Keep Hope Alive Podcast
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Keep Hope Alive Podcast
Geet's Transformative Journey: From HR Assistant to Inspiring Author and Cultural Storyteller
Get ready for an engaging journey with Geet, an inspiring author with an impressive portfolio of 16 published books. She shares her unique path to becoming a writer while juggling a role as an HR assistant. You'll discover the captivating story of how Geet turned the universe into her co-author, influenced by Steve Harvey's intriguing analogy of placing an order with the cosmos. Geet offers heartfelt reflections on her personal aspirations, relationship goals, and the curious coincidences tied to shared birthdays that seem to weave a magical thread through her life.
In a deeply personal and transformative conversation, Geet opens up about the healing power of writing as a tool for self-discovery and overcoming mental health challenges. With a narrative that includes triumphing over emotional and mental abuse with the help of therapy, she reveals how a connection with a fictional character ignited her passion for storytelling. Geet talks candidly about the courage it took to pen stories about her spiritual experiences and the satisfaction she finds in creating relatable characters. With insights into her writing process and the variety of romance tropes she explores, Geet's journey is a testament to the power of creative expression.
Venture into the vibrant world of Indian cultural events and the intricacies of modern dating with Geet as your guide. You'll hear amusing tales of Indian New Year's Eve parties, cultural quirks of time management, and even a humorous ant encounter. Geet also shares her professional challenges, like navigating friendships that intersect with work, and her experiences with a psychic that predicted both career and romantic futures. As she contemplates the impersonal nature of dating apps, Geet envisions creating a space for genuine connections through an event called Perfectly Paired. This episode promises a rich tapestry of personal stories, cultural insights, and professional wisdom that will leave you both entertained and inspired.
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Hello and welcome to Keep Hope Alive. Today I got G, and she is an author of 16 published books. They are amazing. I took a look at them, g, and they look so entertaining. I want to read each single one of them. So I'm so happy to have you on this show and we're going to be diving into her journey of how she became a writer and what it takes and that brain process of getting these books out there. I want to know too. So I'm going to hit you up with some of those questions as well. But first, before we get started, I just wanted to ask you a question, okay? So I'm going to put it in the terms like this we have some best friends. They're getting married.
Speaker 1:We decided, hey, let's go and support our friends. And we're walking into the ceremony and, to the right, there is something for us to sign. What are we needing to sign? A guestbook, yes, perfect.
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Speaker 2:So, um, hi everyone. My name is Geet and I am I said it wrong Um and every. Uh, I am an author of um 16 published books and I am currently an HR assistant and I just love it. Because I don't love the people I work with, I will say that, um, but I do love the fact that my hours are flexible. So, you know, I'll be waking up at 10, 11 and just getting to work whenever I want and I get to do HR. So it's something that I was able to. Just, you know, took a lot of time to get there, but I put it out in the universe and it took some time, but hey, I got it now.
Speaker 1:Hey, hey. I love it because that's saying, when you do put stuff out into the universe, it gives you that extra pull and you go after it and then boom, it's right in your lap. It feels like right.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's like how Steve Harvey said like once you like, you know you put something out, you know it's coming to you, like as soon as you put it out, you know it's coming to you, like as soon as you put it out, it's in the box and it's being shipped to you Right Cause you placed an order kind of with, like the universe, with God, whoever you believe in, um, the thing is, you just don't know when that box is coming, but you know it's coming cause you ordered it.
Speaker 1:Exactly, exactly. I like that. I need to do that with my relationship stats. I'm going to set it in a box and just wait and send it out to the universe. Hey, can you send it by 26? Right, find me the right soulmate there.
Speaker 2:I know that feeling. I'm 29, actually I'll be 30 in April and I've never dated, so it's like there's actually something. That's funny. I just saw it on Instagram, like the reels, and that said the devil couldn't get to me so he made me miss out in romance in my 20s, in college and in my teens.
Speaker 1:Well, you know what, maybe it's just. My uncle got married later in life, so he went down that route and they're so happy. They've been married for years and years. I mean, I think maybe it's been close to 20 years now, so there's something to be said about that. I would tell my younger self to wait too, and I got married too early and had kids right away. And now my daughter I see her. She is the same age. I have a granddaughter now, but I'm hoping she can continue that path. I want her to go to school and get her career lined up so she can raise that beautiful granddaughter of mine and be happy. But yeah, so when's your birthday in April? Because I know April 28th that number runs in my family like for birthdays April 28th, January 28th.
Speaker 2:You know, that's crazy Cause for me it's the fifth, right, but um, my cousin. So in March of March 5th, 2023, she was born, and then February 5th. So literally like what two weeks ago my nephew was born and then April 5th is me. So it's February 5th, march 5th, april 5th.
Speaker 1:Oh wow, look at that, the fives. I mean that's good, it's like a universe calling card.
Speaker 2:The fives. Yeah, it's 555.
Speaker 1:555, yep, I really I do look at those numbers because you know, I'm always running into 11, 11 or 222 or 444 or 555 and I'm like, how many signs are you going to sign give me in one day? I was like, what does it all mean together? Yeah, no, that happened to me and I'm like what does this mean all mean together?
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, that happened to me and I'm like what does this mean? And actually, my my, so I'm just going to switch topics, if that's really done with you. But I used to go to meditation class because my friend she was covering like my cost and she so we do like a sharing circle, and every time I was like you know, it sucks because I'm jobless. And I was jobless since, like, I took a temporary role in 2022. And then I was like jobless until summer of 2024. Which, like I used to actually just say it every day, not every day, but here and there I would be like you know what? And this is me last year, in 2024. I was like I'm going to get a job this summer and I would just say it. I would just literally say it out loud I'm going to get a job this summer.
Speaker 1:July 8th, 2024, was my first day of work. Oh wow, okay, perfect.
Speaker 2:She actually went to the meditation class with me. So my friend, the CEO of the company, and she just took me on as HR and she's like what do you have background in? I was like communication and education Because my master's degree is in communication studies. All my work is in education, because I live in such a smart part of California that there's nothing here except for manual labor or working in a school and people with degrees usually end up in the school. Everybody else ends up in like manual labor, right?
Speaker 1:Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. So california, like you said, like, what part are you in?
Speaker 2:I'm in central california, so closer to the um agriculture parts, so near me is like stockton would be like an hour away and then fresno would be like another, depending on if I'm Gotcha, gotcha, okay, yeah.
Speaker 1:So I've been to California twice. I love it there. I just think LA is very expensive and I don't like the traffic, and paying $17 for a tiny little hamburger at the airport at McDonald's and a drink was ridiculous at mcdonald's and a drink was ridiculous.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, no, we've been to la quite a few times because of concerts, and then we went once because, um, due to my brother being a covid graduate, we couldn't really like take him or celebrate or anything. So my sister and I decided that we're just going to pitch in and take him to universal studios for like two, three days Nice.
Speaker 1:Nice See, and here in Texas they just announced they're going to be building a universal studios and I was like wow, we finally got it. I always thought it should be California, texas and Florida, like just the bottom big States should have something universal. So to hear that it's coming, I was like yay. But then they're talking about like what the property is going to be doing and stuff and raising prices and you know we had a lot of people from California actually moved to Texas and headquarter corporations too, like Toyota came and stuff. So but California, I just just adore. I love the beaches out there, the people are so nice, weather is so relaxing and beautiful.
Speaker 2:I just I adored it so I was like I want to say this is, uh, yeah, christmas. So like um, last last year on Christmas weekend, family from New York came for like the first time that I actually met them, because like I didn't know that I had family in New York because my grandma didn't speak to them, so it was like this whole argument and stuff. And then my dad's like you know what, I'm just gonna call her like one day he was just like I'm just gonna do it and then, like they talk to each other all the time. So she actually came and like it's weird because like I'm like I said, I'm almost 30. My cousins are in their 20s and I'm like this is so weird, like I'm meeting you guys for the first time because someone had beef with someone else, you know.
Speaker 1:See, yeah, that makes it really hard. And then you miss out all those younger years of where you could be hanging out and doing family events and stuff like that. So, but you know what things do happen for a reason. Maybe it was the timing, you know. So I mean, I'm just happy you did get to meet them and everything so and you're learning who they are.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I am definitely. And like when they came um, they were sitting in the park and like, so you know, people will say, and I don't mind, like people from uh east coast or anywhere will be like damn, californians get so weak when it hits 60. And I'm like over here like going, like warming myself up, and they're just sitting in the sun and I'm just like, are you guys not cold? And they're like we're from New York. I'm like I don't care, it's cold.
Speaker 1:I know I guess their bodies. The temperature gauge is okay and I have a friend and he lives in Oklahoma, but he's like I'm moving to Oregon and I'm just like I think in my head that is way too cold. Like I think in my head that is way too cold, like what are you going to do? I mean, it could be somewhere in Oklahoma we get a little bit of snow and then it's like you know, we're freezing. We don't know how to handle it. Our bodies don't. You know so, but definitely Now I got to ask. So growing up in California, you went through all the schools and stuff. What got you into writing?
Speaker 2:Actually, it wasn't my schooling or anything that got me into writing. The funny thing is I was born and raised in California right, like one county in my entire life. I was born like in the county's like name. I don't want to be like Pacific for people life. I was born like in the county's like name. I don't want to be like pacific for people.
Speaker 2:Um, but then it was it until 2021 when my uncle came from India with his family and it was just like a bunch of freeloading, a bunch of emotional abuse like that. I faced a mental abuse that I was a victim of and I was just thinking about this last night too, which is so funny, um, because I, I don't know what, what it came to my mind, but I was thinking about it and I was like, oh, I remember like I had to call the cops because and the cop was like, um, what the police officer was like? Um, mental health and emotional health like not health, mental abuse and emotional abuse are so hard to prove, you know. So he's like I can't really do much about it and I was like great, freaking great, and that's kind of why I started like therapy and stuff. I know like I was in therapy in 2020 because, like who wasn't right um?
Speaker 1:yeah, I think everybody seemed to be there.
Speaker 2:Right, I'm pretty sure there was just like skyrocketed their rates. But 2021 is when I got more into therapy and I took it more seriously. In 2020, I was like I'll see you in a month, you know like, or like two months later, whatever. But in 2021, I started taking it more seriously because my mental health was so bad and I worked because him and his family were staying here in my, like my house, right, and I was like I don't want to be in my own house. So I was working three positions. I was doing retail.
Speaker 2:I was doing, um, summer school, uh, teacher's assistant and like all this kind of stuff and it that's um. You know, my therapist would be like you need a journal, like just express how you feel, write it down. And I was like this is not working. And then I read this book, um, where the character was facing depression and she was just so relatable, like you know the way she would just shut herself in in a room and not talk to anybody, not want to associate with anybody, because that's kind of where I was, um, and I was like, wait a minute, that's kind of when it clicked in like 20, and then I think it was like 2022, I was like 21, going into 22 or I do remember like reading the series and then, like May 2022 was when I like started writing, because I literally thought to myself I'm like, if I can relate to a character, I can write a character that other people can relate to too, and that's how I started writing.
Speaker 2:So wow, or anything, because I just go for social media marketing yeah, yeah, that is so cool.
Speaker 1:I mean not that you went through the trauma part of it and stuff like that. I know for me, like I just started this past week writing my first book and I've always wanted to write about what had happened to me in my lifetime and I just was a little bit too scared to do it. And as I started the podcast and interviewing people, I'm having so much fun we already hit 200 episodes. I'm like you know what I need to get this part of my journey out on a book and you know it was a spiritual journey and it was very scary. So that's why I say I'm scared to write it.
Speaker 1:I held onto it tight, but I have been waking up early in the morning and taking an hour and a half to write a few like a chapter, a chapter and a half and just come to a stopping point and breathe. I was like I don't care how long it takes to get done, at least I'm doing it and I'm putting it out there because you know like the whole motto for Keep Up Alive is maybe somebody's story can help another person. So even talking to you, you know getting started, maybe you have that. You know, push, too, for people to get started, and with you know, when you said it came together, it just started to click, that you could use a character. That is just amazing. That is really important. So, yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 2:I'm sorry, I don't think my um characters are like. It's not like I write romance novels, right. I write like fictional romance with like every trope that you could have imagined. There's a book for it. There's second chance. There's enemies to lovers, there's friends to lovers. There's second chance romance, there's um arranged marriage, like I mean, there's 16 books. You're going to find a trope that you like, right? And then when I fell in love with writing and then going, like circling back to the meditation class the friend that I had who's now my boss she had just come back after her mom passed away. She had just come back to meditation and I was at at that time I had started editing. So I edit novels too. So if you ever need an editor, hit me up. Okay, yeah, I do, actually, and I just I did editing for her. And then I worked on dissertations, I've worked on novels, I've worked on, and just yesterday actually, I did a personal statement for someone who's trying to get into nursing school. I edited that. So it's not just us.
Speaker 2:If you need an editor, I got you.
Speaker 1:You see, that's good to know, because that's my only motivation right now is I know I'm going to find an editor and they can make the changes that needs to. And I look at the you know screen that I'm typing on. It's like, okay, when autocorrect comes I'll fix it. But still, like I want to say what I want to say and not how it should be. But I was like when the editor looks over everything, they're going to make those wise decisions to make it sound good, you know, and just learning how to do different things with the chapters and stuff of what they really need to be named. That is so important, so, but anyways, so okay, 16 books. So like how, how soon are you turning over a book book?
Speaker 2:like you get done one and go straight for the other um, I used to do that and then I was like you know what I need to space it out, just because it's writing is a lot of um, you know, you're paying for the uh layout, you're paying for cover designs, um, thankfully, like I have a friend that I met through like k-pop um, and she actually did a lot of the covers for my books, um, so I'm very grateful because she actually doesn't even like charge me because we are friends.
Speaker 2:So I'm like I can still pay you, like I can still tell that it's good, um, but it's so. Now with my series this is the first series I'm writing the entwined series and, um, it's just taking longer, because I've realized like all my romance used to be like clean romance books, right, and nobody would be interested, or I mean not, not, nobody would be interested. Um, that came out wrong but, like, a lot more people would be interested in smutty books, you know, with like book talk taking over and everything like that. So I've written everything before entwined series was just clean romance, right, it's like. And then now, like I said, I've been single my entire life and stuff. So I'm just like, how do I even write a smutty chapter? So that took me research, which, as an author, I don't know if you know this, but I learned that buying books for me is a tax write-off because I'm using research. I'm using it as research, oh okay.
Speaker 1:See, I did not know that, I did not know, like my research, I have to use a little bit of AI to give me that push and just look at certain words to pull in and do some of you know, because there's a lot of different vocabulary for my book that I have to use and I'm just like I'm a perfectionist, so it's going to take me forever to write this book, but that's what I do. And then I delete what AI has said because I turned the word I was looking for into what I was experiencing, if that made any sense at all. But then as a photographer, I was already planning in my, in my head, on just one day, go out and get the pictures that I need of the places I was at, you know, and just kind of go from there, because everything it was just this whirlwind and I think the visuals are very important oh yeah, I actually have a Pinterest board for my books because all my main characters are Punjabi, because I'm Punjabi, and there's a lack of representation in literature for Punjabi main characters.
Speaker 2:So I actually have a Pinterest board so that'll like show you kind of like the outfit that they were wearing, or like the henna or the wedding scene and everything like that.
Speaker 1:Nice, I need to find it yeah because I'm I'm a certified wedding planner.
Speaker 1:I would love to see the different styles and pictures of it. I've done different culture, weddings and everything. Um and events. And I got to say, um, what was it? It was an indian Year's Eve party, like maybe seven or eight years ago. But what is it? The dance? Bali or something. They could dance. They could dance. I remember that was the first event out of 20 years that I've done that. I felt like I had no feet and I wanted to call the ambulance to come and get me. I was like I could not keep up that day and I was like I'm not getting old, god. They were just a lot of energy.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah. No, our parties go into like 12 in the morning almost, oh yeah.
Speaker 1:Or a little bit over.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I'm just like, and the thing is like they'll put a time on the card and this is, this is so funny, because I had a birthday party last year and, um, everybody knew that if I wrote one on the card, nobody showed up at one, except for my two white friends. And I'm just like getting my makeup done, still right. And I'm, and the doorbell rings and I'm like telling my sister, I'm like go check who it is. And she goes, opens the door. She's like, okay, I'll be right back. She's just getting ready, right. She comes upstairs. She's like dude, your white friends are here. And I was like, of course, we're always on time girl.
Speaker 1:Show up on time to an Indian Well? I mean, there was another one I did and the time was um. It was like around three o'clock, I think. The dj and I were waiting. Nobody showed up on time. Nobody did. It was like an hour later. I was like whoa did they not get the invitation?
Speaker 2:no, no, because I think the reason we do it is we try to give the makeup artist the bride or like the person whose party it is, and then then we also give them, like the DJ and everybody, their time to set up. Like, hey, this is kind of like saying, like 3 pm, okay, so the DJ is going to be there at 3 pm, he's going to start setting up. That means you come there.
Speaker 1:So as an event planner, I now see where you're coming at. So when you book the DJ, you tell them three, they're going gonna be there at two to set up anyways. But that is very sweet and I love that fact.
Speaker 2:I just never knew, yeah you don't want kids running all over the place and, you know, like messing with this and messing with that, especially when the dgs are testing their mics or when they're testing the dance. Like I don't know if they put the dance floor, if somebody else does like the flooring, because here you know, like some parties will have like their like last name on the like dance floor and stuff. Oh yes, children running around and everything. So it's kind of like, hey, this is their time. We're gonna show up an hour to an hour and a half after that that is so cool to know.
Speaker 1:Okay, good, I learned something new today. That is really interesting. I did not know that. I know I did a home party also and I remember all these shoes at the front door. I mean, it was just covered. I took a picture of that. I was like you know what? I got the shoes so. But it was the one of the first events. No, I did a wedding also where I had to have no shoes on and it was very interesting. I liked it. But I remember the home party I did. I accidentally stepped in ants in their backyard so it was like, yeah, I was like let's get them off my feet really quick.
Speaker 2:I mean, we don't wear shoes inside the house just because, like it'll attract all the dirt and stuff like that too. But then for places of worship, I'm pretty sure it was like in a temple or something. It was a temple. Yes, we don't wear shoes inside the temple at all.
Speaker 1:Yes, they had a like a little locker area and I just sat there and I took off my um boots at the time and just put them up and everything and I was like it's the first wedding I'm doing in my socks Some people that are like more religious Cause, um, I'm like a six, like I sick, but I'm more spiritual.
Speaker 2:Um, but some people that are like very devoted, they take their socks off too.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay, Well, I hope there was no offense.
Speaker 2:I was still wearing my socks, oh no, no no, no, Okay, I mean, there's some people like us like I would never take my socks off, but like if you're more devoted, I think they will be like, oh, you're wearing your socks and you're not like sitting on the floor to eat and this and that, and I'm just like, cause the temples in India? This was actually a culture shock kind of thing for me when I went to India in 2009. So in California, the temples we have have tables for you to sit and eat right, Cause they provide free food breakfast and lunch on Sunday, Sunday service. You get free breakfast for your lunch and they have like tables for everybody to sit and eat. I went to India. I was like where the hell are the tables? None of these tables.
Speaker 1:I didn't expect that to come out of you. I love it. I love it. Hashtag what the hell. I love it.
Speaker 2:My sister, like when we went to India um, we went for five weeks too in the summer and it was like record-breaking heat and stuff too, and my sister and I and my brother were like, dude, when do we go back to America? Like, come on, let's go yeah, definitely definitely.
Speaker 1:I. It's so different, like you know, even in the States. I grew up in New Jersey and I have family in Virginia too, but I remember taking those trips. It's great when you got there, it's memories, but you're like I want to hurry up and get home the books that you wrote about and their relationships and everything. Now here's a personal question. Like as you're writing about it in detail and stuff, have you ever once thought like no, maybe I should try dating and see what it's about?
Speaker 2:Yeah, definitely. Like I was on dating apps recently and I just don't see anybody on like dating apps and stuff. And I don't believe in like psychics and stuff too. But here's what's wild in.
Speaker 2:So my boss I call her my boss now because she was a friend but she like ended up backstabbing me when I said, hey, you know, I have a master's degree and I just kind like I'm like the least paid person, like that doesn't make sense, because people without a bachelor's are getting paid $30 an hour. And I'm sitting here at like my start was like 18. And their start is like 32, you know, and I'm like. And then we had like this fight and this argument. She cut my hours and all this stuff. So I just call her my boss and not my friend anymore.
Speaker 2:But so I was mad, I was pissed and I had this like psychic on Etsy and I was like you know what I'm pissed and I have some money. So I'm like hey, is this company going to go out of business? And she said, not necessarily. She literally told me that they're going to have a lot of financial problems. Now this happened in December. Come January, january, we're getting emails and emails about hey, you know, I'm losing money, you guys need to do this. I'm losing money, you guys need to do this. And I'm like holy shit. The psychic told me this yeah, you know. And so now I do believe that I'm gonna meet my husband this year, because that's what she had said too because now I see I want her number, like she is like on it.
Speaker 2:And yesterday I had a meeting with my, with my boss too, because we're doing like auditing stuff, because it's like tech season, we got to audit a lot of stuff now and um, and then our payroll is one person and our HR is two people me and my HR manager, that's how, like, we're started right. And she said that, um, she said milestones can go out of business, like, oh, I said the company uh-oh, do we?
Speaker 1:I don't edit. Do you want to start over? No, no, that's okay that's okay.
Speaker 2:No, um, you know what? It's fine, they don't care enough about me to check this, um, but, um, she said that, yeah. So she said like oh, you know, like the way this is going, I'm gonna have to pay out of pocket like this much, our company's gonna go out of business and I'm sitting here when she's saying that I'm like, just like you told me this like, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:So I know the people I've talked to that were mediums. They have been accurate on me and I'm just like, am I easy read? But whether it was work or relationships, I've actually listened and we've had some people on the show here that also do different kind of readings on the show here that also do different kind of readings, and I always it was I can never say it right, I love her to death, but she did a reading for me and it started out like I was going to be in a room with one window but eventually, through time, I'm going to end up in a castle. So I'm like in my head well, I'm still in the room with the one window.
Speaker 1:When do I go to the castle Because I'm ready.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So I do believe, like that's why I started the dating apps and stuff, but I'm like it's not working and I was pissed. But then I keep remembering she said the second half of 2025. And I'm like but I want to date someone in my 20s, before April 5. So I can say I dated in my 20s and you know, I just keep thinking, I'm like you know what, maybe she's, she's right, Maybe I will not meet my husband until because I'm dating to marry. So I say I'm going to meet my husband, I don't, I'm going to meet my boyfriend, I'm going to meet my. I straight up say I will meet my husband, I'm going to meet my boyfriend, I'm going to meet my. I straight up say I will meet my husband because obviously, if I'm dating to marry, the guy that I'm dating will be my husband, right?
Speaker 1:Eventually, like depending on yeah, yeah, but you never know Like I mean, it's different and different. You know I got to say cultures, Um, but for me, like my past two dates, they were just ridiculous. Ghosting is a thing you know, excuses the talking sickness, the talking sickness is so new.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so it's just the dating world with the apps have changed so much and I wish they would just be a little bit more down to point. Much, and I wish they would just be a little bit more down to point. I know I wanted to start a group called Perfectly Paired, where you it's like speed dating without the speed part Like you will have a little bit longer to develop that match and see if it would really work, and then go to the next person and just make it like a maybe three-hour event, four-hour event or something, food included, but it's, you know, those little things would help people so much. Now you got swipe right, swipe left. Give them a star, buy them a rose. I don't want any of that, you know. And then people you know they'll go on the dates and still even play on their phone and see who the next person they're going to go date and it's just wrong and everything.
Speaker 2:I think that's what a lot of people do is like they'll skip someone and they'll be like, oh, I just want to see who's next, you know, or they're talking to multiple people at the same time, which I don't know. It's probably just the way that I'm raised.
Speaker 1:I will probably talk to one person see if there's a vibe and then be like, hey, there's not a vibe, and then move on to the next person instead of that feels like, in a sense, it's not.
Speaker 1:I know it's not cheating, but it feels like cheating to me. Yeah, and it is. It's a sense of cheating. I'm gonna call it what it is it is a sense of cheating. So, yeah, like one of this is really I'll share it with you because I went on a date and I thought it was a really good date. It was promising, it left on a positive note, but it was the next day I got a text saying I don't think it's going to work out. And I was like well, can you tell me why? And he wrote back well, you, you're gonna think I'm stupid, but he goes.
Speaker 2:You look and sound like drew berrymore and I absolutely do not like her I thought that was the weirdest excuse they do come up with the funniest things, because I'm in like groups of like um brown girls dating and like um are like are we talking to the same guy? Groups and stuff like that, right? And one of them will just be like oh, you know, I have one of them. It was so funny because she posted it. She was laughing. I thought like she would be upset or something. He's like I didn't like your lipstick, shit you didn't. I was like okay, cool. Like if you know so much about lipstick, then why don't you go to Ulta with her next time?
Speaker 1:How do they know that, like really, really.
Speaker 1:I mean they're feminine right, yeah, you got to pay attention to detail too. Like on a date, are they leaving all the time because they're a smoker, but are they on the phone all the time too, is what I'm going to start looking at, because you know I think it's not a good thing if that's the case on a date. You know it makes somebody wonder and like why, why aren't you paying attention to me? Like this is supposed to be a date, not play with your phone day, so, but it's different. So writing about the love in the books that you have written, so, like was it automatically they're falling in love or was it through the different things that you know, that growing up for you, that you've seen and heard?
Speaker 2:it's different for each book, just so it's not like you know, there's the marriage of convenience, there's the arranged marriage, there's um books that I've written, because my um, where I went to high school, actually she has my books.
Speaker 2:And like one day I kind of just went and I and I was like, oh my gosh, she has like my books on display and I was like you know what I need to write something for, like the high school seniors, because I was like I'm the eldest, right, so I got to go to like prom and sober grad and everything before, like my sister and like my brother and everybody, and I wanted.
Speaker 2:So my friend, uh, at that time we were friends for 10 years before she decided to act up, um, but she, um, she didn't do a lot of things in high school and she regretted it when we were in college and I told myself my senior year that I'm not missing anything. I was at senior sunrise, senior sunset, prom, everything right. I went to the homecoming game. I didn't go to the homecoming basketball game because I think I was sick at that time, but I went to the homecoming game. I didn't go to the homecoming basketball game because I think I was sick at that time, but I went to the homecoming football game and like everything, so I wrote Finding Home for the high school seniors.
Speaker 1:Oh, wow, okay. Well, that was nice, but it's for them. Yeah, you see, when you get to go out and explore and then see your work, it will trigger all those thoughts. You know, I really need to do a little bit more. And it gives you that push again, which is always nice. So, yeah, definitely I can see why you're writing more and everything Now with your books. I guess you are they at Barnes, noble and Amazon.
Speaker 2:So Barnes Noble will not carry anything that's on Amazon that's published on Amazon. Barnes &bles will not carry anything that's on Amazon that's published on Amazon. Barnes and Nobles will not carry it. And I did get a. I do have a meeting on 145, just so you know. Yeah, and but I was actually surprised to find out because and then, but I guess it makes sense because she said that there are competition and I was like, okay, that makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 2:So, is something that I published using IngramSparks, so they said I could have a book signing, but it would only be for that book because I didn't use Amazon to publish it.
Speaker 1:I will tell you. Well, I'm going to add all your links for everybody to find and everything, and I want to say thank you. I didn't realize time was flying so fast, but yeah, definitely, well, definitely, I'll get everything.
Speaker 2:Wherever you guys can find podcasts, you'll be able to find Keep Hope Alive podcast, and I want to say thank you for coming on and I'm just so excited that this one will just come out like today. It's like, hey, you don't have to wait. February 19th. We recorded, and February 19th.
Speaker 1:It's out. It's out today. All right, guys, until next time, love and light. Have a great week. Bye.
