Liz Writes: The Blog

 Hello Readers! Trigger Warning       I'm sorry that it's been almost a week since I've posted, but we had a death in the extended family. That's partly why I titled this post as "Life Goes On", because life does go on after death. That doesn't mean that you don't deal with the grief or any other emotion you have. How I came up with this saying is when I was struggling with suicidal thoughts throughout middle school and I used it to help me get away from those thoughts. The whole saying is "Life goes on, I'll stand strong" and I made the word "Life" into an acronym which states "Living, I feel everything". I would say that I was very emotionally immature throughout middle school and high school because I would just about let every little thing bother me. My sixth grade English teacher even yelled at me for crying in the hallway when we switched classes, but she didn't once ask me why I was crying and it was because...

 Hello Readers,       Yesterday's post was a bit intense, mostly for me, but I feel like continuing with the intensity is what's best for now. As I mentioned yesterday, two of my special interests are reading and writing. They go hand in hand as the one of the only ways to improve writing is to read a lot. I was encouraged to read as a child, but I don't remember reading too much until after 5th grade when we moved to back to my hometown. Middle school was peak reading season when I found myself reading book series such as "The Children of the Red King" series and eventually "The Hunger Games". I got in trouble in school for reading books not designated for the class during class and I was also given the option to take a book home for a project and completely ignored the project. I don't really remember the project options or the title of the book but it was based during the times of slavery near Savannah and Augusta, Ga. I remember liking the beginn...

 Hello Readers!       As I am trying to find my niche blogging topics, I would like to talk more about my past experiences. Like I said in my first post, I grew up south of Atlanta and money was hard to come by. My biological father was totally blind from a car wreck he was in at 18, so he got a disability check which in turn I got one due to being his dependent. I really never got to spend it though, because my mom used it for household needs which was better at the time. Along with that, I couldn't get a job because my mom and ex-step dad told me that I wouldn't get as much of a disability check if I worked. I feel like not working dampened my confidence with jobs in general because of me being awkward in social situations.        With me openly admitting that I am awkward in social situations, I feel like I should have been diagnosed with autism at an early age but given the fact that girls are harder to diagnose due to boys being the guinea pi...

 Hello Readers!       In lieu of today being national sci-fi day, I would like to share some of my hopes for this year. As you all should know by now, I'm a writer and I've started this blog to help me get better with it. While blogging may not be my money maker right now, I do have a few projects in the works for me to turn into a couple of book series. One of which I'm hyper-fixated on, is a Young Adult sci-fi series focused on teenagers in the distant future similar to Star Trek but has themes of sex, death and LGBT+ characters. Age range for that would be 16-18+ given the sexual themes. Two other projects are fantasy oriented and won't contain sexual themes as of right now and will also be geared towards Young Adults. I'm really excited to get these books done and would love everyone's feedback on my writing in general.        Now let me tell you about my favorite sci-fi show, which is Star Trek. I'm not a really big fan of the Original Series...

 Hello Readers!                                                         ********TW*********       As many of you know, today is the beginning of the new year. While I wish all of you have the happiest of new years, I know that grief is knocking on the doors of many hearts from past losses and losses yet to come. I would like to ask for a bit of prayer or good energy from whatever gods you believe in for some extended family who is in the process of losing a mother, grandmother and great grandmother. I didn't really have much interaction with her due to living over 2 hours away for almost 4 years, but she really is sweet and the type of granny who seems like she was a hoot back in the 80's. While my grief won't be too heavy when she does pass, I will be vigilant for those who bear heavier grief.        While we...