Amuse paperback has been approved and is now available on most platforms like Amazon and Barnes and Noble!

Sitting here in the quiet of the house, before everyone else has risen, feeling really grateful and blessed.

I’m finally following my dreams, regardless whether they net a pot of gold. See I got caught up in the day to day to day to day grind. You know the Work Sleep hamster wheel. Feeling like you’re always going, but really getting anywhere.

And I’m not a total nut, I know we all have to pay bills, rent, mortgage, food, etc… No one wants to be a starving artist. But it hit me one day when I was sitting on the couch watching tv, thinking how many hours have I given to other people’s stories? Hours that could have been mine? What if I had been using those hours for me?

So I had to ask myself, are you seriously wanting to share not only Amuse but other ideas that have been swimming around in my head? If yes, then when? I’m not getting any younger. Not to mention, life is unexpected, what if I put it off then for some tragic reason I’m unable to.

That’s the rub, isn’t it? We aren’t taught to focus on OUR goals, on OUR dreams, we’re taught how to live in the machine. We’re taught that the grind is just life, and that only SPECIAL people get to be extraordinary. Well I want to be special and extraordinary. I’ve wanted it since I was 4 years old.

Here’s what I decided. If the end game is death, then why are we allowing ourselves to be so miserable? F@*k the machine! This is my life and this is your life. We are all spirits who came down to Earth to have human experiences.

I don’t think that included stressing about your job that you are only doing to pay your bills and maybe just maybe you get to go somewhere for vacation. Is that why you came here? I bet it’s not!

Those special people, the difference between them and us is they made their dreams their career. Michael Jordan didn’t become an accountant because the idea of basketball was silly.

In case you needed to hear it, YOU ARE SPECIAL! Stop waiting for some unknown time in the future to finally follow your bliss. It doesn’t have to be earth shattering, you don’t have to be famous, just happy.

There is a reason Joy is so high up on the emotional vibration scale.

Do me a favor, I want you to write down what you really want in life on a piece of paper. Then on another piece of paper I want you to write all the excuses why you haven’t yet. Then I want you to take that second piece of paper and throw it away!

Seriously, I used to tell myself I didn’t have enough time with my one job and chores and errands. Then I learned about a woman in her 80’s, working 3 jobs, and still found time to write and publish her novel.

Another thing I’ve learned is those blocks that keep us from even trying or trying and then giving up, those are inside us, WE are the ones perpetuating these beliefs and only WE can remove them oursleves.

So find what works for you; whether it’s meditation, breath work, ho’oponopono, mirror work, EFT, etc… but start doing something about it!

Tell me, what is your dream(s)?

Until next time – Love and Blessings

Karma Marie

I couldn’t wait, so the Amuse eBook is now available on the following platforms:

Barnes&Noble
Rakuten kobo
Apple Books
Everand
tolino
OverDrive
ODILO
vivlio
Borrow Box
Smashwords
Palace Marketplace
Gardners
fable

More platforms are being added, there has been a slight delay with Amazon but should be soon and I will update here. Most of the platforms, including Apple Books will be FREE for a limited time, the other platforms will be .99 cents.

Looking forward to reader’s thoughts, especially what they are expecting from the sequel(s).

Thank you so much for your support! – Karma Marie

Hey family and friends, a little update.

So, my artist A.R. Brewer surprised me with a revised Amuse cover to go with the revised Amuse book, it is stunning! I’m so incredibly blessed to know her and her creative generosity.

Amuse is online with a Cyber Monday deal of FREE or .99 cents, depending on the platform.

Today I got 7 chapters into the sequel, only to accidentally erase it, so there’s that. However, shit happens and you just got to keep moving forward.

Oh and I signed up for BBC Maestros online courses, got a year unlimited for only $72 for Black Friday. I’m currently watching Bill Lawrence’s writing for television. It’s an amazing course, I’m loving it. Also, Alan Moore. You really should check it out.

That’s all for this installment, I’m exhausted and anticipate a long day of rewrites tomorrow.

Until next time, love and blessings! – Karma Marie

Life is short, even with multiples, aka reincarnation, the life you’re in now does have an expiration date. Worse yet, unlike that jug of milk we fear to smell test, we do not get a pre written notice of this date. It could be 90 years or 90 minutes.

It’s thoughts like these that come to me when I’m berating myself for couch potato surfing. What, do I think I’m still 23? And let’s be honest, even if I were that’s not a guarantee for unlimited or even a maximum amount of time, is it?

No matter how many renditions of bucket list movies Hollywood churns out, it’s still easier to succomb to the program of eat, work, sleep, repeat or spend a weekend cleaning an organizing my office space, yet again rather than tackling that next chapter. Is this a lack of belief or a lack of discipline?

I recently had an epiphany after meditating. I thought about my novel Amuse, a full hearted but not fully believed product I thrust out into the world for inspection and validation. What did I expect? I had hoped people would like it but hadn’t invested the time or money to ensure it was edited and presented in it’s best light.

Now the cover looked amazing, I was, am still blessed with an amazing friend and artist, A.R. Brewer but when reviews came in with ‘love the story but it needs some editing’, I knew I had released it prematurely. I was asked for a sequel that I worked on and have many chapters and notes but hesitated to release it as it would bring attention to the debut. So, I ‘attempted’ to clean it up but didn’t get very far. Years went by. Yes, YEARS! Nearly 10 to be exact!

I received the much needed kick in the ass, when it hit me, I was working a job that paid the bills, but was that all for me? Would I just shrivel up creatively, and in my golden years reflect back on my -almost- attempt to satisfy my soul’s delight, with bitter resentment?

Wayne Dyer has a wonderful quote, “Don’t die with your music still in you.” And that is what I intend to do and what I encourage you to do, also! Live like you’re dying. Fulfill your soul’s purpose, your bliss, even if only in attempt!

You don’t need a bucket list, you need a to do list or even better, a DOING LIST!

Until next time, Love and Blessings – Karma Marie