Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna resident Leslie Meyer smiles as she speaks about her project for this year's National Novel Writing Month on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 at the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library in Soldotna, Alaska. The worldwide creative writing challenge kicks off at the beginning of November and asks participants to write 50,000 words in 30 days. The library in Soldotna will host writing days each Saturday where participants can get together to work and share ideas.

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna resident Leslie Meyer smiles as she speaks about her project for this year's National Novel Writing Month on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 at the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library in Soldotna, Alaska. The worldwide creative writing challenge kicks off at the beginning of November and asks participants to write 50,000 words in 30 days. The library in Soldotna will host writing days each Saturday where participants can get together to work and share ideas.

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Soldotna resident Leslie Meyer smiles as she speaks about her project for this year’s National Novel Writing Month on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 at the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library in Soldotna, Alaska. The worldwide creative writing challenge kicks off at the beginning of November and asks participants to write 50,000 words in 30 days. The library in Soldotna will host writing days each Saturday where participants can get together to work and share ideas.

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