First, I apologize because my reader self took over for a while. I wrote less and read more for a month (ironically, it was NaNoWriMo month). I was productive and read about 15 books (good for my challenge), but my writing lagged. Why? Why do we do this? Am I not serious enough about writing? Was I just starving myself for reading material?

I’m not sure. It happens in my walk with Christ, sometimes, where one aspect will take over and the others fade. Sometimes I’ll be so into a new Bible stu...