National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) “Write-In” at Library West

Have you ever wanted to write a novel? November is the perfect chance to do it, as people world-wide participate in National Novel Writing Month – aka NaNoWriMo — (http://www.nanowrimo.org). Come to the Library West third floor InfoCommons on Tuesday, November 17 from 5:00 p.m. –10 :00 p.m.  You will have the opportunity to get words of inspiration, and your questions about writing answered by guest authors. Local Gainesville Web site: http://tricitynano.wordpress.com/gainesville-events

Three sheduled online chats with three published authors who will offer writing advice andencouragement to NaNoWriMo participants:

6:30 – 7:00pm – J.V. Jones
7:30 – 8:00pm – J.C. Hutchins
8:30 – 9:00pm – Mur Lafferty

J.V. JONES (http://jvj.com/jjbio.html)
J.V. Jones is author of the bestselling Book Of Words series. Her books have been translated into nine languages. Her latest book, Watcher of the Dead, will be published by Tor in April 2010. She lives in San Diego.

J.C. HUTCHINS (http://jchutchins.net/site/about-the-author)
J.C. Hutchins is an award-winning novelist best known for his 7th Son technothriller trilogy, which he released as free serialized audiobooks from 2006-07. With approximately 100,000 downloads of his episodic fiction still occurring each month, 7th Son is the most popular “podcast novel” series in history. Hutchins has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME.com, Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine, etc., and is also the author of the popular transmedia book, “Personal Effects: Dark Art” which was co-written with Jordan Weisman.

MUR LAFFERTY (http://murverse.com/about/about-mur)
Mur Lafferty is an award winning American podcaster and writer based in Durham, NC.  She was, until July 2007, the host and co-editor of Pseudopod. She is also the host and creator of the podcasts Geek Fu Action Grip and I Should Be Writing.

Refreshments will be provided.

“Idea Jar” & “Jar of Fortunes” will be available along with other fun games & giveaways to spark imagination and help overcome writer’s block.

Questions? Contact Stacey Ewing, staewin@uflib.ufl.edu or
Laura Jordan, laujord@uflib.ufl.edu