[stylist] Fw: November is "Novel/Book Month

[Shelley J. Alongi]

Shelley J. Alongi
Cell/text: (714) 525-9632
Read my Metrolink writings and other essays and stories
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Updated: October 16, 2010
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shelley J. Alongi" <QueenofBells at roadrunner.com>
To: <newmanrl at cox.net>; "Writer's Division Mailing List" 
<stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] November is "Novel/Book Month


> Hey Guys, Nanowrimo.com has been around for several years. Every November 
> they sponsor a challenge it's not really a contest. You write a fifty 
> thousand word novel and compete against yourself. When you are done you 
> upload the novel to the site which counts the words and then gives you a 
> certificate which you can print out saying you did it. One other month, it 
> was March the last itme I looked, is editing month. The idea behind this 
> is to write a novel with no editing, just a story from beginning to end, a 
> fifty thousand word novel, dont' worry about perfecting it just do it and 
> then after you have the word count then work on the perfecting part. It is 
> a challenge to see if you can actually write a novel. I did it once. I'll 
> go look on the other computer and tell you what the titel was. I started 
> to do it a second month but didn't finish though I still have the idea. I 
> think the novel was called Forgiving Sky about a pilot rehabilitating 
> after an accident, or it was a mechanic. I don't know whatever happened to 
> the certificate. I learned about this in one of my history classes, some 
> people formed a writing group and so I took the challenge. It was a lot of 
> work but I did it. The novel is actually up on the storymania site which 
> is at the end of my email. You have to look for the title called Forgiving 
> Sky
>
>
> Shelley J. Alongi
> Cell/text: (714) 525-9632
> Read my Metrolink writings and other essays and stories
> http://www.storymania.com/cgibin/sm2/smshowauthorbox.cgi?page=1&author=AlongiSJ&alpha=A
>
> Updated: October 16, 2010
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
> To: "writers nfb" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 6:58 PM
> Subject: [stylist] November is "Novel/Book Month
>
>
>> Dear STYLIST members
>>
>> I received the following email, a notice of 'November being "Novel' 
>> (book)
>> month." And a contest. I went to the site and didn't get too far into 
>> it ---
>> looked interesting. See what you think! (Report back if there is super 
>> info
>> or other treasure there for us. Thanks
>>
>>
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>> From: "Robert Sellers" <robertsellers500 at comcast.net>
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>> To: "'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
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>> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 1:14 AM
>>
>> Subject: [nfbwatlk] FYI for writers
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>>
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>> November is  apparently 'novel' (book) month.
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>> There is a web site for which writers can enter a contest. It is:
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>> http://www.nanowrimo.org/
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>> Perhaps someone can pass this onto the writers division list serve.
>>
>> They may already know about it, but in case they don't.
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>> Robert Leslie Newman
>>
>> President- NFB Writers' Division
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>> Division Website
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>> <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
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>> Personal Website-
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>> <http://www.thoughtprovoker.info> http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
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