Nah, No More: the Aftermath of NaNoWriMo

Believe it or not, I hadn't heard about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month for those that similarly missed the memo) until 2023. A bit later than most, but I've never been particularly dialed in with online trends. I also wasn't really thinking about writing before then, at least not for many years. The spark of creativity remained barely lit and hidden away within me, somewhere so deep I…