Writing During Desperate Times

Don’t let them get you down

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Wow, what a time last week was, right? I used the word desperate in my subject line. But, as a friend and I discussed on the phone this week, I could also have chosen any number of “d” words. Like disgusting, or demeaning, or damaging, or darkening or damned. You get the idea.

And, really, desperate times were the last thing on my mind to write about this week. I’ve actually been feeling pretty hopeful about the state of the world, even though I see it mostly from the window next to my desk, thanks to the raging pandemic.

But then Wednesday happened.

Holy crapola.

Watching the news was distracting (another “d” word), to say the least, and continues to be so.

What’s a writer to do?

Well, write.

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