regional info, about 45% are new!

Are you new to Nanowrimo? Join the word war! We have MANY new people that have joined the word war in Toronto this year, it's quite exciting. Before, we always put a cap on how many people could join, but NOW! Huzzah! We opened the sluicegates and they're pouring in. I think we have over 50 (I haven't added them yet to the scoreboard).

And do you know how fun chat is? Last year, I wrote 60k for my novel. We calculated the stats of chat, and I wrote 75k in chat alone. That is how fun chat is.

In fact, I am your best weapon. Why? Because my job is to socialize with as many people as possible in Toronto... especially during writing session.

We're not scary! Join our chat! Join the word war! Make videos! I make videos too... I do everything in my power to distract my teammates. [emo] They're not that particularly fond of me. *sniff* [/emo] I'm kidding.

So, please join the word war. If you haven't, then I'll subject you all to a video I'll make JUST for you. Trust me, you don't want that.

By the way, here are instructions on getting yourself added to the scoreboard. If you're on the word war team, pretty please, can you send them to me?

Go to your profile
(If you don't know how, click on your name on any message you wrote)
In the URL bar, you will see something like
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/183952
See that number? That is your USERID! Copy it! Cajole it! Caress it! I NEED that number
Start an email to me at errol@elumir.com
Set the subject to: [Nanowrimo] Word War 2009 - London
(This is important, because if you put Toronto, or NOTHING, I'm putting you on the Toronto team)
The contents of your email should be:
'[USERID]', // [USERNAME]

for example

'183952', // Errol

Feel free just to copy the above and insert your own stuff.
Buy me a coffee

Darn it, this went on way longer than I intended. That means I'll get a TL;DR and I'll just have to condense myself tomorrow if this post gets lost in the annals of the back pages. *sigh* And then I'LL get in trouble from my ML because I'm posting in other region's forums again... *le sigh*

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Wordle

Enzo — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:24:38 +0000

Credit to fairyhedgehog for this, I saw it on her blog.

http://www.wordle.net/

Here's mine so far:

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Ben..
2009 - a place like this
2008 - Copernicus Undone (EPIC FAIL)
2007 - Monument (winner!)
2006 - Some Solitude for a Social Species (winner!)

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Daytime write-ins

HBee — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:00:38 +0000

Alas, I tutor most evenings so can't make any of the week-day write-ins. However, I would like to invite those who can to join me for a few daytime write-in sessions. This could be a great opportunity for students, those who work from home or aren't working right now to get dressed up (i.e. anything more than pyjamas) and join some fellow novelists for a top writing session before the work-day begins.

Days: Any out of Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Times: Anytime before or during office hours!

Locations: Many possibilities. The first two that spring to mind are:
The Rich Mix Arts Centre, Bethnal Green Road. Tables, a few plugs, some comfy sofas and free wi-fi (jackpot!). Open from 9am.
Nincomsoup, Old Street Station. Lots of tables but plug sockets are scant (could be fixed with an extension lead if they don't mind). Free wi-fi with a purchase of their yummy food or drink. Open from 7.30am and perfectly placed for the post-writing commute to work.

Further suggestions for time and place are most welcome. I hope a few people are up for this as it would be great to meet some fellow NaNoWriMos! :)

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[!] If you are going to Sunday's write-in, please read :)

lilibel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:39:36 +0000

Hi everyone,

I am taking a little moment to ask a favour from my fellow London Wrimos.

We are a group of french students doing a PostGrad at London Met University and need to do a focus group for one of our class. Because the Nanowrimo brings a lot of backgrounds together, we thought it interesting to ask you to be our guinea pigs ^^

What will it be about : Tourism & ethic
How long will it last : 1 hour or so
Where : Picadilly Waterstone Costa
When : After the write-in

Who do we need : 8 to 10 persons over 25 years old

To thank you for being part of our study, coffees will be offered (or tea, or chocolate) by our little group of highly trained research students (or so we like to think).

If you think you'll be able to participate in this focus group, please reply to this topic so we can have an idea of the number of people we can expect.

I will be at the write-in in any case and will ask again there :)

Thanks very much in advance,

Lilibel & her school-mates.
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2005 : D'une rive à l'autre
2006 : 14 fevrier
2007 : Sans-titre
2008 : Barbiewire
2009 : La croisiére s'amuse : une divine comedie

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EVENT: Mid-Month Meet (Weekend), Saturday, the 14th of November, 2pm

darklily — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:27:41 +0000

Event: Mid-Month Meet (Weekend Edition)
Date: Saturday, the 14th of November
Start Time: 2pm
End Time: We have the space booked until 7pm.

Venue: The Mad Hatter, Stamford Street, nr. Waterloo (see map)

We'll be in the raised area at the back of the pub, behind the bar.
(Note that this is not the same area as last time!)
The Mad Hatter serves decent food, including a good selection of pies.

Things To Bring: Cuddly mascots, naturally. There should also be space for laptops, for those dedicated souls who stop writing for nothing.

Things To Take Away: Stickers, while stocks last!

R.S.V.P.'ing: Is appreciated by me (and also our venue!), but by no means binding or obligatory.
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Municipal Liaison for London, England
'Nil Desperandum!'

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Making it through week 2 !

yakera — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:05:52 +0000

How's everyone doing? I have heard that the second week is the hardest!! We have made it through these first few days so we can do this. It's only words. They won't kill us. Do any of you 'old timers' have advise or suggestions that can help us newbies (first timer) get through the second week? I had no story line when I started and only one character and a dog. I have followed my character to new and exciting places and have met interesting new characters and traveled fascinating terrain over these past few days. I can look forward to next week knowing that my character will take me deeper into unmarked territory. However any tricks to make the journey easier will be welcomed. Here's to more interesting words and creative sentences.
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help! brainstorming plot ideas

taryneast — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:50:14 +0000

My plot is rolling along, but I'm stuck on more ideas for my opposition.

I have a science fiction novel - the MC has stolen a spaceship at gunpoint and is currently in a jail cell while their half a remaining hull has been impounded by security on the outlaw-planet of Beta-3...

...but I'm trying to figure out what my 'bad guys' are likely to do next in the meanwhile. cos they just aren' going to be sittin around on their bums while MC+friend rot in jail.

I've put up a good-length synopsis of 'where we're up to so far' here:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3448595

entitled 'So... you're losing your elite jump-ship pilots, one by one...'

I would be extremely grateful for any brainstorming ideas (even bad ones) just to get the ball rolling once more.
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South-East London Write-ins

Chelley — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:05:21 +0000

Anyone from this area and would like to do one?
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