supplied Danyl McLauchlan’s new book is Tranquillity and Ruin – four long essays about Buddism, continental philosophy, meditation and depression. Danyl McLauchlan is an essayist, fiction writer and sometime political commentator. His new book – Tranquillity and Ruin – four long essays about Buddism, continental philosophy, meditation and depression, is released on February 11. What’s your writing routine? Do you have a certain time of day you like to write? The morning. I think it’s good life advice in general to decide on what’s most important to you and get it done first thing, so that the rest of the day can’t derail it.