Regional AW groups

[kdnxdr]

Note from Foinah : I merged these two threads. This is also Maryn's Map for regional AWers.
The continuity (chronological order) may look a bit wonky - everything is still here ;)

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I have been keeping current with the possibility of an AW retreat and am very excited about the possibility!

Along with being a novice writer, I am also a beginning photographer and love it! I frequent flickr.com and that is where our photo club gallaries our pics. There are people in flickr from all over the world. It's amazing! The reason I bring up flickr is that besides all the great forums that they have, they also have groups of flickrites (?) that meet together. Many are just one flickr junky finding more in their local area and getting together. So, I was wondering....................is there a way that we could start our own little AW get-togethers by using this AW forum?

I live in Mississippi and I've often wondered how many AWers live close by and what would be the possibility of starting a local AW writing group?

Anyone else interested in stuff like that?

Also, if there were a full scale AW retreat somewhere, local groups could work together for transportation and such.


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Maryn's post : page 5, post #106

I started a list of the people who'd given their location in the Regional AW Groups thread. Then I started adding the locations of people who have it in their profiles or mention it in a thread I happened to see.

Unfortunately, there are many boards I skip. I don't want to leave anybody out, so if you want to be on the list and are not yet listed, post your location here in this thread.

My intent is to edit, adding new names and locations and correcting my inevitable mistakes, a few times a week. In theory, you'll find a very recent version of the list as this first message, rather than having to wade through replies which haven't yet been added.

This should make it easier to find AWers who live nearby and arrange to meet.

This list includes all AW members who have said where they live on any public message. Afterthought: Although I've added some, how about making a point of not adding anyone but yourself unless you're positive the person you're adding has said where they live in a public message? Some people may have shared their locations with individuals they trusted but not want themselves included on this list, and I'd like to respect everybody's privacy.

Alabama:
awatkins
Cindyh2k
MathRules (southern)
sassandgroove

Alaska:
asorum (Skagway, near Whitehorse, Yukon)

Arizona:
CACTUSWENDY
Deadbeat 007
JAGiunta (Fountain Hills area)
jedi dad (Glendale/west Phoenix)
Leva
rnning2wn
SpookyWriter

Arkansas:
Dixie
Prawn

California:
AceTachyon (Bay area)
allofthehamms
AndreaGS (Sacramento)
Atomic Bear (Bay area))
brianm (southern)
clara bow (east Bay area)
Dawno (northern)
dclary
JDCrayne (northern)
Kadea
Kate Thornton (southern)
kpmcneil22 (northern/Sacramento)
Medievalist (southern)
paprikapink (northern/Sacramento)
Peggy (southern)
PerditaDrury (Los Angeles)
P.H.Delarran (northern)
rugcat (San Francisco)
Sassenach (southern)
scribhneoir (southern/Mission Viejo)
September skies
Shweta (San Diego area)
Susan B (northern/Berkeley)
TheIT (Bay area/Santa Clara)
Tish Davidson (Bay area)
WildScribe (Bay area)
Zoombie (Sunnyvale)
zeprosnepsid (Los Angeles)
Ziljon (southern)

Colorado:
Akuma
ColoradoGuy
erinbee (Boulder)
jhtatroe
karasw
lisamer (Summit County)
Sassee (Denver)

Connecticut:
Jean Marie
pconsidine

District of Columbia (Washington D.C.):
gurnie
SherryTex

Florida:
CBeasy (Sanford)
Jenan Mac (Tampa, west of The Rat)
joyce
Kat Frass
LloydBrown (Jacksonville)
robeiae (south Florida)
rosemerry (Bradenton)
Vanatru (central)

Georgia
benbradley
MDShafer
RumpleTumbler
satori (Atlanta)
Saundra Julian (Atlanta)
Siddow
Susan Flemming (northwest, near AL border)
tinasamuels
writerdog

Hawaii:
Cat Scratch
Orion
Tiger (Honolulu)

Illinois:
Don Allen (Gilman)
Kevin Yarbrough
lkp (Chicago)
Mud Dauber (Chicago)
StoneTable (Chicago area)
TrainofThought (Chicago area)
willibee (southern)

Indiana:
Boo_Radley (Clarksville)
Sandy J
Saundra Mitchell (Indianapolis)
tjwriter (southwestern)

Kansas:
Bartholomew (Overland Park)

Kentucky:
RLB (Louisville)
sunshinefaith83
Will Lavender (Louisville)

Maine:
sunna7core

Maryland:
AnneMarble
Lady Esther
laurenem6 (Silver Spring)
Richard White (central)
Shady Lane (Silver Spring/DC metro area)
tombookpub

Massachusetts:
abemorgantis (western)
johnrobison (Amherst)
Jongfan (Boston)
Mdlle. Nancy (south of Boston)
MMcC (south shore)
Plot Device (western)
Raiyah (Boston/eastern)
Vandal (southeastern)
victoriastrauss (Amherst/western)

Michigan:
Andrew Jameson (Detroit)
Haggis (southeastern/Ann Arbor)
jchines
kristie911 (western)
Roger J Carlson (western)
rubarbb (southeastern/Huron Twsp.)

Minnesota:
BenPanced (St. Paul)
misha_k (St. Paul area)
PeeDee (St. Cloud)

Mississippi:
eldragon
Festus (Hattiesburg)
Geist
kdnxdr
KingRat

Montana:
Cav Guy
justpat (Billings)

Nevada:
Joe270 (Las Vegas)

New Hampshire:
Franz
jclarkdawe
MysticBlossom

New Jersey:
C.bronco
gerrydodge (Finesville)
Jersey Chick
kristin724 (Vineland)
stormie

New York:
apmom (NYC)
callalily61 (Buffalo)
ClaudiaGray
Crinklish (NYC)
gem1122 (northern)
JennaGlatzer (Long Island)
Joe Calabrese (NYC area)
L Anne (NYC)
Maryn (western)
swvaughn
tourdeforce (NYC)

North Carolina:
aspiringwriter (central)
dub (eastern)
Perks (western)
SC Harrison
Unique
wordmonkey

North Dakota:
Melanie Nilles

Ohio:
Allynegirl
Cath (northeastern)
chibeth (Cincinnati/southwestern)
giftedrhonda (Cleveland area)
kimmi (Cincinnati area)
mscelina (Lancaster)
PattiTheWicked (central)
preyer (Dayton)
Puma (central)
Rane (Cleveland area)
Shwebb (southeastern)
theengel (Cincinnati)
underthecity (Cincinnati/southwestern)
WordGypsy

Oklahoma:
JenNipps (southeast)
Jerm
Ol' Fashioned Girl

Oregon:
fingers (Portland area)
Greenwolf103 (Eugene)
lyxdeslic (Portland area)
Peter
Sean D. Schaffer (Clackamas area)
WriterInChains (Portland area)

Pennsylvania:
BarbaraSheridan (western)
Cassie (Pittsburgh area)
DanaS (Allentown/Reading)
Hope to the Horizon (Harrisburg area/south central)
jdkiggins
maestrowork (Pittsburgh area)
reenkam
spike (Bath/eastern)
sunandshadow (Pittsburgh)
Susan Gable (Erie)
The_Grand_Duchess (Philadelphia area)

Rhode Island
rhymegirl (East Providence)

South Carolina:
Blurb (Charleston)
deathwizard
freethinker
Anonymisty

Tennessee:
alleycat
Jodiodi
Saanen
sanremoave (central)
Southern_girl29
southernwriter
storygirl

Texas:
alinasandor (northeastern)
AnnieColleen
BlueTexas (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
cooltouch (Houston)
DeadlyAccurate (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
DeborahM
drachin8 (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
FennelGiraffe (San Antonio)
Gary (eastern)
Histry Nerd (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
III (San Antonio)
jbal (Houston)
jcomp (San Antonio)
louisgodwin (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
MarkEsq (Austin area)
Pat~ (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
prettyspecialgal (central)
Soccer_Mom (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
Spiny Norman (Austin)
talkwrite (Houston area)
William Haskins (Austin)

Utah:
icerose

Virginia:
allenparker (Chesterfield)
chaostitan (Loudoun/northern)
dobiwon (Richmond area)
glendalough (Williamsburg)
Jack Nog (northern/DC metro)
K1P1 (southwestern)
namatu (Alexandria/DC metro)
PVish (southwestern)
serenity (Loudoun/northern)
thethinker42 (Hampton Roads/southeastern)
WerenCole (Richmond area)
wyntermoon (Loudoun/northern)

Washington:
Ab_Normal (Spokane)
Alan Yee (Seattle area)
Lavinia (Walla Walla/Dayton/Waitsburg area)
MacAllister (Seattle)
MarkButler (Lynden/northwestern)
MidnightMuse
TrickyFiction (Columbia area)
WackAMole (Centralia)

West Virginia:
Braydie (Wetzel County)
TsukiRyoko (northern)

Wisconsin:
Shadow_Ferret (Milwaukee area)

Wyoming:
Mysti (Cheyanne)
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Australia:
Astro (Sydney, NSW)
beezle
DracoMerest
ErylRavenwell
Gillian (Canberra, ACT)
JJ Cooper (Brisbane, Queensland)
Jo (Hervey Bay, Queensland)
loiterer (Margaret River, WA)
Mandy-Jane (Gippsland, Victoria)
poetinahat (Sydney, NSW)

Belgium:
Nickie (Dendermonde)

Canada-Alberta:
BardSkye (Calgary)
ChunkyC (Canmore)
MelodyO (Calgary)
ModoReese (Calgary)
Nevada (Calgary)

Canada-British Columbia:
Arisa81 (Vancouver)
batgirl (Vancouver Island)
Flay (Vancouver Island)
jenfreedom (Vancouver)
Niteowl (Vancouver)
reigningcatsndogs (Okanagan Valley)
RG570
threedogpeople (Vancouver)

Canada-Manitoba:
Robert Rohloff (Winnipeg)

Canada-Ontario:
BlueBadger (Toronto)
CaroGirl
Chumplet (Newmarket)
CrazyNance (Cobourg)
historian (London)
janetbellinger (Orangeville)
KTC (Oshawa)
Lady Cat (Cobourg)
Sandi LeFaucheur (Orangeville)
scribbler1382 (Oshawa)
Tachyon (Thunder Bay)
Toothpaste (Toronto)

Canada-Newfoundland:
Cabria

Canada-Saskatchewan:
Storyteller5 (Regina)

Denmark:
nielsty

Dubai:
Angelinity

Egypt:
Fox The Cave (Cairo)

England:
Ambergold (London)
Annie O (Exeter, Devon)
aruna (Eastbourne/Brighton)
broadswordbabe (London)
ccarver30 (London)
DecemberQuinn (southwestern)
Garpy (Norwich)
Mike Coombes (Brighton)
moondance (Oxford)
mum23 (Leeds)
NiqueZolio (Brighton)
Old Hack (Sheffield)
Redfox (Cambridge)
RLSMiller (Herts)
shara (London)
sharra (London)
SteveW
Symphony (Brighton)
truelyana (London)
waylander (London)

France:
oswann

Germany:
aruna (Schwaebisch Hall)

India:
KitKat (New Delhi)

Ireland:
brianm (summers only)
jimmyb27
The Lady
Tracy

Mexico:
DamaNegra
javili (Mazatlan, Sinaloa)

Netherlands:
Stijn Hommes

New Zealand:
akiwiguy
Talia

Scotland:
arrowqueen (Aberdeen)
dpaterso
scarletpeaches (Dundee)

South Korea:
travelgal

Spain:
newmod (Madrid)

Sri Lanka:
Fahim
quidscribis

Taiwan:
KCpotatohead (Kaohsiung)

Thailand:
expatbrat (Pattaya)
larocca (Chiang Mai)

BTW, if I listed you and you'd really rather I didn't, I'd be glad to remove you--but you outed your location in the first place, remember.

Maryn, so anal she enjoys list-making
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Maker of Lists--Where are You?

[spike]

I have been keeping current with the possibility of an AW retreat and am very excited about the possibility!

Along with being a novice writer, I am also a beginning photographer and love it! I frequent flickr.com and that is where our photo club gallaries our pics. There are people in flickr from all over the world. It's amazing! The reason I bring up flickr is that besides all the great forums that they have, they also have groups of flickrites (?) that meet together. Many are just one flickr junky finding more in their local area and getting together. So, I was wondering....................is there a way that we could start our own little AW get-togethers by using this AW forum?

I live in Mississippi and I've often wondered how many AWers live close by and what would be the possibility of starting a local AW writing group?

Anyone else interested in stuff like that?

Also, if there were a full scale AW retreat somewhere, local groups could work together for transportation and such.
I think a regional AW group sounds great! I'm in eastern Pennsylvania. Anyone else around here?

[Soccer Mom]

I'm Southwest. Texas. (There may be enough Texans on here for our own group.)

[PattiTheWicked]

Central Ohio here.

[TsukiRyoko]

Northern WV here. This sounds like a good idea. I think we might be a little too widespread to get more than a handful of groups going, though :(. Still, even if it's only me and one other person, I say it counts as a group dammit!

[AnnieColleen]

Texas here.

[wyntermoon]

Northern Virginia here. I know of at least five people in my immediate area and more sprinkled throughout the DC metro area; I think this is a great idea!

[PeeDee]

Well, I'm in St. Cloud, Minnesota, all by my lonesome. The only writer in my immediate vicinity is Neil Gaiman, and he never returns my calls.

[TsukiRyoko]

Well, I'm in St. Cloud, Minnesota, all by my lonesome. The only writer in my immediate vicinity is Neil Gaiman, and he never returns my calls.
Well, if you'd quit sending him those naughty photo....

[DanaS]

Hey Spike, I from your area, well sort of...think Allentown Reading areas.
Dana

[Haggis]

Central Ohio here.

Go Blue! :D

eta: Southeastern Michigan

[jodiodi]

Tennessee. I know there are at least 3 or 4 people here as well.

[WildScribe]

I KNOW there are other Bay Area dwellers out there in AW land. Come on and say hey!

[Maryn]

Check this (http://www.frappr.com/absolutewriters) out, then stick a virtual pin in your location. If most AWers did this, it'd be easy to see who's close to who, right?

Maryn, who would have sworn she'd already added herself, but did it again

[Cath]

Central Ohio here.
Where? I'm NE Ohio myself and I know at least 2 other AW'ers in the state :)

Adding myself to the map, I've discovered another 2 up here! Gosh...

[PeeDee]

Check this (http://www.frappr.com/absolutewriters) out, then stick a virtual pin in your location. If most AWers did this, it'd be easy to see who's close to who, right?

Maryn, who would have sworn she'd already added herself, but did it again

I thought I'd added myself too, but I guess not. Oh well. Added again.

[Adam Israel]

Check this (http://www.frappr.com/absolutewriters) out, then stick a virtual pin in your location. If most AWers did this, it'd be easy to see who's close to who, right?

Maryn, who would have sworn she'd already added herself, but did it again

Chicago area here. I added myself to he map

[Southern_girl29]

I'm in Tennessee, and I added myself to the map.

[Tish Davidson]

I KNOW there are other Bay Area dwellers out there in AW land. Come on and say hey!

Bay area writer here

[Shwebb]

SE Ohio, close to WV. Two hours to Columbus, 3 hours to Cleveland or Pittsburgh, 5.5 hours to DC.

[tjwriter]

SW Indiana. 23 miles to Evansville. I know I am all alone.

[Puma]

Looks like Ohio is out in the lead at the moment - another central Ohioan - Puma

[kristie911]

I'm another Michigan resident but I'm on the west "coast". I'm probably closer to Chicago than to Haggis in Southeast Michigan. I know there's another member in Traverse City which is 2 hours north of me and yet another just 30 minutes south of me.

[WriterInChains]

*points to my location*

I'm out on the west side & already meet regularly with one other writer. She's around here somewhere, sometimes. We'd be happy to open up the circle, if anyone's interested. Time to get busy polishing for the WW Con! :)

[Shady Lane]

Northern Virginia here. I know of at least five people in my immediate area and more sprinkled throughout the DC metro area; I think this is a great idea!

I'm DC metro area meself. Silver Spring, MD.

[san_remo_ave]

I'm in Murfreesboro, TN about 30 miles south of Nashville

[Dawno]

Why not see if Meet Up (http://www.meetup.com/) would help get the regional or city groups organized and meeting?

I'd give it a shot myself if I wasn't so totally overcommitted at present that I have to schedule my potty breaks in Outlook or start wearing Depends...

[Rolling Thunder]

I'm in the state of denial, which is halfway between WTF and willyoustoptouchingme.

It's a long lonely drive.

[P.H.Delarran]

Good idea Kid.
Northern California here.
2 hours from both Reno and the Bay Area (Frisco).


Regional groups could head up specific functions at an All-AW retreat, and we could even have some friendly competitive projects between groups.

[chibeth]

I'm in Cincinnati, Ohio. :)

[PeeDee]

Why not see if Meet Up (http://www.meetup.com/) would help get the regional or city groups organized and meeting?

I'd give it a shot myself if I wasn't so totally overcommitted at present that I have to schedule my potty breaks in Outlook or start wearing Depends...

Thank you, Dawno, for this image that I can never unsee.


I'm in the state of denial, which is halfway between WTF and willyoustoptouchingme.

It's a long lonely drive.

But....your skin is so smooth! And your shoes smell like parmesan!

[paprikapink]

Good idea Kid.
Northern California here.
2 hours from both Reno and the Bay Area (Frisco).


We must be neighbors.

[Medievalist]

I'm in SoCal, but I consult a lot so I'm all over too.

[MidnightMuse]

I'm mostly here, 'cause I'm not all there.

[brianm]

S. California desert during the nice months, then we migrate to N. Ireland during the summer.

[The Lady]

I was going to write a sad lonely posting about being the only person from Ireland on this board and then right above me, there's one.

Unbelievable.:D

Still I refuse to deviate from my intended path.

I'm in Ireland. I bet there's no other Awer to meet up with.

[paprikapink]

I'm in Ireland. I bet there's no other Awer to meet up with.

Hey, I know! Wanna host a retreat!?!:D

[The Lady]

Hey, I know! Wanna host a retreat!?!:D

Ok, How many of you are coming? I suppose it'll be all :welcome: and :e2grouphu at first and then rapidly turn into :poke: and :Lecture: before it all ends in :e2slap: and :guns:

That's how most gathering sat my house go anyway.:D

[paprikapink]

Yeah, I think that's pretty much the agenda they've hammered out over in that other thread.

[The Lady]

Yeah, I think that's pretty much the agenda they've hammered out over in that other thread.

So jaded. Don't you enjoy fighting. But let's keep it intimate. No more than fifty in the sitting room at any one time.

[Annie O]

I'm near Exeter, Devon, England. I've added myself to the map.

[Akuma]

Just call me The Colorado Kid.

[K1P1]

I'm in SW Virginia. I haven't seen any other AWers within an hour of here. But Lucinda Roy, Nicky Giovanni and Anne Goethe live here and Sharyn McCrumb's not far away.

I added myself to the map. It's pretty lonely being the only yellow spot in SW VA.

[Shadow_Ferret]

Well, I'm in St. Cloud, Minnesota, all by my lonesome. The only writer in my immediate vicinity is Neil Gaiman, and he never returns my calls.
Well, I'm sorta close. St. Cloud University thinks I'm an alumn, remember? ;)

Check this out, then stick a virtual pin in your location. If most AWers did this, it'd be easy to see who's close to who, right?



Maryn, who would have sworn she'd already added herself, but did it again

Cool! I added myself.

Ferret, who isn't sure if he ever did add himself before, but did it this time.

[sassandgroove]

Check this (http://www.frappr.com/absolutewriters) out, then stick a virtual pin in your location. If most AWers did this, it'd be easy to see who's close to who, right?

Maryn, who would have sworn she'd already added herself, but did it again
I know there was a google map that william started sometime last year. You're probably remembering that. I wonder what William was up to, :)

ANywho, Alabama here. I know there are a few Alabamians around. Esp. Awatkins. :hi:

[wyntermoon]

I'm DC metro area meself. Silver Spring, MD.

I'm in Loudoun! I can see you waving!

I've told Sherry Tex that after she's finished having number eight we'd meet downtown. We could man our own Duck Boat by now, are ya in?

[Pat~]

Another Texan here (Dallas/Ft. Worth area). Soccer Mom and Annie Colleen and I are a group. Any more out there?

[AceTachyon]

I KNOW there are other Bay Area dwellers out there in AW land. Come on and say hey!

Also Bay Area.

[Namatu]

I'm in Alexandria, VA/DC. (Yes, two places at once!) Added myself to the map.

[maddythemad]

This is very cool! There are lots of people near me. I haven't added myself on, though... WWW and all that. *peers out window* Who's out there?

[Mr. Fix]

I live in a bat cave, but we migrate!

[kpmcneil22]

Good idea Kid.
Northern California here.
2 hours from both Reno and the Bay Area (Frisco).


Regional groups could head up specific functions at an All-AW retreat, and we could even have some friendly competitive projects between groups.

I'm near Sacramento, CA.

[BarbaraSheridan]

I'm in WTF it was 70 degrees three days ago now it's freaking snowing Western PA ;)

[Franz]

Stuck in the snow,again, in New Hampshire

[WerenCole]

I know there are other Va writers. . . but anyone in and/or near Richmond? The map says no. . . nobody even in Charlottesville, which is so full of writers that its nuts. I know you are out there folks, really.

[Cav Guy]

Montana here.

[paprikapink]

I'm near Sacramento, CA.

Another one of my neighbors!

[Ali B]

Hey, guys! Been away for a while but I'm back. I put myself on the map. Northeast Texas for me!

[PVish]

I'm in SW Virginia. I haven't seen any other AWers within an hour of here. But Lucinda Roy, Nicky Giovanni and Anne Goethe live here and Sharyn McCrumb's not far away.
I added myself to the map. It's pretty lonely being the only yellow spot in SW VA.

Another SW Virginia resident here (well, eastern side of SW VA)-–a mile or two below Smith Mountain Lake.

Any of y'all Virginians going to VA Festival of the Book? the CNU conference in NN the end of the month? the April 28 SCBWI workshop in Richmond? the ChLA conference in NN in June? the James River Writers Conference in September?

For an AW get-together, Richmond or C'ville would work for me.

I couldn't access the map--don't have the right version of Flash, so my dot isn't there.

[Gary]

Dallas/Fort Worth area for now, but soon to be East Texas.

[Festus]

Mississippi

[WerenCole]

For an AW get-together, Richmond or C'ville would work for me.




That is good. . . it just so happens I split my time between those two places. . .

[Cat Scratch]

I know there are other Hawaii Kine folks here, but I'm scared to meet them for fear of their ability to identify me if I were ever to implicate myself on these boards in some manner...

[L M Ashton]

Still, even if it's only me and one other person, I say it counts as a group dammit!
So Fahim and I count as a group, huh? :(

:D

Now if only Arthur C Clarke would join, then we'd have another one in Sri Lanka... :p

[victoriastrauss]

I'm in western Massachusetts. A lot of writers live in my area; when we moved here I was looking forward to maybe finding a group or association to join. No dice. Writers in western Mass seem to be reclusive sorts.

- Victoria

[Raiyah]

I'm in Mass, but on the east coast, in a small town, maybe you've heard of it, its called Boston.

[wyntermoon]

Any of y'all Virginians going to VA Festival of the Book? the CNU conference in NN the end of the month? the April 28 SCBWI workshop in Richmond? the ChLA conference in NN in June? the James River Writers Conference in September?

For an AW get-together, Richmond or C'ville would work for me.

I couldn't access the map--don't have the right version of Flash, so my dot isn't there.

I'm headed to the SW VA Writer's Workshop at VTech in May! I've added it to the AW calendar - May 19th. :D

[janetbellinger]

One of the big reasons I'm attracted to AW is because of the international presence. I'm more interested in meeting with AW members from around the world, than just sticking with those within easy driving distance. I mean, I'm already part of a local writing group. It's not that I'm uninterested in other regional writers, but I don't want to limit myself to interacting only with them. Just a personal preference, though.

[TrainofThought]

Chicago – I actually posted this Writing Groups (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57983) thread around the same time. It’s something I’m interested in. I’ve been a beta reader and editor to a couple of people in the past and learned from the experience.

[thethinker42]

I'm in SE Virginia, specifically Hampton Roads.

We could all get together and talk about the obnoxious buttmonkeys that live in this area...

[Angelinity]

um... anyone else in dubai? --- ubai? ---bai? --- ai? - ...i?

anyone? ---nyone? --- yone? ---one? ---ne? ...

[thethinker42]

um... anyone else in dubai? --- ubai? ---bai? --- ai? - ...i?

anyone? ---nyone? --- yone? ---one? ---ne? ...

My husband's there right now. Does that count? LOL

[L M Ashton]

My husband's sister and her family live there. And a friend of mine from university and his family are there. Fahim and I were there last November for a few days. Does that count?

You could also join Fahim and I in our little regional group. We'd let ya in. Really!

Um, bring chocolate? :D

[Puma]

There's a new thread in FAQs (up above) with ideas about regional AW groups - thought I'd bump this back up to the top of the listings. Puma

[BardSkye]

I'm in Calgary, Alberta, and I've added myself to the map.

ETA: This turned out to be my 666th post. Hmm... maybe I shouldn't have given a location...

[Puma]

"The Devil made you do it," Bardskye :) Puma

[clara bow]

I KNOW there are other Bay Area dwellers out there in AW land. Come on and say hey!

Hey!

(from the East Bay)

[Williebee]

Sillinois here. I pinned the map.

Hey TJ, I can get writers over from near St. Louis if you can get writers from your area to meet in the middle.

I have a great meeting location. Free coffee, free wifi.

extra laptops.

[Medievalist]

A bunch of us are going to be in St. Louis for NASFIC in August.

[Braydie]

Wetzel County, West Virginia - just south of the Mason Dixon Line ;)

[Plot Device]

I never knew about this thread til you bumped it. (Look at my join date!) I just added myself. I'm in Western Mass, not far from Victoria.

[talkwrite]

Texas here, Houston. We have NO problem

[ChunkyC]

I remember this now. I put myself on there ages ago, but it wouldn't let me stick a pin right on my home town, so I added it to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I actually live about ninety kilometres west of there.

[sassandgroove]

A bunch of us are going to be in St. Louis for NASFIC in August.
Does Stew21 know?

[JimmyB27]

I was going to write a sad lonely posting about being the only person from Ireland on this board and then right above me, there's one.

Unbelievable.:D

Still I refuse to deviate from my intended path.

I'm in Ireland. I bet there's no other Awer to meet up with.


I'm moving to Ireland in a couple of weeks.

[Lisamer]

Jimmy: Milton Keynes? How's the skiing?;)

I live in the real "ski country," Summit County Colorado!:tongue

Anybody else from CO.?

[The Lady]

I'm moving to Ireland in a couple of weeks.


Yay, two of us. Let's have a party.:PartySmil

[Stew21]

A bunch of us are going to be in St. Louis for NASFIC in August.


I'm in St. Louis! You'll have to PM me with exact dates and where you'll be, etc!

thanks for the link Sass!!!

[stormie]

With global warming I'll be two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean.

[freethinker]

Grr, South Carolina. Greer, for those of you who don't speak the language.

[ChunkyC]

Hi Stew!

Yeah, a number of us, myself included, are going to be at Archon31 (North American Science Fiction Convention) (http://www.archonstl.org/31/index2.html) at the Gateway Center in Collinsville from August 2 through 5. Some of us are flying in on the first, but we'll be bushed, I'm sure. As we get closer and our plans solidify, we'll definitely have to arrange to get together at some point while we're there, perhaps at some spot near the con where you don't need to be an attendee to get in.

[Stew21]

YAY! AWers in my town! There's a lot near there. I am VERY near Collinsville. Who knows maybe I'll attend the con too, if not we'll find a time and place to meet. I found the website, I'm going to check it out.

[Maryn]

The things we'll do to avoid doing what we ought to!

I know where lots more AW people live, in general anyway. (I swear, that wasn't me parked outside your house. It only looked like me.) However, I listed only the members who've chimed in here on where they live, to make it easier for people to connect with one another.

I don't know about anybody else, but I'm finding the Frappr map unusable. I click on something, and it scrolls thousands of miles away from what I clicked on to open someone else's profile.

Alabama:
awatkins
sassandgroove

California:
AceTachyon (Bay area)
brianm (southern)
clara bow (east Bay area)
kpmcneil22 (Sacramento/northern)
Medievalist (southern)
paprikapink (northern)
P.H.Delarran (northern)
Tish Davidson (Bay area)
WildScribe (Bay area)

Colorado:
Akuma
lisamer (Summit County)

Hawaii:
Cat Scratch

Illinois:
StoneTable (Chicago area)
TrainofThought (Chicago area)
willibee

Indiana:
tjwriter (southwestern)

Maryland:
Shady Lane (Silver Spring/DC metro area)

Massachusetts:
Plot Device (western)
Raiyah (Boston/eastern)
victoriastrauss (Amherst/western)

Michigan:
Haggis (southeastern)
kristie911 (western)

Minnesota:
PeeDee (St. Cloud)

Mississippi:
Festus (Hattiesburg)
kdnxdr

Montana:
Cav Guy

New Hampshire:
Franz

New Jersey:
stormie

New York:
Maryn (western)

Ohio:
Cath (northeastern)
chibeth (Cincinnati/southwestern)
PattiTheWicked (central)
Puma (central)
Shwebb (southeastern)

Oregon:
caren1701 (Portland area)

Pennsylvania:
BarbaraSheridan (western)
DanaS (Allentown/Reading)
spike (eastern)

South Carolina:
freethinker

Tennessee
Jodiodi
sanremoave (central)
Southern_girl29

Texas:
alinasandor (northeastern)
AnnieColleen
Gary (eastern)
Pat~ (Dallas area)
Soccer_Mom
talkwrite (Houston area)

Virginia:
K1P1 (southwestern)
namatu (Alexandria/DC metro)
PVish (southwestern)
thethinker42 (Hampton Roads/southeastern)
WerenCole (Richmond area)
wyntermoon (Loudoun/northern)

West Virginia:
Braydie (Wetzel County)
TsukiRyoko (northern)

Wisconsin:
Shadow_Ferret (Milwaukee area)

Canada:
BardSkye (Calgary, Alberta)
ChunkyC (Calgary, Alberta)
janetbellinger (Orangeville, Ontario)

Dubai:
Angelinity

England:
Annie O (Exeter, Devon)

Ireland:
brianm (summers only)
jimmyb27
The Lady

South Korea:
travelgal

Sri Lanka:
Fahim
quidscribis

[stormie]

Whoever lives in Swedesboro, NJ (C.Bronco?), I accidently made you into me. I think. That map was driving me nuts! Then I landed in Iowa, then the UK, then California.... I gave up. I am in NJ.

[travelgal]

Pocheon, Sth Korea. Fat chance of having another AWer from there, but I go to London for two -odd months every (nothern) summer. Never have met another writer.

[Plot Device]

Thanks Maryn! :cool:

I am just STUNNED at the lack of posters from the snooty, high-browed, blue-blooded Northeast. You know--that bastion of intellectualism. The cradle of North American intelligentia. The birthplace of American poetry.


New York -------1
Pennsylvania ---3
New Jersey -----0
Massachusetts - 3
Rhode Island ---0
Connecticut ----0
Vermont ------- 0
New Hampshire - 0
Maine --------- 0

[Maryn]

A great many people at AW do indeed hail from those states. I've only included those who have said where they live in this thread. I wasn't sure it was cool to retrieve something a person said at AW six months or a year ago, on another subject altogether, that happened to mention where he or she lived. It felt kind of invasive, you know?

Maryn, more the pervasive type

[Lady Cat]

CrazyNance and I live in Cobourg, Ontario. I'm willing to drive us a reasonable distance to meet up with other AWers. I used to drive from here to Owen Sound and back in a day just to visit my Aunt for a few hours - about 300 km one way.

I see that Janetbellinger is from Orangeville - we could meet at the big box mall at the corner of the 400 and the 89, or better yet, the MacDonalds across the street :ROFL:

[Cath]

Hey, thanks for putting that list together, Maryn!

[Plot Device]

A great many people at AW do indeed hail from those states. I've only included those who have said where they live in this thread. I wasn't sure it was cool to retrieve something a person said at AW six months or a year ago, on another subject altogether, that happened to mention where he or she lived. It felt kind of invasive, you know?

Maryn, more the pervasive type


Sorry, Maryn. I was only joking. :)

I knew it was only the respondents to this thread. I just like to try and extract irony whenever and wherever I can.

[JimmyB27]

Jimmy: Milton Keynes? How's the skiing?;)

I live in the real "ski country," Summit County Colorado!:tongue

Anybody else from CO.?

You mean our ski-dome is world famous? Not been in it to ski, if you did it every day for a week, I reckon it would actually work out cheaper to go to Switzerland for the week.

Yay, two of us. Let's have a party.:PartySmil



Sure - whereabouts in Ireland are you?

[Chumplet]

I added myself to the map, but I know there's more Ontarians out there!

[Chasing the Horizon]

I'm in south central Pennsylvania, about 40 miles south of Harrisburg. It doesn't look like there's very many people close to me, though.

[historian]

I am in London, Ontario, Canada.

historian

[Maryn]

Sorry, Maryn. I was only joking. :)

I knew it was only the respondents to this thread. I just like to try and extract irony whenever and wherever I can.Oh, no offense taken whatsoever.

I'm presently leaning toward including the location of anybody who has it in their profile or has said it on a board where I happened to see it. Alas, this means many poets and non-fiction writers will not be included, since I rarely venture into their territories.

Pardon my French (which is probably butchered), but c'est la vie, eh?

Maryn, international woman of mystery listmaking

[Maryn]

I started a list of the people who'd given their location in the Regional AW Groups thread. Then I started adding the locations of people who have it in their profiles or mention it in a thread I happened to see.

Unfortunately, there are many boards I skip. I don't want to leave anybody out, so if you want to be on the list and are not yet listed, post your location here in this thread.

My intent is to edit, adding new names and locations and correcting my inevitable mistakes, a few times a week. In theory, you'll find a very recent version of the list as this first message, rather than having to wade through replies which haven't yet been added.

This should make it easier to find AWers who live nearby and arrange to meet.

This list includes all AW members who have said where they live on any public message. Afterthought: Although I've added some, how about making a point of not adding anyone but yourself unless you're positive the person you're adding has said where they live in a public message? Some people may have shared their locations with individuals they trusted but not want themselves included on this list, and I'd like to respect everybody's privacy.

Alabama:
awatkins
Cindyh2k
MathRules (southern)
sassandgroove

Alaska:
asorum (Skagway, near Whitehorse, Yukon)

Arizona:
CACTUSWENDY
Deadbeat 007
JAGiunta (Fountain Hills area)
jedi dad (Glendale/west Phoenix)
Leva
rnning2wn
SpookyWriter

Arkansas:
Dixie
Prawn

California:
AceTachyon (Bay area)
allofthehamms
AndreaGS (Sacramento)
Atomic Bear (Bay area))
brianm (southern)
clara bow (east Bay area)
Dawno (northern)
dclary
JDCrayne (northern)
Kadea
Kate Thornton (southern)
kpmcneil22 (northern/Sacramento)
Medievalist (southern)
paprikapink (northern/Sacramento)
Peggy (southern)
PerditaDrury (Los Angeles)
P.H.Delarran (northern)
rugcat (San Francisco)
Sassenach (southern)
scribhneoir (southern/Mission Viejo)
September skies
Shweta (San Diego area)
Susan B (northern/Berkeley)
TheIT (Bay area/Santa Clara)
Tish Davidson (Bay area)
WildScribe (Bay area)
Zoombie (Sunnyvale)
zeprosnepsid (Los Angeles)
Ziljon (southern)

Colorado:
Akuma
ColoradoGuy
erinbee (Boulder)
jhtatroe
karasw
lisamer (Summit County)
Sassee (Denver)

Connecticut:
Jean Marie
pconsidine

District of Columbia (Washington D.C.):
gurnie
SherryTex

Florida:
CBeasy (Sanford)
Jenan Mac (Tampa, west of The Rat)
joyce
Kat Frass
LloydBrown (Jacksonville)
robeiae (south Florida)
rosemerry (Bradenton)
Vanatru (central)

Georgia
benbradley
MDShafer
RumpleTumbler
satori (Atlanta)
Saundra Julian (Atlanta)
Siddow
Susan Flemming (northwest, near AL border)
tinasamuels
writerdog

Hawaii:
Cat Scratch
Orion
Tiger (Honolulu)

Illinois:
Don Allen (Gilman)
Kevin Yarbrough
lkp (Chicago)
Mud Dauber (Chicago)
StoneTable (Chicago area)
TrainofThought (Chicago area)
willibee (southern)

Indiana:
Boo_Radley (Clarksville)
Sandy J
Saundra Mitchell (Indianapolis)
tjwriter (southwestern)

Kansas:
Bartholomew (Overland Park)

Kentucky:
RLB (Louisville)
sunshinefaith83
Will Lavender (Louisville)

Maine:
sunna7core

Maryland:
AnneMarble
Lady Esther
laurenem6 (Silver Spring)
Richard White (central)
Shady Lane (Silver Spring/DC metro area)
tombookpub

Massachusetts:
abemorgantis (western)
johnrobison (Amherst)
Jongfan (Boston)
Mdlle. Nancy (south of Boston)
MMcC (south shore)
Plot Device (western)
Raiyah (Boston/eastern)
Vandal (southeastern)
victoriastrauss (Amherst/western)

Michigan:
Andrew Jameson (Detroit)
Haggis (southeastern/Ann Arbor)
jchines
kristie911 (western)
Roger J Carlson (western)
rubarbb (southeastern/Huron Twsp.)

Minnesota:
BenPanced (St. Paul)
misha_k (St. Paul area)
PeeDee (St. Cloud)

Mississippi:
eldragon
Festus (Hattiesburg)
Geist
kdnxdr
KingRat

Montana:
Cav Guy
justpat (Billings)

Nevada:
Joe270 (Las Vegas)

New Hampshire:
Franz
jclarkdawe
MysticBlossom

New Jersey:
C.bronco
gerrydodge (Finesville)
Jersey Chick
kristin724 (Vineland)
stormie

New York:
apmom (NYC)
callalily61 (Buffalo)
ClaudiaGray
Crinklish (NYC)
gem1122 (northern)
JennaGlatzer (Long Island)
Joe Calabrese (NYC area)
L Anne (NYC)
Maryn (western)
swvaughn
tourdeforce (NYC)

North Carolina:
aspiringwriter (central)
dub (eastern)
Perks (western)
SC Harrison
Unique
wordmonkey

North Dakota:
Melanie Nilles

Ohio:
Allynegirl
Cath (northeastern)
chibeth (Cincinnati/southwestern)
giftedrhonda (Cleveland area)
kimmi (Cincinnati area)
mscelina (Lancaster)
PattiTheWicked (central)
preyer (Dayton)
Puma (central)
Rane (Cleveland area)
Shwebb (southeastern)
theengel (Cincinnati)
underthecity (Cincinnati/southwestern)
WordGypsy

Oklahoma:
JenNipps (southeast)
Jerm
Ol' Fashioned Girl

Oregon:
fingers (Portland area)
Greenwolf103 (Eugene)
lyxdeslic (Portland area)
Peter
Sean D. Schaffer (Clackamas area)
WriterInChains (Portland area)

Pennsylvania:
BarbaraSheridan (western)
Cassie (Pittsburgh area)
DanaS (Allentown/Reading)
Hope to the Horizon (Harrisburg area/south central)
jdkiggins
maestrowork (Pittsburgh area)
reenkam
spike (Bath/eastern)
sunandshadow (Pittsburgh)
Susan Gable (Erie)
The_Grand_Duchess (Philadelphia area)

Rhode Island
rhymegirl (East Providence)

South Carolina:
Blurb (Charleston)
deathwizard
freethinker
Anonymisty

Tennessee:
alleycat
Jodiodi
Saanen
sanremoave (central)
Southern_girl29
southernwriter
storygirl

Texas:
alinasandor (northeastern)
AnnieColleen
BlueTexas (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
cooltouch (Houston)
DeadlyAccurate (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
DeborahM
drachin8 (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
FennelGiraffe (San Antonio)
Gary (eastern)
Histry Nerd (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
III (San Antonio)
jbal (Houston)
jcomp (San Antonio)
louisgodwin (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
MarkEsq (Austin area)
Pat~ (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
prettyspecialgal (central)
Soccer_Mom (Dallas/Ft. Worth area)
Spiny Norman (Austin)
talkwrite (Houston area)
William Haskins (Austin)

Utah:
icerose

Virginia:
allenparker (Chesterfield)
chaostitan (Loudoun/northern)
dobiwon (Richmond area)
glendalough (Williamsburg)
Jack Nog (northern/DC metro)
K1P1 (southwestern)
namatu (Alexandria/DC metro)
PVish (southwestern)
serenity (Loudoun/northern)
thethinker42 (Hampton Roads/southeastern)
WerenCole (Richmond area)
wyntermoon (Loudoun/northern)

Washington:
Ab_Normal (Spokane)
Alan Yee (Seattle area)
Lavinia (Walla Walla/Dayton/Waitsburg area)
MacAllister (Seattle)
MarkButler (Lynden/northwestern)
MidnightMuse
TrickyFiction (Columbia area)
WackAMole (Centralia)

West Virginia:
Braydie (Wetzel County)
TsukiRyoko (northern)

Wisconsin:
Shadow_Ferret (Milwaukee area)

Wyoming:
Mysti (Cheyanne)
**************
Australia:
Astro (Sydney, NSW)
beezle
DracoMerest
ErylRavenwell
Gillian (Canberra, ACT)
JJ Cooper (Brisbane, Queensland)
Jo (Hervey Bay, Queensland)
loiterer (Margaret River, WA)
Mandy-Jane (Gippsland, Victoria)
poetinahat (Sydney, NSW)

Belgium:
Nickie (Dendermonde)

Canada-Alberta:
BardSkye (Calgary)
ChunkyC (Canmore)
MelodyO (Calgary)
ModoReese (Calgary)
Nevada (Calgary)

Canada-British Columbia:
Arisa81 (Vancouver)
batgirl (Vancouver Island)
Flay (Vancouver Island)
jenfreedom (Vancouver)
Niteowl (Vancouver)
reigningcatsndogs (Okanagan Valley)
RG570
threedogpeople (Vancouver)

Canada-Manitoba:
Robert Rohloff (Winnipeg)

Canada-Ontario:
BlueBadger (Toronto)
CaroGirl
Chumplet (Newmarket)
CrazyNance (Cobourg)
historian (London)
janetbellinger (Orangeville)
KTC (Oshawa)
Lady Cat (Cobourg)
Sandi LeFaucheur (Orangeville)
scribbler1382 (Oshawa)
Tachyon (Thunder Bay)
Toothpaste (Toronto)

Canada-Newfoundland:
Cabria

Canada-Saskatchewan:
Storyteller5 (Regina)

Denmark:
nielsty

Dubai:
Angelinity

Egypt:
Fox The Cave (Cairo)

England:
Ambergold (London)
Annie O (Exeter, Devon)
aruna (Eastbourne/Brighton)
broadswordbabe (London)
ccarver30 (London)
DecemberQuinn (southwestern)
Garpy (Norwich)
Mike Coombes (Brighton)
moondance (Oxford)
mum23 (Leeds)
NiqueZolio (Brighton)
Old Hack (Sheffield)
Redfox (Cambridge)
RLSMiller (Herts)
shara (London)
sharra (London)
SteveW
Symphony (Brighton)
truelyana (London)
waylander (London)

France:
oswann

Germany:
aruna (Schwaebisch Hall)

India:
KitKat (New Delhi)

Ireland:
brianm (summers only)
jimmyb27
The Lady
Tracy

Mexico:
DamaNegra
javili (Mazatlan, Sinaloa)

Netherlands:
Stijn Hommes

New Zealand:
akiwiguy
Talia

Scotland:
arrowqueen (Aberdeen)
dpaterso
scarletpeaches (Dundee)

South Korea:
travelgal

Spain:
newmod (Madrid)

Sri Lanka:
Fahim
quidscribis

Taiwan:
KCpotatohead (Kaohsiung)

Thailand:
expatbrat (Pattaya)
larocca (Chiang Mai)

BTW, if I listed you and you'd really rather I didn't, I'd be glad to remove you--but you outed your location in the first place, remember.

Maryn, so anal she enjoys list-making

[scarletpeaches]

Ooh. There's me. :D Tally-ho everyone! Oh, but...why does the list also have England/UK? They're not the same thing.

[alleycat]

Add Storygirl to Tennessee.

[Maryn]

Ooh. There's me. :D Tally-ho everyone! Oh, but...why does the list also have England/UK? They're not the same thing.I am not the only ignorant Amurken who is hazy on the difference. One person said England and another gave a city which I believe is in England but said "UK." What should I have written?

Maryn, who'd like to get it right without getting the thread too derailed

[scarletpeaches]

Quick explanation - Scotland, England and Wales are separate countries, but collectively known as Britain.

Add N.Ireland into the mix and collectively they're known as the UK.

If it were me, I'd list all four countries separately to avoid confusion. If the city's in England, that's what I'd put. I know, it seems like there are a million different names for what appear to be the same countries, but...if there's a border, it's a different country. :D

They built a wall to keep us Scots out you know. :D

[paprikapink]

Hey Maryn, thanks for the kind public service of creating this list!

I wasn't real specifical when I said in that other thread where I am. You could put me, like kpmcneill, in the California->Sacramento pot.

[alleycat]

Add MidnightMuse to Washington state.

[WriterInChains]

caren1701 (Portland area)

In the interest of full-disclosure (or something like that :)), Mac changed my nic for me yesterday *points to shiny new handle*. I'm still a Trekkie, but now I don't have to wear my e-mail address everywhere I go. :)

[KTC]

KTC is in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.


ETA: You may consider breaking up Canada by province. We are one of the biggest countries in the world. BC is as far away from me as anything else. Just a thought. I think it's great that you're compiling the list...thanks Mar.

[ChaosTitan]

You can add Serenity to the Virginia list. We're both also Loudoun/Northern.

PS--Great idea, Maryn! Thanks for maintaining the list. :)

[Anonymisty]

You can add me, Anonymisty, to South Carolina.

Thanks!

[Alan Yee]

I'm in the Seattle area, in case some people have missed me mentioning it before.

[ChunkyC]

Thanks for compiling the list, Maryn.

I'm actually in Canmore, Alberta. It's an hour's drive west of Calgary. :)

[Soccer Mom]

Thanks for doing this Maryn. Pat and I are both in the Dallas/FW area.

[Ol' Fashioned Girl]

OFG's in OOOOOOOklahoma! :)

[scarletpeaches]

And may I say you're all welcome to drop by my place except for the following:

Rllgthunder (weird)
SpookyWriter (double weird)
and Haggis (unless he does something about the fleas, in which case A-OK)

[kristie911]

I know there's a few of us in Michigan but the only one I can think of off the top of my head is Roger Carlson, he lives about a 1/2 hour south of me (he had it on is profile for a while)...I've never met him but I've probably walked past him in Wal-Mart without even knowing! :)

Great list, Maryn! :)

~Kristie, who refuses to make lists

[Sandy J]

Sandy J's in good ole Indiana.

[waylander]

Around London (England) way there's me, shara, sharra and broadswordbabe (we're all in the same writing group)

[Siddow]

As far as I know, in Georgia there is:

Me!
Rumple Tumbler
writerdog
tinasamuels

[alleycat]

Add southernwriter to Tennessee.

[benbradley]

As far as I know, in Georgia there is:

Me!
Rumple Tumbler
writerdog
tinasamuels
And me. I'm in the middle of nowhere, about halfway between Atlanta and Chattanooga. I'd be willing to meet at either place. I've never been to Chattanooga...

[sunna]

And in Maine there's me. So far just me, I guess.

::looks around at big dark woods and huddles closer to campfire::

[Foinah]

Thanks Maryn!

[alleycat]

Add ccarver30 to England (London).
Add sunshinefaith83 to Kentucky (a new state to the list!)

Sorry I can't think of these all at once.

Oh, add Jenna to NY! It's probably not good to forget her. ;-)

[Susan Flemming]

Please add me to the Georgia list. I'm in the northwest, close to the Alabama border.

[apmom]

Add apmom to NY, NY

Am I the only one?

[Melanie Nilles]

Me! Me!

Please add me--you don't have North Dakota yet!

[SpookyWriter]

Oh please don't remind me.

Arizona:
SpookyWriter

I'll be here for a few more months and then poof! So you might have to update my where-abouts on a monthly basis.

[BenPanced]

I'm in St. Paul, Minnesota.

[alleycat]

Oh please don't remind me.



I'll be here for a few more months and then poof! So you might have to update my where-abouts on a monthly basis.
She could just add a "Mobile" or "On the Run" or "Escaped Convict" category. ;-)

[SpookyWriter]

She could just add a "Mobile" or "On the Run" or "Escaped Convict" category. ;-)Or "Whereabouts Uknown" just so the feds are kept on their toes.

[RLB]

Add sunshinefaith83 to Kentucky (a new state to the list!)

I thought I was going to be the one to kick off KY! I'm in Louisville.

[asorum]

asorum is in Skagway. Northern southeast Alaska (near Whitehorse, Yukon)

[Williebee]

In Illinois Williebee is in Southern Illinois (It's like northern Kentucky, without the break on gas prices.)

[stormie]

There are at least four of us in New Jersey. I just can't use that map without destroying where everyone lives. I feel like Godzilla.

[apmom]

I am just STUNNED at the lack of posters from the snooty, high-browed, blue-blooded Northeast. You know--that bastion of intellectualism. The cradle of North American intelligentia. The birthplace of American poetry.>>>>>>>>>

....apmom is from NY, NY. Not sure my brow is actually high, though.

I think I posted this on a similar thread.

[KingRat]

Add KingRat to Mississippi

[poetinahat]

Sydney/New South Wales/Australia.

Home of the Maryn Fan Club, Asia/Pacific Chapter.

~ Rob, whose sign-offs just don't cut it

[ChunkyC]

~ Rob, whose sign-offs just don't cut it
But you have fabulous taste in Christmas music, my friend. :D

[Jack Nog]

Northern Virginia/D.C. Metro Area

[Histry Nerd]

I'm in Texas. D/FW area.

HN

[Jean Marie]

My brow's not high ;)

I'm in CT. SW corner :D 10 min. from the Sound.

[Puma]

Hi Maryn, Thank you so much for putting this all together but I do have a question. Are you going to add the new names into your original list at the beginning of this thread or post it down here at the bottom at some time? I'm curious because I want to make sure I contact everyone who's in Ohio and bordering states about a possible get together (which wouldn't be possible without your help). Thanks again. Puma

[Sean D. Schaffer]

Oregon, just a little south of Portland.

[MarkButler]

You can add me to the list.. I'm in the farthest nw corner of washington in Lynden.

[Jean Marie]

Maryn, you're awesome for doing this :D

I'm in Connecticut. I think Pconsidine is, too. There's someone else, but I can't think of who it is, at the moment.

[ClaudiaGray]

New York!

[RumpleTumbler]

There's no space in RumpleTumbler.

[sassandgroove]

Hey us Alabama and Georgia people should get together. :D Tennesee too.

[drachin8]

Texas, DFW area for me. Nifty list.

:)

-Michelle

[rnning2wn]

Arizona for me, please and thanks!! :banana: (dznt take much for me to get excited...i don't get out much...)

[DamaNegra]

Hey you missed me!!! Mexico!!! DF!!!

[DeadlyAccurate]

Texas. D/FW area

[CACTUSWENDY]

Arizona

[Jedi Dad]

Glendale, Arizona

We border on the west side of Phoenix

[rugcat]

San Fran City.

[Scribhneoir]

Mission Viejo, CA

[TrickyFiction]

Maryn, you remembered me! Yay! This is a really good idea. I have to correct you, though. While I love Portland, I don't live in Oregon. I'm a Washington girl. I live near Olympia. So, Portland is an easy drive for me. So is Seattle and Tacoma. :)

[aruna]

You can list me in Schwaebisch Hall, Germany, AND Eastbourne, England. (soon to be Brighton, yay!)
Two other Brightoners: Mike Coombes and NiqueZolio.

Orion is in Hawaii.

[Maryn]

Hi Maryn, Thank you so much for putting this all together but I do have a question. Are you going to add the new names into your original list at the beginning of this thread or post it down here at the bottom at some time? I'm curious because I want to make sure I contact everyone who's in Ohio and bordering states about a possible get together (which wouldn't be possible without your help). Thanks again. Puma
I'm working on the assumption that everyone's as lazy as I am, or at least busy with things that make scrolling through scads of messages a royal pain.

My intention is to revise the list that's the first message in the thread, so nobody needs to look beyond it, except for the last page for any additions that haven't yet been added.

Hmm, I should note up to what message number and date I've revised, shouldn't I?

Maryn, mind like a steel trap--that's been left out in the rain for a few years

[dub]

Add dub to Eastern North Carolina

[truelyana]

England here (London)

[dobiwon]

I'm in Bon Air, Virginia (in Chesterfield County, just across the river from Richmond, so for all practical purposes, I'm in Richmond).

[Sean D. Schaffer]

Clackamas, Oregon.

Just a couple miles south of Portland.

:)

[C.bronco]

Cool Maryn! (who compiles lists out of sheer altruism)

please add C.bronco to New Jersey

[Peggy]

Please put me down for the Inland Empire in Southern California..

[Mysti]

Wyoming; Cheyenne area to be exact. :)

[TheIT]

SF Bay Area, California

[callalily61]

Buffalo, NY

[JAGiunta]

I'm in Arizona, Fountain Hills area.

[Sassee]

Ninja Bunny's hideaway is in Colorado... or is it??

[stormie]

Cool Maryn! (who compiles lists out of sheer altruism)

please add C.bronco to New Jersey
I knew you were a New Jerseyan, and there are at least two others besides us.

And thanks, Maryn, for doing this!

[MelodyO]

This is a great idea, Maryn! I was just today wondering if there were any other Canadians around here. :0)

I'm from Calgary, Alberta. FYI, it hasn't snowed here in entire days.

PS The time and date of your last edit shows at the bottom of your OP, so everyone will know when you last updated the list.

[rubarbb]

kristie911;1394704]I know there's a few of us in Michigan but the only one I can think of off the top of my head is Roger Carlson, he lives about a 1/2 hour south of me (he had it on is profile for a while)...I've never met him but I've probably walked past him in Wal-Mart without even knowing! :)
Hey, I live in Michigan! Huron twsp (Southeast Michigan). Where r u ?

[lkp]

I'm Chicago area.

[larocca]

If you add Michael LaRocca to Thailand, I'll dance at your wedding.

If any other AW member lives in Thailand, I'll have a heart attack. I rule this country!

[DamaNegra]

:hooray: I'm on the list! I'm on the list!



Although it does feel a little lonely...

[DamaNegra]

If you add Michael LaRocca to Thailand, I'll dance at your wedding.

If any other AW member lives in Thailand, I'll have a heart attack. I rule this country!

Expatbrat.

[jhtatroe]

I'm in northern Colorado.

[Robert Rohloff]

Robert Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

[aspiringwriter]

North Carolina (Central)

[Jo]

Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.

[MMcC]

I'm in Massachusetts (south shore) but all of New England is driveable.

Coolbeans!

[Gillian]

I live in Canberra, Australia. Very cold right now!!

[Maryn]

If you add Michael LaRocca to Thailand, I'll dance at your wedding.

If any other AW member lives in Thailand, I'll have a heart attack. I rule this country!Wow, that's going to be so interesting, because we didn't have music at the wedding, which was some 30 years ago. (I hate to dance. So self-conscious!)

However, you'll be glad to know I'd "harvested" a few locations yesterday and already had you in Thailand--along with two others.

Maryn, sitting back to watch the Thai battle for writing supremacy

[Siddow]

I just noticed Saundra Julian and MDShafer both list their locations as GA. Woot! We'll fill this state, I swear!

[rhymegirl]

You totally left out Rhode Island!!!

I feel so....so...so...little.

[Atomic Bear]

San Francisco Bay Area

[alleycat]

You totally left out Rhode Island!!!

I feel so....so...so...little.
It was intentional. Rhode Islanders have always been rabble-rousers.

;-)

[mum23]

Leeds uk

[JJ Cooper]

Australia (Brisbane, Queensland)

JJ

[Perks]

I'm in Western North Carolina.

[Ab_Normal]

Please add Ab_Normal to Washington, under Spokane (sigh). Okay, you can leave out the sigh...

[Storyteller5]

How can I be the only Canadian and the only Saskatchewan writer here?
(And my city is Regina.)

[BardSkye]

You're eighteenth on the list for Canada

[rhymegirl]

It was intentional. Rhode Islanders have always been rabble-rousers.

;-)

I just saw this tonight.

Oh yeah? I'll rouse your rabble, buddy boy! :D

[Jenan Mac]

Florida-- east of the Gulf, west of the Rat.

[Maryn]

My list doesn't really have room for "east of the Gulf, west of the Rat"--any chance you'd use a city or county name, or something like "central"?

Maryn, who's going to poke you gently but insistently until you explain what "the Rat" is

[rhymegirl]

I'm glad to see that Rhode Island is now represented.

I believe there is a woman on the greeting card board who is also from Rhode Island. I'll have to PM her and see if she wants to be listed. Then there will be a great big 2 of us.

[Ol' Fashioned Girl]

I think 'the rat' is Mr. Mickey Mouse, but I could be mistaken.

Now, come on, Okies. I know there's at least two more of us around this joint!

[Danger Jane]

I'm in Massachusetts, south of boston.

[BlueTexas]

Bored out of my mind, Texas. Really I mean west of Fort Worth, Texas.

[kristin724]

kristin724 New Jersey and Proud!

[DamaNegra]

Why hasn't this been stickied yet??

[louisgodwin]

Cool! How is it that I've never even seen this sub-forum yet?

You can add me to Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth area.

[louisgodwin]

BTW, here are a few other Texans that I know of.....

PrettySpecialGal: Central Texas
William Haskins: Austin
jbal: Houston
Jcomp: San Antonio

[Jenan Mac]

My list doesn't really have room for "east of the Gulf, west of the Rat"--any chance you'd use a city or county name, or something like "central"?

Maryn, who's going to poke you gently but insistently until you explain what "the Rat" is


Oh, fine, then. What an inadequate list! It sounds ever so much more interesting than "Tampa", though.:tongue

"The Rat That Ate Florida"....a.k.a. Disney

[Mandy-Jane]

I'm in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.

It's about an hour and a half drive, south-east of Melbourne.

[Tachyon]

I'm in Ontario, but I'm stuck up in Thunder Bay. :D

[ALLWritety]

I'm in Kaohsiung - Taiwan

Anyone - Everyone is welcome but please not all on the same day!!

Kev.

[cooltouch]

Coming to you from Houston (aka Bubba City), Texas.

Hey, me wife's from Taiwan -- Tamsui, specifically.

Best,

Michael

[Richard White]

Central Maryland.

[ModoReese]

You can add me to the Calgary, Alberta, Canada section (very thrilled to see so many other Calgarian/Canmoreians <g> on here).

Michelle

[BlueTexas]

My brow's not high ;)

I'm in CT. SW corner :D 10 min. from the Sound.

I'm from near there, and I also have a noticeable lack of brow height.

[MathRules]

Hi. Thanks for this service. You can add MathRules to southern Alabama.

Thanks!

[misha_k]

You can add me to Minnesota. I live just north of St. Paul.

[The_Grand_Duchess]

Maryn, sitting back to watch the Thai battle for writing supremacy

Its going to be a short battle as everyone knows the Duchess rules that land. :)

But I will let Larocca rule in my absence becuase the Duchess is actuallly physically located in PA just outside of Philly. :)

Just in case you're wondering, my old court used to be located by RCA, Sukumvit Soi 2. I still have my sky train card and find baht all over my house.

Duchess who doesn't make everything up. :)

[Akuma]

Feel free to come up to Colorado, everyone.* :D

Just be sure to drink plenty of water if you are used to the altitude. Or even if you aren't.



*Arrogantly speaking on behalf of Colorado citizens everywhere

[PVish]

I'm in SW Virginia. I haven't seen any other AWers within an hour of here. But Lucinda Roy, Nicky Giovanni and Anne Goethe live here and Sharyn McCrumb's not far away.

I added myself to the map. It's pretty lonely being the only yellow spot in SW VA.

I'm south of Smith Mt. Lake—45 min. SE of Roanoke. (And I can't see the map because I don't have Flash 8 or something)

[rhymegirl]

Hi Maryn, if you're lurking,

I found another Rhode Islander! Yes, amazing I know. I asked her if it would be okay to include her on the list and she said yes.

Humorgirl is from Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

[Komnena]

Louisville, Kentucky

[Serenity]

I'm in south central Pennsylvania, about 40 miles south of Harrisburg. It doesn't look like there's very many people close to me, though.


Actually, I'm probably not all that far from you. I'm in Leesburg, Virginia, and my parents are in Mechanicsburg, PA. I know it only takes me about an hour and fifteen minutes or so to get home.

*off to find this map people are speaking of.

[Serenity]

okay, I added myself to the map, but I think I have to apologize to whomever lives in Fredricksburg, 'cause I'm pretty sure I negated your existance when I added mine. :tongue You can negate me right back, if you like.

[pollykahl]

Berks County/Reading PA

[Maryn]

Um, this merge creates a problem. I can't update the list if the post is no longer mine to edit. The list on p. 1 is already out of date, and the post count by which I kept track of what I had yet to add is no longer valid.

Maryn, who'd have preferred it be stickied

[Foinah]

These two threads were almost identical with people posting their locations both places. It was stickied ;).
I'm sorry that your link is now wonky.
PM me and we can come up with a solution.
Cheers

[abdasgupta1]

Count me in, pl. AW has been very good to me. And I wish to belong. :-)

Kolkata ( formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, India

[Maryn]

Hi, everyone. I've got everybody through abdasgupta1, and I've talked with Foinah. We're going to lock this thread and I'll start a new one with all updates and corrections on its first message.

Maryn, all sunshine and rainbows