Day 1: Thankful For Music

Today, I feel thankful for music.

Throughout my life I have always loved the stories that are told in music of all sorts. Tonight is the American Music Awards and it seems only fitting that I express my gratitude to how music has influenced me as a person and given me inspiration for many story ideas.Some of the best moments I've written happened while I was listening to music blaring in the background or they were inspired by one particular lyric from a song that stuck out to me Tonight proves a point about how art can bring people together no matter the distance or language barriers. I have loved being a fan of various music whether its Kpop or music from Western artist, it has been rewarding to go to concerts or Kpop stores and see how people bond because they enjoy the same artist. Experiencing that unity has given me the dreams to one day be able to bring people together through my words, although it wouldn't be in the same atmosphere as a concert, it would be an honor to one day witness people putting aside any differences they may have to bond and feel safe. Music has provided me with an outlet to clear my mind or hype up my imagination and I can't imagine what type of writer or person I would be without it. I hope everyone has at least one song or one band that makes them feel safe, happy, and inspired.

Holidays!!

Hi everyone! :)

As the holidays approach I've decided to do some fun activities on not only this website but as well as my Tumblr and my YouTube pages. Starting Sunday I'll be making a new post for every day of the week in honor of Thanksgiving holiday! I'll talk about things I'm thankful for within the Cassadine series and things I'm thankful for in my life too. I'm super excited for holiday season this year and I can't wait to see where everything goes!

Self Evaluate

Eight years ago I picked up a pen and wrote carelessly in an old notebook. I didn't know it then that this would become the most important part of my life. Writing has never simply been a hobby to me. Writing is my way of coping, it's my safety zone, it's my comfort, and it's my soul. That's why it can be such a constant form of self evaluation. The reason the Cassadine trilogy is written in multiple perspectives was because at the time I was still exploring multiple sides of my personality. I didn't think I had a right to be writing from one solid perspective of thoughts and emotions when I don't have one solid personality trait or one solid emotion, I wouldn't be human if I did. It's because of my layered personality that I've written a range of characters from a proper good girl like Arbri to someone with a bit of a bad influence like Claire. I have to give a lot of thanks to my characters from the Cassadine trilogy for guiding me through a lot of different emotions and thoughts as a young teenager, it was through writing their stories that I found a way to express my own in different areas. Now that I am no longer a young teenager and I'm a young adult I'm still self evaluating. I believe that writers have this ridiculous freedom in what they get to do with a story or character. A writer can choose to lie through the whole story, tell the whole truth, or mix between the two. Sometimes you have to balance a truth and a lie to properly bring a piece of work together, but for me I want to be able to one day write about myself for not only my own self cleansing but for readers who may have similar feelings. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a Halsey concert last night and it was a truly beautiful experience. I cried about four times during the concert during songs that hold a personal meaning to me and watching how there were so many different people gathered around to sing and dance I became emotional. I think it's easy to become emotionally attached to a song, but it's a completely different thing to be emotionally attached to an artist. What makes me love and admire Halsey is her honesty about her life experiences and her flaws, because it takes a lot of courage to openly talk about your flaws especially in this time period. I bring up the Halsey concert because I want to be that open with my readers. I want to be able to be honest about myself with anyone who takes the time to read and enjoy my writing. I think I've done a pretty decent job at being candor when people ask me questions, but it's the questions that don't get asked that I hope I'm brave enough to one day speak up about. I hint in a lot of my writing that there's some issues in the world that bother me and I think if anyone knows me well enough they could probably pick out sections from any of the three novels of the Cassadine trilogy and know that it's no longer just the character speaking, but Dasia speaking as well. Take the time to self evaluate once in a while, not too often because that can become harmful instead of helpful, but take the time to know yourself and set goals to improve yourself one step at a time because not only does your work become more passionate and genuine, but you as a person grow too.