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When I say writer I am not only talking about the Stephen Kings’ of this world but include the short story writer, novelist and poet. It is often a challenge to understand why we sit for hours before our laptop, journal or computer simply staring.

To the outsider, we are stuck or wasting time. I am sure more than one writer has gotten the advice to ‘walk away’ or ‘take a break.’ No one understands when you can’t. Sometimes, we are not stuck. In truth it may be that we are ‘there’ instead.

We are in a medieval castle; the cool rock walls protect us from intrusion. The tanker of mead feels cold in our hands, the pewter keeping the drink the perfect temperature. We may be with that long lost love, our heart pounding at the sight of them. Perhaps we feel betrayed or exhilarated…we have not decided just yet. We are aware that you can’t tell, but we are hiding behind a dumpster in a dark alley while bullets whiz past us. In our setting a hero is about to emerge, we are sorting out how or when.

It is easy to assume we may be suffering writer’s block; however, there are times we are instead on the threshold of a fantastic story. We are working out the bridge of words that allows you to join us here.

Ell’s Double Down, Reggie’s No Limit and Nowhere on the Map are available through your favorite e-book retailors. Barnes & Noble, Playster, Tolino, Kobo & Apple!

You can also keep up with upcoming releases by Caroline Walken via Books2Read

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Ell's Double Down & Reggie's No Limit
by Caroline Walken
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Other exciting news, you can cast your vote for Nowhere on the Map, nominated for the 2018 Readers Choice Awards. You can find it under Romance Category -
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My desire is that you to fall in love…
I want to write words that bring that rush of emotion to the surface.

I hope to instill passion for life in you, evoke excitement and wander lust.
You honor me if my words cause you to cry or feel the bitter tang of rage.

Meet me in places that exist solely in my mind.
Know that I will age and change, there will come the day when I leave this earth.

I pray my words however, remain ageless.

Hearing the door close either gives you a sense of peace, adds to your stress, or at times it does a little of both. We view doors differently throughout our lives.

When you are younger, doors represent containment; we can’t play outside or leave our room. The classroom door keeps us in our studies and away from the sunshine.

As we mature, we see doors in a new light, behind them stand to wait for our prom date; before them, we experience our first kiss. In anger, we'll slam them and, in curiosity, peer out from behind them.

As you run more fully into your life doors are where you isolate yourself, they keep others from invading. For the first time, you may even consider locking a door, going as far as to bar it forever.

However, it is only a door. It swings both open and shut and contains no emotion towards us at all. It is both closure and adventure in one.

It is up to us to decide which.