I Don’t Believe in Guilt

I don't believe in guilt. When I tell people this (I've mentioned it to only a few) they look at me askance, wondering if I am trying to be funny. The look says, "Come one, everyone feels guilty about something. Besides, guilt is not something you choose to do, it picks you." But I disagree; …

Two Lessons in One

Creativity helped to heal my depression, and to build my self-esteem.

Contract Signing Party

Saturday, April 30, 2016 Thank you to my dear friends Sue, Carol, Heather, Elvira, Will and Robert for helping me celebrate this dream milestone!! Thank you also to Shafiq (Taste of India in Peterborough) for making our evening extra special 🙂 What a spread of the highest quality taste sensations.... m. m. mmm! A special thank you …

After A Year Away

I’m back in the writing saddle after a year, the absence probably due to having way too many headache, and being out of commission 50-60 per cent of my days. It is hard to maintain a flow, let alone keep focus, when the head just wants to be elsewhere. I spent much of the weekend …

How It All Began

Thursday, May 15, 2014 I want to write a book! Yes, you heard right! I want to capture my personal journey with mental illess in a book. It's easy to self-publish these days and i do have something important to contribute to the discussion. I would use a blog as foundation and who knows, other stuff will surely come. I …

One Hour from Done

Wednesday, April 27, 2016 I figure I am less than one hour away from 'finishing' my first draft. That's how close I am from having all the bits in one place - bits from my journals, from my private blog, from my 2010 daily planner, from my source books, and from my head. That is …

About those Meds

April 26, 2016 I love my medication, and I feel lucky to afford it. So, tell me, what is wrong with taking medication when you are sick? When it means the difference between feeling so bad that I must avoid the world? When it means not knowing if my decent mood will still be there …

Rockin n’a Rollin

May 15, 2016 Currently in discussions regarding the contract. Basically, the publisher wants every right imaginable in perpetuity, and I would prefer to give them only the rights they plan to need (for a limited, reasonable amount of time). And other odds 'n ends. I expect a quick response because they don't mess around, at …

Mid-February

There is much activity to report. Been writing steadily these past 6 weeks and the book is looking good, coming along fine. I'm starting to browse though my journals for 2010, pulling out important bits and passages, and working them into the writing. At the same time, starting to build content into Part Two - …

Why this Blog?

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