More than Writers

I had in mind for this month’s blog an interesting delve into a writing topic that’s close to my heart but something happened the other day which I want to tell you about instead. I’m tempted to apologise for once more describing the latest leg of my limping writing journey but I’m not going to. You can always move away from this page if you like. The important thing for me is that I’m honest about how it’s going; and I suspect that some of my struggles aren’t unique, which gives me hope that these words may be useful. For several months, I have been aware that my writing was in the Doldrums. I was still afloat, still sort-of-getting-somewhere, but with a sense that the wind had gone from my sails. I have three WIPs but felt stuck in the headlights with all of them. My writing routine had dwindled to keeping up with the short piece deadlines. It felt like I was chewing a diet of vitamin pills instead of savouring a hearty meal. Two things happened this week to make me feel that the...