Reaching a Point of Rest

Readers of this blog and Facebook friends might've noticed that the frenetic pace of my creative and professional life hasn't really let up in over two years. Vacations have helped a little, travel for business has even helped in terms of getting me out of the house, but in general my brain hasn't been able to turn off for a long time. It didn't help that the beginning of this year I was supposed to be able to take a break, and then couldn't because a NY publisher whose passive-aggressive...