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Edward Kendrick
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Everyone's Man
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Forbidden Fruit
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Hitman's Creed (Hitman's Creed, #1)
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Abstract Realism
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An Honorable Man
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Mage of Silence
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Yin and Yang (Yin and Yang, #1)
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Weekends
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A Time To Gain, A Time To Lose
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Eye of the Beholder (Winterfield, #1)
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I Am What I Am (Gay & Lesbian)
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Written in the style of Hemmingway's The Killers, If You Run From Me may be short and incomplete but is complete and totally satisfying.
If You Run From Me book 4 of the Winterfield Series, we see Grady Marlow, with the combined efforts of his fath... " Read more of this review » |
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“Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.”
― Virginia Woolf
― Virginia Woolf
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”
― Kurt Vonnegut
― Kurt Vonnegut
“I can believe things that are true and things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not.
I can believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and the Beatles and Marilyn Monroe and Elvis and Mister Ed. Listen - I believe that people are perfectable, that knowledge is infinite, that the world is run by secret banking cartels and is visited by aliens on a regular basis, nice ones that look like wrinkled lemurs and bad ones who mutilate cattle and want our water and our women.
I believe that the future sucks and I believe that the future rocks and I believe that one day White Buffalo Woman is going to come back and kick everyone's ass. I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating and that the decline in good sex in America is coincident with the decline in drive-in movie theaters from state to state.
I believe that all politicians are unprincipled crooks and I still believe that they are better than the alternative. I believe that California is going to sink into the sea when the big one comes, while Florida is going to dissolve into madness and alligators and toxic waste.
I believe that antibacterial soap is destroying our resistance to dirt and disease so that one day we'll all be wiped out by the common cold like martians in War of the Worlds.
I believe that the greatest poets of the last century were Edith Sitwell and Don Marquis, that jade is dried dragon sperm, and that thousands of years ago in a former life I was a one-armed Siberian shaman.
I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars. I believe that candy really did taste better when I was a kid, that it's aerodynamically impossible for a bumble bee to fly, that light is a wave and a particle, that there's a cat in a box somewhere who's alive and dead at the same time (although if they don't ever open the box to feed it it'll eventually just be two different kinds of dead), and that there are stars in the universe billions of years older than the universe itself.
I believe in a personal god who cares about me and worries and oversees everything I do. I believe in an impersonal god who set the universe in motion and went off to hang with her girlfriends and doesn't even know that I'm alive. I believe in an empty and godless universe of causal chaos, background noise, and sheer blind luck.
I believe that anyone who says sex is overrated just hasn't done it properly. I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too.
I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies. I believe in a woman's right to choose, a baby's right to live, that while all human life is sacred there's nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system implicitly, and that no one but a moron would ever trust the legal system.
I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods
I can believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and the Beatles and Marilyn Monroe and Elvis and Mister Ed. Listen - I believe that people are perfectable, that knowledge is infinite, that the world is run by secret banking cartels and is visited by aliens on a regular basis, nice ones that look like wrinkled lemurs and bad ones who mutilate cattle and want our water and our women.
I believe that the future sucks and I believe that the future rocks and I believe that one day White Buffalo Woman is going to come back and kick everyone's ass. I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating and that the decline in good sex in America is coincident with the decline in drive-in movie theaters from state to state.
I believe that all politicians are unprincipled crooks and I still believe that they are better than the alternative. I believe that California is going to sink into the sea when the big one comes, while Florida is going to dissolve into madness and alligators and toxic waste.
I believe that antibacterial soap is destroying our resistance to dirt and disease so that one day we'll all be wiped out by the common cold like martians in War of the Worlds.
I believe that the greatest poets of the last century were Edith Sitwell and Don Marquis, that jade is dried dragon sperm, and that thousands of years ago in a former life I was a one-armed Siberian shaman.
I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars. I believe that candy really did taste better when I was a kid, that it's aerodynamically impossible for a bumble bee to fly, that light is a wave and a particle, that there's a cat in a box somewhere who's alive and dead at the same time (although if they don't ever open the box to feed it it'll eventually just be two different kinds of dead), and that there are stars in the universe billions of years older than the universe itself.
I believe in a personal god who cares about me and worries and oversees everything I do. I believe in an impersonal god who set the universe in motion and went off to hang with her girlfriends and doesn't even know that I'm alive. I believe in an empty and godless universe of causal chaos, background noise, and sheer blind luck.
I believe that anyone who says sex is overrated just hasn't done it properly. I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too.
I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies. I believe in a woman's right to choose, a baby's right to live, that while all human life is sacred there's nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system implicitly, and that no one but a moron would ever trust the legal system.
I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods
“The busybody (banned as sexist, demeaning to older women) who lives next door called my daughter a tomboy (banned as sexist) when she climbed the jungle (banned; replaced with "rain forest") gym. Then she had the nerve to call her an egghead and a bookworm (both banned as offensive; replaced with "intellectual") because she read fairy (banned because suggests homosexuality; replace with "elf") tales.
I'm tired of the Language Police turning a deaf ear (banned as handicapism) to my complaints. I'm no Pollyanna (banned as sexist) and will not accept any lame (banned as offensive; replace with "walks with a cane") excuses at this time.
If Alanis Morrissette can play God (banned) in Dogma (banned as ethnocentric; replace with "Doctrine" or "Belief"), why can't my daughter play stickball (banned as regional or ethnic bias) on boy's night out (banned as sexist)? Why can't she build a snowman (banned, replace with "snow person") without that fanatic (banned as ethnocentric; replace with "believer," "follower," or "adherent") next door telling her she's going to hell (banned; replaced with "heck" or "darn")?
Do you really think this is what the Founding Fathers (banned as sexist; replace with "the Founders" or "the Framers") had in mind? That we can't even enjoy our Devil (banned)-ed ham sandwiches in peace? I say put a stop to this cult (banned as ethnocentric) of PC old wives' tales (banned as sexist; replace with "folk wisdom") and extremist (banned as ethnocentric; replace with "believer," "follower," or "adherent") conservative duffers (banned as demeaning to older men).
As an heiress (banned as sexist; replace with "heir") to the first amendment, I feel that only a heretic (use with caution when comparing religions) would try to stop American vernacular from flourishing in all its inspirational (banned as patronizing when referring to a person with disabilities) splendor.”
― Denise Duhamel
I'm tired of the Language Police turning a deaf ear (banned as handicapism) to my complaints. I'm no Pollyanna (banned as sexist) and will not accept any lame (banned as offensive; replace with "walks with a cane") excuses at this time.
If Alanis Morrissette can play God (banned) in Dogma (banned as ethnocentric; replace with "Doctrine" or "Belief"), why can't my daughter play stickball (banned as regional or ethnic bias) on boy's night out (banned as sexist)? Why can't she build a snowman (banned, replace with "snow person") without that fanatic (banned as ethnocentric; replace with "believer," "follower," or "adherent") next door telling her she's going to hell (banned; replaced with "heck" or "darn")?
Do you really think this is what the Founding Fathers (banned as sexist; replace with "the Founders" or "the Framers") had in mind? That we can't even enjoy our Devil (banned)-ed ham sandwiches in peace? I say put a stop to this cult (banned as ethnocentric) of PC old wives' tales (banned as sexist; replace with "folk wisdom") and extremist (banned as ethnocentric; replace with "believer," "follower," or "adherent") conservative duffers (banned as demeaning to older men).
As an heiress (banned as sexist; replace with "heir") to the first amendment, I feel that only a heretic (use with caution when comparing religions) would try to stop American vernacular from flourishing in all its inspirational (banned as patronizing when referring to a person with disabilities) splendor.”
― Denise Duhamel
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Cy wrote: "Thanks for the add, Edward. Whoa!! You write to fast for me. I can hardly keep up but I'm loving every minute of it. Thanks for sharing your awesome sauce. Hmmm, that didn't sound right but I bet y..."Thank you, Cy. I'm glad you're enjoying, and Happy Halloween to you as well.
Thanks for the add, Edward. Whoa!! You write to fast for me. I can hardly keep up but I'm loving every minute of it. Thanks for sharing your awesome sauce. Hmmm, that didn't sound right but I bet you know what I mean. :)Happy Halloween
Tame wrote: "thank you for the friend request, Edward :) I like you! Your books aren't bad either, lol :) All kidding aside, I hope you have a great night/day/afternoon!Tame"
Thanks for accepting. Hope yours is good as well. I think I'm gonna nickname you 'Funny Lady' ;)
thank you for the friend request, Edward :) I like you! Your books aren't bad either, lol :) All kidding aside, I hope you have a great night/day/afternoon!Tame
I's glad you liked it, Jade. Corny as it sounds, that's why I write, to tell a story that hopefully people will enjoy reading. - E.
Okay, I'm a fan. I loved "I Am What I Am". Thanks for a good evenings reading and for giving me the opportunity to sample your writing. Now I REALLY can't wait for "Everyone's Man". :)
Edward!! Just saw the book cover! Maybe it's shallow of me, but I want the book for that cover without even knowing what the book's about. Add it to Goodreads, OK? (If you need help with that, PM me.)
Edward wrote: "No, Missy, it's only available in Hauser's book. However, I will have my own book coming out, in February as it stands at the moment..."Yes, Sidney mentioned that. Congratulations! I'll keep an eye out for it :)
Missy wrote: "Hi, Edward. Thanks for accepting the friend request. Is your story available separate from the Hauser book?"No, Missy, it's only available in Hauser's book. However, I will have my own book coming out, in February as it stands at the moment. Believe me, when the time gets closer I'll let you, and everyone else, know what and exactly when. It's being published by Silver Publishing.
Oh, and thanks for the invite. That should have been said first, I know -laughing-
Hi, Edward. Thanks for accepting the friend request. Is your story available separate from the Hauser book?
Title: Between A Stone and a Hard PlaceAuthor: Edward Kendrick
Publisher: Amazon
Pages: 30
POV: 3rd
Scene Setting: Modern Day
Sub Genre: M/M Romance
Book Cover Rating: 4
Kisses: 5
Blurb:
I couldn’t locate a blurb for this short story at the end of G.A.’s book, Julian. This is all I found. So, we’ll go entirely on my review of said story. I just hope I do it justice. I am posting the author’s BIO for you instead and a note from GA.
Bio –
Born and bred in the wilds of suburban Cleveland, I earned a degree in theater and headed straight to NYC. Waiter was me, well aside from a brief stint at an off-Broadway theater. Finally seeing the futility of trying to become rich and famous in the Big Apple, I joined VISTA and ended up in Chicago working at a home for troubled boys. From there it was on to Denver where I’ve been ever since, working as a designer at a costume shop until just recently. I started writing ‘bout three years ago when I joined an on-line fanfic group and discovered I truly enjoyed it.
Since then I started my own loop with two friends and branched out into creating primarily m/m stories, both erotic and just ‘romantic’. I have a son who’s off making a life of his own so I now live with a bossy cat, a decent computer, and enough books to start a small library.
In honor of writing my 50th book this year, each new novel of 2010 will feature an unpublished author’s short story. Introducing Edward Kendrick’s erotic tale;
BETWEEN A STONE AND A HARD PLACE
I hope you enjoy it. G.A. Hauser
Review:
Edward Kendrick is a name I haven’t heard until I came across this story of his by way of GA’s book, Julian, well that and the whisper of a sweet friend, who pointed me in the right direction showing me the story.
Seeing as how the story is short, I can’t give away too much without ruining it for you so I’ll keep this as spoil free as I can.
Between A Stone And A Hard Place, is one of the sweetest short stories I’ve read in a long time. Mychael and Stone, the story’s main characters meet at work quite by accident one night when they both stayed late. Winston, who is known as Stone, is from New Hampshire and has only been in town for a couple days so he knows almost no one and asks Mychael if he’d like to go for a drink to unwind. Mychael, who shares a home with two other men, hesitantly agrees because the idea of going home to an empty house has no appeal whatsoever. Stone chose a bar nearby so they’re able to walk and talk about where they’re from and their families. Mychael is from my home state, Chicago, so of course I took an instant liking to the guy. He’s a bit reserved at the start simply because he isn’t honest with Stone about his situation at home.
The two get along very well once they get over a misunderstanding that almost ended the relationship before it even began. They have a few drinks they get a little drunk, and dance. That hot dance gets the blood to moving, the emotions to soaring, and the mood is set. They end up at Stone’s to take care of business and let me just tell you, Edward can write a hot as hell sex scene without making it dirty.
For a week these two are inseparable. Mychael fails to go home, no one’s there anyway, and because they work together, it’s very convenient to car pool and all that. They get along well, and even begin working out with one another…NOT in bed okay. They go to the gym and get all sweaty instead, before they hop in bed. Well, one day after a nice workout Mychael gets a call he isn’t able to ignore and things heat up.
The only complaint I have is one that is common with short stories. I wanted MORE. These two well drawn out characters became almost real to me in under the thirty pages they’re a part of. I want to know more about them. I want to know what Stone did in his past. I want to know how Mychael met his room mates, and most importantly I want to see Mychael and Stone as they are now. This story is so well done that it left me with wishing for more. Dialog was easy flowing, very natural and real. The characters believable and so very likable. I loved the plot and the hot as hell sex. But most importantly, I found a new author I’d like to get to know.


































































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