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January 28, 2015
Wish for the day ...
... to get lost in books!
Review: This Little Piggy (Paul Rudd)
This story is short, punchy, very well written and a warning to all the bad folk out there who think they get away with their terrible deeds.
A man regains consciousness in an abandoned warehouse with a guy in a pig mask singing ‘This little piggy …” while his toes are being severed. Instantly you know this story has got you, it got me!
An excellent, gut-twisting tale. Absolutely worth a read!
Amazon
January 27, 2015
A Tear in the Clouds
Yesterday I was so excited to see a review I shared it before I even told you about my new book! A Tear in the Clouds is my first attempt at romance, but typically it also needed something more, and became a paranormal romance. It's novella length and is the perfect distraction when you only have a few hours at your disposal. Response has been excellent, and I'm very excited about it! (may have a few more up my sleeve!)
Blurb:
Alayna is a hermit, for good reason. Living in the giant redwood forest away from prying eyes, her tranquility is shattered when intruders break into her home with the intention of robbing and using her.
A man with vivid green eyes is an unlikely saviour, and when they save each other their fates are sealed. Ben and Alayna have the kind of attraction which reeks of a celestial mandate. Alayna realises what Ben is, but he's too young to know his true power. Torn, Alayna sends Ben away to his true destiny, awaiting his return.
Their attraction is so visceral and overwhelming that Ben returns again and again, each time making it harder to leave the only woman who has ever ignited his soul. Alayna feels it too, because only Ben has a kiss that breaks worlds. His ethereal magnificence is so glorious that their love will leave a tear in the clouds.
Amazon
Blurb:
Alayna is a hermit, for good reason. Living in the giant redwood forest away from prying eyes, her tranquility is shattered when intruders break into her home with the intention of robbing and using her.
A man with vivid green eyes is an unlikely saviour, and when they save each other their fates are sealed. Ben and Alayna have the kind of attraction which reeks of a celestial mandate. Alayna realises what Ben is, but he's too young to know his true power. Torn, Alayna sends Ben away to his true destiny, awaiting his return.
Their attraction is so visceral and overwhelming that Ben returns again and again, each time making it harder to leave the only woman who has ever ignited his soul. Alayna feels it too, because only Ben has a kiss that breaks worlds. His ethereal magnificence is so glorious that their love will leave a tear in the clouds.
Amazon
January 26, 2015
Book Review : Requel's Hell
Requel’s Hell is a big eyes, oh wow are you crazy turning off the highway, kind of story! Here is a man in a muscle car swigging beer when he realises he is lost and sees a cluster of houses out in the desert … and turns off? Madness, I tell you! And off the infamous Route 66 no less!
Right, no spoilers, but all is NOT what it seems when he gets there and realises his car won’t start. Invited to say for the night, he enters another world …
This is visceral, scary, otherworldly, pure hell and an absolute delight to read. Be prepared to be shocked a bit, but also know you are gonna want to finish it to find out what happens. Loved it, lapped it up.
Amazon
Book Review ; Model Girl
Joanne Sexton writes with a very readable, easy flow and it draws you swiftly in to discover a story of the complications of the heart. Add to that dangers in the background, and you simply must find out what happens in the end.
Model Girl centres around a beautiful women and a photographer, but this isn’t a standard romance – there are complications, there is history, and there is angst. There always is, but Model Girl has something extra, and perhaps that has to do with the soul-searching we all do when it comes to relationships.
Highly enjoyable!
Released yesterday on Amazon
January 25, 2015
Justine's Journal #23
52 Weeks 500 Words
This is how it began: Justine (not her real name) decided to write 500 words (or as near as), anything goes, per week for 52 weeks. She would then submit it for anonymous posting, via me, her friend. Perhaps a pattern will emerge from her words, but at this stage it’s more an experiment I have agreed to share in. I’ll attempt to draw conclusions at the end of this. Stay tuned if this resonates with you.
Week 23
"I’m going to discuss the word euphoria.
The Dictionary definition is ‘A feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation’.
And there’s my point. Exaggeratedelation. There are other synonyms, such as bliss, ecstasy, jubilation, rapture, and excitement (it’s quite the word!) but they do not really describe euphoria. These others are ‘okay’ feelings, if you know what I mean, while euphoria can be something else. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but it should be something to be somewhat cautious of.
Exaggerated means ‘Represented as greater than is true or reasonable’ and ‘Enlarged to an abnormal degree’. Synonyms are amplified, enlarged, magnified, and overstated. Do you see?
Thus, following the logic, euphoria is something a bit bigger than is entirely healthy.
This happened to me recently, and has to do with my writing. I finished a piece I’ve been working on for a fair while. See what Elaina has to say about me and my writing in her progress report, and you’ll understand this was actually a massive achievement. Hooray to me! I was, in the aftermath, euphoric. I danced around my little flat and punched the air like a teenager. This was cause for celebration! I phoned friends, including Elaina, I phone my brother, I told my neighbours, I even shared it with the girl at the register in the local shop. Hooray for me.
No one cared, really. I got the ‘well done’ and ‘happy for you’ of course, but they were less than impressed, if truth be told. The downer thereafter was terrible. Euphoria led to the worst kind of disappointment, because I allowed reality to get away from me. I expected too much. I was too happy.
Be wary, friends. Always temper your sense of achievement with a healthy dose of reality.
Here now I want to thank someone, and she is the one sharing this post with you. My friend Elaina is also a writer and she completely understood what had happened to me. She had been there, she knew the pitfalls, and she was able to offer advice I could work with. She told me to begin the self-edit, for now I am to take a rough draft and polish it into something smooth, telling me the satisfaction from that process is often as rewarding, sometimes more so.
Learn from this, please. Be wary of euphoria. And share what you have achieved with someone who understands what it means, for there is the real validation.
Validation: ‘Finding or testing the truth of something’ and ‘The cognitive process of establishing a valid proof’. Good or bad for you, what do you think?"
This is how it began: Justine (not her real name) decided to write 500 words (or as near as), anything goes, per week for 52 weeks. She would then submit it for anonymous posting, via me, her friend. Perhaps a pattern will emerge from her words, but at this stage it’s more an experiment I have agreed to share in. I’ll attempt to draw conclusions at the end of this. Stay tuned if this resonates with you.
Week 23
"I’m going to discuss the word euphoria.
The Dictionary definition is ‘A feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation’.
And there’s my point. Exaggeratedelation. There are other synonyms, such as bliss, ecstasy, jubilation, rapture, and excitement (it’s quite the word!) but they do not really describe euphoria. These others are ‘okay’ feelings, if you know what I mean, while euphoria can be something else. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but it should be something to be somewhat cautious of.
Exaggerated means ‘Represented as greater than is true or reasonable’ and ‘Enlarged to an abnormal degree’. Synonyms are amplified, enlarged, magnified, and overstated. Do you see?
Thus, following the logic, euphoria is something a bit bigger than is entirely healthy.
This happened to me recently, and has to do with my writing. I finished a piece I’ve been working on for a fair while. See what Elaina has to say about me and my writing in her progress report, and you’ll understand this was actually a massive achievement. Hooray to me! I was, in the aftermath, euphoric. I danced around my little flat and punched the air like a teenager. This was cause for celebration! I phoned friends, including Elaina, I phone my brother, I told my neighbours, I even shared it with the girl at the register in the local shop. Hooray for me.
No one cared, really. I got the ‘well done’ and ‘happy for you’ of course, but they were less than impressed, if truth be told. The downer thereafter was terrible. Euphoria led to the worst kind of disappointment, because I allowed reality to get away from me. I expected too much. I was too happy.
Be wary, friends. Always temper your sense of achievement with a healthy dose of reality.
Here now I want to thank someone, and she is the one sharing this post with you. My friend Elaina is also a writer and she completely understood what had happened to me. She had been there, she knew the pitfalls, and she was able to offer advice I could work with. She told me to begin the self-edit, for now I am to take a rough draft and polish it into something smooth, telling me the satisfaction from that process is often as rewarding, sometimes more so.
Learn from this, please. Be wary of euphoria. And share what you have achieved with someone who understands what it means, for there is the real validation.
Validation: ‘Finding or testing the truth of something’ and ‘The cognitive process of establishing a valid proof’. Good or bad for you, what do you think?"
January 24, 2015
Justine Update
Justine currently has a computer issue. I will post her next journal entry tomorrow, even if I have to go fetch it ;)
Till then!
Till then!
