Showing posts with label coping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coping. Show all posts

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Whatever It Takes is live!

Happy Release Day!

Whatever It Takes is live and you can find it at the following sites:



Four years ago, I thought my life was pretty normal for a teenager. Three years ago, my world was shattered, and now I’m just trying to hold the pieces together. But regret and anger aren’t so easy to ignore.

I just need to catch my breath … for it all to go away …

I thought I might finally be ready to move on from that horrible night, but then he decided to come back.

He can’t come back … he’ll ruin me completely.

One horror-filled night changes the course of Samantha’s seemingly normal life. She’s ruined everything. Despite her determination to keep the family ranch up and running, her guilt makes it impossible to completely move on or forget.

Sam takes comfort in her quirky, endearing friends as she tries to balance between the girl she was and the woman she wants to become. Just when she thinks she’s finally making amends with her past, someone she never thought she’d see again returns, and Sam’s life is once again turned upside down. Both her head and her heart want different things, so she’s lost when, once again, she’s forced to make a decision that will inevitably change her life.

Twitter: @LindseyRPogue

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Whatever It Takes Excerpt #2 - Coming Friday, January 22


While the last excerpt was sort of warm and fuzzy, this one is a little darker. This story is a mesh of the gritty, rougher parts of life, especially as a young adult, but also the moments that keep us smiling and looking for light in the dark. Here's one of Sam's darker moments...


Sunday, January 11, 2015

...Patience, the eight letter virtue from hell...


Yep. I know this; I remind myself to practice patience daily. But it's not going so well. I don't know if it's a virtue I'll ever have, actually, but I know it's definitely one that I lack. 

I'm not a patient person in general. Not when I'm waiting for my tea water to boil, or when I'm driving for point A to point Z. I'm not patient when I'm waiting for paint to dry or when kids are in a restaurant screaming or kicking the back of my seat at the movie theater. I hate that my phone is so slow even though it's "smart". I have issues, I know this.


There are clearly many things I struggle to cope with, but it's not just in my daily life that I struggle with patience. I've noticed it most in my writing, a craft that cannot--at least it should not--be rushed. 


This is when I want patience most, when I have time to write but the muse has left the building. Or when I can't keep my eyes open to finish revising a chapter but I "have" to get it done to meet my goal. Patience evades me when I'm outlining, and I just want to have a finished product, one that is exactly what I want and a finished, refined product. 


Although I know patience isn't something I will wield overnight, it is something I plan to work on for 2015. Because I know that patience with myself is key, and with it I can do anything I put my mind to.

Just Breathe and step away from the edge...before I end up like this...