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I’ve had a few emails these past weeks asking me what I’ve been up to and why I haven’t posted to my blog here in quite a while.  Long story short, I’m extremely busy.  Being a stay-at-home dad took its toll on my schedule, but that was just the beginning.  Big new opportunities and work have also hogged up my time.

Things are beginning to even out now, thanks to some changes here at home and a better schedule on my part.  I’ve also got some great projects going on that are right up my alley and will be both bank account and career boosters, I think.

First, I’m currently writing two books meant for electronic distribution (e-books).  They’ll be in the 50 page range.  The first is a disaster and emergency preparedness guide for those who are seeing the writing on the wall around them and now deciding they need to at least be ready for natural disasters and similar problems that will cut them off from the grocery store and maybe the electrical grid for a while.

That book will release in the next couple of weeks through my partners at Truth2America.com, where I’ve been named chief writer and will be starting a monthly preparedness newsletter soon.

The other is a guide to holistic health and wellness.  That will be a sort of beginner’s introduction to the concepts of holistic health and wellness and will release through the Health Freedom Network, where I’ve been named editor of their monthly newsletter as well as chief writer for the new website they’re putting together.  That book will likely be complete by the end of May.

I’m still writing for FutureCars.com and have been tasked with writing topic-specific articles there as well as on their affiliated website 10w40.com.

That’s all in addition to the usual ghost writing, editing, and other work I do. Plus my own websites: AaronsEnvironmental.com, GreenBigTruck.com, AboutAlternativeCars.com, HiddenHealthScience.com, FishyGameReviews.com, etc.

So life is busy, but good.  :)

“If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.” -Lord Byron

Today, I’m going to step away from the business aspects of professional writing and look instead at another aspect of putting words to paper: as a theraputic.

Many writers, especially of personal journals and fiction, are tortured souls with a lot to deal with internally.  Hemingway would go into bouts of severe depression and usually come out the other side of it with a new novel.  Stephen King describes his writing as a “need” in the same way a heroin addict describes their habit.  Ann Frank likely found much solace in her enclosed, fearful world by putting pen to paper. Benjamin Franklin said:

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.”

Many psychologists and psychiatrists have realized the healing benefit of journal writing.  It’s also likely that many writers are drawn to the business of writing (especially fiction) as a means to vent or deal with their inner psyche. In fact, studies have shown that those who write on emotionally-difficult issues in their lives generally not only experience better well-being, but can actually become more physically fit as well.

Culturally, many peoples have noted the benefits of journal writing.  It’s encouraged amongst many cultures and religions world wide, including the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), in many public schools, amongst Jews, and in the Japanese culture.

So writing does have some great benefits beyond the business income and the learning and education that goes with it.  Remember that as you write your articles, website copy, personal journal, poetry, novel, and friendly emails.  Writing is communication and, as humans, we are all creatures of social interaction and putting words down is one way we do that.

The blog will be coming soon!  I am busy putting the final touches on the new website and once that’s done, I will be posting hereon a weekly basis.

This blog will cover professional writing topics such as different writing styles, different publication venues and what they require, creative versus journalistic writing, and more.

Do you have a topic you’d like me to cover here?  Leave a comment and I’ll do my best!