And you know what… the kid was right. Nobody is forcing me to write if I don’t want to… I can just… stop. But truthfully, writing has been here for me when the whole world feels like it’s caving in. When everything feels hopeless and there’s this anxiety churning in my stomach I just… write, and suddenly the problems and romances of my characters… their worlds and families and pets- they consume me, until all the darkness I feel disappears.