Amy Stark's Books

 Do what makes you happy. Sometimes you have to focus on your own happiness. Not everyone is going to be supportive or root you on through it. Cut out the people who don't support you or treat you poorly down that goes for family and friends. Follow your dreams and goals. Work towards them. Don't give up hope. You might fail sometimes and that is okay.

 Trying to sell books isn't always easy as people make it out to sound. People sometimes automatically assume that because you are a published author you must be making lots of money which isn't always the case. Sometimes I have even dropped prices for e-books or done free promos and they still don't download or sell hardly. I don't have the money for advertisement so I use all social media to get it out by the word of mouth. Sometimes I will make a few sells but not many. It isn't all about the sells for me it is about people reading my books. I used hashtags and everything. Sometimes I will read my poetry or read part of my books to others. People keep asking why don't I sell many and my answer is that I don't know. I don't write just one genre. I write poetry, science fiction/fantasy, and romance. Some of the people who have read them say they are good. Some say that I have to many characters and that it's to long or this that or the other. For al...

 Money doesn't buy you happiness if you really think about it. Yes, you need money to have clothes, food, shelter, and pay bills. You need it to fix things. It is the people in your life who are truly there for you that help with happiness. It is about doing the things you enjoy doing. It is about spending quality time with family and friends. About dancing in the rain. Watching the stars and moon. Listening to birds chirp, frogs croaking, crickets chirping, and nature. Coloring outside the lines. People can have lots of money and buy things and not be happy. They can be truly miserable. It is like they are filling a void. You can't buy real love, happiness, or true friends. Buying things for people to make up for lost time or fix a problem doesn't give time back nor does it fix the problem. It can cause greed and selfishness. Make people stoop down to levels they shouldn't have to and sometimes lose their self respect. Some end up getting money and then they forgot the...

 When we lose someone it's like a nightmare we can't wake from. Some will tell us they know how we feel and they truly don't know how we feel because they aren't us. They can only have an understanding of it. We all cope and handle it differently. Not one person handles it or goes through the same motions at the same time and it can cause people to butt heads. There are days you just want to be numb and feel nothing. Days you don't want to get out of bed. Sometimes eat your feelings or self medicate. Days that you just want to blow up and it doesn't take much. The days where you want to cry and wonder will the tears ever stop. People say it gets easier and it doesn't really. You learn to cope. Telling stories of the ones we lose is what keeps them alive. It is about the stories and pictures. Sometimes we feel like we are going to forget them so we do everything in our power to keep their memories alive. Some of us light a candle in memory of them. Others cel...

 For many years sometimes people call themselves my friends and they make me wonder are they really my friend or not. I question that because their actions speak louder than words. They say they will come see me yet they don't come see me or constantly make excuses. I have some that say they will call or text yet I am the one who usually calls or texts first. There have been times I won't call or text for a long time and they don't ever say a word. No one is ever that busy, let's be honest. If you want to make time you will make time. They say they will always be there, yet where are they really. When you need someone to listen and try to get a hold of them you either get voicemail, no response, or the worst left on read. Some say they are busy yet they are constantly posting to their social media. How hard is it to message someone first? People make excuse about that and it's like wow. Then you hear I didn't want to bother you and that is like really?!? People ...

 When it comes to depression sometimes you fall down a dark hole. There are days where it just feels like the end of the world.  Those days you don't want to get out of bed.  The days of where you want to isolate yourself and other days you are like love me love me now. Days where you don't want touched or days you want hugged. Putting stuff off. Eating feelings or not eating at all. People sometimes call you lazy and other names which don't make it any better.  We don't want to be like this. You get in your own head. Much lost sleep or sleep to much. The you don't know whether to bottle it up or talk to someone.  The crying about anything and everything because you are triggered.  It can be stressful.  Times where it is so overwhelming.  Feeling like you are spiraling down or on a rollercoaster.  The thoughts that you don't feel loved, worthless,  won't amount to anything, and a burden.  The self chatter that goes through your head...

Sometimes opening up to people isn't easy. There are many times I have regretted opening up to people. They don't always listen or aren't truly there for you. You don't have to share with everyone.  Not everyone is going to be there for you.  Many will disappoint you.  They will let you down. If someone is pouring out their heart and you are busy just say so or tell them you don't want to hear it. How hard is that? If someone is reaching out to talk respond to their messages or answer their calls. Maybe they need a family member or friend because it is that bad. People who care make time for people they care about and love.  They don't leave them on read or make excuses.  That is why some end up disappearing or shut the world out. It makes them feel like people don't care, love them. and that they are invisible. Sometimes they just need people to be there the same way they are for others.  Of course the world doesn't work that way.  That is why some ju...