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I’ve finally recuperated from an illness that lasted nearly a week. It wasn’t anything serious, except I think I caught a couple minor diseases at the same time. And for nearly a week, I did nothing productive in terms of writing. I didn’t add a single word to my new MS. I sent no new queries. I wasn’t so sick I couldn’t read (That’s the worst!), so I managed to knock out five or so novels. And even though I like to call reading novels “doing research,” I’d be seriously kidding myself if I believed I was making any kind of progress on a writing career while lounging around reading fun books for a week.

Of course, I was sick, so I don’t feel guilty about it or anything. I’m just wondering why I was healthy enough to read, write email, and check Facebook, but didn’t feel up to writing, querying, and so forth. I suspect it has to do with the mental energy involved, and how I didn’t have any. Plus it’s not like I had any deadlines I had to make. I have to get food on the table for hungry kids no matter how ill I feel (Thank goodness they like PB&J!), but I don’t have to get another chapter written.

I’m curious what other writers do. Do you write even when you’re feeling under the weather?

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