Overcoming Present-Day Fears So You Can Write

(This is an edited excerpt from my newsletter, The Writing Life with Nancy Christie. If you want to subscribe, go here!)

The last six months have been scary for sure.

Our lives have been overwhelmed with fears: fears about the impact of economic downturns, political corruption, longstanding racial inequality, and pandemic-generated health crisis.

And while some of us have been inspired by these fears to write about love, freedom, empowerment, the value of a human life, others have found it chall...