A Kaleidastorm Story with Journal Prompts
My first self-published book, Kaleidastorm-Beauty in the Storms of Life, was written ten years ago in 2015. Back then, I was going through a divorce. I was living in the basement of a house I was taking care of, in the owner’s absence.
I was deeply wounded, emotionally and spiritually. I wrote the story I needed to read. I wrote the story of my healing journey before I even knew that’s what I was on.
It’s been 10 years and I am in a better place with a new life. As I re-read this story, I realized I had created a blueprint for my healing. Some say I manifested my future by writing it down. For this reason, I created journal prompts.
For 10 years this book has been published with mistakes that were unable to be edited because the manuscript was lost. In 2025, I discovered a way to get it back; I read my book into a document and spent months editing. With a new title, new last name, and new journal prompts, I am able to republish the story. I didn’t rewrite the manuscript into a smooth flowing novel. I kept it the way it was written-as bi-weekly posts on a digital literary platform, collected into a print book.
Author Lori Kirkland 