M.C. Frank's Blog, page 25
December 10, 2022
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The broken will always be able to love ha...
The broken will always be able to love harder than most. Once you’ve been in the dark, you learn to appreciate everything that shines.
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A hate-to-love bodyguard romance with searing-hot characters and a love story that will destroy you.
A European princess runs away to America to find real life and true love, but instead meets a brooding and dangerous bodyguard, who is about to destroy everything she knows.
Olivia
Spoiled.
Sheltered.
Betrayed.
Before stepping into her official royal duties, Crown Princess Olivia of Asteria wants to escape the suffocating palace, her guards and her over-protective father for a real-life adventure. Easy, right? Not so easy if you are the only heiress of the king of a small but powerful European country. But then, a scandal drops like a bomb:
The king has an illegitimate son. Or two.
Olivia’s world is shattered. Is she no longer the only heir? Who is this stranger she used to call ‘dad’? The solution? Run away, as far as she can.
Marco
Dangerous.
Reckless.
Rotten.
With his leather jacket, his motorcycle and his aquamarine eyes, Marco is everything Olivia’s father wants to protect her from. Marco is running from some really bad choices of his past, and the last thing he needs is to keep rescuing a spoiled princess. But then he gets a call from a real-life king (who knew these still existed, right?) who makes him an offer he can’t refuse.
Guard his daughter until the palace can take care of the scandal that is rocking the royals. Then bring her back, safe and sound, and get a few million dollars in payment—money that could save the lives of his entire family.
The rules
Don’t let her find out you are the bodyguard.
Falling in love with the princess is absolutely forbidden.
All you have to do is keep her alive.
Simple, right?
It’s pretty impossible to fail all three.
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December 8, 2022
perfectfeelings:
“If you knew how hard it was, and how long it took, to rebuild my little universe...
“If you knew how hard it was, and how long it took, to rebuild my little universe of peace and happiness then you would understand why I’m so picky about who I allow in my life.”— Weird People
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metalheadsforblacklivesmatter:
Flautist Melissa Jefferson plays slaver James Madison’s 200-year-old crystal flute in the Library of Congress.
a few notes:
–this is apparently a piece that is very difficult to play
–this flute is keyless, which requires the player to use extremely precise finger positioning
–Lizzo is wearing two inch acrylic nails
the runs at the end are both stunning and flawless!
Cool. The flute is cool. But I got some more info that I feel is important.
That’s James Maddison’s flute. James Maddison owned over 100 slaves. Due to debts he had to sell land and slaves over his lifetime. By the time of his death he owned 36 slaves. No slaves were freed during his lifetime or in his will.
The power that this successful Black woman has over his legacy right now.
Not just playing his flute, but shaking her ass while playing his flute.
Oh, the white supremacists are so mad.
You know how often people play instruments that are hundreds of years old? Instruments are made to last hundreds of years. They’re preserved through use. First chair violinists in major orchestras often use violins that are centuries old.
My aunt owns and sells instruments both young and old, and it’s a huge dishonor to the memory of the creator to demand that the instrument go in a museum never to be used.
-fae
Something really cool about this video is that Lizzo is usually in really extravagant outfits, which is awesome to see! But we as fat people are expected to over-perform gender and be dressed to the nines just to deserve basic respect. If we’re seen wearing baggy pants and a simple shirt, we’re called slovenly, lazy, ugly. So I love seeing Lizzo being able to wear not just the extravagant outfits but also outfits like this that are a “fuck you” to every fatphobe who thinks fat people must put on a performance to earn basic respect and dignity.
Not only is Lizzo playing James Madison’s crystal flute, she was invited to by Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress and the first actual librarian to have the job since 1974 (she was appointed in 2016). She is also the first woman and the first African American to be the Librarian of Congress.
She invited Lizzo by @ her on Twitter because she saw Lizzo would be in town for her tour. Lizzo spent three hours touring the LoC and looking at historic flutes in the collection.
Carla Hayden was previously the head librarian of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, which is the city library organization for Baltimore. She kept the libraries open during the Freddie Gray riots so people would have a safe place to bring their kids.
She’s a cool lady and I hope more people get interested in the LoC and it’s holdings. They have a lot online and you don’t need to make an account to look.
Just jumping back to the first comment cuz it’s driving me crazy… “this is apparently a piece that is very difficult to play”.
I mean… yes. And it blows my mind as a flautist that that isn’t obvious to all listeners. I mean, just the speed of the last section alone should tell you that. But a little ~insider knowledge~ on this instrument: changing octaves on the flute (ie jumping from very low to very high) is less about finger positions and more about ombrochure, AKA what your mouth is doing. (Most of) the fingerings do change, but unless you also change the angle of airflow and the tightness of your lips, the sound isn’t going anywhere. When you go up steadily, like in a scale, you get there pretty smoothly and it’s not hard. But two octave jumps remain a pain in the ass. So to play that fast, with frequent two octave leaps, not only hitting all the notes but also staying in tune on every note AND maintaining a beautiful quality of sound takes SKILL. That short clip is all I need to know that Lizzo is a phenomenal flautist.
thoughtkick:
“Waiting is a sign of true love and patience. Anyone can say “I love you”, but not...
“Waiting is a sign of true love and patience. Anyone can say “I love you”, but not everyone can wait and prove it’s true.”— lieinlove
December 5, 2022
December 1, 2022
teratomarty:
I NEED PRIVACY, NOT BECAUSE MY ACTIONS ARE...
I NEED PRIVACY, NOT BECAUSE MY ACTIONS ARE QUESTIONABLE, BUT BECAUSE YOUR JUDGMENT AND INTENTIONS ARE.
November has novembered its last day and happy December, aka...
November has novembered its last day and happy December, aka month of sugar, trees, long nights of overworking hours and missing those who should be here (but aren’t).
How was your November? Mine was full of:
🍂 Books. I read over 40 books (which means that I needed to escape, and I did. needing to escape is not so good, but actually doing it is kind of ok, right?)
🍂Failing at nanowrimo and only just scraping by the 50k mark by adding up all the edits I did for 5 different books. Oh well. November is usually an editing month. All the good writing belongs to December. (Well, ‘good writing’ is up for debate).
🍂Birthday London Bookshop Trip. More on that on my Newsletter, which should have gone out already, but will probably go out tomorrow (link to sub in bio, if you are curious for pics).
🍂Tears because my favoritest student in all of the world is about to graduate this winter and WHAT AM I GOING TO DO with my life now? My bear has been crying nonstop for months, and I’ve been barely holding it together. I am so proud I can’t even find the words.
🍂Writing. I did write a little, for the Red Book, which is nothing but torture (for both me and my characters -poor souls). But it is another beauty and the beast inspired novel, mixed with Anne of Green Gables. It is my favorite thing I have written so far. More on that soon!
🍂Finalizing everything for the release of Protect me on the 15th of December! Eeek! I have been preparing this book for nearly a year and now that it’s time to finish the story of Marco and Olivia I AM NOT READY! Are you? (swipe to see).
🍂Thanks. I am so thankful for every good thing in my life, for all the people who make me not regret waking up every day, and for having a space to exist in this world through my stories. I would truly be lost without them. Thank you for reading them, if you have!
Here is to another month full of His providence and love, full of books, hugs and creativity.
x,
M.C.
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November has novembered its last day and happy December, aka...
November has novembered its last day and happy December, aka month of sugar, trees, long nights of overworking hours and missing those who should be here (but aren’t).
How was your November? Mine was full of:
🍂Books. I read over 40 books (which means that I needed to escape, and I did. needing to escape is not so good, but actually doing it is kind of ok, right?)
🍂Failing at nanowrimo and only just scraping by the 50k mark by adding up all the edits I did for 5 different books. Oh well. November is usually an editing month. All the good writing belongs to December. (Well, ‘good writing’ is up for debate).
🍂Birthday London Bookshop Trip. More on that on my Newsletter, which should have gone out already, but will probably go out tomorrow (link to sub in bio, if you are curious for pics).
🍂Tears because my favoritest student in all of the world is about to graduate this winter and WHAT AM I GOING TO DO with my life now? My bear has been crying nonstop for months, and I’ve been barely holding it together. I am so proud I can’t even find the words.
🍂Writing. I did write a little, for the Red Book, which is nothing but torture (for both me and my characters -poor souls). But it is another beauty and the beast inspired novel, mixed with Anne of Green Gables. It is my favorite thing I have written so far. More on that soon!
🍂Finalizing everything for the release of Protect me on the 15th of December! Eeek! I have been preparing this book for nearly a year and now that it’s time to finish the story of Marco and Olivia I AM NOT READY! Are you? (swipe to see).
🍂Thanks. I am so thankful for every good thing in my life, for all the people who make me not regret waking up every day, and for having a space to exist in this world through my stories. I would truly be lost without them. Thank you for reading them, if you have!
Here is to another month full of His providence and love, full of books, hugs and creativity.
x,
M.C.
