Tuesday 1 September 2020

Finding Light in 2020

The post below this one, about one bad chapter, put me in mind of my latest book, Our Lanterns Glow, because I talk about our 'books' and the 'blank page' in it. As I haven't yet shared my inspirational and motivational little book here, a place for inspiration and motivation, after all, I though I'd tell you about it now :)

If you have been following my blogs for a while, you will know my Lore series is a major body of work, all books now published, and in them I use sayings and insights to head chapters. It occurred to me during lockdown that those insights often help me and they may therefore help others ... and thus was Our Lanterns Glow born, a non-fiction book based on fictional excerpts.

It's now live, exclusive to Amazon, and is available as an eBook and in print, and the audio book will be ready soon too.


The year is 2020

 We have seen fires in Australia, locust plagues in Africa, both flooding and drought elsewhere, and riots and marches, too, but all pales in comparison to what 2020 is really about. A global pandemic.

 We have endured lockdown and it appears it will befall us more than once as this virus runs its course. We no longer live with any kind of certainty. We need to cope with the reality, which includes the virus itself, the loss of loved ones and economic devastation, if only by staying as positive as is possible.

 Understanding who we are and who we can be, if we take care to be honest with ourselves, is the first step to dealing with the progress of utter change and helps us forge a path through the chaos.

 Therefore, this book.

 Our Lanterns Glow is a deliberate choice of title. We are, each of us, lanterns in the darkness. We shine, and we hoist our lanterns for others to find their way. We can trim the wick of our lamps to brighten our inner selves, and will thus shed the resultant glow ever outwards.

 Based on fictional insights, for fiction has helped us in these trying times, Our Lanterns Glow isn’t a cure all, it is about insight and the inspiration we need to move forward. We have everything to gain in trying something new, something different …

OUR LANTERNS GLOW


 



One bad chapter