It is a well acknowledged fact that November is the month of Novels. Those with an ambition to write are suddenly taken up in the mad craze to write a full novel of 50,000 words by the end of November. National Novel Writing (or is it writers?) Month I believe the official title is, though most of us simply say NaNoWriMo.
...but if November is the month of Novels what does that make October? (Besides being the month where we are "supposedly" busily writing up outlines for our grand novel. That is, if I screw up my courage to come up with an actual plot and outline, both of which happen to be the banes of life.)
October is the month of Thirty-One posts on one subject. 31 Days in 2012
I was rather taken by Her idea of a daily post in the form of a letter for this challenge. I'm already a day late in starting this, but to my credit I only heard of the idea yesterday and I had to turn it about in my mind a little before I could decide what I wanted to do myself.
My letters are to be addressed to various authors. Basically to those authors who I've always wanted to write a letter to, but as they would never receive them, never have. Of course, what I wish is that they could all write me back, but as that is highly unlikely (Unless the Doctor shows up for me in the Tardis) I shall have to content myself with writing to them and dreaming of a response.
Wouldn't it be nice to hear from them just when I'm planning out a novel?
"Gil: I would like you to read my novel and get your opinion.
Ernest Hemingway: I hate it.
Gil: You haven't even read it yet.
Ernest Hemingway: If it's bad, I'll hate it. If it's good, then I'll be envious and hate it even more. You don't want the opinion of another writer."
*happily pretends this conversation from Midnight in Paris is directed to me*
