Getting back into writing after a period of inactivity is one of the hardest transitions for me to make.
While applying for MFA programs, celebrating the holidays and packing, unpacking and adjusting to our new home halfway across the country, I went on hiatus from writing. It was a needed break, for my sanity's sake, but now, with hours of free time stretched out before me when I wake in the morning, I know I should be writing ALL OF THE TIME.
The projects I was working on - revising and editing the second draft of my first novel and continuing to write my second novel - are these intimidating brick walls I need to burst through. Before I can pick up where I left off with them, I'll need to reread and reread and reread, and sometimes reading my own words over and over just doesn't sound all that appealing. You know?
So....step one: this blog. For months I've intended to start blogging about my writing process and I don't know a better time to begin than now, when I need something to jump start my motivation and warm up my creativity.
Here's to this blog getting me back into the swing of things.
