Take care of your mental health

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The recent deaths of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade have reinforced, once again, how important it is to take care of yourself emotionally.

Those of you with depression or with a loved one who struggles with depression may appreciate Joanna Penn’s interview of Michaelbrent Collings.

Collings is an award-winning and internationally bestselling horror novelist and screenwriter — who also suffers from depression. Listen to him discuss writing while depressed here.

Also of note is a guest post on Jane Friedman’s blog from Bella Mahaya Carter, author of Raw: My Journey from Anxiety to Joy.

Carter’s column focuses on how to work through the stress of publishing a book (of and all the other tasks that accompany it).