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June 20, 2015
Weekend Writing Warriors, more from Esperanza
Hey everyone. Great news. My son’s surgery went well-2 plates and 8 screws in his ankle. This week has gone pretty well, I was even able to borrow a wheelchair from a friend so he can get around easier and I received a few five star reviews on Good Reads for “No Turning Back.” Life is good!
Ok, now for my snippet. I’m jumping ahead in the story. I’m going back and forth with this story, to see where it goes… Can’t wait to hear what you guys think.
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“Esperanza, I can’t believe the choices you make.” Tylen said standing up and walking across the room. “Now you’re getting the kids on this. This isn’t the appropriate time to bring up adopting your cousin’s baby. What are you thinking, every time I turn around I see another kid in this house! God, now you want to bring another child into our family. When you have that baby, I’m getting a vasectomy.”
My mouth dropped from his comments, but I quickly regained my composure and fired back at him.
“Don’t bother Ty, I’ll do it for you.” I said, holding up my dinner knife angrily.
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June 14, 2015
Weekend Writing Warriors #Esperanza
Good day all. This week has been a rough week. My oldest son broke both sides of his ankle and I haven’t been feeling too well, so let’s get right down to business.
********************************************************************************“I’m going home.” I said, not really knowing where home was as I prepared to board the airplane.
My father nodded his head, as if he understood the complexity of my situation and my sister Liliana looked on as if she knew what I was going through. I shuddered knowing that I would leave my newborn behind and tried to shake it off as I tried to shake off the desperation in knowing that it would be weeks before I kissed her beautiful face again.
“We’ll take good care of her.” Liliana suddenly said, reaching out to embrace me in one last hug before we parted ways and I held her as if I would never see her again before separating and walking down the long aisle to Micah and my seat.
I reached over and held onto him, as if I would never see him again and miraculously he reached up and held me back as if he knew what I was going through.
“Poor baby.” I muttered before the plane took off, really meaning my comments for the two of us as we embarked on the next journey in our lives.
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And that’s it. I hope you enjoyed it. Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.
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NEVA SQUIRES-RODRIGUEZ | Creating electrifying novels of all genres// // //
And now check out my latest release on Kindle or PRINT EDITION
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or
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June 6, 2015
#8SUNDAY Cutting it close with Esperanza. Shots out to all my Weekend Warrior Friends! Happy Sunday!!!
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“You realize you don’t have to do this.” Antonio said as he and Liliana exchanged glances.
I looked up him, while I held Adriana in my arms, feeling mentally exhausted and lifeless as I held Adrianna out to him. Although my heart ached, the disappointment in my sister’s eyes made me feel ten times worse as I stood in front of them waiting for him to take her. After he took Adriana from me I stood up, and hurried up the long stairway to my room without saying a word and slowly began packing my bag. What kind of a mother was I to be doing this? What kind of a human was I for that matter? My eyes immediately swelled from tears that would never fall. I held them back to show my strength, not realizing that if I was the strong woman I longed to be, I would have told Tylen the truth. Perhaps there would have been some way that he could have accepted the reality of the situation and we could have moved on as a family, rather than to feed in to the web of lies that our lives would soon become.
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And that’s it. I hope you enjoyed it. Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.
Love my writing and want to read more? Click here to find these great stories on Amazon or other online retailers.
NEVA SQUIRES-RODRIGUEZ | Creating electrifying novels of all genres// // //
And now check out my latest release on Kindle or PRINT EDITION
http://www.amazon.com/No-Turning-Back-Liliana-3/dp/069244615X
or
read my columns in Reflejos Newspaper here
May 30, 2015
Weekend Writing Warriors -Read more about Esperanza #8SUNDAY
Hi friends. Welcome back, I’m pretty happy to share that I was able to discuss my latest book in my column this past week. I feel extremely blessed for that wonderful opportunity.
Ok, that’s enough talking let’s get back to Esperanza.
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“Do you think it will really work?” I asked my sister.
Liliana sighed and walked across the room toward me.
“I don’t know Spera,” she said placing her hand on my shoulder. “It’s wrong on so many levels, but can you afford not to give it a shot?”
Tears began to flow from my eyes, I felt the sting as they rolled down cheeks.
“I’m sorry Spera, but this is the only way I can think of handling the situation if you don’t want to tell him the truth. Your marriage is in jeopardy either way it goes and this lie is going to prolong the problem, but if it’s what you want to do I will cover for you.” Liliana said convincingly, pausing briefly. “When you come back next year, she’ll be able to go home with you and your husband will be convinced that taking her in is the right thing to do.”
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And that’s it. I hope you enjoyed it. Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.
Love my writing and want to read more? Click here to find these great stories on Amazon or other online retailers.
NEVA SQUIRES-RODRIGUEZ | Creating electrifying novels of all genres// // //
And now check out my latest release on Kindle or PRINT EDITION
http://www.amazon.com/No-Turning-Back-Liliana-3/dp/069244615X
or
read my columns in Reflejos Newspaper here
May 23, 2015
Weekend Writing Warriors #8SUNDAY, Writers check us out and join!!! :)
Good morning friends! Well this week has been a lot of fun thus far. Yesterday I chaperoned for my youngest’s kindergarten’s class field trip to Brookfield Zoo. What fun he had and how exhausted I am!!! In spite of this, I’m off to Six Flags Great America today, where we’ll be checking out a new show and then acting as driver for my daughter and her friends as we head off to the mall! Yikes!!! The good news is tomorrow (Sunday) I get to read all of your great snippets!!!!!
And now we’ll get back to Esperanza…. (Also just for reminders, Liliana and Antonio raised Esperanza as their own and Esperanza found out when she was 14 that Liliana was actually her sister.)
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Antonio carried Micah’s car seat out of the airport, in spite of the fact that it snapped into the stroller I was pushing. He hadn’t known what to say as he watched my sister silently bend down and greet the baby and knew that I needed to ask her for advice, but rather than either of us saying a thing, we walked through the airport in complete silence.
As we sat silently in the limousine that would take us back to my parent house, I turned to Liliana.
“Mom, say something!” I exclaimed as the limo pulled off.
My sister turned to look at Antonio and then down at the baby.
“He’s beautiful Pera,” My sister said quickly before turning to me. “I really don’t know what to say besides that. I realize that we have a lot of talking to do and can’t even begin to imagine the mess that you’ve gotten yourself into.”
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And that’s it. I hope you enjoyed it. Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.
Love my writing and want to read more? Click here to find these great stories on Amazon or other online retailers.
NEVA SQUIRES-RODRIGUEZ | Creating electrifying novels of all genres// // //
And now check out my latest release on Kindle or PRINT EDITION
http://www.amazon.com/No-Turning-Back-Liliana-3/dp/069244615X
or
read my columns in Reflejos Newspaper here
May 20, 2015
May 16, 2015
#8SUNDAY Weekend Writing Warriors -Esperanza
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Months went by, without me knowing what to do. Lucky for me Tylen was too busy to notice that I had been sick and I was blessed to not to begin to show until I was five months pregnant. The second that I noticed my protruding stomach, I booked a flight to Colombia and told Tylen that I had to leave on business. He was very understanding, especially because this time I wasn’t leaving our son behind, but taking him with me. I felt safe taking Micah, knowing that I wouldn’t be returning to Favian, but to my parents house and was preparing myself to tell them the entire story. I didn’t know how they would react, but I knew that eventually they would be accepting and give me the advice that I needed on what to do next.
I cried silently the entire way to Colombia, knowing I had dug myself into a deeper mess than I ever dreamed imaginable. Lucky for me I booked a night flight and Micah slept the entire way there, including the two hour layover for the adjoining flight that we took out of Miami. The second I got off the airplane in Colombia, my mother-Liliana stood waiting for me along side my father. I didn’t need to say a word as she rushed over to me, stooping down over Micah’s stroller to meet her nephew for the first time.
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And that’s it. I hope you enjoyed it. Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.
Love my writing and want to read more? Click here to find these great stories on Amazon or other online retailers.
NEVA SQUIRES-RODRIGUEZ | Creating electrifying novels of all genres// // //
And now check out my latest release on Kindle or PRINT EDITION
http://www.amazon.com/No-Turning-Back-Liliana-3/dp/069244615X
or
read my columns in Reflejos Newspaper here
May 14, 2015
“No Turning Back,” Book 3 of the Liliana Series is on sale now!!! Check out this announcement and #RT & #Share
No Turning Back
Book 3 of the Liliana series
by Neva Squires-Rodriguez
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No Turning Back
Book 3 of the Liliana series
by Neva Squires-Rodriguez
For Liliana, the devastating secret she learns pushes her to search for answers from her father, El Jefe. He is one of the most hated men in South America and eventually, Liliana sees him for the person who he really is.
Fleeing her father’s extreme lifestyle, she soon runs back into the arms of her husband, Antonio Valencia, Jr., and in spite of the rocky road in their past, Liliana is able to forgive Antonio and move forward, enabling her to take the bold steps necessary to reclaim her life.
Despite everything that she’s been through, nothing can prepare her for the tragedy that will come of her relationship with her father… or the priceless opportunity that will come from it, in this third book of the Liliana series.
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Author Neva Squires-Rodriguez
Neva Squires-Rodriguez was born and raised in a neighborhood located on the North Side of Chicago. Mother, Wife, Expert at Multitasking… and now, Author, Neva creates electrifying stories with a twist.
Neva Squires-Rodriguez earned her Master’s Degree from National University, a feat which she worked very hard to obtain and says she will work even harder to pay off.
She claims to be a typical American, full of dreams that will hopefully get her to a more comfortable lifestyle one day. She says, “God has a plan and I will follow wherever it is that He takes me.”
Interview with Neva Squires-Rodriguez
What is the greatest joy of writing for you? Writing for me is like entering another world. I become one with my protagonist and it makes me happy knowing that my words may well live forever.
Do you remember the first story you ever wrote? My parents started me off in writing early. We would take one night a week and write short stories down on a sheet of paper. We had thirty minutes to write them and would read them aloud to each other after a timer went off. This will be the first book that I have that is published.
What do you read for pleasure? I enjoy reading a little of everything, Poetry, all genres. Specifically books that empower women.
When you’re not writing, how do you spend your time? Entertaining my four wonderful children, husband and cat and working at my full time job.
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May 9, 2015
Weekend Writing Warriors Post #8 Sunday-Esperanza
Hey friends, I’m hoping that you enjoyed your week. This one has been a long one for me, so I’m looking forward to taking some time Sunday, to look around and see what everyone is going to write this week! Whew, 10 sentence increased limit! That is so exciting!
Well now let’s get to Esperanza and see what’s going on in her life.
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When I returned to Tylen in the United States, I felt like I was ready to put Favian in my past. I switched cell phones and made it nearly impossible for him to contact me. He knew that I didn’t want to have anything to do with him, I had made that very clear after I walked in on him shooting a heroin needle into his left arm as he sat huddled in the back corner of our bathroom.
At the time he was full of apologies and tried to tell me that it wasn’t what it looked like, but he wasn’t fooling anyone. I knew what it was and the weird thing was, I didn’t feel at all devastated. Without too much thought, my bag was packed and I was across town and back at my mother’s house. Favian, too high to pull together the energy to follow me remained at home, only able to drag himself to the bed.
I didn’t tell my mother what had happened, I only told her that I had made a big mistake and that I had to get back home. I was very secretive with her, going so far as to only to make phone calls to her from work after getting back home and making the excuse that I was unable to get a signal while at home. The only thing that kept me from forgetting Favian, was a pregnancy test that I took in a handicap stall of a department store bathroom.
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Love my writing and want to read more? Click here to find these great stories on Amazon or other online retailers.
or read my columns in Reflejos Newspaper here
May 1, 2015
#8SUNDAY Weekend Writing Warriors—Follow us!
Hello friends! This week has been terrific in spite of all the horrible things going on in the world around me… For starters I realized how many good people there are in the world-How many people, truly want to make a difference for the better. There are quite a few left, believe it or not, we just open our eyes wide enough to see them…..
Anyhow, enough about my crazy thoughts, let’s get back to Esperanza and find out what’s going on in her world. Last week we read a little about her and her marriages to two men, let’s push further shall we?
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I didn’t mean to fall out of love with Tylen so early on in our marriage, but it happened. Perhaps I never really loved him. My only regret is that rather than to end it right way, I acted as though I was still in love with him.
Tylen and I had just had our first child together, he had two others from previous relationships, but this one was ours, the first he was raising from birth. I left him and his sister to care for our newborn baby while I went home to check on my parents and brother who were dealing with the loss of my grandmother, back home in Colombia. The timing was perfect, I thought I would figure my dreams and desires out while back home in Colombia. My career allowed me to travel about as I pleased, while Tylen’s work as a police officer new to the force, didn’t allow him to join me. I hadn’t told my parents about Tylen or the baby as strange as that may sound and upon my arrival back home they introduced me to the most handsome man that I had ever laid eyes on, Favian Guadarama and we married two weeks into my trip.
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And that’s it. I hope you enjoyed it. Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.
Love my writing and want to read more? Click here to find these great stories on Amazon or other online retailers.
or read my columns in Reflejos Newspaper here
