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December 21, 2012
If Only Today...
A Joyous Winter Solstice To All!
Io’ Saturnalia – Day 5
IF ONLY TODAY…
If only today was truly the End of the World as we know it.
If only today things changed.
If only today sectarian and non-sectarian violence ended.
If only today religions’ started practicing what the best of them preached.
If only today violence against men, women, children, and animals stopped cold.
If only today humans began to value and protect the Earth, and all its inhabitants as they should.
If only today the arrogance and hubris of humankind ended.
If only today the malignant strong lost their hold on this World, and the benign strong gained control.
If only today wars stopped.
If only today bigotry, intolerance, hatred, and murder came to an end, and instead friendship and intelligent compromise reigned supreme.
If only today all the dictators dropped dead in their tracks.
If only today the oligarchy, as a group, found their souls and became HUMANE beings.
If only today was truly the End of the World as we know it.
Perhaps then we would stand a chance…
By Wendilyn Emrys, B.A.
© December 21, 2012, Wendilyn Emrys, B.A.
Io’ Saturnalia – Day 5
IF ONLY TODAY…
If only today was truly the End of the World as we know it.
If only today things changed.
If only today sectarian and non-sectarian violence ended.
If only today religions’ started practicing what the best of them preached.
If only today violence against men, women, children, and animals stopped cold.
If only today humans began to value and protect the Earth, and all its inhabitants as they should.
If only today the arrogance and hubris of humankind ended.
If only today the malignant strong lost their hold on this World, and the benign strong gained control.
If only today wars stopped.
If only today bigotry, intolerance, hatred, and murder came to an end, and instead friendship and intelligent compromise reigned supreme.
If only today all the dictators dropped dead in their tracks.
If only today the oligarchy, as a group, found their souls and became HUMANE beings.
If only today was truly the End of the World as we know it.
Perhaps then we would stand a chance…
By Wendilyn Emrys, B.A.
© December 21, 2012, Wendilyn Emrys, B.A.
If Only Today…
A Joyous Winter Solstice To All!
Io’ Saturnalia – Day 5
IF ONLY TODAY…
If only today was truly the End of the World as we know it.
If only today things changed.
If only today sectarian and non-sectarian violence ended.
If only today religions’ started practicing what the best of them preached.
If only today violence against men, women, children, and animals stopped cold.
If only today humans began to value and protect the Earth, and all its inhabitants as they should.
If only today the arrogance and hubris of humankind ended.
If only today the malignant strong lost their hold on this World, and the benign strong gained control.
If only today wars stopped.
If only today bigotry, intolerance, hatred, and murder came to an end, and instead friendship and intelligent compromise reigned supreme.
If only today all the dictators dropped dead in their tracks.
If only today the oligarchy, as a group, found their souls and became HUMANE beings.
If only today was truly the End of the World as we know it.
Perhaps then we would stand a chance…
By Wendilyn Emrys, B.A.
© December 21, 2012, Wendilyn Emrys, B.A.
November 24, 2012
A fruitful hour
Just spent the last hour coming up with Future Science and Tech for Scarecrows 2. Jonathan has the first draft done, and next weekend will start on the final draft. I am very excited about it, but cannot say anything until it is on paper and copywritten. I think Jonathan, with my tweaks, has come up with some interesting theories and futurist concepts. Hopefully other folks will find them interesting, as well. Gearing up to having it done by early spring, and publishing officially in May 2013.
November 23, 2012
Question for my Friends
Do you think we should change our Cover Art for 'SCARECROWS: A DANDY World' -- some people have said that the very cover scared them off. I had two ads running on Goodreads [and on Facebook], one with the book cover and one with another image. The one with the alternate image has gotten three times as many clicks.
So, please give me your imput, I am ready and willing to go in and put a new cover on this weekend. Should we do it, and hopefully not scare some readers off, or should we wait and change it when we come out with Book 2 of the series in May 2013?
Please Advise...
So, please give me your imput, I am ready and willing to go in and put a new cover on this weekend. Should we do it, and hopefully not scare some readers off, or should we wait and change it when we come out with Book 2 of the series in May 2013?
Please Advise...
October 20, 2012
Political rant for the season
Okay, political candidates and parties — STOP SENDING ME MAIL and propaganda! — it only pisses me off, makes me LESS likely to vote the way you want me to vote! I freaking READ the voter info booklet, I read the proposed laws and candidate statements. I look up the candidates on the internet. I vote the way I want to vote and NO ONE’s opinion can sway that. Save the freaking trees, esp my party who sends me lists of whom to vote for — EFF Off — I don’t care who the party wants me to vote for, I have a brain, and wow will use it to make my own decisions! I have NO NEED, nor do I want your input! Bless Your Hearts!
October 12, 2012
Going to be asking your opinions in a few days or weeks…
Going to be asking your opinions in a few days or weeks…
Going to have a poll on the Scarecrows facebook page and will want everyone’s opinions. The way it will go is this: We will post three or four pics and you like the one you like best. The pic with the most likes will be the one we go with…
Going to have a poll on the Scarecrows facebook page and will want everyone’s opinions. The way it will go is this: We will post three or four pics and you like the one you like best. The pic with the most likes will be the one we go with…
October 1, 2012
Hello world!
Okay, this is going to be my central blog on WORDPRESS
"SCARECROWS: A DANDY World" October 2012 Goodreads Giveaway Up and Running!
Okay, we have the October 2012 Goodreads Giveaway for "SCARECROWS: A DANDY World" up and running. Tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell your frenemies... tell everyone! Ends October 19, 2012. The entry section is below the book description section! May the Squirrels be with you! ;)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...
September 30, 2012
"50 Shades" series vs. "Angelique" series
I was watching the news last night, or the night before that, and saw that there was an event where E.L. James was signing her books near to me. Now, I have to honestly say that I have not read the '50 Shades' series. For a couple of reasons, first off when I am writing I try NOT to read anything that might even be close to what I am writing, so that I may not even subconsciously copy another author. Secondly, one of the reasons I love the 'look inside' feature on Amazon, is that I can do just that. I look inside at something, read the first few pages. Then I hit 'surprise me' a couple of times, and see if I like the work better or worse as it goes on. Ms. James' work was not to my personal taste, so I passed. Good on her, however, that she has a following and gets people to read.
I will not go into the whole programming of women to believe that there is a somewhat dark knight in shining armour who might 'save her' or that Sadomasochism and Bondage & Discipline is something that I personally do not find healthy for a woman's self-esteem -- no matter how they might delude themselves about it. I am neither squeamish, nor a prude, when my novel is finally out there you will really understand that! I cut my teeth on the collected works of the Marquis De Sade when I was eight -- my sister was at Uni and sent me her class books when she was finished... those were among the books I received. Luckily my sexual programming had already been in place before reading such things and I was not tainted by the reading. Thanks to movies like 'What's New Pussycat', the original 'Casino Royale' and 'Becket' ;) I was programmed for a type of sex that is ribald, innocent, witty and fun, but with an earthy pragmatic component to it.
Anyway, back to the news story. They were asking the people in line why they liked the story, and nearly all of them referred to falling for the concept of a billionaire taking a plain girl, falling in love with her, and whisking her away with him. I thought about that, and I remembered a book that I read, and still re-read on a yearly basis to this day that has a similar basic plot.
It is the Angelique series by the husband and wife team SergeAnne Golon. Frankly the best, in my opinion, historical romance series ever written. I am saying this knowing that I have read it in an English Translation is supposed to be inferior to the original in French. The difference in the Angelique series is that there is no sexual deviance or 'Power Over' concept in the love story of the protagonists. I would recommend this series to anyone who loves historical romance, and who wants to indulge in a little wish fulfillment. Oh, it is erotic, but erotic in a very intelligent way -- not the sort of erotica that we have become used to in this day and age of easily accessed porn.
You have a young woman, who is pretty to start out with, but not a raving beauty. She develops into an intelligent, driven, beautiful, charming, and self sufficient woman who will surprise you. You have a man who is basically one of the richest men in France, perhaps the World, at the time. He is older, and has had a scarred [literally SCARRED] life. He marries her to obtain some land, and she is married to him by her family for a vast dowry and to become a Countess. Their mutual seduction is wonderful to read. There is a bit of 'Beauty and the Beast' [as in the original French Story -- NOT the Disney version, LOL] to it, as well. The backdrop is the Court of Louis XIV, Paris, France, the Mediterranean, and the Americas of that time.
I will not say more, but this series is perhaps my Favourite Historical Romance Series of all time. Book One is a great setting up of the series, I love all the volumes, but Book Five [or Six depending on what publication seriese you read] - "Angelique In Love", is my all time Fav. Because in it you have two EQUALS falling in love, and it shows the compromises that REAL people [even though these are fictional characters they read REAL] have to make in life -- how to make love continue after the initial 'lust' wears off. As a person who has been married for nearly 28 years, I can tell you that reading this series gave me a better handle on the realities of love and lust, and perhaps even what matters to a person like myself in this life ;)
If you are interested, you can check out the Angelique website -- not only to read about the stories, but to read about Anne Golon's fight to get her author's rights back from the publishers.
http://www.worldofangelique.com/index...
Sadly, I have not read the last few books of the series, because they have not yet been released in English. I am SO waiting to read them! Hopefully they will be coming out soon.
An aside, I do not know about most folks, but I sometimes latch on to something in a book, usually about food, that will always stick with me. In the Angelique series it is this pot of bean and bacon/ham soup. I feel compelled to take out the book that it is written in every year, and read it. I then make the soup from scratch. Usually with leftovers from the Winter Holiday Ham. I suppose it is my expression of food porn. I sit and eat the soup and re-read the book again, in the warmth of my home. It is a little bit of paradise to me.
So, if like me, the '50 Shades' series was not for you, give the 'Angelique' series a try. If you did like the '50 Shades' series, and like to work a bit at your reading, again, have a look at the 'Angelique' series. I hope that you, like myself, will fall in love with the World of Angelique.
Think about that, I have re-read this series at least once a year for 36 years. That is staying power!
I will not go into the whole programming of women to believe that there is a somewhat dark knight in shining armour who might 'save her' or that Sadomasochism and Bondage & Discipline is something that I personally do not find healthy for a woman's self-esteem -- no matter how they might delude themselves about it. I am neither squeamish, nor a prude, when my novel is finally out there you will really understand that! I cut my teeth on the collected works of the Marquis De Sade when I was eight -- my sister was at Uni and sent me her class books when she was finished... those were among the books I received. Luckily my sexual programming had already been in place before reading such things and I was not tainted by the reading. Thanks to movies like 'What's New Pussycat', the original 'Casino Royale' and 'Becket' ;) I was programmed for a type of sex that is ribald, innocent, witty and fun, but with an earthy pragmatic component to it.
Anyway, back to the news story. They were asking the people in line why they liked the story, and nearly all of them referred to falling for the concept of a billionaire taking a plain girl, falling in love with her, and whisking her away with him. I thought about that, and I remembered a book that I read, and still re-read on a yearly basis to this day that has a similar basic plot.
It is the Angelique series by the husband and wife team SergeAnne Golon. Frankly the best, in my opinion, historical romance series ever written. I am saying this knowing that I have read it in an English Translation is supposed to be inferior to the original in French. The difference in the Angelique series is that there is no sexual deviance or 'Power Over' concept in the love story of the protagonists. I would recommend this series to anyone who loves historical romance, and who wants to indulge in a little wish fulfillment. Oh, it is erotic, but erotic in a very intelligent way -- not the sort of erotica that we have become used to in this day and age of easily accessed porn.
You have a young woman, who is pretty to start out with, but not a raving beauty. She develops into an intelligent, driven, beautiful, charming, and self sufficient woman who will surprise you. You have a man who is basically one of the richest men in France, perhaps the World, at the time. He is older, and has had a scarred [literally SCARRED] life. He marries her to obtain some land, and she is married to him by her family for a vast dowry and to become a Countess. Their mutual seduction is wonderful to read. There is a bit of 'Beauty and the Beast' [as in the original French Story -- NOT the Disney version, LOL] to it, as well. The backdrop is the Court of Louis XIV, Paris, France, the Mediterranean, and the Americas of that time.
I will not say more, but this series is perhaps my Favourite Historical Romance Series of all time. Book One is a great setting up of the series, I love all the volumes, but Book Five [or Six depending on what publication seriese you read] - "Angelique In Love", is my all time Fav. Because in it you have two EQUALS falling in love, and it shows the compromises that REAL people [even though these are fictional characters they read REAL] have to make in life -- how to make love continue after the initial 'lust' wears off. As a person who has been married for nearly 28 years, I can tell you that reading this series gave me a better handle on the realities of love and lust, and perhaps even what matters to a person like myself in this life ;)
If you are interested, you can check out the Angelique website -- not only to read about the stories, but to read about Anne Golon's fight to get her author's rights back from the publishers.
http://www.worldofangelique.com/index...
Sadly, I have not read the last few books of the series, because they have not yet been released in English. I am SO waiting to read them! Hopefully they will be coming out soon.
An aside, I do not know about most folks, but I sometimes latch on to something in a book, usually about food, that will always stick with me. In the Angelique series it is this pot of bean and bacon/ham soup. I feel compelled to take out the book that it is written in every year, and read it. I then make the soup from scratch. Usually with leftovers from the Winter Holiday Ham. I suppose it is my expression of food porn. I sit and eat the soup and re-read the book again, in the warmth of my home. It is a little bit of paradise to me.
So, if like me, the '50 Shades' series was not for you, give the 'Angelique' series a try. If you did like the '50 Shades' series, and like to work a bit at your reading, again, have a look at the 'Angelique' series. I hope that you, like myself, will fall in love with the World of Angelique.
Think about that, I have re-read this series at least once a year for 36 years. That is staying power!
September 28, 2012
Tick... Tick... Tick...
Now comes the anxiety time. You put your little boat out on the great big ocean, and hope the waves do not swamp it. We have had all sorts of people read it, from rocket scientists to tattoo artists. However, you always wonder if the vast reading public will take to it kindly. Crossing fingers and touching wood that folks like it, and that it touches them in some way.
A note on Kindle conversion, if you have graphics - like our chapter headings, they will want to use OCR. With that you have to closely review the Kindle edition for errors. Just an FYI.
A note on Kindle conversion, if you have graphics - like our chapter headings, they will want to use OCR. With that you have to closely review the Kindle edition for errors. Just an FYI.
