Dear Friends, Family, and Righteous Supporters,

On November 20, National Novel Writing Month will be bringing together the most mighty of endurance novelists for an event that will define our generation forever.

I'm speaking, of course, of NaNoWriMo's Night of Writing Dangerously. It's a write-a-thon, and it will take place at the beautiful Julia Morgan Ballroom in downtown San Francisco. With your help, I can be sitting in one of these empty seats, writing my heart out.

This will be my second year attending (hopefully), and I am setting the goal extra high this year to hopefully be able to bring a lovely guest along with me.

Attendees like me must raise $275 to get in the door, and from there, a rich array of prizes, delicious food, and sumptuous writing time awaits. But this is not about me getting a treat-filled night of literary abandon. This is about children and adults getting the encouragement, structure, and inspiration they need to achieve their creative potential. Proceeds from the event will fund National Novel Writing Month's free creative writing programs in hundreds of schools and communities around the world.

NaNoWriMo does inspiration like nobody else (did I mention I'm writing an entire novel this November?). And on their behalf, I am asking you to donate.

Also, I will let you touch my raffle prizes if I win some.

Thank you for supporting me in my novel-writing quest, and for helping National Novel Writing Month create a more engaged and inspiring world.