Do you read books? I do. I mean I'm not a bookworm but I like keeping a book or two on my bedside table. Reading a book takes me to another world, makes me forget my busy day and resets my mind. It really helps me to sleep peacefully.
Alex, young and beautiful, is the author of "Something Blue". I have known her for nearly a decade now and I only discovered that she published a book!
When I was struggling to move forward with my business, a lot of people encouraged me and inspired me. Her sister Victoria was also one whom I introduced to you here in my earlier blog. When Victoria shared with me a story of what her sister Alex went through to publish her own book I remember that I was so inspired.
Like myself, when you start something new and try to sell yourself to others or even strangers to take the first step, it is just bloody damn hard. You get so many rejections. I probably got 20 rejections from banks and even from loan sharks! as I didn't have any experience of running a business even though I was very experienced with what I do.
Alex wasn't an exception. When Victoria told me what Alex and she went through, I was embarrassed to be honest. I expected that it was going to be very hard but compared to these sisters I gave up too easily. When I almost gave up I thought I had done more than enough and I was even proud of myself for how much I had tried...! until I heard stories about them.
Alex is not only young and beautiful but obviously very smart. But that isn't enough to push through walls and most people would give up there. If I hadn't met these sisters I would not have been here now.
So, I ordered her book online straight away.
You know, with some books, it takes a few pages (if not dozens) for you to feel like you keep reading until the end. I have a few books that I never finished after a few pages.
When I started reading Something Blue one night, I seriously had an electric shock. I was very tired dealing with all the business dramas but it woke my brain up completely. I kept mumbling "omg! This is so good! Alex is so good!" She told me that she had been writing as a hobby. Well, this is beyond hobbies, it's her talent.
This girl Nikki is a normal Lebanese young girl who goes through a breakup. She has a big and typical Lebanese family who love her dearly and they try to support her after the painful breakup. Well, family can be annoying sometimes though but they try their best because they all love her. I don't have a big family or any family here in Australia. It's always me and puppies (and ex husband etc lol). I never feel lonely. In fact I am loving my single life but the story about this girl's family makes my heart warm and makes me cherish one for myself.
It was months ago and I was thinking of a way to "support" her book somehow as this book should be in everyone's hand. But now, as it should, this book is booming! She does not need my "support" at all but I still want to talk about it as it WOWed me. I am so happy that many people felt the same.
The story is not about a love romance or a murder but typical woman's everyday life. It's about life itself.
She told me that before the book was published, she cried and told her dad that she was worried about what people would think about the story. How people might think the girl in the book is her. I imagine that writing a book is almost like exposing your inner thoughts to everyone. It is scarly. Even though she was finally publishing her book after so many rejections it must have been very scarly..which I can relate to.
When you look at people who look successful, you somehow tend to think that they have a better easier life. But I now believe (know) that every success story has so many dramas and bitter truths behind the scenes.
Especially for me, this story is happening in my city (Sydney) so it feels like Nikki really exists and one day I bump into her.
You will feel a sense of affinity in the world Nikki is seeing and feeling and that’s the most amazing factor why this book is the best selling.
You can order 'Something Blue" through this link here
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