A Time for Weeping

I’ve been avoiding this for a while now, thinking I wouldn’t need to take such measures. However, I’ve come to accept that the only way forward is to be honest with myself.

My creative spirit is broken; distraught with grief.

I need to take more time to sit with my pain, to find my creativity again, to let my soul ache and languish the loss of the beautiful life of my uncle.

I think I’ve been trying so hard to press forward, I never stopped to ask myself if I should. My grief has at last caught up with me.

There’s so much pressure to show up week after week, to provide content, and it can be extremely overwhelming no matter how much I plan or try to mitigate that expectation. Sure, I have plenty of books to review and share with you, but even that rudimentary writing is challenging right now. I hope by giving myself time to release the turmoil and sorrow I carry—to perhaps express it in other forms apart from my writing—I will find my way back again, especially since my historical murder mystery manuscript is in the hands of my “alpha” reader as we speak. I want to be capable of diving into that prose and revising it to be worthy of querying agents, of taking that next step towards this dream I have long shared with all of you.

But I need to take care of me right now.

In the meantime, though, if you want to help alleviate that pressure I’ll still feel, consider partnering with me by using the form below.

Maintaining this website and blog, providing you this content, can be a financial strain, but as I keep coming back to write, I keep investing my resources, too. Supporting me, even while I take a necessary absence, helps me know that this means something to more than just…well, me. Knowing I have readers out there who want to hear from me, who support me, is crucial to keep showing up.

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