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Hello there once again, my friends! It's been a busy month, September has. I've recently finished reading a few non-fiction titles that are helping me to reshape my life as it is - trust me, it's been a mess for many years, and I'm now cutting away what's no longer serving me - and I'm solidifying on a few other concepts.

For sure, I will still be writing. In fact, one of the things I'll be working on today is setting up a foundation for myself on how to be better at writing. One thing for sure is I need to get myself into the habit of writing daily. I'm learning a lot about some of the characters that have come to me through writing, and it's just . . . amazing and breathtaking. One thing I will be doing is making it a nightly habit for live feeds. You can catch up with the live feeds on my Enchanted Realms Fiction page on Facebook. I've provided the link below along with other sites where you can find me along with the Enchanted Realms Fiction page. Please like and follow because that's where I will be doing updates on upcoming publications and events. (I will be posting such things here as well, along with sites like Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.) I have a creative streak that knows no bounds, and writing is one way for me to channel that.

I've decided to go back to school for massage therapy and to take a few Reiki courses. I have a nebulous idea for starting a writing/spiritual retreat in the mountains of Colorado over the next few years. I need to get to one of the colleges that teaches massage therapy and get myself set up to start taking the courses. I've had a lot of people tell me that I'm good at giving massages, and this will help me land in something that actually pleases me. I love helping others to heal, and positive touch is one such way to heal. (This will also free up more time for me to pursue the writing. I'm currently limping along working in retail and doing one other thing, and I'm dissatisfied with both. I prefer learning and growing environments above all others so creating a retreat is right up my alley.) I'm excited about this prospect.

I've also decided that I want to expand on what I do with Enchanted Realms. I want to do more than just write books to tell my stories. I want to create videos so people can watch them. I want to keep on creating, to see that the words I put down, the images I present to those who watch, and I want to make sure that everything I do somehow heals those who need that healing. It sounds crazy, I know, but I do believe in the power of creativity. I believe in the power of healing. I was fourteen when I first read The Lord of the Rings, but, in looking back at it, in remembering how much I cried that first time when Frodo left Middle-Earth behind, I realize that it's an insanely powerful metaphor about healing, about realizing that something within us has changed, and that it's okay to accept that change. That's how we grow and how we heal. And it's amazing that words on paper, images on a screen, amazing that all of that can teach us those things without us even realizing it.

Now this expansion will take me a while. My life is still in transition from this move, and it's taken me a few weeks and some personal readings for better insight to get this far. I also know that I could moan and whine about having to go back to school for what I'm considering my back up plan, but I've also realized that we are meant to do more in this life than just be one thing. As a wise woman once told me (and recently at that), we are born with more than one talent. I personally have been blessed with a knack for healing, for writing, and for singing. (And for cooking and baking and with a tremendous amount of courage to go and try new things, even when it seems scary at first.) And, while I have an amazing computer in Viking (Thor, my first laptop, is in need of some repairs and TLC), he may not have everything I need in terms of space to do editing. I don't have everything I want or need to start creating my own videos (which will appear on YouTube when the dust settles even further), so there's a lot I need to learn and experiment with first. (I have limited space at this point, too, so elaborate setups are currently out of the question.)

Finally, I want to write a little bit on grit and determination. If you've followed me on this blog or have known me for any given length of time, you know I've cited the Bangles as my all-time favorite musical group. I've been a fan since I first heard "Manic Monday" on the radio back in May of 1986. I have so many reasons to admire them and to be inspired by them.

The main reason is THEY NEVER GAVE UP. They practiced their craft. They worked day jobs to get by, and they played in clubs whenever they could. They wanted to make music. They wanted to hear their songs on the radio. They could have stopped after hearing their music on college radio, but they didn't. This was during a time when female musicians were still thought of as novelty acts.

I recently reflected on all of this. I have many heroes throughout my life - my mother for standing up for herself, the Bangles for following their dreams, to name a few (and there are others, too) - but the Bangles are the only ones who have demonstrated grit and determination to me. Mind you, there are others out there who have as well, but I haven't followed them as ardently as I have the Bangles. Because of them, I wanted to be a musician. And I may still take that up at some point, too. Only time will tell.

If you're out there, wondering why you should continue with writing, please remember that it takes time. I still need to remind myself of that when things don't happen fast enough for me or when I can barely crank out five words to something. It takes time. It takes practice. It takes grit and determination and, yes, a day job in the meantime. A handful of rejections only defines your failure if you allow it. Everyone thinks of giving up. It takes strength to keep going, to keep nurturing those dreams when the rest of the world will tell you to quit. The only one who can allow the world to douse the flames of what sets your soul on fire is YOU.

Be strong. Be brave. Keep fighting the good fight. Without the creative souls, life would be dreary indeed!

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Books recently read: The Women's Wheel of Life by Elizabeth Davis and Carol Leonard; The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz; Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

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