The Other Atheists

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So You Want To Be a Writer: Bukowski Debunks the “Tortured Genius” Myth of Creativity

Why do writers — great writers — write? We’ve heard from George Orwell, Joan Didion, andSusan Sontag. But one of the most poignant answers comes from a somewhat unlikely source: Charles Bukowski — he both cynical andsoulful, and always unapologetically irreverent. [cuntinue reading here]

Couple more career guidance points for writers. Or for preachers, hypochondria awareness raisers, grief-counselors, marketers, or really anyone looking for work that is more feel-good and social justicey than oh, say, ditch-digging, breakfast-making or similar abstractions.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2012/12/03/tea-relin-suicide/1742131/

and

tenz.net/top-10-suicidal-writers.php