Forgive me writing gods, for I have been distracted. I haven't written a word on my new novel in nineteen days. I haven't researched new...

We are creatures of habit. All of us. Sure, some of us like spontaneity, improvisation, and consider ourselves to be 'unpredictable', but...

Two years ago I began writing my first novel. It was a spontaneous activity: more or less based on a sudden whim. I had left my previous...