My post yesterday brought up a few comments about insecurity, a topic I find interesting and valuable, but that I introduced inadvertently.
I’m not feeling insecure at all. Honestly, I’m beginning to wonder at my sanity. I’m just kinda here lately. No writing or ploting or conceiving. Nothing. For the moment, the drive that has pushed me to write so much over the last year just seems to have run out of fuel. I don’t feel burnt out at all and I’m actually fairly upbeat. I don’t know what it is. Hormones maybe? I kind of feel like I’m in limbo or just waiting, but for what, I don’t know. What the hell am I waiting for? Is this what taking a break feels like? Just… nothing? No tension, no desperate rush, no… nothing? 
I’ve picked at editing some of my mss over the last few days, but not seriously. The thing of it is, I don’t feel guilty or blocked or unmotivated. I don’t feel tired or burnt out or frustrated. I’m just here. 
What the hell does that mean?
I think Evangeline is right!! Also, your subconscious knows this is a busy time and maybe that’s why it put you in idle.
Hi, Evangeline! What a pretty name.
And hi to you too, Steph!
I think I’ll go blog about your comments.
It means that you’ve reached a breakthrough in your writing mindset. You’ve overcome that stage in a new author’s life where they are uber-frantic to be published and are now in the phase where you are gaining more and more confidence in what you write and where you are thinking on how you want your career to move! Plus, the great awards you’ve been given lately help as well.
(Geez, that sounded so horoscope-ish *GGG*)
LOL - I don’t think what you’re feeling is anything to worry about at all. I actually think it’s good - IMO, you know now that you can finish books, that you can finish books quickly, and that you can write a really great book, as evidenced by your contest wins. And there’s nothing wrong with taking a break, because once a new idea hits (and don’t worry - it will) there’s no stopping it.
I think it’s confidence. But I think it’s time for you to start querying agents and editors now that you’ve got such a nice backlist and a great resume…