When I first started writing You Taste Like Whiskey and Sunshine , I wasn ’ t even really sure where it was going . It took me years to put it together because I kept stopping , stalling mostly because the idea of baring my soul for all to see terrified me . Who wouldn ’ t be terrified , right ? Talking about things that happen to us in life is not easy for anyone . So , I would start and then stop , let it sit for a few months and honestly there were times when I was just going to let it go . But something always drew me back in . There was a story there inside of me and the damn thing was determined to get out .
At times , I walk around like a vault , like nothing can stop me , while other times I walk around like an open wound . I love deeply , which means that there is a big chance that I ’ m going to get hurt badly . So , the big question is , why this book , why now ?
It ’ s simple . I have a story to tell . I ’ ve experienced a lot in my life and although I ’ m still relatively young , these experiences have helped define who I am today . I want to share my experiences now with others in the hopes that maybe someone will read my words and it will help them to feel less alone or even help brighten their day . People talk about their experiences for one reason because sometimes it feels damn good to get them out . It ’ s kind of like a verbal exorcism . Check out an excerpt from the book called , The Evil Queen Is Real .
You ’ re familiar with the story of Snow White and the Evil Queen . Me too . It ’ s an interesting story if you look at it closely-- interesting and really fucking disturbing . It ’ s the story of a little girl who lost her father and was raised by a woman that hated her from the start . She hated the girl so much that she hired a man to chase her down and bring back her heart — even though she was only really her stepmother . The Queen had no real reason to hate the girl , right ? She hated her because she was the “ fairest of them all ” … and she was no longer . That porcelain skin , that jet-black hair , blood red lips … okay , okay maybe I would hate her too . Joking aside , the girl just wanted to be loved . The Queen was all that Snow White had left in the world , but instead , she was loathed by her--wanting all the attention and power that she had .
I get it . I get it more than you think . The Evil Queen is real and we all have someone like that in our lives . Someone who would rather see us dead than to see us with happiness in our lives . Shockingly enough ,
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