EXCERPT: You sit down at your computer. Switch it on. Watch it come to life. Whisper a little hello, maybe. (When no one’s watching.) You wait as the screensaver shows. Count the icons one by one. Put your music on. Go through your favorite list once. Twice, maybe. Open your writing software on the third listen. Poise your fingers right over the keys and. Stop because there’s a ruckus outside the room and you have kid brothers. (Oh, children.) Sort it out. Breathe. Make a peanut butter sandwich. Eat it. Start again. Will your fingers to hover over the keyboard again and wait with bated breathe as… As… As. Nothing. Maybe this needs another try.