Kara Linaburg's Blog, page 4
January 25, 2020
no i'm not gay |a blog post on the ones still judging me|
Last year I decided to cut my hair short. I had been planning it for months but couldn't obtain the courage for forever.
When I made the choice, it wasn't for anyone but myself, to prove to no one but my own conforming spirit that I could do this without worrying what people would think.
It was a big change for my look; some people loved my hair while others just stared in shock (aka my dad). But I didn't realize the questions that would follow from everyone, even complete strangers. Questions...
January 21, 2020
you promoted death without realizing it |on the power of character redemption|
Hola readers!
*This is by no means a Star Wars post, but spoilers to the latest movie will be revealed so proceed with caution*
I recently sat in the dark theater watching the latest Star Wars movie and was drawn in to the beauty of the the characters, and the depth of Kylo's inner struggle with good and evil. The movie was masterfully done in character progression, and I rooted for him from the very beginning....
and then he died.
And the movie ended.
And the credits rolled.
And Rey continued on...
January 14, 2020
Book Two: Release Date, Contest...and learning from past mistakes
Hola readers!
The time has come to release my novel's release date into the world.
*internally screams*
Readers. It's here. All the info.
OK.
I'm not going to go into all the drum roll jazz -- here it is....
( Photo of girl by tree and two girls in first photo above by me ) The Crownless KingReleases: September 4th, 2020
The voices are only growing louder...
War is brewing and the kingdom of Sindaleer is torn as the Knights of Norcir draw the folk to their side. When Sabriel, a specially Gifted...
January 7, 2020
My Decade's Journal Entries, Photos...so much has changed
It's the end of a decade. Ten years. Maybe for some this means nothing but I feel a sense of finality with that thought. I was eleven January 1st 2010, eagerly looking to that August when I would be twelve and only a year from being a teenager. I remember telling my grandpa and feeling I was so close to being an adult I could touch it. I'm an adult now. I got my wish sooner than I thought and life has yet to slow down. So much has happened in these ten years I want to...
December 26, 2019
why are you still breathing? [learning why you're alive]
Hola readers!
Friend: What do you want out of life right now?
Me: Um...I don't know honestly. I haven't thought about it a whole lot.
Friend: I don't mean just getting off work and going to bed or what you feel like eating at the moment. What do you want to get out of life as a whole? What is your life's goal? A lot of people go through their whole lives and don't know what they want or why they are alive.
In my brief stent in college I took a class to learn just that and it really helped shape...
Friend: What do you want out of life right now?
Me: Um...I don't know honestly. I haven't thought about it a whole lot.
Friend: I don't mean just getting off work and going to bed or what you feel like eating at the moment. What do you want to get out of life as a whole? What is your life's goal? A lot of people go through their whole lives and don't know what they want or why they are alive.
In my brief stent in college I took a class to learn just that and it really helped shape...
December 17, 2019
for the days you feel no motivation
Hola readers!
Today I just don't have any motivation. It's one of those days. I just don't have any motivation to write or blog or eat healthy or really just do anything. I don't have any motivation for no particular reason...
I just don't feel motivated.
There's some days I feel like this at work.
I stand there and don't want to get anything done.
I'd rather be in bed then there.
I don't want to get up early.
I don't want to work. Period.
Some days I have a head ache or I didn't sleep well the night...
December 14, 2019
first draft completion of the crownless king |Christmas edition thoughts|
Hola readers!
I thought I would hop on the blog quickly (when are my posts ever quick?) to let you know that...
DRUM ROLL
The Crownless King is complete!!!!!!
The first draft anyway....
I thought I would be happier. I guess I thought angels would sing, the American flag would fly behind me and I would stand in its shadows with my hands on my hips and know I completed something worth reading. I imagined crying over the beautiful ending, weeping over characters and furiously writing about all...
December 11, 2019
dear humans, you can't take Christmas from me
Recently we were told at my job that we are not allowed to decorate our store for Christmas, wear ugly sweaters, or have "any frills" this holiday season. I felt a pang of loss taking down our garlands and stockings with the employee names.
I know not everyone celebrates Christmas and I respect and honor that wish. However I love Christmas, this is one of my seasons. I love what it represents for me, what it stands for, the reason I celebrate.
And just when I was ready to vent and take on the...
December 9, 2019
a year of letting go and what that meant (oh! and books!) |2019 wrapped|
A rare look at my family 
Hola readers!
2019 summed up in the best ways possible....
"I feel 2019 will be a time for even more healing and scarring and pain. I feel I will have to learn to let go and be stronger for it. I think 2019 will be a time of overflowing blessings no matter what.
I feel I will have to make hard choices, that feeling depressed will rise up again, that I will feel I am black sliding.
But I know I will rise.
Maybe there's not one word for 2019.
...
December 6, 2019
the things that hold us back |a vlog|
To the one feeling a captive to emotions, circumstance and a mentality that has been with her for so long she doesn't see an end...
You can be free.
You can be free.
You can be free.
You can be free.
You can be free.
You can be free.
You can can free.
You can be free.
You can be free.
YOU
CAN
BE
FREE.
