One Day at a Time

The past two weeks have been…decent. Instead of forcing myself into writing (or berating myself for not writing), I used the time to read—not for research or teaching—I read for fun.

And I realized I needed it. I needed to get back to the other side of the fence, where I shut down my editing brain, and the “how do they put the story together” brain, and just enjoy the ride of someone else’s story.

This week, I went back to the books I’d read and asked myself, why did I enjoy this story? And I...