Hey! I’m back after being gone for a few years—not gone because I stopped loving books or stories (that will NEVER happen!) but because I stopped writing. Even writing on my blog seemed like too much for a while.

Why did it feel like too much, you might wonder? I entered a prolonged, crushingly stressful time in my life, and burned out. At first, my stories were a refuge, but as years passed and the stressful situation became more difficult, I found it harder to be okay—and that spilled over into my writing life. Toward the end, I would go out to my office determined to get something done, sit down, open my document, and then find myself halfway to the door, walking away. One day I walked away for good, believing I would never return. Around this same time, the stressful situation eased off, but it was too late. The damage was done, the joy was gone. I got a job that was a lot easier, working with numbers instead of words. The people were great. The pay was great. I thought I’d be there until I retired.

But slowly, words started calling to me again. It started with poetry, and now I’m writing prose again, novels and short stories.

I have to say that it still awes and amazes me, this renewal. Though I’m still not completely out of the woods yet, I see the sunlight pouring through the branches. The joy has returned!

But… you can’t step in the same river twice. There have been big changes. More coming soon!

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