23 is a true victory Bohemond! No apologies necessary - great job!Originally Posted by Bohemond76
I'm hearing similar remarks from many, such as, "I haven't written this many letter in the past decade." and/or "...in my entire life." Letter writing is personal and artistic. I hope that everyone new to letter writing has thoroughly enjoyed InCoWriMo.
Now that InCoWriMo is over, shouldn't we all treat ourselves to new pens? All in favor...
You buying? I was thinking of doing that this weekend, nothing terribly pricey though. On a side note I got an email from Goldspot and they have some pens on clearance...
A Pilot Metropolitan engraved with InCoWriMo 2013 will work for me.
Fountain Pen Sith Lord | Daakusaido | Everything in one spot
I wrote 36 letters as of tonight. That's more letters than I've written in my entire life, and I think that's pretty darn impressive!
InCoWriMo has been awesome. I'd love to continue writing to folks and meeting new pen pals.
The Post Offices are all closed and the results are in.
Sent: 97 (people I knew 24, new people 73)
Letters: 86 Postcards: 11
United States: 64 (3 AR, 1 AZ, 4 CA, 2 CT, 1 CO, 2 FL, 1 GA, 2 IA, 1 KT, 1 MA, 1 MD, 2 NY, 3 OH, 24 OR, 4 PA, 6 TX, 2 VA, 1 VI, 1 VT, 2 WA)
Other Countries: 33 (7 Australia, 1 Belgium, 1 Brazil, 2 Canada, 1 France, 1 Germany, 2 India, 1 Israel, 1 Spain, 1 Sweden, 12 United Kingdom, 3 The Netherlands)
At least one letter, note, or postcard was written each day. Averaged 3 and half a day with 11 being the most in a single day.
Received: 18
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I have 4 that I need to reply too and will once I get some more supplies. I will continue to reply to all that send/sent me something.
Hi everyone, I’m back again but in a more relaxed frame of mind.
Done. I just returned from a mini celebration: fish and chips washed down with a few pints of my favorite ale. A little earlier, I rushed to the post office with my last three letters to beat the postmark deadline. I’ve completed Nanowrimo eight times, but this event was something special for me, a guy who hasn’t sent letters to anyone for ages. A wonderful sense of accomplishment and a rare opportunity to interact with some fantastically interesting people. I recommend participation to anyone with writing aspirations. Thank you Eric, Dan, Stephen, and Her Majesty for all the support you’ve provided for at least one reluctant letter writer.
Tally on month’s end: 64 letters sent to 63 persons; 16 letters received from 15 people. An estimated 120 hours spent on this project, roughly the same amount of time I would have allocated to any particular month-long writing assignment. I tried to contact everyone who posted a name and address on the exchange forum. There were other entries spread over other threads, but for time considerations I decided to concentrate on just this primary thread.
I’d like to thank everyone who participated and volunteered as recipients for our letters. I will acknowledge everyone who replied with a follow-up letter but on a more leisurely schedule. Thank you very much for bringing sunshine into gloomy mornings. I would look favorably upon any proposals to continue correspondence beyond the end of the month. Incowrimo Congratulations to everyone!
Dragon
Last edited by Dragon; February 28th, 2013 at 11:03 PM.
Mission Accomplished!
I wrote 46 Letters in 28 days. See photo for the ones received. A wonderful experience! (However, Her Majesty, The Queen has not yet written back)
Last edited by Saintpaulia; February 28th, 2013 at 11:28 PM.
I'm discovering vintage pens. Oh no!
Hi All!
I have sent 28 letters 28 days - all to 'strangers' - some postcards some letters some origami, some a little cheeky) some to Australia - most international (oh my the postage!). I'm still writing replies to some of the wonderful letters and cards I have received - February has been an absolute treat to be able to participate in InCoWriMo - thanks to everyone who joined in and thanks to Eric!!
Beth
This was fun - and as a result, I think I'll keep on writing
More than once, my husband brought me the mail, and said, "I think this must be some of Your People."This was fun - and as a result, I think I'll keep on writing
I am still waiting on USPS to deliver my stamps. Lots of letters to go out. 13 to be exact, two not pictured.
#InCoWriMo Letters waiting for postage by IvanRomero, on Flickr
Fountain Pen Sith Lord | Daakusaido | Everything in one spot
I didn't keep count once I reached my mandatory 28 letters. Most of them were thank you letters to different people for helping my students get fountain pens during NaNoWriMo, but I did send out some personal letters as well. If you are still waiting for a reply from me, sorry. I'll get them out asap.
I'm also challenging myself to write a letter to someone in every state of the US (and as many different countries as I can get addresses for). 23 states so far, but only 4 countries. Guess I better get planning...
Yes thanks, arrived today, you will receive a reply shortly, I'm off next week so can write replies to all the ones I have received!
Managed to get out 30 letters. Now it is sort of embarrassing sending replies to other INCOWRIMOs I didn't include in the original list.
A big damn thanks to Eric, Dan & Stephen for instigating INCOWRIMO it looks to have been a big success just seeing new names on the FPG forum.
And it was heap of fun and so wonderful to get letters with such a variety of paper and inks.
sinistral hypergraphica - a slurry of ink
"Nothing means less than zero"
30 letters sent, and of those were 9 replies to letters gotten. A few more of those are in the pipeline, but they didn't go out before the end of February.
I'll keep replying to all incoming, even though I'll wait until next year to start sending out letters to new people. I did buy more paper and envelopes today for the last replies, and if everyone I wrote writes back I will be busy a while still.
Great idea this. Thanks Eric!
I wouldn't feel so bad about that. Maybe it's because I'm new here, but there were so many pages of people to write to. In my case, I actually sorta planned on people writing to me that I didn't include in my original InCoWriMo list. My game plan for InCoWriMo went something like this:
1) write to random people on the mailing lists. (I chose the "these 29 people would love to receive your InCoWriMo correspondence" list from the InCoWriMo blog because it was a much shorter list and wouldn't be so overwhelming to me.)
2) When I'd receive letters or responses from people, I'd write responses to those folks first, then...
3) ...when I was through writing and mailing off those responses, I'd go back to picking random people off the mailing list.
Right from the start, I chose to not use the InCoWriMo writing calendar. I didn't like the thought of having specific people to write to because, well...I didn't know anyone and none of my non-FP Geek friends or family wanted to participate in this. This meant that I'd be relying entirely on that mailing list at the InCoWriMo blog. I'm on the shy side in person, so the very idea of planning to write 28 letters to specific people who were complete strangers wasn't winning me over. But picking folks off the mailing list, one at a time, then writing replies to any responses I got back, was more manageable for me.
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy...but here's my letter. So write me, maybe?
If you're an InCo pen pal, please PM me first if you'd like to write to me. Thanks!
+1 to what TheRoXFiles said (I may have to start calling you RoXy). I think part of the fun was to receive letters that you weren't expecting.
I did a calendar of sorts, basically I just picked names that I knew I wanted to write to (usually because I knew something about them that would make that initial letter easier to write) and left loads of empty spaces for people who signed up later (or for those who wrote me first). What I found quite amusing is that about 3 people unknowingly wrote me the same day that I wrote to them. It does make keeping up with the conversations quite interesting. At the end of the day it is all about having fun and indulging in the madness and if you've done that, then mission accomplished.
That's cool
The name "TheRoXFiles" was a name I chose for Twitter when I took my character, Roxie Ravenclaw, on the road and into the wonderful world of Twitter roleplaying (RP'ing). It reflects my character's name and the name of one of my all-time favorite sci-fi shows, "The X-Files." The truth is out there.... :P
On a random note, I just remembered: I think the most disappointing thing I learned during InCoWriMo that none of my friends or family--including friends and family who I've known personally, not just online friends who I've known for years--had no interest whatsoever in participating in InCoWriMo with me. They were not interested in getting any snail mail at all. It sorta hurt to know that they had no interest in corresponding with me--or anyone--via written letters. Facebook was fine. Email would've been a weird, rare choice. Snail mail was out of the question. Kinda sad.
Last edited by TheRoXFiles; March 2nd, 2013 at 11:00 AM.
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy...but here's my letter. So write me, maybe?
If you're an InCo pen pal, please PM me first if you'd like to write to me. Thanks!
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who wrote me, it was a real treat and I enjoyed every letter and card!
So far I have written 34 letters or postcards for the month of February, 35 as of today (one letter came in on March 1st). I written so many letters that I had go go out and buy more stationery. I am interested in continuing with those who have written me, of course, at a much slower and relaxed pace.
I have learned a lot from my fellow InCoWriMo penpals, and from those you who continue to correspond with me, don't be surprised if you see better stationery, newer inks, and of course, newer fountain pens from me.
"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff." - Doctor Who
I kept pace for the month, it was fun to write to others and to receive letters. I'm committed to continue to write letters throughout this year. It is wonderful to sit down, slow down, and read a letter.
InCoWri 2018, Letter Writers Alliance Member, Postable link: www.postable.com/bradharris, postcrossing
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