BOTTLED...
A term one doesn't hear very often, but an emotion we often experience. IT can come in various forms. Through day jobs, through family, and especially in our craft. It's a feeling that can suffocate you. Cripple you. Yet, we must persevere.
Often the malaise is temporary. But how does one free oneself when it isn't?
WRITE....
The answer is so obvious. Releasing these pinned up emotions onto the keyboard is LIBERATING. It truly is the best therapy. It's amazing how writing about anything will clear your stress.
Back in 2009 when the real estate market crashed and I had lost three lucrative design contracts, I was frantic. All of a sudden I had all this time on my hands and no money coming in. I didn't know where to turn, so I began my first novel. It opened up a whole new world to me. Four months after I had finished my first draft, I entered the blogging world. The rest is history.
Writers and creative people are fortunate in this respect. WE have our creativity to escape to and free ourselves from stress and anxiety.
But I know you are asking, what if you are BLOCKED? BOTTLED is now taking another form...
We have all had bouts of writer's block. I myself haven't written anything substantial in a few years, but that is okay. Many of us have other avenues to filter that BOTTLED feeling. Art, baking, cooking, designing, music (As Alex well knows), can be amazing outlets.
So whenever you are BOTTLED, remember to filter those emotions creatively...
Kinetic disturbances filter through my being. I twist the sparkling emerald ring on my finger, focusing on the infiltration rather than who is before me.
A convoy of men loom closer. Their determination in finding me reeks through the air like a noxious gas, mingling with the heady spices which already permeate the room. It is rather unpleasant and I wrinkle my nose.
The smacking of lips draws my attention to my new master. Yet another nondescript human. He is the youngest so far. Not more than a decade older than I look. BOTTLED at the age of seventeen centuries ago, bound in servitude for an eternity.
My ears prick as the newcomers are only steps away...If it were only my beloved, Karim, to save me from this damnation. His dark silken hair, his passionate gaze, and the long curve of that serpentine scar on his forearm...
A dark force, a human evil, I have not felt in centuries cleaves through the air, severing my thoughts of Karim. The shock sears me to the core. It can't be he... It just can't be, Faruq..
Not after all these years. He's found me at last...
I was delighted to create one of my intros for this INTRIGUING story for Carol Riggs' newest novel
After reading a few pages, I am certainly HOOKED! CONGRATS CAROL! Now all of YOU can read it, too!
BOTTLED releases tomorrow, but you can get it today on AMAZON... here are the links.
AMAZON: Link (Available today)
B&N: Link (Pre Order until July 7)
Here is more information about Carol and her other books...
There is one that meant a great deal to me. The comment came from an older woman who was an abused child. She said that I had handled this horrific subject with great feeling and honesty after she had read an excerpt from my blog. She had requested to read the whole manuscript and once finished had contacted me, saying it had helped her through her own painful situation growing up.
I was deeply honored and humbled. Can a writer ask for anything better than that? I doubt it.
A term one doesn't hear very often, but an emotion we often experience. IT can come in various forms. Through day jobs, through family, and especially in our craft. It's a feeling that can suffocate you. Cripple you. Yet, we must persevere.
Often the malaise is temporary. But how does one free oneself when it isn't?
WRITE....
The answer is so obvious. Releasing these pinned up emotions onto the keyboard is LIBERATING. It truly is the best therapy. It's amazing how writing about anything will clear your stress.
Writers and creative people are fortunate in this respect. WE have our creativity to escape to and free ourselves from stress and anxiety.
But I know you are asking, what if you are BLOCKED? BOTTLED is now taking another form...
We have all had bouts of writer's block. I myself haven't written anything substantial in a few years, but that is okay. Many of us have other avenues to filter that BOTTLED feeling. Art, baking, cooking, designing, music (As Alex well knows), can be amazing outlets.
So whenever you are BOTTLED, remember to filter those emotions creatively...
Kinetic disturbances filter through my being. I twist the sparkling emerald ring on my finger, focusing on the infiltration rather than who is before me.
A convoy of men loom closer. Their determination in finding me reeks through the air like a noxious gas, mingling with the heady spices which already permeate the room. It is rather unpleasant and I wrinkle my nose.
The smacking of lips draws my attention to my new master. Yet another nondescript human. He is the youngest so far. Not more than a decade older than I look. BOTTLED at the age of seventeen centuries ago, bound in servitude for an eternity.
My ears prick as the newcomers are only steps away...If it were only my beloved, Karim, to save me from this damnation. His dark silken hair, his passionate gaze, and the long curve of that serpentine scar on his forearm...
A dark force, a human evil, I have not felt in centuries cleaves through the air, severing my thoughts of Karim. The shock sears me to the core. It can't be he... It just can't be, Faruq..
Not after all these years. He's found me at last...
WILL SHE ESCAPE HER PAST?
OR
BE
FOREVER BOTTLED?
I was delighted to create one of my intros for this INTRIGUING story for Carol Riggs' newest novel
BOTTLED...
After reading a few pages, I am certainly HOOKED! CONGRATS CAROL! Now all of YOU can read it, too!
BOTTLED releases tomorrow, but you can get it today on AMAZON... here are the links.
AMAZON: Link (Available today)
B&N: Link (Pre Order until July 7)
Here is more information about Carol and her other books...
BIO:
Carol Riggs is an author of YA fiction who lives in the beautiful green state of Oregon, USA. Her debut novel, The Body Institute, released Sept 2015 from Entangled Teen, exploring body image and identity. Her fantasy YA, Bottled, will release from Clean Reads on July 7, 2016, and her sci-fi YA, Safe Zone, will release from Entangled Teen in October 2016. She enjoys reading, drawing and painting, writing conferences, walking with her husband, and enjoying music and dance of all kinds. You will usually find her in her writing cave, surrounded by her dragon collection and the characters in her head.
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Congrats again, Carol! Wishing you all the best!
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What's the best thing someone has said about your writing?
The IWSG is now featuring a question with its posts...
What's the best thing someone has said about your writing?
I was deeply honored and humbled. Can a writer ask for anything better than that? I doubt it.
It feels so good to be back in the blogosphere. I'll be visiting you all as soon as I can!
