Occasionally, we call ourselves the League of Ostrich Wranglers, which is fun. You won’t regret it!Īnn: LOOW stands for League of Original Woolwrights at first, however it has since grown to mean much more. Whether you’re an experienced writer, or a newbie, I would highly recommend participating this coming November. I’m extremely happy with the book, and I don’t think I would have written it for years without the encouragement of the NaNo program. Over 1,600 words a day for 30 days?!? My non-writer friends told me thought I was crazy, but you know what? At the end of the day I had written a 50,000 word book in a month. WJ Davies: I participated in NaNoWriMo in November of 2013, and this proved to be one of the most challenging tasks I’ve taken on as a writer. Also having the accountability was good for me. It was a great experience and helped me to realize writing each and every day was essential to crafting a tight narrative. I successfully wrote 50,000 words in November 2013 towards my second novel, Dead Sight. Will Swardstrom: I had never even heard of NaNo before last summer and gave it a go last year. I had no idea I could do it until I signed up for NaNoWriMo.

Neither of those projects have been published yet because other projects needed to be finished, but it was my first experience with purposefully writing a full book. And both times I completed something I really like. Has the group participated in NaNoWriMo? What have their experiences been like?Īnn Christy: I have! Twice. LOOW is a group of Wool series writers, who are donating the lifetime profits of their Wool Gathering anthology to NaNoWriMo! We talk with them about their anthology and how they created a successful writing group.

The Watcher by W.J. Davies