
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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As always, Elizabeth, this is a great list of links. I'm really grateful you take the time to put these together. The one that caught my eye today was the article about forgiving yourself for not writing. I haven't been writing nearly as much as I want to lately for a lot of reasons, and it's good to remind myself that that's OK. It happens. I hope to get back on track this year.
That’s life, isn’t it? We just have to go with the flow. :)