Sometimes the best lessons in life are those we’d rather avoid. And sometimes the only way to improve is to risk that you might be doing something wrong.
For me, once an idea starts flowing, the writing is hard to stop. But sometimes it just isn’t flowing. Odd that a trip to frozen Canada would help get me unstuck!
Writing a novel (and then editing it!) is not something that can be done in one sitting! Life must intrude and that is an important part of the process.