CantoWriMo Blog

There are several ways that you can take advantage of the regional chatroom all month long (doesn’t have to be scheduled - you can pop in any time!).

1. You can visit the chat page on the blog. To identify yourself, type “/nick YOURDESIREDNAMEHERE” without the quotation marks, and then you can jump right in.
2. You can also see the chat at the Ustream page (even when no live feed is up, the chat is always open).
3. This is for those of you who enjoy IRC chat and want to use an IRC client to view the chat on your computer (for an option for IRC chat programs/clients: Windows / Mac / Linux / iPhone):
   • Server: chat1.ustream.tv
   • Join room: #brandice-tv
   • If registered at Ustream, enter your Ustream username/password when setting up the chatroom.
   • Do not ask me for tech support with IRC.

I will be in the chatroom any time I’m on my computer this month and sometimes I’ll be logging in on my phone when I’m out and have free time to give encouragement. I hope to see you all there!

Both local Cantowrimo kickoffs were a success! We had twelve people at Denny’s at midnight for the late night extravaganza, and at least seventeen people at the Saturday four-hour kickoff with goody bags and introductions. I had a really great time and between the two kickoffs, I got myself past yesterday’s word count goal.

To see all the photos that I took of the midnight event, click on the photo of Paul and Dianah:

To see all the photos that I took of the Saturday event, click on this photo of Shelley, me, and Renae:

To see all the Cantowrimo photos, click here. I’m really excited for the group that we have this year, and I think we’re all going to finish this year. Keep up the great work!

Don’t watch until after the kickoff if you want to be surprised by all the goodies in your goody bags for Saturday! Thanks to Di for helping with the stuffing!

Thanks again to Nicole for the great shots!!

Lovely picture from our first official pre-Nano meetup! Don’t forget to add your pictures to our Cantowrimo Flickr group throughout the next month or so, and thanks to Nicole (CoffeeGirl1224, the Akron ML) for taking great shots. You can click on the picture to see the rest of them.

Don’t forget we’re meeting tomorrow at the Panera Bread in Canton on Belden Village Avenue at 2 pm. See you there!

Don’t forget, we’re meeting at Muggswigz (click link to get directions) today in Canton at 2:00 pm. I hope to see many of you there, and feel free to bring laptops, for working on plots and outlines and other fun things.

Welcome to our little blog/site. There’s not a lot here yet, but soon I’ll be posting some videos from last year’s event and giving some information about how you can really get involved with our regional Nanowrimo adventures!

For now, head over to the regional forums (link in the sidebar), subscribe to our event calendar (linked to in the regional forums), and introduce yourself to the rest of the group in the appropriate thread.