Why you should never feel guilty about taking time to write
As a freelance writer and an author with 20 books outlined and only one published, I always feel guilty when I do literally anything other than write, but I know the opposite is true for many writers. They--and probably you--have day jobs, families, and friends vying for their limited time, not to mention all the things that need to happen to keep their homes and bodies running properly. They feel guilty taking time away from these things to write, and when they do get their butt into the chair, there's always a voice nagging them with all the other things they could be doing. Once upon a time, I struggled with this type of guilt too. Then I realized how much it weighed me down, how it made it difficult…