Janene Michaelis is the author of the short story Papagaia Dream, a finalist in the "Coffee Lifts Creatives" writing contest from Sci-Fi Coffee.  Like a lot of us authors, Janene has had points in her life that simply didn't make writing a reasonable outlet.  In this episode, she and I have a great talk about how to come to terms with having to choose between writing and dealing with life crises, as well as how to use spiritual tropes mindfully-- bearing in mind that talking about someone's faith in your writing will impact different readers in different ways, depending on their backgrounds.