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On My Mental Health, And Writing About It

On My Mental Health, And Writing About It

Writing is not therapy. Therapy is therapy.

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Holden Sheppard
Oct 04, 2024
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This week’s Ask Holden question is:

Q: How do you ensure your headspace is safe after diving into deep topics? Especially during edits.

A: Given the heavy stuff I write about, this is a killer question.

And it’s timely.

Recently, books 3 and 4 were at various stages of being read by other people, so I needed something new to write until I got those notes b…

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