Still No NaNo

I miss the camaraderie of NaNoWriMo, but I’m lucky to live in a community with many dedicated writers who get together year-round to support and encourage one another. And we do focus a little extra in November, still. It’s a habit, now, and a good one! So we’re doing an informal, flexible Novel November, and I’m testing that flexibility by working on short stories, instead. Specifically, I’m editing a new collection of older short stories. Many have previously been published, some have never been seen before. I recently finished another A5 notebook of stories and had the immense satisfaction of starting a new one. I really enjoyed that topic of discussion on recent episodes of The Pen Addict podcast. Is it more satisfying to finish a notebook, a bottle of ink, or a pen cartridge? What’s more exciting to start new? For me, it’s definitely notebooks. It means I’ve been productive. And, even more excitingly, it’s time to assemble a new manuscript for submission, and eventually, a new…