Hello, November!

Today is the start of a new month which, in and of itself, means squat. And maybe it’s the sugar rush from last night’s Halloween candy haul, but I’m pretty excited about this month, for a couple of reasons…

First, November is National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo, for us cool guys). Basically, thousands of authors participate in a time-driven writing exercise. The goal is to complete a 50,000-word (at least) novel by the end of the month. It’s the old concept of a writers’ circle combin...