{"id":6566,"date":"2013-10-23T10:31:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T14:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=6566"},"modified":"2013-10-25T15:50:52","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T19:50:52","slug":"nanowrimo-nmc-starts-nov-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=6566","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo &#8211; NMC starts Nov. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 80 percent of Americans say writing a book is on their life bucket list. This November, give it a try by participating with your NMC colleagues in the 15th annual National Novel Writing Month&#8211; a worldwide effort to write a 50,000-word book in 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>Impossible? <a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Not to the 341,000 novelists who emerged from NaNoWriMo <\/a>in 2012. This year, Osterlin Library is hosting three write-ins for WriMos (as participants are called) at NMC and Traverse City:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday, Nov. 3, 5-8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, Nov. 13, 5-9 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, Nov. 20, 5-9 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, Horizon Books will host two Saturday write-ins on Nov. 2 and 23, 2-8 p.m. both days, in the Shine Cafe downstairs.<\/p>\n<p>Important note: Write-ins are <em>not<\/em> writing classes. Participants should bring their own work-in-progress novels, laptops, legal pads, etc., and be prepared to pound out the words in a collaborative, mad dash toward the 50,000-word finish line.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">nanowrimo.org<\/a>, look for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/212366682170168\/\" target=\"_blank\">TCWrimos group on Facebook<\/a>, or contact Cari Noga in the Public Relations office (995-1027, cnoga@nmc.edu). Her novel, <em>Sparrow Migrations<\/em>, published in April, was born during NaNoWriMo 2010. She&#8217;ll be making her fourth NaNo attempt this November.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 80 percent of Americans say writing a book is on their life bucket list. This November, give it a try by participating with your NMC colleagues in the 15th annual National Novel Writing Month&#8211; a worldwide effort to write a 50,000-word book in 30 days. Impossible? 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