It’s December! I was going to write a humorous yet thought-provoking post about how confusing Twitter is, but sadly that felt very 2012. (Don’t worry, I will probably write that post anyway, possibly next week). At any rate, it’s December and Nanowrimo is over, which means that your new WIP is roughly 0.5 percent done. Hurray! If you need a little extra motivation as the wintry winds blow in, robbing you of warmth both physically and spiritually, please look no further. Here goes…

1.

The world needs your book. It was literally just telling me that, the other day. I was like, “Are you sure, World? There are a lot of books out there already.” But the world was like, “Nah, this one.”

2.

Write faster! I think that girl sitting next to you at BEA is reading your mind and is totally going to rip off your idea.

3.

PROVE THEM WRONG. You don’t have the attention span of a 6-month…

4.

All you have to do is finish. And revise. And revise again. And cry and start completely over from scratch. And sell and promote. THAT’S ALL.

5.

Do you have five children to raise and a farm to manage? Is that why you can’t make time to write? Exactly. Now turn off The Voice and go work on your g*dd*mn novel. 

6.

You’re probably better at this than at least one other person who does it anyway. Probably.

Write on, write on.