March 2015 Blog Posts (18)

I lived in San Francisco, CA for 22 years but moved 05 07 2014. I live another place now and I have a new dog named Max. The dog is 2 years old mixed German shepherd. I am the writer of the book published 08 10 titled: The Pirate Captain by I, author: Ken Moorehead. The book sells www.amazon.com,…

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Why did I pick Knoxville, Tennessee, as the setting for my debut novel, Curse Me Not? Easy. The town is big enough to have everything from an opera company to a paint ball club, yet it’s small enough for neighbors know neighbors and people to actually go downtown to see a movie or have a martini. It was perfect for my main character, an Appalachian unsophisticate who's recently gained the ability to see auras and the more lucrative ability to clean revenge…

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     Novels are driven by incredible scene construction!

     How a writer handles scenes will make a difference between a manuscript that sells, and one that ends up in the slush pile or the author receiving a rejection letter via email or in the mail.

     A scene is a unit of drama in a novel.

     The concept of a scene in fiction comes from theater,…

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What kind of writer are you…your writing style?

If you are sensitive to critics’ comments, the writing “Rules Police”, experts discussing this issue, with such aplomb that they intimidate, then you must turn a deaf ear to this shrill commentary that says: You must write in a certain style in order to be considered a worthy author.

Stop!

Your…

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Hi everyone, just like to say I look forward to corresponding with you all. I am a contemporary fiction writer who also write in other genres. I also write about relationships in my blog. Therefore I  would like to invite you to check out by blog janiede.blogspot.com

I wind up the three part series of essays written by two of my students. This week, they discuss community inner strength.

Noelle

How can inner strength be used to better our community?

Let's start with this question: what is inner strength? My personal definition for the phrase 'inner strength' is: “the power to resist…

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If you know the meaning of love

you are not likely to have many questions,

in the understanding of what love is,

you will never be worried and

if you have heard what love is all about

You would not fall in love

Because when falling in love

you are building a house

you will live in tomorrow.

When you…

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Last week, I introduced Noelle and Elijah, two of my taekwondo students, who wrote essays in February on how to use inner strength at home, in school, and in the community. This week, I present their essays on school inner strength.

Noelle

How can inner strength be used to make school a successful endeavor?

Let's start with this…

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Sometimes life sucks so bad your characters have to live through it. Life is conflict.

To cyber-socialize or not to cyber-socialize? That is the question.

My New Year's resolution for '09 was to finally, seriously and extensively take a look at all the social sites I kept hearing about. My Space. Face Book. Crime Space. Twitter. Blogs. No more letting the info slide by, no more shaking my head and saying, “Who's got time for all this bulls__t?” I would do an investigation, just like my sleuth Christy Bristol. I would finally find…

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I just recently began writing romance short stories and novels about a year ago. i struggled for a bit because I'm used to writing nature-based poetry and lyrics to songs that i would sing with my band. But, it steadily became easier for me to step outside of my comfort zone in order for me to write this novel. I am still 140pages shy of where i want/need to be in order to wrap it up. safe to say i have my work cut out for me. its nice to have authors.com and all of you wonderful people that… Continue

For a long while, I have putting up a monthly theme at the taekwondo club. I have several posters, large and small, or themes such as Attitude, Courtesy, Respect, and Motivation. I've been through all of them several times. So, for February of this year, I reached out and tried something new. Inner Strength.

I am part of the Karate For Kids program developed by my parent organization. …

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Today I have decided that in order to write well, I have to write one day at a time and not book at a time.  Keeping focus and writing to a place of fulfillment.  All necessary components to my mental state of well being.  Peace, Love and Grace.

In 1995, a long, long time ago when Star Wars was the latest cinema rage, I started to pen my first novel called A Brownstone in Brooklyn. I wanted to write a novel and see could I actually put together a storyline that would interest readers…I wanted just one story published and see it in book form.

            Well, I worked long and hard with a few disturbing…

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Life of a novelist is hard work.  You get to thinking...this would be a cool career, self-therapy even.  Then you become, the author, the blogger, the twitter, the Facebook fan page, Authors.com, Instagram and every other social media administrator.  You begin to wonder how will you every get it all done.  Believe in your dreams (I tell myself).  The journey is meant to grow your aspirations.  PUSH.  Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.…

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When I wrote my novel, Curse Me Not, what I didn’t count on was how I would see myself after the writing was done.

The paranormal twist I use in in the book is one that speaks to auras and curses upon auras. The fundamental question I had to answer as I developed the story’s alternate reality was this: While we perceive our 3-D self just by looking in…

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When I was a student at Bushwick High School in Brooklyn, New York, I would visit the local public library and stare at the books  and plays on the bookshelves.

             I daydreamed!

             I read the titles of  books by famous authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald ( The Great Gatsby) , William Golding  (Lord of the Flies) , Zora Neale…

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