Daily Q&A

Q: Skyla, you are the Municipal Liaison for Greeley, Colorado and your current word count is 62, 779. How did you do it? Do have mixed feelings about already reaching the 50,000-word mark?
A:At this year's kickoff party, NAVillareal

Q: Sam, NaNoWriMo's website has seen more traffic for more days than any November so far! What has been most challenging about keeping the site up and running?
A: From October 31 through

Q: Errol, Ryan and Debs, rumor has it that you put together a CD-length compilation of songs about NaNoWriMo. Is this true? Can you tell us a bit more about it?
A: Errol: The CD called is NaNoWriMusic 2008, and it's a compilation of original songs by Toronto-area Wrimos about the novel writing experience. The music

Q: Clara, you teach 5th and 6th graders in Mexico to read and write for
fun. What are some of the challenges you face? What has been most
rewarding about this work?
A: I guess the greatest challenge I

Q: Edna, NaNoWriMo 2007 posed some pretty major challenges for you, yet you emerged a winner! What did it take to win? Are you prepared to do it all over again?
A: My husband was the best support you can imagine. He spent the month bringing me hot chocolates and checking on me as I sat hunched

Q: Bob, you've done NaNoWriMo for the past two
years—not alone, but with your entire family! What is that like? Are
you the wordiest family in the world?
A: I doubt that we're the wordiest (though we may be the weirdest) but 500,000 words—soon to be 800,000 words—from our family have seen

Q:Krista, you won NaNoWriMo in 2007 with your newborn baby in your lap! In the waning hours of November, you became a NaNo winner and a mama. Were the stars aligned, or did you plan it that way all along?
A: I certainly didn't plan it that way! I knew I'd likely still be pregnant with our first child during NaNo, but he

Q:Lisa, upon realizing that you couldn't attend the Night of Writing Dangerously Write-a-thon yourself, you decided to donate $200 to sponsor another Wrimo. This was someone you'd never even met! How and why did you make this crazy, wonderful decision?

A: When I saw the information about

Q:Lisa, upon realizing that you couldn't attend the Night of Writing Dangerously Write-a-thon yourself, you decided to donate $200 to sponsor another Wrimo. This was someone you'd never even met! How and why did you make this crazy, wonderful decision?

A: When I saw the information about

Q: David, you've published one NaNoNovel, and you have another on the way. You share your tips for NaNo success on your website, Vintage Soul. How did you become such a NaNoWriMo star? Is your approach this year any different from previous NaNos?

A: It's a good question, actually. The