Category Archives: NaperWriMo

RSVP for the kick-off party (2016)

It’s not too early to RSVP for our October 29th, potluck lunch kick-off party at the Naperville Municipal Center, 11:45 AM-2:45 PM. Be sure to bring your stuffed animal for the group photo. There will be door prizes, games and the opportunity to socialize with writing friends. Feel free to bring family and friends along […]

October 15, 2016 – 9:53 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

2015 Thank Goodness It’s Over Party

Saturday, December 5th saw about fifty people come to celebrate the end of National Novel Writing Month. The fun began with an ice breaker created by co-Municipal Liaison Frank Dahlman, where each of five groups was given two characters, a setting, and two objects and told to create a story. [shashin type=”photo” id=”410,402,401,400,399,398,397,394″ size=”medium” columns=”max” […]

December 9, 2015 – 7:12 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

More sculpey plot critters for the final Sunday write-in at Nichols

Since I know that attendance will likely be on the lower end for the final write-in at Nichols, I’ve created a bunch of new plot critters for word war prizes. Hope you like them! [shashin type=”photo” id=”375,376,377,378,379,381,382″ size=”large” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”]

November 26, 2015 – 10:48 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Woodridge and IPPL write-ins on Saturday, 2015-11-21

Here are some photos from some of Saturday’s write-ins: [shashin type=”album” id=”15″ size=”medium” crop=”n” columns=”max” caption=”y” order=”date” position=”center”]

November 22, 2015 – 8:52 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

New batch of plot critters for the Nichols write-ins

After a very nice writing day (5833 words) yesterday, I took a break and made a fresh batch of plot critters for today’s write-in: [shashin type=”photo” id=”356,343,355,354,353,348,347,346,345,352,351,350,349,344″ size=”medium” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”]

November 22, 2015 – 8:48 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

All day write-in, mid-month meet-up and the Nichols Library write-in (Nov 15)

A busy week for NaNoWriMo! Friday was our second annual all-day write-in, organized by our own Katherine Lato (KatherineWriting), former co-ML for the region. The event was very well attended across the day and we had a nice surprise visit from Councilwoman Judy Brodhead, who had just dropped off checks from her and from Councilwoman […]

November 15, 2015 – 7:43 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

A fun and filling kick-off pot luck lunch party

Saturday, October 24th saw some forty-something people attend our fun and filing pot luck lunch party to kick-off National Novel Writing Month. Since we still have some days before November 1st, there were some activities to talk about success strategies. [shashin type=”album” id=”8″ size=”small” crop=”n” columns=”max” caption=”y” order=”date” position=”center”] With many thanks to Kat Stepp […]

October 28, 2015 – 6:15 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)