Welcome back to my site after a blogging holiday I never intended to take - it was more the case that everything in my life forced me to pack my little TSW blogging suitcase and up sticks for a while. It's been a crazy few months to say the least and even though my blog might be back, I'm not promising there will be regular posts and there might even be a few weeks at a time where you'll hear nothing from me. This is because I want to keep my small piece of the internet as a hobby and something I do only when I can with no pressure, as I've already put enough of that on myself recently. This blog was so important to me in the two years after withdrawal and I'm so glad I documented exactly what happened during that time, both mentally and physically.
Before I say anything else, I wanted to thank you all for the most incredible response to my book, CURING MY INCURABLE ECZEMA. I wrote it more than anything for myself; as a way of closing a door on that 'chapter' of my life and to be able to have all the information from that period of time in one place, so for people to actually buy it and leave such lovely reviews, comments and posts was more than I could ever have wished for and made the end of 2017/the beginning of this year so wonderful. Thank you <3 It is available worldwide on Amazon in paperback and eBook format and for the UK link, click here and for those in the US, click here... or keep reading this post for a little giveaway ;)
Life in my blogging absence has been nothing short of insane - that's not because I've been doing lots of different things, more that my time has been taken up doing one thing in particular: writing. I don't know what it was exactly but at the end of last year in November when I wrote/worked on CURING MY INCURABLE ECZEMA, it gave me such focus and drive to work and work and work until writing was my career. Since then, I have been doing exactly that; writing before and after work, hiding away at weekends, not seeing friends and making sacrifices which I hope will pay off in the end.
I have been working a lot on my self-published chick lit series, WEIGHTING TO LIVE; re-editing them all, writing a new short story as part of it and very soon I will be giving all the books new covers before doing my damnedest to get the series out there. I've also been working on a novel that fills me with joy and something else VERY exciting which I cannot wait to share with you all very soon... I suppose you could say that writing isn't exactly the easiest career path I could have chosen for myself but I don't care as I love it and if nothing happens at the end of it then hey ho, I've enjoyed the journey and have a pretty special hobby to show for it. TSW taught me the most important thing is to not give up, so I won't.I will chat about how my skin has been in a few weeks' time (although it's not like I've got much to say on that front) and have some posts lined up for you already, but do let me know what you'd like to see on this blog and I will do my best to make it happen.
In a bid to not go on too long, let's move on to the giveaway. As a thank you, I am giving away one free copy of my book, CURING MY INCURABLE ECZEMA. The giveaway is open WORLDWIDE and all you need to do in order to win it is to simply comment on this post or my latest Instagram photo relating to the giveaway or email me at tswcara @ hotmail (dot) com. You don't need to be subscribed or what have you, just write a simple message/comment telling me in a sentence or two about your own skin journey - that's it. I'll choose a winner at the end of this month (31st May) and will reveal the name of the person on 1st June in a post and also send a private message, so make sure there is some way for me to contact you if you win!I wanted to finish off by saying that in exactly a month's time it will be five years since I started my TSW journey. Five years in which I completely changed my life and ended up with skin I had only dreamed about for so long. TSW is the best thing I've ever done and while it may have taken so long to get better, that time has now passed and here I am with no skin condition and a new outlook on life.
I will be back very soon so until then, I am sending hugs & healing your way,
Cara xxx
P.S. You can follow me on Twitter @authorcaraward <3 Twitter is something I have wanted to use again for a while now and after pushing through some silly shyness, here we are. It would be lovely to see you over there!
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