I’m still being remiss and only getting thru half the snippets (blame computer and internet issues). This week is from something very rough and new, aiming it at one of the charity anthologies for the Pulse (or else a freebie down the road). It’s from the Kept Tears universe. It’s coming up on the anniversary of the day Aaron suffered the explosive amputation of his arm (and nearly his leg). Rhys (and Corrine) are trying hard to keep his spirits up and love him through the hard times.
Rhys widened his eyes after finding Corrine on his doorstep. He stepped back, letting her in, his stomach flipping. Her somber expression made him shiver. Had something happened to Aaron?
“You haven’t been answer your phone,” she said, brushing past him into the foyer.
The gut-twist worsened. “Is Aaron okay?”
“Not as such.”
If you’d like to play along, Rainbow Snippets is a Facebook community where we post up 6 sentences of one of our LGBT stories every Saturday. It’s been fun and you can find it here. Be sure to check out all the offers! It’s been a great supportive group!
The longer the summer drags on, the less I’m getting done. Between visiting the parents, working on a paper and clinical depression my motivation is gone. I’m barely hearing their voices chattering which is a bad thing. All is not lost of course. I find pockets of inspiration here and there.
I have finished my once over of Cassadaga Nights (though I haven’t found a better title). I have two more scenes I want to write for Ryan and I’ll be ready to market it again. I’m happy for that. I think I can find a home for it.
I’m staggered forward a little on my charity story which isn’t saying much. I know what I want to do. I have to double check the theme to be sure I’m on point.
And you’ve seen all my posts on the Love is Love anthology. I’m still waiting on my copy.
Other than that, I’m sitting here thinking ‘how can July be half gone?’
I’m still being remiss and only getting thru half the snippets (blame computer and internet issues). This week is from something very rough and new, aiming it at one of the charity anthologies for the Pulse (or else a freebie down the road). It’s from the Kept Tears universe. It’s coming up on the anniversary of the day Aaron suffered the explosive amputation of his arm (and nearly his leg). Rhys (and Corrine) are trying hard to keep his spirits up and love him through the hard times.
Rhys widened his eyes after finding Corrine on his doorstep. He stepped back, letting her in, his stomach flipping. Her somber expression made him shiver. Had something happened to Aaron?
“You haven’t been answer your phone,” she said, brushing past him into the foyer.
The gut-twist worsened. “Is Aaron okay?”
“Not as such.”
If you’d like to play along, Rainbow Snippets is a Facebook community where we post up 6 sentences of one of our LGBT stories every Saturday. It’s been fun and you can find it here. Be sure to check out all the offers! It’s been a great supportive group!
As I type it, I see once again violence has played its hand in France, following on the heels of the shooting in Dallas. It’s easy to lose hope in humanity, to give up.
It’s the one thing we must not do. There is a lot of good in this world but good is quiet, harder to see sometimes than the bad. None the less, good is everywhere and this anthology is a shining example of that. More than fifty authors pooled together to create something to be sold to aid the victims. Some of of us wouldn’t necessarily call ourselves poets, myself included but strong emotion is a fantastic motivator and muse.
I am honored to be part of this project. I’m put in mind of Martin Luther King Jr’s words, “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars… Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” As true today as it was then.
So if you want to aid a great cause, pick up a copy. It’s now available in ebook and paperback versions.
And there is a rafflecopter giveaway. Check it out here
(shared with permission of Betti Gefecht)
A collection of poems composed by over fifty authors
in aid of the victims and survivors of the Orlando Pulse Attack.
On June 12, 2016, the most horrendous mass shooting in US history and an unfathomable act of hate was directed at the LGBT community in Orlando. The horror of this tragedy reverberated around the world, leaving millions shocked and appalled at the senseless violence that destroyed so many innocent lives.
In a display of solidarity with the victims and survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting, a group of LGBTQ+ and straight allies, from all across the globe, came together to produce a collection of poems in celebration of love and acceptance.
The resulting Love is Love Poetry Anthology is dedicated to the families and victims of the shooting and all proceeds of this work will be donated to Equality Florida’s Pulse Victims Fund.
In this small way, the authors, along with the readers who purchase this work, seek to contribute to the lives of those who still suffer from the consequences of the malice directed toward them, and offer some positivity and compassion in the face of such bigotry.
Contributing Authors:
AC Benus, Aditus, Andrew Jericho, Ann Anderson, Ash Marie, Asta Idonea, Betti Gefecht, Cam Kennedy, Cynus Eldranai, Darren White, dughlas, Eddy LeFey, Eden Winters, EmiGS Em, F.E. Feeley Jr., Gelybi , Headstall, Jack L. Pyke, Jana Denardo, Jason Frazier, Jay Rookwood, J.L. Merrow, Karina Rye, Kathy Griffith, Kay Ellis, Kaye P. Hallows, Kit Loffstadt, Laura B. Damone, Layla Dorine, Lily G. Blunt, L.J. Harris, L.M. Somerton, Louis Stevens, L.S.K Harris, L.V. Lloyd, Lynn Michaels, Maggie Chatterton, Maria Siopis, Monika De Giorgi, Parker Owens, Patricia Nelson, Pelaam, Petra Howard, Ravyn Bryce, Rick R. Reed, Ruski, Valik and Addy, S.J. Davis, Skylar M. Cates, Star Brady, Steve Baldry, Susan Crane, Tamara Miles, Tash Hatzipetrou, Tim Landon, Tracy Gee, Vicki Tubridy, Victoria Kinnaird, and Wendy Rathbone.
I missed last week’s small talk because it was the Fourth of July weekend and I was at my uncle’s lake house. It was very nice. If my aunt isn’t acting up (and she was mostly good this time) I love being on the lake. If I had a dream house, it would be on a lake.
Also I didn’t have much to report last week. I don’t have terribly much to say this week either but the most important of which is that the Love is Love anthology is out, click here for more info. All sales go to support the victims of the Pulse shooting. I’ll be back later to put up the paperback links too.
I’ve been working very slowly on fixing Cassadaga Nights (novella) and my charity story featuring Aaron and Rhys. It’s hard to write being at the parents’ house and I’m also working on a scientific paper. The hardest part of that is nearly done. Thank god. It’s not fun to write, important yes, but not fun. Doing the research was much more enjoyable but this is necessary stuff to write.
I would like to get one more scene to flesh out Ryan in Cassadaga Nights. Hopefully it will be decent. I had to cut too much out of it when I submitted it as a short story.
I’m trying to keep Aaron’s story relatively short. I am setting part of it at Kennywood Park (a must see historic amusement park if you’re in the Pittsburgh area) but I haven’t been there in years (and no one wants to go with me now). Sadly the rides on the website might not be accurate. Bah.
I also got some clarification for Blood Red as well. Once I get back to OH, I’ll dig into that. I don’t know if I can finish it by the end of the year or not but I really hope so. Wish me luck.
As for camp nano, I’m at 5K so halfway to my very low goal (it’s hard to set higher ones when I’m traveling).
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Jana Denardo 