Do you know what month it is?
It's November so it must be time to NaNoWriMo. I'm not participating this year as I'm midway through my current manuscript, but for all of you who are, I wish you luck. I did NaNo three times and managed to finish twice. The first drafts were abominable but the words were there, and that's all that counts. Due to other commitments, I will not be posting inspirational thoughts on FaceBook this year, but I thought I'd post a few here so you can read them as necessary. “We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” —Ernest Hemingway “Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.” —Hunter S. Thompson “If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can’t allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.” —Elmore Leonard “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” —Stephen King “We’re past the age of heroes