My fellow writers came through so wonderfully for me yesterday. Thanks to
cynleitichsmith,
olmue,
d_michiko_f,
jongibbs,
writerjenn, and
annan_dum, who all offered words of advice for what to tell writers who avoid reading in their genre for fear of being influenced by someone else's style. @amybluesky chimed in on Twitter. My reserves are replenished for the next writers' group, so thank you all!
I am also grateful that I stuck with what should have been a 20 minute trip this morning but turned into a 30-minute one because of traffic delays, because yoga was worth it. I don't know why I had so many muscle twinges to work out (it couldn't possibly be age), but I did and am feeling much better now.
I'm also grateful for a catch-up day. I don't have enough of those during the school year. If this keeps up through the summer, the house will be in much better shape.