Do *NOT* let him get that motorcycle.
Or you will never sleep again.
I love the BIC program and the 10 things you know about writing. I need to print that, frame it. Swear to it on bended knee.
Just when I think you can't top yourself you write another killer entry.

I think the flip side of that is when we're reading authors we admire, at least for me, its easy to get discouraged and think, I can never write anything as good as____. In my case, the fill-in-the-blank is Dennis Lehane. But like you said, we should stay true to what our own voice and gut is telling us. Stretch ourselves as writers only as far as we feel comfortable and stretch our legs once in a while when we get that butt out of the chair :)

Love the blog, Toni. Are you coming to RT?