Depression and Writing

I wanted to be consistent with this blog, and try to write once a week, but life has been throwing me for a loop and I honestly don’t really know what to write for today. I was thinking about maybe saying something about depression and writing, but I’m not sure if there’s anything to say on the subject other than just don’t stop. I know that goes against the grain, but every time I have listened to the advice of ‘take it easy,’ I tend to spiral more. So I’ll say this, the absolute worst thing you can do when your depressed is to stop functioning and start wallowing. Whatever you do, keep productive and you will pull out. I remember telling a therapist a few years back that when I started to get really down I would cook food. Food is essential to survival and you just can’t be as depressed when you’re working on something to survive. He had never thought of it that way, and I think deep down that was one of the moments I realized most advice for depressed people actively makes them more depressed. Hence I am writing this at all; I actually feel a bit better for doing so.

Some updates: I have outsourced the audiobook of The Chaos Child to an actor friend who is much much better than me. After recording a few chapters, I realized I was in way over my head, and my friend graciously offered. He’s fantastic at voice modulation, so I’m really excited for what he can produce. I’ll put out the first three chapters for free when that get’s done, but this will delay the time frame for it’s release, so keep an eye out for updates on that front. I am almost done the first book of To Private Ford Rayburn and have started editing, and I should be done the second book by the end of November. Be on the look out for another excerpt sometime in the next month or so. And if you haven’t already, take a look at the first excerpt posted on this site.