New author blog advocates writing for therapy

The Nursing Home Fugitive author Georgiann Baldino considers writing as a means of therapy in her new contemplative blog begun this week.

The first open and insightful posts reveal how she wrote a book against a background of good and bad experiences - including being treated for cancer - and reveal some solid advice for cancer sufferers.

"Putting [your] feelings down on paper has a healing quality," she says, adding that it is "hard to understand until you try it."

Read the blog here