Sean T. Poindexter's Blog, page 3
May 20, 2013
Free Kate! (Updated)
text marked in red has been added after clarification from the police affadavit. The original text has been left with a markthrough so none of you can accuse me of being dishonest.
The King of the Dragon's doesn't usually get involved with political causes on his blog, but this one is different. Sometimes, something happens that gets the King all fired up and I just have to let out a roar and send forth cleansing fire. This is one such case. Yes, I realize I might lose some readers because of this, but if supporting this case offends you, then I doubt you'd enjoy my books very much anyway.
Kaitlyn Hunt
An 18 year old girl named Kate in Florida has been charged with a sex offense for a perfectly innocent relationship with her 15 14 year old girlfriend. This is due entirely to the younger girl's parents objecting to the relationship because they disapprove of homosexuality.
As parents, they have a right to say who their daughter spends time with, and they certainly have the right to forbid their daughter from having sex. But instead of handling this like adults and talking to Kate's parents to keep these two girls apart, they viciously and vindictively decided to orchastrate a plot to get Kate in trouble. According to Kate's family and friends, Kate was 17 when the relationship began. The DAY she turned 18, she passed into the legal status as an adult and made this relationship criminal. According to the police affidavit, the girls started having sexual contact in December of 2012, Kate was 18 and the other girl was 14. Kate's friends and parents allege the relationship began when Kate was 17. The police and the alleged victim's parents appear to be alleging that the relationship started when Kate was 18...if that matters.The younger girl's parents, in cooperation with police, set up a sting operation, tricking the girls into talking about their relationship over the phone while police recorded it. Kate was arrested and charged, and faces imprisonment and the lifetime stigma of a sex offender. All because one girl's parents disapprove of the fact that their daughter is gay. These aren't parents being protective of their daughter, these are bigots using an ambiguous and arbitrary law to punish a young girl for something that is perfectly natural just because they have a superstition about it. If Kate were 17 and the other girl 14, their relationship would be legal; or at least largely ignored. If Kate were 19 and the other girl 16, their relationship would be legal. Why, then, logically, does it become illegal for one year while Kate is 18 and the other girl is 14-15? It simply doesn't make any sense. The law is designed to protect children from sexual predators. Sexual predators seek out and find young, impressionable victims and abuse them. It's clear from the police affadavit that this isn't the case. Both girls admit to being in love, with the younger one refusing to say she was victimized by the older one. Likewise, Kate doesn't appear to have any history of abuse or predation, which would be evident if she were a salicious pedator of children.
FUCK. THAT.
I've spoken with several people involved in the case, including Kate's father. The ACLU are involved and they have retained an attorney. He asked me to post the FAQ he's made for the case on the Facebook Group supporting Kate, and that's what I'm pasting here:
“FREE KATE” FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who is Kate, and why does she need to be freed?
Kate is a high school senior living in Indian River County, FL. Until halfway through the school year, she was a student at Indian River High School, where she had been a cheerleader, a Varsity basketball player, and a medical trainee preparing for a career serving others in the nursing field. Kate was a productive and popular member of her school community and was voted as the student with “most school spirit.”
Kate’s girlfriend was a freshman student enrolled in International Baccalaureate courses with upper-classmen and a fellow player on the Varsity basketball team with Kate. While Kate was 3+ years older than her girlfriend, they were peers in the exact same social circle.
When Kate’s girlfriend’s parents learned of their relationship, they went directly to the police to press charges without sharing their objections with Kate or her family. The police recorded a conversation between Kate and her girlfriend, which led to Kate’s arrest. Kate was arrested and interrogated extensively without a lawyer present.
Kate’s father was a former police officer, so she trusted the police and didn’t feel she had anything to hide. Unfortunately, the police took advantage of her trust in order to get her to make incriminating statements.
Kate was eventually charged with two counts of felony lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12-16. The prosecutor later offered a plea deal of felony child abuse, with two years house arrest followed by one year probation.
Today, the girls are 18 and 15. We will not discuss the specifics of their relationship or when contact took place between them for their legal protection. Kate’s girlfriend has taken no part in her prosecution and denies she is a victim, but the law grants her no rights in this matter.
Kate has offered to permanently cease contact and leave the state if charges are dropped, but that offer has been rejected by the prosecutor and the girlfriend’s parents.
2. Do we think Kate deserves special treatment because she’s a girl in a same sex relationship?
Absolutely not! It is our national shame that states continue to prosecute relationships between consenting students at the same high school. We generally support age-of-consent laws, but we believe it is ludicrous that a 23-year-old can date a 16-year-old, but two students in the same school and on the same basketball team cannot be in a relationship because of arbitrary age limits. The law needs to change, not only to protect Kate, but to protect the millions of teenagers, boys and girls, straight and gay, whose lives are regularly ruined because parents disapprove of their children’s sexual choices.
We want justice for all 18-year-old high school seniors who have undergone criminal prosecution for exercising poor judgement in their dating life. Such students are not predators. They’re just kids.
Likewise, we believe the law should not be arbitrarily enforced based on a parent’s anger. Parents should be empowered to protect their children, but not at the price of destroying another young person’s life forever.
3. What is the point of this Facebook group?
The point of this group is to offer Kate support and to offer Kate’s supporters a place to share and receive accurate information. This is not a forum to debate your views on same-sex relationships or age-of-consent laws.
Kate with her father
We believe in free speech, but you have your own Facebook wall for that. Anyone expressing negative views of Kate or our cause will be removed permanently from the group.
Likewise, we ask our supporters to keep a sharp look out for trolls and other negative content. Please do not argue with trolls. Simply tag their posts for an admin and ignore them. Responding to troll posts only bumps them up. If you see any pornographic or other inappropriate imagery, please report it immediately to Facebook and an admin.
4. Should we go after the other family?
NO! Please refrain from posting any personal information about the other people involved in this case. Doing so will only hurt Kate and her cause.
Likewise, we do not want to cause Kate’s former girlfriend any pain or suffering over the actions of her parents. Let’s keep this positive and go through the proper channels. No witch hunts, please.
5. How can members of “Free Kate” help?
First, sign this petition: http://www.change.org/freekate
Second, if you would like to help the family cope with their considerable legal fees, you can do so here: http://www.gofundme.com/2yz5ts
Third, if you’re a resident of Florida, please contact your state legislators and tell them the law needs to protect high school peers from prosecution. Find your state legislators here:http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm?CFID=295718277&CFTOKEN=95887900
Even if you’re not a Florida resident, contact your state legislators, anyway. Most states have similarly unjust laws.
Fourth, share this story! Share with everyone! If you know a high school student, make sure he or she knows the law. We don’t want our children going to jail out of ignorance.
Things need to change. We can make that change happen together.
Andrew Kenneth Gay
We ALL are ONE!!! We ALL fight the fight!!
You can help. Click here to reach the GoFundMe site to donate. There is also a e-petition you can sign, though I don't know how much good it will do it does show Kate and her family that people care.
Now, before you all start getting all douchy about how there wouldn't be as much support for this if Kate were a boy, and that the LBGT community is trying to get special treatment because it's a homosexual relationship, let me just rebut that by saying YOU'RE AN IDIOT and you're missing the point. IF Kate had been an 18 year old boy, the other girl's parents probably wouldn't have made an issue out of it. These charges were brought about because the parents of the younger girl disapproved of their daughter being gay. Period. Also, I worked in the criminal justice system and I know for a fact that DAs and cops get accusations of sex between 14-15 year old girls and boys as old as 21 all the time and they do nothing about them because it's literally impossible to prove anything happened. This case was singled out simply because it was two girls. THAT definitely makes it a discrimination issue.
Praise Tiamat
Praise Tiamat,
StP
The King of the Dragon's doesn't usually get involved with political causes on his blog, but this one is different. Sometimes, something happens that gets the King all fired up and I just have to let out a roar and send forth cleansing fire. This is one such case. Yes, I realize I might lose some readers because of this, but if supporting this case offends you, then I doubt you'd enjoy my books very much anyway.
Kaitlyn Hunt
An 18 year old girl named Kate in Florida has been charged with a sex offense for a perfectly innocent relationship with her 15 14 year old girlfriend. This is due entirely to the younger girl's parents objecting to the relationship because they disapprove of homosexuality.
As parents, they have a right to say who their daughter spends time with, and they certainly have the right to forbid their daughter from having sex. But instead of handling this like adults and talking to Kate's parents to keep these two girls apart, they viciously and vindictively decided to orchastrate a plot to get Kate in trouble. According to Kate's family and friends, Kate was 17 when the relationship began. The DAY she turned 18, she passed into the legal status as an adult and made this relationship criminal. According to the police affidavit, the girls started having sexual contact in December of 2012, Kate was 18 and the other girl was 14. Kate's friends and parents allege the relationship began when Kate was 17. The police and the alleged victim's parents appear to be alleging that the relationship started when Kate was 18...if that matters.The younger girl's parents, in cooperation with police, set up a sting operation, tricking the girls into talking about their relationship over the phone while police recorded it. Kate was arrested and charged, and faces imprisonment and the lifetime stigma of a sex offender. All because one girl's parents disapprove of the fact that their daughter is gay. These aren't parents being protective of their daughter, these are bigots using an ambiguous and arbitrary law to punish a young girl for something that is perfectly natural just because they have a superstition about it. If Kate were 17 and the other girl 14, their relationship would be legal; or at least largely ignored. If Kate were 19 and the other girl 16, their relationship would be legal. Why, then, logically, does it become illegal for one year while Kate is 18 and the other girl is 14-15? It simply doesn't make any sense. The law is designed to protect children from sexual predators. Sexual predators seek out and find young, impressionable victims and abuse them. It's clear from the police affadavit that this isn't the case. Both girls admit to being in love, with the younger one refusing to say she was victimized by the older one. Likewise, Kate doesn't appear to have any history of abuse or predation, which would be evident if she were a salicious pedator of children.
FUCK. THAT.
I've spoken with several people involved in the case, including Kate's father. The ACLU are involved and they have retained an attorney. He asked me to post the FAQ he's made for the case on the Facebook Group supporting Kate, and that's what I'm pasting here:
“FREE KATE” FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who is Kate, and why does she need to be freed?
Kate is a high school senior living in Indian River County, FL. Until halfway through the school year, she was a student at Indian River High School, where she had been a cheerleader, a Varsity basketball player, and a medical trainee preparing for a career serving others in the nursing field. Kate was a productive and popular member of her school community and was voted as the student with “most school spirit.”
Kate’s girlfriend was a freshman student enrolled in International Baccalaureate courses with upper-classmen and a fellow player on the Varsity basketball team with Kate. While Kate was 3+ years older than her girlfriend, they were peers in the exact same social circle.
When Kate’s girlfriend’s parents learned of their relationship, they went directly to the police to press charges without sharing their objections with Kate or her family. The police recorded a conversation between Kate and her girlfriend, which led to Kate’s arrest. Kate was arrested and interrogated extensively without a lawyer present.
Kate’s father was a former police officer, so she trusted the police and didn’t feel she had anything to hide. Unfortunately, the police took advantage of her trust in order to get her to make incriminating statements.
Kate was eventually charged with two counts of felony lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12-16. The prosecutor later offered a plea deal of felony child abuse, with two years house arrest followed by one year probation.
Today, the girls are 18 and 15. We will not discuss the specifics of their relationship or when contact took place between them for their legal protection. Kate’s girlfriend has taken no part in her prosecution and denies she is a victim, but the law grants her no rights in this matter.
Kate has offered to permanently cease contact and leave the state if charges are dropped, but that offer has been rejected by the prosecutor and the girlfriend’s parents.
2. Do we think Kate deserves special treatment because she’s a girl in a same sex relationship?
Absolutely not! It is our national shame that states continue to prosecute relationships between consenting students at the same high school. We generally support age-of-consent laws, but we believe it is ludicrous that a 23-year-old can date a 16-year-old, but two students in the same school and on the same basketball team cannot be in a relationship because of arbitrary age limits. The law needs to change, not only to protect Kate, but to protect the millions of teenagers, boys and girls, straight and gay, whose lives are regularly ruined because parents disapprove of their children’s sexual choices.
We want justice for all 18-year-old high school seniors who have undergone criminal prosecution for exercising poor judgement in their dating life. Such students are not predators. They’re just kids.
Likewise, we believe the law should not be arbitrarily enforced based on a parent’s anger. Parents should be empowered to protect their children, but not at the price of destroying another young person’s life forever.
3. What is the point of this Facebook group?
The point of this group is to offer Kate support and to offer Kate’s supporters a place to share and receive accurate information. This is not a forum to debate your views on same-sex relationships or age-of-consent laws.
Kate with her father
We believe in free speech, but you have your own Facebook wall for that. Anyone expressing negative views of Kate or our cause will be removed permanently from the group.
Likewise, we ask our supporters to keep a sharp look out for trolls and other negative content. Please do not argue with trolls. Simply tag their posts for an admin and ignore them. Responding to troll posts only bumps them up. If you see any pornographic or other inappropriate imagery, please report it immediately to Facebook and an admin.
4. Should we go after the other family?
NO! Please refrain from posting any personal information about the other people involved in this case. Doing so will only hurt Kate and her cause.
Likewise, we do not want to cause Kate’s former girlfriend any pain or suffering over the actions of her parents. Let’s keep this positive and go through the proper channels. No witch hunts, please.
5. How can members of “Free Kate” help?
First, sign this petition: http://www.change.org/freekate
Second, if you would like to help the family cope with their considerable legal fees, you can do so here: http://www.gofundme.com/2yz5ts
Third, if you’re a resident of Florida, please contact your state legislators and tell them the law needs to protect high school peers from prosecution. Find your state legislators here:http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm?CFID=295718277&CFTOKEN=95887900
Even if you’re not a Florida resident, contact your state legislators, anyway. Most states have similarly unjust laws.
Fourth, share this story! Share with everyone! If you know a high school student, make sure he or she knows the law. We don’t want our children going to jail out of ignorance.
Things need to change. We can make that change happen together.
Andrew Kenneth Gay
We ALL are ONE!!! We ALL fight the fight!!
You can help. Click here to reach the GoFundMe site to donate. There is also a e-petition you can sign, though I don't know how much good it will do it does show Kate and her family that people care.
Now, before you all start getting all douchy about how there wouldn't be as much support for this if Kate were a boy, and that the LBGT community is trying to get special treatment because it's a homosexual relationship, let me just rebut that by saying YOU'RE AN IDIOT and you're missing the point. IF Kate had been an 18 year old boy, the other girl's parents probably wouldn't have made an issue out of it. These charges were brought about because the parents of the younger girl disapproved of their daughter being gay. Period. Also, I worked in the criminal justice system and I know for a fact that DAs and cops get accusations of sex between 14-15 year old girls and boys as old as 21 all the time and they do nothing about them because it's literally impossible to prove anything happened. This case was singled out simply because it was two girls. THAT definitely makes it a discrimination issue.
Praise Tiamat
Praise Tiamat,
StP
Free Kate!
The King of the Dragon's doesn't usually get involved with political causes on his blog, but this one is different. Sometimes, something happens that gets the King all fired up and I just have to let out a roar and send forth cleansing fire. This is one such case. Yes, I realize I might lose some readers because of this, but if supporting this case offends you, then I doubt you'd enjoy my books very much anyway.
Kaitlyn Hunt
An 18 year old girl named Kate in Florida has been charged with a sex offense for a perfectly innocent relationship with her 15 year old girlfriend. This is due entirely to the younger girl's parents objecting to the relationship because they disapprove of homosexuality.
As parents, they have a right to say who their daughter spends time with, and they certainly have the right to forbid their daughter from having sex. But instead of handling this like adults and talking to Kate's parents to keep these two girls apart, they viciously and vindictively decided to orchastrate a plot to get Kate in trouble. Kate was 17 when the relationship began, the DAY she turned 18, she passed into the legal status as an adult and made this relationship criminal. They set up a sting operation, tricking the girls into talking about their relationship over the phone while police recorded it. Kate was arrested and charged, and faces imprisonment and the lifetime stigma of a sex offender. All because one girl's parents disapprove of the fact that their daughter is gay. These aren't parents being protective of their daughter, these are bigots using an ambiguous and arbitrary law to punish a young girl for something that is perfectly natural just because they have a superstition about it.
FUCK. THAT.
I've spoken with several people involved in the case, including Kate's father. The ACLU are involved and they have retained an attorney. He asked me to post the FAQ he's made for the case on the Facebook Group supporting Kate, and that's what I'm pasting here:
“FREE KATE” FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who is Kate, and why does she need to be freed?
Kate is a high school senior living in Indian River County, FL. Until halfway through the school year, she was a student at Indian River High School, where she had been a cheerleader, a Varsity basketball player, and a medical trainee preparing for a career serving others in the nursing field. Kate was a productive and popular member of her school community and was voted as the student with “most school spirit.”
Kate’s girlfriend was a freshman student enrolled in International Baccalaureate courses with upper-classmen and a fellow player on the Varsity basketball team with Kate. While Kate was 3+ years older than her girlfriend, they were peers in the exact same social circle.
When Kate’s girlfriend’s parents learned of their relationship, they went directly to the police to press charges without sharing their objections with Kate or her family. The police recorded a conversation between Kate and her girlfriend, which led to Kate’s arrest. Kate was arrested and interrogated extensively without a lawyer present.
Kate’s father was a former police officer, so she trusted the police and didn’t feel she had anything to hide. Unfortunately, the police took advantage of her trust in order to get her to make incriminating statements.
Kate was eventually charged with two counts of felony lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12-16. The prosecutor later offered a plea deal of felony child abuse, with two years house arrest followed by one year probation.
Today, the girls are 18 and 15. We will not discuss the specifics of their relationship or when contact took place between them for their legal protection. Kate’s girlfriend has taken no part in her prosecution and denies she is a victim, but the law grants her no rights in this matter.
Kate has offered to permanently cease contact and leave the state if charges are dropped, but that offer has been rejected by the prosecutor and the girlfriend’s parents.
2. Do we think Kate deserves special treatment because she’s a girl in a same sex relationship?
Absolutely not! It is our national shame that states continue to prosecute relationships between consenting students at the same high school. We generally support age-of-consent laws, but we believe it is ludicrous that a 23-year-old can date a 16-year-old, but two students in the same school and on the same basketball team cannot be in a relationship because of arbitrary age limits. The law needs to change, not only to protect Kate, but to protect the millions of teenagers, boys and girls, straight and gay, whose lives are regularly ruined because parents disapprove of their children’s sexual choices.
We want justice for all 18-year-old high school seniors who have undergone criminal prosecution for exercising poor judgement in their dating life. Such students are not predators. They’re just kids.
Likewise, we believe the law should not be arbitrarily enforced based on a parent’s anger. Parents should be empowered to protect their children, but not at the price of destroying another young person’s life forever.
3. What is the point of this Facebook group?
The point of this group is to offer Kate support and to offer Kate’s supporters a place to share and receive accurate information. This is not a forum to debate your views on same-sex relationships or age-of-consent laws.
Kate with her father
We believe in free speech, but you have your own Facebook wall for that. Anyone expressing negative views of Kate or our cause will be removed permanently from the group.
Likewise, we ask our supporters to keep a sharp look out for trolls and other negative content. Please do not argue with trolls. Simply tag their posts for an admin and ignore them. Responding to troll posts only bumps them up. If you see any pornographic or other inappropriate imagery, please report it immediately to Facebook and an admin.
4. Should we go after the other family?
NO! Please refrain from posting any personal information about the other people involved in this case. Doing so will only hurt Kate and her cause.
Likewise, we do not want to cause Kate’s former girlfriend any pain or suffering over the actions of her parents. Let’s keep this positive and go through the proper channels. No witch hunts, please.
5. How can members of “Free Kate” help?
First, sign this petition: http://www.change.org/freekate
Second, if you would like to help the family cope with their considerable legal fees, you can do so here: http://www.gofundme.com/2yz5ts
Third, if you’re a resident of Florida, please contact your state legislators and tell them the law needs to protect high school peers from prosecution. Find your state legislators here:http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm?CFID=295718277&CFTOKEN=95887900
Even if you’re not a Florida resident, contact your state legislators, anyway. Most states have similarly unjust laws.
Fourth, share this story! Share with everyone! If you know a high school student, make sure he or she knows the law. We don’t want our children going to jail out of ignorance.
Things need to change. We can make that change happen together.
Andrew Kenneth Gay
We ALL are ONE!!! We ALL fight the fight!!
You can help. Click here to reach the GoFundMe site to donate. There is also a e-petition you can sign, though I don't know how much good it will do it does show Kate and her family that people care.
Now, before you all start getting all douchy about how there wouldn't be as much support for this if Kate were a boy, and that the LBGT community is trying to get special treatment because it's a homosexual relationship, let me just rebut that by saying YOU'RE AN IDIOT and you're missing the point. IF Kate had been an 18 year old boy, the other girl's parents probably wouldn't have made an issue out of it. These charges were brought about because the parents of the younger girl disapproved of their daughter being gay. Period. Also, I worked in the criminal justice system and I know for a fact that DAs and cops get accusations of sex between 14-15 year old girls and boys as old as 21 all the time and they do nothing about them because it's literally impossible to prove anything happened. This case was singled out simply because it was two girls. THAT definitely makes it a discrimination issue.
Praise Tiamat
Praise Tiamat,
StP
Kaitlyn Hunt
An 18 year old girl named Kate in Florida has been charged with a sex offense for a perfectly innocent relationship with her 15 year old girlfriend. This is due entirely to the younger girl's parents objecting to the relationship because they disapprove of homosexuality.
As parents, they have a right to say who their daughter spends time with, and they certainly have the right to forbid their daughter from having sex. But instead of handling this like adults and talking to Kate's parents to keep these two girls apart, they viciously and vindictively decided to orchastrate a plot to get Kate in trouble. Kate was 17 when the relationship began, the DAY she turned 18, she passed into the legal status as an adult and made this relationship criminal. They set up a sting operation, tricking the girls into talking about their relationship over the phone while police recorded it. Kate was arrested and charged, and faces imprisonment and the lifetime stigma of a sex offender. All because one girl's parents disapprove of the fact that their daughter is gay. These aren't parents being protective of their daughter, these are bigots using an ambiguous and arbitrary law to punish a young girl for something that is perfectly natural just because they have a superstition about it.
FUCK. THAT.
I've spoken with several people involved in the case, including Kate's father. The ACLU are involved and they have retained an attorney. He asked me to post the FAQ he's made for the case on the Facebook Group supporting Kate, and that's what I'm pasting here:
“FREE KATE” FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who is Kate, and why does she need to be freed?
Kate is a high school senior living in Indian River County, FL. Until halfway through the school year, she was a student at Indian River High School, where she had been a cheerleader, a Varsity basketball player, and a medical trainee preparing for a career serving others in the nursing field. Kate was a productive and popular member of her school community and was voted as the student with “most school spirit.”
Kate’s girlfriend was a freshman student enrolled in International Baccalaureate courses with upper-classmen and a fellow player on the Varsity basketball team with Kate. While Kate was 3+ years older than her girlfriend, they were peers in the exact same social circle.
When Kate’s girlfriend’s parents learned of their relationship, they went directly to the police to press charges without sharing their objections with Kate or her family. The police recorded a conversation between Kate and her girlfriend, which led to Kate’s arrest. Kate was arrested and interrogated extensively without a lawyer present.
Kate’s father was a former police officer, so she trusted the police and didn’t feel she had anything to hide. Unfortunately, the police took advantage of her trust in order to get her to make incriminating statements.
Kate was eventually charged with two counts of felony lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12-16. The prosecutor later offered a plea deal of felony child abuse, with two years house arrest followed by one year probation.
Today, the girls are 18 and 15. We will not discuss the specifics of their relationship or when contact took place between them for their legal protection. Kate’s girlfriend has taken no part in her prosecution and denies she is a victim, but the law grants her no rights in this matter.
Kate has offered to permanently cease contact and leave the state if charges are dropped, but that offer has been rejected by the prosecutor and the girlfriend’s parents.
2. Do we think Kate deserves special treatment because she’s a girl in a same sex relationship?
Absolutely not! It is our national shame that states continue to prosecute relationships between consenting students at the same high school. We generally support age-of-consent laws, but we believe it is ludicrous that a 23-year-old can date a 16-year-old, but two students in the same school and on the same basketball team cannot be in a relationship because of arbitrary age limits. The law needs to change, not only to protect Kate, but to protect the millions of teenagers, boys and girls, straight and gay, whose lives are regularly ruined because parents disapprove of their children’s sexual choices.
We want justice for all 18-year-old high school seniors who have undergone criminal prosecution for exercising poor judgement in their dating life. Such students are not predators. They’re just kids.
Likewise, we believe the law should not be arbitrarily enforced based on a parent’s anger. Parents should be empowered to protect their children, but not at the price of destroying another young person’s life forever.
3. What is the point of this Facebook group?
The point of this group is to offer Kate support and to offer Kate’s supporters a place to share and receive accurate information. This is not a forum to debate your views on same-sex relationships or age-of-consent laws.
Kate with her father
We believe in free speech, but you have your own Facebook wall for that. Anyone expressing negative views of Kate or our cause will be removed permanently from the group.
Likewise, we ask our supporters to keep a sharp look out for trolls and other negative content. Please do not argue with trolls. Simply tag their posts for an admin and ignore them. Responding to troll posts only bumps them up. If you see any pornographic or other inappropriate imagery, please report it immediately to Facebook and an admin.
4. Should we go after the other family?
NO! Please refrain from posting any personal information about the other people involved in this case. Doing so will only hurt Kate and her cause.
Likewise, we do not want to cause Kate’s former girlfriend any pain or suffering over the actions of her parents. Let’s keep this positive and go through the proper channels. No witch hunts, please.
5. How can members of “Free Kate” help?
First, sign this petition: http://www.change.org/freekate
Second, if you would like to help the family cope with their considerable legal fees, you can do so here: http://www.gofundme.com/2yz5ts
Third, if you’re a resident of Florida, please contact your state legislators and tell them the law needs to protect high school peers from prosecution. Find your state legislators here:http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm?CFID=295718277&CFTOKEN=95887900
Even if you’re not a Florida resident, contact your state legislators, anyway. Most states have similarly unjust laws.
Fourth, share this story! Share with everyone! If you know a high school student, make sure he or she knows the law. We don’t want our children going to jail out of ignorance.
Things need to change. We can make that change happen together.
Andrew Kenneth Gay
We ALL are ONE!!! We ALL fight the fight!!
You can help. Click here to reach the GoFundMe site to donate. There is also a e-petition you can sign, though I don't know how much good it will do it does show Kate and her family that people care.
Now, before you all start getting all douchy about how there wouldn't be as much support for this if Kate were a boy, and that the LBGT community is trying to get special treatment because it's a homosexual relationship, let me just rebut that by saying YOU'RE AN IDIOT and you're missing the point. IF Kate had been an 18 year old boy, the other girl's parents probably wouldn't have made an issue out of it. These charges were brought about because the parents of the younger girl disapproved of their daughter being gay. Period. Also, I worked in the criminal justice system and I know for a fact that DAs and cops get accusations of sex between 14-15 year old girls and boys as old as 21 all the time and they do nothing about them because it's literally impossible to prove anything happened. This case was singled out simply because it was two girls. THAT definitely makes it a discrimination issue.
Praise Tiamat
Praise Tiamat,
StP
May 15, 2013
12 Questions I Get Asked a Lot...and the Answers
1. Can I have a free copy of your book?
That depends...will you come to my house and do whatever it is you do for money for free for about six months? Because that's basically what you're asking me for. If you're willing to write a review, or do me some other favor, then I will consider it. Otherwise, this is probably the most insulting questions you can ever ask an author, right past "Do you have a real job?" and "Why are you such an asshole?" Seriously, it's just like going to a friend's restaurant and asking if you can have a free meal, then leaving when he says no.
2. Will you base a character in one of your books on me?
I doubt it. Don't take this personally. Most of the time in my books, bad things happen to the characters. It's harder for me to do bad things to a character based on someone I know, because it's like saying I'd like to see those things happen to them. Also, if I base a character on you, and then I make that character do something that you, as a person, would never do, you'll get upset with me and say I must not know you very well. So, this isn't something I'm likely to do. Sometimes I base a character's look on an actor or actress I think fits the mold. More rarely, on someone I know personally.
3. Why aren't you a Libertarian? Sometimes you sound like one...
I agree with a lot of the social policies of Libertarianism, but am the complete opposite of the economic ones. I have a lot of Libertarian friends and find a great deal of common ground with them, but I'm a dyed in the wool socialist. And no, I don't want to debate you about that. Because I don't care. I guess that's something else that makes me unlike a Libertarian. It seems like almost every Libertarian I know is absolutely obsessed with turning everyone they meet into a Libertarian, or convincing them that they actually are one without knowing it. Like a religion, or something. Whereas me, I honestly have no interest in convincing anyone else to adopt my political philosophy.
4. Speaking of religion...
Oh dammit...
...you autograph your books and end your posts with "PRAISE TIAMAT!" Does this mean you worship Tiamat?
Yes. I'm also from Sumer. *sigh* No, jackass...I don't worship Tiamat. "Praise Tiamat" is something the dragons in my book say when they are happy about something. "To the Shadow of Tiamat" is something they say when one of their race dies. They don't even worship Tiamat as a god, they just revere her as the mother of their race.
5. So do you believe in any God or religion, then?
No.
6. Why can't I find your books in my local bookstore?
Because I'm not Stephen King or Clive Cussler. I'm not even Mark Lawrence (he's awesome, by the way...read Prince of Thorns immediately). More than likely, you aren't going to find my book sitting on a shelf at a bookstore. However, you can order my book from any bookstore by asking the person at the counter to order it for you. Or you can order it online here or by clicking the Buy My Books link at the top of the page.
7. How many books do you plan to write?
As many as I can until I can't anymore...which usually means when I'm dead ;-)
SPOILER LINE
The questions beyond this point include some minor spoilers for The Shadow of Tiamat and The Will of the Darkest One . Proceed at your own discretion...
8. How did Max know Garrett was a dragon? Or that dragons exist at all?
Max knows a lot of things. More about what Max knows and how he knows it will be introduced in the first book in Max's series, Moth. Max is a bit of a mystery himself. One I hope you'll enjoy exploring through his own series of books, The Max Hollingsworth Paranormal Mysteries.
9. How come all the vampires in your books are either bloodthirsty killers or bumbling morons? Why are there no romantic vampires like Lestat and Edward?
They aren't. Sometimes they are bloodthirsty morons or bumbling killers. The reason is this: vampires are monsters. Lestat was a monster, too. Yeah, he had some romantic features but Rice never let us forget what he was. Edward is a pansy and can kiss my ass, but Meyer did make it clear that he and his family were exceptional of the vampire race in that they didn't harm humans. Also, Twilight was terrible. In both cases, vampires are, at their core, monsters who use their ability to hide as humans to help them hunt prey, therefore the majority of vampires in those worlds will be evil monsters. No matter what, the majority of vampires in any book or series need to be evil monsters, otherwise it removes the novelty of finding one that isn't like that.
In my books, the vampires lose their conscience and become what criminologists would call predatory sociopaths. This means they don't care about anything but themselves and take pleasure (usually sexual) in the suffering of others. They also have low impulse control, are prone to violence, and aren't very patient or thoughtful. Some vampires outgrow this, but most don't live long enough as their new lifestyle leads them to getting in a lot of fights and getting killed. Also, they don't tend to be all that bright. Contrary to popular belief, sociopaths are not usually smarter than anyone else. There are very intelligent ones out there, but most of them are average to below average intelligence. Couple that with low impulse control, a propensity for violence, and the cocksure belief that they can't die and you've got a recipe for sheer comedy.
Anyway, I was actually kind of tired of the whole dark prince with an unbeating heart of gold routine with vampires. Mostly, I just wanted something that people would enjoy seeing the dragons tear apart. If you like (or write) vampire stories with a friendly bloodsucker, that's fine. I do, eventually, introduce some vampires who are slightly less sociopathic in future books (there is one in Moth, and another in The Elohim Legacy) but just accept that when you read my books, almost every vampire you meet is going to be an evil asshole. Because, more than likely, if you met one in real life, they would be, too.
10. Why did Fraise send Xyus to Joplin to kill Megan if he needed it to look like an accident? Wouldn't Fraise have known Xyus was too violent and unpredictable to carry out such a delicate mission? Why not send one of the others?
Fraise was working with what he had. Fraise only has a few dragons on his side in The Shadow of Tiamat . He gains more in The Will of the Darkest One but until then, this was all he had to work with. Xyus was the most sensible choice, given his options. Yomiko wouldn't have done it, she's too honorable. Vritra had already deserted him. Yor wouldn't have gone without Yomiko. And Gruda...well, it isn't explored very much in the first book, but between Xyus and Gruda, she's actually the crazier one. While Xyus may have violently assaulted a human woman and caused a bit of mayhem in Joplin, Gruda probably would have raped and killed everything in the city. She's literally that unhinged when she's around humans, so Fraise keeps her separated from them as much as possible. You will get a taste of just how vicious and insane Gruda is in The Will of the Darkest One, and hopefully understand why Fraise doesn't like sending her off without supervision. If Fraise had Wynonah, the trickster dragon from The Will of the Darkest One in his employ during the events of The Shadow of Tiamat, he probably would have sent her instead.
11. How do the dragons go from being all huge like a building to human size?
By being dragons. It's magic, don't put too much into it. But really, this does get explained a little in The Will of the Darkest One . Dragons are living, walking conduits of elemental energy. This manifests in various forms as it passes through the dragon, and is what is expressed in their breath attacks. There are a number of different forms this elemental energy can take as it passes through the dragon: fire, lightning, acid, frost, etc. However, in it's purest form, it's just formless energy. It's what fuels the dragon's long life, ability to heal, and great strength even in human form. At the atomic level, dragons are able to compact the matter that makes them up as energy and release it back through the conduit inside them to the limitless plane of energy from whence it came as they shape-change. The remaining matter is then rearranged into their human form. When they take a human form, they keep enough of their atomic mass to continue existing in our plane, while also storing the information needed to resume their natural shape. When they decide to do this, they open the conduit inside and absorb enough energy to facilitate the change. Their forms are tied together, though, so as a dragon ages, both his forms age with him. Dragons learn to do this very young. Most of the time, they only learn how to take one human form. Some learn to take several, but this usually requires specialized training that distracts from teaching the dragon other important things, like how to fly, fight, and blow shit up with their breath. However, even in human form, the dragons aren't quite human. They are incredibly strong, have dense flesh that can deflect most human weapons, and are immune to diseases and most poisons. They can also control most of their bodily functions, like make their hair grow faster (or fall out) and they don't sweat or have to worry about damage from exposure--unless they fall into a volcano or something.
Anyway, this transformation is somewhat taxing. Dragons in their prime and younger can make the shift without any problem. Much older, and they start losing the ability to change shape. A dragon can always resume it's natural form, but it's possible for a dragon to get so old that he can't shift back into human form. Dragons tend to know this is the case, as each time they try to change to their human form it becomes more difficult. In The Shadow of Tiamat , Fraise laments in private that the next time he returns to dragon form, he will be unable to change again because he's too old. Fraise isn't very happy about this, as he despises humans and does not like pretending to be one. Unfortunately, he has much work left to do that he cannot accomplish as a dragon. This is a large part of why he relies on sorcery to accomplish his ends, something most dragons consider distasteful.
12. What's Meg's secret? Is she a half-dragon? If Aoni'a knows, why doesn't she just tell her? And how does Garrett not know, especially if it's part of the reason why he's so into her?
That's actually four questions but they are all related so I'll answer them as one.
(a) Meg's secret, which is something Aoni'a says makes her special to Garrett and other dragons, is something introduced in The Shadow of Tiamat and explored more in The Will of the Darkest One . It is kind of a big deal, so it isn't something that can be introduced lightly or settled with one book. A big portion of this secret will, however, be revealed in The Elohim Legacy, as a large part of the story involves Meg and Aoni'a travelling to the Yukon to find her real father.
(b) No. Meg isn't a half-dragon. Yeah, I know, Yvonne and Xyus...but Tosha isn't a half-dragon. She's a full dragon who just happened to have a human mother for the first 9 months of gestation. Something about having a human mother makes it possible for a dragon to impregnate (or become impregnated by) a human, but the result would be another dragon. Yes, this does mean that Tosha could, at some point, become pregnant by a human male. Anyway, Meg isn't a half-dragon. Dragons are born with full-awareness and have eidetic memory. Meg would almost certainly remember hatching from an egg. Also, whatever Meg's secret was, Fraise was aware of it from the moment he saw her. He told his minions that they wouldn't be able to kill her outright, they'd have to make it look like an accident. Whatever it was, Yomiko was so offended by the idea of killing Meg that she betrayed her twin bother and Fraise to protect her. It is doubtful that she would have gone to that much trouble just to protect another dragon. Or even a half-dragon.
(c) That too is something you'll just have to wait to find out in The Elohim Legacy. In The Will of the Darkest One , Aoni'a becomes frustrated when Meg confronts with this same question. Aoni'a replies that she simply can't tell her any more, as if she's prevented from it or doing so would be dangerous. This is further supported by Aoni'a attacking the demon at the end of The Will of the Darkest One when it points at Meg and speaks a single word that appears to hint at her secret identity. In turn, Aoni'a takes a pretty serious beating, indicating that it must be something extremely important for the otherwise self-absorbed Aoni'a to put herself at risk to protect. Likewise, the vampires don't appear to have any idea what she is either. All they know is their charm and obfuscation abilities don't work on her. But they don't work on Max, either...
(d) You'll notice about Garrett that, although quite intelligent, he's a little clueless when it comes to other people...particularly Meg. He's not a very social person, in fact he's a bit of an introvert. He's also never been in love before, and it kind of frightens him. So, he doesn't explore his feelings for Meg very much because he isn't entirely comfortable with them. Right now they make him happy so he accepts them. He may be worried that if he digs too deeper, he'll ruin it. Also, whatever Meg is, it isn't something most dragons are familiar with. Fraise was the first person to figure it out when he first met Meg. Aoni'a only knew because Yomiko told her, and Yomiko only knew because she'd been told by Fraise. The demon near the end of The Will of the Darkest One seems to have some idea what she is, and finds it offensive or alarming. This would indicate that whatever Meg is, it's something that a demon would recognize more readily than a dragon, vampire, or any other creature
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That depends...will you come to my house and do whatever it is you do for money for free for about six months? Because that's basically what you're asking me for. If you're willing to write a review, or do me some other favor, then I will consider it. Otherwise, this is probably the most insulting questions you can ever ask an author, right past "Do you have a real job?" and "Why are you such an asshole?" Seriously, it's just like going to a friend's restaurant and asking if you can have a free meal, then leaving when he says no.
2. Will you base a character in one of your books on me?I doubt it. Don't take this personally. Most of the time in my books, bad things happen to the characters. It's harder for me to do bad things to a character based on someone I know, because it's like saying I'd like to see those things happen to them. Also, if I base a character on you, and then I make that character do something that you, as a person, would never do, you'll get upset with me and say I must not know you very well. So, this isn't something I'm likely to do. Sometimes I base a character's look on an actor or actress I think fits the mold. More rarely, on someone I know personally.
3. Why aren't you a Libertarian? Sometimes you sound like one...
I agree with a lot of the social policies of Libertarianism, but am the complete opposite of the economic ones. I have a lot of Libertarian friends and find a great deal of common ground with them, but I'm a dyed in the wool socialist. And no, I don't want to debate you about that. Because I don't care. I guess that's something else that makes me unlike a Libertarian. It seems like almost every Libertarian I know is absolutely obsessed with turning everyone they meet into a Libertarian, or convincing them that they actually are one without knowing it. Like a religion, or something. Whereas me, I honestly have no interest in convincing anyone else to adopt my political philosophy.
4. Speaking of religion...
Oh dammit...
...you autograph your books and end your posts with "PRAISE TIAMAT!" Does this mean you worship Tiamat?
Yes. I'm also from Sumer. *sigh* No, jackass...I don't worship Tiamat. "Praise Tiamat" is something the dragons in my book say when they are happy about something. "To the Shadow of Tiamat" is something they say when one of their race dies. They don't even worship Tiamat as a god, they just revere her as the mother of their race.
5. So do you believe in any God or religion, then?
No.
6. Why can't I find your books in my local bookstore?
Because I'm not Stephen King or Clive Cussler. I'm not even Mark Lawrence (he's awesome, by the way...read Prince of Thorns immediately). More than likely, you aren't going to find my book sitting on a shelf at a bookstore. However, you can order my book from any bookstore by asking the person at the counter to order it for you. Or you can order it online here or by clicking the Buy My Books link at the top of the page.
7. How many books do you plan to write?
As many as I can until I can't anymore...which usually means when I'm dead ;-)
SPOILER LINE
The questions beyond this point include some minor spoilers for The Shadow of Tiamat and The Will of the Darkest One . Proceed at your own discretion...
8. How did Max know Garrett was a dragon? Or that dragons exist at all?
Max knows a lot of things. More about what Max knows and how he knows it will be introduced in the first book in Max's series, Moth. Max is a bit of a mystery himself. One I hope you'll enjoy exploring through his own series of books, The Max Hollingsworth Paranormal Mysteries.
9. How come all the vampires in your books are either bloodthirsty killers or bumbling morons? Why are there no romantic vampires like Lestat and Edward?
They aren't. Sometimes they are bloodthirsty morons or bumbling killers. The reason is this: vampires are monsters. Lestat was a monster, too. Yeah, he had some romantic features but Rice never let us forget what he was. Edward is a pansy and can kiss my ass, but Meyer did make it clear that he and his family were exceptional of the vampire race in that they didn't harm humans. Also, Twilight was terrible. In both cases, vampires are, at their core, monsters who use their ability to hide as humans to help them hunt prey, therefore the majority of vampires in those worlds will be evil monsters. No matter what, the majority of vampires in any book or series need to be evil monsters, otherwise it removes the novelty of finding one that isn't like that.
In my books, the vampires lose their conscience and become what criminologists would call predatory sociopaths. This means they don't care about anything but themselves and take pleasure (usually sexual) in the suffering of others. They also have low impulse control, are prone to violence, and aren't very patient or thoughtful. Some vampires outgrow this, but most don't live long enough as their new lifestyle leads them to getting in a lot of fights and getting killed. Also, they don't tend to be all that bright. Contrary to popular belief, sociopaths are not usually smarter than anyone else. There are very intelligent ones out there, but most of them are average to below average intelligence. Couple that with low impulse control, a propensity for violence, and the cocksure belief that they can't die and you've got a recipe for sheer comedy.
Anyway, I was actually kind of tired of the whole dark prince with an unbeating heart of gold routine with vampires. Mostly, I just wanted something that people would enjoy seeing the dragons tear apart. If you like (or write) vampire stories with a friendly bloodsucker, that's fine. I do, eventually, introduce some vampires who are slightly less sociopathic in future books (there is one in Moth, and another in The Elohim Legacy) but just accept that when you read my books, almost every vampire you meet is going to be an evil asshole. Because, more than likely, if you met one in real life, they would be, too.
10. Why did Fraise send Xyus to Joplin to kill Megan if he needed it to look like an accident? Wouldn't Fraise have known Xyus was too violent and unpredictable to carry out such a delicate mission? Why not send one of the others?
Fraise was working with what he had. Fraise only has a few dragons on his side in The Shadow of Tiamat . He gains more in The Will of the Darkest One but until then, this was all he had to work with. Xyus was the most sensible choice, given his options. Yomiko wouldn't have done it, she's too honorable. Vritra had already deserted him. Yor wouldn't have gone without Yomiko. And Gruda...well, it isn't explored very much in the first book, but between Xyus and Gruda, she's actually the crazier one. While Xyus may have violently assaulted a human woman and caused a bit of mayhem in Joplin, Gruda probably would have raped and killed everything in the city. She's literally that unhinged when she's around humans, so Fraise keeps her separated from them as much as possible. You will get a taste of just how vicious and insane Gruda is in The Will of the Darkest One, and hopefully understand why Fraise doesn't like sending her off without supervision. If Fraise had Wynonah, the trickster dragon from The Will of the Darkest One in his employ during the events of The Shadow of Tiamat, he probably would have sent her instead.
11. How do the dragons go from being all huge like a building to human size?
By being dragons. It's magic, don't put too much into it. But really, this does get explained a little in The Will of the Darkest One . Dragons are living, walking conduits of elemental energy. This manifests in various forms as it passes through the dragon, and is what is expressed in their breath attacks. There are a number of different forms this elemental energy can take as it passes through the dragon: fire, lightning, acid, frost, etc. However, in it's purest form, it's just formless energy. It's what fuels the dragon's long life, ability to heal, and great strength even in human form. At the atomic level, dragons are able to compact the matter that makes them up as energy and release it back through the conduit inside them to the limitless plane of energy from whence it came as they shape-change. The remaining matter is then rearranged into their human form. When they take a human form, they keep enough of their atomic mass to continue existing in our plane, while also storing the information needed to resume their natural shape. When they decide to do this, they open the conduit inside and absorb enough energy to facilitate the change. Their forms are tied together, though, so as a dragon ages, both his forms age with him. Dragons learn to do this very young. Most of the time, they only learn how to take one human form. Some learn to take several, but this usually requires specialized training that distracts from teaching the dragon other important things, like how to fly, fight, and blow shit up with their breath. However, even in human form, the dragons aren't quite human. They are incredibly strong, have dense flesh that can deflect most human weapons, and are immune to diseases and most poisons. They can also control most of their bodily functions, like make their hair grow faster (or fall out) and they don't sweat or have to worry about damage from exposure--unless they fall into a volcano or something.
Anyway, this transformation is somewhat taxing. Dragons in their prime and younger can make the shift without any problem. Much older, and they start losing the ability to change shape. A dragon can always resume it's natural form, but it's possible for a dragon to get so old that he can't shift back into human form. Dragons tend to know this is the case, as each time they try to change to their human form it becomes more difficult. In The Shadow of Tiamat , Fraise laments in private that the next time he returns to dragon form, he will be unable to change again because he's too old. Fraise isn't very happy about this, as he despises humans and does not like pretending to be one. Unfortunately, he has much work left to do that he cannot accomplish as a dragon. This is a large part of why he relies on sorcery to accomplish his ends, something most dragons consider distasteful.
12. What's Meg's secret? Is she a half-dragon? If Aoni'a knows, why doesn't she just tell her? And how does Garrett not know, especially if it's part of the reason why he's so into her?
That's actually four questions but they are all related so I'll answer them as one.
(a) Meg's secret, which is something Aoni'a says makes her special to Garrett and other dragons, is something introduced in The Shadow of Tiamat and explored more in The Will of the Darkest One . It is kind of a big deal, so it isn't something that can be introduced lightly or settled with one book. A big portion of this secret will, however, be revealed in The Elohim Legacy, as a large part of the story involves Meg and Aoni'a travelling to the Yukon to find her real father.
(b) No. Meg isn't a half-dragon. Yeah, I know, Yvonne and Xyus...but Tosha isn't a half-dragon. She's a full dragon who just happened to have a human mother for the first 9 months of gestation. Something about having a human mother makes it possible for a dragon to impregnate (or become impregnated by) a human, but the result would be another dragon. Yes, this does mean that Tosha could, at some point, become pregnant by a human male. Anyway, Meg isn't a half-dragon. Dragons are born with full-awareness and have eidetic memory. Meg would almost certainly remember hatching from an egg. Also, whatever Meg's secret was, Fraise was aware of it from the moment he saw her. He told his minions that they wouldn't be able to kill her outright, they'd have to make it look like an accident. Whatever it was, Yomiko was so offended by the idea of killing Meg that she betrayed her twin bother and Fraise to protect her. It is doubtful that she would have gone to that much trouble just to protect another dragon. Or even a half-dragon.
(c) That too is something you'll just have to wait to find out in The Elohim Legacy. In The Will of the Darkest One , Aoni'a becomes frustrated when Meg confronts with this same question. Aoni'a replies that she simply can't tell her any more, as if she's prevented from it or doing so would be dangerous. This is further supported by Aoni'a attacking the demon at the end of The Will of the Darkest One when it points at Meg and speaks a single word that appears to hint at her secret identity. In turn, Aoni'a takes a pretty serious beating, indicating that it must be something extremely important for the otherwise self-absorbed Aoni'a to put herself at risk to protect. Likewise, the vampires don't appear to have any idea what she is either. All they know is their charm and obfuscation abilities don't work on her. But they don't work on Max, either...
(d) You'll notice about Garrett that, although quite intelligent, he's a little clueless when it comes to other people...particularly Meg. He's not a very social person, in fact he's a bit of an introvert. He's also never been in love before, and it kind of frightens him. So, he doesn't explore his feelings for Meg very much because he isn't entirely comfortable with them. Right now they make him happy so he accepts them. He may be worried that if he digs too deeper, he'll ruin it. Also, whatever Meg is, it isn't something most dragons are familiar with. Fraise was the first person to figure it out when he first met Meg. Aoni'a only knew because Yomiko told her, and Yomiko only knew because she'd been told by Fraise. The demon near the end of The Will of the Darkest One seems to have some idea what she is, and finds it offensive or alarming. This would indicate that whatever Meg is, it's something that a demon would recognize more readily than a dragon, vampire, or any other creature
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April 29, 2013
A Dragon Among Lions - My Visit to MSSU
Last weekend was the 75th Anniversary of the college where I graduated in 2004, MSSU in Joplin. Several alumni authors were invited back to participate in a book signings. Here are some of the pictures of the event...
Stop smiling, you smug, handsome bastard...
So glad mom showed up
MSSU made this sign for my table. It was beautiful and they let me keep it!
This is fellow author and MSSU alumni Desiree Finkbeiner. We hadn't seen each other in close to 8 years!
Copy of the book bought for the MSSU campus library.
Buy my books...
Also, if you're interested in a signed copy of The Shadow of Tiamat, The Will of the Darkest One, or my upcoming release Moth, email me.
Praise Tiamat,
StP
Stop smiling, you smug, handsome bastard...
So glad mom showed up
MSSU made this sign for my table. It was beautiful and they let me keep it!
This is fellow author and MSSU alumni Desiree Finkbeiner. We hadn't seen each other in close to 8 years!
Copy of the book bought for the MSSU campus library.
Buy my books...
Also, if you're interested in a signed copy of The Shadow of Tiamat, The Will of the Darkest One, or my upcoming release Moth, email me.
Praise Tiamat,
StP
April 1, 2013
More Game of Thrones House Sigil Fun
These are some house sigils from Game of Thrones I made using the Join the Realms Sigil Generator for characters in my books. For Max's Sigil, I had to use his nickname "Razor" because Hollingsworth wouldn't fit on the damn picture.
Praise Tiamat,
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March 29, 2013
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March 2, 2013
Follow My Damn Tumblr
Hey, Tumblr users, you should follow my Tumblr blog...
Dragon vs. Vampire = Dragon Wins
It's fun. Pictures of dragons, vampires, gothic stuff, book humor, and other stuff I want to share.
Like this -
See? Fun!
All my blog posted are tagged #dragonwins so you can always search them
Buy my books...
Praise Tiamat,
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Dragon vs. Vampire = Dragon Wins
It's fun. Pictures of dragons, vampires, gothic stuff, book humor, and other stuff I want to share.
Like this -
See? Fun!
All my blog posted are tagged #dragonwins so you can always search them
Buy my books...
Praise Tiamat,
StP
February 2, 2013
Jordan K Rose Interviews The King of the Dragons
Check it out!
http://jordankrose.com/blog/sean-t-poindexter-stops-by-for-visit/
She asks extremely personal questions and makes The King cry.
No, not really. Your Highness doesn't cry. But it was still fun even if no one cried.
Praise Tiamat
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http://jordankrose.com/blog/sean-t-poindexter-stops-by-for-visit/
She asks extremely personal questions and makes The King cry.
No, not really. Your Highness doesn't cry. But it was still fun even if no one cried.
Praise Tiamat
Buy my book
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January 26, 2013
NEXT TO SNOOKI?
It's quite flattering finding my book on the shelf in a small town library.
Even if it is NEXT TO SNOOKI?
It's even more satisfying to find out it's been checked out more.
IN YOUR FACE, SNOOKI!
er...wait...
Buy my book
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Even if it is NEXT TO SNOOKI?
It's even more satisfying to find out it's been checked out more.
IN YOUR FACE, SNOOKI!
er...wait...
Buy my book
Praise Tiamat,
StP
January 8, 2013
Facebook Account Disabled
NO I'm still mad about this!
I was literally in the MIDDLE of a conversation with two of my friends when The King of the Dragon's Facebook account was disabled. When I tried to log in, Facebook threw one of these at me:
What? Why? Surely the FAQ will contain an answer to the question WHY THE FUCK HAS MY ACCOUNT BEEN DISABLED...
Nope,
Ineligible? What am I too old? I'm not a sex offender (wrong Poindexter) and I've long stopped threatening people with any specific or traceable harm...
No warnings, no messages, no questions. Nothing. Just BAM...gone. Five years I've had that account. Lots of professional contacts and old friends, many of whom it's going to be a massive pain in the ass to track back down again...GONE. WHY? What horrible thing have I done, Facebook?
Yeah so I've filed an appeal, Facebook. But you're on notice. The King of the Dragons does not forgive and he does not forget. Granted, I have absolutely no power whatsoever but I CAN FORM A NEW FACEBOOK ACCOUNT SO THERE...a whole new Facebook account, with blackjack and hookers!
Hey, that's a good one. i think I'll go make a Bender meme out of that and post it on my blog...except MEMEGENERATOR IS FUCKING DOWN?!?!?
SOMEONE WILL PAY!!!
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I was literally in the MIDDLE of a conversation with two of my friends when The King of the Dragon's Facebook account was disabled. When I tried to log in, Facebook threw one of these at me:
What? Why? Surely the FAQ will contain an answer to the question WHY THE FUCK HAS MY ACCOUNT BEEN DISABLED...
Nope,
Ineligible? What am I too old? I'm not a sex offender (wrong Poindexter) and I've long stopped threatening people with any specific or traceable harm...
No warnings, no messages, no questions. Nothing. Just BAM...gone. Five years I've had that account. Lots of professional contacts and old friends, many of whom it's going to be a massive pain in the ass to track back down again...GONE. WHY? What horrible thing have I done, Facebook?
Yeah so I've filed an appeal, Facebook. But you're on notice. The King of the Dragons does not forgive and he does not forget. Granted, I have absolutely no power whatsoever but I CAN FORM A NEW FACEBOOK ACCOUNT SO THERE...a whole new Facebook account, with blackjack and hookers!
Hey, that's a good one. i think I'll go make a Bender meme out of that and post it on my blog...except MEMEGENERATOR IS FUCKING DOWN?!?!?
SOMEONE WILL PAY!!!
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Praise Tiamat,
StP
