tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46769069230776418572016-04-05T04:12:43.541-07:00Charles HarveyAll Things WritingCharles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-14211921182360284442016-02-14T11:51:00.001-08:002016-02-14T11:52:31.421-08:00Be Afraid, Be very Afraid, But do it Anyway<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7YjvmKOyODs/VsDaUfGpHSI/AAAAAAAAAjI/La5jffQB-lU/s1600/b4htorsotest.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7YjvmKOyODs/VsDaUfGpHSI/AAAAAAAAAjI/La5jffQB-lU/s200/b4htorsotest.jpg.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>When is a book finished? Probably when the author dies. Right now I'm doing what most of us are afraid to do, and that is taking a look at my major books with a fresh pair of eyes--my own. Sure some will go to an Editor at some point, but I can't believe what I'm seeing that's making me cringe at this point in time. Bloopers of course, in the category of misspellings, punctuation, and the extra word that I meant to delete. But misnaming a character on a later page? Putting backstory right in the middle of the action? Ugh! and there are many other ughs to numerous to mention.<br /><br />What caused this? Rushing, not being in the moment, sleepy-eyed editing, woking nights and being tired, and just not paying attention. Worrying about the so-called business of writing and not the writing. Ugh! Get off that Facebook and Twitter marketing page. And absolutely stay away from the printshop with your orders for bookmarks, posters, and business cards until you've put your best book out there. Amazon forums are full of "Why is my book not selling? I've bought bookmarks and magnetic signs for the car!" Take a look at your book. I'm taking a look at mine. Ouch! It hurts! If you want to lessen the pain, do get an Editor at some point in the process.<br /><br />Sorry. The picture had nothing to do with the subject.<br /><br /><a href="http://charlesharveyauthor.com/">charlesharveyauthor.com</a><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-49683247161178183772016-02-12T10:13:00.000-08:002016-02-12T10:13:33.607-08:00On Writing<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wish I had paid attention in 2009 or whenever it was that the kindle debuted. I had a short story in an earlier amazon program. In around 2008 they started sending me emails to convert this story over to their earlier DTP (digital text platform) ebook platform. I had no idea what they were talking about and just ignored the emails. I thought the eReader phenomenon was some sort of fad. So yeah I wish I had been astute and jumped on the bandwagon sooner. October 2011 was a bit too late. Things were changing. The early adopters were moving on and getting deals from publishers. The one thing to focus on now is to just be a writer. Don't spend a lot of time on twitter and other social media. Focus</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Aq7QXvJ3jU/Vr4f0WpI48I/AAAAAAAAAi0/B2i-_te-BBQ/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Aq7QXvJ3jU/Vr4f0WpI48I/AAAAAAAAAi0/B2i-_te-BBQ/s200/images.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> on writing the best books possible. Join writing local writing groups if they are available. Nothing gets the creative juices flowing more than critiquing others and being critiqued. If you can't find local writing groups, join an online community. Avoid schemes and scams. Even people who offer well meaning advice, generally only know what works for them and their genre. Self publishing is great if you can do it right, but don't leave out the possibility of connecting with an agent. I hope you're enjoying writing as a process and creative outlet. First and foremost make it about the writing.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">#writing #books #authors </span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1361183785"><br /></a></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://charlesharveyauthor.com/">charlesharveyauthor.com</a></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-26069826746319167212016-02-10T22:30:00.000-08:002016-02-10T22:39:30.121-08:00Maura and Her Two Husbands<strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An Excerpt From Maura and Her Two Husbands (18+)</span></strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cVPa5N_CBKM/VrwsgqcVwfI/AAAAAAAAAig/MvyI99TGkm0/s1600/MauraBookFinal2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cVPa5N_CBKM/VrwsgqcVwfI/AAAAAAAAAig/MvyI99TGkm0/s320/MauraBookFinal2.jpg" width="212" /></a></span></strong></div><br /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong><strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chapter 10<br /><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">Bugs</span></span></strong><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Easy lay on his side propped up on his elbow with his head cradled in his hand. The thin sheet that covered him, traced every curve of his leg and ass. He faced the television and didn’t notice Maura standing in the doorway. On the TV, Tom and Jerry played their games of cat and mouse until Jerry bashed Tom upside the head with a mallet. Easy laughed. Maura cleared her throat. He turned and watched her looking at him.<br /><br />Maura searched her head for words, but she found nothing but numbers and accounting formulas. What could she say to this man, she wondered? She looked at Easy lying in front of her swaddled like a baby. She could have grabbed the African Fertility statue and clubbed him to death as he lay helpless. He had come between her and Sidney. But was that his only crime? Someone had let out his cornrows. His hair hung loose and almost touched his shoulders. A black Christ or a black devil? A voice in her head told her to touch his hair and he would take the curse away, and she would be healed. But Maura disobeyed the voice. She pulled off her top and flung herself across his body. He managed to turn over onto his back. As he turned the sheets wound tight around him imprisoning him more so. She ravished his face with kisses as he struggled to free his arms. Easy's lips reminded her of Sidney before he showered. She knew those lips had traveled over Sidney’s body in the wee hours of the morning while she slept fitfully, dreaming of the act she was now committing. Her thigh brushed his thick manhood. It was hard as a brick.<br /><br />“Slow down, girl,” she heard him utter. But she did not slow</strong><strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">down. She thrust her tongue between his lips and tasted his pungent morning breath. She could not slow down. She could not turn around.<br /><br />Easy managed to free one arm and he held her tight against his chest. With one hand, he grabbed her hair, pulled her face from his, and looked into her eyes. He released her and their tongues probed and teased like two prizefighters. Her hand grasped his manhood and squeezed until it felt like a rolling pin. Overcome with energy, Easy sprang up and caused Maura to roll over. He freed his other hand from the sheets, rolled on top of her, and pinned her arms. His lips traveled down her neck nibbling and probing the soft flesh. He kissed her collarbone before traveling to her chest. His tongue circled over each nipple until it stood up firm. She pulled his head close to her and he tugged and sucked her nipples like a baby. He stopped and looked at her. But she couldn’t stand to see her reflection in his eyes and she pushed him back to her bosom. She held him there and felt him tugging at the waistband of her warm-ups. She tried to pull his hands away, but they tugged her pants halfway her thighs. She wanted to kick and free her legs. But caution stopped her.<br /><br />“Where are the condoms?” Maura asked between kisses. Easy leaned over and pulled out the top nightstand drawer. The box was as light as air in his hands. He looked inside and shook the carton as if a foil shield might be stuck to the sides hiding.<br /><br />“Damn,” he cursed. Maura played with his lips, circling their thickness and inserting her fingers between them. “We don’t need no condoms,” he whispered. He rose and planted himself between her feet. He reached up and grabbed her panties and pulled them off along with her warm-up pants. He threw them </strong><strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">off the bed, grabbed her feet, and sucked her toes. His mouth traveled down one leg, took a moment to breathe in her crotch, before traveling down the other thigh and back to legs and ankles and feet. When he journeyed back to her crotch, he lingered over her shaved pussy. Maura arched her back and pulled his head close as if she was going to pull him inside of her. She shut her eyes and imagined herself as the woman from Hustler--eyes walled back in her head between ecstasy and death. She looked in the mirror and watched Easy's ass and his balls hanging between his legs.<br /><br />Suddenly she pushed Easy’s head away, grabbed his ankles and lifted his legs. Her only instructions came from the fire-scarred photo. She bent over Easy’s manhood and opened her mouth wide. His dick felt like a large pickle, rigid and ringed with veins. She wasn’t sure what to do. Her mouth cradled it until Easy grabbed a handful of her hair. He gently eased her head up and down until Maura caught his rhythm and swam on her own. Her eyes took in his hairy balls that looked like turkey gizzards and the nappy hair between his legs. She teased him until he grabbed her hair and sent her back to work. She felt Easy’s body tighten and the veins in his manhood grew rigid. He began to groan. He tried to push her away, but Mara would not turn away. She was stubborn and one-minded like a fish after a lure. She reminded herself of an old sow rooting after filth in the mud and she didn’t care. Her pace quickened. Her throat ached. She looked at Easy. His eyes were closed and he breathed rapidly like a dying man. His hands gripped the back of her head. He was the fisherman who would not let go of the prize catch, even if it meant falling into the sea and drowning. He called Jesus’ name a couple of times as any sinner would about to release his soul upon the altar. In a moment Maura’s </strong><strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">mouth was filled with hot bitter seed.<br /><br />He wanted to ask her where she had learned to suck dick. But he felt the sound of his voice would ruin the moment. They lay there listening as the pest control guy sprayed the yard next door. The motor driving his spray gun hummed, ebbed and rumbled depending on how much effort he exerted in driving away Maura’s spell. She raised up on one elbow and looked at Easy.<br /><br />“I need a favor from you.,” she whispered.<br /><br /> “What, little lady?” He kept his eyes closed.<br />The <em style="position: relative;">little lady</em> sounded strange to Maura’s ears. She had always been called Maura. She had never had a nickname outside the names Myesha had called her when they were growing up. “I need you to talk to Sidney about the divorce, get him to change his mind.”<br /><br />“Sidney is a grown man.”<br /><br />Maura touched Easy between his legs. “And I’m a grown woman.” Her hand traveled over his manhood, over his belly, and caressed his neck. Her fingers brushed his lips. When he parted his mouth, her index slipped in and he sucked it. Maura’s </strong><strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">cellphone rang feverishly downstairs. She let it ring while Easy sucked her fingers. He kissed her and tasted his seed in her mouth.<br /><br />“I’ll see what I can do,” Easy whispered.</strong><br /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br /></strong><strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">Preorder now at the low price from these retailers</strong><br /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><br /></strong><strong style="background-color: white; color: #8e8e8e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/maura-and-her-two-husbands-charles-harvey/1122636893?ean=2940152238440" target="_blank">Barnes&Noble</a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/maura-and-her-two-husbands/id1038680393?mt=11" target="_blank">iBooks </a> <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/search?Query=Maura%20And%20Her%20Two%20Husbands%20(Charles%20Harvey)&ac=1&acp=maura%20and%20her" target="_blank">Kobo</a></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-83009356762525858952015-08-29T13:07:00.001-07:002015-08-29T13:07:46.789-07:00Me, Sisyphus, and Editing<b>Editing! Argghh. Just when I think I'm done, I look over the work and realize I started my previous edits while I was legally blind. (I'm not) But that's what it feels like to encounter so many mistakes and start all over. Page sixty seems to be my crest of the hill of one hundred and ninety-three pages. If I could just get past that point. </b><br /><b>My problem is I'll read a really good book, and think my own weak prose sounds nothing in comparison. Or I'll pick up a book on writing, and realize my scenes aren't doing anything to advance the novel. They were just visions I loved. I have to beat them in shape or let them go. So A change begets a change that begets a change that begets a fresh new batch of mistakes that begets more editing. All that rock pushing. </b><br /><b>But I see the solution. Stop reading good books and books about writing. Well I think that's the answer. What do you say Sisyphus?</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yWqEMWz4eRU/VeIOpLuKm5I/AAAAAAAAAho/PrCZHkyLfCQ/s1600/sisyphus.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yWqEMWz4eRU/VeIOpLuKm5I/AAAAAAAAAho/PrCZHkyLfCQ/s1600/sisyphus.jpeg" /></a></div>Author on:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Harvey/e/B004FLXJR6/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1" target="_blank"><b>Amazon</b></a><br /><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/author/charles-harvey/id688638160?mt=11" target="_blank"><b>iBooks</b></a><br /><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Wes%20Writers%20and%20Publishers%22?Ntk=Publisher&Ns=P_Sales_Rank&Ntx=mode+matchall" target="_blank"><b>Barnes&Noble</b></a><br /><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/weswriting" target="_blank"><b>Smashwords</b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-11885556730960684592015-08-27T12:37:00.000-07:002015-08-27T12:37:10.493-07:00The Unemployed Writer<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--j-sEsdtq3g/Vd9QgsElVXI/AAAAAAAAAhI/HtGy4WazblQ/s1600/CharlesHarveyFrame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--j-sEsdtq3g/Vd9QgsElVXI/AAAAAAAAAhI/HtGy4WazblQ/s200/CharlesHarveyFrame.jpg" width="166" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I<b>'ve recently become unemployed from my day job. Or night job in my case. The questions from co-workers lucky enough to have kept their jobs was, "What are you going to do? Are you looking for work?" I'd mumble something like, "Yeah I'm looking, not sure, perhaps soon, blah blah blah." But then I realize I was about to live a dream, I'd been wishing would come true. The ability to write full time was about to come true. So no, I was not to become unemployed at all. I had a job waiting for me. I just had to make it pay. Yay! or Yay?</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>I have I been actively writing everyday since June 30? No. I had to take a moment to mourn the loss ... of a decent paycheck and benefits and even an identity. A new routine had to be established. I had to give myself a new title. I was no longer "Service Delivery Level Tech I." I now can say I'm a "writer!" Yay! or Yay? </b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Now that writing is my job and I want to go from having one sale a day to having dozens I have to establish a new routine. Working nights at my previous job often meant I slept late in the day, even on days off. It meant I was sometimes depressed and exhausted. It meant my off were for resting and idling the day away. But now I'm revived and energized. Here's the action plan for the new career as a writer.</b><br /><b>1. Get out of vacation mode. No time for idle driving and shopping (no money either)</b><br /><b>2. Get up early</b><br /><b>3. Hit the books for reading</b><br /><b>4. Hit the keyboard for writing and editing</b><br /><b>5. Have fresh eyes for new and old work</b><br /><b>6. Enjoy the process! </b><br /><b>So has all of this been yay! or yay? Well I've learned a lot about myself. I've learned that all of those moments when I feigned exhaustion and tiredness, I was just being lazy. There's no day job boogey man to hide behind and blame for my lack of writing. Or my lack of reading. The internet is as distracting as ever. The bed sometimes still holds me until almost noon. The house isn't that much cleaner, and the belly isn't that much flatter. So now is the time for this good man to stop kidding himself. Get to work!</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>What does the future hold? I don't know. I fight off images of myself living under a bridge. I feel more guilty about not giving that homeless person a dollar. Gee that could be me one day. </b><br /><b>WILL WRITE FOR FOOD</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Enjoy these Amazon freebies!</b><br /><b><br /></b><a href="http://viewbook.at/HowIGotOver" target="_blank"><b>How I Got Over</b></a><br /><a href="http://viewbook.at/NoSatisfaction" target="_blank"><b>No Satisfaction</b></a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0078P6ZNG?*Version*=1&*entries*=0" target="_blank"><b>When Dogs Bark</b></a><br /><a href="http://viewbook.at/B009C0H5QG" target="_blank"><b>Americana</b></a><br /><a href="http://mybook.to/WeAreHere" target="_blank"><b>We Are Here</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-36136979966668055582015-08-04T23:21:00.000-07:002015-08-04T23:23:20.251-07:00Writer's Digest Conference<b>I had an enjoyable time at the Writer's Digest 2015 Conference. It was a pleasure to be in the company of so many writers and to listen to such dynamic and inspirational speakers like Jacqueline Woodson and Jonathan Maberry. And of course the icing on the cake was being in New York. That place is the writer's prompts heaven in my opinion. </b><br /><b>There was an enormous amount of book offerings. But one gem off the table was this book by Donald Maass, <i>The Breakout Novelist--How To Craft Novels That Stand Out And Sell</i>. I was and am in the process of editing a book. However when I picked up the before-mentioned book and started reading a few chapters, a light went off in my head. There's a lot of work to do on my own book. The Breakout Novelist is not so much a hand holding how-to book, but a very excellent guide post. </b><br /><b>It is a good idea for all of us struggling novelists to read about writing and to read as much as possible about writing.</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411bTEezpKL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411bTEezpKL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I would like to see for next year, maybe a few longer sessions focused on the mechanics of social media, or have some sessions run just a tad longer.</b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>If you were an attendee, what are your thoughts on the conference?</b></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-50747679857658108202014-11-08T11:08:00.003-08:002015-02-07T23:31:44.838-08:00Trees Still Grow Books<b>We love our eReaders. But sometimes we want the feel of a real book in our hands. Sometimes we go places where you have to turn off your devices. Well you never need to turn off a book.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>For the fans of Wes Writers and Charles Harvey, we have some books in paperback. Of course we do assume our vendors uses as much recycled paper as possible. <span style="color: red;">Your local bookstore will be happy to order any of these titles at your convenience.</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><br /><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">Odd Voices in Love .... Those love stories about troubled love and love troubles</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DlXP2BADUng/VF5eF4aUuKI/AAAAAAAAAfk/_HNyXeiP1FY/s1600/Prof%2BOdd%2BVoices%2BIn%2BLove%2B-%2BHigh%2BResolution.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DlXP2BADUng/VF5eF4aUuKI/AAAAAAAAAfk/_HNyXeiP1FY/s1600/Prof%2BOdd%2BVoices%2BIn%2BLove%2B-%2BHigh%2BResolution.jpg" height="200" width="125" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/odd-voicesin-love-charles-harvey/1116477198?ean=9781878774002"><b>Barnes&Noble</b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Odd-Voices-Love-Charles-Harvey/dp/187877400X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0"><b>Amazon</b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.createspace.com/3636622"><b>CreateSpace</b></a></div><br /><b>When Dogs Bark ... The original poetry and story collection published in 2000 that many still love today.</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XolZTIYQqGQ/VF5h2d9sfEI/AAAAAAAAAfw/Q59HDv4jgUg/s1600/bark2univ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XolZTIYQqGQ/VF5h2d9sfEI/AAAAAAAAAfw/Q59HDv4jgUg/s1600/bark2univ.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-Dogs-Bark-Charles-Harvey/dp/0595146163/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415470803&sr=1-6&keywords=when+dogs+bark"><b>Amazon</b></a><br /><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-dogs-bark-charles-w-harvey/1004554369?ean=9780595146161"><b>Barnes&Noble</b></a><br /><a href="http://bookstore.iuniverse.com/Products/SKU-000007844/When-Dogs-Bark.aspx"><b>IUNIVERSE</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: red;">When Dogs Bark 2 .... 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Please Comment if you have some suggestions.</b><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-91960958492335007742014-06-16T09:06:00.001-07:002014-08-23T07:03:10.174-07:00Boy4Higher<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Tdj6CzSjb0w" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uN3YIquugLc/U5-urgFBlPI/AAAAAAAAAe4/IUE5PpGRRZc/s1600/boy4higherbooktest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uN3YIquugLc/U5-urgFBlPI/AAAAAAAAAe4/IUE5PpGRRZc/s1600/boy4higherbooktest.jpg" height="320" width="211" /></a></div><b>A<span style="font-size: large;">ntoine Rucker lives a double life. During the day he is a young black up and coming IT executive for a large Atlanta based insurance company. On the weekends when night falls, he takes to the streets the popular Bulldogs Club and sells his body. Slide in between the covers of Boy 4 Higher and find out why Antoine is such an enigma. Get an up close look at life on the streets and crooked cops.</span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">An Excerpt:</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I wake up in the middle of the night and toss and turn. It’s two a.m. “Too busy for bullshit.” My boss’s voice rings in my head. It’s not that I don’t have enough to do at work. The problem is I’m too fucking smart. I know how to cut out the bullshit and get right to the core of a problem. I don’t have to read reams of reports or listen to some idiots chirp back and forth for hours to come up with answers I had five minutes into the meeting. When I was a kid in school, I was always the one who finished the assignment first. That gave me plenty of time to bullshit and cut up. I was the A-student getting those unsatisfactory marks in conduct. If they’d unleash me, I could run the entire Data Services with half the staff. But the CEO follows the wishes of the Family Stockholders. They believe in taking care of employees from the first day they spring through the door, to the day they hobble out on a cane. All of upper management toes that line. I got my sites beyond the CIO’s office. More with less is my motto. 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For some reason, I wonder what Mike and Bunny are up to. Are they making love? Is he thinking about me as he plunges into her? I imagine him quietly grunting as his ass quivers between her thighs. I imagine a four-poster bed rocking to his monotonous rhythm. She gazes at a painting of boats out at sea. She imagines herself floating in one of the boats as the waves rock and lap against the sides. A sailor with bronze shoulders makes love to her. She feels Mike’s thighs tighten and knows he’s about to come. At that moment she moans and quivers. He rolls off and is fast asleep. But the sailor pushes her breasts together and kisses each nipple. His lips trail down to her belly button. She rubs herself and cries out softly. And this is how Mike and Bunny will survive another seven years unless his lies catch up with him. </span></b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b>Preorder now through <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/boy-4-higher/id882966370?mt=11">iBooks</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/boy-4-higher-charles-harvey/1119628865?ean=2940045968799">Nook</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MRH3JI4">Amazon</a> Available Fall 2014</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b>Feel free to browse our other offerings at all of your favorite ebook retailers.</b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-56359556867495196762014-06-14T09:41:00.001-07:002014-06-14T09:41:45.106-07:00The Queen off duty<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Qe1PsVGUSaw" width="459"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-40743591886538993052014-05-31T12:45:00.001-07:002014-05-31T12:45:57.269-07:00Keith Jarrett - "A Gay Poem"<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lF-TM3DZtuo" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-82942983730594716102014-05-18T15:41:00.001-07:002014-05-19T04:07:01.204-07:00Saying Thanks to Fans<b><span style="font-size: large;">It's been a labor of love for the thirty plus years of writing or what I like to call "wordsmithing." Poetry and Fiction have been the focus, but we've also delved into the dramatic works as well. Please enjoy these free works, that we've affectionately covered with the image of the dog barking at a pair of lips. It's my philosophy that writing is about barking out of the box. So click on your favorite Bookstore link and enjoy.</span></b><br /><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">When Dogs Bark (Fiction) @ </span><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-dogs-bark-the-short-story-charles-harvey/1108818428?ean=2940045249461"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Nook</span></a><span style="color: red;">, </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/when-dogs-bark/id507815661?mt=11" style="color: red;">iTunes</a><span style="color: red;">, and </span><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/132370" style="color: red;">Smashwords</a></span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-If2oYKfyND0/U3krRK2-jAI/AAAAAAAAAeI/tiJXQZqyk8k/s1600/newWWPDogsBark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-If2oYKfyND0/U3krRK2-jAI/AAAAAAAAAeI/tiJXQZqyk8k/s1600/newWWPDogsBark.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">How I Got Over (Poetry) @ <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-i-got-over-cw-harvey/1119459493?ean=2940045920636">Nook</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/how-i-got-over/id874607535?mt=11">iTunes,</a> and <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/434647">Smashwords</a></span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LnJm9iTiet0/U3kr6Yf2grI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/bkakYIfMLSg/s1600/newWWPHow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LnJm9iTiet0/U3kr6Yf2grI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/bkakYIfMLSg/s1600/newWWPHow.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">No Satisfaction (Poetry) @ <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/no-satisfaction-charles-harvey/1119459487?ean=2940045920575">Nook</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/no-satisfaction/id874608245?mt=11">iTunes,</a> and <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/434639">Smashwords</a> </span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tALCtQDqAm0/U3ks41TXJKI/AAAAAAAAAeg/iaVJ8JSUggY/s1600/newWWPSatisfaction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tALCtQDqAm0/U3ks41TXJKI/AAAAAAAAAeg/iaVJ8JSUggY/s1600/newWWPSatisfaction.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">We are Here (Poetry) @ <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/we-are-here-charles-harvey/1119459695?ean=2940045922845">Nook</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/we-are-here/id874983043?mt=11">iTunes</a>, and <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/434634">Smashwords</a></span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--3TIUBA4RCs/U3kt5m8LuNI/AAAAAAAAAeo/jqDTzEdNKRo/s1600/newWWPWeAreHere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--3TIUBA4RCs/U3kt5m8LuNI/AAAAAAAAAeo/jqDTzEdNKRo/s1600/newWWPWeAreHere.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy all of the works published by <a href="http://dream2.org/WesWritersPublishers/">Wes Writers and Publishers</a> at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=wes%20writers%20and%20publishers&sprefix=wes+w%2Cdigital-text&rh=i%3Adigital-text%2Ck%3Awes%20writers%20and%20publishers">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/wes-writers?csrfToken=w5zsQXBBNsXt7YRqkSvAsMt4wtX3Wtns&sort=SA&size=46&csrftoken=w5zsQXBBNsXt7YRqkSvAsMt4wtX3Wtns&keyword=wes+writers&store=ebook">Barnes&Noble</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/H9RPW1">iTunes</a>, and <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/weswriting">Smashwords</a>. Diversity rules. You'll find a genre perfect for your reading pleasure.</span></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-89976041065929896382014-04-04T15:01:00.001-07:002014-04-04T15:01:26.037-07:00April is Pottery Month!<b><span style="font-size: large;">Well umm, not quite. The fingers doth slip these days. But April is Poetry Month. Pen a verse or read a verse just be verseable. Okay you're tired of my language and typing flubs. So Enjoy some poetry on me. </span></b><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lc6eM4YJ8u0/Uz8oHkJbogI/AAAAAAAAAdU/0vSHiRfcrcU/s1600/2014PoetryMonth.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lc6eM4YJ8u0/Uz8oHkJbogI/AAAAAAAAAdU/0vSHiRfcrcU/s1600/2014PoetryMonth.jpeg" height="200" width="200" /></span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: large;">Americana is always free at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/138061">Smashwords</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/americana/id512507009?mt=11">iTunes</a>, and <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/americana-charles-harvey/1109677024?ean=2940033084746">Nook</a>. Sorry Kindle owners you will have to pay.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bark Too is free with a coupon code only at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/137400">Smashwords</a>. Use code CJ96S at checkout. We might extend it beyond this month. Who knows, quoth the raven.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Last Supper is available at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/206181">Smashwords</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-last-supper/id549593061?mt=11">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://viewbook.at/B008PVAPAQ">Kindle</a>, and <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-supper-charles-harvey/1112278379?ean=2940045421966">Nook</a> for the low price of $.99 Well you can pay more as much as a million dollars. I'll give you a paypal link if you wish to do so. So...</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Don't be cheap</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Take a peep</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">at verse and rhyme</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cheaper than</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">the cost of a lime.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">Um the poems in the book are better.</span></b><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zh_8FjdtheE/Uz8oS9_rcSI/AAAAAAAAAdc/JQVpE2kQKlw/s1600/lastsupperbook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zh_8FjdtheE/Uz8oS9_rcSI/AAAAAAAAAdc/JQVpE2kQKlw/s1600/lastsupperbook.jpg" height="200" width="135" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OhqV-Xo7opc/Uz8od5mCHBI/AAAAAAAAAdk/xAwj0Gq3R1Q/s1600/NewAmericana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OhqV-Xo7opc/Uz8od5mCHBI/AAAAAAAAAdk/xAwj0Gq3R1Q/s1600/NewAmericana.jpg" height="200" width="135" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sN1XLNEHbnA/Uz8omFi9uGI/AAAAAAAAAds/sP2J0WDfW3Y/s1600/NewBarkToo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sN1XLNEHbnA/Uz8omFi9uGI/AAAAAAAAAds/sP2J0WDfW3Y/s1600/NewBarkToo.jpg" height="200" width="152" /></a></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-44162253396231034032014-04-03T14:37:00.000-07:002014-04-03T14:37:25.916-07:00QUIT THAT DAY JOB NOW! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JdUgvw0xYpc/Uz3TtbbxGGI/AAAAAAAAAdE/ipRDahtAl8M/s1600/ProButterflyKiller.jpg" height="200" width="125" /></div><br /><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">Oh wait. Not so soon. The question came up in an Amazon Forum recently. It is the dream of many writers to make a living doing what we love. And let's face it, today's writer has a dung load of responsibilities.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">I may make this leap myself. If I stay out of casinos and pay off more bills, I can do this for a year. In the old days when we just wrote and sent off books, or perhaps went to writing conferences, it was much easier to be a writer in my opinion. We wrote and then checked the mailbox three weeks later or stood by the phone waiting for that Editor's call. Now we must be business people. I think I could do more with more time. But then again...My book sales sure aren't saying, "Yes, do this." But I do have a lot more books in me. I would to use my 50's energy to write and do all of the "business" stuff. I work 13 hour night shifts sometimes 4 or five nights a week. Anyone who has ever worked nights can testify how energy draining that is. and most of the time, I don't work alone, so I'm always distracted. My condo is paid off, although I do have to pay a ridiculously high Maintenance fee--in my opinion, but it's still cheaper than rent. That's the practical stuff to consider.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">But in making a decision like this, the first person to have a good long talk to is yourself. Am I really disciplined and dedicated? Am I going to fritter away my time playing games on the computer? Can I carve out my day and stick to my schedule of writing, editing, and promoting? Will I do more on Goodreads? Will I read more like I swear I will? How will I react while I'm just making pennies? Do I have a game plan for medical emergencies and car breakdowns. As they say "All going out and nothing coming in will break the Bank of England." Can I stick to my allotted budget? Can I stay away from shopping? </span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">So it's more than a dream. Know yourself first--the real you, not the you that you dream you think you are. Think about it.</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Harvey/e/B004FLXJR6/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazon Author Page</span></a></b><br /><b><a href="http://dream2.org/WesWritersPublishers/"><span style="font-size: large;">Website</span></a></b><br /><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/weswriting"><span style="font-size: large;">Smashwords</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-17662860380926591052013-12-04T15:44:00.000-08:002013-12-04T15:44:39.380-08:00Why Does "Poerty" sic Not Sell<span style="font-size: large;">"Why does poetry not sell?" a poster wondered on a forum somewhere. I thought about the question, because I too write poetry. My answer to him applies to me also.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-size: large;">Poetry doesn't sell well because there simply isn't a huge demand for it. When was the last time you saw a poetry book on the front table of a bookstore? In a traditional bookstore it's normally in the back on the bottom shelf. It might get some notice in April during National Poetry month. Really, is this society demanding poetry? Will there ever be a superbowl size event featuring poets? I may be wrong, but the last hurrah for poetry might have been during the 70's or mid 80's. Sure you have spoken word events, but those focus on something else besides the poetry.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">Then there is the issue of who are you? Do you hang out in poetry circles online or in the physical world? Do you attend readings where you can mention your book or books? When you're selling poetry, you need to have an audience to bring with you. Much like a hairstylist might be expected to bring clients to a new shop.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">There is also the matter of taste. Some people are more into form and all of the formal constructs of a poem. Some don't like "messagy" poems. Some people don't like rhyming poetry.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">And now your pricing...I might pay $6.99 for a book from a poet I know something about...Amiri Baraka, Billy Collins, Rita Dove maybe, or Allen Ginsberg. If I go to a reading and if the poet "wowed" me I might buy their book.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe lower your price for the ebook and save that higher price for a paperback edition.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-size: large;">If you're a poet or poetry lover, share your thoughts.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/138061">Americana</a> (free) The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Last-Supper-Charles-Harvey-ebook/dp/B008PVAPAQ/ref=sr_1_9?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1386200524&sr=1-9&keywords=The+last+supper">Last Supper</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bark-Too-Charles-Harvey-ebook/dp/B00EYIBOMW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1386200466&sr=1-1&keywords=Bark+Too">Bark Too</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-Dogs-Bark-Charles-Harvey/dp/146116821X/ref=la_B004FLXJR6_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386200372&sr=1-6">When Dogs Bark 2</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-67236779498093038022013-11-17T09:38:00.002-08:002013-11-17T09:38:38.576-08:00To Be or Not to Write-That is the Question<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PxD7GdSUB2k/Uoj-9iX1xqI/AAAAAAAAAck/LlROC4ACCLQ/s1600/shakespeare.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PxD7GdSUB2k/Uoj-9iX1xqI/AAAAAAAAAck/LlROC4ACCLQ/s1600/shakespeare.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />This post's title is a parody of Shakespeare's famous "To be or not to be" line. What brought it to mind was a question on whether one should write what they feel or write what sells. My answer is below.<br /><br /><br />I'm not sure of the answer. If you write what's close to your heart and the stories you really want to write, you better have a way to reach like-minded readers. If you're a literary kind of writer or poet, you should hang out in those circles online. Otherwise your book will sink like a lead balloon. Whatever you write, have a nice cover. But even then I don't know. This medium doesn't support great writing that might be kind of quirky and off the beaten path. If it's free, you'll get one-star reviews generally along the lines of "huh?"<br />A few weeks ago I was looking at all of the hundreds of reviews averaging 4.5 of a certain genre. I got angry and decided to do a parody story. Turns out it's so much like the genre in question, I decided to do a few more during NANOWRIMO. I'll publish them under a pen name of course.<br />In a way, writing is kind of like acting on paper. It's true, that you have some actors who will only do classical works of Shakespeare. While others can take on any type of Broadway and off-Broadway role. So for writing, it all depends on the voices in your head. If you do step out of your normal box, use a pen name if your story is of a different gender or ethnic group than your own. What do you think?<br /><br />Find the Author on <a href="http://www.dream2.org/CharlesHarvey/">Website</a>, <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/weswriting">Smashwords</a>, and <a href="http://bit.ly/H9RPW1">iTunes</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-43830416868722586622013-11-03T06:59:00.001-08:002013-11-03T19:40:15.248-08:00ARETHA FRANKLIN & TOM JONES - SEE SAW - TV SHOW - 1971<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jf8b3_rYGt8/UnZkzDCdEII/AAAAAAAAAcM/cT7Ux8eHJV8/s1600/seesaw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jf8b3_rYGt8/UnZkzDCdEII/AAAAAAAAAcM/cT7Ux8eHJV8/s320/seesaw.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Book publishing is like a seesaw. Your book goes up, down, and all around.<br />Your love is like a seesaw, baby. I said your book is like a seesaw, baby....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icMVm9rM0I">Seesaw</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/charles-harvey/id327575750?mt=11&albumPage=1#albumPage">iTunes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dream2.org/CharlesHarvey/">Website</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/weswriting">Smashwords</a><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-39778858544550721792013-11-02T02:57:00.003-07:002013-11-02T02:57:45.905-07:00To Free or Not to Free...That is the questionA character in one of my novels, said she was taking the "free" sign off of a certain place of her body. I'm inclined to agree with her. Bye bye free.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-57231083156849096912013-11-02T02:51:00.000-07:002013-11-02T02:51:31.357-07:00The Self Publishing Casino<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AsRKQH7gvg8/UnTKnIe4zLI/AAAAAAAAAb8/SQb5ef_RZAM/s1600/casino.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AsRKQH7gvg8/UnTKnIe4zLI/AAAAAAAAAb8/SQb5ef_RZAM/s1600/casino.jpeg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Writing has become much like gambling these days. Who are the gamblers? Those individuals slogging in the world of self publishing. In the days before Kindles and Nooks, publishers were the gamblers and risk takers. An author spent their time, but very little money doing what they loved. When the manuscript was completed, he shopped it around until it found someone who loved it. Those were the good ol' days. The casino was small and a very private affair that included Agents, a few handful of Publishers, and of course perhaps a thousand big name authors. Oh yeah, and Bookstores.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now self publishing has invited everyone into the casino. We're all authors now and potential marks for the system that the eReader has spawned. Thousands go into the casino, lured by the news that Joe Block self-published their book at 99 cents and became a millionaire. What lures folks to Vegas or the many copycat versions of Vegas? The pictures lining the walls in Casinos of folks holding those million dollar checks. Wow that could be me.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now whether planned or not, the beginning of Kindle was the beginning of the huge publishing gambling empire. All were invited in. The more who came through the door, the more devices got sold. Of course the big time operators of the publishing casino don't charge you to play. No casino does that. But you and thousands of you are invited to bring your books and leave them on the counter. At the very least, you're going to buy one and of course your dear old mom too. If you have a decent sized social circle, you can convince five of them to buy also. In the meantime, while they're checking out your book, they're seeing many more by authors whose names they know. So basically, you're good advertising.</div><div><br /></div><div>Author sitting at the kitchen table, also heard through the grapevine that Cindy Sue got mega rich by giving some books away. So you scream for the same privilege. Now big time Casino doesn't even have to pay you if you "win" with all of those thousands of downloads. And they've got more content they can attach advertisement to. And folks are going to pay for those books "also bought" below your book priced at "$0.00". </div><div><br /></div><div>So far all you've spent is time chasing your dream. But then you realize the formula isn't working for you. What could be wrong? Someone hears your plea and writes a how-to book. Thousands buy seeking to crack the code. Well the answer is ... more how-to books, more book cover/graphic artists types, more "editorial" services, more formatting and proofreading services, and more folks selling advice. Oh yeah, twitter, and facebook get a lot more traffic. So they scheme to limit your reach, but will charge you for reaching all of those people whom you've convinced on your own to follow you. Money money money.</div><div><br /></div><div>So now the advice is to gamble more--well write more. Just like that slot machine, if you run a thousand dollars through it, it's bound to pay back a million some day. It just has to. Well let's keep trying and see. I like to play slots and I love to write. It's all the same to me. But I'm not going to pay for the privilege to do either.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-71201536183996258902013-10-30T10:57:00.000-07:002013-10-30T10:57:01.475-07:00Lust in the Mosque<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W8oBuZ9-0cw/UnFGQs5seVI/AAAAAAAAAbs/eaz15wcuqAg/s1600/NewMinQ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W8oBuZ9-0cw/UnFGQs5seVI/AAAAAAAAAbs/eaz15wcuqAg/s320/NewMinQ.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><b>Secrets, lies, and lust. Sister Gloria's mind was everywhere and on everything, but the message.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Little brown Sister Gloria trembled and rocked, awed by the virile velocity of Minister Q as he sprayed his words like machine gun fire over the assembly. Minister Q, the "Apostle" of the "New Nation," a spin-off from the old Nation of Islam, had a "Message for America" this morning. His epistles burst from the bulging veins in his neck and shot from his tongue like bullets of venom. His congregation craned their necks forward to catch every drop. But no one was more thirsty than Sister Gloria.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sister Gloria absorbed every drop of sweat that trickled from Minster Q's forehead, every drop soaking his white shirt and exposing the dark muscles of his chest. Sister Gloria watched the sweat soak the waistline of Minister Q's black trousers. 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I was reading in the paper one day that Texas was getting rid of their newest electric chair. Actually they had stopped using both of them a long time ago when they started giving folks the needle. But they kept the old one “Old Sparky” to go into the prison museum. It had executed the most men. They didn’t want the newer one. The governor at that time wanted to sell a bunch of stuff to help the state budget. That chair was thrown in the mix along with five hundred thousand jars of government peanut butter and a truckload of canned peaches. I had closed the paper up after reading about that electric chair and went to sleep. But the lord woke me up a few minutes later and told me to buy that chair. I said, “What Lord? Buy the electric chair?” He said yes for me to buy it and put it in the center of my church. Well the next day, I borrowed my husband’s truck while he was sleep and drove over to Huntsville Texas where they was selling the chair. It was sitting in a warehouse surrounded by cases labeled Peaches and stacks of peanut butter. Plus there was a lot of odds and ends which only a man might know the meaning of. Folks looked at me strange when I said I wanted to buy the electric chair instead of some peaches. I guess they had assumed I was in the pie business. But I told them I was in the preaching business and the Lord told me to buy that chair. Well they loaded it up in the back of my truck, hogtied it real good, and I paid them one-hundred nineteen dollars and forty-seven cents in cash. They threw in two cases of peaches anyway.</b><o:p></o:p></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-6242438844435771272013-08-05T11:42:00.000-07:002013-10-30T10:26:47.209-07:00Odd Voices in Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sX9MhwemHbQ/UnE_r-xv5iI/AAAAAAAAAbc/rOP-pm8UWMA/s1600/NewOddEbook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sX9MhwemHbQ/UnE_r-xv5iI/AAAAAAAAAbc/rOP-pm8UWMA/s320/NewOddEbook.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">An Excerpt from the Collection of stories, Odd Voices...in Love</span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When I stepped back into the bedroom, Barbara was lying across the bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had stopped sobbing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She looked at me with curious kitten eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I turned the radio off, got down on the floor, and did a few pushups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I grunted loud and made sex motions as I raised my body off the floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stood in the mirror and flexed my muscles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My chest glistened with Brut and sweat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The towel dropped around my ankles.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Axel, I love you,” Barbara said as she raised herself off the bed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Shut up!” I snapped.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Axel, please.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barbara came toward me.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I picked up the phone and dialed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>96</o:Words> <o:Characters>553</o:Characters> <o:Company>WES</o:Company> 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mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Calibri;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">“Thelma baby, what’s shaking? 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You a</span><!--EndFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>At your Favorite Retailer</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EKS4J14/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=dreamer2u-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B00EKS4J14&adid=07D5VH409QGACEYNX960&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fdreamer2u.blogspot.com%2F">Amazon.com Odd Voices</a></b></span><br /><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/odd-voices...in-love/id688638153?mt=11">iBooks/iTunes</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-66083060896674416852013-07-20T14:48:00.000-07:002013-07-20T14:48:06.437-07:00How Not to Attract Readers--Round 2This may not be too bad. It started off okay. Although I'm not sure if conversation/dialog is the way to start. But then that searing skin sort of made me go ouch!<br />As my previous post stated:<br /><br /><b>I'm starting to collect and share screenshots of poor writing examples. These are not meant to embarrass anyone. But I hope they become a catalyst for me and others to improve our writing as we seek to entice readers to support us. All of the screenshots are from the "Look Inside" on Amazon.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Please feel free to comment with writing and editing tips</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bmk87vw7nDI/UesDq6U2rVI/AAAAAAAAAXw/sdEJcXEINf4/s1600/How+not+to.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bmk87vw7nDI/UesDq6U2rVI/AAAAAAAAAXw/sdEJcXEINf4/s400/How+not+to.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Author's Amazon Page</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">http://amzn.to/AnGa42</div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676906923077641857.post-90968252716904390012013-06-21T21:10:00.001-07:002013-08-03T11:24:17.179-07:00Free Stories and Books Weekend on Amazon<b><span style="font-size: large;">Hello all Fans and new readers. This weekend is the weekend for FREEBIES! The offers end Sunday night at midnight. Check Them Out. Stories and poetry with an edge.</span></b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><h2><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Please go to my <a href="http://amzn.to/AnGa42">Amazon Author's Page</a> and look for items that have the price set at $0.00. Pick and choose. Thanks!</span></b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X5MaVbu3X-0/Ufq1aI769UI/AAAAAAAAAYE/CqI4IS3dhQg/s1600/AstroworldbookShortLogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X5MaVbu3X-0/Ufq1aI769UI/AAAAAAAAAYE/CqI4IS3dhQg/s320/AstroworldbookShortLogo.jpg" width="224" /></a></div> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DFU5HGY">Short Story Version</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qRJyO14EOL0/Ufq1pgn-dUI/AAAAAAAAAYM/FxDX1ahMtGo/s1600/lastsupperbook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qRJyO14EOL0/Ufq1pgn-dUI/AAAAAAAAAYM/FxDX1ahMtGo/s320/lastsupperbook.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u_WhBS6ZDwM/Ufq12kyNupI/AAAAAAAAAYU/b7V4oXINAd8/s1600/Newburger3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u_WhBS6ZDwM/Ufq12kyNupI/AAAAAAAAAYU/b7V4oXINAd8/s320/Newburger3.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Avt7W8kt-tc/Ufq2ZUrhzaI/AAAAAAAAAYc/YmbJZ5Vc5aA/s1600/newdogbarkcover-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Avt7W8kt-tc/Ufq2ZUrhzaI/AAAAAAAAAYc/YmbJZ5Vc5aA/s320/newdogbarkcover-2.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OaRZFeYM8C8/Ufq2gGqAeSI/AAAAAAAAAYk/oeuDKp9sjCA/s1600/astroworldnewbook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OaRZFeYM8C8/Ufq2gGqAeSI/AAAAAAAAAYk/oeuDKp9sjCA/s320/astroworldnewbook.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><b>New! The journey begins with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E712CI6">The Road to Astroworld</a>. Exclusively at <a href="http://amazon./">Amazon.</a></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The Road to Astroworld is a treacherous one for Promise Goodday. She was tired of going to funerals. She wants to run away and join her class on a Saturday field trip to the Astroworld amusement park. However it’s the day of her brother’s funeral. Pete Chesterfield the bus driver and a serial rapist has something else on his mind this morning.</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /><span style="background: white;">Years later while in a mental institution for murdering her child, Promise recounts that meeting in a series of sometimes blistering, funny and poignant letters to her friend LaKeisha Ann. 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Promise is trying to figure out how she will go to the Astroworld amusement park. Her uncles shuck and jive on the porch as they talk about everything from politics to the Serial rapist/killer known as Leaky Eye. Promise sees the bus that will take her on her journey. 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class="MsoNormal"><b>Pete had driven for miles in the same circle. His eyes burned like fire. He hadn’t slept. The cops were after him. He was like a rat in a maze. He needed to steal a car. He needed to eat. He needed to shit. But first he needed to ditch this piece of shit car. Stealing license plates was only going to take him so far. The radio kept spitting out the make and model and color of his car. 1976 Lincoln Continental Dark blue. License Plate number FGH 775. Right car wrong plates. It was an old Lincoln—a hand me down from his family’s Mortuary business which his Brother was running. It’s blue-black shell blended into the night. However, the morning sun was going to rise soon. A rat needed a place to lay low in daylight hours. Pete avoided lighted avenues and boulevards and drove down dark rutted roads. He wasn’t sure where he was going. Where could a hunted man go, he wondered? He saw scenes from the TV show Wild Kingdom and Pete imagined himself as an ape running with the hot gaping jaws of lions right behind him. He laughed at the thought of the ape’s blue and red ass. For a moment he had the crazy notion to paint his ass and run down the street naked. A helicopter buzzed over Pete’s car. Sweat dotted his forehead. He was a hunted man and delirious with fear. He peeped through his windshield like a man peering through a dirty pool of water. The helicopter buzzed away. Pete sighed. He pushed a button and the radio lit up. The news announced that the Leaky Eye had been identified as a forty-four year old Metro bus driver named Pete Chesterfield suspected in dozens of attacks on women. Button after button spat his name or something about his crime. He had attacked a little girl on his bus. He killed a young cheerleader in his home. He may be armed and is considered dangerous. Armed with what Pete wondered--a tire iron in the trunk? <o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>A peculiar chill ran down his spine as he heard his name called over and over. “I’m famous,” he said to himself before red flashing lights ahead made him veer right down a dark street. He stopped and looked at the radio as it chattered about him, cut away to a song, and in a sultry voice extolled the pleasures of drinking Malt Liquor. He hit another button and there was another announcer speaking Spanish and through the chatter his name “Pete Chesterfield” oozed over the airwaves as if the announcer was singing it. Pete started his car as mournful Spanish guitars strummed. Up ahead a little whitish dog was in the street. Pete hated dogs. Even being a hunted man didn’t mute his rage of seeing a stray dog and wanting to kill it. Pete gunned the motor of his car. There was a terrible yelping and then a scream. Pete stopped and got out. He walked back and looked at the tangle of white fur and blood lying in the street. It reminded him of a body his Uncle had wrenched from a wrecked car. The body soot colored, had only part of a nose on what was left of its face and its brains seeped through a head of nappy hair.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>“Look at it, boy. Death is an ugly son of a bitch,”</i> his Uncle had hollered.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>“Look at death,” Pete said looking down at the mess of animal. He didn’t notice her at first but a soft whimper caught his ear. He looked up and a white woman with short blond hair was crying on the sidewalk. An empty leash hung by her side. The chain twinkled under the moonlight. Her yellow housecoat bunched around her neck. Her knees stuck out like small yellowish potatoes. Pete’s eye itched and he stepped toward the woman working his mouth as if he was an actor in a silent movie. She stared at Pete. Her eyes sparkled with fear and rage. They looked like blue sapphires. She stood perfectly still as if she had been turned to a statue. Far off a siren wailed. The heat from the woman’s body warmed Pete’s face. The siren grew louder.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>“You lucky bitch,” Pete said as he turned and trotted to his car. “You know I’m famous don’t you?” Pete shouted back at her as he slammed his door.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Pete found himself easing past a patch of weeds near the Bus Barn. He killed his headlights. From the distance he spied some of his fellow bus Drivers standing under bright fluorescent lights. In their whites shirts and black pants, the resembled large moths. Empty buses stood like large patient animals waiting to be told what to do. One bus was parked away from the others. It stood alone as if being punished. Plastic yellow tape draped across the bus’ front door as if it had won a prize ribbon. Pete knew it was police tape. He saw police cars parked next to the big opened door of the depot. He knew they had scoured the bus for evidence. He drove on past. All of the roads he took were dark and unfamiliar. His car’s lights dimmed as he drove. The motor in the old Lincoln was giving out. In a moment, the motor sputtered and the car stopped. He turned the key. The car lurched a couple of feet before it finally died. Pete looked at the dash. The temperature needle rose high above the H mark.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>“End of the road, nigger,” Pete said to himself. He got out of the car and found himself walking in a ditch. Steel girders rose in the distance and some swayed. Pete wondered if he was near the docks. If he was, he could slip onto a boat that was sailing to Jamaica or better yet, Africa. He stilled his breathing and listened for water lapping and ship horns. All he heard was silence interrupted by a frog croaking. He crouched low in a ditch. It felt like he was in a grave. He got down on all fours and crawled away from his car. He crawled toward the steel girders. His hands and knees sunk in gooey mud. His eyes blazed with heat and he could barely see. He thought of the story of Christ healing the blind man by making a mud paste and rubbing it all over his eyes. Would cool sticky mud heal his eyes? And would that balm heal his heart? Pete grabbed fistfuls of mud and smacked his eyes. The mud was cool. He sat still and the cool mud seemed to help. He found a puddle of muddy water and washed his eyes. The stinging and burning was gone. He blinked three times at the moon.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b> He leaned back into the soft earth. The road rose high in front of him. Pete sat for a long time. He wondered if there was some switch somewhere in the world that could turn off daylight and allow him to lie in the ditch forever—lie in the cool earth with his new eyes. He took off his clothes and rolled himself in the soft dirt. Anyone passing would have mistaken him for a bear rolling and scratching his back. A siren wailed off in the distance. He sighed, closed his eyes, and then opened them. When he opened the sky was purple as if dawn was about to break. He caught sight of the top of a huge silver and blue wheel across the road. Seats were suspended from the wheel. Pete looked at the Ferris wheel. It occurred to him that he had never ridden a Ferris wheel. No one had ever taken him to a circus or a carnival. As he was thinking this, he heard car doors slam far away. He peeped up out of the ditch and saw a swarm of policemen around his car. Their lights shined through his car. It glowed like the hollow carcass of a beast. Soon those lights would be shining all over his nakedness—soaking into his back, his thighs, and deep into his eyes heating up the deep pools of water that ran from them. Pete scooped out a large hole with his hands and buried his white shirt. He spied a culvert pipe that ran under the road from the ditch to the carnival graveyard on the other side. Pete put back on his pants and crept through the pipe. When he climbed out of the hole, he was on the grounds of the abandoned park. A Ferris wheel rose above him. Parts of it had fallen off and its steel girders littered the ground like bones. What was left looked like a half-moon on a stick.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>He cocked his head and listened to hounds baying. He reached up and caught hold of an iron bar. He pulled himself up, and his feet found their way from girder to girder. A few seats were still left on the wheel. Pete settled in the highest seat beyond the reach of spotlights. From his perch he could see the lights from the police cars flashing red and blue. A pack of dogs strained at a chain as they sniffed around his car. He saw them licking the front bumper and a man jerk them away. Someone bent toward the car with a flashlight. Pete guessed the dog had found the blood of the mongrel he had run over. A helicopter hovered over the policemen’s heads. Its searchlight blazed a washtub-sized light toward the ditch. Soon the men were following the dog’s noses. Pete knew that in a matter of time the dogs would be clawing at his shirt. He stood and tested the beams that held the gondola. A fat one would need too much of the belt. One too small and weak might snap and send him tumbling onto the sharp rusty spikes below. He looked up and saw what looked like the end of an alligator’s tail. He reached up and grabbed the pipe. It was ridged with tiny spikes. The end of it was bolted to a larger beam with four screws with heads the size of a big toe. Pete took off his belt. In the distance he saw the cops waving something that looked like a white fag. They had found his shirt. The dogs had a fresh scent. The helicopter buzzed louder. The light’s beam danced over the abandoned rollercoaster tracks turning them into gold and brass bars like coffin handles. He knew it was only a matter of minutes before the light found him stuck amongst the beams like an insect. He took off his belt. Attached to the belt was the silver hole-punch used for punching the destinations on transfer tickets. He shoved it in his pocket. The belt was new and the scent of fresh leather hit his nostrils. It would hold tight and not snap. Pete sniffed at it for a moment before he looped the buckle end around his neck. He tied the other end around the beam. Because the belt was new he struggled with the knot. When it was secured, he looked down at his feet. He hadn’t paid any attention to the seat, but now he saw how wide it was. He jumped and leaped forward, but could not get his heels past the edge of the seat. He felt the heat of the lamp sweep across his face. Again he jumped and bucked. He raised one foot off the seat and then the other like a puppet dancing. He jumped with both feet in the air, but could not hold himself suspended. His feet thundered onto the metal chair. Suddenly his face burned hot. The light was unyielding and did not move as he turned his face left and right. They had found him. Hoots and shouts echoed from the helicopter’s crackling radio. He looked down. Red and blue lights swept over the amusement park. A voice called from the helicopter for him to raise his hands. Pete jumped again for the edge of the grate. The helicopter hovered close. The wind whipped his face and his trousers. Soon there were voices below and dogs baying at the bottom of the Ferris wheel. Flashlights below him flickered like candles.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>“Sir, put your hands in the air!” The voice was nasally and sharp from the Helicopter. Sweat drenched his face. It burned his eyes. He absently reached in his pocket as if it was a summer day and he was searching for a tissue to wipe his brow. He caressed the metal punch. He pulled it out and aimed it like a gun. The voice shouted into a radio and the helicopter jumped away. In the dim light Pete saw the officers below scurrying behind whatever they could use for cover. Voices shouted through bullhorns for him to drop his weapon. He aimed the punch below. The next sound he heard was a loud ping next to his ear. Then a blast of fire tore into his throat. Pete gasped for air. Fiery knives pierced his body. He felt himself lurch forward. He stopped midway on buckled knees. The punch fell out of his hand. For a moment he thought it was music as it hit the metal bars below on its way to the ground. By the time the cops had shimmied up the grates and catwalks and shined their lights on him, his neck was stretched like a chicken’s. A grayish thick matter from his bulging eyes ran down his face and his pants had fallen around his knees.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Read other samples on this blog for The Road to Astroworld.<br /><a href="http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com/2013/03/promises-letters-from-road-to-astroworld.html">Promise's Letters</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuwFwEe_1WU&feature=youtu.be">Video Trailer</a><br />The Road to Astroworld - A short story on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DFU5HGY">Amazon</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://bit.ly/Jap3ei"><b>Author's Website </b><b>Link</b></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><!--EndFragment--><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://dreamer2u.blogspot.com</div>Charles Harveyhttps://plus.google.com/118265548352790477539noreply@blogger.com0