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Toward the end of the year, I was put on a drug for a health issue I was having. I will not bore you with my health issues, how dull, but I will say the drug did a number on me.
It was one of those moments when the cure was worse than the illness. 
Anyway, the drug did things to my mind, and it plunged me into a deep depression. I have always heard of the word depression, but I think I didn't really know what it meant until I was waking every day with no ability to get out of bed. It was the strangest feeling for me. If someone had asked me if I wanted to cut my wrists or go for a walk in the park, my reaction would have been the same. I wouldn't care either way. 
For me, I have always been passionate, and I have always felt things deeply. To be plunged into a world where everything was the same gave me a strange new perspective on people who suffer from chronic depression. 
To make a long story short, I stopped writing. Honestly, I stopped doing a lot of things: meeting with friends, having sex, exercising, laughing. I did nothing, and then I got off the drug. 
So here I am. My brain chemistry has leveled out, and I'm back in the saddle. Just give me a minute, and I'll have my fingers on the keyboard again.
I hope.

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As I have gotten back to writing, I have felt listless and lonely. Looking for a community to help me feel grounded was where I decided to start. I returned to Wattpad in hopes of talking to some authors and some readers and just getting in the mood for writing. 
That didn't work for me. 
There is nothing wrong with Wattpad, but when I posted my Alien books, they banned the second one. They did not tell me why it was banned from the site. That bummbed me out hardcore. I think I was so sad about it because I was trying to find some readers and writers, and just zen a little.
Getting a story banned from a website felt far from zen.
That is when someone suggested Inkitt to me. I had never been there before, but as soon as I was on the site, I fell in love. I found a home for my alien novels where I wasn't judged for my writing, and the books I created weren't banned. 
I have not left Troll River, and my Ice Era Chronicles are still at the house, but I have been hanging out on Inkitt simply because I have readers who chat with me and writers who give me advice. I am also there because it is a home for all my alien books, and there are no judgments. I have them all up, and I even added my Alien Love: Offspring Edition. Two of those stories are on the site.
For the moment, unless something changes, I will keep posting stories there. If you want to check out my page, you can find me here:

https://www.inkitt.com/AuthorCMMoore 

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