{"id":523,"date":"2015-03-10T05:43:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T13:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaphorpublications.com\/wp\/?p=523"},"modified":"2025-04-28T11:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:30:11","slug":"words-curling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaphorpublications.com\/wp\/words-curling\/","title":{"rendered":"Words Curling"},"content":{"rendered":"

This quote sums up like 90% of my depressive episodes, right here. Substitute “depression” for “darkness” and you have it. I wonder if this is true for writers in general, that our depressive bouts are generally due to being lost in an inner world without words?<\/p>\n

\"Fantasy<\/a><\/p>\n

Still with that three-day sale – Raven’s Tears is doing well with Kindle lovers this week! 99 cents through Wednesday the 11th of March. I promise you, that price never drops any lower. This is your chance to get a DIRT CHEAP copy to read before Dead Man’s Trigger <\/u><\/em> <\/u>is released – in just a few months!<\/p>\n

Speaking of DMT, I’m not in darkness today. More scene work to do, and I couldn’t be happier to be writing again.<\/p>\n

AE Matson is an author, and Creative Director, at<\/i> Metaphor Publications. She’s also a textile fiend, SFGiants fan, aspiring Buddha, RPGer, tech-geeky, crone, corsair. It’s all about the stories. What’s yours?<\/i><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This quote sums up like 90% of my depressive episodes, right here. Substitute “depression” for “darkness” and you have it. I wonder if this is true for writers in general, that our depressive bouts are generally due to being lost in an inner world without words? Still with that three-day sale – Raven’s Tears is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"_metpub_seo_title":"Words Curling: On Depression and a Dirt-Cheap Sale","_metpub_seo_description":"A candid reflection on depression and writing, alongside a reminder that Raven's Tears is on sale for 99 cents through Wednesday the 11th.","_metpub_seo_focus_keyword":"writing and depression","_metpub_seo_keyword_2":"","_metpub_seo_keyword_3":"","_metpub_seo_canonical":"","_metpub_seo_schema_type":"BlogPosting","_metpub_seo_og_title":"","_metpub_seo_og_description":"","_metpub_seo_og_image":"","_metpub_seo_sitemap_changefreq":"","_metpub_seo_noindex":false,"_metpub_seo_nofollow":false,"_metpub_seo_needs_review":true,"_metpub_seo_sitemap_include":true,"_metpub_seo_sitemap_priority":0.5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[70,71],"class_list":["post-523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-status-updates","tag-dead-mans-trigger","tag-ravens-tears","post_format-post-format-status"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t