When Romancing the Words Is Only the Icing On the Cake
As you all know, I am part of the collective talent of authors which belong to All Authors Publishing House. This past January All Authors Publishing House put out a short story anthology called “Concordant Vibrancy: Unity, An All Authors Anthology“, which can be found at Amazon.com.
I was blessed enough to be called among the various talents that were featured in this collection, and blessed also to have read it. It’s a fantastic collection of stories by several talented individuals in their own independent right.
Among those stories one stuck out above them all. The reason was because of the method in which that story was written.
It was “… and we” by the one and only Mr. Adonis Mann.
Never had I experienced reading an LGBT Erotica story before in my life, and I found myself thinking, “If all LGBT Erotica stories are like this one, count me in!”
My Publisher taught me���sometime ago���about a little thing that she likes to call “Romancing the Words“. This has nothing to do with actual romance, but it implies a poetic effect to the delivery of one’s prose. I found the topic interesting because of the manner in which she explained it. Basically, it boils down to a love of words, and then applying said love in a manner that depicts a fascinating picture for the reader.
Now, if ANYONE knows how to Romance the Words, it is Mr. Adonis Mann! I mean, seriously, just … WOW!
There are Writers and then there are Storytellers. What’s the difference you ask?
The difference is the manner in which said person narrates his/her��story. Writers are more general with their approach to writing,��they also tend to be more contemporary and conservative. They portray an idea of a story in the hopes that the idea formulates an image in the readers head.
A Storyteller��has a God given knack for using his/her verbiage to sketch��out a perfect��image in the readers mind with relative ease by using a select collection of words���some of those words, fancy ones. Think Shakespeare.
Mr. Mann … ? He’s a story teller!
I was truly astounded at his skill for putting a story together that not only enthralls the readers, but also entices the imagination … and being that it’s Erotica, it quells the needs for something spicy.
Out of all of the stories within the “Concordant Vibrancy” collection, “… and we” stands in a category all its own. It will stay with me for a long time. I can totally see myself going back to read it time and time again.
Mr. Mann …
~KUDOS! On you OUTSTANDING WORK!~
