Tamesha Edwards's Blog

As an author/writer, having a large social media, does not mean that you are a best selling author.

Does not mean your book is an excellent read.

As for myself, I do not have a large following.
I do not have celebrity status, in which my book would sell overnight and become a blockbuster movie. I am a author/writer that believe in my writing and the passion for telling a story.

All authors/writers believe that their own book is the best thing that have ever been published.

Great news!

You should believe that your book is #1 best seller; because you have something to share. Even if your book touches one person; your a best seller.

Do you ever feel like giving up?

Well I'm here to tell you a little secret that keeps me motivated.

I was once told, "No one is going to buy a black girl book". "You're going to be writer"? "Who told you that you can write"? "You're not a part of any major book club; you do not have a large following on social media and you want to become a author"? "You should change your book cover"? "Do you have a celebrity who can endorse your book"?

If I would have listen to the "nay sayers", I would have never stepped out on faith and completed my trilogy series first book titled, "Caustic".

I have went to book events, and only sold two books, and I have went to events and sold fifty books. I am encouraged by the readers and those who are willing to be engulfed in the characters that I have written about.

Stay encourage and follow your passion. You have the tenacity of courage; so encourage yourself.

Tamesha Edwards

Have you found yourself as a reader or writer, consumed by the literary embodiment of work, you decided to read or write about???

If so, it's imperative as a reader and/or writer, to acquire a moment of silence; from the stories that we've let occupied our mind.

All authors will give you various types of reasons on how they started creating their literary work.

I start from a dream, that I received. Instantly, I start writing down every detail and character dialogue that I remember from my dream.

Everyone has a process, what's yours of starting the novel you never completed, and or need to complete.

Quick suggestion, whatever started you to write, use that energy to finish your novel or start a new novel.

Life has a way of changing in the blink of an eye.

That's what happened to me on the 13th of May.
I Ioss my first love, my mother to pancreatic cancer stage four.

The emotional, mental and physical pain that I'm enduring is unexplainable. I have deadlines that need to be met for the second series of my book "Caustic". I need to get prepared for upcoming book events and I am in the grieving process of coping with the understanding that I will never see, hear, talk and touch my mother again.

I decided to write... Not the follow-up to my book. Channel those thoughts that I have inside, and put it on paper. Write about the good and the bad of my experience with grieving my mother death.

Honestly, this is the best writing that I have ever written, as a writer....

Do you develop your characters from personal life experience? Do you brainstorm character illustrations?

As for myself, I dream of my characters and the story that I'm writing.

Deadlines can become a nightmare for authors.

Here's an example of how to meet your deadline on time and stay on target.

Use the 5W's & 1H methodology.

Who?sWhat?When?Where?Why?How?

This will help significantly with brainstorming and outlining your storyline.

As a child, I have always received great pleasure in escaping from the noise that surrounded me.
The mysterious world of books, has always been alluring to me. The joy of reading is a depiction of words that come to life from each page that I turn.

Authors and readers, what joy do you receive from the books that you read????

Sound familiar: Heart palpitations, sweaty palms, beads of sweat dripping from your face, dark circle around your eyelids, nausea, headache, cramped fingers, sleepless nights, are all signs of anxiety.

This is common when your passionate about your embodiment of literary work. You want everything to be perfect.

Truthfully, nothing is perfect. All you can do is focus on yourself. Meaning, take time to go on a sabbatical from the day to day life expectations, that you have put upon yourself.

Embark on a retreat, take a nature walk, ferry boat ride, lay on the beach, go to a botanical garden to just unwind and let go.

Anxiety, is fear. Unwind the mind, is to learn how to let go of the things that you cannot control.

As a writer of fiction, never imagine, I'll be channeling my inner thoughts on a nonfiction premise of my own life.

You're probably thinking, why am I writing about this topic.

Here it goes!

Writing for me, is therapeutic.

Last week, I learned that my mother may have pancreatic cancer.

Feeling helpless, defeated with red puffy eyes.

Instantly, grabbed my pen and journal; started to channel my inner thoughts. It is a healing process, copeing mechanism for me.

My mother is the main reason, I started to write. She gave me and my identical twin sister a diary and told us to write whatever we wanted.

"To authors and readers, whatever you may be going through in life; channel your inner thoughts. It's your voice of reasoning".