Back-to-work apple crumble

A pudding for the soft hearted

My first full week back at work after maternity leave is a struggle. I sit in the office and think to myself: I simply cannot write. I rarely get this kind of block, so I don’t know how to cure it. I am floundering but I do not say so.

My boss once said I had one of the most disproportionate talent-to-drama ratios he’d ever seen. I was struck by the comp…