This campaign, participated in by a slew of fellow writers to raise consciousness of mental health and depression related issues, has my entry here.

I really liked mychapeau's thoughtful and link-rich post on the recent news that LMM, author of Anne of Green Gables, had committed suicide.
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It would be arrogant to assume that every writer who insists That’s okay, I’m just as happy to tell my stories to myself like I did when I was little is whistling in the dark. Some really do prefer their work stay in their own space. Most of us are our own best audience anyway, and part of our stress with respect to writing is acquiring the skill ( Read more... )

George Eliot wrote to a friend afraid to talk about personal issues, “Ah! Say I love you to those you love. The eternal silence is long enough to be silent in.”I made a suggestion to the president of SFWA that we should construct a phone tree for writers who find themselves in desperate situations of whatever kind, whatever degree. I think this ( Read more... )