Find an interest/s YOU like and peruse it find a new talent do things alone or with friends that are willing to help you out just tell them your situation.
Probably leave him... He doesn't sound interested in the slightest and you obviously deserve someone who gives a Sh!t.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.