So I am finished. I just need to do some revision, but I am finished with my first ever book. And so it is interesting that I am strangely uneasy. So to help myself be brave I am going to post this quote to help me know that it is okay to do--to be what I have always wanted to be.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Marianne Williamson A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a A Course of Miracles, 190-191.
5 comments:
What is your book called? And when will it be published? And how can I reserve a copy? (I'm sure this will blow Harry Potter 7 out of the water!)
What kind of book is it? Is it fiction? Non-Fiction? A Story? Random information? We inquiring minds want to know!
For those who are inquiring this is what I know so far.
My first book, I have two essays in it--I am chapter 1, will be in Deseret Book in the next week or so. It is called "50 Things that Matter Most to LDS People".
My Second and totally mine book is in production right now and may be out in August for Education week or for Christmas. It is part of Series by several authors, I am the first. It is non-fiction and about how applying scripture in my life has changed me. Also a Deseret Book project it will be Titled something like "Treasures form the Scriptures: The Battle is not Yours, It is the Lords." Or something. That is the proposed title.
By the way is there a standard well wishing for Garlick Dance? I know with the stage you say break a leg, and that there are other specified sayings for certain sports, how does one wish one well without Jinxing one?
I just finished The Goose Girl! Great book!! There are 2 others she wrote that are about other characters in the book -- Enna and Razo -- I haven't read either of them, but I will! Congratulations on your book! That's awesome...I shall have to read it.
I love the Goose Girl, I have all of her other books too. In fact I met her on Kendra's birthday. She came to sign books in Provo and I would like to think that we are friends now. :) You need to read Austenland. It is soooo good.
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