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Attention Bay Area Wrimos!

Tavia Stewart — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:14:58 +0000

We wanted to make sure you all knew about the third-annual NaNoWriMo Night of Writing Dangerously Write-a-thon. This noir-themed noveling event will be held from 5 PM to 11 PM on Sunday, November 22 at the beautiful Julia Morgan Ballroom in downtown San Francisco!

All you need to do to raise $200 in sponsorships through GiftTool from family and/or friends by November 18. And if you raise $300 or more you can bring a guest!

Not only is this a great chance for us to see the faces of those who support us, but all proceeds from the evening make our programs possible, including the classroom-based Young Writers Program. Come show your support this year by helping us reach our $25,000 fundraising goal! The more money you raise, the more tickets you'll get for our prize raffle. Plus, the top fundraisers will walk home with one of our grand prizes. Check out our Night of Writing Dangerously Write-A-Thon 2009 page to find out what this year’s grand prizes include.

Don’t miss your chance to come write with us for six hours surrounded by San Francisco’s city lights and 200 fellow NaNo-novelists typing frantically alongside you!

Already shopping for my Noir costume,

Tavia Stewart-Streit
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Rohnert Park write-in

KevinGoneNuts — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:06:31 +0000

Hello everyone

I would like to put on a Write-in in Rohnert Park. I'm thinking it will probably be on November 9th, at the Starbucks in the Mountain Shadows Plaza (off of golfcourse and Country club). it would most likely be from about 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please let me know if you would like to come.
-Kevin
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The First Timer's Thread

Czenko — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:47:59 +0000

Greetings everyone!

I'm new to NaNoWriMo, and this is my first year taking on the challenge.
Reading the threads, you seem to be well acquainted with the concept of write-ins and getting together for coffee and typing sessions. Frankly, I'm really nervous and shy. I may be too embarrassed to show my face within the SRJC library or Azul Cafe.
"I'll be an outcast!" "They won't like me!" On and on, these silly thoughts.

So, I'm basically looking for reassurance and perhaps a more detailed explanation based on years passed. What is a the typical day of a NaNoWriMo-er?
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Sebastopol area writers...

Alexandra.Tarryngton — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:14:20 +0000

I haven't seen much chatter about Sebastopol writers. I'm hoping to make the library write-in Tuesday the 10th or Monday the 16th. Work or illness has kept me from all the others. (Caught a cold on Day 2, so I am way behind!) Anybody out there meeting at other times/places here in Sebastopol?

Margaret (Alexandra)
margaret@organizeinharmony.com
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The Marin Thread

jsnell — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:18:04 +0000

A chance for NaNoWriMo writers in Marin County to check in.... and possibly coordinate some events on our own, in advance of splitting off into our own group next year.

I'm Jason. I live in Mill Valley and have completed NaNoWriMo the last three years. I've never actually been to a write-in, though I've threatened it in the past.

Anyway, I figured I'd make this thread for anyone who wants to sign in. :-)
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Jason Snell
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Making it through week 2

yakera — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:49:45 +0000

How's everyone doing? II have heard that the second week is the hardest!! We have made it through these first few days so we can do this. It's only words. They won't kill us. Do any of you 'old timers' have advise or suggestions that can help us newbies (first timer) get through the second week? I had no story line when I started and only one character and a dog. I have followed my character to new and exciting places and have met interesting new characters and traveled fascinating terrain over these past few days. I can look forward to next week knowing that my character will take me deeper into unmarked territory. However any tricks to make the journey easier will be welcomed. Here's to more interesting words and creative sentences.
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Thursday write-ins at the SRJC library

Midnight Feathers — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:11:25 +0000

I'm currently a student at the SRJC, and I'm worried that I might not finish my novel because it's my first year participating during college, so I'll be writing away in the SRJC library on Thursdays afternoons around 12PM (my last class ends around that time, and I'm usually completely free after then) until about 1 or 1:30PM.

However, my schedule's pretty flexible--I could show up on Tuesdays at the same time and my Monday/Wednesday classes end between 2 and 2:30PM--so if Thursday afternoons don't work out then I'm willing to forgo them for another day or time!

I'm not sure which floor I'll be on--probably the third or fourth because they're a little roomier, but if you guys would prefer one over the others let me know!--so I'll go scouting tomorrow and post the location then.

The library has a cafe too, so there's plenty of caffeine to go around! Hope to see you guys there. :)

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2009: Façade (we'll see...)
2008: The Arbiter (won)
2007: Tales of Cadence (won)

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WRITE-INS ---- MASTER CALENDAR

Boo Boo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:30:14 +0000

Those of you who watched Lindsey’s video this week on NaNoVideo may be disappointed that we don’t have one of those cool scrolling calendars at the top of our regional forum. I do apologize, but this ML ran out of time and technical saavy to make the Google Calendar happen this year. I promise to enroll in Google Calendar 101 for next year. For now, I offer this version with, again, my apologies.

**NOTE: For write-ins at SRJC, please check the listing in the forum titled “Thursday Write-ins at the SRJC Library” (Santa Rosa) for additional info.

Mondays:
11:00 ish **SRJC — see note above
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. RINCON VALLEY of Sonoma County Library, 6959 Montecito Blvd, Santa Rosa
3:00 – 6:00 p.m. CAFÉ AZUL — 521 4th Street, Santa Rosa
5:00 – 8:30 p.m. CENTRAL BRANCH of Sonoma County Library: 3rd and E Sts, Santa Rosa
5:00 – 8:30 p.m. HEALDSBURG BRANCH of Sonoma County Library, Piper & Center

Tuesdays:
12:00 – 1:30 p.m **SRJC — see note above
6:00 – 8:30 p.m. (NO 11/17) PETALUMA BRANCH of Sonoma County Library: 100 Fairgrounds Dr

Wednesdays:
?? **SRJC — see note above
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. REDWOOD CAFÉ— 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati
3:00 – 6:00 p.m. CAFÉ AZUL — 521 4th Street, Santa Rosa
7:00 P.M. — ? AROMA CAFÉ — 1122 4th street, San Rafael (near A Street, I think)
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. BORDERS BOOKS CAFÉ — Santa Rosa Ave, SR (same center as Michaels & Aarons)

Thursdays:
12:00 – 1:30 p.m **SRJC — see note above
3:00 – 6:00 p.m. CAFÉ AZUL — 521 4th Street, Santa Rosa

Saturdays:
11:00 – 1:00 p.m. PEETS COFFEE—Washington Sq. Shop Ctr, 351 S. McDowell Blvd, Petaluma (east)
6:30 – 8:30 (9:30?) p.m. BORDERS BOOKS CAFÉ — Santa Rosa Ave, SR (same center as Michaels & Aarons)

VARYING & ONE-TIME:

SEBASTOPOL BRANCH of Sonoma County Library:

Monday Nov 2 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Thursday Nov 5 1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday Nov 10 5:00 – 830 p.m.
Monday Nov 16 5:00 – 830 p.m.
Friday Nov 20 1:00 – 4:30 p.m.

COPPERFIELD’S BOOKS — 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, CA 94952:

Tuesday Nov 10 6:00 – 800 p.m.

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Debbie aka Boo Boo
ML for Sonoma County
Winner--2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Also Ran--2003

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WRITE-IN -- Santa Rosa -- Borders Books Cafe

Boo Boo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:55:18 +0000

New write-in location in Santa Rosa -- Borders Books Cafe, Santa Rosa Ave, SR (same center as Michaels & Aarons)

Wednesdays & Saturdays

Wednesdays ---- 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. -- (they close at 9:00 during the week)

Saturdays ---- 6:30 – 8:30 (9:30?) p.m. -- (they close at 10:00 on Saturday)

This cafe has become more popular, so it fills up pretty fast with other people who will also be hunkering down for several hours. Some of us come earlier at times, and some of us stay right up until closing, but you can count on 6:30 - 8:30.

The Wednesday night write-in is probably my favorite write-in of all!

Hope to see some of you there...

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Debbie aka Boo Boo
ML for Sonoma County
Winner--2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Also Ran--2003

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WRITE-IN -- Copperfields Books in Petaluma

Boo Boo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:25:15 +0000

Copperfields Books is hosting a write-in at their Petaluma location.

November 10th -- Tuesday
6:00 - 8:00 PM
140 Kentucky Street
Petaluma, CA 94952

We are truly fortunate this year to have both the library and Copperfields involved with NaNoWriMo. Hope to see some of you there!
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Debbie aka Boo Boo
ML for Sonoma County
Winner--2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Also Ran--2003

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Napa Valley Writers

suzykoala — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:47:06 +0000

I know this is pretty late to be asking, but are there any other Napa Valley Writers out there? I can't get to Sonoma or Marin Counties, but might like to meet up closer to home.
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Susan

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WRITE-IN -- TIME CHANGE -- Cafe Azul-

Boo Boo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:26:56 +0000

Write-in location in downtown Santa Rosa....

Every -- Monday, Wednesday & Thursday

NEW TIME.....

3:00 – 6:00 p.m. CAFÉ AZUL — 521 4th Street, Santa Rosa

(previous time was 4-7 pm)

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Debbie aka Boo Boo
ML for Sonoma County
Winner--2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Also Ran--2003

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LIBRARY WRITE-INS -- Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Sebastopol

Boo Boo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:11:17 +0000

Here is the schedule for write-ins at various library branches. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Erin.

CENTRAL: 3rd and E Sts, Santa Rosa ---- Mondays 5:00 – 8:30 p.m. (Erin will be there!)

HEALDSBURG: Piper & Center ---- Mondays 5:00 – 8:30 p.m.

PETALUMA: 100 Fairgrounds Dr ---- Tuesdays 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. except Nov. 17th (Erin will be there, too!)

RINCON VALLEY: 6959 Montecito Blvd ---- Mondays 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

SEBASTOPOL: schedule varies, please see the calendar at the web site www.sonomalibrary.org

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Debbie aka Boo Boo
ML for Sonoma County
Winner--2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Also Ran--2003

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Another Novato Write-in

Birngerofeternaldarkness — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:22:34 +0000

Hey i heard about the first Write-in, but I wasn't able to make and I really want to go to one. Is anyone up to another one at Dr. Insomnia's? Pretty much anytime is good for me, except for Tuesdays, so if anyone else wants to pick a day and time that would be great. I really hope to meet fellow WriMo's soon.
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Vallejo writers - which region do we call 'home'?

freeliviaching — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:19:30 +0000

Hi Sonoma region -

I'm located in Vallejo but work in SF during the week. I'm trying to find out which is right region for me. I'm subscribing to this region, the East Bay and San Francisco.

East Bay looks to have a lot of writers in Concord which is 20 minutes away but does Sonoma region have any Vallejo writers (we live only 9 miles away from the county line).

Any info on where Vallejo writers should make their "home" region would be much appreciated!

peace and question marks,

flc
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Wednesday Write-Ins at Aroma Cafe in San Rafael

swaziloo — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:48:32 +0000

Marin seems so hopelessly underrepresented in this whole write-in thing. I truly wonder if we A) have less writers per capita or B) are just downright slackers. I'm not going to hazard a guess, however, we have managed just a little traction in the past at Aroma Cafe on 4th street in San Rafael: http://aromacafesanrafael.com/

I like the place, and love seeing you all, so I'll plan on spending my Wednesday evenings writing there. No novel-writing-failure like last year for me! I work in SFC, so getting here before, say, 7pm is a hardship, but I'm hereby committing to 7pm every Wednesday in November - hope to see you there!

I <3 writing sprints with WriMo buddies!

MLs: Please feel free to add this to the calendar too.
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2009: Sleepwalking
6-year, 5-win veteran. Details

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Totally lost...

Naomi Williams — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:32:10 +0000

I don't mean with my writing; I mean on this forum! I am totally confused...Is there a list somewhere showing the names of the other members in this region? If not, then how do I see the excerpts that you folks are posting?
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Any writers in the Fort Bragg, Mendocino area?

Pauline E. Rusert — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:53:17 +0000

Looking to see if Anyone up my way is writing
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Write In Respite

Erin McGonigal — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:00:05 +0000

If you need a short break from writing *GASP!* -- come over to the Central Library tonight. We're having a writers' discussion panel with 5 mystery writers.
You can ask them how they do it! I'm sure they take more than 30 days, but still ...
Central Library at 3rd and E in Santa Rosa.
7 pm.
See ya there!
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Why Would a Library Say NO?

Buzzword — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:25:18 +0000

Hey Wrimos~

I'm looking for some advice on how to convince the Windsor library to let us do write ins for NaNoWriMo.

They seemed shocked and appalled that I would even ask to use their always-empty room for a few hours of writing. They said even if they did let us use it, they wouldn't allow it more than ONCE A YEAR. Then they whipped out a completely empty calendar, showed me the blank pages and said the entire month of November was booked. (According to the online calendar this can't be true).

Anyhoo -- how did the rest of you get your local libraries on board? Seems like Healdsburg doesn't have a problem with it... Any suggestions? Should I just walk away?

Buzzword
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Write in at Dr Insomnias today

Tooie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:48:17 +0000

Hi Newbies,
There's a write-in today in Novato. Dr. Insomnia's is at the old town end of Grant Ave. Scheduled for 11AM. Hope to see you there.
Pam
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WRITE-IN -- Petaluma -- Peets Coffee & Tea, Eastside

Boo Boo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:42:21 +0000

New write-in locations in Petaluma....

Saturdays

11:00 – 1:00 p.m. PEETS COFFEE—Washington Sq. Shop Ctr, 351 S. McDowell Blvd, Petaluma
(east side of town, in the same strip mall as Safeway, stripmall is on the corner of East Washington & S. McDowell Blvd.)

This Peets has very few outlets (I think there are only two, and they are on opposite sides of the cafe). So, good battery life helps. I usually have an extension cord & power strip with me, too.

I would prefer to make the time later, however I have obligations on 11/7 and 11/21 and can't stay past 12:30 or so. If anyone is willing to take over the responsibilty for being there every Saturday, I'd be happy to change the time to later, more like 12:00 to 2:00 or 3:00. The only problem with the earlier time is that Peets is very busy on Saturdays until about noon. However, we've made it work in the past, so I'll leave it up to you all. I'll be there at any rate from 11:00 to 12:30 or 1:00

phew. Lots of words for one little write-in!
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Debbie aka Boo Boo
ML for Sonoma County
Winner--2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Also Ran--2003

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WRITE-IN -- Cotati -- Redwood Cafe

Boo Boo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:29:15 +0000

New write-in location in Cotati....

Every -- Wednesday

4:00 – 6:00 p.m. REDWOOD CAFÉ— 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati

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Debbie aka Boo Boo
ML for Sonoma County
Winner--2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Also Ran--2003

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Petaluma Write-In, November 2nd?

AlyssaPandaEyes — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:08:23 +0000

Hey everyone,
I actually live in Marin (out in Bolinas) but I come out to Petaluma a lot to go shopping for groceries and so on.

I was thinking maybe of a write-in at Starbucks on North McDowell, the one in the shopping center with Trader Joe's.

Like from 7.30 til 9.30 (closing)?

I can bring a plug strip!

I'm new to NaNoWriMo, but I'm very excited! I'd love to meet a few other authors. Please let me know if you want to come though, I'd like to have at least 3 people?

Thanks!

Alyssa
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Novato Write In....

kierstan.gilmore — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:48:56 +0000

Hey All,

I live in Novato and Dr. Insomnias is a great coffee shop. They have free wifi, amazing scones and good coffee as well as crazy protein shake things for those of you who don't drink coffee. The front of the coffee house gets a little crowded but the back is almost always empty. They have a backroom and a back patio. Tons of chairs and tables.

I was thinking 11am on Tuesdays or 9am on Saturday . What works for people?
The only problem-this place does not stay open late.

Let me know!

Kierstan
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