Writing the Book
Taking a break to (finally!) finish this book.
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Hi everyone!
Boy, it’s been a while. I wanted to send you a quick note just to say I probably won’t be publishing things for a little while. Since 2016, I’ve sensed God telling me to write this book (Is It Well? An Anxious Love Story), and since 2016 I’ve attempted to write the book while also writing a blog or articles or social media posts. As the thinking goes, Everyone else can do it, so why can’t I?
Welp, for whatever reason, I can’t juggle. Maybe it’s because I played soccer and am not good with my hands. So—with God’s grace—I am going to finally finish this book. Because it’s about my journey with anxiety, I’m hesitant to re-enter that space, but (cliche alert) I firmly, firmly believe that God equips us when he calls us. And I know he is calling me to write this exact book.
I’ve included the official overview of my book below so you have an idea of what I’m working on, and tonight I’m actually giving a free little lecture on my writing journey for Azusa Pacific’s The Writer’s Life Series. It’s from 7:00-8:30 PST, and it’s free on Zoom. Here is the link: https://apu.zoom.us/j/82880823838. I’d be honored if you wanted to join!
cheering for you,
drew
Is It Well? An Anxious Love Story
Okay…here it is…I’m nervous…
Drew Brown came out of the womb playing the tambourine and singing “Come Thou Fount.” Not literally, of course. But you get the idea. His dad was an elder and played bass during worship, and his mom led the children’s ministry. When he was baptized at the age of nine, Drew’s Christian passport was stamped—his credentials became air tight.
He was not the person to have a mental illness.
But—six years later—there he was: falling headfirst into anxiety and depression. He walked school hallways with a gray cloud hovering over him, and when he got home each day he’d crawl into his bed and lay there, too hot under his comforter in the late Oklahoma sun. No one knew what he was going through because he didn’t know how to explain it. Worse, he felt like a fraud—worshiping a God of peace and joy and feeling neither of those things.
Two years later he fell again—this time into love with a girl with waterfall hair, a girl he knew he would one day marry. He needed to be perfect for her. It was doomed from the beginning.
But aren’t all love stories?
Is It Well? An Anxious Love Story is about learning only Jesus is perfect. It is about going to good doctors and remembering to take medicine. It is about falling in love, losing it suddenly, and continuing to breathe. Written for readers jaded of traditional self-help, Is It Well? is a companion on the road towards healing, towards wholeness.
Ahhhhhh! Prayers appreciated!