by Teri Brown | Mar 22, 2015 | health, joy, Volunteering, Writing, Writing Life
Even though Amber Keyser and I live within 15 miles of one another, we actually met more than 100 miles away at a conference on the Oregon coast. I was immediately taken by her sincerity and her dedication to the Portland writing community. It’s no surprise to...
by Teri Brown | Feb 26, 2015 | health, joy, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Life
For the past month, I’ve been covering different strategies writers, (or anyone), can use to protect their mental health. Mental health is just as important as physical health and are as intrinsically tied as the ocean and the moon—something that was brought to my...
by Teri Brown | Feb 15, 2015 | Books, health, joy, Mental Health, Writing, Writing Life
The last thing any writer wants to hear when they already put in thousands of words a week is to write more, but that is exactly what new studies are suggesting. Writing down your feelings can actually improve mood. So maybe those angst filled chronicles of our teen...
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 6, 2014 | Books, Writing, Writing Life
I have known Shirley online for YEARS. We belong to an online group called Momwriters and were there as both of our careers took off. Like me, Shirley started as a nonfiction writer, but always longed to write fiction. She has now written more books than I can count...
by Teri Brown | Sep 21, 2013 | Writing, Writing Life
So I thought after the wedding and the kitchen remodel, (which isn’t exactly DONE, but done enough, if you know what I mean), that my life would calm down and things would go back to “normal”. Except of course, I don’t know what normal is anymore and either my...
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