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What It Feels Like When You’re Unable to Read/Write for Days
A situation-imposed writing break is the biggest nightmare
It’s impossible to write all year long with no breaks. At least I’ve not attained that level of invincibility yet.
Yes, I take most weekends off to rest and relax. Or, when life tasks me with other commitments, I’m usually away from the writing desk. But even in those cases, I still read and interact with my fans.
For example, I had a few weddings to cover and thousands of pictures to edit in April. For several days, I couldn’t write. But during that time, I could still read the words of others and say hi.
But not this time.
A sudden death
My laptop suddenly died on me. I did all I knew to revive it, but nope, it wouldn’t work. I took out the battery, opened it up, and cleaned the RAM, dusted other nameless components, all to no avail.
When the first aid failed, I took it to the experts, and after running a few tests, they told me the motherboard was dead. No warning, no notice. It just died one afternoon. Over this time — about eight days, I couldn’t write a word.
I was lucky to have submitted a few articles to publication days the previous week, and these…
