This summer didn’t go quite the way I had imagined. I started out with a long list of goals and plenty of enthusiasm, but life had other plans. An illness slowed me down for a little while, and I had to put some things on pause.
At first, that pause was frustrating. I’m not the best at sitting still when there are words waiting to be written. But sometimes slowing down is exactly what you need. It gave me time to rest, reset, and remind myself why I love the creative process in the first...