I just wanted to take the time to wish all of you the happiest of holidays. This year, for the first time in many years, I am in the holiday spirit once again. The tree is up, most of the presents wrapped, and the turkey is thawing in the fridge.

I'll leave you with a funny and a few quotes to keep you inspired:

"Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it."
~Maya Angelou.

"It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing,
but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous."
~ Robert Benchley

"The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow I'm in trouble.
It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them."
~ Raymond Chandler

"The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time,
unlike, say, a brain surgeon."
~ Robert Cromier

"Writing is easy. All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper
until the drops of blood form on your forehead."
~ Gene Fowler

"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
~ Thomas Mann