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SDWI's 3rd Annual Write-A-Thon
Sunday, May 23
9 am - 6 pm
Lestat's Coffee House



We did it! 9 hours of nonstop writing that raised $16,937.05 in pledges!

Blazing Laptops Write-a-thon 2010 was an unparalleled success.

Forty writers, nearly 600 individual sponsor pledges and who can say how many words written, stories started, or cups of coffee consumed.

We're grateful to this years' Red-hot Ink Spot Digiteers for their unflagging enthusiasm: Donna Agins, Dan Amato, Melinda Moore Baccanari, Scott Barbour, Marivi Blanco, Antigone Brickman, Drusilla Campbell, Rich Farrell, Judy Geraci, Ted Gideonse, Tammy Greenwood, Megan Guinn, Jill Hall, Mike Hedrick, Marianne Hornlein, Jason Hough, Lizz Huerta, Jocelyn Hughes, Brian Joyer, Jay Katz, Kelli Magargal, Stacy Magic, Diane Malloy, Melissa McCracken, Steve Montgomery, Liz Morrison, David Raines, Ely Rareshide, Judy Reeves, Jim Ruland, Linda Salem, Rick Seidenwurm, Melissa Soria, Melissa Thompson, Robert Tussey, Nicole Vollrath, Rob Williams, Ellen Yaffa, and Jean Zagrodnik. Go Blazers!

. . . and our intrepid instructors who led us in some stimulating writing exercises:
Drusilla Campbell, Ted Gideonse, Tammy Greenwood, Lizz Huerta, Judy Reeves, Rob Williams, Nicole Vollrath.

Thanks to Marivi Blanco for introducing yogi Karen from Pilgrimage of the Heart Yoga Studio who led us in a yoga break, and to Melinda Baccanari for the afternoon break.

Thank you to John Husler and everyone at Lestat's for your generosity; thanks Nicholas Garland for the great service.

To all our sponsors who supported our efforts with prizes and gifts: our grateful appreciation:
James Spring, Warwick's The Grove, Stacy Magic, Old Globe Theater, Write Out Loud, San Diego Symphony, Carly Grimm/Warner Music, Club Pilates, Deborah Parker, Steve Montgomery, Rob Williams, and thank you, Diolinda Brickman for the best truffles we've ever tasted.

Thank you, Peggy Westergard, for counting the money and keeping the names straight.

Thanks from everyone at San Diego Writers, Ink and from the 2010 Blazing Laptops Write-a-thon Committee:
Judy Reeves, Marivi Blanco, Steve Montgomery, Liz Morrison, Rob Williams, and thank you Donna Marganella for our 2010 Blazing Laptops logo.

See more photos from Blazing Laptops Write-a-thon 2010 on our Facebook page.