by Teri Brown | Feb 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
When I started this series on writers and mental health, I added a million disclaimers. What I wanted was a series of posts on strategies to help authors protect their own mental health–I didn’t want anyone to think I had a fix for those who suffer from...
by Teri Brown | Feb 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
I love all my covers, but this might just be the loveliest one yet! Observe the pretty! Samantha Donaldson’s family has always done its duty for the British Crown. In the midst of World War I, seventeen-year-old Sam follows in their footsteps, serving her...
by Teri Brown | Feb 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
I arrived late at the meditation party. Born in the sixties and raised in the seventies and eighties, many of my friends and relatives had jumped on the bandwagon way before I did. Transcendental Meditation, Buddhism, Hinduism, stonedism… even though I always had...
by Teri Brown | Feb 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
We writers sit on our butts. A lot. Which isn’t good for our waist-lines or our mental health. Or, apparently, our lives. According to this article on CNN, sitting can actually decrease your life span which is pretty freaking alarming. But I’m not going to address...
by Teri Brown | Feb 1, 2015 | health, Mental Health, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Life
Is it just a myth that writers tend to be prone to fits of melancholia? (And yes, I’ve always wanted to write that in a sentence—fits of melancholia. Just lovely. So much more romantic a term than depression.) The link between writers and depression, though still...
by Teri Brown | Jan 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
I just spent an entire month telling people what I do to try to stay organized—basically baring my cray-cray for the world to see. Showing people your own particular brand of craziness can be intimidating, but I’ve pretty much always been an open book about both my...
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