I was able to write my book with sheer determination, which is common for many writers. Success requires determination.
I was in a serious car accident that left me critically injured and comatose for over four months. When I awoke I had NO memory of my life. I was dazed as anyone would be and my mind was blank. I had to learn how to be a woman again: a living, breathing, 35 year old woman who had three sons, whom I did not remember either! I did not know how to be a Mom. I had to re-learn how to do everything from the basic learning how to breathe, learning how to eat and how to breathe as I ate, everything a person learns from birth, but I was beginning of a new life. The woman I had been was gone and I had to start my life anew.
After re-learning some basic tasks like learning how to sit up, eat and brush my teeth, I was sent home with a husband whom I did not remember either, accompanied with many “how to” lists for my therapists and myself. I had very little comprehension of life. I had care givers and therapists coming daily during my early recovery, and it was pretty overwhelming. I permanently injured my right hand which was the preferred hand so I had to re-learn to write with left hand. I had to start somewhere! ~grin & wink~
My sense-of-humor seemed to be inherent in me and was one of the things I did not need to re-learn. I was able to let everyone know that I was joking or being silly by writing an emotion such as humor with a parenthesized quote: ~ smile & wink~, etc. I began keeping a Journal: that served as my memory. Keeping a journal was my psychological salvation. Using an electric typewriter I was able to document everything I needed to remember and wrote schedules and lists with great detail. I kept a personal journal also which became my best friend and my counselor. I wrote about feelings and emotions such as ~sigh~, ~smile & wink~, etc. It was therapeutic to me because as I wrote; I “heard what I was saying” like a cause and an effect. I was literally creating my destiny by the choices I was making and the lifestyle that I chose to develop.
You can read more about Linda in her book Wheels of Mizfortunate. It is available in Paperback and eBook from