The Writer

In the balance

I’VE JUST EMERGED, BLEARY-EYED, from one of the most productive creative seasons of my life. My autumn felt positively jam-packed with fruitful writing sessions, and my hard drive now brims with drafts I can’t wait to revise further this winter.

Writing those sentences admittedly feels time to write these days, and in a pandemic to boot?

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