A Mom Escaping?

Are writers prone to depression or are depressed people prone to be writers? Does that sentence even make sense?

I have a friend, a fellow writer who says... No! Insists that writers write to escape. I have aggressively argued this point because I don't believe this is necessarily true.

I started writing novels because I had a story I wanted to tell. Actually, lots of stories to tell.

I started writing parenting humor, in part, because of a strong belief that parents should see the humor in raising their children. Raising kids, believe me, is one of the most rewarding, if not the most rewarding job a mom can ever have. But raising kids is hard enough without making it harder by being a proverbial bitch. Yikes! I ponder what my kids might say if, one day, they were to write a TELL-ALL book. I certainly hope they fondly remember their dear 'ol mom as anything but a bitch! In any case, I digress...

Did I start writing parenting humor as an escape? I don't think so, but I'm also very much aware that I've been quoted during interviews where I've confessed, "...my kids drove me to write parenting humor." So! Does that mean I write as an escape? Hmm. I don't know. And... Does it really matter?

I think writers are not unlike actors in that we're a sensitive bunch, and perhaps we do react differently than the rest of the world when confronted with a similar set of circumstances.

But, I firmly believe that I'm lucky; because as a writer I can sit down and pour out my heart and soul and parenting tales on paper (well...computer), and hopefully bring a little smile to someone's face at the same time, especially if that someone is a fellow mom.