I read a lot. I love reading. I always have. My parents told me I started reading when I was two. I personally think they made up that story to make me look and sound even better than I already was. See, I used to be the “good kid” in the family. For some reason, […]
I came across the YouTube video of Helene Fischer’s “You’re my destination”. It tells the story of a woman who knows her loved one must go … must find his way. I copied part of the lyrics below. I know you must go You need some time up on the road that you are taking […]
People hurt you … intentionally or not. A lover. A family member. A friend. A complete stranger. They all have the power to do or say something that hurts. The older you get, the more you realize how small and insignificant these hurts are in the great scheme of life. You don’t get easily offended […]
Is there a right time to fall in love? I don’t know. Maybe. Maybe not. Depends on your tolerance for pain. Love hurts. You know that, right? There is, however, a wrong time to fall in love: the time when you feel you need love most. When that time comes pack your bags, cancel your […]
I quit writing my first romance novel before I even got started on it. It’s not because I had writer’s block. My head was buzzing with ideas. It’s not because I didn’t actually know how to write either. I wasn’t concerned with that anymore. After all, I wasn’t writing the next great American novel. My fiction […]
Every now and then, I look at the “Missed Connections” section in “Personals”, on Craigslist. It’s not for fun, or out of pure curiosity. It’s for more personal reasons. I might try to explain what those reasons are but I don’t feel like it right now. That’s not why I started writing this post. Instead, […]
Ada Ireland is a pen name I came up with for myself. Unashamed Writing is a name I came up with for my blog.
The pen name is fake. The writing on this blog is real ... as close to real and truthful as I can get it to be. Read More