United States :: New Hampshire

So, not making it 50k.... :(

BlazerDeSola — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:43:29 -0800

Well, no way I'm making 50k. Anyone else out there in the same predicament? I'm bummed, but I just couldn't find time time to really sit and write this month. Didn't even clear 15,000. But, there's always next year! I do plan to try and finish my novel from this year though at some point... after all the holiday stuff is done since due to finances I have to make a bunch of gifts instead of buying them. Gotta commit my time to crafting for now.
Have fun all!
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Blazer DeSola
Exeter, NH
"I'm insane...but don't tell the voices in my head I know!"

United States :: New Hampshire

Concord or Manch area meet up

rovingjack — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:41:32 -0800

anybody in the area intrested in meeting at either the malls or the book stores in these two places. I'm thinking that saturday or sunday after nano is over would be nice, give us a bit of time to recover and catch sleep and organise our neglected lives before doing anything more nano related.
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Winners!

Twitcherfly — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:34:20 -0800

I've seen a couple of "I'm-quitting" threads in this forum, which is too bad :(

BUT...there's no "I've-won" thread. So here it is. Who's got 50k? I hit 50,132 on Thanksgiving. (The turkey must have given me a boost...yeah right.)

High fives to all the rest of you!
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If you're good, know it, even if no one else does.
~MollyAnn Leikin
Novel 2007: Tall Heels (Finished, 52k)
Novel 2008: Retribution (Unfinished, 50k)

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Donate to Nanowrimo! and thank you...

Jane Eyre — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:06:01 -0800

Having waited far too long in these crazy last days, I finally got on the job and donated. Probably would have reached 50K a lot quicker if I'd gotten my halo sooner: it fits right round the top of the head and removes all those editorial thoughts that slow me down. So, now I'm asking my fellow New Hampshire Nanowrimers to donate, too, to help keep this wonderful, fabulous, amazing organization afloat. Even ten bucks (less than a quarter tank of gas, just a couple of months ago)...

And I want to say THANK YOU to all of you who have been writing around the state this month. For one month out of the twelve I have such a lovely sense of a community of writers working alongside me. The rest of the year I mostly just see trees out my window.

Many blessings and continued writing to all of you.

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"We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art."
—Henry James

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Down to the Wire

blkblt1279 — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:40:56 -0800

So, it's down to the wire. I've contemplated quitting for this year's nano so many times it's not funny (see each time my word count flat lines? that's me deciding not to do my novel......), with packing, preping to move, extra hours at work...Well, I woke up this morning at 29,000 words and said "There's still time!" and pulled off 13,000 words so far today....Now I go to take a break. There are only so many hours of MacGyver I can watch in a row (1 ep = 2,000 words, not as fast as if I was listening to music, but slower on the burnout processes...)

Anywho, I wish all of you the best of luck as we're getting down to the wire and welcome any funny nano stories or any come from behind stories, or any 'nano trials' stories.

G'luck all!

Cat
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Where Are You?

Eika — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:53:45 -0700

Hey!

This is Eika, signing in from Plymouth State University! First year here, but this'll be my fourth NaNo. I'm doing a crazy series on a group of kids in a school that's connected to another world they must keep secret. It's YA, fantasy, and guaranteed to be fun!

Where are you writing from?
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Nashua Celebration Idea!

cutelittlewriter — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:04:53 -0800

Who: NaNoWriMo's in the area
What: A mini-celebration
Where: Barnes and Nobles on DW highway
When: Anytime on Sunday, November 30th
Why: To celebrate staying sane over the past month

This was just an idea I had; just having a group meet at B&N to hang out instead of writing, swapping stories and such. Also, I wanted to do something since I've managed to miss every write-in in the area =). So, just tell me what you think!

(I chose B&N because I have 2 gift cards I have to use there, in case your wondering,...and I'm a B&N girl =))
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United States :: New Hampshire

Alright who's gonna help me here

rovingjack — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:15:10 -0800

I need somebody to egg me on by telling me how great they are and then I try to do better.

How many words total was your best four or eight hour stretch?
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United States :: New Hampshire

Nov. 30 Milford write-in

spoffk — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:35:28 -0800

Hey everyone,

I was planning to do a write-in on Nov. 30 at the library in Milford from 2-4 p.m. However, I wasn't sure if there was much interest, especially since most people will probably be caught up since it's the end of a long weekend. I know my novel is almost finished (hoping to hit 50k by tonight!) but I don't mind doing it if there is interest.

If you are interested, could you either post to this thread or sign up:
http://www.libraryinsight.com/eventdetails.asp?jx=jkp&lmx=194897&v=3

(Just because I'd hate to come into work and have no one show up for the write-in...)
Thanks!

Kate
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A Write-In at the Portsmouth Tea Company or Breaking New Grounds on Saturday?

Jewelaroni — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:46:11 -0800

Hey everyone!

My boyfriend and I have been going out as often as possible to local cafes to write. There are always a plethora of people with laptops, but I'm always too shy to ask if one of them is doing NaNoWriMo, because if they're not, they'll probably look at me like I'm an idiot.

Anyway, after my knitting group at Cafe on the Corner on Saturday ends (somewhere between 2 and 3) we always go to Breaking New Grounds to write, unfortunately, it's always really busy there and sometimes hard to get a table.

However, the Portsmouth Tea Company Cafe in Somersworth (across from Market Basket) is still new, so they haven't built up a huge clientele, which means plenty of room for a big group of writers. Also the owner is really nice and encouraging, and great at recommending yummy teas!
If anyone is interested in meeting up, we would love to meet some new writers in the area! (Oh, we could also meet up on a Sunday if anyone preferred.)

Hope to hear from you soon!!

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I'm a PInjaRoBoy!

United States :: New Hampshire

New Wilton/Milford Write-In

elizabethdelisi — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:06:51 -0800

Nikki and Jacqui and I are going to try another write-in at Santos-Dumont in Wilton. Or maybe it's Milford. I'm not sure where the town line is. ;-) In any case, it's going to be on Monday the 24th from 11-1, or 11 till whenever we decide to leave.

Anyone else who'd like to come is welcome to join us!

Liz

Elizabeth Delisi
Fiction With Flair!
www.elizabethdelisi.com
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Elizabeth Delisi
Fiction With Flair!
www.elizabethdelisi.com

United States :: New Hampshire

Twin State Word War -- Official Thread

larrypotter — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:34:12 -0800

It's war!

The third annual Word War between Vermont and New Hampshire rages again in 2008. Of the two states sharing the Connecticut River as a border, only one can claim the title of Twin State Word War Winner!

Here's how it works. Wrimos from Vermont and New Hampshire join Nanowrimo and attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days. When bored with their plots, the aforementioned Wrimos procrastinate by writing (good-natured) trash talk in the official Word War thread (that's this thread!).

On two dates, Kass, our official Word War counter will post the current counts in two categories:

-- Total Words
-- And Average Words per Wrimo

These two dates will be Nov 22 (to give us an idea of where we stand), and -- for the final counting -- Dec 1st. The current numbers look like this:

Total Words: New Hampshire 4,020,158 Vermont 2,516,715
Average Words Per Wrimo: New Hampshire: 16,891 Vermont 17,004

At the moment, the Word War is tied... NH has the upper hand in total words, but Vermont is ahead by a nose in the average category.

If I know the Wrimos of NH and VT, however, I know nobody can live with a tie. So there will be a TIE-BREAKING category. If the Word War is deadlocked on Dec 1 (like it is now), the tie-breaker will be Total Dollars Donated to Nanowrimo by Wrimos of Vermont and New Hampshire.

Currently, the donation count looks like this:

In United States dollars... New Hampshire $225 and Vermont $500.

Let the Word War (and the trash-talking) begin!!!!

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April 2005: Travels With Tuna 51,325
November 2005: The Pond Hockey Tournament 51,023
November 2006: A Ski Season on the Brink 51,432
November 2007: The Great American Hockey Novel, 50,146

United States :: New Hampshire

:D!

srasco — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:12:25 -0800

:D! Look there, above your head! It's...it's...it's...

gone. :S

Turn around quicker next time, it was really cool.
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United States :: New Hampshire

Wasted an hour, blast it all.

rovingjack — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:51:13 -0800

I got so derailed by some of the things life keeps chucking at me along the way that I just wasted an hour procrastinating.

I had so many problems come my way that I didn't even get started until wedns night and then it was a measly 2.5K

I got 5.5k done last night and have 2k on my list as done tonight. I need to get at least 4000 more tonight to meet the pace I'm trying to set.

I hope to be able to get 6k tomorrow and dream of 8k on sunday.

But I'm tripped up by the fact that I'm having to rely on the computer labs at the school since I don't have a functional one at the apartment.

I need to get up towards 50k by midweek If I plan to make it through to 100k (two novels) by months end.

Blast it. If all these problems hadn't come along I'd be in a good place to shoot for my third story idea also getting done by months end.

Why must you constantly test me world, why can't you just accept that Nano is sacred and must not be interfered with.

Blast and tarnation. I'm off.
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United States :: New Hampshire

My #@#$%&* laptop died last night!

EyeWryte — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:47:12 -0800

Argh!!! Yes, I do have everything backed up. It gets backed up automatically to an external drive every night so I could restore it--- if I had something to restore it TO! Working with tech support today, trying to figure it out. Worse comes to worse, I can continue on this old desktop, but it means reinstalling the software and all that annoying crap! I'e pretty much lost 2 full days now..... :'-(
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-Mak
If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane.

United States :: New Hampshire

What makes your character... interesting?

MLady-Keaton — Sun, 9 Nov 2008 18:29:56 -0800

Oh, you know you have to be curious about other people's characters. You know you're saying 'oy, wot's that word count up to?' or 'I feel a little overwhelmed by this...what are other people doing about theirs?'

So put your out here and make comments about other peoples! I mean, what's NaNo without a character?

So, simply out of curiosity, what makes yoursso unique? What makes them stand out from the crowd, if anything? Who are they like from the movies, other books, webcomics, anything?

Don't be shy, I'm sure none of us will bite. ^^
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First time NaNo-er. Long time supporter.
Pleasedon'tdie,pleasedon'tdie,pleasedon'tdie.

United States :: New Hampshire

I feel extremely... dumb?

fairyworld1217 — Sun, 9 Nov 2008 17:31:16 -0800

So... I want to know if anyone else here has gotten any writing-related injuries due to Nano.. like me and my dumb carpal tunnel in my writing wrist! =[ I haven't been able to write at all tis whole weekend... and my parents are preventing me from doing it. How am I writing this write now? One-handed.... taking me like five minutes to write something I could write in 1.

Okay so can anyone relate??
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Nanowrimo '08: 9:11
Scriptfrenzy '08: As If I Can Be Saved (working title) 63/100
Nanowrimo '07: No More Daisies

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Milford area write-ins

Nikki Andrews — Sat, 8 Nov 2008 14:16:54 -0800

Hey, it was great to see everyone at Santos-Dumont today. Liz, Tammy, Lynn, Harriet--write on!

I'll check out Ava Marie Chocolates in Peterborough and see what I can come up with. I can't make it the next two Saturdays, but maybe one evening?

Nikki
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Nikki
"We're here for a good time, not for a long time." Colin MacRae, 1968-2007

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Seabrook NH

SweaterGrrrl — Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:29:45 -0700

I live in MA on the border of NH, and I'd love to have a writing meet-up at the Starbucks in Seabrook NH. If anyone has the following times free, let me know and maybe we can get together:

Best times for me:
Friday afternoon and evening, anywhere from 3pm to 9pm
Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday, from 6 or 7pm to 9pm

SweaterGrrrl

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SweaterGrrrl

United States :: New Hampshire

Nashua Area Kick-Off-Get-Together & Write-Ins

Lynners — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:02:37 -0700

Hey!

I apologize for lack of leadership this year. People seem to be doing a great job of arranging write-ins and finding each other in general - so perhaps just having an ML hovering in the background if needed is sufficing.

I haven't made plans for a big "Kick-Off" bash, but I would like to invite anyone interested to join me at "Star Bucks" in the Barnes & Noble Book Store, Nashua: Thursday night, October 30th - 7:00p.m. until 9:00p.m. (Or until closing if anyone wants to hang out that long!)

I look forward to seeing "Old" (figuratively of course) faces and meeting some new ones. We can share lessons learned from previous years and give each other tips for maintaining our sanity. While you're there I'd like to know if you're interested in attending write-ins, and what would work for you schedule-wise.

Lynn

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Has anybody else restarted yet?

Momaw — Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:32:07 -0800

I found myself completely apathetic and stuck with my initial idea. I got about 1600 words and fell into "Well what happens next?" quicksand. I had a place I wanted to get TO, but no idea how to actually write a novel up to that point so it would make sense. So I threw out that bad beginning and started something else. I wrote over 2000 words in one sitting and only came up for air because I ran out of cocoa.

I wonder if anybody else has had a similar adventure yet.

Refill time.
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United States :: New Hampshire

Does anybody need a laptop?

Twitcherfly — Mon, 3 Nov 2008 07:33:39 -0800

I've posted this in the marketing forum, but am providing a link here since it's in this region. If anyone needs a laptop, click here! http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3097576

Best to you all.

-Katherine
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If you're good, know it, even if no one else does.
~MollyAnn Leikin
Novel 2007: Tall Heels (Finished, 52k)
Novel 2008: Retribution (Unfinished, 50k)

United States :: New Hampshire

I just killed a character...

EyeWryte — Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:13:12 -0800

And it was good! Well, maybe not good, but necessary. I need a cop in the story and what better way to get one than a nice, juicy murder, right? Like "cop bait" or something! LOL

Ok, just rambling here....
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-Mak
If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane.

United States :: New Hampshire

What music do you listen to as you write?

forlornshadow — Sat, 8 Nov 2008 15:45:08 -0800

I'm listening to the Backstreet Boys right now. But I usually listen to something up beat and exciting. I love country but there is a healthy mix of other genres of music.
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2+2 always equals 4 BUT 4 does not always equal 2+2

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Salem NH Writers?

drobbins — Tue, 4 Nov 2008 04:29:56 -0800

Are there any other writers in the Salem, NH area?
If there is we could meet up for a drink and writing.
If anyone is interested, let me know.

Denise
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