Dream On

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

When I was a kid I got into a lot of trouble for day dreaming. I had a very flexible view of what was real and what was not and often created lovely stories about myself or my family which weren’t strictly true. I soon learned I shouldn’t do that so I confined myself to reading gazillions of books and day dreaming about those worlds, which I knew weren’t real, rather than turning my own life into a fairy story.

It is easy to see why we are encouraged not to dream. We’re constantly being told we need to get a good education so that we can be successful and make money. And, unfortunately it is true. We do have to live and work in the real world, whether we like it or not.

It took me a long while to work out that I still needed to be creative. I worked in finance before I had children and it just stifled me. When I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to stay at home with my four kids and move to a new continent, I decided to write one of those big epic historical romance novels I’d always loved to read. I set about it with passion and joy and enthusiasm- without having a clue what I was doing.

But I knew it was right. It felt like all the pieces of me that had never made any sense suddenly clicked together and I knew that even if the book never sold (and it didn’t) I’d found something to do with my life that meant something to me.  And how cool is that? Okay, so the glow had to last through five years of writing, submitting and being rejected, but I kept going and then I sold something and then something else and got an agent and sold to New York and recently sold to another New York publisher as well.

And here I am writing this blog and wondering how to give my own kids that balance between allowing them to follow their dreams and encouraging them to go to college and set themselves up to earn a good living.

My question for you is, how important is it to allow yourself some creative activity and how do you balance this with your real life?

I’m giving away a signed copy of Kiss of the Rose and the perfumed soap and scent I had created just for the book launch to one commenter.

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Be true to your dreams, and they may come true!

Submitted by gincam on Fri, 08/06/2010 - 7:10am.

I believe that the key to true happiness in life is to know who you really are as a person and to stay faithful to your own beliefs and inner voice. Stifling a person's creativity is a form of suffocation. We all need to breathe. I love to cook and create new recipes, sew, quilt, crochet, knit, garden, work on my PC, and read. I love my pets, and I couldn't imagine my life without them! I also write poetry, short stories, and love to make people laugh. Someday, I may attempt a writing career.

I have been through a lot of career ups and downs. I lost my job last November, and I am still unemployed. I live in a very small town with few job opportunities. I would love to be employed in a position which allowed me to promote literacy and put books in the hands of everyone who wants to read. We live in a PC and internet fueled world, but there are still many people in the United States struggling with literacy. That's why print books, newspapers, magazines and etc. are so vitally important. Not everyone is PC literate or has access to a computer or internet. Not everyone uses a cell phone, much less owns a multi-tasking "omni" cell phone! I started off in life as a bookworm, and the more complicated life became, the less time I had to read. The last few years, I have turned to books for comfort and to return to my roots. I think it is especially important for girls and women to have healthy self-esteem. Improving their reading skills opens up the world, and brings them all kinds of new opportunities.

I did reply but don't know if

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Submitted by robynl on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 5:37pm.

I did reply but don't know if it is coming through later so will try to say the same again.

I love making crafts which brings out my creative side. I get to experiment with items for different crafts and I get to test myself on how creative I am.

I have crafted for years whether I was busy otherwise or not. Now I have a lot of time on my hands and I am scrapbooking- I find it very interesting to look back and think "did I really do that page"?

It is a must to tap into my

Submitted by Leni on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 9:17am.

It is a must to tap into my creative energy or else there will be an uneasy unbalanced off feeling.
Cooking, painting, drawing, or day dreaming are all up there. I find doing small projects help when there isn't much time. It is relaxing to explore a new project and figure out any problems that might have to be solved.

lenikaye@yahoo.com

Congratulations Blog Winner

Submitted by Susan on Fri, 08/06/2010 - 6:16pm.

Congratulations to LeniKaye! You are the winner of the Kate Pearce blog contest. Please forward your contact information to susan(at)writerspacemail(dot)com.

Living your dream

Submitted by Linda Henderson on Wed, 08/04/2010 - 4:48pm.

I raised two daughters, mostly by myself and it's hard to encourage your kids to follow their dream when the economy is so bad that you have to work whatever job pays you the most. I'm retired now on disability and I never reached my dream of running a bookstore. I worked a lot of good jobs and some that I really liked, but that bookstore dream was always there. My oldest daughter has been working since she was 16 and is now 32 and has a better paying job than I ever had, but she's not happy. My youngest daughter is a stay at home mom of 3 and since she always wanted to be home to raise her kids, she is closer to her dream than any of us. She eventually wants to go back into the workforce, but after her children are older. I hope that works for her. Until then, I will dream that my oldest will find her happy place and love what she does, or at least tolerate it better. I don't know that a college degree is always the answer, I know a girl with an advanced degree that is working in a clothing store. I think it depends on the field you go into. Healthcare and computers seem to be the way right now. So after this big long ramble I would say, encourage your children to follow their dream, but be prepared to work hard to get it.

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