While making other plans

Dean Wesley Smith wrote a “filler” post for Sunday, just to keep his streak alive.

“Night like this, I wonder why I bother, but this streak after nine-plus years of not missing a day doing a blog is so powerful, I have to acknowledge it. Annoying,” he began. “Granted, I am writing here, but can’t begin to tell you how many times I wished this streak was nine-plus years of fiction writing without missing a day.”

Although my own numbers are exponentially smaller, I know exactly (ish) how...