THREE LIES WE TELL ABOUT NOT WRITING OUR NOVEL, AND THE TRUTH OF WHY WE HAVEN'T YET STARTED

If I'm being honest (and I am) I'd tell you I'm a writer. I write this blog. I wrote a book and published it three years ago, and I spent about five years as a journalist and book reviewer for both my local newspaper and a regional magazine near my hometown. I have a double English degree and I've spent my entire life sandwiched between half-filled notebooks and books. I'm a writer.

And yet, it's been three years since my last book. (I wasn't sure I could handle a novel straight out of the gat...