Hello's, Writers, Artists and Young Poets

Hello everybody.

So nice to pop in here again and on a Monday. 

I'm so excited because life has just delivered her new lease and all feels like its falling into place with the universe. Babies are being delivered everywhere too and onward and upwards all artists go. I just wanna send a shout out to a few precious people and if you not on the list you are not less important. I've just been terrible with my blog emails. 

Kiru Taye just had a real angel delivered to her home (a stunningly beautiful baby boy) not even a few weeks back and she's already busy with new book releases. Isn't she just woman phenomenal. 

DL Atha also gave me a shout just the other day about the release of her latest book which I'm totally ecstatic about because I love Dr. D's unique  medical approach to the paranormal genre. And if I'm not mistaken. Dr. D was my first interview and her first book (Blood Reaction) was my very first book review when I started this blog about two years ago. In fact exactly two years ago in June.

Its awesome to have such a long history with my writer friends. 

And a very belated cogratulations to Nicki Elson too. Nicki released The Three Daves which I reveiwed here over a year ago . I loved her quirkiness in that book. I was just alerted the other day that Divine Temptation has been released. Another baby born HOORAY! Posting review soon, promise!

Patti Roberts, author of the Paradox series, great blogverse friend and writing machine also promised me a giveaway soon. I hope from her exciting series _Whitchwood Estate. I'm itching to get my hand on that really soon. Even sooner for my readers.

And now I want to add another congratulations to an artist friend who is currently having a show in New York. Jonele Scholtz is an extraordinarily talented artist from the almost/kinda "rural"  parts of our province but the work that she creates.....OMW.....You just have to see it. She is nothing short of amazin in my books. Check our her FB page.

 

And at last but not least. I want to introduce a young man that I have known for about three years now on Facebook, Pontsho Reamogetswe Mahlaka. Pontsho has just worked his way into my heart steadily over the years with his writing. I'm still interested in how he moved from the northen outskirts of Johannesburg to Canada in the last while (i havent heard the story as yet but I promise we all will if I have to drag it out of him). I hope you'll enjoy this poem that he sent me recently and leave your comment to encourage this young prodigy. There are not many poets left and we need to just nurture them.

Imagine yourself as this woman by Pontsho Reamogetswe Mahlaka

A woman who imagines the divine in her image and likeness.

Who designs a personal spirituality to inform her daily life.

Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good she is a woman.

A woman who honors her experience and tells her stories.

Who refuses to carry the sins of others within her body and life.

Imagine a woman who trusts and respects herself.

A woman who listens to her needs and desires.

Who meets them with tenderness and grace.

Imagine a woman who acknowledges the past's influence on the present.

A woman who has walked through her past.

Who has healed into the present.

Imagine a woman who authors her own life.

A woman who exerts, initiates, and moves on her own behalf.

Who refuses to surrender except to her truest self and wisest voice.

Imagine a woman who names her own gods.

A woman who imagines the divine in her image and likeness.

Who designs a personal spirituality to inform her daily life.

Imagine a woman in love with her own body.

A woman who believes her body is enough, just as it is.

Who celebrates its rhythms and cycles as an exquisite resource.

Imagine a woman who honors the body of the Goddess in her changing body.

A woman who celebrates the accumulation of her years and her wisdom.

Who refuses to use her life-energy disguising the changes in her body and life.

Imagine a woman who values the women in her life.

A woman who sits in circles of women.

Who is reminded of the truth about herself when she forgets.

Imagine yourself as this woman.

https://www.facebook.com/mahlaka

Happy MONDAY everyone and dont forget to leave a comment and also like my company page. Happy to say things are at last going my way on that front. Our God is Glorious!

EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Check out the latest novel by Tina Martin. Accidental Deception, a romantic suspense. The eBook is available now.

What is the novel about?

Accidental Deception is a story about love versus loyalty, the tug-of-war that dictates every action Carter Williams will take after he stumbles upon a homeless woman, Shayla Kline, in Uptown Charlotte. Completely out of character for the usually self-centered bachelor, he puts his life on hold to spend a few nights with the stranger in the hospital.

That’s when he makes an earth shattering discovery – Shayla was the fiancée of Jacob, his estranged brother. His brother who hated him. His brother who recently committed suicide. His brother who, despite the animosity between them, wrote him a suicide note asking him to take care of Shayla. 

Out of guilt and fulfillment of Jacob’s final wish, he moves Shayla into his home and gives her everything she needs to start over. The more she confides in him, the deeper their relationship grows and Carter not only wants to help her, he finds himself wanting desperately to love her, to be a man for her, to give her everything his brother could not. There’s only one problem – Shayla does not know that Jacob was his brother. Now, Carter wages an internal war within himself with his own morals – morals that tells him he should be loyal to his brother by not pursuing Shayla. But it’s hard to walk away from the only woman that has been able to awaken his heart.

Read the full excerpt at www.tinamartin.net, or click here.

Tina Martin
Fiction Author
Women's Fiction | Romantic Suspense.
www.tinamartin.net
Follow my blog: http://ibetterfindyourlove.blogspot.com
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Accidental Deception, A Novel
Another Man's Treasure, A Novel
Secrets On Lake Drive, A Novel
The Baby Daddy Interviews, A Novel

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An Interview with Darby Davenport: Walk Away With Me

I'd like to welcome romance author, Darby Davenport, to the blog today as part of the celebration for the launch of her new novella, Walk Away with Me. You may know Darby under her other pen name, Emlyn Chand.

You're fairly well known as a YA author, why did you decide to start writing romance as well?

My life-long love affair with reading knows no bounds. I find it hard to write in only one genre when I enjoy reading so many. While I plan to right much more YA (I have to finish the Farsighted series, after all), I'm also drawn to romance in particular. Who doesn't love a happy ending that leaves the reader feeling warm and cozy? My cheerful romances help to counterbalance my dark and brooding YA. Together, they form the complete picture of who I am as an author. I wouldn't trade either for the world!

What are you doing differently with one pen name versus the other? Are you worried that the two different names will fracture your author identity?

It's definitely scary starting all over with a new pen name. I have 9 books out as Emlyn Chand, and this is just my first as Darby. YIKES! My publisher and I decided it would be best for me to take on this new romance alias to protect my younger readers from accidentally picking up a book they shouldn't be reading. My Bird Brain Book series is for readers ages 3 and up, while Walk Away with Me is really only for the 18+ crowd.

At first it was difficult figuring out where Emlyn ended and Darby began, but now I've really started getting into the whole multiple personalities thing. Yes, I have to start over with my author brand, but on the other hand... I get to start over! I've learned so much since first releasing Farsighted back in October 2011. I now have the opportunity to do everything better, stronger, faster. Maybe the lessons I learned as Emlyn will unlock a higher success for Darby. I don't know what the future holds, but I'm so excited to find out!

What is your favorite thing about the romance genre?

The idea that no matter how bad things get, everyone in entitled to a happily-ever-after.

You dedicated Walk Away with Me first to your dogs and then to your husband—why?

As much as I love my husband, this book really was written for the dogs. The two dogs in the book are modeled after our three dogs at home. My Lhasa Apso, Rugby, played a huge role in my love story with my husband. In fact, during our early days dating, Rugby would get so upset when Falcon wasn't around that he refused to eat, to play, to do anything but mope around and try to electrocute himself by chewing on cables. True story!

Dogs are such loving, intelligent creatures, and it breaks my heart that so many of them are without homes. Walk Away with Me isn't just an opus dedicated to my dogs but to all rescue dogs. There's even a special section in the back of the book where I talk about my lovable mutts, how they came to me, and why everyone should consider giving one of these wonderful animals a second chance at life.

What kind of reader will enjoy Walk Away with Me?

Obviously, I primarily had a female audience in mind, but if fellas are willing to give it a chance, I think they'll find Charlie is a woman they can get behind. Lovers of animals, nature, Thai food, and Cesar Milan will also enjoy the story :-)

 About Walk Away with Me

A man with a painful past, a woman who fears commitment, and a dog with only one more chance at life--together, can they find love?

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What is Charlie Rockwell supposed to do when the sad Rottweiler's eyes connect with hers through the TV screen and work their way straight into her heart? She adopts him without a second thought or the slightest knowledge how to take care of the large, needy dog with the traumatic past.

Ethan Porter is not happy when a savage Rottweiler picks a fight with his mild-mannered Golden Retriever at the dog park. But his anger quickly dissipates when tears begin to form behind the eyes of the dog's beautiful owner--eyes that are far too familiar for his liking. Disregarding his instincts, Ethan can't deny her plea when she asks him to teach her the basics of dog ownership.

Can he ignore the fact that she bears a strong resemblance to his ex and finally learn to trust again? Will she find committing to both man and dog more exciting than the freedom of a single, unrestrained life?

Walk Away with Me is just $2.99 for the eBook and $9.95 for the paperback. Here are all the links you'll need: Amazon US, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, Kobo Books, GoodReads.

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"Lovable characters, compelling plot, and an exciting twist that will leave you on the edge of your seat as Charlie and Ethan find their happily-ever-after." ~ Lucy Kevin, New York Times bestselling author of THE WEDDING KISS

About Darby Davenport

Darby Davenport never believed in love--that is, until it happened to her. Now she's a firm believer that every story is a love story, and has taken to writing out her favorite romantic fantasies and sharing them with the world.

Darby, who also writes young adult and children's fiction under the pen name Emlyn Chand, lives in suburban Detroit with her own personal soul mate--fellow writer, Falcon Storm--and private zoo, which includes a music-loving Sun Conure, hyper-active Golden Retriever, and two scrappy little rescue mutts.

You can connect with her at www.DarbyDavenport.com.