It's been crazy...

It always seems that the first of the year is crazy for me. Trying to get back into the swing of things, seems to be a little bit of a harder task then I had imagined.

I often sit back and wonder why I even bother doing this.. Why do I write on a blog, a book, a page, etc.. when I feel like I may never have anything to accomplish by doing those things. It's the little insecure thoughts that race through my mind, telling me.. I'm no good, give up.

But, I won't. I fought to be here today, and have been fighting for myself for a long time. It was never about what I could accomplish for others, but for myself. We all go through times in our lives when we may not feel like we are worthy. You may even be feeling how I feel at times, but don't pay attention to all the drama. Believe in yourself, is the only motto I can chant. If I don't believe in myself, then who is going too? It starts with one purpose, one goal, and you build to that goal to follow your dreams.

Did I ever think I would be a best selling author? No way!
Did I ever think that people would listen or read my words of random bullshit? Nope.
Did I do all this because I wanted to do it for myself? Hell Yes!

It doesn't matter how many times I get knocked down, I keep getting back up. I have too. Quitting was never the option, even when I really felt like I should. That's not who I am, and nor do I want to be.

Blogging for me seems to be more about an open letter to others. What I like, what I hate, trying to stay positive.. I read the other day how I am supposed to run a blog to make it successful, etc.. BUT I felt like that's not what I wanted. It was never going to be like that for me. I just wanted to share my thoughts, and ideas, and maybe even, share my dreams with the world. It never will be about the fame, the money (there is none lol) and or the title that goes along with being an author. I just wanted to find myself through this journey.

Everyone needs a little push sometimes, everyone needs to be reminded that they are loved. (I know I certainly do.) That's why I started blogging and called it randomness. Hearing about my books may not be that exciting, reading about the music I love, may be exhausting.. But every now and then I want to remind others that they are not alone in their fight for their dreams. When you feel defeated, you should know, that someone else is in your corner. I am always going to PUSH for people to know they have a purpose, that they are cared for.. That's just something I feel I gotta do.

So, if you are feeling like you are taking one step forward and two steps back, don't fret, I understand your feelings. In the end, we all just have to keep pushing. Pushing ourselves to be better, to keep working towards our goals, to keep climbing up that mountain, whatever the cost!

(P.S. I've got your back when you need someone in your corner!)

I shall leave you with some random words of wisdom...

It's not about the who, the where, the why, it's about how high you want to go. Climb that mountain, slay that beast, be positive that you can do anything.

Peace, Love, and all that Jazz- Dee

Weekend Baby!

Today, I am going to share some of my favorite teaser from my new book. It's a darker book for me, but I happened to like the dark. This book was everything dark I wanted to say and then some. I get asked quite a bit if because this is my take on Romeo and Juliet will it end how that story ends, well... That you will just have to read and find out.

Meet Bridget this Spring, coming to an E-Reader near you, very soon!

-Dee King-

Playlist day!

If you haven't seen 50 Shades of Grey, then you may not know this song.

If you haven't listened to the radio (on pop stations) you may not have heard this song.

BUT, if you are one of the hundreds that did see the film, you may recognize the song.

I chose this song for many reasons. One reason is that I thought the song fit into the newest book, Enchanted Legacy, at a particular part. The words he uses to speak of his love for a woman he is in love with, worked out well.

The second reason is that I wanted a song, that was about love, but also broken love. A love that could be found out of something that you thought couldn't happen. Love finds it's way into our hearts when we aren't looking. We find love and then we lose love.. Sometimes,  you find love in the oddest places, but we all search for love, it's finding it, and keeping it is the secret. We may be broken vessels at times, but we all earn for love. You may not earn for the sappy love story kind of love, but everyone searches for love. 

If you are lucky in love then you are lucky enough, is a common quote, I adore.

I find this to be true. Love comes in all shapes and sizes. Love sees no color, no sexual preference, no bias, just pure from the heart, love. Love can be merciless, love can be hard, torn apart, shred you into pieces, and yet hold you to the highest standards that you want, and need. 

In 50 Shades of Grey, the books were about love, but in a twisted way. She, Ana, in the book, wanted pure happy love, Christian, didn't know how to love like she wanted. HE wanted her as a possession not as a lover, per say. She wanted to teach him how to love, and he didn't want to learn. The story changes through the books, and his love becomes more possession than the sappy kind of love. In the end though, they learn from one another, and learn how to make their love work. Everyone needs love, just how you use love is what separates us from one another. If you know someone loves you, but you don't feel the same, then you should let them go. Whether that causes pain at the moment, is better than causing pain in the long road. Fifty Shades was a book, that was most definitely geared for adults. I thought the trilogy was very good, but not the best written book I had read. She was repeating the same phrases numerous times, but in the end, you find that you get over that. Well, at least, I did. 

Today, the song may have been used for a film, that had to deal with very different circumstances than in my upcoming release, Enchanted Legacy, but the song fit. Find your love, find your peace, and LIVE for today. Not for tomorrow. If you are in a relationship, and you think it may not be working for you, then let it go. Let your life, your heart, be free, to enjoy love how it should be. You can't change people, but you can change how you feel and how you should be treated. Find love in your heart, and whatever and whomever that may be, I hope you find that peace with the one you love.

Let's start this day off, shall we?

Monday morning always seems to creep up on you when you think if it could have just held off for a couple of more hours, but none the less, it's Monday.

What shall we talk about today? Oh, I know. Writing. I think sometimes people believe that writing is easy or that even blogging is easy. I have to tell you, it's not. Well, for me it's not. You have to think of something fun or cool to say when blogging, and when writing a book, you have to write what you feel.

Make believe a story in your mind then put it into numerous words. It may be fun, but it's work.

Then you have to make sure that once the book is wrote you promote the book in every way possible, then you become obsessed with making sure everything and everyone is aware, and then you hope they like it.

That's the life of a writer, or at least my life. I wanted to tell all of you that I do love what I do, and I try my best. If you don't give your all, then why even try, you know? I am not even sure if people still read my blog, but the hell with it, I am writing anyways.

I enjoy knowing that sometimes my craziness is read and may be you feel the same way. We all have dark secrets and we don't tell the whole world, but then again we aren't always writing them down for the world to see. When I started writing the new book, I wanted a Romeo and Juliet twist on the book. Something tragic, yet something beautiful.

So, I just wrote.. and then wrote some more. I actually enjoyed writing for the first time with this book. On that note, I wanted to share one more teaser with you guys. I will be adding the song to the playlist on Wednesday, of course, but so far I hope your finding the music a little different than the last book's playlist. It's got quite a few tunes in the book, too.

Here is the newest teaser for you.. I hope you enjoy.

My world, my words, my message, is that I hope everyone walks away from reading a book feeling some kind of joy.

Books turned into films

Today on my facebook "like" page I will be discussing books and movies. Books that were turned into films. I have now seen Divergent twice. Once in the theater, and once at my home when it was released. I thought this film was very close to the book. Veronica Roth wrote a book for all ages. It truly was a masterpiece. Telling the story of Tris, and how she defy's the "system" is a way for everyone to see that it's okay to be different. It leaves you wanting more. I truly hope that people find the courage within themselves as Tris does. Some of you may be asking what does this have to do with my books or my writing? I will explain that. I love to read. It's how I started writing to begin with. I want to share some of my favorites, and some of my love for the YA genre.https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDeeKing?ref=hl  Feel free to come like my page and join in on the fun! Peace, love, and all that Jazz :)

Thank you!!

This is a thank you card for everyone who has kept up with reading my daily thoughts, and following my randomness. I appreciate you, and I thank you! I will give you guy's my first thought's, and my first sneak peeks on my book! You guy's ROCK! Thank you, just doesn't seem enough to say.. This blog has been reached across the world, and for someone like me.. It makes me tear up.. I never thought one person would read what I have wrote, let alone reach others in other countries! SO, Thank you!! 
Dee :)

Weekend

 It's the beginning of the weekend. Of course, you have to work it's still Friday, but you get to look forward to possibly not working tomorrow for most.. so since it's Friday I thought I would share a little bit of my book. Just a paragraph.. maybe something to answer some of the questions.
       
                            Starting a new day is harder than I believed it would be. Waking up, and knowing ,your whole world just flipped upside down is like watching a car wreck in slow motion. You see it happening, but you can't seem to stop it from happening. You want to yell, scream, say STOP! It happens anyway and your just left standing there watching it all go on. You wake up and feel like maybe the life you had, you still did have, but you remember this was the day after your life had changed forever. Do you just sit there? Thinking of normal day to day thing's or do you have a whole new responsibility that you weren't prepared for?

        DK

New to an old game

Being a newbie in old game is hard. Between technology changing like every day, and me being, well, me. It seems I am out of the loop. New things are always struggle to me at times. Some new "things" are cool, other new "things" I just look at like it's an alien that I have never seen. I just stare at these new "things" thinking..hmmm.. what the hell do I do? BUT being new to an old game does not mean I will not figure it out. It just means it might take me longer. I may be new to all this Author business, but I will "GET" it. Just may be a couple of years from now. Who knows what "new" thing will be tomorrow, but for now I am just trying to play the game. So lesson today folks is that you may be new to something, but you will never be to old to try to play the game.
  Your newbie,
     DK

As I sat here working, I was thinking to myself about blogging. You are probably thinking I was thinking of what to say? No. Actually, I was thinking about authors and blogging. I am reminded of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, and many other older authors. How in the world did they make it as a writer back in the day? Most people could not even read, yet they had a very large "fan base." It amazes me the power of word. Word of mouth, words in a book, and now even words in a text. I have no clue how so many authors before I have done this. I mean, I have a clue of course, just it is mind blowing. The amount of time that they must have put into writing had to be daunting to say the least. Now a days anyone who wants write. Can. Amazing, right? I have read some books that I thought how did this ever get published, and other books that have left you wanting more. I know writing the series I am writing scares me. To take on this task I must be crazy, but I felt one book would not tell the whole story. On that note I will leave you with a few thoughts....


     If you could live out your dream would you go for it or sit on the side watching others? Would you rather say you accomplished something in this life then to have said, I didn't even try?
Until tomorrow my friends,
    Dee King

I thought maybe my first blog, just told about who I am for a minute, but that did not really describe me very well. So, let's try this again.
 Colorful past.. well who's isn't really?
Who am I now is the point, right? Let's see... I am just your normal run of  the mill gal.
Nope, that's a lie. I should not lie to my readers.
Okay, let's try this again. I am a loud mouth, who loves to laugh, and to make others laugh. I often get told
"Is that Dee? I would know her laugh anywhere." I am not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I guess it's just my "thang" and I should own it, right? So here is me owning my laugh. When I say loud mouth, I should specify. That means that unfortunately, I may not always be able to keep my opinion to myself. This is often a very big fault for me, but hey we are being honest here. I truly love to make people happy. Oh sure, everyone says that. I am being honest. I like to make people feel comfortable in their own skin. (I should take my own advice on this at times) I am not perfect though, and well that is what makes me, me. So, here is to you. My new "friends" on my blog.