Love in the time of burnout (or: how I killed and resurrected my writing career)

Burnout is real, people.

I know you know that, but it’s worth repeating.

What you might not know is that it happens to folks who aren’t “professionals”–rookies and amateurs (which wasall Olympic athletes until the late80s, just for perspective). People in love with their art, whatever it is, and are desperately tryingto turnit into a paying career.People who haven’t made it but are hustling to do so.People like me. People like you, too, maybe.

That’s what happened when I quit writing last su...