{"id":2624,"date":"2019-09-03T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2019-10-02T11:23:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T15:23:46","slug":"nanowrimo-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/blog\/2019\/09\/03\/nanowrimo-events\/","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It&#8217;s a national non-profit established to encourage writers to sit down and write 1500-2000 words a day in November and produce a rough copy of a novel.<\/p>\n<p>I have resisted it for years but, belonging to a writing organization, I now feel it&#8217;s time to join in the fun (many call it agony after a few weeks) and see what happens with my &#8216;novel&#8217; novel idea. I also felt my organization, EPIC needed to sponsor NaNo events so I became a committee of one and hope to increase that to a committee of 2 or 3 or 4 very soon. (You could volunteer!)<\/p>\n<p>Here are the planned events co-sponsored by the Edmonds library, part of the Sno-Isle Library System (Snohomish and Island cities ):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>October 15, Tuesday &#8211; Let&#8217;s Get Started Celebration in the Edmonds Plaza Room from 6:00-7:30<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>November Come Write In sessions &#8211; Edmonds Library conference room (varied days and times)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>December 6, Friday &#8211; TGIF: Thank Goodness I&#8217;m Finished Celebration in the Edmonds Plaza Room from 5:30-7:00<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>My hope is that people of all ages and all genres, including teens and poets, travel writers and children&#8217;s writers will take up their swords (commonly called pencils, pens or computer keyboards) and write with abandon. That&#8217;s my plan! Join me. The only cost is time and ideas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Event Details below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 15th Let&#8217;s Get Started Celebration<\/strong> invites you to get info on NaNo, meet with other writers, maybe form NaNo support groups, pick up a packet of NaNo information and share light snacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>November Come Write In<\/strong> dates and times scheduled for the Edmonds Library Conference Room. These are informal chances to come, sit and write with fellow NaNo writers. Bring you laptop (and a power strip) or paper and pens to spend quiet time away from your normal day&#8217;s activities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nov. 4 (Monday) from 6:00-7:30 PM<\/li>\n<li>Nov. 13 (Wednesday) from 10:00-11:30 AM<\/li>\n<li>Nov. 19 (Tuesday) from 6:00-7:30 PM<\/li>\n<li>Nov. 25 (Monday) from 2:00-3:30 PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>December 6th TGIF Celebration<\/strong> invites you to share your successes and missteps with fellow writers, be present for random drawings for writer-y prizes and light refreshments. (Even if you fail to reach your self-imposed goal, please come and celebrate with us!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It&#8217;s a national non-profit established to encourage writers to sit down and write 1500-2000 words a day in November and produce a rough copy of a novel. I have resisted it for years but, belonging to a writing organization, I now feel it&#8217;s time to join in the fun (many call it agony after a few weeks) and see what happens with my &#8216;novel&#8217; novel idea. I also felt my organization, EPIC needed to sponsor NaNo events so I became a committee of one and hope to increase that to a committee of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[293,294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nanowrimo","category-writing-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2624"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3535,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624\/revisions\/3535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}