Writer’s Growth

by Laura Joy Palma
Author & Mental Health Advocate
Fearfully, Wonderfully, and Bipolar-ly Made

Welcome to My Journey

This is where I share my unfiltered journey through mental health, faith, and finding purpose in the beautiful mess of being human. I’m Laura Joy, author of a memoir about embracing all the parts of ourselves—including the broken ones, available now on Amazon.

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

Frost wrote eight lines about gold and grief, and I’ve been teaching them every year. This week, I learned what he didn’t say: the gold was real. It just doesn’t stay.

Where the Rising Action Leads

Conflict drives the plot. Without it, there is no story. I am learning that the real work doesn’t happen at the climax — it happens in the rising action, the slow build before anything looks like dawn. A blog about the writers’ group, the classroom, and trusting the Author who hasn’t finished writing yet.

Free for the Launch of Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I want Fearfully, Wonderfully, and Bipolar-ly Made to be free as we walk into it. This Thursday, April 30 through Saturday, May 2, the Kindle edition will be free on Amazon. Download for yourself. Send it to a sibling, a parent, a coworker, a friend who has wondered if…