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May 23, 2014
The Red String- *The Preview!*
The Red String- *The Preview!* CreateSpace has a new feature called *the preview.* Very ambiguous, I know. Anyway, though The Red String has been published for eight months, just ignore that fact and enjoy the preview! (An excerpt is included- a whole chapter!) Thanks, WordPress family! Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Amazon, Author, book, CreateSpace, ebook, […]
May 21, 2014
Book Review- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Omaha. Somewhere in middle America. This is the setting for Rainbow Rowell’s 2012 award-winning teen romance novel. My own love story holds some parallels to this fictional tale- yearning to escape home, falling in love unintentionally, and rediscovering myself both musically and emotionally, byproducts of that unexpected, one-of-a-kind friendship which transformed into love. I married that […]
May 19, 2014
Crimson Cord- Propaganda
[Bridge: Propaganda] The pain that guides us The strings that tie us The coincidence that proves to us God’s existence Joy we misplaced Beautiful mistakes The scarlet thread The Crimson Cord [Hook: Propaganda] Wear your scars out loud That’s the fingerprints of The Lord A crimson cord, baby, a crimson cord A timeline, a scarlet […]
May 10, 2014
“Guardian” by Alanis Morissette
Bright light and a Guardian…all reminiscent of The Red String, Days of the Guardian, Vol. One.Filed under: Soundtrack Tagged: Alanis Morissette, Guardian, light, Music, novel, soundtrack, video
May 6, 2014
“’…I am not to…
“’…I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.’” This poem is quoted in The Red String, […]
April 29, 2014
Hints of Things to Come…
*Update- The editing is going well, if brutal and time-consuming can be considered “well.” For those of you who don’t know, writing a novel is a lot of hard work and an introspective nightmare. Often questions like, “Did I really write that?” and “What was I thinking?” and “Seriously?” go through the writer’s mind. We […]
April 24, 2014
Playing With Blocks
I really need to ride my bike…Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: authors, blimey cow, college, encouragement, messy mondays, novels, students, videos, writers, writing
April 9, 2014
Amidst the Throes of Editing…
I am in deep doo-doo. Well, maybe I’m exaggerating. Here’s the situation- I gave the next installation of my trilogy, The Red Cloak, to my beta-readers. I have received one critique back (one is enough) and I am presently keeping VERY busy making sure words like VERY and present-LY and other nuisances, a.k.a. all adverbs, […]
April 2, 2014
Lee Yih- I am Second
Lee Yih reminds me a bit of my character, Liang Griffin, in The Red String. He is also of mixed race and is in need of a good father-figure as a young man. Both of them come to the same conclusion- there is a God. It’s the acceptance of God that they really need. Here’s the […]
April 1, 2014
WINNERS OF THE FREE SIGNED “THE RED STRING” BOOK CONTEST
I am very grateful for all of I have “met” through WordPress and for all those who have been so supportive of my writing and rambling. Thanks you all! The winners of the contest are as follows- From WordPress- Pheonixasubbie From the Days of the Guardian Facebook page- Mark C. and Greg S. I will […]
