Quality Writing vs. Quantity

In the last two crazy, turned-upside-down years of my life, I have written not nearly as much as I wanted to. As a result, I have vacillated between mercilessly berating myself and doling out enough free rein to hang by my neck from a redwood. But in all honesty, when life’s biggest stressors hit you one after the other — ba-da-bing, ba-da-boom — you really do have to pause and breathe, assimilate the changes and make new plans, and allow yourself the room to get back on track without the constant, harping guilt — courtesy of yours truly.