Housekeeping: A slight and probably unnoticeable change of pace

So one day into my writing hiatus and I realized the issues with my novel were more fundamental than could be fixed with simple rewrites. Long story short, I’m scrapping the whole thing – all 160,000 words, nearly a combined decade’s work – and starting from scratch. The ideas are already coming together faster than they’ve been in a long time, so I think it’s the right call.

Concerning the ol’ blag, as much as I’ve enjoyed the little break, I think I’m gonna get back into things, but at a slower pace than before. I was spending so many hours of my day reading, sorting, researching and writing for this blog it had become an outright chore. So from now on, I’ll forego blogging about things I feel should be covered here and focus instead on things I want to write about. That means less output overall, but also less feeling like I’m on a deadline to get stories out before the next news cycle.

So, mini-hiatus over, and new posts will come when they come. Though to be frank, considering I went for days without posting at times, there shouldn’t be too much of a difference.