Category Archives: NaNoWriMo

November is National Novel Writing Month

Progress in novel planning

I think I am finally achieving a critical mass of novel planning this year. How can I tell? As I was driving home from work today, two of my characters began to interact with each other. I felt very much like the audience at a play (mind you, I was still paying attention to driving […]

October 15, 2007 – 7:59 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Comments (1)

Oct 9 Pre-Planning Meeting Notes

Pre-Pre-Planning Exercise: There were a number of us last night who were more than 15 minutes early, so our ever-diligent ML Tim gave us notebooks and had us write a one page impromptu short story starting with the line: If it hadn’t happened to me, I would never have believed it. We then shared them […]

October 10, 2007 – 1:48 pm | By tinygreyhound | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo, Writing | Comments (1)

Computer aids and novel writing

If you’re like me, I tend to carry around a notebook everywhere and jot things down as I think of them. It makes for slightly unorganized note-taking, but it’s great for brainstorming. Last year, I hadn’t really considered using the computer to manage my note-taking, but when Tim suggested Papel, a freeware program, I saw […]

October 8, 2007 – 1:57 pm | By tinygreyhound | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Comments (2)

While the nanowrimo site is slow

You may have noticed the nanowrimo site has been really slow since its reopening with a Drupal base. Russ (firebus) is working very hard to resolve all of the problems with the site, but what should you do if the site is inaccessible or unusable? Here are some thoughts… Visit our new local forums. You’ll […]

October 7, 2007 – 9:24 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Comments (0)

29 days to NaNoWriMo’s start!

Although the NaNoWriMo site is a bit slow right now due to the heavy traffic of thousands of returning ‘WriMos, its debut is a sign that the NaNoWriMo season is underway! Only 29 days remain before the official kick-off. Are you prepared? The three workshops we’ve planned (led by Meredith/tinygreyhound) will definitely help attendees answer […]

October 2, 2007 – 7:58 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Comments (0)

Sign-ups open Monday evening!

Yes, the exciting start to NaNoWriMo madness arrives Monday evening as they reveal the new 2007 NaNoWriMo website and turn on sign-ups for this year’s contest. The international web site has been frozen the last week as final preparations are made; Russ Uman (firebus) has architected the move from Xoops to Drupal (these are Content […]

September 30, 2007 – 8:09 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Comments (0)

2007 Flyer

Any NaperWriMo’s out there who would like to help us advertise our October events, please print out and post our 2007 flyer. Send us a note or post in the Illinois::Naperville forum where you’ve put the flyer up so we can avoid duplication of effort. Many thanks! –NewMexicoKid

September 18, 2007 – 9:23 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Comments (0)