Self Pity, How to be Downwardly Mobile

Everybody feels sorry for themselves once in a while. It's hard not to. It's a great coping mechanism for whatever hard thing we are having to deal with. But at some point we have to put down the crutch and walk. Here's an essay I'm working on for the new version of To Own a Dragon. The book might be called Rogue Elephants, or it might be called Father Fiction. We are still deciding. But the essay is a different tone for me. It's more direct, advice-like even. I like writing in this tone, becaus