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C.J. Spammer

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in Cape Town, South Africa

Website

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Genre

Fiction, Chick Lit, Contemporary

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Dorothy Koomson, Jodi Picoult, Nicholas Sparks, and many more

Member Since

May 2014

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CJ was born on August 31st 1984. She lives in Cape Town with her husband and their two sons.
She works full time as a customer care consultant / orders processor for a book distributing company.

"I have Bipolar Disorder and ADHD, so growing up was quite challenging at times, although I was only diagnosed when I was sixteen.

I have always loved words - singing, reading, writing - so that’s where I found solace. Writing was the perfect outlet for my depression and anger, and I found I was quite good at it.

"I have written many poems and some short stories, and even began writing an autobiography - but I had never attempted to write a fiction novel, as it seemed such a daunting task - the process too long to satisfy my need for instant gratificati ...more

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C.J. Spammer's Blog: My Inner Voice

His Eyes...

His eyes tell a story
I can never understand,
for I have not seen
what they've seen.

His hands speak of things
I can never comprehend,
for mine have not
laboured like his have.

The lines on his face
speak of things
I cannot fathom,
for I have not
known such things.

His skin, pigmented
and aged by years
of sun exposure,
tells of events
I cannot perceive;
for I have not
witnessed such
atrocities.

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C.J.’s Quotes

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing

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“Nothing but writing rests me; only then do I seem completely myself!”
― Kate Douglas Wiggin

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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

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“I kiss your eyes and leave my heart in your hands".”
― Laini Taylor, Dream of Gods & Monsters

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“Love is never perfect, in fact, it’s the exact opposite of perfect, but that’s okay, because it gives you room to grow and explore.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dirty English

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No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

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