Daily Q&A

Q: 4" poster tube, you can carry a mug, a t-shirt, and multiple posters inside of you. That is a lot! But once you've fulfilled that mission and the goods have been unloaded, what are you worth?
A: It has taken me a long time and some soul-searching to answer this question for myself. What I have found, though, is that there is life after

Q: Tavia, you are the Director for NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program. YWP has a T-shirt this year for the first time ever, and you just lifted the curtain on the brand new YWP website! In the midst of all these innovations, what is most exciting to you about YWP 2008?

A: That the site is being used, the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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?