Mid-Year Check In
By Nubia Navarro (nubikini) from Pexels Trying to recall the days of old when I would post on this blog every week... Somehow, we are half way through 2021. Somehow, I have read more than 80 books. The trade-off is that since finishing my manuscript for The Good Daughter in March of this year, I have hardly written a word of fiction. The well is dry! In order to fill it up again, I am focussing on reading good books and just generally trying to open my mind to new ideas. I've been here before, after 'finishing' Between the Sleepers and starting The Good Daughter , and that lightning strike of inspiration will come again. (Because it has to!) I keep reminding myself of what Emma Chapman once said on her blog: you are not a tap. You can't just turn the tap on and have ideas come out on demand. So, in the spirit of not being a tap, let's talk about books. I've borrowed this 'tag' from Youtube. 1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2021 I've been kee...