PinoyWrimos

UPDATE (July 17, 2009): Hi everyone! Sorry for this, but because of the bad weather, this meet up has been moved to July 25, 2009. Same time and place, just different date. Better be safe than stranded somewhere. I’m aware that it may be a sunshiney day on Saturday already as the typhoon is already out of the country, but I’m taking that risk for everyone’s safety. Sorry about this! I’m going to put up the new registration form by tomorrow. Hope to still see you next week!

Of course I just had to forget about blogging here. I’m sorry! But better late then never. :P

I know it may be too early for NaNoWriMo fever in 2009, but I don’t think it’s too early for us to see each other, right? No, it’s not! So let’s go and see each other. :D

WHAT: Mid-year meet up for 2009
WHEN: July 18, 2009 (Saturday), 3PM
WHERE: Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Greenbelt 3

What to expect this Saturday? Lots of stories, pre-NaNoWriMo talk, writing tips, and ideas for this year’s community activities, and maybe a stray plot bunny here and there. Oh, and if you had your 2008 anthology printed, you can bring it on Saturday and have some of the authors sign your anthology. I know would do that. :P

Do you want more reasons to attend? Here’s two more:

1. Our old Municipal Liaison, Inez (illustria) is in the Philippines right now, and she’ll be coming on Saturday. She’s won ever NaNoWriMo year she’s joined, and she’s one of the people who made this community possible. And she wrote that awesome pep talk last November. This is your time to get to meet her in person!
2. Have you ever had a friend who you wanted to join NaNoWriMo for the longest time but every time November rolls in there’s always an excuse? Well this weekend may be the time they would be convinced because your friends are welcome this Saturday! This is just an afternoon to talk and relax and get to know each other and discuss about NaNoWriMo without having to feel the pressure of the word count goal or having a plot. :P

If you’re not yet a part of the PinoyWrimo community and you want to join, you’re welcome too! Maybe this weekend we’ll be able to convince you to join us this November, who knows?

To confirm your attendance to this event, click here to fill out the RSVP form. :D

See you there!

Hi guys! I know this post is terribly late, so let me first greet everyone a (belated) HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2008 has come and gone, and it’s definitely been a great year for the Pinoywrimos. It’s the most active year yet, and we’ve got 100% increase in attendance in all activities as compared to 2007. Here are the final stats for NaNoWriMo Philippines:

• #81 over 445 regions
• #1 in Asia
• $115 donated
• 4,028,199 words written
• 56 winners
• 216 authors homed¹, 527 affiliates

Awesome year, yes?

We’ll be taking things slow right now since it’s off-season, but we’ll still be updating the website for some announcements, as well as the release of the 2008 NaNoWriMo Philippines Anthology. 2009 is the fifth year of the NaNoWriMo Philippines region, so expect big things to happen!

Many many many thanks to everyone who helped out in the region for NaNoWriMo 2008, most especially the great people at Talecraft for the awesome TGIO party last December. Thank you to everyone who attended all the events too, and I hope to see you again next year!

Keep on writing, everyone! Till next NaNoWriMo! :)

1. Homed = wrimos who set their home region to Asia :: Philippines↩

Congratulations to the following PinoyWrimo 2008 awardees!

WORD WARRIORS OF THE YEAR
The brave people who joined the 2008 Word Wars and came out victorious among the rest
- Melissa / Dia Aren Marie (11540 total accumulated word count from all Word Wars participated in)
- Anne / DeSanggria (9595 total accumulated words)
- Maia / Keiko Ri (5895 total accumulated words)

FIRST TO 50,000 WORDS
- Louise / Sestine (Reached 50k on November 16)

HIGHEST FIRST DAY
- Kyle / Musical Simplicity (7000 words in November 1)

HIGHEST WORD COUNT IN A DAY
- Julie / planet_telex (18K in the last day)

LONGEST NOVEL
- Liv / rii-kun (130,698 words)

NEVER SAY DIE
These are the Wrimos who have reached the word count goal after several years of trying. They never gave up on the challenge and true enough, they finally reached their goals!
- Rey / raichu (1st time win in 4 consecutive years — 2005-2007)
- Anne / DeSanggria (1st time win in 4 non-consecutive years — 2001-2003)

MOST INSPIRING WRIMO
For catching the NaNoWriMo fever early, being one of the big supporters of everyone in the community and for finishing the challenge even if it felt like it was impossible for her during the last days.
- Kage / xcerpted

NEWBIE OF THE YEAR
Regardless of being a NaNo rebel with her 2008 work, she worked on steadily during the month, even imagining Chuck Norris beating up her characters and her internal editor just so they would act accordingly, and she reached the goal with days to spare.
- JC / joshinken

Hello Pinoywrimos!

I just got back from my trip to Makati where I met up with 15 other Wrimos to eat pizza and talk, talk and talk! It was such a fun afternoon — good thing we ruled Yellow Cab. :P Thanks to everyone who attended!

Anyway, I’d like to say congratulations to everyone who joined this year’s NaNoWriMo. To the newbies who reached 50k for the first time, to the veterans whose won NaNo for more than a year, to those who have been a part of NaNo for a while but only won this year, and most especially to those who did more than 10k yesterday just to reach the word count goal: CONGRATULATIONS! You proved that 50k in a month is crazy, but doable. :)

If you did not reach 50k, I still congratulate you! The very fact that you joined this year and tried writing is an achievement already. What matters is YOU WROTE, so don’t feel bad that you didn’t reach 50k. That, and I hope to see you guys again next year! This time, we’ll all make sure you reach the word count goal!

To those who missed this afternoon’s event, you can still attend the TGIO party! You don’t have to have reached 50k last month, as long as you participated in NaNoWriMo, you can attend the TGIO Party. It’s going to be on December 12 at Fully Booked U-View at Bonifacio High Street, from 7-9PM. This is your time to talk to fellow Wrimos and people from the industry and win exciting prizes! Remember that wooden journal back in Kick Off Party? That’s up for grabs on the TGIO, so be there to get a chance to win it! Please do sign up here, and if you have any questions, you can email/YM me or just post a question at the TGIO thread. :) Much thanks to Talecraft again for sponsoring the party.

And so here’s a bittersweet feeling. I always have this feeling after November, like the days seem emptier and less…well, exciting. Of course, work’s always waiting for me, so now I must focus on work. I’m resting from writing from December, but I promised myself that i’d pick it up again as 2009 comes. I gotta get serious with this, y’know? :P

So here’s a collective question I can feel from everyone: WHAT NOW?

1. The NaNoWriMo HQ gives us plenty of things to do after on the I Wrote a Novel, Now What? page.
2. I believe the website will be up all year, so we can keep on posting here until they wipe it off before next year’s NaNoWriMo. They’ve also opened some new forums for December, namely:
   - Critiques, Feedback and Novel Swaps
   - Novel Draft Aftercare
   - Life After NaNoWriMo
3. If you’d like a new challenge of writing scripts, you may also join Script Frenzy on April. :)
4. We’ll also be having a 2008 NaNoWriMo Anthology, so watch out for emails about this!
5. If you have any suggestions for activities, or if you know of any writing events that you want to share to the group, please do email me about it so I can send it to the groups and post it on the website. :)

We won’t be having the weekend chats anymore, but expect random conference invites every now and then just so we can all talk and update each other about life and such. :) I’d miss you guys too much if I don’t get to see you or talk to you every now and then. :D Who’s up for Laser Tag sometime next year? :D

Anyway, I really should get started on some of my freelance projects that I’ve pushed away this past month. I’m proud of you guys. :) It’s been such an honor.

See you at the TGIO!

P.S. Oh guys, donating to NaNoWriMo is still open — if you guys can donate, please do! This will help NaNoWriMo stay online for the rest of the year. :D You can donate here. If you’re broke, you can still help out here. To find out where your donations go, click here. :D Let’s help keep NaNoWriMo alive!

I know most of you are still pretty busy catching up with your word counts, so I’ll keep this short and sweet. :D

1. Novel verification is working for the past days already, and that’s where the pretty purple bars popping up here and there. To verify your word count and win, go to My NaNoWriMo > Edit Novel Info / Verify and Win. Copy the entire text of your novel, paste it in the box and click submit at the very bottom of the page. If you’re over 50k, your green bar will turn into purple and you’ll be taken to the winner’s page.In case you get a purple bar but haven’t reached 50,000 words yet, you can unwin by going to the My NaNoWriMo > Edit Novel Info and write your actual word count there and you’ll get the blue bar back. In case it doesn’t go back, you can send me NaNoMail so i can report it to the mods, or just contact cybele or Dragonchilde :)
2. Pre-TGIO meet up at December 1, 2:30-5:00pm at Yellow Cab Glorietta. This is a time to just relax and hang out and talk about everything NaNo or not Nano. =) I’ll be putting up the sign up sheet by tomorrow. :) Sign up here!
3. TGIO party on December 12, 7-9PM, U-View, Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street. :) This is sponsored by Talecraft and challenge winners will be awarded by then. :D Sign up sheet will be up by tomorrow as well. Sign up here!
4. Our last Word War will be on Saturday night, 9PM. :) Bonus points galore will be given then, and overall Word Warrior winners will be announced right after that. :D Chat will start 8:30PM. :D

And that’s it! Don’t give up just yet, three days is still a long time, and a lot can still happen. =) Just keep writing!