Author Archives: NewMexicoKid

Tom shares his tips on plot development

Tom Ostler (aka tomster) gave a terrific workshop Saturday, October eighth. Held at the Nichols Library Community Room (we thank the Naperville Public Library for their sponsorship!), the session was highly interactive and covered strategies for plot development and tips for successfully navigating NaNoWriMo. In one exercise, Tom had us answering four questions in response […]

October 9, 2011 – 8:59 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

RSVP for our October events!

The RSVP form for our October events is now available. Please help us plan for these events (e.g., # of handouts, etc). Just visit http://naperwrimo.org/oct2011/ Thanks!

October 2, 2011 – 4:19 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

New fun cafepress items for the fall!

The NaNoWriMo fall preparation is underway; as folks may know, we have a bunch of Cafepress shops set up with various merchandise as a fundraiser (albeit at a very minor scale). I was involved in a forum exchange with Saker Pup, one of the ML’s for Montana and she coined the phrase Cyborg Ninja Helper […]

September 19, 2011 – 8:16 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

What should we use for our chats?

We have used our jabber room for our online instant messaging for years; now there are new technologies available. Please help us to determine which technologies and tools we should use this fall by participating in this poll (doodle.com). When participating in the poll, use your NaNoWriMo handle. Thanks! –Tim

September 15, 2011 – 9:12 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Preparation for NaNoWriMo (fall 2011)

Katherine has posted an article in our Naperville forum about the upcoming planned events to help folks prepare. These include: September 21, 6-8 pm, Caribou Coffee: Doing NaNoWriMo Again: Get Together to Talk October 7, 10:30 am-noon, Plano Library: NaNo Info session October 8, 1-3 pm, Nichols Library, NaNo prep session October 15, 1-3 pm, […]

September 10, 2011 – 1:08 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Online Pitchapalooza

Just saw the post on the NaNoWriMo blog about the online Pitchapalooza. Just send in your 200-word or less pitch to arielle@thebookdoctors.com by February 15th, 2011. Twenty-five pitches will be chosen randomly and critiqued by Arielle and David on their blog, www.thebookdoctors.com/blog. A winner will be chosen on March 1, 2011. The winner will receive […]

January 21, 2011 – 4:37 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, Writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

The first Journey meeting for 2011

Just a reminder that our first meeting for the 2011 Journey is tomorrow, Saturday, 8 January 2011. Everyone interested in the Journey should already be on the Journey e-mail list, but it is not too late to get involved. Bring a lunch and come to rooms BC in the lower level of the Naperville Municipal […]

January 7, 2011 – 10:44 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged , | Comments (0)