Getting Back Into the Groove?

It’s been a nutty few months wrapping up the academic year, grading final exams, buying and selling our home, thinning out our stuff, and moving into our new place–all during a global pandemic and national protests over racial and social injustices. I feel like I’ve been struggling with my creative endeavors under this swirl of personal and national upheaval. Last month, I sent a second round of revisions to my draft novel to my agent, Kelli Martin, at Wendy Sherman Associates. As I await her further insights, I’ve been floundering over getting back into the writing groove on the follow-up novel.  Maybe its just exhaustion after a hectic five months or trying to write something fun during a serious world-wide health crisis and a sobering time of social reckoning on racial inequalities. I wonder if others trying to plug into their creative outlets feel the same way or have been spurred on during this time of greater introspection and isolation. Would love to hear how you may have gotten back into your creative groove. Stay safe out there.