Never too late

Dear friends,

I intended to write you on Monday. I have a lot of intentions. Rather than shower you with excuses, I will instead espouse the virtue of lateness. Or rather, on the virtue of just getting it, whatever "it" may be, done. Two short articles on the matter worth reading:

Not finishing my novel would have ruined my life

It's never going to be perfect, so just get it done

Sage advice all around.

[Side note, the first article mentions a story that was rejected 27 times before being published. TWENTY SEVEN. Imagine sending something out and getting it rejected 20 times. I would have definitely decided that story was unpublishable by that point. But then the author tried 8 more times and broke through on the last one. Incredible.]

I am trying to apply these principles to my novel. I shudder to think how long I've been working on it. Is it three years yet? I don't want to know. But now, with help from my Sit & Write pals, I am actually putting words on a page, and slowly but surely, get…