How My Book Reviews Healed My Fear of Writing

Love and gratitude, from the heart above, for the healing I experienced

Writing was my least favorite use of the English language.

I spent two years transposing my journal into a book and loved every minute of it. I knew I had to share my journey toward awakening with others, hoping something would resonate with them and they, too, would desire to walk deeper on their journey. What I didn’t realize was the profound healing I would experience as the book approached publication.

Writing was my least favorite use of the English language. Speaking it and teaching it to youngsters was far more enjoyable. To put the words down in ink was always a challenge for me. I wanted to write a sentence once and not revisit it. That all changed when I felt a purpose and passion to write about my experiences. Early on, while writing about my journey, I began to love the challenge of finding just the right word and rewriting a sentence and paragraph over and over. I didn’t want too many words, to repeat the same word, and/or drag out a thought. I desired to get right to the point, with just the right words, and then move on to the next thought. Out of curiosity, I timed working on one short paragraph and discovered, four hours later, it was almost complete. I can only imagine how many hours are in the entire book.

It was published, and the reviews were coming in. How heartwarming and honest they were. Some praised the easy read, were amazed it was my first book, liked that the chapters were short, with the last thought enticing the reader to turn the page and read the next chapter. Some liked how I dropped hints as to what was ahead, drawing the reader forward, and then that I brought them all together as the journey neared its end. Most touching to me was that they all enjoyed reading about my journey, its traumas, healing, and discovering that life is only about one thing: LOVE.

Those four hours on just one paragraph, along with the two years of writing, were worth the time and the reviews. Not only had I profoundly healed my soul, but after reading my reviews, I realized my fear of writing had also been healed. Thank you to everyone who has read my journey and taken the time to write a review. They mean the world to me.

I am already working on my next book!

Always with love, Carol