Deadly Sins of Writing/Working

Today is the first day of National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo.) I talked about it a bit last week. Writers around the world sign up to write at least 50,000 words during the month of November—at least, that’s how it started. I’m not sure what it’s evolved to since its inception back in the late 90s. The prize is bragging rights about a) having finished a novel and b) having finished a novel in thirty days or fewer. Whew!

As someone who has attempted NaNoWriMo many time but has never crosse...