“A blog is like a virtual whip that you crack above your own head, making you write and maintain the momentum. You only feel the pain that the whip inflicts once you stop writing.”

Lately I have been feeling the pain from a different whip, one that comes from not working on a project that I am most passionate about. For some time now, I have put my novel on ice and it has begun to melt into a mushy and murky mixture. I have done significant work on it to date and love it too much to let it slip away. I want to return to an earlier discipline and give it every possible chance to reach completion.

Quality blogging takes considerable time. I don’t believe in half-baked efforts. I give every post I publish the dedication and attention it needs. And the immediate nature of the medium has taken priority over other tasks. I want to reclaim them and use that time to deliver quality writing elsewhere and reach my deadline of a cohesive draft before the end of the year.

What I have in this space is a small blog with an intimate audience. I feel I am among friends. I do not plan to sever communications or become invisible. I will still be available via email and you may see me occasionally on your sitemeters.

Several factors have influenced this decision and it is not one that I take lightly. While I will not place a time frame on my sabbatical, I can say that I will return.

Until then.

Cléa