late night writing

I would like to know why, when I read an author who is particularly careful about his word choice, I, too, become especially aware of my verbiage.

Also, apparently, late at night, I get really into words that convey images. I've used both "mire" and "bogged down" in the last paragraph.

Edit: I changed "bogged down" to "swamped with"... what is going on?