Having recently finished a major project (yes, it was a novel), my mind automatically starts thinking, ‘What next?’ The funny thing about being a writer is that sometimes you have to remind yourself (or have somebody else remind you) that it’s good to give the creative juices a break – a chance to refuel. Here is what Margo Lanagan has to say on the subject:
“Sometimes you’re not the kind of person who can get useful material from writing every day—I’m certainly not, not month in, month out. Sometimes you have to lie fallow for a while, remove yourself far enough from your own words, your own style, that you can come at them afresh later. Sometimes there’s a good story waiting, but your subconscious hasn’t worked out how you’ll approach it yet. Leave it alone; let it grow, unforced, un-angsted-over.”
Lanagan is my favourite author. Her latest novel is called The Brides of Rollrock Island – based on the Selkie mythology, seals into humans. 
