Posted by: Lindsey Grant on 10/06/2008
Q: Graham, you've designed some crazy, wonderful things for NaNoWriMo: viking helmet stickers, a guitar-playing unicorn, and even a winner's trophy filled with coffee! What was the most challenging project that you encountered as our resident designer?
A: It's all been pretty challenging
Posted by: Lindsey Grant on 10/03/2008
Q: Amanda, Seattle has the highest word count and funds raised of any NaNoWriMo region for two years running. That is some track record! As Seattle goes for three years in a row, I wonder how it is that the Wrimos there are so exceptionally motivated?
A: Here in Seattle, my Co-ML and I
Posted by: Lindsey Grant on 09/17/2008
Q: Brian, you designed our 2008 poster (a gift for $100 donors) and recently won the t-shirt contest for This American Life's pledge drive. It seems like you've got pretty good taste in clients! How much does the cause factor into your decision to take on a project?
A: Well, first I’d say you’re giving me
Posted by: Tavia Stewart on 06/24/2008
Q: Todd, you're designing the brand-new, super-exciting NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program site, launching this fall. Can you give us a preview, and regale us with tales of adventures you've faced along the way?
A: I’m very excited by the challenge that
Posted by: Tavia Stewart on 06/05/2008
Q: You've signed on to be the digital taskmaster overseeing a few exciting new features and improvements to the NaNoWriMo site in time for our 10th anniversary year. Can you give us a sneak peak on what you're working on?
A: We have lots of wonderful new
Posted by: Tavia Stewart on 01/04/2008
Q: John, you wrote 518,335 words in the 30 days of November. This is amazing (and borderline insane)! How did you do it?
A: Borderline insanity is coming back to NaNoLand for the fourth straight year. 500K is so far into the mists of
Posted by: Tavia Stewart on 12/17/2007
Q: Bart, your personal desire to write in other genres led you to begin a LiveJournal community called Genre Challenge. Could you tell us more about your plans for the community, including ways for fellow Wrimos to get involved?
Posted by: Tavia Stewart on 12/07/2007
Q: Endah, you lead an online writing class for Indonesians, as well as lead a kindergarten and undertook ML duties during NaNo. How do your various groups interact, and what are the benefits in teaching so many age levels during NaNo?
Posted by: Chris Baty on 11/21/2007
Q: Lisa, you're a psychotherapist and NaNo participant. During Thanksgiving, a lot of American Wrimos struggle to juggle novel-writing and family get-togethers. How can we make time to write without feeling like anti-social, self-obsessed jerks?
