Where has the month gone!? It’s already October 10, which means that there are only 21 days until the start of November. Don’t let Halloween sneak up on you! It seduces you with candy and chocolate and before you know it, midnight has rolled around and it’s NOVEMBER.
Protect yourselves.
My name is Tresa Cho and I, along with the lovely Nellie, am your Municipal Liaison this November. Because of the far-reaching nature of our state, I will be hosting events online for those of you who can’t make it out to your neighbourhood write-ins. This will include a kick-off chat session, a crunch time writing sprint on November 30th, and at least four open chats during the week. Times and days are to be determined, but I am leaning towards Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings. The times and URLs for chats will apear in the regional calendar when it gets closer to November, depending on how many people can make which days/times.
So much for the boring stuff! Now onto the interesting things. Nanowrimo.org is off to a brilliant start, with only minor issues in the forum reset as I’m sure you all were immediately aware of. I have posted a poll concerning what we should choose as our regional mascot. Whatever we pick, I promise to draw a smashing picture of it and use it on our website, so go forth and offer ideas or I will draw a rock. Don’t think I won’t!
I suppose now would be an oppurtune moment to speak to those of you who are having second thoughts. Perhaps this is your first time attempting Nanowrimo. Let me allay some of your fears. No, we are not all crazy. Just a few of us. And yes, some of us do get sleep during November. I’d wager about 10% of the participants actually manage to get a good night’s sleep once a week. And no, we are not all addicted to caffeine. We just bleed the stuff. I will direct you to my newbie guide, and if any of you other veterans have something you’ve written up that you’d like to share, just drop me a line and I’ll put it up.
Good luck and see ya around!
