I love your 3 rules! I really think I need to "steal" those, and put them up over my desk. I could definatly use those reminders every time I try to write.

I think that's a great quote about singing birds and the best ones, too. I think I get caught up in being "better than what's out there" for fear of getting lost or forgotten or ignored, but ultimatly I don't really want to be The Best. So I'll definatly keep the birds in mind as well. :)

Eh, my bad on the novel classifications. I'll definatly update my vocabulary. My apologies.

Thank you for your advice :)