I Took a Year Off from Writing
The world didn’t end! What I learned about patience and compassion.
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5 min readAug 13, 2021
When my daughter was born a year ago, I didn’t plan to take time away from writing. In fact, initially I didn’t. I still had a few stories drafted or waiting with publications, so inertia stayed with me a bit as I finished what I already had. But I didn’t start anything new.
