A cute story has hit the news waves about a couple who are getting married and who share the same name. Well, at first, it’s like ‘big deal’ couples share same names all the time, case in point my husband and I use the same nickname. [I could get a tat of his name and never have to worry about changing it. ;) ] What makes this instance different though is that they have the same first and last name. Guess she won’t have to worry about changing her ID’s, SSN card, credit cards and such, nor wonder if she should keep her own, hyphenate or go with his last name.
Here’s the story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31994977/ns/today-today_relationships/
(Though where the reporter got the idea they were similar to the actors mentioned I have no clue. I don’t see it.)
What are your thoughts?
Monday, July 20, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
A short and interesting Introduction
Hi Everyone!
I’m so excited about joining you here at The Many Shades of Life and Love. Oh jeez, where are my manners? My name is Annie Alvarez, and I have two books published with Extasy Books, For The Love Of Blood, and Cheating Death, and yes, both are F/F vampire erotica's, and I’m currently working on the third book of the Hightower Series, Dying to Live.
For my first time here, I wanted to tell you a little about myself. I’m a first generation Cuban, born in New Orleans, and then moved to Florida at the ripe age of 5. Yup! I didn’t have much to say in that decision-making process, but I enjoyed the beaches all the same and got a great looking tan!
At 18, I moved to Fort Lauderdale, or as some of you may know it, Fort Liqourdale. Hey, I was young and naïve – that’s all I have in my defense, but I learned quickly. Trust me when I say that the sun and alcohol don’t mix well. I consider myself lucky. I made a lot of good friends and only a couple of enemies. I think an ex throwing a brown paper bag full of sex toys at me, in the middle of a crowded Denny’s parking lot qualifies as an enemy, no? Well, that’s a story for another day or maybe, I’ll just keep those details to myself.
I met my partner in the parking lot of a bar I used to work at, hum…starting to see a pattern emerging with parking lots, but I digress, needless to say, I followed my partner to Texas. Where I heard that everything is bigger. What people forgot to tell me was that I would cook in the summer, which is 80% of the time and the remainder 20%, I would spend frozen. Yeah, welcome to Texas, if you don’t like the weather, wait, it’ll change. In Dallas, just the other day, temperatures reached 103 no, that’s not a typo and what in heaven’s name do you think happened? It hailed, and not little pea size hail either, these were frozen golf balls falling from the sky. Go figure!
I have to say that after 12 years of living here, I’m finally starting to understand the language. Flowadia, pronounced exactly as it’s spelled, is Florida. It took me a while to figure that out. Fur is fire, lesbian is a foreigner, not a homosexual - that would be gay, fixin to, is getting ready to do something and reckon means one is currently assuming. Language, gotta love it. Again, welcome to Texas.
Oh yeah, the most important thing about me is, I speak my mind and it’s typically something people don’t want to hear. I’ll say sorry about that now because I’m known to rattle a few cages. Don’t take it personally. It’s my charming personality. Now that you’ve gotten to know me a little better, I encourage everyone to drop me a line, or two, and don’t worry. I don’t bite. Well, not hard.
See you next month!
Annie
I’m so excited about joining you here at The Many Shades of Life and Love. Oh jeez, where are my manners? My name is Annie Alvarez, and I have two books published with Extasy Books, For The Love Of Blood, and Cheating Death, and yes, both are F/F vampire erotica's, and I’m currently working on the third book of the Hightower Series, Dying to Live.
For my first time here, I wanted to tell you a little about myself. I’m a first generation Cuban, born in New Orleans, and then moved to Florida at the ripe age of 5. Yup! I didn’t have much to say in that decision-making process, but I enjoyed the beaches all the same and got a great looking tan!
At 18, I moved to Fort Lauderdale, or as some of you may know it, Fort Liqourdale. Hey, I was young and naïve – that’s all I have in my defense, but I learned quickly. Trust me when I say that the sun and alcohol don’t mix well. I consider myself lucky. I made a lot of good friends and only a couple of enemies. I think an ex throwing a brown paper bag full of sex toys at me, in the middle of a crowded Denny’s parking lot qualifies as an enemy, no? Well, that’s a story for another day or maybe, I’ll just keep those details to myself.
I met my partner in the parking lot of a bar I used to work at, hum…starting to see a pattern emerging with parking lots, but I digress, needless to say, I followed my partner to Texas. Where I heard that everything is bigger. What people forgot to tell me was that I would cook in the summer, which is 80% of the time and the remainder 20%, I would spend frozen. Yeah, welcome to Texas, if you don’t like the weather, wait, it’ll change. In Dallas, just the other day, temperatures reached 103 no, that’s not a typo and what in heaven’s name do you think happened? It hailed, and not little pea size hail either, these were frozen golf balls falling from the sky. Go figure!
I have to say that after 12 years of living here, I’m finally starting to understand the language. Flowadia, pronounced exactly as it’s spelled, is Florida. It took me a while to figure that out. Fur is fire, lesbian is a foreigner, not a homosexual - that would be gay, fixin to, is getting ready to do something and reckon means one is currently assuming. Language, gotta love it. Again, welcome to Texas.
Oh yeah, the most important thing about me is, I speak my mind and it’s typically something people don’t want to hear. I’ll say sorry about that now because I’m known to rattle a few cages. Don’t take it personally. It’s my charming personality. Now that you’ve gotten to know me a little better, I encourage everyone to drop me a line, or two, and don’t worry. I don’t bite. Well, not hard.
See you next month!
Annie
Friday, July 17, 2009
If By Chance I Seat Myself To Write
"If by chance I seated myself to write, she very slyly, very tenderly, seeking protection and caresses, would softly take her place on my knee and follow the comings and goings of my pen -- sometimes effacing, with an unintentional stroke of her paw, lines of whose tenor she disapproved." - Pierre Loti
I believe I have the spirit of the cat that I will soon inherit, around me. She tempts me, teases me into giving up my efforts to become a successful writer by diverting my attention with her desire to play. I, being the care worn but relatively free spirit I am, allow her to do so, at first. My friend did not bank on the fact that writing is my addiction. She underestimated its allure, its possession of me and my never-ending, somewhat frustrating quest to do it well.
I have had her name picked out for a long time. It is my hope she appreciates the effort I put into choosing it. It will be offered to her as a suggestion, of course. As all cat owners know what is the point of naming a cat in the first place? They come when they want, rarely when they are called. Truth be told I chose it more to honor the Goddess whose qualities I would like her to represent and I would like to possess. I am unsure if she will appreciate my attempt at giving her such a noble moniker, but when I say Minerva, it will be a constant reminder of the chief quality the deity stood for—wisdom.
Oh well, I'm sure there will be a happy middle. I like the idea of a cat sitting on my writing desk in the one small pool of sunlight that crosses it in the early morning. Then again, maybe she could curl up in my lap in the late evening when it is has just finished raining, a fog has drifted across the fields and we are alone with our thoughts. Either way I am looking forward to the relationship and I do believe she is too.
The loving, somewhat antagonistic nature of human and cat reminds me of my partnership with the written word. Sometimes I understand the elusive nature of the creature, other days I fret that I will never comprehend what it takes to be a great writer. There has been praise thus far and it is much appreciated. I am driven to write not only to entertain, but for impact. Why do I feel the need to use this form of expression to make my mark? What is egging me on to be heard, to be considered? It isn’t ego. I have had self-esteem issues all of my life, still do, but I think I’m over the worst of that non-sense. I am compelled to do it, it is as simple as that and I keep wondering where this journey will take me.
The writing world seems to be concerned way more with quantity than with quality. I suppose the bottom line is in reality the bottom line. It is after all a business, one that has many interests in seeing it succeed on the financial level. Once I accepted this painful fact, I've used it to keep me humble and have found myself giggling at the sense of self-importance some authors, famous and not so famous, seem to have in abundance. I wonder how many times they stood in the God line for that extra dose of vanity? Do they realize that they are often more ledger entry than an honored artist admired for their creativity? Honestly, the push to get that next book out only to have everyone else make money off their hard work is appalling. It's no wonder there are so many poorly edited, poorly crafted stories out there from what are otherwise fairly good writers. I am also non-plussed at how slanted the industry is toward the distributor and not the artist who created the work in the first place. I wonder if others feel that way too?
This is probably my issue I guess. It just seems cruel somehow but that's what a girl gets for looking at her first love through rose colored glasses, instead of dealing with the reality in front of her. Since learning of the less stellar aspects of the industry, it has reminded me to write what I want to write, what calls to me as opposed to hopping on the "currently selling" genre bandwagon. Lord knows I want to be financially successful as well as creatively successful in this field, I'm not going to lie. I just need to find that balance between what is pushing me to write and what the industry wants or tells an author must be must produced in order to sell. In my opinion every reader has their favorite type of story, so write a story, do it well, respect language and its rules you are crafting your tale in and you will attract your readers. At least to my way of thinking, but I'm as frequently wrong as I am right. C'est la vie.
I shake my head at piracy of an artist's work. From my perspective, the mentality of the individual who burns a music CD without paying for it or illegally downloads a work not paid for is that they are screwing over a faceless corporate entity (the publisher or the distributor).
They refuse to see the individual, the artist who works a full time day job, who supports a couple of kids, runs a household, has bills to pay. They refuse to acknowledge the man or woman who pursues their love of their chosen art form after all is said and done in those few small hours they have to themselves. They deny the person who chooses to pour their blood, sweat and tears into an artistic creation over a good night's sleep, hoping beyond hope it will be produced or published. They just don't get that the artist receives roughly 15%, maybe 20% (after the costs of self-promotion) return on a 100% investment.
The artistic industry as a whole needs to lobby Congress to protect us. Only a massive effort to strengthen copyright violation laws will change this mess. I DO NOT participate or contribute to piracy by burning a friend's music CD I like nor will I copy a movie or view a pirated version of anything. Very bad karma, what goes around will come around. I wouldn't want that to happen to my creations, why contribute the energy towards it?
I've been given the argument--have I borrowed a friend's CD, DVD or book on occassion or checked one out from a library? That's experiencing art without paying for it. Absolutely and will do so again. However, these works have been paid for at some point. I usually end up buying my own copy in the long run and add it to my ever expanding library. When money is an issue I go where I can afford to--a legitimate used book or media store. It's that simple and the right thing to do. Good entertainment is worth experiencing again and again in my opinion, hence the reason I end up buying one way or another. The point I'm making is I will not willingly contribute to the mentality of taking something without paying for it, that is stealing, period. I also have no problems telling my friends that's not cool and have stopped my friends from offering to do that for me.
Oh well, it is what it is, I can’t change it, at least, not by myself. I just muse on them now and again, then go back to the life of a writer. It is who I am, what I am and have wanted all my life to become, now to just do it well.
Until next week!
Erin Sinclair
“For love that’s out of this world!”
I believe I have the spirit of the cat that I will soon inherit, around me. She tempts me, teases me into giving up my efforts to become a successful writer by diverting my attention with her desire to play. I, being the care worn but relatively free spirit I am, allow her to do so, at first. My friend did not bank on the fact that writing is my addiction. She underestimated its allure, its possession of me and my never-ending, somewhat frustrating quest to do it well.
I have had her name picked out for a long time. It is my hope she appreciates the effort I put into choosing it. It will be offered to her as a suggestion, of course. As all cat owners know what is the point of naming a cat in the first place? They come when they want, rarely when they are called. Truth be told I chose it more to honor the Goddess whose qualities I would like her to represent and I would like to possess. I am unsure if she will appreciate my attempt at giving her such a noble moniker, but when I say Minerva, it will be a constant reminder of the chief quality the deity stood for—wisdom.
Oh well, I'm sure there will be a happy middle. I like the idea of a cat sitting on my writing desk in the one small pool of sunlight that crosses it in the early morning. Then again, maybe she could curl up in my lap in the late evening when it is has just finished raining, a fog has drifted across the fields and we are alone with our thoughts. Either way I am looking forward to the relationship and I do believe she is too.
The loving, somewhat antagonistic nature of human and cat reminds me of my partnership with the written word. Sometimes I understand the elusive nature of the creature, other days I fret that I will never comprehend what it takes to be a great writer. There has been praise thus far and it is much appreciated. I am driven to write not only to entertain, but for impact. Why do I feel the need to use this form of expression to make my mark? What is egging me on to be heard, to be considered? It isn’t ego. I have had self-esteem issues all of my life, still do, but I think I’m over the worst of that non-sense. I am compelled to do it, it is as simple as that and I keep wondering where this journey will take me.
The writing world seems to be concerned way more with quantity than with quality. I suppose the bottom line is in reality the bottom line. It is after all a business, one that has many interests in seeing it succeed on the financial level. Once I accepted this painful fact, I've used it to keep me humble and have found myself giggling at the sense of self-importance some authors, famous and not so famous, seem to have in abundance. I wonder how many times they stood in the God line for that extra dose of vanity? Do they realize that they are often more ledger entry than an honored artist admired for their creativity? Honestly, the push to get that next book out only to have everyone else make money off their hard work is appalling. It's no wonder there are so many poorly edited, poorly crafted stories out there from what are otherwise fairly good writers. I am also non-plussed at how slanted the industry is toward the distributor and not the artist who created the work in the first place. I wonder if others feel that way too?
This is probably my issue I guess. It just seems cruel somehow but that's what a girl gets for looking at her first love through rose colored glasses, instead of dealing with the reality in front of her. Since learning of the less stellar aspects of the industry, it has reminded me to write what I want to write, what calls to me as opposed to hopping on the "currently selling" genre bandwagon. Lord knows I want to be financially successful as well as creatively successful in this field, I'm not going to lie. I just need to find that balance between what is pushing me to write and what the industry wants or tells an author must be must produced in order to sell. In my opinion every reader has their favorite type of story, so write a story, do it well, respect language and its rules you are crafting your tale in and you will attract your readers. At least to my way of thinking, but I'm as frequently wrong as I am right. C'est la vie.
I shake my head at piracy of an artist's work. From my perspective, the mentality of the individual who burns a music CD without paying for it or illegally downloads a work not paid for is that they are screwing over a faceless corporate entity (the publisher or the distributor).
They refuse to see the individual, the artist who works a full time day job, who supports a couple of kids, runs a household, has bills to pay. They refuse to acknowledge the man or woman who pursues their love of their chosen art form after all is said and done in those few small hours they have to themselves. They deny the person who chooses to pour their blood, sweat and tears into an artistic creation over a good night's sleep, hoping beyond hope it will be produced or published. They just don't get that the artist receives roughly 15%, maybe 20% (after the costs of self-promotion) return on a 100% investment.
The artistic industry as a whole needs to lobby Congress to protect us. Only a massive effort to strengthen copyright violation laws will change this mess. I DO NOT participate or contribute to piracy by burning a friend's music CD I like nor will I copy a movie or view a pirated version of anything. Very bad karma, what goes around will come around. I wouldn't want that to happen to my creations, why contribute the energy towards it?
I've been given the argument--have I borrowed a friend's CD, DVD or book on occassion or checked one out from a library? That's experiencing art without paying for it. Absolutely and will do so again. However, these works have been paid for at some point. I usually end up buying my own copy in the long run and add it to my ever expanding library. When money is an issue I go where I can afford to--a legitimate used book or media store. It's that simple and the right thing to do. Good entertainment is worth experiencing again and again in my opinion, hence the reason I end up buying one way or another. The point I'm making is I will not willingly contribute to the mentality of taking something without paying for it, that is stealing, period. I also have no problems telling my friends that's not cool and have stopped my friends from offering to do that for me.
Oh well, it is what it is, I can’t change it, at least, not by myself. I just muse on them now and again, then go back to the life of a writer. It is who I am, what I am and have wanted all my life to become, now to just do it well.
Until next week!
Erin Sinclair
“For love that’s out of this world!”
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
By A.J. Llewellyn
Yesterday I made a shocking discovery when I ran a Google check on my name. Astalavista, a major pirate site is back and doing business as Astatalk. I found many of my books there, as requested and provided by thieves who think it is okay to steal from me and thousands of other struggling authors.
It is not okay to steal from me.
It is not okay to infringe on my copyright as author. Or my publisher.
It is not okay to think it is fun and groovy to upload stolen merchandise.
My biggest shock was when I joined Astatalk and followed the links for my books – included my most recent releases.
You can bet it hurts to see my books uploaded in the hundreds when I struggle to pay my bills and rely on my income from selling books.
Astatalk has gone a step further than the other internet thieves. They downloaded my books – and others – in a coded format on 4Share. However if I type my name in the 4Share site, it comes up blank.
Nice, huh?
Cap that off with the fact all these illegal, stolen books are now happily packed with Twitter, MySpace and Facebook codes so the whole world can violate you.
This morning, after numerous legal threats and complicated “takedown” forms filled out, my books are still listed but the pirates are moaning because the links are dead.
I need to watch vigilantly because they will return.
I found a thread labeled:
http://astatalk.com/thread/2706/1/Some_explanations/
And was shocked by what I read:
Check it out:
15 Jul 2009, 15:35
Recently we received some serious threats from some copyright individual owners and organizations.Due to this fact we had to refer to a Dutch lawyer to give a clear legal repulse.But I`m sure it was not the last case.Since I`m not able to pay the lawyer myself I found a media company who agreed to take all the juridical legal expenses but in turn there may appear few text links. We are still negotiating what kind it will be.Upon our agreement they should not prevent from easy site browsing so you can be sure that the site will stay 100% surfer friendly, don`t worry.As soon as we don`t like it I will work to find a better alternative.Have a good time staying on Astatalk
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tobyb121 15 Jul 2009, 16:08 #
Thanks GD, I don't think anyone can complain about subtle advertising in return for the prosperity of this site.tobyb
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Bibliophile 15 Jul 2009, 16:18 #
Agreed :)Also, if you ever created a "donate" button, I'm sure that many of us would chip in.
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GraveDigger 15 Jul 2009, 16:28 #
Bibliophile said:Agreed :)Also, if you ever created a "donate" button, I'm sure that many of us would chip in.I keep this option in mind too thank you
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Rizzano 15 Jul 2009, 22:51 #
We are with you and Asta 100% GD. And also, I am in a agreement with Bibliophile on the donate button.
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adbit 16 Jul 2009, 04:48 #
I too agree with you 'GD','toby','Bib' and 'Riz'.We will face such situation together.
.Okay, so get this.
These people want to donate to a fund for the right to steal legally copyrighted works but don’t want to spring for the $3 or $4 to actually buy a book?
What gives them the right to think it’s okay to steal?
Music and Movies were the beginning. Hard working authors are being robbed left and right.
Attention must be paid.
Aloha oe,
A.J.
Yesterday I made a shocking discovery when I ran a Google check on my name. Astalavista, a major pirate site is back and doing business as Astatalk. I found many of my books there, as requested and provided by thieves who think it is okay to steal from me and thousands of other struggling authors.
It is not okay to steal from me.
It is not okay to infringe on my copyright as author. Or my publisher.
It is not okay to think it is fun and groovy to upload stolen merchandise.
My biggest shock was when I joined Astatalk and followed the links for my books – included my most recent releases.
You can bet it hurts to see my books uploaded in the hundreds when I struggle to pay my bills and rely on my income from selling books.
Astatalk has gone a step further than the other internet thieves. They downloaded my books – and others – in a coded format on 4Share. However if I type my name in the 4Share site, it comes up blank.
Nice, huh?
Cap that off with the fact all these illegal, stolen books are now happily packed with Twitter, MySpace and Facebook codes so the whole world can violate you.
This morning, after numerous legal threats and complicated “takedown” forms filled out, my books are still listed but the pirates are moaning because the links are dead.
I need to watch vigilantly because they will return.
I found a thread labeled:
http://astatalk.com/thread/2706/1/Some_explanations/
And was shocked by what I read:
Check it out:
15 Jul 2009, 15:35
Recently we received some serious threats from some copyright individual owners and organizations.Due to this fact we had to refer to a Dutch lawyer to give a clear legal repulse.But I`m sure it was not the last case.Since I`m not able to pay the lawyer myself I found a media company who agreed to take all the juridical legal expenses but in turn there may appear few text links. We are still negotiating what kind it will be.Upon our agreement they should not prevent from easy site browsing so you can be sure that the site will stay 100% surfer friendly, don`t worry.As soon as we don`t like it I will work to find a better alternative.Have a good time staying on Astatalk
Rating 2 Comments 5
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tobyb121 15 Jul 2009, 16:08 #
Thanks GD, I don't think anyone can complain about subtle advertising in return for the prosperity of this site.tobyb
online
0
Bibliophile 15 Jul 2009, 16:18 #
Agreed :)Also, if you ever created a "donate" button, I'm sure that many of us would chip in.
0
GraveDigger 15 Jul 2009, 16:28 #
Bibliophile said:Agreed :)Also, if you ever created a "donate" button, I'm sure that many of us would chip in.I keep this option in mind too thank you
0
Rizzano 15 Jul 2009, 22:51 #
We are with you and Asta 100% GD. And also, I am in a agreement with Bibliophile on the donate button.
0
adbit 16 Jul 2009, 04:48 #
I too agree with you 'GD','toby','Bib' and 'Riz'.We will face such situation together.
.Okay, so get this.
These people want to donate to a fund for the right to steal legally copyrighted works but don’t want to spring for the $3 or $4 to actually buy a book?
What gives them the right to think it’s okay to steal?
Music and Movies were the beginning. Hard working authors are being robbed left and right.
Attention must be paid.
Aloha oe,
A.J.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
My Own Private Idaho
Greetings from Idaho! Yeah, I know you’re all wondering just what I am doing here in this normally god-forsaken place but the truth of the matter is that my elderly father lives here. And believe it or not, I kinda like it here because the pace is less hectic than it seems to be at my own home. The picture is of the Snake River that runs through the middle of town...I love it because there's water...and it's green. LOL!
Here I can be lazy if I want. Write all day if I want. Read all day if I want. The best part being my Dad does pester me at all for any reason. At home, it could be anyone who jerks me out of my writing but more than likely it’s the seventeen year old who needs my attention. And while it really doesn’t bother me, being here does tell me exactly what a life of quiet would bring.
Now, that quiet is too much for my father who has aged tremendously in the past six months. But at 75 I guess I would have some new aches and pains. At least the man knows his limitations and lives within those as much as he can. Still, it won’t be long until he’ll need someone with him full time because he’s fallen a couple of times this past six months. Which is why I am determined to help as much as I can.
On to more fun things and away from the mundane things of life.
One of the things I mentioned above is I’ve been reading a lot. And I mean devouring books to the tune of about one a day. That is in between my writing spurts where I’m putting out about 8K a day as well. It all goes back to the quite factor. But yes, I’m a fast writer and reader. Sometimes that can be the bane of my existence because it means I also get bored quicker than most and want to move on to whatever is next on the agenda.
Now this also can be good and bad. For me, it means my writing is always fresh because I have multiple projects going. But it also means that when I’m reading a book, I don’t want the story to end. Sometimes the story doesn’t end but seems to just stop with more questions than it answered.
Such was the case with the books I just recently completed. I love Linnea Sinclair but had never, I know bad me, picked up all of her books. I had Games of Command in my TBR pile forever and finally picked it up last month and devoured it in a day. Wow. I needed more. So I went to pick up her RITA winner, Gabriel’s Ghost, and her current book, Hope’s Folly, to add to my shelves. Good god, the woman had me hot and bothered in no time at all.
So this week, since I’m on vacation, I decided to get the rest of her books, Shades of Dark, An Accidental Goddess and Down Home Zombie Blues. And when Shades of Dark was over I promptly wanted to throw it against the wall and have a tantrum.
Now, don’t get me wrong, the book was excellent BUT it left me hanging. What happens to Chaz and Sully? I mean really happens to them…not just where the book decided to end…but there is no way that it was all over just like that. No, she didn’t rush the climax and if I tell you, I’m sure to be shot, but it brings me to the real point of this week’s blog. Everything was the perfect ending to the story except one thing…I just felt it wasn’t the end of their story…I just knew there had to be more.
How many times have you said to yourself as a reader that the story didn’t or shouldn’t end when it did? How many times have you wanted more of those characters because you just knew there had to be more? How many times have you wanted to know what happened after the final page was crafted?
I know that for me, the answers to those questions can fill pages upon pages of rhetoric for certain stories. So, what I’d like to hear from you all this week is to tell me about a story you thought didn’t end on the last page. It will be interesting to see how many of you feel the same as I do about certain stories.
Hope to hear from you all…see you next week!
Lynn
Here I can be lazy if I want. Write all day if I want. Read all day if I want. The best part being my Dad does pester me at all for any reason. At home, it could be anyone who jerks me out of my writing but more than likely it’s the seventeen year old who needs my attention. And while it really doesn’t bother me, being here does tell me exactly what a life of quiet would bring.
Now, that quiet is too much for my father who has aged tremendously in the past six months. But at 75 I guess I would have some new aches and pains. At least the man knows his limitations and lives within those as much as he can. Still, it won’t be long until he’ll need someone with him full time because he’s fallen a couple of times this past six months. Which is why I am determined to help as much as I can.
On to more fun things and away from the mundane things of life.
One of the things I mentioned above is I’ve been reading a lot. And I mean devouring books to the tune of about one a day. That is in between my writing spurts where I’m putting out about 8K a day as well. It all goes back to the quite factor. But yes, I’m a fast writer and reader. Sometimes that can be the bane of my existence because it means I also get bored quicker than most and want to move on to whatever is next on the agenda.
Now this also can be good and bad. For me, it means my writing is always fresh because I have multiple projects going. But it also means that when I’m reading a book, I don’t want the story to end. Sometimes the story doesn’t end but seems to just stop with more questions than it answered.
Such was the case with the books I just recently completed. I love Linnea Sinclair but had never, I know bad me, picked up all of her books. I had Games of Command in my TBR pile forever and finally picked it up last month and devoured it in a day. Wow. I needed more. So I went to pick up her RITA winner, Gabriel’s Ghost, and her current book, Hope’s Folly, to add to my shelves. Good god, the woman had me hot and bothered in no time at all.
So this week, since I’m on vacation, I decided to get the rest of her books, Shades of Dark, An Accidental Goddess and Down Home Zombie Blues. And when Shades of Dark was over I promptly wanted to throw it against the wall and have a tantrum.
Now, don’t get me wrong, the book was excellent BUT it left me hanging. What happens to Chaz and Sully? I mean really happens to them…not just where the book decided to end…but there is no way that it was all over just like that. No, she didn’t rush the climax and if I tell you, I’m sure to be shot, but it brings me to the real point of this week’s blog. Everything was the perfect ending to the story except one thing…I just felt it wasn’t the end of their story…I just knew there had to be more.
How many times have you said to yourself as a reader that the story didn’t or shouldn’t end when it did? How many times have you wanted more of those characters because you just knew there had to be more? How many times have you wanted to know what happened after the final page was crafted?
I know that for me, the answers to those questions can fill pages upon pages of rhetoric for certain stories. So, what I’d like to hear from you all this week is to tell me about a story you thought didn’t end on the last page. It will be interesting to see how many of you feel the same as I do about certain stories.
Hope to hear from you all…see you next week!
Lynn
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