Raw Emotions

     As a writer and author, it has always been my dream to share words that leave a lasting impression. Like other tellers of tales, I have labored over the keyboard and scraps of old school paper jotting down thoughts and feelings no matter where I may be. True I have deleted or crinkled up in a ball more than I have saved or tucked away in a desk drawer overflowing with my rejects. I have reached so far into my memories that sometimes I fear I may get stuck there forever.

     Writing is more than a passion its an invitation for my readers to become a part of the story by giving feedback, whether good or bad. When someone tells me, the story left them with a roller coaster of emotions, I am filled with joy as I did my job as a storyteller.

     One of the hardest things for me is having to let go of my characters once the piece is completed. It's like closing the chapters of my own life. When I wrote “Raw Emotions” I spent countless hours looking at scraps of paper where I had scribbled down a memory and put it with the hundreds of others, I have written over the past five decades. I think I was a memory hoarder. It was challenging to say the least trying to separate those pieces I wanted to include in the book and putting the rest back in the old cardboard box that lays dormant in a closet.

     This book is I believe a collection of everybody’s memories that needed a jump start. Forgotten times and events that all of us have had but left them to be hidden away and forgotten with time. I hope some of you will read this book, not because I want to be a huge success but rather so you can rekindle old memories and emotions, we all need from time to time. To those of you who have read it, thank you. I hope it brought you a smile, a tear, and maybe even a moment of reflection into the raw emotions of your life.

Mike



Raw Emotions is available at Amazon books as well at iuniverse.com
You can also get links to my work at www.michaeloconnorwriter.com