In order to get my next novel written, I’m using Sarra Cannon’s new 2024 Preptober Planner. Instead of gearing up for Nanowrimo, Sarra’s developed something called the Rough Draft Challenge, and she’s invited her followers and fellow writers to join her in a slightly different event than Nanowrimo.

I have been an editor for over 20 years. In almost all of that time I’ve also written–extensively. But it wasn’t until I finished my first, as yet unpublished novel last year that I finally felt OK calling myself a writer.