practicing my promoting

   I tried something new this past weekend. when people asked me what i do i told them i was a writer. Calling myself an author is something new for me. i am not great at that, i don't feel well known enough. That is I guess a little my fault. Here in my home town i am pretty well known. But not for being a writer, its funny the things we are known for, and how people think they know us and really have no clue. i was the life of the party and got people to come to clubs. I always had a smile on but no one really knew what was going on upstairs. Or how i was studying them in my own way. when i first released my poetry book, people looked at me differently something i didn't expect. no one knew anything about me. But in my book they got to see the pain and they got to see how i seen them. in my words i got to help people. Which is why i love being a writer. soon enough i will be posting every Sunday a short story or poem. Thanks as always for reading. 

staying focused

    i have been feeling super inspired to write. i have so many ideas about my next story. i love to write about everything. With my full time job slowing down its about time to start writing, i know i need to promote the books already have out but writing is my thing not promoting. but i must do what i must. i am thinking of putting super short stories on here every two weeks. just a thought lets see. as always thanks for reading.

working on getting my name out

   Now that my excitement has settled, it time to get my name out there. but how? going to book reading, meeting other writers and start networking. i wish i was much better at that. i can go out and dance in a club in front of people. I worked in restaurants where talking to strangers is how i made my money. but yet talking about my writing make me choke up. i stand there and smile and nothing comes out of my mouth. Or reading my works in front of people at poetry slam or book readings forget it. i read to fast i sound like twister the rapper. i just cant help but think that the people I'm reading to are hearing my word and knowing my secrets and with the life i have lived, secrets are what keep everything spinning. But i think that's why i love writing, because after everything i have seen all the pain and very few triumphs. However in books you can write any ending you want. i love the thought that there is always hope. but that's just me. As always thanks for reading. 

Came in the mail

   Seeing my book in my own hands is like nothing else in the world. i couldn't help but hug my mom. i am so happy about how it looks an feels. Already there are so many thing i would change but not the stories inside or the meaning behind them. I don't think i have yet to explain bout my book. I called it the labyrinth of thought. Let me tell you a little back story on it. I was sitting one day with my mother watching tv, when my friend called me crying about bills she had to pay. And that's when i told the age old question "why are you spending more then you have?" i found the next few days i seem to ask the same questions that i have heard all my life, an that's when it hit me. why do we ask rhetorical question? the whole point of a question is to be answered right? so i started to take a closer look at questions i heard all the time and never answer or think i already know the answer to. That's when i started writing. i picked 3 questions, ones that i hear the most,  ones i myself thought i knew the answer to. so i wrote 3 stories for each. stories meant to take the questions to the limit, stories to make you really look at the question instead of just ignoring them.  i hope this makes people really open there eyes to the things we over look every day. Like always thanks for reading 

The support

     I am so thankful for all the support from my friends and family. All the likes on Facebook and twitter. But we all know likes doesn't mean people are actually reading your stuff. People just see you doing something different an like it. Now time to figure out how to get books into hands. More then just my home town. I wish I was so afraid of talk into of people. This is something I'm going to work on this week. :) as always thanks for reading.

the after math

    Its been an exciting weekend. My short story book is finally out. So for now no more late night writing and getting no sleep just trying to meet your own deadline. I know when i first started writing I thought being a writer was just waking up when ever an traveling all over the world and meeting new people and writing about it. i laugh at my self now. i work a full time job and write at night. I travel as much as i can afford. But trying to get people to pick your book out of the swarms of books out there isn't easy. After writing start promotional stuff, just to get people to notice you. You are a brand at all times. i never thought much about that when i started. And to be completely  honest I hate speaking in-front of people and crowds.  i tend to get nervous and speak really fast. i really wish for some advice. if any one has some advice I'm all ears. well as always thanks for reading.

EXCITED!

     Finally all my hard work pays off. Just seeing the labyrinth of thought out for people to read, gives me a second to take a breath. but now sets in the fear. will anyone get my book? will other understand the deeper meaning I put behind every story? I hope so. but you can want so much for a book and want to touch other but that might not always be the case. like anything all you can do is your best. I really hope i get to hear other people thought and opinions on the book that's just my hope.  As always thank you for reading.

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      i have one more day until my new short story book comes out. i'm so nervous people aren't going to get it. But i'm super excited for the labyrinth of thought to be out. I really hope people are open minded and read the book as directed. I don't know if any one who isn't and artist or writer can understand the fear that comes with putting your art out there. Writing isn't just word on a page it's a piece of the writer just like painting are apart of the painter. I don't know if the rest of the world looks at it that way. I wish people read as mush as they use to. I know i love to sit with a good book and let my imagination take me away from the worlds problems.  Well i must get back to editing only one day left.. Here is my view for the day and night for the next 24 hours. 

Welcome  to my blog!

       My name is Meisha. I am an author about to release my first short story book. I want to be able to share my experience with more then just best friends. my life is about to change in many ways and i thought it would be fun to document it. and share some of my writing with the world. i already have a poetry book, which did well here in my town, but my dream are much bigger then that. I know many can relate. So if your interested in following my journey just be sure to keep reading and leave me a comment if you have any questions my life is about to be an open book. 

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