How do you tell your MLs have been really busy writing? Easy – they’ve completely not updated the site in… forever.
Couple things to tell you about. PDAs that were included in the goodie bags kickoff attendees recieved are now available for download from the website at this page. I’ve also found a nice graphical… THING for everyone to see how our regional Word War team is doing against New Zealand. So far, it’s been a close race. You can access it directly at http://www.vancowrimo.ca/wordwar/
Regional e-mail went out earlier today. A copypasta of it follows, with a little formatting sauce.
To everyone whose word count is steadily climbing, we have this to say: Congratulations on making it this far! You have come farther than many people who talk about writing books or stories “one day.” The difference? Your day has come. You started. The other ‘one day novelists’ will always be talking about what they will do. In a few short days, you will be talking about what you have done. That’s something to write home about. Don’t worry if you are a bit (or a lot) behind on your word count. Keep at it, writing as much as you can handle every day. You’ll be thankful you did.
Jennerosity and I would like to thank everyone who came out to the Kickoff, despite the last-minute restaurant hiccups. We had just about 70 people come out to party with us, about three times as many people as 2008. I was also VERY surprised by the number of people who turned up for our first write-in at the Vancouver Public Library central branch. We completely filled up the room we had. The community programs librarian was also surprised; so much that she’s trying to find us a bigger room for the next ones! Wow!
If you weren’t at kickoff, or you find that the supplied scene and character outlines or the plot point checklist aren’t enough, we’ve made a PDF of the entire collection available on the VancoWrimo site: http://www.vancowrimo.ca/?page_id=102 You are free to download them and print off as many as you need.As we prepare to enter Week Two, know that the forums and IRC channel are buzzing with people ready to cheerlead if you find your enthusiasm ebbing. It’s a tough week ahead but if we pull together, we’ll get out of it and into the verdant fields that are Week Three.
See you at the Write-ins or online!
–MysteriousAges
