2012 Events

Summary of 2012 Events

Location: see location maps


Date Time Location Event Description Organizer
Most Sundays 5:30 pm - ?? Caribou in Downer's Grove (5100 Main St Downers Grove) Get-together Bring your laptop and come work on your novel, or just talk. Details in this thread Becky, Joe, Victoria - others welcome
Most Mondays 7 - 8:00 pm Online (via Gmail IM) Virtual Focus on Editing Novels. Share opening paragraphs of your novel, get feedback, revise, share again. KatherineWriting, Larkk
Tuesdays 9-11 am Caribou in Naperville (near Dominick's) (1523 North Aurora Road # 107) Focus on Editing Novels. Bring your laptop or a printout of the first few paragraphs of two or three chapters and come work on novel editing. KatherineWriting, Mary Ellen, Amy
Thursdays 7:45-9:00 pm (and beyond) In our Naperville jabber chatroom Virtual get-together (most weeks) Chit-chat from 7:45-8 pm; meeting from 8-9 pm; NaNoMail NewMexicoKid if you want an account Tim Yao (NewMexicoKid) and others
3/10/2012 (Saturday) 11:30 am - 3 pm (come early if you need computer help) Naperville Municipal Center, Lunch room The Journey Journey Potluck And Meeting -- RSVP on the Journey site with what you're bringing. Tim Yao (NewMexicoKid), KatherineWriting, Beth
4/14/2012 (Saturday) 11 am - 3 pm Naperville Municipal Center, Meeting room A The Journey This bring-your-own-lunch event is for members of the Journey Tim Yao (NewMexicoKid)
5/12/2012 (Saturday) 11 am - 3 pm Naperville Municipal Center, Meeting room A The Journey This bring-your-own-lunch event is for members of the Journey Tim Yao (NewMexicoKid)
6/9/2012 (Saturday) 11 am - 3 pm Naperville Municipal Center, Lunch room The Journey This bring-your-own-lunch event is for members of the Journey Tim Yao (NewMexicoKid)
9/15/2012 (Saturday) 11:45 am - 3 pm Naperville Municipal Center, Meeting room A The Journey This bring-your-own-lunch event may be to wrap up Journey activities or start preparing for NaNoWriMo Tim Yao (NewMexicoKid)
10/27/2012 (Saturday) 11:45 am - 3 pm Naperville Municipal Center, Meeting rooms BC Kick-off pot-luck lunch Come celebrate the start of National Novel Writing Month! Tim Yao (NewMexicoKid)
12/8/2012 (Saturday) 11:45 am - 3 pm Naperville Municipal Center, Meeting rooms BC TGIO pot-luck lunch Thank Goodness It's Over! Come celebrate the end of National Novel Writing Month! Tim Yao (NewMexicoKid)


See the notes and slides from our three October prep sessions

Jabber events

Send NaNoMail to NewMexicoKid and request your jabber account to join in on the jabber chatroom write-ins.

2012 Planning

  • Sept. 15 - 11:45 - 2:30 pm - Meeting Room A -- NaNoWriMo Prep Session
  • Oct. 27 - 11:45 - 3:00 pm - Meeting Rooms BC NaNoWriMo (kick-off)
  • Dec. 8 - 11:45 - 3:00 pm - Meeting Rooms BC (TGIO)