Hey, did you know its National Novel Writing Month?
I realize it’s supposed to be a way to motivate aspiring writers to actually get off their asses and, you know, write.
For some reason it always turns into feelings of guilt and anxiety when I see a half-dozen writerly friends updating their word counts and I don’t realistically have time to plow through several thousand words a day for a month.
The problem is my own. I need to set lower goals first: I’ve got some short story ideas knocking around I should finish off. With the ease of e-publishing these days, I could just release a collection of stories on Amazon, post it on Facebook, get a few dozen sales from friends and family and I’m on my way!
Call that “National Writing Anything To Keep Some Kind of Momentum” month.