Thoughts from an Extraordinary yet Ordinary soul

Anyone who knows me knows I have a deep affection for books and writing. I am planning on writing not just a novel but a series. My passion is psychology, forensics, PI and  detective based novels I am a thriller girl all the way, with a passion for mythology as well I highly recommend the Tracy Crosswhite series By Robert Dugoni  Its about a Young woman who becomes a Homicide detective in search for her sister who disappeared years before in their home town in cedar grove. It is a series I couldn't put down, filled full of love, loss, suspense and mystery.     ` As a woman who battles depression I, like many others find reading as an escape from reality.     To get lost on a adventure with characters you fall in love with, is just the greatest escape. Its almost like being a child again and being taken off to neverland. I believe reading also helps give perspective with other peoples situations which can help you emp...

A little about me My name is Heather Eaglen, I am 32 years old and I aspire to be a novelist, which is a issue because at the moment I don't even know what to write for this blog. lol  I struggle with addiction and I am currently clean, I have been for over a year now. Sometimes I worry that staying sober is an impossible task. Sometimes I feel weak and unworthy of a good life, a clean sober life. At times I wonder if I am the type of person who Can be successful at anything or if I will always fail. I've realized most of my failures have not been because I was incapable of success but because I am always so terrified of failing that I never try. I talk about all these things that I want to do, but I never actually do them an all the while days are just passing me by.  How do I learn to let go of my mistakes, my mistakes as an addict, my mistakes as a woman, my mistakes as a child. How do I live A life and not let these things define the woman I t...