Christian Publishing Show - How to Keep Writing When Your Body Won’t Cooperate

CrossCurrent Podcasts · Sep 8, 2026 · 1h 8m

Most writing advice assumes you have a healthy body and a full tank of energy. But what if you don't? What if chronic pain, fatigue, brain fog, or an autoimmune disease makes every paragraph a fight?

Some authors have a bad week or a bad month, but others deal with conditions unlikely to ever go away.

So how do you write with a chronic health challenge?

In this week’s episode, you’ll hear from Glenna Marshall, who has published six books and many articles, most of them while living with a painful and rare autoimmune disease. Her new book, Praying in Pain, is the resource she wished someone…