"A dry-stone wall is a lovely thing when you see it bordering a field in the middle of nowhere but becomes more impressive when you realise that it was built without mortar, that the builder needed to choose each interlocking stone and fit it in. Writing is like building a wall."

— For all of you doing NaNoWriMo, or just writing a book: http://bit.ly/jvSNO was the letter of encouragement Neil Gaiman wrote 2 years ago.