Another student and I went down to Manchester for the Nanowrimo kick-off party. Lots of familiar as well as not-so-familiar faces in the writer frenzy. I just had a great time listening in on the crazy conversations. One Nano-er had self-published her 2001 novel and another had self-published a poetry chapbook which they self-promoted during the party (they got some sales too, which I thought impressive). I also took some pictures--which I might get around to posting them when I get them developed.
A small part of me wished that everyone would have talked about their novel plots a little more. You know, so I wouldn't inadvertently copy someone. Or they could have talked more about how they were going about doing the novel this year--the unfortunate thing is that most people attending were already Nano veterans so that kind of thing was more "old hat."
I did get a Nanowrimo emergency kit though. Altoids, here I come!
