NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriNO! I did it once, and that was enough for me. No, I didn’t make the goal. No, I’m not pouting about it because I “failed.”

My one attempt was Camp NaNoWriMo this past April. I was in the early stages of writingTo Love and To Cherish.Speed writing and cranking out a super crude first draft to be cleaned up once the whole thing is done is just not something I can force myself to do. I tried, I really did. If it had any effect at all it was to bring on a case of writer’s block...