Lisa Barker

THIS!

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It’s been 35 years for me and now I am owning it and I’m there for others who struggle with mental illness, suicide, anxiety, depression, and addiction. We are beautiful, resilient, creative, loving, and wise people. I met a young girl on Facebook that was hospitalized 11 times last year as she struggled with suicidal…

Sister Golden Hair By, America Well, I tried to make it Sunday, but I got so damn depressedThat I set my sights on Monday and I got myself undressedI ain’t ready for the altar but I do agree there’s timesWhen a woman sure can be a friend of mine Well, I keep on thinkin’ ’bout…

Yup. I’m “going to camp” in about a week, writing in the July 2022 Camp NANOWRIMO. This time I’ll be working on 30 entries for a private memoir of my childhood for my kiddos (ergo, the 1975 VW Bus). This will be a fun project and I am looking forward to it!

It seems that the inspiration for my characters for the novel I am writing is coming more from memes like this than music.

Writing along. 15 words at a time. 15 becomes 70 becomes 100, becomes 300? Here we go! I’m not really having writer’s block so much as I am trying to withstand what my character is facing internally, while on the exterior, everything falls apart. And yet there is one constant that keeps him going. His…