Mending a Broken Heart
Oct. 29th, 2017 06:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yonkyuI'm not sure how to even start this post but I have to share my feelings regarding the sad news I received on Wednesday night.
A good friend of mine shared with me on Wednesday evening that a friend of ours passed away. I was in shock and numb at what I was told. I didn't want it to be true. But sadly that news was true and my heart broke into a million pieces.
Jen will be forever missed by many people who knew her and loved her. I meet Jen through some mutual friends and she helped me so much with my writing. Jen became my beta and I was very aware of her illness. I may not have known her the same way as others who knew her for years.
She was a very kind, sweet, and caring person. She was intelligent and honestly blunt, never beating around the bush. When she became my beta, she helped me work through the editing process. Supported me through multiple rewrites and rework of unflattering sentences that broke up my flow of the story. I learned so much about the craft of writing from Jen and I hate that she is gone. But I do know that she will always be with me watching over my shoulder, whispering in my ears reassuring me that things will be okay and the more I write the better it will be. And to be honest, I don't even want to look for a new beta but I know its very important for my writing and confidence to have one. And its why I promised myself that I would keep going, pushing forward with my writing. I want to keep getting better, make positive progress, and create fun-loving stories. Write about what I like and not sure so much about others influence. Try new things and evolve my writing and myself over time.
So, in honor of Jen, I'm going to continue to write. Keep practicing and improve over time. Never give up and know that some stories won't always be good while others will be wonderful. I'm keeping to my plan and focusing on shorter word counts for my stories and to work on my prose or overly descriptive wording. Meaning I won't be participating in large challenges because I don't think I'm quite ready for that at this time, maybe sometime down the road. I will be making more of an effort to participate in![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
madrona_project. A place I was welcomed with open arms and given support and encouragement to keep working with my original works!!!
So, Thank You, Jen, for being my friend, beta, and cheerleader for the short time we shared with one another. I love you and will miss you until we can be together again!!! Be a butterfly and spread your wings!!!
A good friend of mine shared with me on Wednesday evening that a friend of ours passed away. I was in shock and numb at what I was told. I didn't want it to be true. But sadly that news was true and my heart broke into a million pieces.
Jen will be forever missed by many people who knew her and loved her. I meet Jen through some mutual friends and she helped me so much with my writing. Jen became my beta and I was very aware of her illness. I may not have known her the same way as others who knew her for years.
She was a very kind, sweet, and caring person. She was intelligent and honestly blunt, never beating around the bush. When she became my beta, she helped me work through the editing process. Supported me through multiple rewrites and rework of unflattering sentences that broke up my flow of the story. I learned so much about the craft of writing from Jen and I hate that she is gone. But I do know that she will always be with me watching over my shoulder, whispering in my ears reassuring me that things will be okay and the more I write the better it will be. And to be honest, I don't even want to look for a new beta but I know its very important for my writing and confidence to have one. And its why I promised myself that I would keep going, pushing forward with my writing. I want to keep getting better, make positive progress, and create fun-loving stories. Write about what I like and not sure so much about others influence. Try new things and evolve my writing and myself over time.
So, in honor of Jen, I'm going to continue to write. Keep practicing and improve over time. Never give up and know that some stories won't always be good while others will be wonderful. I'm keeping to my plan and focusing on shorter word counts for my stories and to work on my prose or overly descriptive wording. Meaning I won't be participating in large challenges because I don't think I'm quite ready for that at this time, maybe sometime down the road. I will be making more of an effort to participate in
madrona_project. A place I was welcomed with open arms and given support and encouragement to keep working with my original works!!!So, Thank You, Jen, for being my friend, beta, and cheerleader for the short time we shared with one another. I love you and will miss you until we can be together again!!! Be a butterfly and spread your wings!!!
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Date: 2017-10-29 11:31 pm (UTC)