intro

[lisbetlustylox81]

hello there! I am a 37 year old introverted woman. I wouldn't call myself a writer, as I have nothing published, but do aspire to be. I just got finished reading 9 and a half weeks. I noticed that people were saying how they got the book for free just for writing an honest review! I never hit a button so fast in my life! I am a writer first, a reader second, if that makes sense. I do believe I have the talent and unique voice to write my own book, but lack the college degrees to be an author. I write sloppy, I don't know how to properly form sentences and my sentences tend to lack proper structure. I have had quite a life though, and I do plan on writing a memoir. So i was happy to find out that this is also for writers, not just readers. I have basically spent the past five years of my life on facebook writing posts that could have added up to about three novels by now. such a shame, giving it away for free. the "talent" is what I mean by it. so I got off facebook and have promised myself this will be the year I finally get some discipline. It seems i'd much prefer to stare blankly at walls thinking about writing and crying over my sad lost love. but I am here now, not an established writer by any means, but , like all of us, want to write the most beautiful and lyrically penned story of all time. so much life I have lived in my mere 37 years on this planet, so much life that my hair is grey and my eyes are that of someone who has been to war. I have been to war, the war of life, the war of love, the war of finding myself and losing myself and regaining my identity. I do not have many friends, by choice. I am very introverted and suffered a massive traumatic brain injury from a failed suicide attempt. I am better now, didn't have much of a choice. I have said if we all had on and off switches I would have pressed my off switch at the tender age of seven, when my sadness first became the one and only companion who would prove to never leave my side. I have been heartbroken, survived multiple near death experiences, went to the brink of madness to a mind numbing void of a shell of a human being back to madness back to lethargy, and back again. my life is strange, as am I. I do believe we all have a story to tell, a story that makes us strange and unique and undoubtedly who we've become, I may still be trying to find my voice as a writer. or I may have found it already. lol. kind of hard when you have to be your own critic. well, I imagine I have exceeded all expectations on my introductory post, so I will stop rambling and press this submit button with a grain of salt and a pinch of confidence. I think we all have a story to tell, and I hope that we all have an audience who is willing to read our stories. I will be adding my picture after I post this, god knows I never do things in chronological order! thanks for reading and I guess ill leave it at that, for now!!

[gali]

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