Buzzing among the lights
Skittering in the dark
The infestation has begun
They strike without a care
Causing pain and strife
I try to stop their entry
Yet they also slip inside
Finding holes I did not see
Or waiting by the door
To scuttle in as I come and go
I hear them in my sleep
And find them when I wake
Destroying all I find
But there is always more
This is for Belinda of Busy Mind Thinking. The request is to post pictures of where we live in a travel tour type of thing. East Meadow is rather boring and is a suburb of NYC, but I’m not much of a city rat. I’ll do my best here to show some pictures around the area of any fun stuff:
First is Eisenhower Park, which spans a few towns. It has a large golf course, but most of it is wide areas to play sports and relax. Mini-golf is around there too.
Overview
Eisenhower Park Veteran’s Memorial
We are in easy driving distance of Jones Beach too.
Jones Beach Bathhouse
Jones Beach
Sadly, that’s all I can think about for tourists. The big thing is being able to take a train into NYC and not have to pay NYC hotel prices. There are a vast amount of wineries, aquariums, zoos, and other things scattered about. Again, my area is more of a hub unless you get tickets to here:
Nassau Colisseum
Atari 2600
Press to Begin
All gamers know you
Button that starts and pauses
Our lives owe you much
*
Where Many of Us Began
Blinking lights and noise
Where tickets flow like water
We whetted our thumbs
*
Tools of Our Trade
From joystick to pad
You are known by many forms
All have been thrown hard
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The Toy That Stole My Heart
Running home from school
And rushing through my homework
Magic box I own
From Yahoo Image Search
Is it natural to be alone?
Away from all
Where silence has a tone
Like an insistent phone call
Are you happy?
Do we always need someone?
A hand to hold and voice to hear
Telling us we are not done
Keeping us so near
Are you happy?
What if one deserves loneliness?
A wretch upon the planet
Pain caused by happiness
A shadow on the granite
Are you worthy?
Can one come out of sorrow?
Wiping tears away like dust
Believing there is a tomorrow
A soul regaining trust
Are you strong enough?
Debut of Cannibal Hearts as a Kindle eBook. Pick it up along with the first book, Catskinner’s Book.
Well, this is it.
It’s been over a year now, and Cannibal Hearts is now available for purchase. I just have the Kindle version available now–I will have a print edition, but not right away.
I’m looking at this as a soft launch. There are people who read this blog who have been waiting for it, so here it is. I’m not going to try to do any major marketing until I’ve got Fauxpocalypse wrapped up and released.
Of course, if anyone out there wants to reblog or link to this, I would be grateful. I do want to reach as many fans of the original book as possible–I’m just not going to put a lot of effort into catching new readers.
I’m listing it at $2.99, which I do think is fair. It’s a good book, honestly. I think anyone who liked the first one will like this…
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Many people are completely unaware of a dangerous substance sitting on their pantry shelves. It’s commonly known by its street name: “bread.”
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By Kayla Matt
Kayla Matt is the young woman who drew my characters for the book trailer idea. That didn’t pan out yet because the person who knew how to put it together has been rather busy with life. So, I was surprised when Kayla asked me for descriptions of the following characters:
Nyx
Trinity
Selenia Hamilton
Kira Grasdon
Kellia
They are amazing as you can see from the crop of Nyx’s face. Having 5 characters to work with, I decided to do a ‘Women of Windemere’ week. Every day will have one set of the drawings go up. Here’s where I stumble because I don’t know what else to do. The character interviews have fallen flat recently and only Kira and Kellia haven’t had a turn. I am considering putting a music video that describes each character. Yet my music knowledge isn’t too great. I have a few ideas though. Location poems were mentioned too, which can work because each character has a place that is connected to them in some way. I might have to stretch some things for Kellia though.
So, anybody have any suggestions for what other kinds of posts can be done?
OH GOD NO! NOT THIS AGAIN!
I don’t think I’ve done this all week and Ionia lampooning me doesn’t count. It counts for comedy and amusement, but not for an update. I’ll make this quick:
I definitely recommend posting your Amazon site and a sales blurb on the Facebook sites that I listed on my Advertising Links page. That has helped, but you have to give a flashy blurb. One in the morning and one at night.
That’s progress and I’m going to set up another post about a special theme for next week that I need some ideas for.
Book Spotlight for Prodigy of Rainbow Tower at the new site, wePoets Show It!
