The Transit Write-in went very well! 16 people came to ride the Canada Line to the Airport, took the Expo line from Waterfront to King George and back again, and then did a Sea Bus trip for kicks. Of the 16 people, 12 have sent in their word counts, and collectively, those 12 people managed to write 25k. Still waiting on the other 4 people to send me theirs!
We’re coming up on the final days of NaNoWriMo. Congrats to everyone who has hit (and passed!) 50,000 words. Jennerosity has sent a regional e-mail out to all our Vancouver-affiliated wrimos with words of encouragement and news of regional goings-on. The e-mail will be posted here for posterity … as soon as one of us has time.
As things are coming to an end, we also want to remind participants that the TGIO parties (you heard right – there will be two) are going to be coming up, and to please RSVP to one you will be able to make it to. Jennerosity is terribly organized and already has the Thursday evening (December 1st) thread up. MysteriousAges is being a slacker, and avoiding calling restaurants. His will fall on the Saturday (December 5th) and take place around the same time as the Kickoff did. Probably.
As always, check the forums for the most up-to-date information. As November comes to an end, expect to see more extra-nano activities/information popping up on the site. Some people have been asking about writing groups, and we plan to make information available to people about it.
First off, thanks to Jhenifer Pabillano of the TransLink Buzzer Blog for the shout-out! (:
We are going to be starting the SkyTrain Write-in at Waterfront Station by meeting in the CP station just before 1pm, just inside the doors off Cordova Street. Look for the Starbucks, Jugo Juice and SkyTrain ticket vending machines. Alternatively, look for the ML in the terrifyingly bright Traffic-Cone Yellow shirt. He will probably be wearing a fleece over it though, so if that fails, look for the large group of people with notebooks, both electronic and lined. We will be heading down to the platform of choice just after one, so make sure you have enough time to meet with us when you set out. Track maintenance on the Expo line means that trips coming from New Westminster, Delta, Surrey and Langley may take an extra 15 minutes, so make sure you’ve accounted for it!
Our journey through the system will be played by ear and will probably last for more than 90 minutes (the duration of a ‘regular’ fare) and will probably get to each of the Expo, Millennium and Canada Lines at least once. We will be posting periodic updates of our location and car numbers to the VancoWrimo Twitter account, if you’d like to pick us up later – it might be a bit tricky though. The track maintenance in the New Westminster station area shouldn’t impact us a whole lot, since we’re not really in a hurry to get anywhere.
Quick update for Thursday night: we have been moved to the Board Room on the Seventh floor of the central library to better accommodate our astronomical numbers! Hooray~!
We were on the third floor, but because we’ve filled up the room last time to bursting, we have been moved for this Thursday to better accommodate the masses.
