Guest post by Dr. Julia W. Burns, author and psychiatrist. Learn more about Julia’s work at juliaburns.org. After resigning from my job as medical director of a residential treatment facility for emotionally disturbed children, I began making art. Listening to the children’s stories of abuse …
Confession: I’m breaking the golden rule of blogging and social media writing, because this post is really about me. But, for all its apparent selfishness, this is a “physician heal thyself” message. I’m addressing my current creative struggles publicly because I’m guessing that you or …
Editor’s Note: This incident happened a few days ago and things are now as great as ever between me and Fred. It reminded us, though, that our pastor/photographer friend Franklin Golden recently asked us, to quote the Chinua Achebe novel, “when things fall apart” in …
The advance for Saffron Cross arrived this week. You mean I get paid to write? This is a dream come true … In just a few short weeks, my writing life has changed. As a first-time author, this is what I’ve learned so far: 1. Sit down …
I have nearly one dozen draft blog posts in my writing queue. They range from the trivial to serious–everything from music to interfaith resources, to trichotillomania (I’ll explain that one later). Note that by virtue of including the term trichotillomania in this post, I am …