Second Book
- Connie Porteous
- 1 hour ago
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"My Cinderella Story - A Dark Fairy Tale: Parts 1 - 3 - Amongst Monsters"
Me at 8 years of age!!!
November 28, 2025
I apologize for not blogging for some time now. I do have 12 posts on hold, but I just haven't had the time to get back to them yet. Once I finish my other work, I will definitely get those and more completed. I really do love writing and sharing my journey.
I had been trying to get my second book of my series done but it was giving me trouble, so I put it aside and wrote an entirely new book. It is an Autobiographical Fictional Horror Novel that I am now typing out...that is more than halfway done. I like to write first in a notebook as I find the actual feel of writing very cathartic and creative. With ADHD, I find the actual act of writing relaxing, as a form of stimming, improving my focus and concentration...it's quite lovely actually.
I was more focused (ADHD - hyper-focused) on this new novel then I was my second book for my series, and had even put it aside until I was asked to use it for a class that another author was doing to teach how to launch a book...so I finished it as best I could and we published it November 10th...it was super exciting!!! I couldn't get into "Part 3 - Decade Four 2006 - 2014" so it is a 'To Be Continued' part...it kept pushing me away, so I left it...I will finish it in time, when I am stronger, able to face those burdens head on...that's not right now though.
So, this is my published second book ...
"My Cinderella Story - A Dark Fairy Tale: Parts 1 - 3 Amongst Monsters"
... on Amazon and numerous Ebook platforms ...
This part of the series is about the traumas I endured for the first 30 years of my life. I do not go into my 'home' life very much because I don't want to hurt my 'family' as they are on their own paths and are not in the same healing space I am, I don't want to trigger them. The stories are of what happened to me outside of 'home' and they are horrific enough to give insight as to what I had to endure behind closed doors. Again, Part - 3 isn't complete but there is enough in Part - 4 to give the reader an idea of what I had to endure during that decade...for now...the further I progress in my therapies, the stronger I will become, and I will finish that part of my story...it is written, that was the easy part...it's the editing that I just can't get into. Writing, it just poured out of me...re-reading/editing it, is having to relive it, to feel and see it, I just can't do that right now.
I am very grateful that I was asked to use my book for a class, or I probably still wouldn't have published it, and I'd be very disappointed with myself. And to make it that much better ... it was completely free ... so I didn't spend a dime to get this book published which is amazing!!! So, this all worked out really well for me! Now I will focus on my novel which as mentioned is fictional, but I have used my past traumas blended into the story to give it life and also release the burdens I still carry...it is pretty intense, but I am loving the process!
Thank you for your continued support on my healing journey! I am blessed and lucky to still be here, working really hard at give myself the life I deserve.
