Brief Author Bio:

My name's Ian M. Burton, and I'm a struggling artist trying to scratch out a living in this big, scary city. I stumbled across this competition for the first time last year via Something Awful, and decided it would be something I'd like to try. My idea was too grandiose, however, and I failed. Then I met a wonderful young lady who's also going to be doing NaNo, and was immediately inspired to give it another shot. So here I am, and here's hoping I actually win it this time!