by laurak | Feb 10, 2021 | Blog
The life of a writer is similar to the life of an inmate on death row sitting around and watching the clock. You sit around writing your heart out through the jail cell of a pen, hoping for the day when your name or books become a household name. You put in so much...
by laurak | Feb 10, 2021 | Blog
There was a knot in my stomach but no tears yet to cry. There was no platoon standing behind me or a cannon to signal the end of my journey in combat boots. It was just a cubical space filled with memories of someone else’s’ life. It wasn’t even an office space....
by laurak | Feb 10, 2021 | Blog
While serving in Iraq, I worked on my book every day from sunup to sundown, researching self-publishing, and communicating with publishers in the United States. The information was overwhelming but I became obsessed with the process. After my deployment ended, an...
by laurak | Mar 19, 2019 | Blog
Five steps to a Facebook cleanse! In a world consumed with how many likes one receives, we don’t stand a chance. Do you check your Facebook to add up the amount of fingers that have decided to like or love your picture? With each rising number, does your smile widen?...
by laurak | Mar 19, 2019 | Blog
Lately, I have been thinking about history’s past and the injustice that was done to my ancestors. It is so easy to get caught up in our own discomfort of change, to-do-list, and life’s irksome obligations. I stopped in the midst of my temporary exhaustion and...
