Fresh Starts

Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.”

Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery

It is fitting to start a new project and a new era with a quote by my most favorite and beloved childhood fictional heroine, Anne Shirley.

Anne was probably the reason I became a writer. She is certainly the reason I became a poet. While fictional, she was and has always been as real to me as any friend. When I find myself at a loss, I can always find inspiration in the pages of those old books.

I started writing poetry and short stories around the age of ten or eleven, signing my name at the bottom Anna Farley. And with a new beginning, I found myself back to wanting to write, if nothing ever else, under that old moniker.

And with a return to my maiden name as an author, I undertook the task of rebranding my books and building a new website. A new look, a new purpose, to suit the new me with my old name.

It is weird because I think about my dad when I hear the name Farley and while I think his feelings would be mixed, he would smile to think about his little Annie Farley, with her little poetry books, her purpose in writing and he would be glad.

Today is indeed the first day of the rest of my life. And while this rebranding may be a very small thing, I feel rejuvenated and re-inspired to be all the best that I can be and fling myself headfirst into writing with passion. With purpose.

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”

Albert Camus

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