When The Stars Align (Editing)

Authors Note

Dear my fellow Starlings,

Thank you for taking the time out of your life to read this book. Thank you for giving this book and I a chance. I'm new at this, and I just want to rise above my writing insecurities and become a real author. So I appreciate you helping me on my path there.
I'm going to be honest with you. I'm writing this in my bathroom at 3:36 am after a fight broke out half an hour ago. The day hasn't even started and this is how I'm going to remember the beginning of the New Year of 2019.
So you can see my life isn't all sunshine and rainbows. At least that the main character in this story has someone to share their similar distresses and fall in love and shit. I have no one. I'm sweaty. I'm tired. And my feet are cold and sore. But, even though I might remember this as the beginning of the year, this incident will not define my entire year. I am strong and I am brave and I will get through these continuous crazy problems life throws at me. What I'm trying to say is don't let one 'incident' define you. Define your life. My writing in this book, this story, is not just fantasy. It comes from experience, and heartbreak I've had to face. Don't get me wrong, I haven't been through all of the stuff you'll read, but the emotions are real. The lessons are real. The sadness is real. The loneliness is real. The darkness is real. I put my own experiences into this book to help people. To let them know they, you, are not alone. People have been through the misfortunate events I'm going through, events you'll read about. Events that could maybe be even worse, but I'm here to tell you. I'm still here. I'm still standing. No matter how many times life has tried to knock me down I keep getting back up, and trust me I know it's a struggle, but don't hit me with that "but it's too hard" bull shit. If I can get through it so can you. This book if proof. You will learn things about people, about life, about maybe even your self in this book. You will say "that's me", "relatable", "I understand." or at least I hope you do. Because I do. I really do. I may not be good at this writing thing, even though I dream of doing this for a living, but my real dream is helping people with it. Read my work and you will be liberated. That is what I want people to feel. To read something that they've had on their chest but are too afraid to say it aloud, and be liberated by the relief that they are not alone. They are not the only one. You are not the only one. Let this book inspire you, relive you, bring happiness and gratefulness to your heart. That's all I could ever wish for you. Your own happiness. So thank you for reading. Thank for taking a chance on a poor almost adult girl writing this on her phone in her trailer home bathroom at 4am. And if you end up reading this before I have a chance to edit then know that you've seen the real raw me. Thank you, and I hope you had a better New Years then me. Enjoy, When The Stars Align and believing that one day they really will.

-Keyara