Any Chicago and Central Illinois Freelancers?

[jwallace]

Hi all, I've been on AW for a long time but never checked in here, so apologies if the Chi-town/Illinois thing has been done recently but...

Am curious to know if any AWers here are located in/near Chicago, Springfield, Bloomington/Normal, etc...it might be fun to put something together for meet-and-greet at one of the local coffee shops or a friendly pub someplace...

Say hello, let's get acquainted!

Joe

[TrainofThought]

Hey Joe,

I live on the southside of Chicago and work downtown. I think it would be great to meet up with people from here, maybe even start a little club if we're all not too far from each other or downtown.

Let me know.

ToT

[RLB]

I'm back in the city, living in River North. I'm not a freelancer though; I write kids books. Someone else started a meet and greet thread a few months back. Here it is: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107729&highlight=chicago

I'd stumble out for an AW afternoon.

Oh, and if any of you more savvy Chicagoans has an idea for popular sites I could visit, I'm doing a Chicago Tourist Trail series on my blog (http://rachel-burton.blogspot.com). (I think I know about all the major ones, but some offbeat/obscure spots would be fun too)

[TrainofThought]

I'm back in the city, living in River North. I'm not a freelancer though; I write kids books. Someone else started a meet and greet thread a few months back. Here it is: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107729&highlight=chicago

I'd stumble out for an AW afternoon.

Oh, and if any of you more savvy Chicagoans has an idea for popular sites I could visit, I'm doing a Chicago Tourist Trail series on my blog (http://rachel-burton.blogspot.com). (I think I know about all the major ones, but some offbeat/obscure spots would be fun too)I'm not a freelancer either although I'm looking at a few magazines to possibly submit short stories to.

Thanks for the other link I missed that one.

RLB, I'll see if I can think of some places for your blog. Like I told you, I recently found your blog, so I'm going to start reading those posts and enjoy the pictures. I think I'll add it to my blog if you don't mind.

[Deb Kinnard]

I live in the Northwest 'burbs, and I'm a novelist, not a freelancer, but I think a pub-meet is a great idea.

[inkkognito]

Used to be from the southwestern suburbs of Chicago and I still maintain close ties there. I don't miss the cold and snow tho'. I'm in FL most of the time now so my sympathy goes out to y'all at this time of year.

[ChimeraCreative]

StoneTable lives in Aurora, Illinois. I'm here quite a bit myself. ^_^ We're aspiring writers and always looking for an excuse to head into Chicago. ^_^

-An

[Author Shane Moore]

I am about 45 minutes south of Springfield.

~Shane

[TedTheewen]

I'm in Freeport, about 2 hours from Chicago.