Home FREE Templates Get Published My 1 Recommendation 200+ Free Tools Book Marketing NaNoWriMo interview With Sarah Mackey What is NaNoWriMo NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month . The very first NaNoWriMo took place in July , 1999, in the San Francisco Bay Area . That first year there were 21 novelists that participated . NaNoWriMo has grown exponentially over the years and in 2010 had 200,500 participants . I'm excited to introduce you to Sarah Mackey today who will share with us more about NaNoWriMo . 1. Hello , Sarah , thank you so much for agreeing to interview with us today . I'm not sure if our readers know much about NaNoWriMo , I know there is a full explanation on your website , but would you mind sharing a brief summary about it here National Novel Writing Month , or