Category Archives: NaperWriMo

NaperWriMo wiki updated

Our Wiki has been updated with a new look (based on the WordPress theme by Paul Gu) and updated information about our 2008 events. Take a look and let me know what you think about the site. What? What’s a Wiki? It is a collaboratively built website where registered users can add and modify content. […]

Planning for October and November

Katherine, Melinda and I are trying to get all of our ducks in a row (hm… I wonder how that turn of phrase came into being) for our October 4th kick-off, the other two October events and a successful November. In addition, we’re already planning facilities for 2009’s NaNoWriMo (the rooms fill up fast!). Katherine […]

2008 flyers are now available

I finally completed the 2008 flyers. Please help us to responsibly publicize our local events by posting these in places that you and your friends frequent.

2008 NaNoWriMo – Our Plans

Hello! It’s June and for us Municipal Liaisons, the specter of November is drifting onto our planning radar. I just put together our schedule of events and the information blurb for the Naperville Public Library Fall Program Guide. We still have to determine whether to hold three October planning events or just one and where […]

Wow! A sizzling pre-kickoff!

Today was our fantastic pre-kick-off potluck party. I have to say that it was a lot of fun; and everyone who attended seemed to enjoy themselves tremendously. We had lunch sitting together around a very large table made up of several tables that had been pushed together. The writing exercise we did turned out to […]

Pre-NaNo Jabber Writing Sessions

The pre-NaNoWriMo jabber writing sessions will be Friday (October 26th), 8-9 pm and Saturday (October 27th), 8-9 pm. If you do not yet have a jabber account and would like to participate, please send me a NaNomail or e-mail. Since it will be before November 1st, we cannot write anything for our NaNo novels; however, […]

October 20th Pre-Planning meeting notes

Hi, Everyone! We had a great turnout. I just thought I’d sum up what we did at our very LAST pre-writing session (I can’t believe November is so close!). We played a game called truth or fiction. Each participant got two 3×5 cards. On one card, they wrote a scene from their favorite book. On […]