Category Archives: NaperWriMo

2010 NaNoWriMo event dates – an update

We have some confirmation from the Naperville Public Library that our requested dates will be ok for the fall of this year (2010); here is our current event schedule: 1-3 pm, Oct 2: prep session (Nichols Library) 1-3 pm, Oct 9: prep session (Crystal Blount hosting at the Aurora Public Library) 1-3 pm, Oct 16: […]

April 20, 2010 – 3:49 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

And Belgium and Holland pay off their bet…!

Today I received this wonderful e-mail from Arike, one of the MLs for Belgium and Holland: Dear Tim, other MLs and participants of Naperville, First off, a very happy new year to you! We hope you’ve a had some good holidays, family time and rest, and we wish you the very best for 2010. Once […]

January 3, 2010 – 8:07 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

TGIO 2009

We had nearly 50 people attending this year’s fun TGIO (Thank-Goodness-It’s-Over!) party at the Naperville Municipal Center lunch room. Things mostly went very smoothly, though I forgot to give out a prize for best colored-in Dragon Map (doh! I even brought one…). David got us going with a NaNo-bingo (with custom squares and different sheets) […]

December 6, 2009 – 10:33 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

A funny cartoon from HannahK

HannahK, a talented and winning wrimo from Holland, has been writing brilliant little cartoons all month long. Today she posted this gem: 😉 ———- Nu ook Dutch NaNo Team 2009 merchandise!! Very funny (even if we don’t wear nappy’s in Naperville)! –NMK

December 3, 2009 – 6:44 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

What a great finish!

So there we were in the jabber chatroom. little_shakespeare and liveluvlaugh07 had popped by, as had JenniferRyukage and KatherineWriting; but at the very end it was just TRRDEDEAN, ajey and me. I was mostly writing because I was afraid we might lose the regional word war and because TRRDEDEAN and ajey both had writing goals […]

December 1, 2009 – 9:44 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

Pictures from write-ins

Write-ins can be inspirational, focusing, and productive; a welcome break from writing alone by yourself. Here are photos from three of our recent write-ins: the 95th Street Library (in the children’s area; normally we are in the nicer room A), Warrenville City Hall, and the 2nd annual Illinois Statewide write-in hosted at the Inn of […]

November 15, 2009 – 11:16 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Comments (0)

Daily Herald article about our region!

Susan Dibble wrote this article in the Daily Herald about our region of Naperville (dated 10/30/2009). Take a look! Since Naperville became an official region in 2005, 130 to 160 aspiring writers from the area have participated each year, Yao said. Last year, 37 percent won – that is validated their novels on the organization’s […]

November 6, 2009 – 4:17 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaperWriMo | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)