• Faith,  writing,  Writing and Mental Illness

    Why I Keep Trying Even If I’m Too Sick to Go On

    “Perhaps some day I’ll crawl back home beaten defeated. But not as long as I can make stories out of my heartbreak, beauty out of sorrow.” Sylvia Plath   Should I Give Up Writing? That is the daily question. It never leaves. I am a writer. I’m also sick with incurable illnesses. Lately I’ve been considering giving up writing altogether so that I’ll have less stress and anxiety. Marketing my work especially causes stress along with the painful feelings of rejection. That makes my depression worse. The coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic and quarantine added fear to my problems. My vivid writer’s imagination makes me wonder if the world is coming to…