Synful Interludes

Hello Awesome Visitors! I'm here to speak a little bit. Sometimes, change can be good. Other times, it's a pain in the keister.  Originally, Wordpress was the place to be because I could have a bit more liberty with design, along with some of the restrictions that were put into place due to Google. Yet, Wordpress has made changes that they thought were an improvement but instead has a simple lady like me all types of befuddled. Plus, some of the options they used to offer for free they are now trying to make you pay for. Needless to say, it wasn't cool and it began souring the whole Wordpress experience for me. I had to evaluate a few things. For one, how often did I really have time to blog? Secondly, although I had extended the opportunity to many to be featured on my blog, how many were actually taking me up on it? Truthfully, I didn't have as much time on my hands as usual. Also, not too many people were taking me up on my promotional offer. Therefore, I a...

Hello Awesome Visitors!  How has everyone been?  There has been some time since we've had Sunday Speak. While writing Convoluted Prism, for a while I was on a roll.  There would be times where I could crank out up to four chapters in a setting.  All was going well until two things happened: (1) I began getting to the more difficult part of the story and (2) There were some more short story ideas that were dying to come out. Number one frustrated me because it was a part of my life that I thought I had fully gotten past.  Convoluted Prism is partially autobiographical and this section that I've approached is crucial to the tide of the remainder of the story.  Yet each time I got around to composing it, the cursor would blink at me.  I would start typing, read it, and then erase it.  I even tried to walk away from it and then come back.  Yet I was just frozen. Number two, I wanted to tell myself that the short story ideas would still ...

Welcome everyone to Sunday Speak!  In my last one, I talked about characters.  This time around, everyone is here for a treat.  I am honored to give Queen of Spades the floor for Sunday Speak as well as have her march around for Monday.  It's great that I have the spare bedroom all ready for her to rest in. Queen:  Thanks for that.  I appreciate it. You know I don't pull a lot of punches so let's get to it.  You did say I could ask you anything, right? Queen:  Related to the book, yes. Fair enough.  Out of all of your poetic works, you have said that Reflections of Soul is the one with the most universal appeal.  Can you explain why? Queen:  I say that for a number of reasons.  First, it's a relatively tiny book.  Second, there are certain things that others can relate to whether they typically read poetry or not.  This adds to the appeal.  Not to say my other works aren't attractive in their...

Hello everyone, and Happy Sunday! For my Sunday Speak, I'd like to talk about Characters. As you become more familiar with my works, it won't take long to discover my characters aren't always "cookie cutter."  I'm not saying I don't believe in a person's ability to do the right thing consistently.  However, at times, one doesn't know what he will do until the situation is present. Simmer Sweet (a short story) Available FREE on Smashwords Excerpt Sometimes pursuing one's wants and needs is at risk of jeopardy to another's livelihood.  For Kesha, one of the major characters in "Simmer Sweet", she is aware that Teresa is engaged to a man.  Yet she had to come clean with her feelings no matter what the cost.   Would you have done the same thing?  Would you have remained silent?   Delectable Things (a novelette) FREE for a limited time on Smashwords ! Excerpt We can also put ourselves in predicame...