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Finding my writing voice again with the right soundtrack

Séamus Bellamy
Jan 21, 2026
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A few years ago, I was 52,000 words into the first draft of a novel when my life fell apart. I was in Mexico and broke down so hard I couldn’t stand back up. My fiction work stopped, and the emotional trauma damaged my mind in ways that changed my journalistic output forever. With therapy and keyboard-staring, I’ve recently returned to my book. The work…

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