Elizabeth Walker is represented by Pump Up Your Book Promotion, an innovative public relations agency specializing in online book promotion.

Elizabeth Walker calls her memoir, The Tablet of My Heart, a journal of loss, abuse, and healing.  “It begins in the heart and mind of a six-year-old girl facing the reality of death as her father battles with a fatal illness,” she says.  “During the most devastating stage of his illness, a friend of her uncle’s begins sexually molesting her.”

The Tablet of My Heart is the journal of that little girl.  In it she writes about the hardships along with poetic entries that lead the reader through her father’s death, an extended battle with sexual abuse and her mother’s refusal to acknowledge the abuse as she remarries and has children with the perpetrator.

We interviewed Elizabeth to find out more about this compelling memoir and to learn a little more about Elizabeth’s publishing journey.

Thank you for this interview, Elizabeth.  Can you tell us a little about yourself and how long you’ve been writing?

I have been writing since I was a little girl, which is where the majority of the poetry in The Tablet of My Heart came from. I am a former victim of child abuse, and while that certainly does not define me (please take particular notice of the word former) it has a lot to do with my growing involvement in the fight against child abuse, and a lot to do with why I view writing (and art) as a counselor of sorts. I love to write when creativity starts tickling my fingertips – but there was a time when writing was my closest friend and had an important role in carrying me through the most difficult times in my life. Writing, believe it or not, helped me find victory over victimization.

Article Author: Dorothy Thompson

Dorothy Thompson is CEO/Founder of Pump Up Your Book Promotion, an innovative public relations agency specializing in online book promotion for authors.

Visit Dorothy Thompson's author page — Dorothy Thompson's Blog