Joy and tragedy

It's can be easy to end up feeling guilty for being in a state of of joy when you know that people in other countries have had their lives turned upside down. How do we balance joy and tragedy? I think the answer is that we don't. I used to think to think that you … Continue reading Joy and tragedy →

Tortured writers and the appeal of tragedy

And sometimes we write simply out of necessity. It's not that we have groundbreaking points to make or ideas to share but instead that we feel drawn to putting pen to paper or tapping away at keys. It's something we do for ourselves, everyone else is secondary because no matter how many people read, comment … Continue reading Tortured writers and the appeal of tragedy →