I’m in the midst of mid-semester craziness, swallowed by seemingly endless papers to grade and getting my footing back on my WIP. It’s not easy, but I know the only way I’ll reach “the end” of that story is by writing. It might be slow, with only a few minutes here and there, but it’s somewhat steady and eventually, I’ll get there. So for all of us struggling through first (or second…or eighteenth) drafts, here are some bits of inspiration.
Alexandra Alessandri 
Thanks for the encouragement – we all need it. Over and over. (Like the shampoo bottle says, “write, rinse, repeat.” At least, that’s what I think it says.)
No problem! I know I’ve lived off those encouragements and will continue to live off them. lol. “Write, rinse, repeat”–I like it! So true.