What better way to start a New Year than to glance back in time? To take your own personal tardis and whizz back and reflect on all that you have achieved in the last year or so.
Perhaps you are still chasing a dream like I am?
The dream of being a published author, or poet, or renowned artist, or photographer. Whatever your dream might be there is bound to be a moment in the past that you’d like to share with your followers? Maybe an inspirational post?
Or there might be an article that you wrote a long time ago that meant a lot to you, and you’d now like to bring it to the forefront of your followers attention again.
Whatever the reason do feel welcome to join in with my new monthly bloggers link up. It’s new, it’s fresh, it’s exciting!! LOL!!!
After a long struggle it does appear that 2017 will be my year to publish. I am feeling much more confident about this after all the ongoing help I am receiving from the marvellous blogging community. So with that in mind I’d like to share with you a post that I originally published in June 15th 2014. This post highlighted the extraordinary beauty of a crystal grotto that I visited in Juniper Artland. This grotto was one of my early sources of inspiration for my YA manuscript about a mysterious Crystal Cottage, which I have since entitled The Curse of Time. It is my intention that The Curse of Time will be at least a two books series, perhaps a three! With book one featuring The Bloodstone, and book two The Golden Healer.
So let me introduce you to my photos of the Grotto….
Juniper Artland – The Light Pours Out of Me – Anya Gallachio
Aren’t the crystals magnificent? I was totally enthralled by these gleaming beauties. It inspired me to write a story about a hidden, magical, but vulnerable place . In time the story grew and grew to encompass several themes: light, darkness, shadows, myths, time, deception, et cetera, et cetera, and oh a curse, or two.
So next time you visit a beautiful place just stop for a moment and allow yourself to fall in love with it. You might just find yourself on a wondrous journey.
If you’d like to join in with my bloggers link up, please draw attention to your old posts by writing a short blog post as I have done and then add your links to the comment field of this post. If you wish you may use the photo at the top of this post as your blog post header.
Also if you wish you can link your posts to a popular hastag #Throwback Thursday #THT or if you’re posting on a Friday #FBF #FlashbackFriday. These are great link ups for old photos, or memorabilia…
More about that here: Lifewire – Throwback Thursday
Shake out your old posts and give them a new lease of life.
I do hope you decide to join in, the more the merrier!
Happy Blogging!
Sounds like fun! I’ll have to join this event sometime! Time to start digging through my old posts. Great idea, Marje! 🙂
That’s great. Look forward to you joining in. Thanks for your support in this new, exciting, blogging event. 🙂
Let this be the year to publish! Alas, I want be joining in, but I look forward to the results. 🙂
Thank you! My manuscript is currently with my final beta reader Colleen Chesebro so getting there… Slowly!!
This is a fun idea, Marjorie! I’ll have to start looking through some old posts 😀 And yay! How exciting that you’ll publish this year 👏🏻👏🏻 Can’t wait to see the finished product x
That’s great Helen, look forward to you joining in… Thanks for the encouragement re: the manuscript. 🙂 x
You’re very welcome – I have fingers and toes crossed for you 🙂
Great idea Marje. I’ll join in later in the winter after my blogging break 🙂
Oh, that would be great Debby. Have a lovely break. x
Thanks Marje. <3