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sounds rough. just keep marching to the beat of your own flute, and you'll be ok

this.
anything else, and you may as well get a mac book pro, and hang out at starbucks while you write

lots of novelists grew beards. in fact, a short-cropped beard is kind of the "novelist look"

i would take the one i feel most comfortable with- so as to be able to have the best shave possible, so that I can concentrate on the novel...