http://theinnerwriter.com/39/jk-rowling-on-writing-and-depression/ Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:26:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://theinnerwriter.com/39/jk-rowling-on-writing-and-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Writing Life: Write What You “NOOOooo!” « Clarion Blog Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:26:36 +0000 http://theinnerwriter.com/jk-rowling-on-writing-and-depression/#comment-206 [...] may want to hop back to 1990 and talk with a clinically depressed and unemployed single mom named Jo, whose mother was dying of multiple [...] [...] may want to hop back to 1990 and talk with a clinically depressed and unemployed single mom named Jo, whose mother was dying of multiple [...]

]]> http://theinnerwriter.com/39/jk-rowling-on-writing-and-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Too 'depressing' a topic for Valentine's Day? Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:15:25 +0000 http://theinnerwriter.com/jk-rowling-on-writing-and-depression/#comment-159 [...] J.K. Rowling on Writing and Depression [...] [...] J.K. Rowling on Writing and Depression [...]

]]> http://theinnerwriter.com/39/jk-rowling-on-writing-and-depression/comment-page-1/#comment-10 carole gill Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:20 +0000 http://theinnerwriter.com/jk-rowling-on-writing-and-depression/#comment-10 Sorry to hear how depressed Miss Rowling was. Especially with regard to her daughter. Depression is not nice, it's awful. I'm a writer, I'm not clinically depressed although I was when my Mother died. I had gone quite soon from leaving an abusive husband to caring for my Mother full-time as the only care giver. I did it for twelve years until her death. During that time I didn't date or anything--hence the depression as I had careved out no life for myself. I did however turn once again to writing seriously. Went to workshops, worked, and met my second husband. And am happily married. The funny thing is now, hard at work on a crime novel--I go from feeling terrific about it (after a full day of writing) to finding myself very near to feeling depressed. It's painful and awful. It's not depression but it's close. Enough about me--just want to comment about Miss Rowling, you are not only a gifted writer, you have been so brave and so honest in sharing this painful episode in your life and I can't tell you how very much I admire you for that. Hats off to you, what an example you set! Sorry to hear how depressed Miss Rowling was.
Especially with regard to her daughter.
Depression is not nice, it’s awful.
I’m a writer, I’m not clinically depressed although I was when my Mother died.
I had gone quite soon from leaving an abusive husband to caring for my Mother full-time as the only care giver. I did it for twelve years until her death. During that time I didn’t date or anything–hence the depression as I had careved out no life for myself.
I did however turn once again to writing seriously. Went to workshops, worked, and met my second husband. And am happily married.
The funny thing is now, hard at work on a crime novel–I go from feeling terrific about it (after a full day of writing) to finding myself very near to feeling depressed.
It’s painful and awful. It’s not depression but it’s close.
Enough about me–just want to comment about Miss Rowling, you are not only a gifted writer, you have been so brave and so honest in sharing this painful episode in your life and I can’t tell you how very much I admire you for that.
Hats off to you, what an example you set!

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