Preptober and Nanowrimo: Write that book!

In case there’s anyone who doesn’t know, November is Nanowrimo – National Novel Writing Month. The goal of Nanowrimo is to bash through 50,000 words of a novel in a single month.

I could not be more supportive of this idea—it gives focus and a nice juicy competitive edge—I mean, crowd support!—to an endeavor that can seem completely overwhelming when you’re facing it all on your own. Through peer pressure and the national and international focus on the event, Nanowrimo forces would-be writers—an...