It's National Novel Writing Month! There's still time to write a 50,000 word novel this month!
	Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur was published on this day in 1880
	DeWitt Wallace, founder of Reader's Digest, was born on this day in 1889.
	Michael Ende, ironically-named author of The Neverending Story, was born on this day in 1929
	George Lucas' Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker - the novel that would become the motion picture Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - was published on this day in 1976
	Ira Levin (Rosemary's Baby, Kiss Before Dying, The Stepford Wives) died on this day in 2007