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I Bid You Farewell

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My Lady, I have seen sweet sorrow encounter your sad eyes, laboring tears, and pain unmoved that scath my bleeding breast. Love proved fatal long the utterance of my woes, heaving in grief to my heart's dismay. 
When our lips met under loves far veil that sweet kiss once fair is now dark and dread. I awaken from a tearful rest that scorns my pale cheek. As some tender words essayed frame my heart, but these words versed shall make me weep. 
Sweet thieves have stolen the light from your bright eyes now loves darkest tyrant beholds your gaze. I bid you farewell, and let the heart for dear love yield. For reminiscing will only bleed our eyes more.
Copyright (C) Valentinno 2012. All rights reserved.

Great Holiday Recipe

Cranberry Stuffed Turkey BreastsIf you don't want to make an entire turkey for holiday dinner on Thanksgiving this is a great recipe that is sure to be a big hit on the taste buds.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and God bless!

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Makes 10 servings

1 (12 ounce) package herb-seasoned bread stuffing mix

2 skinless boneless turkey breasts

1 cup chopped pecans

2 (8 ounce) packages dried, sweetened cranberries

2 tablespoons olive oil

6 lettuce leaves

1/2 cup pecan halves


DirectionsPreheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare stuffing mix according to package directions. Set aside to cool.With a sharp knife, butterfly breasts open to lay flat. Place each breast between two sheets of waxed paper, and flatten with a mallet. Spread the prepared stuffing to within 1/4 inch of the edge of each breast. Sprinkle each one with chopped pecans and dried cranberries, reserving some of the cranberries for garnish. Roll up tightly in a jellyroll style, starting with the long end. Tuck in ends, and tie in sections with string, about 4 sections around the middle and one running the length of the roll to secure the ends.Heat olive oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Carefully brown rolls on all sides.Place skillet in oven, uncovered. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 1 hour, or until the internal temperature is at 170 degrees F (78 degrees C) when taken with a meat thermometer. Do not let these get overly dry.Allow rolls to set for 15 minutes before removing string, and slicing into 1/2 to 3/4 inch circles. Leave one roll whole, and slice the other for presentation. Stuffing will be spiraled into meat. Present on your prettiest platter on a bed of curly lettuce, and garnish by sprinkling with the remaining 1/2 cup pecan halves and the reserved dried cranberries.

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Latest Amazon Reviews

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 I highly recommend A Romantic's Passion, By WilliamsThis review is from: A Romantic's Passion: The Tenth Muse (Kindle Edition)A friend of mine recommended this book to me, but of course I wanted to see what other people had to say about it at first before I purchased it at the local book store. I was really impressed that almost every review compared Valentinno's works to either Lord Byron or John Keats; as well as the author having celebrity reviews as well. When I actually got to read the book I was swept away by pages of inimitable prose poems and love letters. This is more than just a love story about a man's passion and devotion to his muse. She really is symbolic in this collection as an icon of love. Valentinno's descriptions and imagery is flawless, and he really digs in deep when he writes. You can tell that he really pulls at the hearts strings and bares his soul on paper. This is one of the most beautifully written works of romance I have read in a long time. I highly recommend A Romantic's Passion as well. Buy it, read it, you'll love it!!


 Scribe From the SoulBy Janet Cryer "Renee Cryer"Amazon Verified PurchaseThis review is from: A Romantic's Passion: The Tenth Muse (Paperback)As the times change, poetry remains the same. Especially if one writes from the heart and soul. Valentinno is such an author that writes from the heart and soul. One can see and feel soul kisses from him to his muse. Following along through the book, one enjoys an adventure of love and romance. This is a must buy book!
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Niteline Radio - Photo

Photo taken after an interview at Niteline Radio
Manager Chris Claudio, Valentinno, Radio Host Juan Rodriguez.

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Book-signing charity event - Photo

Book-signing charity event at The Vintage for the American Cancer Society.
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The 5th Avenue Diaries - Sample

This is one of the love letter's that is from my next book which will be released in 2013. It is only  a brief sample not the entire letter, but I hope you enjoy the read. 



"The 5th Avenue Diaries" Love Letters to an Heiress. 



[New York 7 November, 2012]

Dear Victoria,
I’m glad I had the opportunity to send you this letter to tell you of my affections. I find that the lesser hours is the absolute time to write you, when the nights tongue brings upon me such silence and the earths candles fade into its incomplete shadows. As I look out upon the balcony at the treading stars, twilight hushes and the Nightingales enthusiasm for song is muted. The lonely ear of tranquility makes it feel like we are the only two that reap the heralds of joy at the very same instant. I press this page against my chest so you could hear the sweet sounding rhapsodies of love, beating within my heart. Although, I never imagined it was possible for anyone to inspire those gentle graces within me. Never have the hours run through day where I haven’t writ a verse about your unexampled beauty.

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Interview at Trump - Photo

Interview at Trump World Towers book-signing.
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The Anatomy Of A Love Letter

[image error] Most letters have the following basic format: a date, a greeting, a body, a closing, a signature and optionally, a postscript (PS).

DatePut a date on all your letters. That date ties the letter to a specific time in your life and relationship. You’ll be glad you did, especially when you’re digging through those old letters 25 years from now.GreetingYour greeting should match the context of your letter and maybe even more importantly – your personality. For example, if you’re writing about her beauty (context = “beauty”) then you might greet her as “My beautiful Girl.” Get the idea? But make sure that your greeting is natural. When you write your love letter, you must not transform into some other person. The key is to be you. Just greet her in your letter the way you would greet her in person. Then it won’t seem fake, stuffy or forced.BodyThe body of your love letter can be as short as one paragraph or as long as 10 or more pages, depending on what you have to say, of course. There are no rules on the length. That is all up to you. ClosingYour closing should pull all your ideas together into a summary or closing statement. It can be anywhere from a short sentence to a paragraph.SignatureYour signature identifies your mood (e.g. “Joyfully yours”), or your feelings (e.g. “Missing you”), or your emotions (e.g. “Deeply in love”), or your expectations (e.g. “See you soon”), or whatever wraps up your message.PostscriptYour postscript (PS), which is optional, goes last. It adds one or more thoughts that you may want to either highlight from the body of your message or add as an unrelated note. This is a good place to say, “Don’t forget about …” or “By the way …”No RulesNow this is the traditional format of a letter. But you are obviously free to write in any format you wish. As for me, many times I’ll write the love letter body in a classical format" and I’ll add a classic greeting, closing and signature afterwards and then simply put it into an envelope.[image error]

Break Time

It's been 12 hours, 20 pages, and 5 ice coffees that I been working on my second book of the "5th Avenue Heiress Series." I figured a break was in order, so i decided to update my blog. But I really guess you can't consider it a break if I went from writing right back to writing except this time in my blog. 
The one thing I loved about working on this novel was laying out the story, It is so much different from poetry. I used large index cards to layout what I was going to write in each chapter then I pinned them on a cork-board. It's really a good system cause you can see the entire layout of the novel. Plus you can move the chapters around if you feel one might belong somewhere else in the book.
Since you now have the story laid out from beginning to end. You can just breeze through the writing in record time. It really makes it so much easier I think. Well it works for me! : )

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