Well, this is embarrassing. There’s nothing here.
No, that’s not an error message. That’s the state of affairs for August.
No submissions. No new stories started. No new stories finished. No old stories finished. A couple of ideas for new stories happened and very brief notes were made. One pointillism piece finished.
Here’s the answer to the question you didn’t ask.
Two cups of emotional fatigue. Splashes of mental health that resembled a dropped trifle. Combined with work demands surrounding the HSC and Major Works. Stir and bake in a tepid oven for ages.
It was about the middle of the month when I pulled the pin on everything and simply stopped worrying about producing work and let the ground remain fallow. The idea of a fallow time is something I want to think about in the new few months.
That’s a wrap on August.
A Fullness in Brevity - Adam Byatt 