Depression – Jonathon Mast: Author

The Readerless Book

I just finished writing another book you may never read! This last month, I sat down and wrote a book about me struggling with my depression. It’s a fictionalized autobiography. In other words, me and my emotions are real, but the people around me are not. I didn’t want to villainize anyone or cause hardships.Continue reading “The Readerless Book”

Writing the Darkness

Sometimes you read something, and you feel seen. The author knows you and has somehow bled your life onto the page in ink. It just happened to me. This week I read Side Effects by Ted Anderson, Tara O’Connor, and Dave Sharpe. The tagline grabbed my attention immediately: “Hannah doesn’t want to be a hero.Continue reading “Writing the Darkness”

Sometimes You Do, Sometimes You Don’t

I wasn’t sure I was going to get any writing done this week. I thought I might write an entire novel. Realistically, I figured it’d be somewhere between those two extremes. And hey, I was right! This week I presented at a conference for Christian artists. I was speaking on the necessity of vulnerability inContinue reading “Sometimes You Do, Sometimes You Don’t”

Well, that didn’t last long…

Every month, I said. Every month I’d draft a piece of fiction. That’s what I pledged to do in 2023. Well, January’s about done. … Sigh. So, I had two projects to complete for writing this month. I was going to outline the next six-book series.(No, no spoilers yet!) I’ve… kind of done that. ItContinue reading “Well, that didn’t last long…”

The Untamed Author

“Go feral. Write books.” I complained about being overwhelmed. I couldn’t handle peopling. I had to leave the grocery store, it was so bad. (Thankfully my wife was there to purchase the items we needed, but I couldn’t handle being in the store anymore.) I asked a friend if I could just go be aContinue reading “The Untamed Author”