Rebel.

That’s me:rebel, malcontent, nonconformist. Well, okay, maybe that’s not entirely true. But I am a NaNoWriMo rebel, refusing to follow the rules, cutting my own path, doing it my way, rationalizing why I can’t make my word count.

For those of you who were unaware, November is National Novel Writing Month, and I, along with 305,000 of my fellow writers, have pledged to write 50,000 words during the 30 days that comprise this month. Well, at least that’s what I’d planned to do this month....