*Before we get started, you should know that this post may contain affiliate links. If you click on one of those links and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no cost to you. You can read my full disclosure here. One of the features of being…
So you got a little bit of Christmas money and you want to buy yourself a book that will help you make art. Here are ten books I read this year that I think are great choices for the just-getting-started artist. *This page may contain affiliate links. If you…
I was talking with a friend the other day and I was mentioning that if I had the choice to be healed of schizophrenia from this minute forward, I don’t think that’s what I would want. That isn’t what people expect: they expect me to say yes, of course,…
*This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission at no cost to you. Read my full disclosure here. In Tillie Olsen’s book Silences, she argued that the fact of motherhood has created a silence in…
This post is from almost two years ago, but people enjoyed it so much that I’ve decided to repost it. 🙂 Why it’s OK to root-flip your white girl dreads, and how to do it right! I’m in the process of taking out my dreads. And I’d be remiss…
I am writing a memoir, Sit with Me While I’m Mad, and I cuss in my memoir. I’m a Christian, and I know that many many of my Christian friends are going to have problems with that. This is for you. As I said, my book is a memoir, and as…
Hey all! I’m blogging over at my good friend (and my boss!) Myra Fiacco’s author website this week. Find my post here. Myra has this incredible book coming out next week called Using Curse Words: Finding Unusual Solutions to Life’s “Worst” Problems. It’s truly a gem. Drawing from her experience starting…
Sunday Support #1 – Mandy Steward and the Secret Message Society *This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission at no cost to you. Read my full disclosure here. When I finally decided to dedicate time…
A common feature of schizophrenia is disorganized speech. The word “feature” makes me laugh. It’s not like automatic windows on a Subaru. Feature feels like the wrong word. Disorganized speech — illogical or unmeaningful speech, non-sequitur assertions (on a very basic level, eg, “I toasted the bagel so the…
I was on the phone with a friend last night, lamenting the fact that I’ve suffered from a significant delusion for almost 1.5 years, and only discovered a few weeks ago that it wasn’t real. I felt like I’d been taken for a ride, my perspective had been hijacked, and…
