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November 3, 2020
IWSG 4 November 2020: I Write Because Nobody Listens
Aaaaaand the IWSG Question 'o' the Month is...
Albert Camus once said, “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.” Flannery O’Conner said, “I write to discover what I know.” Authors across time and distance have had many reasons to write. Why do you write what you write?
The real, bare-bones truth of why I write is because I don't know how to do anything else and because I probably would have offed myself long ago if I didn't write. So I write to make the wrong seem right even if nothing can ever really be right. I write because, in my literary world, I can make sense of things that will never make sense. Also because in my literary world:
I wrote this post ahead of time. I'm an American citizen, so I'm hoping that at the point when this post publishes, we'll be on our way to ousting the rotting pumpkin-head from the White House. Gee, whoever could have predicted that electing a malignant narcissist reality TV star with manure for brains could have turned out so badly? Can we not do that again?
I always said that if people wanted a reality TV star president with a fake tan, they should have written in Snooki. She wouldn't have been a good president either, but at least she wasn't hateful and rotten to the core.
All that aside, here is what I have been doing and the things I will be changing, because I know you all sit around waiting with bated breath for these posts, thinking to yourselves "what is Cie up to this time?"
Or something like that.
This year has been something of a nuclear disaster. I've been trying to get on disability. The car accident of which I speak is unrelated to my reasons for getting on disability, which have been going on for a lot longer.
I was in a car accident--no injuries except to the car. I was not at fault. Because it's an older car, the insurance company was trying to total it rather than pay for the bodywork. They agreed to cut me a check rather than paying for the repairs directly. This was a good thing because as it turned out, the insides of my tires were completely worn and I needed four new tires to the tune of $850.
This whole mess has been stressful. But a lot of the stress I incur is because I've never learned how to say "no." I've always been pathologically terrified of disappointing people. However, it is impossible to be all things to everyone, and both my work and my mental state suffer when I overload myself. I am bad about taking breaks, and I can't recall the last time I had a day off.
I have three main blog hops that I do weekly.MRFW Book Hookshttp://mfrwbookhooks.blogspot.com/
Snippet Sundayhttp://www.facebook.com/groups/snippetsunday
Weekend Writing Warriorshttp://wewriwa.blogspot.com/
I have one blog hop that I do monthly:MFRW Steam http://mfrwsteam.blogspot.com/
I have decided that on MFRW Steam week, I am not going to participate in the regular MFRW hop. I like to try and visit every participant and share their work on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, or wherever their share buttons lead. It's overwhelming when I try to do both the regular MFRW hop and the Steam hop in the same week.
I've also taken on too much recently when it comes to doing book reviews and that needs to stop because the quality of my work has suffered.
I can easily do cover reveals, book blitzes, and guest posts for the asking over at Readers Roost (http://ornerybookemporium.blogspot.com). The book tour sites that I work with send the HTML all ready to paste into a post, and I just have to schedule it and share it. It really doesn't cut into my regular work.
Reviews are another story because I have to, you know, read the book.
My main source of income is the book reviews that I do for Online Book Club (http://www.onlinebookclub.org) so I have to prioritize them. At this point, except for children's books and cookbooks, it's too much for me to take on outside reviews. But I'm more than happy to do cover reveals and promo posts for the asking.
I've also discovered that I greatly prefer proofreading to beta reading, so I removed the beta reading option from my literary services page. There are better beta readers than me out there, and I'm not embarrassed to admit it.
Lastly, I've been doing a vlog on LBRY. This is something I thought that I'd never do because I hate the sound of my voice. In all honesty, I never look at the stuff I record, I don't edit it, because I would want to jump out a window if I tried. I just put it out there. My vlog channel is auntciesattic on lbry.tv I read poetry and blather, if for some reason that interests you.
I was tired when I wrote this. I need to go inject my levemir so I don't fall asleep and then wake up at 2 AM realizing I didn't inject it.
Diabetes is fuuuuun.
Nah, I'm just fooling with ya. It sucks ass.
Until next IWSG--or sooner! Come back and visit. There's always lots of crazy stuff going on here.
~The Ornery Old Bat Has Spoken~
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The Blurb
Geeky Gandy Stafford's lifelong fantasy comes true when he meets the otherworldly Dorma and Desyra. These last remnants of a botched extraterrestrial invasion discover that they require a great deal of energy to maintain their human forms.
The easiest way to obtain essential power?
Sex, and lots of it.
The Snippet
Last time, Gandy was embarrassed when Dorma and Desyra read his mind.
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“You think we wish to harm you or ridicule you,” Dorma observed. “This is not our wish. You have shown us a great kindness in becoming our guide on your planet. We wish to return your kindness.”
“Yeah, okay, I’m sorry. It’s just...it’s kind of personal.”
“Does all of your species keep their emotions hidden as you do?”
“Pretty much, I think,” Gandy said solemnly, looking at his feet.
The two aliens sat to either side of him, stroking his hair.
“You don’t have to do that,” he said. “I don’t expect you to.”
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October 31, 2020
The Key of Eidolon: Histrionics
“You won’t intimidate me with your histrionics!” Virgil snapped at the glowering ghost. “I came to this house to get laid, and you screwed that up for me, but there’s nothing you can do to stop me from getting my rocks off in the waking world, Lord Morbid!”
Notes:
I needed a prompt for the next segment of the newest chapter in my WIP, The Key of Eidolon. I found the Weekend Writing Prompt from Sammi’s Scribbles.
https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/weekend-writing-prompt-181-histrionics/
Now, this paragraph may not be a work of literary genius, but it’s damn amusing. I hope that it made you chuckle too.
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The Key of Eidolon: Lost in this Masquerade: I Think We're Alone Now
Good afternoon and a pleasant All Hallows Eve to you. This post is going to serve multiple purposes. So, buckle up, and let's get started!
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And now, the first ten sentences of our story.
“It doesn’t count if you’re already planning your defeat.”
These words were spoken by a young, angular scarecrow of a man. Virgil DeMille stood six feet tall and weighed perhaps 140 pounds. The shaggy, dark-brown hair topping his oblong head resembled a bad Beatle wig, but it was his own. To complete his look, he wore an unfortunate suit that looked as if he had stolen it from a funeral home. He had a narrow Roman nose, obviously capped teeth, a sharp chin, and his prominent Adam’s apple bobbed in his skinny neck as he swallowed hard and glared at his companion.
Notes:
I shifted from sharing Ketil and Yitzy's Adventure in the Xura Dream House this week to share this piece from the second book in the Tales from the Dreamlands series, which I am currently working on. The rest of the segment and links to purchase Ketil and Yitzy's Adventure follow.
A harsh wind blew the charnel fog hanging over the shores of Xura towards the corrupt structure upon whose porch Virgil stood, regarding the young woman in his company with displeasure. She was an insecure damsel wearing too much makeup, a white minidress accessorized with a black belt, black tights, and black ballet flats. Atop her head perched a wig fashioned in the style of either Marilyn Monroe or Madonna. She had a round face with plump cheeks that she despised, and the moss-green eyes that she wished were jade were filled with doubt about herself, her companion, and her situation.
“I’m not planning anything, Virgil,” the uncertain girl-woman protested. “I’ve just had some time to think about things, and I don’t think what we’re doing is right. Larry doesn’t deserve this. He’s a good person.”
“But he doesn’t excite you, Pepper. That’s why you dreamed about me. You admitted to me that you don’t love Larry.”
“I don’t, and I feel terrible about it. But I don’t love you either. It was just one stupid dream. I never should have acted on it.”
“Pepper, Baby, please! Don’t let that Catholic guilt of yours kill your chance at happiness,” Virgil begged melodramatically as Pepper rolled her eyes. “You agreed to come here with me to the Dreamlands so we could decide what we should do without interference. Just you and me, free to follow our hearts wherever they may lead.”
“Yes, and they’ve led us to a decaying house on an island that smells like death,” Pepper noted.
“And you dig that!” Virgil persisted. “You’re a freaky chick, Pep. You’re into vampires and haunted houses and all that goth shit. Don’t pass up this opportunity. I think we’re alone now, and we have a chance to explore this wicked house and act out our wildest fantasies. Come on, my hot victim, let’s go inside and your Prince of Darkness will make your flesh quiver with arousal!”
As the pair peered into the front window of the intimidating structure, the door opened suddenly. A figure in a black hooded robe holding a lantern stood before the startled couple.
October 30, 2020
First Look Friday: At the Edge of the Universe
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“There’s a planet at the edge of the universe not unlike the earth in landscape and atmosphere. But its inhabitants are not,” Betsy explained. “It’s a Yuggothian outpost. You see, I believed our extraterrestrial visitor to be an angel. I supposed that I was being whisked away to Heaven. I know that you hate the Fungi from Yuggoth for taking me from you, but they aren’t merely monsters. They simply have an alien view of things. To them, our species is extremely primitive.”
“Well, I’m sorry, me golden dove, but I can’t very well forgive the rotters fer trickin’ an innocent twist n twirl with their twisted telepathy,” Robin countered. “In a matter of mistakes, as mistakes may be measured, this asinine assumption of theirs is the queen mum of mistakes. I understand that they've sent ya ter collect me for whatever nefarious Four Seasons they may 'ave, and I ain't Bobby wot their predicted expectations are as for me response, but ya can tell them that Robin Roberts won't easily become wahn of their corrupted conquests, allowin' 'is John Wayne ter be carted Frank Bough through space and signed, sealed, and delivered, nah fuss, nah muss, ter this ruddy planet they've created ter appease folks whose Dahn The Drains they've nicked.”
“Robin…” Betsy started, but the ghoul held up his hand, a stoic expression on his face.
“’Ang on a tick, Sweetheart, and ‘ear me out, Hairy Biscuits and Cheese. Ya can tell them leather-winged, space-roving blighters that Robin Roberts loves Betsy Bowes unto eternity. Maybe you're 'er, and if ya 're, then Briny Marlin, you must try and understand. I’d not wanna let ya Scapa Fla again for aught, but there's more at stake 'ere than just a On the Floor undead bastard's broken Horse and Cart. Further, I ain't entirely convinced that them Mi-Go’s ain’t just sellin' Sally ter me while dressin' 'er up in a Victorian Almond Rock and callin' 'er Betsy. 'Ave ya even a shred of proof that you're the bloody twist n twirl that I adore wif aw me soul and not just a pretty picture sent ter trick me into bein' Nyarlathotep's Bullock's Horn?”
“You and your wild whirlwind of words,” Betsy quavered, positioning herself in front of Robin and taking his hands. “Do you remember that odd tree in my family’s orchard? There were mostly apple trees, but then there was the one lone olive tree, the odd one out. The olive tree was our special tree. You first declared your love for me under that tree. You were so forthright and so afraid that I would reject you, but you needn’t have worried for a moment. You’re one of a kind, Robin, just like our olive tree standing amid the apple trees.”
“Oh, Betsy, it is you!” Robin proclaimed, bursting into tears. “It couldn't be anybody else. We never told nobody abaht our tree. It was our own secret Jack Jones. Oh, but me golden dove, wot is it that you’d ‘ave me do? I can't rightly just Scapa Fla trippin' Frank Bough ter ovver worlds and leef me china plates ter Kathy Burke their way aahhht of this Elliot Ness we've gotten ourselves into. I’d be a right shite if I did that, don’t you fin’? Oh, 'old the Dog and Bone, I've a marvelous idea! Ya must come wif me and meet me china plates, and we can create a new plan together!”
“I’d like that, Robin,” Betsy agreed.
AcknowledgmentsThis chapter from my WIP, The Key of Eidolon, was written using the “Lurking” prompt from the 2020 October Spooky Writing Prompts challenge.
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October 29, 2020
Readers Roost: Hollywood Enigma Release Blitz
If you love contemporary romance, you need to check out this series.
October 28, 2020
Dark Hearts Love Too: LIfestyles of Tone Deaf Rich Twits
My poetic take on the Kim Kardashian debacle.
Readers Roost: Dance With Me Promo Post and Review
A fascinating young adult story that adult-adults who enjoy the historical fiction and fantasy genres will enjoy too.
October 27, 2020
Mind Reading: MFRW Book Hooks #MFRWhooks
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The Blurb
Geeky Gandy Stafford's lifelong fantasy comes true when he meets the otherworldly Dorma and Desyra. These last remnants of a botched extraterrestrial invasion discover that they require a great deal of energy to maintain their human forms.
The easiest way to obtain essential power?
Sex, and lots of it.
The Snippet
Gandy wasn’t a bad-looking young man. He was five feet nine and lanky. He had wavy, dark red-brown hair and striking dark-blue eyes. He had an angular face and a somewhat prominent nose which had made him the target of teasing when he was in school. He had a small, close-knit group of friends, but he never opened up to anybody.
“You believe that you will live your life without a mate,” Desyra said.
“Uh—yeah. All right, there’s something you need to know about Earth etiquette,” Gandy explained, blushing fiercely. “It’s actually really rude to go inside a person’s head and dig up their deepest stuff. Look, I know you guys are a totally different species and I know you don’t mean any harm, but that’s not something you should be commenting about.”
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Buy the Kindle version on Amazon for $0.99
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Get Coming to Earth as part of the Carnal Invasion Collection, which includes the first four stories in the Carnal Invasion series.
Get the Kindle version on Amazon for $3.99
Get the PDF on LBRY for 75 LBC (approximately $2.25
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