In your own way, in your own time (NaNoWriMo pep talk)

Scary Rope Mountain of DOOM

“They are making me feel bad,” my five-year old said, holding back tears. She glared across the playground where half a dozen kids were scrambling up the brand new climbing rope mountain like monkeys. “They’re making it look like it’s easy but it’s NOT easy because I can’t do it!”

And I knew exactly how she felt.

My first NaNoWriMo, I was struggling to stay on pace with the daily word count, having never written this much in my life before then, and there were peo...