Writing is actually happening for the first time in what feels like months. I’m writing at least five hundred words a day on my ‘writer’s retreat’ here in the hospital, but usually much more. This isn’t to say that these words are flowing with little effort.

Have you ever had a break from writing and picked it up again to feel that you are a tad bit rusty? I’ll admit that it’s been tricky to get my head back into a writing space. Not because of noise (it’s actually surprising...