Hi, Scout/Inspire, I'm glad to see your post. Wishing you good things with your steps.

R - You asked about dwell time. I assume you mean time where your work is on a back burner and it's just sort of percolating in the back of your mind. For me sometimes it's part of the creative process, and sometimes it's time that could be better spent doing something. I do think we all need some down time, or dwell time or whatever. How much? Good question. I've always thought that you spend a lot more time being productive than I do, and you need to make sure that you get some down time, whereas I need to make sure that I don't take too much down time. It's partly because I'm retired, and simply don't have the demands that you do. I probably didn't answer your question.

I'm considering - strongly considering - changing the novel I'm working on from past tense to present tense.

Happy stepping, everyone.