“DON’T GIVE UP.” They are such tiny words, but carry so much meaning. They are the push when you feel like you can’t go any farther, the whisper in the quietness when your words are gone, the echo that finds its way into your heart. I feel so many times like I can’t keep going, whether it’s in my writing, my work, or life in general; and it is then that I am presented with two option – quite and fail, or keep trying. The first option is never satisfying, the second hard but worth it. Nothing worth anything is easily obtained.

I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year – my third time – and finding it harder to strive for that goal. I’m having to balance business, personal life, and writing; and it isn’t easy. But time and time again I keep seeing that message – “Don’t give up.” Because even if my book is never published, even if I end up not loving the words I will write, even if it doesn’t turn out the way I hope it will, I’ll still know that at least I tried. I’ll still have a rather large notebook with my illegible scribbles and sheets of paper that represent my time and feelings, and it will be worth it.

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