From the author behind the pen names L.J. Diva and T.K. Wrathbone comes a not so sparkling tale.
One would think that if you grew up in a world of sparkle and creativity that the rest of your life would be the same. Right?
No so.
In this raw and reflective memoir by author and writer, Tiara King, she delves into experiences that have led her to the life she has now. One of toxicity, anger, sacrifice, envy, and pain amidst all of the creativities she’s delved into. The toxic nature of the people around her and the family she grew up in. The pain at not having the life she thought she was going to have, and of arguing with the Universe for giving her the life she got, dealing with the anger from that and the feelings of being sacrificed for another. The envy at not having the freedom to do what she wants when she wants and have the life she envisions in her mind, while dealing with the life she was dumped in by family and the Universe, using jewellery and writing as her escape.
These are stories about her school years, life, family, being a carer, the rise and fall of her jewellery business, her writing career, and how she came to write under three names and set up a publishing house for herself, and what her goals are for the future as she reflects on the last fifty years. Tiara’s also written poems for the book and placed one between each chapter just because she could.
This is a tale of life and creativity that’s striving for recognition in a world that doesn’t want to give it. A life of no love, no success, and no freedom to be who you truly want to be.
A life that’s not so sparkling.
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BOOK DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to me and only me for all the goddamn hard work I’ve put in over the last fifty years.
FUN FACTS ABOUT UNFULFILLED
– In January 2024, over the Australia Day long weekend, I sat down with a three-page list of ideas about my life that I could turn into essays. As I went over every one, I realized I’d already written many as blog posts, so copied them into the essay folder, and then added dozens more, all neatly labelled school, writing, life, family, and so on.
– I turned to my yearly writing to-do list and added a book of essays to it. At some point, I added memoir to the list.
– In October I released a new novel, looked at my to-do list, and out jumped the idea of putting those essays into a memoir of my life as I had turned fifty. A memoir of fifty essays. A memoir of fifty stories. A memoir. I started pulling them all together.
– By November, I had the base of a book, and many more than fifty stories. By December I was emailing my cover designer and editor about doing them in 2025.
– I started thinking up titles and sub-titles, and knew I wanted the words memoir and life on the cover. Finally, out came Unfulfilled, which I am, and A Not So Sparkling Life, which it isn’t. I decreed it perfect. As I did the idea I had for the cover image. A tarnished tiara. I just had to find the perfect one.
– I was still adding stories to it in January 2025, still editing it. I sent it off to my editor and got the cover started.
– I found an image of a tiara on iStock that I loved, and then found an almost replicate in a huge craft store around the corner from where I live. I took photos of mine, and bought the photo of the other tiara, and two background images, and sent them off to my designer. She merged both tiaras and chose a background.
– The book was released on May 21st, my 51st birthday.
– People freak out when I say “I threw a memoir together”. Except, I did!
