That's a very deep & philosophical question, hypothetical querent. Did I ever really exist? Do you? As a cheerfully gullible person I'll just say "yes" to both of those. But I understand what you mean: a year ago I said I was all-in for this blog once more, only to follow my usual pattern & fall silent. Sorry about that.
The explanation is also the same: time is precious, & what extra time I have has been going into my latest writing project.* I even wrote out very concrete goals for 2021 (with some help from some awesome writing buddies). Want to help hold me to task? Here's the goal for the first quarter:
3-Month Goal(s)
Goals I aim to accomplish by March 31, 2021.
Desired Goal: To have
a complete first draft of The Specter Street Book Emporium
How to Achieve: Writing for at least an hour a day, at least 5 days
a week
What Success Looks Like: A complete manuscript with cohesive plot, beginning,
middle, & end
Desired Goal: To have
at least found resources/contacts to interview for each area where I need
research
How to Achieve: Clarifying my research questions, taking initiative
to ask
What Success Looks Like: Scheduled interviews on my calendar (or completed)
Good stuff, right? Concrete, reasonable, time specific--all the key features of good goal setting. And I've been keeping to it! I'd say I'm about 75% of the way done with my first draft. All the same, I'm unsure whether or not I'll have a completed manuscript within the next 5.5 weeks. If I do, it will be very, very rough, but I'm Ok with that. Revision is both something I enjoy & something I do with relative speed. It's a good thing I have the best writing coach ever snoring right next to me as I type....
Right now she's saying: "Why are you taking pictures of me? You should be writing! Or petting my fuzzy head! Or both!"
*Well...that & watching "WandaVision," but that only gets updated on Fridays!