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I lost my job but life is a new story
Well, some things happen before you anticipate them to.
I got “let go” from my job at the newspaper today, a week before I was leaving on my own notice. Two complaints later and it cost me a job...well, to say I’m upset or angry would be lying. I’m actually relieved. It means my fiancé and I get to leave early and the pursuit of full-time novel writing happens sooner than I thought it would.
I believe everything happens for a reason. So here I am, watching the Stanley Cup Finals (Vancouver currently trailing behind Boston 2-0...), drinking Captain Morgan’s and Pepsi, and evaluating just where life is going from here. It’s looking good from where I’m sitting.
This time in a week, I’ll be in Vancouver and life will be starting over. As I said before, journalism didn’t quite feel right to begin with but my novels are just drawing me into the fictional worlds I’ve created. I’ve also been digging further into self-publishing. I’m going to publish my poetry book, She Wasn’t Allowed to Giggle on Smashwords.com. I’ll see how it fares as an eBook and then later on I’ll get it printed. This summer will be filled with working, living and advertising these books like crazy. I’m looking forward to it!
Leaving has a strange feeling to it. (well, Boston just scored again...goalie change...) It’s a bittersweet nostalgia looking around this town and knowing that I won’t be coming back. There is no going back. You find a road you feel is right for you, you take it and you make it your own. You travel it until there’s a dead end and you can’t go any further and then you just find another road. I walked the journalism road as far as it would go and here’s the ending of it. At that ending is another beginning- something new that opens up wide and reveals what was meant to be all along.
OK, maybe I’m rambling now about roads and what’s meant to be. Point is, life is meant for living. You only get one time around this crazy Ferris wheel ride and if you don’t take the chance to jump off the top and take a leap of faith into the unknown, you never know just what dreams you can achieve and what you’re really made of. I’ve seen a lot of things in my life, been found in the darkest corners and seen agony like no other. But life is beautiful. I may have had to go through crazy days to get here but I am here and I intend to embrace this new chapter and every story that comes after that.
And losing my job today is only a sign...a new story is starting right now.
I got “let go” from my job at the newspaper today, a week before I was leaving on my own notice. Two complaints later and it cost me a job...well, to say I’m upset or angry would be lying. I’m actually relieved. It means my fiancé and I get to leave early and the pursuit of full-time novel writing happens sooner than I thought it would.
I believe everything happens for a reason. So here I am, watching the Stanley Cup Finals (Vancouver currently trailing behind Boston 2-0...), drinking Captain Morgan’s and Pepsi, and evaluating just where life is going from here. It’s looking good from where I’m sitting.
This time in a week, I’ll be in Vancouver and life will be starting over. As I said before, journalism didn’t quite feel right to begin with but my novels are just drawing me into the fictional worlds I’ve created. I’ve also been digging further into self-publishing. I’m going to publish my poetry book, She Wasn’t Allowed to Giggle on Smashwords.com. I’ll see how it fares as an eBook and then later on I’ll get it printed. This summer will be filled with working, living and advertising these books like crazy. I’m looking forward to it!
Leaving has a strange feeling to it. (well, Boston just scored again...goalie change...) It’s a bittersweet nostalgia looking around this town and knowing that I won’t be coming back. There is no going back. You find a road you feel is right for you, you take it and you make it your own. You travel it until there’s a dead end and you can’t go any further and then you just find another road. I walked the journalism road as far as it would go and here’s the ending of it. At that ending is another beginning- something new that opens up wide and reveals what was meant to be all along.
OK, maybe I’m rambling now about roads and what’s meant to be. Point is, life is meant for living. You only get one time around this crazy Ferris wheel ride and if you don’t take the chance to jump off the top and take a leap of faith into the unknown, you never know just what dreams you can achieve and what you’re really made of. I’ve seen a lot of things in my life, been found in the darkest corners and seen agony like no other. But life is beautiful. I may have had to go through crazy days to get here but I am here and I intend to embrace this new chapter and every story that comes after that.
And losing my job today is only a sign...a new story is starting right now.
Seeking reviewers!
The debut book of my crime fiction series, "Beyond Dark", is available for pre-order and set to release in November. In the meantime, I am seeking reviewers or author interviews to help with some mark
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