Neo-Writers London

We're Back.. And Worse Than Ever. MEETING: 14th November

2010-11-05T22:44:00.002Z

Hello one and all.
It's been a few months, the issue with being a student I suppose - all that exam stress and then the subsequent parties afterwards.

So, the next big meeting is 14th November 2010.
Starbucks, New Oxford St at 2pm.
We'll be upstairs, drinking copious amounts of coffee.

If you need any help, want a quick natter, fancy robbing a bank, leave me a comment, or contact me at my fanfiction.net profile.

Look forward to seeing you.
Holden.

MCM Expo: May 2010

2010-05-19T21:56:00.002+01:00

Hello, one and all.

I've helped to set up the London fanfiction meetings, with great success. I'm sure that there are others across the country who have helped set up meetings ibn various reigions of the United Kingdom - and now Europe! Well, I want to go one step further. I want to get a whole bunch of Fanfiction writers to come and meet up for a big ol' happy time at the MCM Expo at the end of this month!

MCM, for the uneducated, is Movies, Comics and manga. Recently, games developers have started showcasing their games there. I saw early code of Assassins Creed II at the October one. I'm sure there's going to be other big games this year, as well as movie announcements and, of course, shedloads of Manga and Anime.

OK, so, to business. There are a lot of writers out there, whether in the proverbial closet or not. And I'm sure a lot of writers will see this. And it's fair to assume a lot of those writers will be travelling to the Expo. I know people from Yorkshire that travel down, such is the attraction. Now, what would happen if a massive bunch of writers were to meet together and...talk! Not only can you share writing ideas and come up with new plots to expand upon, but it's a great way to meet new people.

I propose a large meeting of writers on the grass square at about 2:00 PM on the Saturday of the Expo. If you don't know what I mean, search for ExCel Centre London on Google Maps. It's pretty obvious, and you'll see what I mean when you get there.

So, how many people are coming? Feel free to leave a comment below so we have a rough idea of what to expect. tickets are on sale now from the MCM website at the Expo website, and will be on sale during the day. You won't need a ticket to meet us, but you will need one to enter the Expo itself.

So, feel free to leave a comment. Let us know how many of you are coming, and we can plan accordingly.

Make sure you add the RSS link for this blog as well, for future updates!

Much Love, ScourgeOTG.

Meeting: 25th April

2010-04-14T19:15:00.002+01:00

Hello boys, girls... Scourge.

As usual our meeting will be held at Starbucks New Oxford St at 3pm. Same time, same place. We're a predictable bunch.
Any newbies, you know what to do; glance to your right - details, make contact. We're a friendly lot and will help you in any way possible. Otherwise just show up, say hi. We'll be on the top floor looking badass.

I've given up on the map front. So either contact us and ask for help, or head on over to google maps yourself.

See you all there.
Holden Caulfield.

Meeting: 11th April

2010-04-07T03:49:00.001+01:00

Hey faithful readers and writers.

April is upon us! Easter has been and gone, and it's time to get out of the house, run up and down the stairs and escalators on the underground and work off some of that chocolate.

So next meeting will be Sunday 11th April and held upstairs at Starbucks New Oxford St at 3.00pm. So same time, same place. If you need any help the wonderful Scourge has just opened the fanfiction hotline and we have many people to contact. Remember, Holden has her Blackberry; so emails are always answered.

Hopefully this post will be updated by the skilled fingers of Scourge, and a gorgeous map will be put on here to give you some directions...

See you all there.
Holden Caulfield.

Meeting: 28th March

2010-03-22T13:44:00.003Z

Hello again, faithful fanfiction writers.

March draws to an end, and the sun is finally out; you know what that means? Time for frappuccino's in Starbucks... say at 2pm? Maybe the one on New Oxford St?

I'm glad you agree, so it's settled.

Next meeting shall be 28th of March, 2pm at Starbucks New Oxford St. The regulars will be upstairs, sitting around looking lovely, as always.

Though, for anyone new who's interested in coming, send me an email and give me some suggestions on how to make us easier to find, we're starting to worry that people can't make out who we are. Maybe a sign? Rayokarna could come and meet you? Should I bring a sparkly bag? Or Scourge should wear something obvious? Let me know, my contact details are at the side there - drop me a line.

If that doesn't work, why not phone the handy "Fanfiction Hotline"; and ask Scourge to send one of us on a journey to find you, most of us are willing to travel central London, we can come and meet you at Tottenham Court Rd Station, it's cool, don't panic if you get lost.

Remember, we're lovely people, and we're always looking to expand the group.
See you soon boys and girls,
Holden Caulfield.

Meeting: 21st March

2010-03-10T01:03:00.002Z

Hello one and all.

March has been a funny old month, and busy as anything for little Miss. Holden Caulfield, hence the lack of blog posts! Sorry.

Posting this now so that everyone is aware the next meeting is the 21st March so we can all spend time with our lovely mothers this Sunday.

The next meeting will be held upstairs at Starbucks New Oxford St at 3.00pm. So same time, same place. If you need any help the wonderful Scourge has just opened the fanfiction hotline and we have many people to contact. Remember, Holden has her Blackberry; so emails are always answered.

Hopefully this post will be updated by the skilled fingers of Scourge, and a gorgeous map will be put on here to give you some directions... I think I need a lesson Scourge!

See you all there.
Holden Caulfield.

Meeting: 28th February

2010-02-23T17:50:00.002Z

Hello one and all. Old and new, young and old etc etc.

As usual our meeting will be held at Starbucks on New Oxford Street at 3.00pm. So same, time, same place. For any newbies, you know the drill: show up and say hi, or contact one of the members listed on the right hand side of the page and let us know if need help with getting to the meeting or just want to know someone there before hand.

See you all there.

As usual, refer to Scourge's maps due to lagging blog and my inability to work Google Maps.

Holden Caulfield.

Meeting: 21st February

2010-02-15T21:09:00.002Z

Hello boys, girls and those who do not wish to be classed. February is almost over and we've barely had a meeting! What a disgrace. Though the Valentines Day break was much appreciated and hopefully everyone got something nice, or at least brought themselves some cheap flowers.

As usual we will be meeting at Starbucks on New Oxford Street at 3.00pm. So, same time, same place, in our lovely circle of comfy chairs; do you see the jealous glances we get? For any newbies, come and say hi to us there or choose one of the lovely contacts on the right hand side and say hello, have a chat, we may be able to help you with transport, directions and well, generally we're lovely people.

See you all there!

Holden Caulfield.

N.B. For a detailed map, look down the page, Scourge's maps are superior to all.

Meeting: 14th February

2010-02-09T22:06:00.002Z

Just to let everyone old and new know that there will be NO meeting on the 14th February. This is due to social lives, love lives and us all spending far too much time together.

Normal meeting will resume on 21st February.
See you all then.

Holden Caulfield.

Meeting: 7th of February.

2010-02-02T21:46:00.004Z

Can you believe how fast January went boys and girls? I know I can't. It feels like we'll be at MCM Expo in no time at all, but for now we'll have to keep on meeting at Starbucks and taking up loads of room.

It's a standard set up this week as none of us regulars could decide what we wanted to do about this "field trip" So, here are the details of the exhibition, I implore people to go, it's a rare thing and hey, we all need a spot of extra culture in our lives.

It's the Arthur Ranson Exhibition at orbital comics, this man is a British comic LEGEND, the exhibition is retrosepective and I'm sure they'll have some goodies in the shop too, but it ends on the 14th of this month, so get their quick. Details of the opening hours and store stock can be found HERE

Directions:

It's recommended that you take the Picadilly Line or Northen Line to Leicester Square and walk the short distance up Charing Cross Road, and then turn down Great Newport St. If you get lost, you can check out the awesome arcade at the Trocadero, or go and see a film.

Meeting - 7th February:

As usual we will be meeting at Starbucks on New Oxford Street at 3.00pm. So, same time, same place, in our lovely circle of comfy chairs; do you see the jealous glances we get? For any newbies, come and say hi to us there or choose one of the lovely contacts on the right hand side and say hello, have a chat, we may be able to help you with transport, directions and well, generally we're lovely people.

See you all there!

Holden Caulfield.

N.B. I have stopped embedding maps as the blog is getting slow and upset, please refer to any of the wonderful maps below, especially Scourge's showing the tube lines, and the google street view (I have no clue how he achieved that map, I'm rather proud of it)

Meeting: Sunday 31st January.

2010-01-25T11:32:00.002Z

Hello, one and all. As Scourge so wonderfully said, I (Holden Caulfield) will be helping to update and maintain the blog. Unlike him, I love to procastinate and avoid my college work.

Right, so 31st January is our next meeting, and as usual we will be meeting at Starbucks on New Oxford Street at 3.00pm. We seem to have claimed to spot behind the stairs in the name of the Neo-Writers, so for anyone who hasn't previously attended a meeting but wants to pop along, that's where you should be looking. We're an obvious bunch, don't be afraid to come over and ask if we are, in fact, the London fanfiction writers/Neo-writers.

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Point A is Tottenham Court Road Station and B is where we'll all be.
The Central line and Northern line stop at Tottenham Court Road station if you're jumping on the tube. There are also numerous buses that pass through Tottenham Court Road or stop on New Oxford Street. Check the TFL site for the excellent journey planner, details of planned engineering works and other London transport queries.

See you there, boys and girls.

Holden Caulfield.

Important business!

2010-01-24T21:54:00.002Z

OK people. A few peices of information for you to know about, that you MUST take note of.

The first is that, as you may have noticed, the web address for the blog has changed from fanfiction-central to neowriterslondon.blogspot.com. This is to keep it looking smart and cool and awesome and stuff. Make sure you change any links you may have leading to this blog to match what you see in the address bar. PROTIP: Alt+D, Ctrl+C and it's copied to your clipboard. Fast, eh?

The second peice of information is that HoldenCaulfield is now an updater on the blog, allowing me to focus on my college work, as well as organising the upcoming Expo Awesome properly. Say hello, people, and don't bite.

Much Love, SOTG.

FIELD TRIP Sunday 10th January

2010-01-08T22:38:00.003Z

HEY EVERYONE!

We're doing something a bit different this week. We're going to meet at Starbucks on New Oxford Street at 3pm and have a coffee or five, before we all head over to Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue. Don't worry if you don't know where Forbidden Planet is - we're all headed there together.

After the Planet, we'll be heading to the Trocadero in Leicester Square, which for those who don't know, if pretty much the arcade heaven of London. No high street can live up to this! Be sure to visit TokyoToys if you like Manga as well. I know the guy that owns it. (",)

Afterwards. we're going to a Pizza Hut for a meal. As you may have noticed, this means that you'll need money to enjoy the day.

Forbidden Planet, for those that don't know, is a cult store that caters for Doctor Who to Stargate, Marvel Comics to Manga. They sell merchandise and back-issues, and the store is loved by all who know it.

To find Starbucks, look here.

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And if you turn up late, you can find Forbidden Planet here...

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Well, I look forward to seeing you all on Sunday. We'll be upstairs in Starbucks, so look for the group talking about all sorts of things rather loudly....

Nico King/Scourgeofthegalaxy

Sunday 3rd January

2010-01-01T15:30:00.002Z

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the year 2010.

Our next meeting is sooner than normal to allow for people's educations to not interfere with the meets.

We're meeting in Starbucks on New Oxford Street at 3:00 PM, upstairs. Anyone who was there on Wednesday, let's try and get the same seats we did, and if possible, some better ones. Some of us had to sit on wooden chairs the whole time, and I'll tell you, my buttocks hurt! (^^,)

A map is below.

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The map shows where we're meeting - Go towards the little man! The marker shows where the nearest tube station is, and what lines run there. The red line is Central, and the black line is the Northern. For help getting to Tottenham Ct. Road, head to the Transport For London website and use the Travel Planner.

I look forward to seeing everyone there!

Nico/Scourgeofthegalaxy

Wednesday 30th December

2009-12-29T12:00:00.002Z

Hey everyone! My apologies for this blog being so late to respond, and this meeting technically being rather short notice, but we are CHANGING LOCATION!

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This is a picture of out new meeting point. Use the map underneath to work out how to get there. It's not that far from out old meeting point of Charlotte Street's Caffé Nero, so don't worry that much.

At 2:00 PM we will be meeting upstairs. However, please bear in mind that Starbucks is a very busy place, so we may have to relocate back to Caffé Nero. Those hat have been there know where it is, but I know that there's a chance new people will be arriving. That's why in the events that we have to move, I'll be there to catch you and tell you where to go. I'll be headed to Caffé Nero at 3PM, so if you arrive late and nobody is there, head to Charlotte Street.

Now, this brings up the matter of recognising. I can't speak for anyone else, but I'll be wearing a stripey jumper reading a manga. I'm tall with curly hair and wear glasses. Look for the awesome guy. (kekeke)

Now hat I've gotten off my arse and posted this, I can relax. =] I'll see everyone tomorrow!!

Nico/Scourgeofthegalaxy

Sunday 20th December Meetup!

2009-12-18T14:40:00.002Z

Yes, we're having another meet on Sunday. This may be a little short notice, but I HAVE been asking for people to suggest a new meeting place. It's a shame that nobody could help.

If ANYONE knows ANYWHERE we can meet, please do get in contact so I can scout the place out and see if it'll work.

But, nevertheless, we're getting close to Sunday, so I'm announcing that the next meet will be:

TIME
SUNDAY 20TH DECEMBER
2:00 PM

PLACE
CAFFÉ NERO
THE CORNER OF PERCY STREET AND CHARLOTTE STREET
LONDON
(Near Goodge Street Station)

I hope everyone from last time can make it, as I know some of you live quite far away. But this may be the last time we can meet here, as out group is getting rather large now. Any other meeting places are welcomed with hugs and cookies. No, really. I'll buy a pack of Maryland Cookies for anyone who gives me a good location. Wow, talk about bribes...

Well, I'll see you people on Sunday!

Nico/Scourge

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Another great meet

2009-12-15T16:38:00.002Z

Another succesful meeting between us fanficcers, and we're starting to develop in-jokes now. So far, we have Sirius-ly black paint, the Hogwarts house of Oxfam and, bizarrely, fetishes. If you have a secret like that, you'd better be careful of what you say!

However, it's time. It's time to say that ANOTHER meeting is on Sunday the 20th of December!

The location, however, is not set. Due to our crowds tending to be quite loud and at time raucious, I'm concerned that Caffé Nero's staff may get unhappy soon.

If anyone, and I mean ANYONE, knows another larger location, leave me a comment and/or send me an email (scourgeofthegalaxy@gmail.com) with the address and if possible, a map.

If anyone can, please help. If we can't find a location, it'll be announced closer to the time that Caffé Nero is our destination again.

I hope you all have a good week and I'll let everyone know soon our new location. Or old, depending on the circumstances.

Much Love, SOTG.

Fanfiction meet on Sunday 13th of December

2009-12-08T22:00:00.002Z

Hey everyone!

We'll be having another meetup at the same place on Sunday the 13th of December at the same place as before.

Caffé Nero's top floor on Charlotte Street at 2PM. Nearest tube station is Goodge Street (Northern Line) and Tottenham Ct. Road (Northern/District line).

If you get lost, look for the big Paperchase. On the other side of the road, towards the river Thames, is Percy Street, which leads to Charlotte Street.

I hope to see everyone there from last week, and can we bring along a small banner or poster? I'll be using my laptop this weekend, so if you're new, look for the guy in glasses with the black laptop typing away. I'll be reading a manga as well, so there won't be any mistakes.

I hope everyone has a good week, and I'll see as many of you on Sunday!

Also, if these meetings get bigger, we'll have to look for another location to meet up at. Caffé Nero has a limited amount of space, so if anyone knows an easily accessible location in London, I'd be happy to hear it!

See you soon!

Nico / Scourgeofthegalaxy

What a success!

2009-12-06T18:22:00.002Z

Hey everyone!

The meeting today (6th December) was a success! We had five people turn up, six including me, and we really enjoyed ourselves!

To everyone who was unable to come, it's a shame we didn't get to meet you. However, there's always next time.

Today, we talked about our own fanfictions, reviews, fanfics we recommend and surrealy, being murdered by our own feet.

Well, it was nice to meethe people who turned up today. I hope to see more people next week!

OFF Meeting on Sunday 6th December

2009-11-30T20:50:00.001Z

Hey everyone.

We have a meeting planned for the upcoming Sunday (December 6th 2009) for all you FanFiction authors and Fan Artists.

The address is Caffe Nero, 2 Charlotte Street, London at 2:00PM. A map can be found here.

We're meeting on the TOP floor, so you know - just in case you turn up and wonder why there's nobody talking about Fanfiction.

You will need to buy a coffee to be allowed in - I don't think Caffe Nero will appreciate people using their space without at least buying an Espresso.

So, to confirm for everybody...

Sunday December 6th

2PM

Caffe Nero (Top Floor)

2 Charlotte Street

London

Hope to see you there, everybody!

Scourgeofthegalaxy.

About Allys

2009-11-29T23:45:00.003Z

Hey, I'm Allys (ShatteredGlass) and I'll be working alongside Scourge (Scourgeofthegalaxy) to help bring the FanFic authors of Britain closer together. Although I personally shall be concentraiting on configuring any London meetings that will occur this site is for all major areas and cities.
We hope to find people local to other areas to delgate the tasks of other meet zones in the future.

The first ever OFF (Offline FanFiction) meeting occured today and- despite low turnout- went very well, highlighting areas that need to be improved on in order for OFF to work over the coming months. This blog is the first result of that. It will be a place for various areas to list meeting dates, to discuss Fics that we have read, to chat, to plug... ect.

Many of the people that we hope will make use of this blog may have found it as a result of the forum FanBBS, where, we found there was a little trouble keeping track of what was going on, where, when and who could make it. The aim of this blog is to organise the scheduling of OFF meetings more easily and increase turn-out and awarness.

I look forward to talking to you all, until next time,
Allys xxx

Greetings!

2009-11-29T19:31:00.001Z

This is the first post of many about Fanfiction and Offline FanFiction.

I'm Scourgeofthegalaxy, and the other person who'll be posting is Allys, better known as Oo.ShatteredGlass.oO. We're leading the way into the pretty-much uncharted territories of Offline FanFiction - abbreviated as, aptly, OFF.

Our aim as a pair (for now) is to get authors to meet up, share ideas and generally have a good time! If you're an author, you'll fit right in with us.

So, sit back ,relax, add us on an RSS feed (at the top) and enjoy the magical ride with fellow writers!

SOTG Out!