And I’m always game for a go.

But, things changed. A dear friend died about a week before NaNo, so I was extremely busy all month helping her husband and young daughter.

This made me even more keen to know more about people, which is the focus of my blog – interviewing people on how they got to where they are. You know, the things that don’t come up in conversation, our glories that either seem mundane to ourselves, or that we’re too shy to mention.

So, since my blog’s theme is Ordinary People in Out of the Ordinary Lives, and since I no longer had the momentum to work on my WIP 2, I went with what was nagging me — I changed my NaNoWriMo goal to blog weekly instead of 2x monthly, and set myself a goal to collect 25 Interviewees (Guest Stars) to schedule for weekly posting.

Not Easy since most people really don’t think what they do is out of the ordinary!

I ended up Posting 5 in November, getting 29 commitments, & 13 more queried.

My real Ah-Ha moment came when I realized that since my writing voice had taken on a persona of its own, I was writing a sitcom of sorts, channelling my inner I Love Lucy!

I started referring to it as: “The Internet’s 1st Blog-Com Part Blog, Part Sitcom”

Again, Sorry for all this plugging but its what came out of NaNo for me, my 1st time –

I’m now booking into April, and posting 2x weekly instead of once, and even have rotating themes: fashion, music, writing, and other.

To sum up, Before NaNo I was apologetic about it, but now I’m confidently e-mailing complete strangers, thanks to NaNo’s group Goal setting and the massive momentum surrounding it.

By the way – James — are you game for a go??

All the best, Kristi
.-= HowDidYouGetThere´s last blog ..Interview with AJ Healy, Tommy Storm & the Galactic Knights =-.

It’s never to late to join in the discussion. I think it’s interesting how how ended up changing your blog because of NaNoWriMo – tell me more about that, I’m curious.

I found myself veering off in another direction at the beginning of NaNo, so I went with it, and as a result was thrilled with what came out. It wasn’t a novel but my blog took on a personality of its own – like a teenager who refuses to be or do what their parent thinks is best – my writing found its own voice in its own way, and became something that sincerely surprised me. (polite proud parent applause here)

NaNo’s mass momentum and group goal setting are astounding. I’ll never underestimate that again.

Thanks for the booster on where to go from here with the WIPs.
.-= HowDidYouGetThere´s last blog ..Interview with AJ Healy, Tommy Storm & the Galactic Knights =-.

@Larry — I noticed that your Twitter ID is @Storyfix not @Storyfixer
.-= DWongster´s last blog ..NaNoWriMo: I Did It! 50K+ Words in a Month! =-.

(No, don’t look at me. I’m a player, not an organizer…!)