Battling adversities in pursuit of your goals

Yesterday I was chatting with my good friend @jcedwards and we got on to the subject of writing (no surprise there, she's a wonderful poet, check out her work).

She dropped a link into our chat and told me about the woman in the video.

I have a friend who is the Poet Laureate for the Yukon here in Canada - Pj Johnson. She has difficulty reading and writing and is a Singer/Songwriter/Poet/Performer ... AND a Poet Laureate.

She is someone I respect, admire and look up to ... and my favourite piece of hers is called "Howlin' Time." If I can find the link I'll drop it in here - well worth a listen.

Sometimes, when my Muse is around me, giving loads of ideas, playing up to my strengths and helping my stories write themselves, I forget that other writers don't find it as easy as I do - whether that's because of other commitments, work, childcare helping others to care for themselves, or just the fact that their own Muse is off wandering - I don't know.

Then I see inspirational people everywhere (@jcedwards is one of those for me) and the adversities they overcome is truly humbling.

PJ Johnson is another exceptionally talented lady who is overcoming her own adversities - she suffers with 'Non-verbal Learning Disorder' - NLD Wiki

From Wiki-

...characterized by verbal strengths as well as visual-spatial, motor, and social skills difficulties. It is sometimes confused with Asperger Syndrome or high IQ. Nonverbal learning disorder has never been included in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases.

I cannot say that I can help with your writing, especially if you are affected by dyslexia, but the #story-mentor tag is there for you to use. I drop by that tag most days and though I may not comment on all the posts, I do try to read most.

If you would like to join in with the Story-mentor tasks, please feel free to do so. Our little group is growing in number and I think we're all in the same mind-set - helping writers to improve in any way we possibly can (myself included).

Most important (to me) is that we do NOT 'author-bash' - there is ONLY constructive criticism here.

If you'd like to resteem this invitation, again, feel free. If you're an established writer/editor/expert in the field, you're also most welcome to impart knowledge and experience, we'd love to read about you.

Hope to see you soon.