Birthright

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see someone achieve greatness?  I have, and it was…great.  I live in Dry Prong, Louisiana, have all my life.   No one I know gets the newspaper because our population is about 421, at least that’s what is was back in 2000 and I can’t imagine that it’s gotten any higher than that.  You see, when you live in a town that small, everyone knows what everyone’s up too.  Gosh, keeping secrets around here is like trying to keep Herbert’s cows from straying off the pasture and into Mrs.  Laradell’s garden, lord have mercy!     It just can’t be done!  Anyway, Chester Bertie is my boss at Chubby Weiners and even though Chester has no college degree, he is smarter than a bullwhip.  The things he comes up with just blows my mind and I have to think, there’s a story to be told there.  Chester and me go a long way.  I’ve been working for him for ten years now and there have been times where our friendship has been, well, let’s just say we have benefi

Reading   Tortured Minds   by Sue Mydliak reminds me how fortunate I am to watch this author progress from the beginning of her writing career. And progress she has. She has made great strides writing stories, a novella, a sequel in progress, and now this collection of twisted tales - amoong others. Reading her work from the beginning shows me that she diligently practices her craft, but she has had writing ability from the beginning. Usually when reading a collection, it's tempting to try to choose one favorite among them all. I could not do that with Tortured Minds. Each story has its own unexpected ending that creeps up, sometimes slowly and unsuspecting, sometimes hard and fast. Each ending left me with a Wow! feeling; made me stop and think, and then want more. Tortured Minds by Sue Mydliak contains short and quick stories and I couldn't help moving right into reading the next one to learn what else this author might produce. I was never disappointed. I look forward

Summer had come with a vengeance.  I woke in the morning with the sheets clinging to my legs. “Great.” Normally I love summer, but when it gets hotter than a pancake grilling on the pan, I just melt, literally.  I was sitting at my table drinking my morning coffee and reading the newspaper when someone knocked at my back door.  I peeked around the corner as I walked and saw that it was my neighbor Willodean Farris. “Hey girl, what brings you here this hot morning?  Come on in, can I get you anything to drink?” Willodean was my closest and dearest friend.   Her hair was strawberry blonde, blue eyes and a body that was pleasing to the eye.  She was a beaut.   My brother Dean always wanted to go out with her, but being the chicken that he was, he’d drool from a distance and dream.  I can imagine what they were like, but that would be a little bit disgusting, not to mention creepy. “If you got lemonade I’d love some, if not, I’ll be just fine, parched, but fine nevertheless.”  She sa

Autograph copy of Tortured Minds Autographs are hard to come by, especially when it comes in Kindle Format.  Well, not anymore, if you buy my book, Tortured Minds, you can also request an autograph copy of it by clicking on the link above.  That's right!! Amazing right?  Finally, authors whose books are on Kindle through Amazon can send autograph copies. So give it a go and get your copy today!

After much work, edits, and all that other great stuff we authors go through, my book, Tortured Minds is published!!!   I couldn't of done this accomplishment if it wasn't for Stacey Turner and Rebecca Treadway they were awesome to work with.  Thank you ladies! It is available on Kindle on Tortured Minds  through Amazon and Smashwords  Tortured Minds .  These are 13 of my best horror stories that I have written, published now to share with you.  The neat thing about these horror stories is that they don't start out scary, in fact, even in the middle the story still seems docile. What happens is that what you read isn't at all what it seems, its the way I end the stories that'll be your surprise. So, buy your copy today, you will be surprised in more ways than one.

I found this article written by Victoria, who I sought help when I got into big issues with Trestle Press.  Do not do any kind of business with them or DIP Publishing.  Here is what she had to say and it rings so true. Posted by Victoria Strauss for  Writer Beware When Writer Beware was founded in 1998, it was vanishingly rare for publishers (or agents) to contact aspiring writers to express interest in their work--so rare, in fact, that any sort of unsolicited publisher or agent contact was almost certain to be a scam or a pay-to-play arrangement. For instance,  Dorrance Publishing Company --a venerable vanity publisher--regularly solicited writers using copyright registration information (a practice it still follows).  The march of technology has changed things to some degree. With blogs and online writing venues and social media, it's no longer so unlikely that a reputable editor or agent might get a glimpse of an aspiring writer's work and contact them directly. However,

A friend of mine, author, whose book was published by DIP Publishing has cancelled her contract with them because of no royalties forth with.  So, naturally being sad for her, and having been through this with Trestle Press (grrrr), I did some of my own research.   Seems that some people have been receiving invitations from them, just out of the blue  (red flag).  Goes like this: "Greetings to you, My name is Sophia and I represent DIP Publishing House. I would like to discuss a potential publishing opportunity with you. This opportunity is not for Self-Publishing, although our company currently offers those services... This is an aggressive marketing strategy targeting anyone.   If you, yourself, did not seek them firstly I would be a bit leary.  To me that is a big red flag.  Always, always, research, I say this out of experience. http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2011/08/solicitation-alerts-justfiction-edition.html   (Article on DIP  BEWARE) So any of you that receive suc