Writing Ups, Downs and In Betweens

Last year I wrote three and a half books, boom boom boom. They just kept coming, sentences and ideas, it was one of those vibrant creative experiences that you can’t predict or precipitate, but can only ride while it happens.

I’d started on the fourth book before the down cycle began. It was partly due to a demanding month at my day job, soon followed by other distractions. I caught a bad cold, and six weeks later I caught another bad cold because I guess the first one wasn’t enough. I flew to a...