Synful Interludes

Hello Awesome Visitors! Welcome to the latest episode of ... Today, I'm going to answer a question posed to me from the heels of Concordant Vibrancy 4: Inferno's release, which is as follows: If you could define your writing career in terms of one of the stages of fire, which would it be and why? Before I tackled this question, I wanted to do some research. Here are the four stages of fire, according to this site : Incipient (also known as ignition) Growth Fully developed (maximum growth/hottest stage) Decay Well, technically, I'm no longer a newbie. Kona   has been some years back, so I don't think I'm in the ignition stage. Yet Awesome Visitors, if I am to be completely honest, I do ping pong among the additional three stages. One example of that is the saga involving Convoluted Prism. I was about seventy-five... no take that back, with edits along the way ... about sixty-five percent in with the 1st book when some events ha...

Hello Awesome Visitors! Let's talk Book Release! If you've been following along this past week and a half you probably already know that this is the day that everything has been leading to. During day one we introduced you to the ingredient of Purpose. Adonis Mann brought up, "Express-Oh". Day two we took a look at Commitment via Carol Cassada's contribution, "Not Always Like This". On day three it was all about Consequences; we delved deep into this ingredient via Harmony Kent's story, "The Fireman". Day four examined Love with Beem Weeks' tale, "The Complications of Fire". Day five was overtaken by the ingredient of Reinvention as told by C. Desert Rose's story, "Calliope's Inferno". Day six told us that Tenacity was an important ingredient no matter what the circumstance through Y. Correa's, "Moxy". Day seven touched on how the ingredient of Risk ...

Hello Awesome Visitors! I am very glad you could join us on the  Concordant Vibrancy 4: Inferno  tour. It is an honor to be featured in a collection with such wonderful talents and that you have a chance to learn about their craft and their stories in this anthology. On the final leg of this blog tour, the multi-talented Queen of Spades takes the floor to discuss "The Calefaction of Insight". The Kindling The creation of my submission for Inferno stemmed from an unusual place. Unusual in that I was working on a different story for this project. While working on the original story, an event occurred that I concluded only took place in the thick of my poetry writing—I lost the frequency that the story coasted on. In order to better understand this, I must give a glimpse between what my approach to writing poetry is like versus essays and story writing. When I write poetry, it’s an unplanned thing. It’s uncaring of the time of day or what ...

Hello Awesome Visitors! I am very glad you could join us on the  Concordant Vibrancy 4: Inferno  tour. It is an honor to be featured in a collection with such wonderful talents and that you have a chance to learn about their craft and their stories in this anthology. Today, Author Da'Kharta Rising drops by Interludes to speak on her contribution to Inferno , "The Chronicles of Aidan". What’s good? The SASS here. I normally don’t get out of my cave but when I do it’s for a good reason. Also, when my publisher dictates I have to make an appearance. However, I do like to talk about myself. Simply because I write pretty kick-ass stuff. Yes, it’s for a specific audience but it doesn’t make it any less killer. Out of all the Concordant Vibrancy themes, this one spoke to me the loudest. Not because the title is “Inferno” but because it deals with fire. Fire is my favorite element, which you didn’t even know about me. When it came to my response ...

Hello Awesome Visitors! I am very glad you could join us on the  Concordant Vibrancy 4: Inferno  tour. It is an honor to be featured in a collection with such wonderful talents and that you have a chance to learn about their craft and their stories in this anthology. Please, if you have not already done so, take a gander at some of the authors which have come before me. You definitely will not regret it! Today is my feature day and I’m ready to dish on all things risk in my story “Antipode”. Awesome visitors, the first question you probably have is “Why?”. Why did I select Risk as the ingredient to sustain humanity’s blaze? When one is in a holding pattern in life, sometimes it takes the unusual to light the fire in one’s belly. This is my philosophy. Contentment and happiness are not necessarily the same animals. If they were, why are flickers of happiness so intense that they are blazes, but flickers of contentment are so calm that they are...

Hello Awesome Visitors! I am very glad you could join us on the  Concordant Vibrancy 4: Inferno  tour. It is an honor to be featured in a collection with such wonderful talents and that you have a chance to learn about their craft and their stories in this anthology. Today Author Y. Correa speaks how science-fiction, comedy, and fire come together in her story "Moxy". To describe “Moxy” is to say that it is a mesh of science fiction, comedy and fire. And if that wasn’t enough to explain the essence of the story, I could add “fun” to that description. When I started writing for Inferno I had something entirely different in mind. Never did I plan on coming up with the impromptu story that eventually became “Moxy”.  As a matter of fact, the initial idea was to write a follow-up story to my contribution to “Concordant Vibrancy 3: Lustrate”, “Twin Planets”, which I’d left as a cliffhanger on purpose. But, as luck would have it, fate chose ...

Hello Awesome Visitors! I am very glad you could join us on the  Concordant Vibrancy 4: Inferno  tour. It is an honor to be featured in a collection with such wonderful talents and that you have a chance to learn about their craft and their stories in this anthology. On this day, C. Desert Rose dishes on her contribution "Calliope's Inferno". The Wagon Wheel Watusi ...? But, WHY? Let me ask … Can we really dance to the beat of a new tune and in so doing find a new way of life? What brings out the best in people if not the ability to overcome adversity and in the process discover the things that we had inside us all along? Inner strength, I believe, comes from the opportunity to find that which is hidden inside and bring it to the surface for all to see. But I think I am getting ahead of myself. First let me introduce you to Calliope. Calliope is the everyday girl that we all know. The fun, funny, awkward, kind but not stupid girl ...

Hello Awesome Visitors! I am very glad you could join us on the  Concordant Vibrancy 4: Inferno  tour. It is an honor to be featured in a collection with such wonderful talents and that you have a chance to learn about their craft and their stories in this anthology. On this day, we explore the connection of love and fire through the eyes of Author Beem Weeks. The Many Sides of Fire by Beem Weeks      It is such an honor to be invited to participate in this newest All Authors anthology. That I’ve been asked to contribute to three editions at this point truly humbles me. The topic of choice for Concordant Vibrancy 4: Inferno offers a myriad of possible directions. Inferno suggests fire. And fire, to me, presents a variety of representations. We know its warmth is vital for survival in those cold winter months—without it, we would freeze to death. Fire’s orange glow chases away the darkness, offering sight and comfort in the dead of night. But ...