‘Out with the Old, and In with the New’ Celebration!

Hello fellow Albany Writers!
After much discussion and planning Grace, Rose, and I are ready to announce the next big adventure!

On Sunday June 30th at 6PM at the East Greenbush Denny’s we will be having an ‘Out with the Old, and In with the New’ celebration!

Out with the Old – Grace, Rose, and myself will be celebrating our retirement from NaNo!

After so many years of dedication to this writing community we want to take a day of reflection on how far we’ve come to get to this point! We hope that everyone will share their favorite memories, their accomplishments, even the trials and tribulations that they’ve gone through together with the support from this group.

In with the New – We will be kicking off our ‘Novel in a Year’ challenge! “From plotting to published, how to finish a novel in one year!” Each month will have a 1 hour session hosted by myself about how to do that months task as well as some resources for it. (Officially in person in IHOP, however also recorded and posted online!) The schedule is listed below. People can hop into and out of each section as makes sense for their lives and their project!

July – Plotting
Aug/Sep – Writing
Oct – Poetry, Short Stories, Screenwriting
Nov/Dec/Jan – Editing
Feb – Beta Reading
March – Poetry, Short Stories, Screenwriting
April/May – Editing Round 2
June – Hit the button

But also New – That’s right, a double whammy! We’ll be kicking off weekly Sunday Write-Ins at the East Greenbush Denny’s starting with this event! We will continue to have both the IHOP and Denny’s Write-Ins as makes sense for the community. We hope that the additional locations will enable everyone to attend an event every Sunday they want to!

AND FINALLY we all know that stickers are the most motivating thing possibly ever. We are happy to announce that the first ever Albany Writers Group stickers will be available at this event!

Cheers and love!
Grace, Rose, and Shannon