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February 10, 2016
Hi! I’m Lane Swift, and I’m excited to be able to share some of the things that inspired the writing of my newly-released novella, Dormant Heart.
About a year ago, someone on my Facebook feed linked to an article posted on “We The Urban,” a Tumblr account dedicated to fashion and art, showcasing the photography of Katerina Plotnikova.
The photographs were amazing. Plotinikova had photographed models in fairytale-like poses with various animals, from foxes to bears to snakes. They were romantic and utterly compelling. A friend of mine, similarly moved, left a comment on the Facebook post along the lines of, “I need the story! Except with a man, and he can’t speak.”
I don’t know what possessed me to think I could write that story, except that I had building work going on in my house at the time, and I was stressed, and looking for a light-hearted project to work on. In the end, that obscure plot bunny became Dormant Heart and it turned out rather deeper and more emotional than I thought it would.
It was an easy decision to set Dormant Heart in the woods on the South Downs, which are a few miles from where I live in Hampshire, in the south of England, and somewhere that I regularly cross-country run. England is a small country, and it might be hard to believe that it’s possible to get lost in our tiny stretches of countryside. Believe me, it is. Only last weekend, I got lost in the woods on a run and ended up trespassing on a country estate, in the middle of a shooting range, a field away from a huge herd of deer!
Once I had the setting, Josh had to have a reason for being lost in the woods with a camera. That was as much as I had of a plan!
I’d intended to write a short story, 20k words maximum, told entirely from Josh’s point of view. But as Callum started to evolve as a character, I realized he needed a “voice,” so to speak. So, the second half of the story was written from Callum’s point of view, and the word count went up to 30k. Then my first reader told me that I’d ended the story too soon—and there were other scenes that needed more detail. By the end, this short story had grown into a novella of 50k words. Almost a novel! All that, through banging and drilling and regular interruptions for cups of tea and biscuits (English builders really do need to be fed and watered every couple of hours).
Ordinarily, I like to work in silence. However, I always, always make a playlist for whatever story I’m writing, and use it to get me into a mood, or zone. I might play the music while I’m running, or doing things like driving, housework or cooking. For Dormant Heart, I listened almost exclusively to London Grammar, particularly their songs, “Hey Now” (the live KEXP version on Youtube is stunning), “Wasting My Young Years” and “Night Call” (a Kavinsky cover).
I like a wide variety of music, from many eras, and usually my playlists feature at least ten or fifteen songs, each from different artists. But London Grammar’s songs seemed to completely capture the mood of this story, most especially Callum’s mental state. I have no doubt that in this instance, the music definitely shaped the direction the story took, and inspired its overall tone. Again, this wasn’t what I was expecting to happen. London Grammar’s musical style isn’t one I usually listen to—it’s described as ambient or trip hop (don’t ask me to explain what that is!). Nonetheless, I haven’t tired of their sound, despite the hundreds, maybe thousands, of times I’ve listened to their songs since April last year.
(I did also listen to Don Henley’s song, “Boys of Summer” more than several times. You’ll find out why if you read the story!)
What about you? I’d love for you to tell me about a song that has inspired or inspires you, and in what way. Leave your answer in a comment before 14th February for a chance to win a $10 credit for Dreamspinner Press.
Check out Dormant Heart here!
Amateur photographer Josh Thornton is out but not so proud. He’s estranged from his family, his boyfriend dumped him, and his job at an estate agency is in jeopardy—especially after he crashes his boss’s car in the middle of nowhere on his way to Hartley Manor.
Callum Black works at the English country estate and lives there in an isolated cottage. Left mute by a childhood accident, he’s more comfortable in the company of animals than people. But when Josh—literally—crashes into his life with his camera and his friendship, Callum realizes his peaceful solitude has been more than a little lonely.
Josh’s affection for Callum deepens even as he’s consumed by doubts over Callum’s sexuality and whether Callum could ever love him. And Callum is haunted by the secret that stole his voice—a secret that keeps him tethered to Hartley Manor. When the past comes hurtling painfully back into the present, Josh and Callum have to overcome their fears and breathe life back into their dormant hearts in order to have a chance at their own picture-perfect future.
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January 29, 2016
Hey y’all! Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Michael Rupured, author of Whippersnapper—a new release from Dreamspinner Press. I’m mighty pleased to meet you.
I was born in North Carolina, grew up in Kentucky, and for going on twenty years now, have called Georgia my home. Whether by accident or design, a touch of Southern flavors everything I write. Whippersnapper reeks of the stuff.
My earlier books aren’t all that Southern. A desire to show how much gay life has changed in my lifetime motivated me to write them. The semi-historical stories take place in Washington, DC and New York City. Though below the Mason-Dixon line, diehard Confederates haven’t considered DC a Southern city since the War of Northern Aggression.
Writing about real people, places, and events created a lot of extra work and stress. Concern about getting things right kept me awake at night. After Happy Independence Day, I wanted to write something less constrained by matters of fact.
Mom suggested a funny story. She’s my biggest fan and has enjoyed the humor sprinkled throughout my previous novels. The multi-talented Charlie Cochet suggested a contemporary story about a May-December romance where the older guy talks about how things have changed. The more I thought about it, the more the idea appealed to me. Whippersnapper was born.
Whippersnapper is a contemporary story set in Fallisville, Kentucky—a fictional town midway between Lexington and Cincinnati. None of the characters are real people. Making everything up made Whippersnapper the most fun I’ve had with a writing project since a college creative writing class I took forty years ago.
Two gay men see each other at the gym. Crotchety Oliver Crumbly is set in his ways and bitter after a string of failed relationships. Tellumo Magnamater has a thing for older men and likes what he sees in Oliver. Unfortunately, Tellumo exemplifies everything Oliver hates about the younger generation.
Peggy Tucker also sees Tellumo and Oliver at the gym, but she has no idea they are gay. Determined to marry again, Peggy sets her sights on Oliver, one of the few eligible bachelors in Fallisville.
The premise still cracks me up.
I should clarify that Whippersnapper is NOT an MMF story. Tellumo might be open to the idea, but Oliver wouldn’t stand for it, and Peggy—an active member of the Trinity Baptist Church, for Christ’s sake—has never been that kind of girl.
Do our three protagonists find love? Who lives happily ever after? I’m not telling. To find out, you’ll have to read the book. Tellumo, Oliver, and Peggy will show you around Fallisville, introduce you to their friends and family, and fill you in on the rest of the story.
An appropriate setting is one of many characteristics of the Southern novel. Fallisville fits the bill. What else do you expect to see in a Southern novel? Leave your answer in a comment for a chance to win a $10 credit from Dreamspinner Press.
Check out Whippersnapper today!
January 22, 2016
Hello, everyone in DSP/Harmony Ink-land. Christopher Koehler here today to talk about my latest release, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, the second installment in The Lives of Remy and Michael. I appreciate having the chance to talk about ATISMIA today. I hope you don’t mind me abbreviating the title like that, but it’s a mouthful.
What inspired ATIS? Where did I get the idea?
Most of my books are spinoffs from earlier novels. That is, minor characters in an earlier book getting their own novel. Dreamspinner/Harmony Ink call these spin-offs. Sometimes the plot remains elusive, as in the case of Settling the Score, the fourth and final book in the original CalPac quartet, which is why Stuart’s story took so long to write. Stuart popped in and out of all the previous three novels, always the supporting character but never a protagonist until the very end. The inspiration for each novel came from Rocking the Boat, really.
I wrote First Impressions as a stand-alone, and in that case, I found inspiration in Pride and Prejudice and in my life at that time. Yes, my social life at that time resembled a Jane Austen novel, and let me tell you that was no end of fun. No joke. If life was Pride and Prejudice, my husband and I represented Mr. and Mrs. Gardner, Lizzy’s aunt and uncle, or uncle and uncle as the case may be, the sane and stable married couple. From the safe vantage point of our union, we watched the shark tank of the gay urban scene. As Austen said, for what else do we live but to make sport for our friends and laugh at them in our turn?
But for ATISMIA? This novel is a direct sequel to Poz and I’ve never written a direct sequel before. When I finished writing Poz, I was done with the story, but if you paid close attention to the final paragraphs, you could tell I wasn’t done with Remy and Michael. If you paid close attention, you might also have figured out how, at least to an extent, ATIAMIA would end, so don’t blame me for any feels you’ll have or have had. Notice how cagey I’m being? It releases today and I’m not spoiling anything. I’m evil that way.
I actually had the outline for ATISMIA underway before I finished Poz. I’d go to write something in Poz and realize that no, that was beyond the scope of Poz and needed to be told later in Remy and Michael’s lives. But wait, Christopher, I can hear you objecting from here. What if it’s much later in their lives? That’s why there’s a third book planned. You want details? You’ll have to check out my blog for details of the blog tour.
I’m evil that way, too.
So by the time I was done with Poz, I was outlining ATISMIA. By the time Harmony Ink had sent me edits for Poz, I was writing ATISMIA. The continuity is that direct, and to my regular readers I must apologize for that. You’re used to my books being more or less stand-alones. To new readers, if you go back and start with Poz, ATISMIA will make more sense. I don’t usually do this to readers. I hope you’ll bear with me, but at least Poz is on sale at Harmony Ink through January 23. Why? Because—shameless plug—the American Library Association named it to its Rainbow List for 2016.
What does the title mean?
The title—All That Is Solid Melts Into Air—refers to the changes that Remy and Michael face in their lives and in their relationship throughout the novel. I felt bad for what I did to them, but not so bad that I held back. If you recognize where I lifted the title from, leave a note in the comments. There are Easter eggs littered throughout my books and no one ever calls me on them. It’s a great disappointment.
The Inevitable Soundtrack To The Book Question
I’m inevitably asked what music I listened to while I wrote a book, but before I answer it, I’m going to ask you what you listened to when you read it. Leave your replies in the comments, if you’d be so kind.
Here’s what I’m pretty sure I listened to while I wrote ATISMIA, because I failed to make a list. (Memo: Make a list for next time…anyone feel like keeping track to see if this actually happens?)
Bad Romance (Lady Gaga…I know, right?)
Cell Block Tango (“Chicago” Soundtrack)
The Killing Moon (Echo & the Bunnymen)
Out of My League (Fitz + The Tantrums)
Paris (Magic Man)
Summertime Sadness (Lana del Rey)
Transmission (Joy Division)
The Whole of the Moon (The Waterboys)
All of which probably explains why the book ends the way it does.
The thing is, though? I’ll listen to one song over and over and over before moving on to another.
Anyway, music is a huge part of my creative process, along with winking references to friends’ books, particularly if music is involved. Astute readers will have picked up on Outbreak Monkey in Poz and Kill The Wendybird in ATISMIA. I felt so bad for my editors in ATISMIA. Those heroic people checked everything I mentioned, and that included bands. One tried to find Kill The Wendybird in the International Music Database. The Wendybirds are from Settling the Score. They’re so alternative Sirius XM doesn’t even play them (h/t Jamie!).
I’m currently writing…
I needed a break from Remy and Michael, so now I’m working on a bit of Arthurian bit of fluff called Bullsh*tting Your Way To Camelot. There are people in the Arthur legends who show up in the historical record, specifically King Urien of Rheged, and his sons Ywain ap Urien and Ywain the Bastard, who preferred to be called Ywain the Adventurous for obvious reasons. Of course, where history goes off the rails is that Urien was allegedly married to Morgan le Fey. After that, everything’s just sort of bullsh*t….
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January 17, 2016
Howdy, y’all. I’m BA Tortuga and I write cowboys.
Does anyone else find these introduction things weird? I never know whether to be all “Oh, y’all know me” or “Hey, I’m the big redneck lesbian writer with a thing for blonde bombshells”. It always ends up just being “hello, I’m a huge dork, pleased to meetcha.”
At any rate, I’m here to talk to all y’all about my new book, Refired. It’s a new type of book for me, and it has been from the beginning. Of course, everything about my life right now is new, sort of, so that shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.
You see, Josh and Kris, the heroes of Refired weren’t born from eavesdropping or from seeing some beautiful person.
They were born from a piece of pottery.
Wedding vases are vessels with two spouts, traditionally intended to be used at a marriage ceremony for the bride and groom to drink from. The story is, if neither of the couple spills a drop, then their relationship is eternal.
Now, whether or not a particular tribe followed this tradition (it was mainly Pueblo and Navajo), many Native American artists choose to design pottery in the two-spout shape.
Why is this important to me?
Well, I just recently said goodbye to my home state of Texas and moved with my wife to the New Mexico mountains. I’m smack dab between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. We spend hours at weird antique shops, little art galleries and estate sales learning about the local art, talking to collectors and artists and gallery owners, and just immersing myself in this entirely new culture.
I’m a newlywed and, of course, we bought pottery for our wedding (we also ended up buying a piece of bear sculpture, a weird cribbage board, and this amazing left handed, finger warming coffee cup). I love the story behind the wedding vase, and more than that I love the idea of art and love and what if…
What if there was this pair of former lovers that owned a failing art gallery in Austin? What if one of them was a recovering alcoholic? What if they had trust issues that were near insurmountable?
What if they headed to Santa Fe on one last trip?
I started this book as my goodbye to Texas – and to Austin in particular. I wanted to give a nod to the city that I called home for twenty years, to the state that will always be where I call home. It’s my wave and hug, my fond farewell.
I ended Refired as a love letter to my new home, as a glorious welcome to this place with skies that never end, with my watermelon mountains, with the most welcoming, friendly, accepting people I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet. This is a place of amazing food, stunning artwork, and a landscape unlike anything I’ve ever had the joy to experience. This is a passionate kiss, a clench, and the beginning of a promise about loving this land.
See? This is what happens when you marry a New Mexican.
You keep falling in love, over and over again.
Here’s the opening of the book, before you get to meet Josh and Kris. Why share this? Because this is how the story started, y’all.
“What are you doing, Cypress?” Naki leaned against the doorframe of the studio, watching him with her button black eyes. “You don’t seem the wedding vase, traditional type.”
“I need to do it. You know how that is?” He felt the urge like a fever in the base of his spine. Two spouts, one handle—Naki was right. Traditional Pueblo design wasn’t his thing, but it was what the clay needed.
“Need, as in you got a commission, or need, as in the muse is going to peck your eyes out with a skewer if you don’t?”
“God, you are a sick, sad broad. I adore you. Skewer. This is totally a skewer moment.” He smoothed out another set of coils, then stretched and listened to his back pop. “Someone will love it. I’m going to paint it with rainbows.”
“You’re so queer.” She came farther into the studio. “I’m going to go take photos in the trees. I need a model that’s willing to get naked.”
He grinned over at her. Cypress had zero issues with naked. None. “Go grab that wet cloth for me and wring it out?”
“You’ll do it? You totally rock.” She went to get the cloth for him. “I want to do this thing that evokes Pan. You’ll wear horns?”
“I can’t think of anything I’d rather do with a nearly snowing afternoon.” He wrapped the vase up, protecting it. “If I freeze to death, you’ll have me cremated?”
“I won’t let you freeze. I adore you, and you’ll do anything for art.”
“Truth.” He grabbed his coat and yanked on his boots. “Let’s go play Narnia, shall we?”
Someone would want the wedding vase.
Someone would come for it.
Refired releases on January 18, and I hope all y’all love it.
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Official blurb: When Kris Cerny walks back into Two Spirits, the art gallery he owns with Josh McPhee, all he wants is a clean break. Austin’s booming real estate market means the building he bought years ago is worth a fortune, and with the sale, he and Josh can finally go their separate ways. They won’t be reconciling, right? Josh may be sober now, but an addict is always going to be an addict, and Kris can’t take that chance again.
Josh isn’t willing to sell. Not yet. He’s discovered a new artist in Santa Fe he knows will put Two Spirits in the black, and if he can just make a success of the gallery, maybe he can earn Kris’s respect, if not recapture his love. He need
Kris to give him time for one more buying trip, one more gallery show. Josh wants nothing more than a final chance to make things right. Kris agrees to let Josh have this last ditch effort on one condition– he wants to go along for the ride. On the way Josh hopes they’ll find the next big thing in the art world as well as peace, forgiveness, and a love he thought was lost forever.
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January 11, 2016
Sometimes stories grow organically from inside and others seem to spring from thin air. An idea will spark and from that a story will grow. The other type of story for me, stems from something I see or hear that makes me angry and really pisses me off. Fire and Rain is that last type of story. I was in my own home town of Carlisle, PA and saw a man curled up in the doorway of one of the downtown shops. It was after dark and I was walking in a bit of a hurry to get somewhere. I saw the man curled up out of the weather most likely to sleep when a police vehicle pulled up and the officers got out to move the person on. I have to admit that I probably would never have noticed the man if the police hadn’t appeared, but I did. I saw a dark ghostly figure rise out of a jumbled heap on the tile of the store entryway. He grumbled something and began to shuffle down the sidewalk. The cops knew him by name and told him to head on down to the Salvation Army where there was a shelter.
The whole scene tugged at my heart and made me angry. We live in a country with huge gas guzzling cars and people as rich as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. Most of us have plenty of food and nice homes, cars, boats, you name it. Yet here are people with nothing and our solution is to move them to a shelter where they’ll be out of sight and out of mind. Sorry for the preaching, but this gets to me. Anyway, out of that scene came the idea for Jos and once I got to know him, he informed me that he has a young brother, surprise… surprise. I never saw that one coming.
That set the basic scene for the start of Fire and Rain. From there I learned what a hard long road it was for someone to make it from living on the streets being able to rebuild their lives and that it takes determination and the help of a lot of people who are willing to spend the time and give support and care. Each of my stories touch my heart in some way, and they all have a happy ending, even if the road to get there can be curvy to get out. But for me, this particular story, while it has a happy ending, also ends in a kind of social triumph for Jos and Isaac.
Check out Fire and Rain today!
January 9, 2016
New York City is one of those special places that offers seemingly endless inspiration. Famous landmarks, world-class restaurants, eclectic neighborhoods and hands down, some of the best people-watching in the world! For any writer, it’s a must. I could sit on a park bench in Central Park or in a SoHo café all day and never get tired of listening to the different dialects and observing the diverse crowds. People rushing to work in designer coats and fashionable boots or tourists in sensible walking shoes carrying selfie sticks. I can hear Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” and I swear I believe it when he sings, “if I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere.”
That’s exactly how Rand O’Malley feels when he lands in Manhattan with two buddies and a big dream to take the music world by storm. A Kind of Truth pays homage to the brave souls who are willing to set fear aside to aim for the loftiest of aspirations. Rand is one of those guys. He’s willful, wild hearted, cocky and supremely confident that his band, Spiral, has what it takes to make it to the big time. Well… once he finds a reliable guitarist. Details that make most people stop and reconsider their motivation or sanity don’t stop Rand from taking chances and making wild leaps of faith.
I’ve been asked a few times if I’m like any of the characters I’ve written. I can say with the utmost sincerity, I am nothing like Rand, though I wish I was. Lol! I love being around people who exude a palpable energy and seem more vibrant when they’re engaging in the world around them rather than observing. Writers are generally consummate voyeurs. You might find me sitting on that park bench, but Rand wouldn’t last long enough for his latte to cool before he’d jump up to move on to the next location.
A Kind of Truth was an absolute joy to write. I loved setting book one of my newest series in my favorite U.S. city. I’ve made a point to visit NYC a couple times a year over the last decade or so. It was helpful to have a visceral understanding of the streets Rand and Will walked, the food they ate and the music they’re passionate about. Moreover, I loved these characters. Rand’s relentless energy and sense of humor contrasted well with Will’s serious nature. If you’ve read any of my previous books, you may have guessed this is an “opposites attract” story. The rock star and the geek. Ahh… it never gets old!
This is ultimately a story about finding your truth beyond the thrill of attaining a goal. It’s about the things we give away in order to achieve the impossible. And making room for what we learn we can’t live without to find our own kind of truth.
Travel is a huge inspiration to me. NYC is definitely number one on my list of places I love to visit. It’s followed closely by San Francisco, Washington DC, London and Paris. Do you see a trend? I’m a city girl! Walking through a crowd city and soaking up the sights and sounds is absolute heaven! I’d like to giveaway 2 $10 gift cards to Dreamspinner Press. For a chance to win, all you have to do is name your favorite place and why you love it. For example… I love Manhattan. It’s a walkable city with tons to do and see. Central Park is an absolute must. Here’s a picture of the park I took on my last visit in November. Gorgeous!
Thank you so much for stopping by today! I’ll be checking in often to say hello, so please be sure to leave comments!
Lane Hayes xo
A Kind of Truth is available now! In English & German (Die Wahrheit, die ich meine…)
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*Here’s an inspiration pic of Rand, by the way ☺. Swoon…
December 23, 2015
Cooking, writing, romance. Delectable.
I can’t believe it. Six books. Actually more than that, when you count the missing scenes and freebies along the way. Working on this series has been nothing short of a joy for me, a real dream-come-true to combine my passions into one project. I’ll share a little about the inspiration for this book with you now, and then in later posts today, I’ll share more of my own joy of cooking, some recipes and more!
A bit about the book:
Thom Kennedy Leyton returns to San Francisco to take up the reins of Graze, one of the city’s best restaurants, years after he lost his job when his innovative new set of recipes was stolen. Thom’s loss of self-esteem eventually caused his boyfriend, Blake Warner, to end their relationship, sending Thom into a deep depression.
Now, cured of fifty excess pounds and any attraction to Blake, Thom’s back in town. Blake catches him off guard when he visits Graze several days in a row, and Thom lets himself get caught up in Blake’s allure, despite knowing better. Thom juggles a renewed relationship with Blake, a Christmas visit from his parents, and an important holiday menu based on a Twelve Days of Christmas theme.
When an old acquaintance reveals that Blake knows more about the theft of the recipes than he lets on, Thom doesn’t know whom to trust. But the truth isn’t quite that simple, and Thom won’t be able to decide if Blake deserves a place in his life until he learns exactly what happened years ago.
I love to cook. If you’ve met me, you probably also know I love to eat. I have food and cooking scenes in all of my books, so it was inevitable I would write a series featuring chefs and winemakers, and other men in the restaurant world.
For this sixth installment in the Delectable Series, I needed to come up with some familiar, yet completely different. Another story about another chef just wasn’t going to do it for me or for fans of the series.
I decided to set myself a challenge: a new chef trying to convince his bosses to take a big chance on a vegan Twelve Nights of Christmas menu. Not only is Thom Kennedy trying to earn his way back to the top, but he’s chosen an incredibly tricky and risky way of doing it.
Thom actually had it easy. I was the one struggling to create a menu as elaborate as Thom needed. Not being a chef myself, coming up with a dozen unique vegan dishes worthy of a holiday special event taxed my brain more than anything I’ve written. I probably spent more time creating the menu than writing the story.
I did not consult with any professional chefs, so my imaginary Twelve Courses may not even work in actuality. That’s why I haven’t included any recipes this time around, though I will be sharing Blake’s Lobster Grilled Cheese Menu on my blog for release day.
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December 23, 2015
Hi, all! Shell Taylor here! I’m so, so excited to take up some of DSP’s space today and share with you a little bit about my newest release, Resurrecting Hope. It’s the second in the Home for Hope series, which focuses on the individuals who filter in and out of the Center for HOPE, an LGBT center for at-risk youth.
The first book, Redeeming Hope, told Elijah Langley’s story of redemption after losing his first love and subsequently closing himself off from the world. Through a chance meeting, he eventually became involved with HOPE and more importantly (for the purposes of our story at least) HOPE’s sexy owner, Adam Lancaster. These two were supposed to get their happy ending and move aside for other patrons of HOPE to have their story told, but generous, kind, empathetic, and trustworthy Adam had his own story that never seemed to fit anywhere in Redeeming Hope.
Did everyone see that plot bunny hop across the screen? Because that’s pretty much what happened. Adam’s traumatic childhood and transformation into the man he became had to be told. Needed to be told. Screamed at me to be told. And I’m so glad it did.
Writing Resurrecting Hope was quite possibly the most enjoyable writing experience I’ve ever had. I don’t know if it was pure adrenaline from just having signed my first book contract with Dreamspinner or the fact that I knew Adam’s background and struggles from the very first word of Redeeming Hope, but Adam’s story poured out of me with ease.
Although I knew Adam’s childhood, it wasn’t until I was listening to the song Say Something by A Great Big World that the rest of the story came together. The image of Elijah screaming these words at Adam, pleading for him to share his deepest insecurities, was so clear in my mind. The cover LC Chase beautifully designed captures a tender moment of Elijah comforting Adam right after that confession. I can never thank her enough for bringing that moment to life so perfectly for me.
I hope you all enjoy the book. Be sure to pick up Redeeming Hope first if you haven’t read it already! I’d love to hear from you guys. Anyone who comments and tells me about their favorite childhood memory will be entered for a chance to win a copy of Redeeming Hope!
And I love chatting with people, so feel free to come find me! I mostly hang out on Facebook, but I do flaily things with Marvel, OUAT, mooshy boys, and randomness on Twitter and Tumlr!
Pre-order your copy of Resurrecting Hope here! Available December 25th, 2016!
December 11, 2015
If you’re a New Yorker, there are certain things you pick up over time.
The accent. It’s like going to the bodega or the cawnah staw to get a cuppa cawfee and then releasing questions or comments at a speed that’s somewhere between an audio cassette on fast forward and a machine gun. “Wassup? Howya been? Whaddya doin? Didja heah?” Or, of course, just giving the quintessential New York head bop (that is my favorite.)
How to make a proper deli sandwich. It’s important, okay? Deli food is a big part of NY culture (bodegas, bagel shops, salumerias, kosher delis… trust me, it’s a thing). And it’s not just about meat quality, although that’s numero uno. It’s about the thinness of the meat (nearly translucent), the way the meat is layered, and the bread.
You know that everyone, everywhere, will ask you at least once “Where are you from?” And this question isn’t referring to just your address or the borough you just rode in from on the subway. They’re asking where your family is from. What’s your “old country”? Where do your roots lie?
The last question is kind of a big deal, and it plays into SUNSET PARK. I have written stories set in New York before, but writing from the point of view of someone living in New York City but who wasn’t born here is an interesting experience. For me, NYC is not just a setting or a backdrop. It plays into who my characters are as people and the little idiosyncrasies that make New Yorkers a distinct group.
One of the main differences I’ve discovered between NYC culture and culture in the South, is that many New Yorkers celebrate their ethnic identities and nationalities rather than only identifying as American. They tend to play a lot of value on family history—where they, their parents, or their great-great-grandmother came from. Whether their family fled Europe in the years leading up to WWII, flew over from Puerto Rico in the 1950s, or came on a boat during the Irish potato famine in the 19th century, many people are knowledgeable about their family history.
Then there’s the matter of the borough you live in, which one you grew up in, whether you’re blue collar, white collar, or a city worker—all important aspects of the people who live in the city, and they all play into how people interact with their environment and how they perceive others.
So, how would a transplant view these customs? How will David deal with falling for a man who may not consider his queerness to be the most prominent part of his identity, when he feels it has shaped who he is from the very beginning? Tell me what you think in the comments, and please enjoy the below excerpt from SUNSET PARK.
“You’re not eating the bread?”
“Um, no. I’m already gaining eighty-seven pounds by eating all of this caloric stuff. I at least want to avoid the carbs.”
“God, you’re pathetic.”
Raymond shook his head and snagged a piece of my bread. It was still drenched in sauce and had remnants of pepper and onion on it. We kept walking, and before long, he paused at one of the many cannoli stands. Before I could protest, he bought two and thrust one into my hand.
“You’re determined to make me fat.”
“Shut up and eat.” I didn’t protest too vehemently. It was delicious.
“So what were you thinking about before? You were staring into space.”
“Nothing pressing,” I said. “I was just thinking about New York and how different it is from where I’m from. It’s so diverse, and people celebrate every part of who they are. It’s not just this… blend.”
“What do you mean ‘people celebrate every part of who they are’?”
I regarded the question, the fragments of my own thoughts, and the people around us. “Just… well, take you, Michael, and Nunzio for example.” I raised my voice as music exploded from a nearby booth. “You have all of these different identities. Being gay or bi is just a fraction of who you are. You’re primarily New Yorkers, but also Puerto Rican or Italian, lapsed Catholics, and then there’s the other parts— sons and brothers, teachers, gamers, etcetera.”
“Uh-huh. Is that a bad thing?”
“No, it’s not a bad thing.”
Raymond stopped walking, and I realized we had reached the end of the festival’s line. The evening was growing darker, and I was momentarily distracted by the stretch of the street going back toward the west side. Colors, lights, smells, and sounds, and a constant motion of people meandering along the festival route.
I looked up at Raymond and the play of light across his face, becoming aware of how close we were standing and the furtive glances we were receiving from the woman at the nearest game booth. I had tried to make this outing seem less like a double date by inviting our friends, but everyone had backed out of traveling way downtown on a Sunday. And the more he purchased my food and drinks, the harder it was to shake the feeling that it was a date.
But I knew it was just me assigning meanings that weren’t there. Again.
“What were you thinking about it, then?” Raymond pressed.
“I told you it’s nothing bad. I was just wondering if that’s why being out is so monumental to me but not to Michael. Being a gay man has always been my primary identity, but for him it’s just one of many facets. I was trying to figure out if that’s why his lack of absolute outness as a gay man doesn’t make him feel like he’s pretending to be someone he isn’t.”
“Is that how you would feel?”
“I think so, yeah.”
Raymond looked at again, his eyes drawing to a young couple with three small children crowding by their legs. “I think… you think too much.”
“Oh, that’s so helpful. Thank you for the insight.”
Raymond grinned and leaned against a lamppost. “You do. You always want to figure things out and ask yourself what they mean instead of letting things be the way they are.”
“Inquiry is good,” I said like a good little Common Core educator. “It’s how we explore the world around us.”
“I’m not saying it’s wrong to be curious and ask questions, but you do it because you want to make everyone fit into certain boxes, and that’s unnecessary. You don’t have to understand why Michael is the way he is. He’s never going to sit down and help you figure it out, and in the long run, how he chooses to live his life doesn’t affect yours. So who gives a damn?”
“I can’t help it, I guess. I just want to know why people make the choices they do. Maybe if I understood, I wouldn’t be so frustrated when people don’t agree with my point of view.”
“You get frustrated by that because you’re a control freak and you like being right.”
“Tell me how you really feel.” Raymond finished his pastry and slid his hands into the pockets of his hoodie. “Just being honest, man.”
A breeze caused the overwhelming smell of food to waft in our direction. The chill made me want to move closer. Press into his side or his chest, and pretend that was okay. Like platonic friends kept each other warm on fall nights in New York City.
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Santino is a writer of queer romance heavily influenced by the gritty, urban landscape of New York City, his belief that human relationships are complex and flawed, and his own life experiences.
November 11, 2015
Hi, all. I’m here to talk about my new release, Like No One Is Watching, which is the first book in a new series titled Dance, Love, Live. The series is about a group of friends, most of them dancers, but also instructors, former dancers, or those whose lives have been overrun by the passion most dancers have for their art. Oddly enough, the series came about because I thought I had lost my own passion there for a minute.
There was a day, a while back, when I was going about my routine, trying to come up with a new story idea to get myself out of a rut. I wanted something that would write itself. Something I didn’t have to think too hard about. Something I wouldn’t have to spend hours researching. But my life, I thought, as I looked around my daughter’s dance studio (I was cleaning it at the time) was so devoid of anything, lately, other than sitting at my computer writing stories…or trying to write stories…that I just didn’t have anything interesting to bring to the table.
As I stood there, gazing through the mirror at the rest of the room, a spider flitted across the floor about ten feet behind me. It was big enough for me to see it in the mirror ten feet away. Knowing the studio’s Director as I do, I hunted that sucker down and evicted its ass before she got back, thereby avoiding any awkward moments when a grown woman in charge of a gaggle of tutued young ladies had to try not to freak out over it.
I was still standing there, writing the spider scene of this story in my head when my fellow cleaner (aka: Husband) came along and asked me what the ever loving heck I was doing leaning on my broom staring into space.
For weeks before that day, I hadn’t felt much like a writer at all. I’d spent many an hour doing just about anything I could find to do other than write. I felt like I was losing it. But when he asked me that, and I answered “writing” without even missing a beat, I realized there are some things, once they are in your system, in your blood and under your skin, they never go away completely.
And there it was. The opening scene of book one, the theme for the series, the setting and characterization for the first book. I had the landscape. The rest was details. I hope you like the first act, because it rekindled that need to do what I do, even when I should be doing something else.
So what is it in your life that drags you away from the everyday and burrows into your soul so that you can’t let it go or walk away, or finish folding the laundry and washing the dishes? For me, it’s writing.
If you want to read the book, you can find it here: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=7060
If you’d like a copy of something else from my back list, talk to me about your passion in the comments, and let me know what you’d like to read, and I will chose one winner at 9:00 AM Eastern November 12.


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Why not just find a P9 Covert and NOT chop your frame?
Then again, you'd have an easier time finding a Unicorn holding a box of .380 in it's mouth, but at least you wouldn't regret chopping your frame.
This is a discussion on Do it, Don't do it. Looking for feedback within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I have a CW9 that runs good and I like the way it carries. I've been thinking about another gun purchase in the 9mm caliber ...
I have a CW9 that runs good and I like the way it carries. I've been thinking about another gun purchase in the 9mm caliber for use as a pocket pistol. I've had my sights on the Kahr PM9, but not quite sold on its use in that capacity, but figured it would be useful for other deep concealment needs as well, i.e. Ankle carry, bellyband.
What I'm thinking of doing is converting my CW9 into a covert model by cutting the grip down to accommodate the PM9 magazine. As a lot of you know, the height of a pistol is usually the toughest measurement to conceal as apposed to barrel length, or at least it is for me. I've done some research on the process and it honestly looks pretty simple to achieve. My question is, (Do I really want to do this?). My quick answer is yes, but I want to make sure I haven't overlooked anything by wanting a shorter, thinner 9mm pistol over the stock version. My take on it is, I can't see any advantages to keep it stock, but at the same time I don't want to make the cut and regret it. The only disadvantage I can find is one less round, 8 vs 7 fully loaded.
I'm wanting to pickup a 1911 of some type in March, but I wanted to fill my 9mm needs, and if this works like I hope it will, that's what I'll probably do, if the price is right that is. If I can't find one thats reasonable I'll add another Glock to the inventory instead, but I really want a good 1911. Anyway, below is a couple of pick of what I fond on the chop job, and it's on the venue for this evening unless someone points out why I shouldn't do it.
Your insight and knowledge is appreciated!
Cause I want to purchase a Kimber in March, or one of the other decent 1911's in the $1000 range, but if I go for the PM9 or the P9 Covert my 1911 purchase is put on hold until next year.... Not something I want to do.
My CW9 is doing nothing but sitting in the safe. This way I can get me another 9mm pocket option besides my LCP or 642.
So you all ready have two perfectly good pocket guns, but want to chop the frame of a perfectly good gun that you like the way it works and carries to be another pocket gun.
As you haven't said, I'll ask. Have you tried the CW9 in the pocket of different pairs of pants to see how the length of the slide willwork with pocket carry?
Amen dont do a chop job..if you arent gonna use a CW9 trade it toward a PM9 or a P9 Covert like JD says.
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Absolutely try it before you cut.
I pocket carried a PM9 for several years, but some pants (business attire suit pants) have very shallow pockets. The length of the slide absolutely would make a difference - even the shorter PM9 would peek out of the pocket with those pants - had to keep my suit coat on.
A less expensive alternative is to take the pants to a seamstress, and have your pockets made deeper.
9mm +p vs .380 or .38, I'll go with the 9.
7 rounds 9mm vs 5 .38 and 7 .380. I'll go with the 9 again.
Yes, I have tried the CW9 in the pocket and if I crop the grip it will work. That's why I'm wanting to do it...
For the record this is a topic I've thought a lot about. as I want to take a K9 and chop the frame to MK9 dimensions as a replacement gun for my Colt Mustang +II, the only reason I'm even entertaining this is that no such beast was made by Kahr, the K40 came in a Covert for a very limited time, but there was no K9 Covert that I have found and as I carry the gun IWB I'm not concerned with the slide length and would prefer the longer bbl of the K9 to the MK9.
The only reason I haven't done this yet is that I haven't really found anyone to do the work yet and until I get my IA permit (class this month... finally) what's the point?
I personally would not do it. If you somehow screw up, you have $400 worth of junk! Plus, you have no way of knowing whether or not you will like or be happy with the gun, until it's cut.
Too light for heavy work, too heavy for light work!
I'm going to go against conventional wisdom, and say go for it. But, proceed with caution.
Here is why I say do it; First, a used CW9 really doesnt hold much dollar value. Its a great little CC piece, but in its current configuration it is not doing you much good. Although you are taking away from value is in the gun by altering it, you probably will be adding a lot of value to a niche market should you want to sell it down the road. Just make sure you have the skill and tools to do the job correctly, with a nice and clean finish.
I had a P9 covert for a while, and I'm sorry I got rid of it. I thought the PM9 would carry much better... but it really doesnt.
Measure, measure and measure again before you cut.
"Just blame Sixto"
I like 10thmtn's suggestion on the pocket alteration, that's a keeper there. Thanks!
Good luck with the mod!
I though about chopping the grip on my Glock 19, to turn it into a hybrid G19/26. I even had a 'smith who would do it for a very reasonable price. But, in the end, I just bought a G26...I couldn't bear the idea of cutting up my G19!
Let us know how it turns out. You might have found yourself a new side business...
Make sure you post pictures if you decide to go for it.
"Just blame Sixto"

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Joe Biden has been relatively quiet on where he stands regarding the transgender athlete issue. That issue, of course, is whether boys who identify as girls will be able to play on the girls’ teams and vice versa.
Well, he’s decided to come forward with his stance.
If Biden were to win the General Election in November, school sports as we know it will be over.
Boys have more innate strength than girls. They can run faster, lift more, and simply perform better in most sports.
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There are plenty of studies to show that biological males are stronger than biological females. Being transgender is a state of mind. There’s nothing wrong with a person to choose to identify in a gender they were not born in. However, it should prevent them from competing in sports because it’s not fair to the girls. A biological female simply cannot go up against a transgender female and have a fair fight.
The transgender athlete issue continues to be a dividing issue between the Democrats and Republicans. High school girls sued the state of Connecticut over the transgender policy. The Trump administration’s Department of Education sided with the girls. Again, the Department of Justice threw their support behind the law in Idaho that restricts girls’ sports to biological females.
This shouldn’t even be an issue. There are limits to what should be allowed based on biology. What happens when a girls’ locker room has a transgender girl (biological male) showering with them? High school girls shouldn’t be exposed to a naked male in the locker rooms regardless of whether that male identifies as a girl or not.
Further, how will female athletes be able to win medals, championships, and scholarships in the future if they are losing to biological males within their sport? There’s a reason that many sports are divided into boys and girls. It ensures that there’s a division based on biological skills.
A perfect example is the discus throw in track and field. For men, the weight is 2kg. For women, it is only 1kg. Why? It’s easier for men to throw a heavier weight. In high school athletics, a transgender female will be allowed to throw a 1kg, ensuring that it goes further because it’s lighter than what their biological male body should be throwing.
This is what Biden is in support of. He’s in support of ruining high school sports forever. How many high school girls will want to compete when there’s a transgender girl on the team? It’s not about being transphobic. It’s about being able to have a real shot at earning gold and proving that they are the best.
It’s no wonder Biden has been so silent on this issue. He’s known that it would upset the Republicans. Transgenders and the rest of the LGBTQ community can have countless rights, but when it comes to sports, some basic science needs to intervene to keep things fair. That’s where real equality comes in.


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We are a high end-active wear brand founded on the desire to cater quality garments to exercise-seeking individuals, but our goal doesn’t just stop here. We came up with this idea primarily to create a brand that women and men of color could identify with; something they could see themselves being an integral part of and feel good about. The world, as we know it, is fragmenting by the day, and we believe that some unity is now required more than ever. Thus, we came together to create a unique identity that could and would join all Caribbeans, Africans and African Americans, binding them by their pride, common heritage ties and their love for exercise.
Veer active also has a third purpose – besides being an active wear brand tailor made especially for citizens of African ethnicity, we plan on releasing a new line of exercise clothes where each garment rings synonymous with a particular region or area. On the transaction of various purchases, it is our ultimate aim to contribute back to those respective areas by donating some proceeds to non-profit organizations devoting their lives to helping women and children respective in those areas. At the end of the day, we have manifold objectives with our brand, but our founding goal was, and is to drive a healthy brand unifying all those of the African Diaspora by helping them embrace their identity while making sure the fit is excellent for curvier women and simultaneously giving back to the community.
Our company is incorporated federally in Canada and intends to distribute worldwide through our Shopify website ( being built ) and our amazon store. We are interested in contracting you for an ongoing assignment as you have the expertise to guide us through the design all the way to the suppliers. Our brand should be very stylish and modern yet utilize excellent patterns and colours to represent todays fashion in athleisure while keeping comfort and designs of curvier women in mind.
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Yin and Yang: The Beatles - 'A Hard Day's Night' vs. 'Help!'
9 Nov 2009 // 4:00 PM
Aside from such obvious aspects -- including the difference between black and white and color film stock -- the back and forth between the films was also reflective of their burgeoning creative output.
The Best Music DVDs of 2007
24 Jan 2008 // 3:59 PM
The last few years have seen some mind-blowing DVD repackaging of a wide variety of musically projects. 2007 is the best yet.
Cut! Shoot! The Directorial Styles of Blake Edwards and Richard Lester
24 Sep 2014 // 9:30 PM
The Party, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Juggernaut give us good clean fun about slavery and brothels.
In 'Juggernaut' a Ship Is in Peril, But Do You Care?
1 Oct 2014 // 9:10 PM
As much as Richard Lester throws the audience into the action, we have no reason to care about the fate of any of the passengers of the SS Britannic.
'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' Is a Charming Collection of Anachronisms
23 Sep 2014 // 2:00 AM
The classic farcical Sondheim musical springs to Blu-ray with all the hilarity of the classic movie, but only half the songs of the classic stage play.


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"I have served my country for almost thirty years ... I want to continue to serve America. However, I do not believe in the policies of this Administration and cannot – morally and professionally – defend or implement them. It is with a heavy heart that I must end my service to America and therefore resign."
In March 2003, retired Army Colonel and former U.S. Diplomat Ann Wright resigned in response to the U.S. decision to invade and occupy Iraq. While Ann Wright does not consider herself a whistleblower, she has highlighted and publicized whistleblowers, particularly government insiders who spoke out against the Iraq War, in her book “Dissent, Voices of Conscience.” She continues to honor them through sharing an abbreviated history of whistleblowers, their role in shaping peace movements, and her vision of their role, and ours, in the future.
Ann began her discussion with Daniel Ellsberg’s 1971 publication of top secret U.S. government documents regarding the Vietnam War. Te study revealed the government had information early on that the war was not likely to be won, would result in far greater causalities than was publicly admitted, and that the government was lyingto the American public about secret bombing campaigns in Laos and Cambodia. For his bravery in copying the study and getting it published in major newspapers in the U.S., Ellsberg faced threats of physical harm and charges under the Espionage Act, carrying a maximum sentence of 115 years. However, the Nixon administration gathered evidence against Ellsberg illegally, so the charges were dismissed.
In the last decade, people have continued in Ellsberg’s groundbreaking footsteps by speaking out for human rights and constitutional principles. After the September 11, 2001 tragedy, two women held the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) account-able for mishandling critical information. FBI agent Coleen Rowley wrote a memo to FBI Director Robert Mueller and testified before the Senate for 9/11 Commission regarding the FBI’s negligence, while a contract FBI employee, Sibel Edmonds, provided evidence of a cover-up involving a U.S. government official’s payoff from another government.
In 2004, U.S. Army Specialist Joe Darby provided photographic evidence to theU.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command that displayed soldiers mistreating and torturing prisoners in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison in violation of the Geneva Conventions. After being assured anonymity, he was publicly exposed by Donald Rumsfeld, which forced him into military protective custody and later into the Federal witness protection program.
Last year, U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning allegedly disclosed over 250,000 confidential U.S. diplomatic cables regarding the wars in Iraq and Afghani-stan to the website WikiLeaks. He spent ten months in pre-trial “maximum custody” solitary confinement at Quantico Marine Base where Daniel Ellsberg and Ann Wright were arrested on March 20, 2011 at a rally protesting the inhumane conditions of his detention. He was recently transferred to a medium-security facility. Whistleblowers demonstrate there are people within the government who will not let government officials get away with violating our laws. They are voices of conscience willing to challenge authority, even at great personal expense, by exposing lies, corruption, criminal actions and immoral policies. Whistleblowers encourage others to be skeptical and critical of half truths delivered to the public. Although they may be terminated, prosecuted and threatened for their dissent, whistleblowersare true patriots who hold our nation to a higher standard of democracy and morality.
Wright provides three steps for supporting whistleblowers:
1. Protect whistleblowers! Federal and state regulations have been enacted to protect whistleblowers, yet these regulations are being ignored. We must pressure Congress to pass laws which truly protect those who speak up and expose wrongdoing of government officials.
2.Support whistleblowers! If/when whistleblowers are alienated by their communities and demonized by the government, we must welcome them into our community and offer our help and appreciation.
3.Prosecute wrongdoers! We cannot let the sacrifices of whistleblowers be made in vain. We must hold our elected officials accountable and prosecute them for their violations of U.S. law.
Compiled from an interview by Sarah Dobson
Excerpt from the May 2011 Washington Peace Letter, a publication of the Washington Peace Center

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Walter Mosley is one of the most versatile and admired writers in America. He is the author of more than sixty critically acclaimed books that cover a wide range of ideas, genres, and forms including fiction (literary, mystery, and science fiction), political monographs, writing guides including Elements of Fiction, a memoir in paintings, and a young adult novel called 47. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages.
From a forthcoming collection of short stories, The Awkward Black Man, to his daring novel John Woman, which explored deconstructionist history, and his standalone crime novel Down the River Unto the Sea, which won an Edgar Award for Best Novel, the rich storylines that Mosley has created deepen the understanding and appreciation of Black life in the United States. He has introduced an indelible cast of characters into the American canon starting with his first novel, Devil in a Blue Dress, which brought Easy Rawlins, his private detective in postwar Los Angeles and his friends Jackson Blue and Raymond “Mouse” Alexander into reader’s lives. Mosley has explored both large issues and intimate realities through the lens of characters like the Black philosopher Socrates Fortlow; the elder suffering from Alzheimer’s, Ptolemy Grey; the bluesman R L; the boxer and New York private investigator Leonid McGill; the porn star of Debbie Doesn’t Do It Anymore Debbie Dare; and Tempest Landry and his struggling angel, among many others.
Mosley has also written and staged several plays including The Fall of Heaven, based on his Tempest Landry stories and directed by the acclaimed director Marion McClinton. Several of his books have been adapted for film and television including Devil in a Blue Dress (starring Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle and Jennifer Beals) and the HBO production of Always Outnumbered (starring Laurence Fishburne and Natalie Cole). His short fiction has been widely published, and his nonfiction—long-form essays and op-eds—have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Nation among other publications. He is also a writer and an executive producer on the John Singleton FX drama series, “Snowfall.”
Concerned by the lack of diversity in all levels of publishing, in 1998 Mosley established The Publishing Certificate Program with the City University of New York to bring together book professionals and students hailing from a wide range of racial, ethnic, and economic communities for courses, internships, and job opportunities. In 2013, Mosley was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame, and he is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, The Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award, a Grammy®, several NAACP Image awards, and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020, he was named the recipient of the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement from Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Mosley now lives in Brooklyn and Los Angeles.


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Ok so I'm away for a 10 day break, we're staying in a good hotel that cooks delicious basic food - all self service ....... uh oh. So for all my talk about keeping a lid on the eating whilst I'm away it's just not happening. I'm faced with all this yummy grub and I just can't resist😔
Bfast I was reasonably self controlled - 1 egg, couple of rashers bacon, mushrooms, sausage - not too bad, resisted the cereal & fruit starter. The in day latte and piece of cake wasn't really necessary BUT tonight OMG the starter I had was usually what I wdve had for my dinner! Then I had fish n vegetables (reasonable) ...... but the 3 bits of cheese for Afters - no, no, no DDJ.
I'm not expecting anyone to come up with a magical response, I guess I'm just confessing. Oh and the G&T(s).
I'm gonna dread getting on those scales on 24th Oct 🤨☹


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Gaza, Sep 13 (IANS) Hamas movement welcomed raising the Palestinian flag on the UN headquarters as a non-member observer state.
More efforts have to be exerted to enable the Palestinian people to gain their rights of freedom and self determination, Xinhua quoted Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas spokesman in Gaza as saying on Saturday.
“Hamas movement welcomes raising the Palestinian flag on the UN headquarters and thanks to all the countries who voted in favour of the bid,” said Abu Zuhri.
A total of 119 countries of the UN General Assembly voted in favour of a bid to raise the Palestinian flag on the UN agencies and headquarters as the flag of the non-member observer state of Palestine.
Eight countries voted against the bid, including the US, while 45 countries sustained.
On November 29, 2012, the UN General Assembly had voted in favour of upgrading the Palestinian representation in the UN to a non-member observer state.

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Later in the week, we tackled Stage 6 of Operation Chitty Bang, which was Removing the Ceiling Panels and the Fiberglass Insulation. I don’t know which part has been the most strenuous so far, the seats, the floor, the sanding, or this one. Most of the screws came out with a drill gun without a problem, but others needed to be banged/pried out with two hammers and brute strength 🙂 I let my professional Grunt tackle that part if it came to it! The panels were sharp on the edges and heavy. We wore gloves to help handle them when we got them down and to chuck them out of the back of the bus. I definitely recommend wearing shoes/boots here too as it can slide over your foot while pushing/kicking it out the door. We were able to toss the panels later on into our dog kennel cage area where we have been storing the other scrap metal. When you have kids/animals, someone/something will get hurt if you have sharp crap hanging around. That is just the way it is!! 🙂 LOL
I forgot to take a before pic of the roof, but you can find some pics in my previous posts with the roof in it.
After the panels came out, I grabbed two big totes we weren’t using, and brought them aboard the Chitty Bang. We pulled each piece of insulation out and stuffed them into the totes for easier clean up. Holy Cow did I regret not wearing long sleeves! We also wore masks to prevent breathing in the fiber glass particles.
Some of the insulation stayed stuck to the ceiling, so Crab decided to sand it down. We are thinking of painting the ceiling with an radiant barrier paint. I hear Hy-Tech makes a good one, but I need to do more research on that one. Here is a before sanding pic:
After we finished everything to do with insulation, we used the leaf blower again and blew the bus out really well. We figured we might as well get all the itchy stuff out while we were already covered in it! I definitely wanted to be done with this project ASAP!! It took all afternoon, but it is completed!
Next will be Stage 7…..Not sure what we will be doing next though. There are a couple of things we can do here at our homestead, like paint the exterior of the bus, replace the flashers with clear LED lights (got this idea from the Skoolie Converters Facebook page to use at night at tour camp site!) or paint the ceiling with radiant barrier. We are currently trying to trade for a nice welder right now so we can fill the holes on the floor instead of using bondo (we were told the floor can still rust from underneath where the holes were b/c bondo is not water repellant). But our electrician friend and Jimbo live near each other (about 5 hours from us) and they both know welders who will trade for work (I LOVE BARTERING!) so we are trying to figure out if we should just go ahead and go there with Chitty Bang to get the welding done, and the electrical stubbed out. We want to have the electrical done before we put up the ceiling/flooring insulation and frame it all out. So, I will post once we decide what the next step is!
Later that night, after removing the rest of the flooring, heaters, and upper side panels, we decided to go ahead and give Chitty Bang a good Scrub Down so we could tell where the dirt ended and the rust began. We blew it out with our leaf blower, bought a big work light and some scrubbing brushes (broom with hard bristles and a handheld hard bristle brush), made a soapy bucket with Dawn Dish Soap, and went to town.
We kept our big workshop fan blowing to help dry it faster, and we would clean in sections and then wash down with the hose. Crab used our broom with the squeegee on it to help move the water out of the back of the bus. After just a couple of hours, Chitty Bang was as good as new, and we had a better idea of where our Rust was.
Stage 3 of Operation Chitty Bang was finishing up the prior day’s floor demo and tearing out some lights/speakers/panels that run along the top sides of the interior. This was the day we actually removed the heaters (did a little research on skoolie.net for heater help) and looped the coolant hoses under the bus.
We finished the side panel removal where the speakers and lights were. This also exposed the fiberglass insulation that was underneath and under the roof. That project will prove to be a little more difficult than anticipated…
The hoses for the heaters went through a hole between the floor and behind the driver’s seat (something we will need to seal soon!). So we followed the lines under the bus and “looped” them the only way that seemed possible by cutting the hoses much shorter, and reclamping them to the pump they were connected to. I am sure we can take out more of the hoses and maybe even that pump, but that will be a project when we are with our diesel mechanic friend!
We let the bus run for about 20 minutes after we looped it and refilled the coolant to make sure all of the gauges stayed in the green, and no codes came up on the scan gauge reader. This helped us to be sure we did it right:)
Nuts and Bolts, Nuts and Bolts, We Got Lots of Screws!!
Yes, we are totally keeping all of these treasures because you know how it goes on a homestead. You can always re-use it!! Even if it’s broke, you can still try to fix it or use it in some other way. Or you sell it and make some money off of it:)


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The letter talked about Edgar’s plan to kill to his father, Gloucester. Edmundmade up this letter to plan against his brother Edgar. Edmund lied toGloucester about the letter. This letter developed the subplot in King Lear andit shows us that Edmund betrayed his brother.
Edmund planned to destroy thelove of Gloucester for Edgar, so Edmund can get what he wants. This falseletter revealed that Edmund wasn’t loyal to his family and he betrayed hisbrother. Another important letter that appeared on the stage is talking aboutFrench invasion. This letter was written to Gloucester.
Gloucester decided tohelp Lear after he read the letter. Gloucester worried about Lear and thisrevealed Gloucester s loyalty to the old king. Gloucester told his decision toEdmund after Gloucester finished the letter. Edmund decided to tell Cornwallabout Gloucester s action. Edmund told Cornwall that his father was traitorwho wanted to help France.
Edmund did this to receive more power and get thecredit from Duke of Cornwall. The action of Edmund displayed that he would doanything to get higher rank. He even betrayed his father who is horriblypunished. Edmund becomes the Earl of Gloucester.
Edmund had no loyalty to hisfather. In Act III, the letter was in Albany’s hand. Albany chose to fight theFrench army and that showed his loyalty to England. The last letter on the stage talked about the plan of murder Albany.
Itwas written by Goneril to Edmund. Goneril didn’t love her husband and plannedto kill him. Goneril wanted Edmund to be her husband. The letter proved thatGoneril was going to betray her husband, Albany.
This also means she wouldbetray their marriage. In King Lear, letters developed the story and displayed the characters’loyalty or betrayal. Edmund’s false letter showed the betrayal between brothers. Edmund used the letter about French invasion to get higher rank by betray hisfather, Gloucester.
Gloucester decided to help Lear once he knew of theinvasion. Albany would fight for England even he knew the army trying to rescueLear. Goneril sent a letter about the betrayal of Albany, her husband. Theactions and reactions of the characters had showed their loyalty and betrayalwhen there is a letter in King Lear.English

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We have a perimeter router. The perimeter router has connections to the Internet, VPN clients, two point-point connections to branch offices and the LAN. The LAN is one network-one IP scheme. We would like to segregate the LAN/network to minimize collision and for enhancing security. Our Cisco switch can be configured for VLANs. How do the VLANs get dynamic IP addresses?
Win 2003 server is capable of assigning dynamic IPs for multiple subnets. You would configure multiple scopes on the Win 2003 DHCP server (one scope per subnet).
There are choices about how to implement DHCP. Some people configure the DHCP service on one (or more) of their routers. Some people implement DHCP on separate servers, one server per subnet. Most people implement a single server with multiple scopes.
You are correct that by default broadcasts are limited to the individual subnet. To get the DHCP request broadcast from the local subnet to the remote server you can configure the ip helper-address command which will look for DHCP broadcast requests (as well as a few other kinds of broadcasts) and will forward a copy of the request to the remote DHCP server.


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San Francisco, CA – Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) have successfully transplanted a pig’s heart into a second patient, a 58-year-old man who was facing imminent death from heart disease. This is the second time in medical history that such a procedure has been performed, and it is a major breakthrough in the field of xenotransplantation, or the transplantation of organs from one species to another.
The patient, Lawrence Faucette, had been deemed ineligible for a traditional human heart transplant due to other health complications. However, he was approved for the experimental pig heart transplant under a special compassionate use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The surgery was performed by Dr. Bartley P. Griffith, who also led the team that performed the world’s first pig heart transplant in January 2022. The surgery was a success, and Faucette is currently recovering well in the hospital.
“We are grateful to Lawrence for his willingness to participate in this groundbreaking trial,” said Dr. Griffith. “His bravery and selflessness will help to advance our knowledge of xenotransplantation and could potentially save the lives of many more people in the future.”
The successful pig heart transplant is a major step forward in the fight against heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States. However, it is important to note that this is still an experimental procedure, and there are still many challenges that need to be addressed before xenotransplantation can be widely adopted.
Potential benefits of xenotransplantation
Xenotransplantation has the potential to revolutionize the field of organ transplantation. If successful, xenotransplantation could help to address the shortage of human donor organs and save the lives of many people who are currently waiting for transplants.
Challenges of xenotransplantation
One of the biggest challenges of xenotransplantation is the risk of organ rejection. When an organ is transplanted from one species to another, the recipient’s immune system is more likely to reject the organ. This is because the organ contains proteins that are foreign to the recipient’s body.
Another challenge of xenotransplantation is the risk of infection. Pigs can carry viruses and other pathogens that can be harmful to humans. Researchers are working on developing ways to reduce the risk of infection in xenotransplantation patients.
Future of xenotransplantation
Despite the challenges, researchers are optimistic about the future of xenotransplantation. The successful pig heart transplant is a major step forward, and it could pave the way for more widespread use of xenotransplantation in the future.


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This human hair wig is a lovely golden blonde and has a gauze non-stretch cap. The model is 24'' tall and has a HC of 14''.
The gauze cap needs a little mend on one side. The wig would be longer on a smaller HC. The wig is clean, soft , thick and has no odor. This center part wig would be lovely on a french or German doll!
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-Fr. Cedric Prakash sj*
The Climate Summit referred to as COP21 begins in Paris today with 150 world leaders participating and over 190 countries represented. The main focus of this United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is to cap the rate of global warming at 2 degrees Celsius. (global warming today is pegged at 2.5 – 3.76 degrees Celsius). The delegations over the next eleven days are expected to put together a deal on climate change which could effectively cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between 2015 to 2030 which would hopefully bring down the global temperatures to pre-industrial levels over a period of time.
The UNFCCC was created in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The agreement there desired that countries take measures to address climate change; however, it was not binding. In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol in Japan set binding targets for carbon emission. COP15 in 2009 (Copenhagen, Denmark) decided that upto 100 billion dollars will have to be given as aid to help developing countries to reach their emission goals by 2020; despite various promises and pledges over the years, precious little has been done by the major players.
Global warming in the last few years has resulted in major catastrophes like the accelerating rise of sea levels, punishing droughts, killer heat waves, terrible floods and storms; it has also resulted in tsunamis and earthquakes. Those who are impacted by global warming are some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people; it disrupts food production and threatens vitally important species, habitats and eco systems. According to recent study, the Antarctic and Greenland have lost 5.5 trillion of ice. By any standards, 2015 was one of the hottest years, experienced the world over, besides several “natural” calamities took place all over!
Last year, global carbon emissions were the highest ever. China is today considered the biggest polluter followed by the US, the European Union, India, Russia and Japan. Unless these countries demonstrate a political resolve to cut down on the emissions, things may not change dramatically.
India has rightly talked about climate justice and the need and importance for China, US and West European nations to take the first steps. But India cannot absolve itself of its role in global warming even though its contribution is far below that of China or US. If the country is serious about addressing climate change and of ensuring climate justice for all, it must immediately act on several fronts, including:
i. putting an immediate cap on the use of fossil fuels; promote the use of alternative energies very particularly wind and solar energy. The Government must provide subsidies for these very particularly for the poor and the marginalised. Alternative energies should not be seen as mere cosmetics (add-ons) but need to replace conventional sources of energy
ii. implementing stringent environmental protection laws for multi-nationals and other big corporations who pollute the environment. Many of the industrial houses that are unable to do what they want in their own countries find in India an easy place to maximise their profits. The ‘Make in India’ slogan is for many an invitation to plunder and loot and to disregard basic environmental laws and the lives of the poor here.
iii. ensuring that global warming is a responsibility and concern of all; so the Government has no business in stifling an organisation like ‘Greenpeace’ that has rendered a yeomen service to the environment all over the world and in very tangible ways addressed climatic change. The Government must have the courage and honesty to take on board NGOs and others who have at heart only the good of the country and particularly the most vulnerable sections of society, who are affected by climatic change.
Pope Francis has been particularly strong on the topic; in his Encyclical ‘Laudato Si: On the care for our common home’ he writes, “climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution of goods. It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day. Its worst impact will probably be felt by developing countries in the coming decades. Many of the poor live in areas particularly affected by phenomena related to warming, and their means of subsistence are largely dependent on natural reserves and ecosystemic services such as agriculture, fishing and forestry.” (#25).....“many of those who possess more resources and economic or political power seem mostly to be concerned with masking the problems or concealing their symptoms, simply making efforts to reduce some of the negative impacts of climatic change. However, many of these symptoms indicate that such effects will continue to worsen if we continue with current models of production and consumption.” (#26)
In the run-up to COP21, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has once again reminded developing nations to keep their pledge to provide 100 billion dollars a year by 2020 to support concrete mitigation actions by developing countries for a durable universal deal to address rising greenhouse gas emissions. “I expect the world to conclude a universal climate agreement in Paris. The agreement must be durable – it should provide a comprehensive, long-term vision of the opportunities created by low-emission, climate resilient development and flexible. It must be rooted in solidarity”, he said.
On Sunday 29th November, there were massive rallies across the globe demanding substantial action from the world leaders to stop climate change; besides an estimated 200,000 were expected to descend on Paris but the French Government had banned all protests; instead thousands of pairs of shoes were left on the ‘Place de la Republique’ to remember those left frustrated in their plans to march. A symbolic but powerful reminder that the road ahead for climate justice is going to be a long and tough one!
30th November, 2015
(* Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ is the Director of PRASHANT, the Ahmedabad-based Jesuit Centre for Human Rights, Justice and Peace.)
Address: ‘PRASHANT’, Hill Nagar, Near Saffron Hotel, Drive-in Road, Ahmedabad - 380052