Trauma brain isn’t a fun thing, and when you’re in survival mode, it’s hard to access the creative part of your brain. Fun fact: survival mode reduces blood flow to the creative center of your brain, instead prioritizing essential life functions. After of year off, I’m finally back behind my keyboard and writing again! Read the first chapter of Persephone here.  Chapter 9Hades It wasn’t hard to track them down. Wherever Persephone stepped, things tended to blossom beneath her feet. (Did she even notice?) I followed the trail she left behind—flowers ranging from exquisitely bright to sad and dull, as I’d noticed happened as her moods shifted. But I would…