Todd, this reminds me of one of the things I love about my favorite author, Guy Gavriel Kay. His books so often tackle the competing emotions that come with being human, and how we deal with those things. How we are, as he puts it, "powerless to amend a broken world" and how it still has so much potential anyway, in spite of it all.
Todd, your hopeful writing equals happy to me. My husband and I were primary caretakers for 3 family members with Dementia, spanning 25 years. I fell into deep depression, thinking I'd never be able to make my writing dream come true. Yet, during those years, I wrote 7 novels and my husband and I wrote 68 NF books.
Todd, this reminds me of one of the things I love about my favorite author, Guy Gavriel Kay. His books so often tackle the competing emotions that come with being human, and how we deal with those things. How we are, as he puts it, "powerless to amend a broken world" and how it still has so much potential anyway, in spite of it all.
God I love that line <3 "powerless to amend a broken world" but we still try.
Just realized I haven't given full credit here. He was quoting someone as well, but the sentiment is a bright thread through his books that I love, very much. https://twitter.com/guygavrielkay/status/1060964304311148544
Todd, your hopeful writing equals happy to me. My husband and I were primary caretakers for 3 family members with Dementia, spanning 25 years. I fell into deep depression, thinking I'd never be able to make my writing dream come true. Yet, during those years, I wrote 7 novels and my husband and I wrote 68 NF books.
But that wasn't my dream. I'm still dreaming....
Your posts give me hope.
Hugs and love,
Linda
Love it. Totally happy is often too "one-note" to be interesting I think.