It's National Novel Writing Month!
	Roman lyric poet Horace (Ars Poetica) died on this day in 8 BC. Horace's themes of carpe diem and beatus ille would later influence poets such as Dante.
	L. Sprague de Camp, prolific fantasy and sci-fi author (Conan the Barbarian) was born on this day in 1907
	Gail Sheehy (Passages) was born on this day in 1937
	DC Comics writer and editor Dorothy Woolfolk (Superman collaborator) died on this day in 2000. She is credited with the creation of Kryptonite, Superman's sole weakness.