- I've been sick.
- I've been busy.
- I've been working a lot.
- I had to find a new catalytic converter for my truck.
- I went on vacation.
- The holidays were crazy.
- I suck at being disciplined.
Yeah. That. But the real reason is simply that I've been suffering from writer's block. In a turn of phrase from a coworker's observation about one of her own foibles: "Probably not a desirable attribute in a writer."
Yep. I write for a living. And that, I think, is the germ of the problem.