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It was the best break-up ever, handled quietly and privately when we both were fresh, receptive and present with one another. My story wants new readers and different hands. I will do all that I can do to make sure the story gets them.

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If you have no idea what it means, you’re not the only one.

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If you’re telling yourself that it’s OK to be writing something bad because you can always come back and fix it later, it takes a lot of the pressure off.” — Marissa Meyer

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“#NaNoWriMo is the one month of the year that I don’t have to pretend to be normal.”

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Over 250 novels that were completed during NaNoWriMo have been published through a traditional route, including Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell.

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Starting November 1st you have thirty days to write 50,000 words. That’s it. No excuses. Are you ready to dive in?

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NaNoWriMo means I’ll be phoning it in at work for the next month.

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“Their combined wish brought forth Melvan, a magical flying fart-donkey with powers that include morphing, invisibility, and the power to tell tales and create songs.”

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“I am writing a novel.” It’s like a new mantra, holding hands and skipping gleefully through my head along with “I’ve always been a writer,” harmonious and happy at last.