While for most writers November is NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), and while many writers I know are posting daily updates on how many words they've written so far or how many poem drafts, I feel as if I'm going through a National Non-Writing Month.

But that's not true. Every day, I write. I'm writing queries, proposals, cover letters, book reviews. Just not fiction or poetry.

This weekend, I will have a short "getaway" to Alexandria for my own writing-sanity weekend. Yeah, it's not f...