On Halloween in 2007, I decided to sign up for NaNoWriMo on a whim; I was inspired by my friend Lesley, who was also participating in NaNoWriMo then. I completed my first novel that year, thanks to NaNoWriMo. Ten years later, in 2017, I am sitting out of NaNoWriMo in a rather bittersweet way. Over […]