When you can’t write, it can feel like time is slipping through your fingers—like every day without words is a day you’re falling further behind. But what if this space isn’t empty at all? What if it’s doing quiet work, you can’t see yet? This post is for the days when writing feels impossible, but you still want to honor the part of you that is a writer.

You sit down to write—and nothing happens. No spark. No pull. Just a quiet, heavy nothing where the words used to live. If you’ve been wondering what’s wrong with you, let me say this first: nothing is broken. Not being able to write doesn’t mean you’ve lost your talent or your identity as a writer. It means something inside you is asking to be understood.

Today we are discussing who or what inspires us. I am inspired by the one thing all romance writers should be inspired by hope and love....