Drawing From The Well - AJG BOOKS

“What matters is you taking care of yourself. What matters is you trying to find the way through the darkness and to the light. What matters is you writing when you can, not when everyone else says you have to.” — Chuck Wendig

Happy Hump Day Creatives! This week we’re talking about depression and effective ways to deal with it. In today’s podcast, we’re reminded that taking care of ourselves might mean temporarily stepping away from our creative endeavors in order to walk the path to mental recovery.

“There is some element of truth to the stereotype, but you don’t need to be depressed to write—just as you don’t need to be mad to be creative.”

— Alan Manevitz, MD

Happy Tuesday Creatives! This week we’re going to talk about depression and effective ways to deal with it. In today’s podcast, we’re reminded that, for those who deal with depression, you are not alone.

“You fail only if you stop writing.” — Ray Bradbury

Happy Monday Creatives! It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? In today’s episode I give a intimate account of my absence as well as discuss discouragement and depression amongst Creatives. I also inform and explain why this week I’ll be reposting older episodes that deal solely with the topic of depression and disappointment in the life of a Creative.

“What quickens my pulse now is the stretch ahead rather than the one behind, and it is mainly for some clue to where I am going that I search through where I have been, for some hint as to who I am becoming or failing to become that I delve into what used to be.” — Frederick Buechner |

Happy Wednesday Creatives! In today’s podcast we’re encouraged to remain diligent in staying focused and not fall into the trap of comparing our progress to others.

“Half of being smart is knowing what you’re dumb at.” — David Gerrold |

Happy Tuesday Creatives! In today’s podcast we discuss when it’s fine to be inexperienced or unknowledgeable about an area within your creative platform.

“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.” — Jules Renard |

Happy Monday Creatives! In today’s podcast we discuss what it means to protect the time we reserve for creative expressions.

“Lower your standards and keep writing.” — William Stafford |

Happy Wednesday Creatives! In today’s podcast we discuss the inconsistent feelings a Creative may have concerning their talent and the impact of their craft and how to deal with them.

“[My friend] asked me, “Do you ever write poetry?” and I said, “No”—I’d never thought of doing so. He said: “Why don’t you?”—and at that point I decided that’s what I would do. Looking back, I conceived how the ground had been prepared.” —W. H. Auden |

Happy Tuesday Creatives! In today’s podcast we discuss the power of positive thinking and why it’s imperative to our success as a Creative.

“Confronted by an absolutely infuriating review, it is sometimes helpful for the victim to do a little personal research on the critic. Is there any truth to the rumor that he had no formal education beyond the age of eleven? Was he ever arrested for burglary?” —Jean Kerr |

Happy Monday Creatives! In today's podcast we talk about receiving criticism from family, friends, and public and professional forums and how to handle them.

“I believe that world literature has it in its power to help mankind, in these its troubled hours, to see itself as it really is, notwithstanding the indoctrinations of prejudiced people and parties.” — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |

Happy Friday Creatives! In today's podcast we take a look at the life of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and learn from his wisdom and life experiences.