Promo and stuff.

Hey guys!,

For anyone out there who reads my blog, or has read it in the past, you know that it is basically like a journal. I write what I feel, what's going on and if I have any book related information to report. I try to keep my blog light and no stress so I don't write about religion or politics or anything like that.

So keeping in the light and no stress vein I just want to let you all know a few quick things.

1. My next story will be out by no later than June. I've not thought up a title for it yet. Usually I know what I'm going to call a story but sometimes the story tells me. By that I mean, the title I originally give it may not fit with the story at the end so I give it a new title.

Like Mended: Unbroken was orginally Mended: Unbreakable. But when I finished writing it (the first time) that title didn't really fit with the story. Kassie was breakable but she was never completely broken. So I changed the title a smidge.

2. I have a promo going on Kindle US and Kindle UK. Mended: Unbroken is $1.99 until Sunday here and ends on Tuesday, I believe, in the UK. But as you know, if you have Kindle Unlimited it's free to download.

Also, For Always is being promoted as well. After, I'm pricing it at 2.99. As I said, I like for people to be able to afford my books so I won't put a book in a high price range unless its a compilation of stories or a ton of pages.

3. Lastly, if you've read Mended: Unbroken and you have a little time, please post a review. Honestly, I use them not only in updates of my stories but also in stories I'm currently writing. That way I know what's cool and what isn't.

For example, in one of my stories a character says 'Oh my f***ing  God.' A few of my readers didn't really like that so I changed it. So every little bit helps believe it or not. I can steer clear of the things people don't like or find offensive and try to perfect the things that people like. So if you have the time please drop a review.


Well, I think that's all I wanted to say. I'm off for cookies and coffee. Hanging out with my mom always ends with cookies. Even now and I'm 34!

See ya around guys ♡♡!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01H23KYOE

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9G243W

New year, new fun!!!!!

Hey guys!!!!,
I am back!! Things have been insane over the year and change since my last post. Let's just say, you win some, you lose some.

I LEFT QUEENS!!!! I know right! Who would have ever figured I would leave Queens. I live in Maryland now, near the inner harbor and it's nice but it ain't home. I miss NYC so much but sometimes you just need a new start. To shake off the bad things and try for good ones.

I am thisclose to finishing my bachelor's degree in IT. I can not wait!!!!!! I've loved computers since the day I turned on my first Apple back in 2nd grade, when they still had floppy disks and not those cool colorful ones. I mean the black ones with the circle in the middle. (Yes I aged myself, it was 1989.) I'm so close to done after taking off time, I can just taste graduation.

Over the year and few months since my last post, I've written 3 books.

A New Love;
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0184HLXYW

For Always;
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01H23KYOE

Mended: Unbroken; 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9G243W

As you know ALL of my books are priced low. I won't ever go higher that 5.99 on an ebook unless it's a compilation of stories like the supernatural book I'm writing. It's going to be 3 stories that are supernatural romances. I'll probably have that out by the beginning of 2018, God willing. But I like having my books at a price that everyone can afford. Kindle Unlimited doesn't allow writers to go lower than 2.99 so that's where my books are priced.

I also have For Always in paperback. But I'm a little cringey on that one. The price is huge, 9.99, and I never wanted to charge that much on a book. I tried to put it at 6.99 but according to the calculator on Kindle I would have ended up owing money (about 3 cents per book) which is stupid business wise. If I do Mended: Unbroken in paperback, I may have to split it in two in order to keep the price down. It's 400 pages, that's like 15 dollars to publish and I won't do that if I can help it.

To top off this post, 70 pounds down!!!!! I think I've mentioned my struggle with hypothyroidism. Well, for a long time I had no clue I had it but my weight would rise and rise no matter how much I worked out. Yoga, walking, salsa dancing, spin classes, starving myself (well kinda, 2 weeks of nothing but bean soups and salads every day) boot camps; it didn't matter, I kept gaining. I went to the doctor and she was like, let me give you a test. My numbers were bad and she started me on synthyroid like right away. It was like I started feeling so much better by the next day. Then a few months later they found nodules on my thyroid so I have to keep an eye on them and make sure nothing cancerous grows.

So two years (and 70 pounds!!) later, I'm in a great place. It's like I'm recharged and super energized. I don't think I've been this hyper since I was a sprout.

I'm just ready to see what this next year brings and will try to post a few times over the year, maybe not every day or week but a few times over the year to let you guys know what's what.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Enjoy your day and stay warm!
See ya around ♡♡!

Mary Beth

Hey!,
I know it's been a LOOOOONNNNNGGGGG time since I've written in you but I've been super busy. I'm trying to get back to school to finish my degree. I literally have like nine classes left and I'll have my bachelor degree in MIS. I'm super excited and can't wait for my graduation day! So many of my friends didn't go to their college graduations but I will for sure.

As of April 3rd The Ghost of Mary Beth is officially on Amazon. I had it on Smashwords but I wanted it to have broader exposure. My stories always go on Smashwords.com first, that's kind of my test ground. If my story does well on Smashwords then I put it on Amazon later on. I hope Mary Beth does as well as Mended did. I was shocked that Mended was so well received.

Here's the link to Mary Beth. Check it out:
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Mary-Beth-Kimberly-Clayborne-ebook/dp/B00VO5ZCEE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1428423337&sr=1-1

I'm thinking of doing a follow up to Mended but I haven't decided yet. I think it may be a little shorter. Someone told me it's like four thousand plus pages on certain devices, I don't want people to get turned off that the story is too long. I also have a collection of stories coming out. I'm not sure what the title will be but hopefully I'll have it out on Smashwords.com in June sometime.

I'm going to sign off for now. I have my nieces and nephews visiting and I know I'm going to be super busy for the rest of the day.
I'll write again soon!,
Kimmy.

Happy Gobble Day!!!

I hope your Thanksgiving so far has been awesome. Mine was great. Honestly, for my family, the entire day is cooking, talking, laughing about old things that happened when we were kids and eating. My mom is a great cook but this year she was exceptional, and right now I'm about to open the button on my pants, and lay out in the floor like a slug because I am stuffed!

But before I go I just really want to say, THANK YOU SO SO MUCH FOR MAKING MENDED A SUCCESS!!!! This has been the most rewarding month of my life and I owe it all to my readers, new and old, who loved Mended. Thank you for all of the amazing reviews and even the bad reviews are helpful because I take them as a challenge to write a better story. I must say I absolutely love the reviews that tell me what my readers like and what they didn't like they are incredibly helpful. I do read all of my reviews so PLEASE keep writing review that are explanatory! You have no clue how much they help.

Well I am off to find a place to lay out and possibly take a nap.

Gobble, gobble, gobble!

Amazing!!! (In my Oprah sing-song voice)

I've had the BEST two weeks of my life!!!!! Ok anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE Halloween, it's my favorite holiday, and this Halloween was a lot of fun. I'd released Mended on Smashwords.com and it did ok in the first week that it was up there but not too great. I got more sample downloads than actually purchases, which was disappointing because I think this is one of my most favorite books and I enjoyed writing it so much.

When I was writing Mended and scouting out public domain websites, looking for a pretty cover for it. I had decided that I was going to finally (and seriously) publish on Amazon. I put Carlie on there last summer but got nervous and took it back down. I mean Smashwords is basically a small and unknown site but Amazon is international and it scared me to think that my story could not be liked. But this time I told myself nothing ventured, nothing gained and I made certain that Mended was well crafted and put it on Amazon. It exploded! I was surprised that so many people liked it and the reviews, oh my God, I was in tears as I read these beautiful reviews. I live in this shell, I'm an introvert, and for me to come out of my shell is a hard thing. I'm a nervous wreck (I can completely admit that), and I'm a self admitted geek, so for people to like something that I do, or did, is a huge deal to me. I've been on cloud 9 all week and am now thinking of putting some of my older stories, like Carlie up on Amazon.

I just love writing and I love telling a story. When I was a little girl my mom would tell us these fantastical stories. My older brother is married with kids and he still talks about his favorite story that she made up, and he's thirty seven. I never met my grandad, he died when she was ten, but mom said he was a storyteller too, so I guess it's in my blood. I just want to go back to college. Once I finish this degree, to take creative writing so that I can craft my stories much better.

Speaking of school, when I started this blog I was actively in school but I took time off of school because frankly I couldn't afford to pay out of pocket anymore. God willing, I am going back for the spring of 2015! But not to Berkeley College. It was four thousand dollars a semester and no this Berkeley isn't California's Berkeley; which if it were, I could stand that four grand price tag a little more. It was just too expensive to pay for on my own. Needless to say, five years of school and 65 grand worth of college loans and no bachelor degree to show for it. So anyone who is reading this, DON'T GO TO BERKELEY COLLEGE IF YOU'RE POOR!!!! I'm not being slanderous I'm just being real. The best thing about it is that I got far enough with my credits that I only had like three terms left to complete. So I got far before I had to take a break.

I have to say though, I'm six months into thirty two and I'm loving this year. I've told you guys that I have hypothyroidism which means I gain weight easily and it is very hard to take it off because my metabolism is basically dead, so I constantly have to monitor myself. Well I've been really working on it because it can make you really sick and I've lost some serious poundage and my numbers have shot up. Not only that but after about five years of debating with myself I've decided to grow out my perm. Now the hair that is growing in is not the hair that I remember. Maybe I just have awful childhood memories of getting burned by the hot comb while squirming, but it's been seven months since I've started growing it out and this is not my hair, at least not what I remember. There are definite waves and curls and it's soft! I'm excited to see what happens with it.

The only thing missing from this so far great year is a new love, not that I'm searching but the year isn't over and I still have eight more years of my thirties left, a lot can happen. I'm a firm believer in the idea of not searching out love (or trouble for that much, which one can seem like the other sometimes). When I meet him, I'll meet him. I'm not going to jump the gun and end up with another jerk. So sorry mom for still not giving you more grand-brats (as we call them in my family) but someday you'll get them.

Well let me get back to work. I'm completely rewriting The Ghost of Mary Beth. I want to add more of a scare to it and less of the love story. Maybe I'll put this one on Amazon when I'm done.

***P.S.
I wanted to add a little note about Mended. I wrote the extended version of Mended first and I loved it but I thought it would be too long and I was nervous that you guys would not like it. So I shortened it and took out like six chapters and changed the ending of the shortened version. So the extended version has chapters 29-34 and the original ending. I put them both up there so that everyone could choose if the wanted a shortened love story or and extended love story. I just hope you love it!!

http://www.amazon.com/Mended-By-Kimberly-M-Clayborne-ebook/dp/B00OY5NWSO/ref=tmm_kin_title_0

http://www.amazon.com/Mended-Kimberly-M-Clayborne-ebook/dp/B00OY5O1CU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1415479825&sr=1-1    ***

Enjoy your Saturday, it's a beaut!

Hello!

Hi!
I didn't forget about you, I don't think I can. You're always in my thoughts someway but like with most people and their journals entries, things get in the way.

Well it's been literally months and a ton has happened. No new love, unfortunately, but other things. Mostly writing stuff.

So as with every summer for the past ten years, my niece and nephew spent the summer with me. We had tons of fun and I tried to do something new with them as often as possible whether it was the beach, hanging out in the city, or getting on the ferry. It was nice to see them and sad all in the same breath. They're not little ones anymore, they're almost adults and it reminds you of how quickly time fly's. My niece is a junior in high school now and she's talking about going away to college. My nephew will be starting high school next year and he's already talking about how he can't wait to graduate junior high and be a high school kid. I'm so amazed by how time just zooms by.

They left the second week of August and this time, for the first time since their first visit ten years ago, I cried. Not ashamed to admit that auntie is a crybaby. Hopefully, when I have kids, I won't be one of those mom's who cry off of everything their kid does. I think I will be though. Have mercy!

At the end of August I decided to take off a little extra time from school. Yeah I'm not getting younger but I'm starting to think of changing my path. Mom's getting older and she may need a nurse some day or at least someone who knows what's going on so I'm thinking of becoming a nurse. I can't stand blood though and other fluids, forget about it. Someone will puke and I'd be puking right along with them. Selfishly, I'm nervous about this. At least with Information Tech I can get off of work, sleep and write but if I'm a nurse I'd barely have time to breath. As I said, selfishly. I'll figure it out.

Anyway, to back track, I released 'The Ghost of Mary Beth' on Smashwords.com in July and it was so well received that I'm seriously thinking putting it on Amazon too. I don't know, I still get incredibly nervous when I release a new story. There's always that what if. What if people just hate it, I'd be crushed. But then again with the good comes the bad and I have no choice but to wait and see what people think.

I have another story called 'Mended' that I'll be releasing on Smashwords on October 24th. I love this story. I love a lot of my stories but this one is different. The heroine was so much fun to write but my favorite character in the whole entire book believe it or not was the dog. It's crazy but I loved him. He reminded me of my own crazy dog (RIP Cricket!). I'm just putting some finishing touched on 'Mended' before it's release date and I'm nervously excited.

So, all and all, things have been good. There's been a little bit of change but not so much where life became unrecognizable in some way. If it's another two or three months until my next entry I hope I have some great and juicy things to share. If not juicy I'll always have a bit of good news.

Well I'm going to sign off now. It's a little chilly and late to head out so I'll just say enjoy your night!

Until next time!

Hello!!!!

HI GUYS!!!!

I am so sorry it took me so long to write but I've been in crazy editing mode. It helps having my sister help me edit though. Now I'm editing what she edited which is a little crazy I know but I like to make sure my books are what my readers want to read. 

So I completely changed The Bloody Woman. I gave it a new title, a new cover and changed a ton of the scenes. It's flowing a lot better now and I can't wait to publish it. But while I'm doing this, I'm also editing Runaway, Her Protector, Succulent and like five other stories, so I've been super, super busy.

Then the other day I found an old box of floppy disks that have tons of my old stories on them. I had to use my old laptop to check them out. There were stories on there that dated back to when I was in high school so it was a real time trip for me. I think I'm going to chuck most of the stories but I found an R.L. Stine-esque story, that wrote when I was a junior, that I want to rewrite and publish. I think I have to slow down though. I have so many stories bouncing around in my head that I have incomplete stories written down everywhere. I can't wait to finish them though and start a new crop. 

So just keep an eye out for The Ghost Of Mary Beth which is the new name of The Bloody Woman. I'll be publishing it very, very soon. I also hope to have Runaway and Succulent(which will be free) out soon and the Alexia Barrett Mystery Series out soon as well.

Anyway, I'm going to enjoy a day out. It's sunny and warm and I'm going to take a stroll. This morning when I was doing my three miles in the park near my house, I saw that the frogs where out now and it was like a plague of them. I mean there were so many that this lady literally ran out of the park and into the street. They are so tiny, I know I stepped on a few. I've always loved them though. When I was a little girl I'd catch the really big ones and bring them home for my mom to see and she would freak out, which gave my dad a real chuckle. And if I caught a garter snake, forget it. She would ban me from the house for the day. Apparently she has a bad snake, frog and turtle phobia. 

Maybe I'll head into the city instead, I'm already branded a frog killer. Enjoy your day, it's a beaut!! Don't forget your sunscreen. Trust me, you need it today!


With Love, 
Marie

Webpage!

Hi everyone,
I'm going to be quick today, my sister just had an operation so I'm hanging out with her today. I just wanted to let you guys know that I made a webpage after months of trying to decide if I should or shouldn't make a webpage I finally decided to do it. On my webpage I will let you guys know when a book is going to be released and what books are available. So bookmark my page and keep an eye out for my book releases and rereleases.

My page is: http://rockedit82.wix.com/marie-writes. You can even leave a comment.

Enjoy this gorgeous day!!!!!

Runaway, TBW, Mended and others.

Hi guys,
I can't believe March zoomed by so quickly. I'm excited about April, not just because it's my birth month but because I love to watch spring emerge. I've already started to notice buds on the trees and disgusting looking bugs. Seriously I saw one the other day that looked like a hornet mixed with a roach on this fence I was passing, I quickly made my way past it. I don't know what it was but I didn't want it on me. It's crazy though because even though I hate gross looking little bugs, I love being outside. I love the sounds of the birds, the feeling of the sun on my skin and just seeing the sights. I guess it's kind of like how I hate beetles but love ladybugs, which are beetles.

So now I have a new fan of my writing, my big sis (I have four). She didn't even know I was writing because honestly it's just something I told a few friends and family but now she's bought a copy of all of my stories. It was so funny, the first time she read a sex scene in my story she called me and was like are you fucking serious? Is this autobiographical? and I was like maybe/maybe not(which it's so not I can only wish for the future!!). I had to laugh because she went into total overprotective big sister role because I'm the baby sister. I guess it's hard for her to see me grown up and writing grown up things but come on, I'll be thirty two my birthday. Now she calls and she's like you've gotta write part two of this story, and continue this as a series, and this guy was a jackass and this chick was a bitch. She wants to read everything I write before I publish it because she wants to be first, which I love because it helps me and I love that she's such a fan of my writing. She thought I was weird when I was a teenager. I was always writing in a notebook or had my nose stuck in a book somewhere. I had this enormous pile of notebooks full of stories and ideas by my bed when I was a kid and packs of pens stacked up beside them, and I would write for hours on end, I still do. So now I have a club of proofreaders, my mom, a few friends, and two of my older sisters.

Well as you guys have probably noticed, The Bloody Woman and Her Protector are currently unavailable as is Runaway, I'm reediting them. Runaway I had finished but I started rereading it and I didn't like it so I cut like fifty something pages and started over, I'm thinking of shortening it. With Her Protector, I found that I had some paragraphs that made people, and myself, go wait, what happened?, so I'm going over and smoothing out the kinks. Her Protector, by the way, is my sister's favorite story that I've written so far. For some reason she wasn't big on Carlie. She thought that Carlie, the heroine, was too timid. I did the same thing with The Bloody Woman as I did with Runaway. I didn't like all the stuff I put in to flesh out the story so I chucked it all and I'm rebuilding it. So soon, hopefully by June, I'll have all the new and improved stories back up. Oh and I'm still working on Succulent too, which is a book of erotic short stories. I wanted the stories to be a little more spicy so I'm reworking them as well.

Mended is the story I'm publishing on Amazon. It's going to be, in a lot of ways, my debut story on Amazon. I've had an account with Amazon longer than I had one with Smashwords but I chose to publish on Smashwords first. I've finished Mended but I'm editing it right now and making certain that everything flows easily but I'm in love with this story. I love all of the stories I write but for some reason this story really gets to me. I like the tone of it most of all, it just feels so different. I'm trying to publish Mended by the end of the month.

I also have my mystery series that is also waiting to be edited and on top of that I started writing three stories in between reediting my published stories. One story is a fantasy, the other is story about a bounty hunter and the last is a story about a biker. Not to forget the mounds of stories in notebooks on my desk because ideas always pop up in my head. I can't wait to finish writing them and publish them. I'm even thinking of doing a World War One interracial romance. That's still a thought and not yet written down. I have to flesh it out a little in my head.

And my sister pointed something out to me the other day. We were watching television together while I was waiting for her to get ready (as always) and there was this car commercial. In the commercial the guy is with his girlfriend and they're driving; he's getting all his calls played back to him after he has like this really wild night with his friends and during his wild night he got his "man meat" tattooed. Which if you read The Bloody Woman, is the same thing that happens to Caleb, the hero when he was celebrating his last night of freedom before Keya had the baby. My sister was like maybe someone who worked on that commercial read your story and I was like maybe but I doubt it (hint, hint modesty). Nine times out of ten it's a coincidence. I mean that happens a ton right? Not thinking too much of it, it's just a funny scenario for a guy to do that during a crazy night out. Like you have to be pretty wasted to get your junk tattooed, that has to hurt.

Well I'm heading out for my Saturday night. You guys enjoy your night!!!
With love, Marie

Bad Week!!!

Hey guys!!!,
I've had a crap bag of two weeks that started on Valentine's Day. No Valentine this year!!!!! But I'm cool, better luck next year right?  

Monday started off the actual week of terribleness. First I fell in the snow and ruined my pants. If you've seen NYC snow after a day, let alone a month, you know why my Monday was horrible. I felt like I needed to disinfect my entire life after that, I still feel grossed out. Tuesday really wasn't bad, I can't complain honestly and neither was Thursday or Friday. Wednesday was just horrible. I'm a good daughter (I hope) so when mom wrote out a list for the market, I told her I'd go before I left. 

I go to the market for mom and this guy starts talking to me, trying his hardest to strike up a conversation, I tell him I'm not interested because the dude was old enough to be my father. He doesn't take the hint so I ignored him. I don't like being rude to people, it's just not me but sometimes though getting a little New York on people is the way to go, whether you want to or not. 

So I leave the area and go to another part of the market to get mushrooms, low and behold he comes strolling around the corner and tries to strike up the conversation again. I'm starting to really get pissed off by now and I'm like look pal get lost and walk away. I figure he'd get the hint right? Nope! 

I go into the freezer section and here he is, following me again. He's like you're so beautiful, you captivate me every time I see you I can't take my eyes off of you, but by now I'm just really annoyed. I don't say a word I just walk away from him and to the register. 

So I leave the market after I bought my stuff and the moment I walked out of the store he's there offering me a ride. Like I'm going to get in the car with him. He even tried to pull my cart to his car and I tugged it away and kept walking. Like some nerve right? 

So I ignored him and said hello to a cab driver I know. This guy is in front of the market begging me to get in his car and trying to give me his number. I started to get on the bus which was how I got to the market but I didn't want him to try to grab me while I waited, so I took a cab. I noticed this guy was waiting around for me to leave and I told my cabby to keep a eye out for him and he did. This guy followed my cab, my cabby took other streets and tried to lose this guy and he still somehow caught up with us. So we get to my street and my cabby pulls up at a different house, the guy drives up the other block and my cabby is in like total disbelief, so am I. I get out, take my bags out and go into the house. Lucky break I got inside before the stalker could see where I lived. But he drove up and down the street twice trying to see which house I went in to before he left. 

My mother couldn't believe it, I was just disgusted. I mean when a girl says no she means no, not for you to follow her home. Not to toot my own horn or anything but I've had guys tell me I was beautiful before but they were always so respectful. 

Like I went with my mom to a local flea market a few years back and I was helping her pick out these little crystal figurines she likes, we were teasing each other like we always do and joking back and forth. This guy walked up to us, excused his-self and told me I was beautiful, I was flattered and like taken aback. But I thanked him and he walked away, that was it. He didn't follow me, he didn't harass me he said it and that was all.  

Every woman has something they hate about themselves. Me, I feel like I'm too tall and have bucky teeth which they are bucky. I don't mind admitting that at all. But that whole thing made me really angry. Essentially he was stalking me. I told my mom I don't mind going to the market for her but I was going to do it on Saturday mornings from now on, just to avoid possibly bumping in to this guy. Next time I may have to go back to my old ways. There was a time where I didn't mind embarrassing a guy if he couldn't take a hint but as I got older I saw how wrong it was and I stopped doing it. Besides it made me feel bad when I made other people feel bad. 

Anyway, I'm not sure if I wrote it here last time but I've been writing three new stories and rewriting a mystery. My mystery is a female sleuth story that I wrote so long ago and I found it on an old drive. I decided to make it into a series so I can't wait to get that out. I'm just not certain if it'll go to Amazon, Smashwords or Kobo.  All of my books have been released on Smashwords but I've had Amazon and Kobo accounts longer than I've had Smashwords and I never published on any of them. God knows I've got a billion stories rattling around in my head so there's enough to go around.

My other stories are romances. One is about a woman who divorces her movie star husband after she find out he's cheating and moves back to her home state. She falls in love with her neighbor who is totally different from her ex. I'm still panning it all out.

The second one is about a woman who in her youth, dated a criminal. He was a headbanger, he drove a Thunderbird, had a motorcycle and hung out with bikers. The girl in the story came from an extremely wealthy family and her father didn't like the fact that she was seventeen and dating a twenty three year old man. Years later she basically breaks up with the guy because her father threatened to take away her trust fund. But the story speeds ahead seventeen year when the she decided to leave everything behind to go find her ex. She still loves him and along the way she realizes that things in their relationship weren't as perfect as they seemed back then. 

This story is a bit of a nod to my love of 80's and early 90's rock, I grew up listening to Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Ratt, Tesla and all those old bands before I went straight hip-hop in fourth grade then grunge in sixth grade. I LOVE music, you would never believe how many of my friends are shocked by my playlists. On my IPod I have a classical, classic rock, 80's,  Back in Da Day with all my old hip-hop and rap(you know Salt -N- Pepa, Kid N Play, A Tribe Called Quest, Heavy D and the Boyz, Mobb Deep, early Jay-Z, all of the good old stuff), Disco, 90's, 90's Alt. rock, New Jack Swing, Jazz, Jazz Standards, a list called Headbangers Ball(I used to sneak downstairs at night to watch it on MTV when I was a kid), and I even have a Selena list. 

The last story is a time travel tale. I'm still working out the kinks. I'm not sure if I'll have my hero dropped in to this world or a future world or if I'll have him come here in conquest of this world. Either way he's going to fall in love with a tough as nails streetwise woman who tries to save his life and she's going to discover something about herself that she didn't know before. 

I'm so excited to get these stories going. I absolutely love creating stories and I love when my fans love them too. It's so much fun!
Oh and by the way speaking of stories, I know that I've not put Tessa back out yet but first of all I'm changing the name back to Runaway after weeks of debating with myself over the title. And second I'm reediting it so that there are no grammatical errors in the story. I try to make certain my fans are getting what they pay for which is a good story that they feel is worth their money. So bear with me please and I will have it out ASAP. 

I wrote on my twitter that a woman named Marlene wrote me about a book of erotic stories I wrote and she couldn't find it, I will put it out again soon, I'm reediting that also. I may offer it for free since it's been such a long wait. But I'll try to get it out soon as well. 

Well I'm gonna hit the bricks, it really beautiful outside today. I'm going to hang out with big sis today. Yesterday was her birthday and we're having dinner. See ya!

Go out and enjoy the beautiful sunny day!!!! This upcoming week will be icy again.

All the delicious things-Part 2.

Hey guys,
I just wanted to let everyone know that I finished All the Delicious Things-Part 2 and it is now available on Smashwords.com. I was really excited and surprised by the reception story one received and so many people asked for a part two, I just had to write it. Hopefully it lives up to book one. So please feel free to give me as much feedback as possible, if you liked it or thought it didn't live up to book one let me know. You can write me here or tweet me at MarieRockedit31. Yes, I finally got a twitter account. So follow me if you have one too. I'll send out updates when I'm about to publish another story or tweet just when I have something to say.

Not to forget that Tessa's Escape is being republished very, very soon. I'm editing it right now and will hopefully have it out by the middle of next month. I'm trying to figure out if I should switch the title back to the original title, Runaway, or leave it as Tessa's Escape. I'm leaning more toward the original title. I changed it to Tessa's Escape in the first place because after I published it the first time I went to find the page, so I typed in Runaway and found like seven stories with the same title. But Runaway fits so much better than Tessa's Escape because Tessa and Kyle actually are on the run.

Also I've started a story called Mended and I'm so excited about it. It's the first story I've written in a long time that just flows easily and it's so unique. I'm releasing it on Amazon because honestly Amazon was the first site I signed up for but when I found Smashwords I kind of left them in the dust. Mended is like The Bloody Woman and Her Protector in that they were easy to write also, they kind of just flowed. I wrote Her Protector in three months, it was that fluid. Carlie was a little harder because I'm like Carlie in a ton of ways.

The other day I found a few stories in an old notebook that I'm thinking of publishing. One of them was really good, I don't know why I stopped writing it. I have boxes and usb drives full of stories I've written over the years that I'm going through. Some of them are complete and some of them I stopped before finishing. I have to figure out which ones I'm refining and which ones I'm chucking. But I will always update you guys on what I'm planning to do because I like for my fans to be informed of what I'm doing next.

Well I'm going to head out into the elements so I'm going to sign off. It is SOOOOOO cold outside today. I'm not even out there yet but it looks freezing cold. I'll talk to you guys later. Stay warm and safe!!!

BTW,
RIP to Pete Seeger. You were really an inspiration. Like I said on Twitter, if only everyone could share your ideals and message.

Happy New Year!!!

Hey everyone,
I hope you had a peaceful, quiet holiday, I did too. There is something so relaxing about spending time with your family. I had fun just talking and cooking with my mom, sister and niece. It's funny, when you're a kid Christmas is all about the excitement of opening gifts but when you get older that fades. Now it's about family and togetherness, I mean the gifts are still really nice too but I enjoy the company a lot more.

So I basically stayed inside last night shockingly. I was going to go watch the ball drop but it was absolutely icy, I stayed home, ate popcorn and watched it on television. I must say I will miss Christmas but I'm looking forward to Valentine's day. Who knows, maybe I'll find a guy who is worth the Valentine this year.

I recently republished Her Protector and The Bloody Woman on Smashwords.com. I took them off because I found some editing problems when I was rereading them. I always try to reread my stories before I publish them but sometimes there are things I miss. My sister said she finds that problem with a lot of the independent books she reads but I told her when you write independently you're the author, the editor and the publisher. No one sets out to write an error filled story it's just the way it is so independent writers have to reread their stories at least three or four times. I don't mind proofreading my stories though because I get to relive them word for word. It's always fun, in my book, to take things out and add new pieces. I love doing that, proof reading somethings open up new possibilities and directions for your story.

Also, I've been thinking of joining Twitter. I was apprehensive because I hear such terrible things about Twitter all the time. My niece has a Twitter page and she said she hates it, she rarely gets on it. But I think you only hate something when you invite people who are not much fun to join you. Like I have this blog and my FB page. On my FB page I write when I publish a book and some of my favorite things to do. My blog I treat as a journal, I invite people to comment if they want but really enjoy, more than anything, the fact that people read it. I don't know, I'm still thinking about the Twitter thing. When I decide I'll post back and let ya know.

Well I'm going to go but before I do I want to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!! Hopefully this upcoming year is full of conquests and all the happiness and joy you can stand.

Quick update.

Hey guys,
I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday, I know I did. My nieces and nephews visited me and they really enjoyed stuffing their faces. By five last night they were all laying around on my couch and on the floor, sleep or rubbing their stomachs.

Anyway I just wanted to add a post, it's not my normal journal entry. The Bloody Woman will now be available for free until December 6th. I like to make my books available for free for a few days before I put it for pay, so download, download, download!!

Enjoy your vacation time!! Daiquiri night here I come!!!

A month and a half!!!

Hi guys!!,

I know it's been a long, long time since I've written but I have been SUPER busy. I was reediting The Bloody Woman, which is now available on Smashwords.com for free for until November 29th, so download it and give me some feedback. I've also been reediting Tessa's Escape and Her Protector. I always reread my stories and if I find something I don't like I either reedit it or rewrite the entire story. I'm almost done with them and will reissue them hopefully by February.

Other than that, it's been just a crazy month and a half. My sister was cooking for me and nearly cut her finger off, I mean literally almost cut it off. Blood actually squirted into the air and all over the kitchen. She needed ten stitches and now has like a dip in her finger. It was really kind of gross.

A week after that I was drinking coffee on my way to the kitchen, some of it spilled over the edge of my cup and I didn't realize it had. I stepped on the spill, slipped and twisted my knee really badly. I've been stuck in the house for two weeks and it's driving me nuts. The only thing that's saving me is playing games on my laptop. But my knee is a lot better now and I'm able walk on it without support.

Then last week my mom's friend passed away. Well he was more than a friend. They were engaged back in the sixties, had my oldest sister, and broke up. But in the past five or six months they kind of rekindled their relationship, which is sweet. I mean she was married to my dad for twenty years(I'm the youngest of my parents six kids together) and dad's been passed now for twenty years, I couldn't be upset about mom dating again. But mom's rekindled flame found out he had lung cancer and it was so quick, literally in two months. He was planning to move from LA to be closer to her but he didn't get the chance.

But it wasn't all bad, there was some fun. Halloween was really nice. I gave out candy then went to the city for the parade. I had a ton of fun hanging out with friends, family and old friends that I haven't seen in years (before my accident) and I'm getting a real kick out of writing my stories. So not everything was bad. 

This month and a half has been a full range of good and bad. But I'm looking forward to Thursday. Thanksgiving has to be at the top of my list for favorite holiday for the simple fact that it's so family oriented. I can't wait to see all of my family, eat and enjoy the rarity of everyone coming together.

Well I'm going to sign off now. I hope everyone enjoys their holiday, enjoy the closeness of family and friends and stay safe.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

P.S.-Voting team Amber and Derek!!!!!

Reflective mood.

Hey guys,
I've always, always enjoyed writing, I think it's so much fun. But I often wonder if they'll come a time where I don't or can't write. I've always found a way to write something every day but what if someday I can't do it? What if I just run out of ideas? I wonder if all everyone thinks this way about something they love.

I think I found my voice through writing in a lot of ways. I've always been tall, like no joke I had to be like five foot four in first grade. I literally towered over kids up until I was in fifth grade and by eight grade, forget it, I was nearly five foot ten. But I was always very, very quiet and I didn't have many friends even though I knew a lot of kids.

When I started writing in junior high I found this voice that I didn't know I had and by high school I had tons of friends who wanted to hang out and crack jokes with me. I guess you can say writing broke me out of my shell.

But sometimes I get a little reflective and I wonder if there will ever be a time where writing doesn't fit into my life anymore and will I lose my voice again. I guess if it does happen I'll deal with it the best way I know how.

Anyway, I'm about twenty pages from finishing TBW, I added a little twist to it that I hope throws everyone for a loop. I can't write certain scenes at night though because my imagination gets the better of me. Like honestly when I write a scary scene at night I can't pass a dark room in my apartment without wondering if I passed something unseen. In other word I scare the crap out of myself.

I always hope, when I'm writing a story, that my readers can visualize what I'm writing and feel that same level of joy, fear, or anger, and not just visualize the sex scenes. I've had readers tell me that they reread my sex scenes two or three time, which is extremely flattering. In that case I guess I'm doing something right.

But The Bloody Woman is so close to finish and as always I will reread and reread TBW to make certain there aren't any typos or grammatical errors before I publish. And, before I sign off, my stories; Tessa's Escape and Her Protector, are temporarily unavailable. I'm doing final rereads and grammar checks on them. They should be available again soon and will be available for free for a week before I put a price on them.


Well I'm going out to enjoy this beautiful autumn day. I'll talk to you guys later. Enjoy your holiday weekend!!!

Day off!!!

Hey guys!,
I am so enjoying this day of just relaxing. It's really cloudy but I always liked overcast days. There was always something so melancholy about days like this and it made me want to write. That's actually what I'm doing right now. I'm in the middle of writing TBW (The Blood Woman) where Keya (My heroine) tells her husband Caleb (My hero) what she saw but he doesn't believe her, despite the fact that he's had his own experiences. But then again guys never believe you when you say you saw something odd, right?!

I would love to hang out tonight but there's no one to hang out with so nine times out of ten I'll just stay inside and hang Halloween/harvest decorations. Maybe I'll watch some seventies slasher movies while I'm hanging decoration. Nothing gets you into Halloween like Halloween or Prom Night.

Well let me get back into my story, I just had an idea of what to add next. And maybe I'll find someone to hang out with tonight, the day is still young!


Enjoy your day guys!!! And if you are going clubbing tonight, party a little harder for me!!!!

Enjoy your beautiful Saturday!!

Hey guys,
I'm just chillin' today. I wanted to drop by really quick to tell you my Facebook page is up so you guys feel so free to drop by and check it out whenever you want. Friend me or send me a request. I'll be putting up new post when I publish a new story, putting links to where my stories are available (because they're not always just on Smashwords.com) and putting up snippets of new stories I'm writing.

My page is: https://www.facebook.com/silver.marie.142

Enjoy your Saturday. I'm so enjoying mine!!!

Back to school.

Hey guys!,
I know! I haven't written in two weeks and it's about 2 am here in NYC but every time I got a moment, something else came along. I'm so excited. I'm such a geek but I can't wait for my classes to start back up in September. I have five more classes left and I'll have my degree!!!

My nephew went back to Maryland last week and while I'm praising Jesus for the end of endless Disney channel shows, I do miss him a lot. He's such a goofy kid, I can honestly say he made me laugh at least twice every day. But I'll see him on Thanksgiving, I promised him I'd make famous cherry cheesecake or white chocolate peanut butter cups.

I'm up writing tonight. I'm finishing a chapter of my new story. Also, I just put another story on Smashwords.com called Her Protector, it's free so download, download, download!!! And something else awesome, Carlie's on Amazon!!! I was a little upset that I couldn't use my pen name and I had to use my whole name but that's alright. I haven't used my whole name in my writing since high school.

Well it's so late and I'm beat. I need some sleep.

Sleep tight guys!!!

Sorry it's been a few weeks!!!!

Hey,
I know it's been about two weeks since my last post. I'm so not ignoring you. When I don't journal for more than a week I'm usually elbows deep in finishing a story. I just finished writing New start, New love and published it on Smashwords, I'm thinking this one may go to Amazon too. It's about a woman who escapes her abusive relationship.

I'm now back writing my horror story (I had to take a break, I scared myself), but I changed the title. I wasn't really feeling the other one. I also just got an idea for another romance and a mystery series and I'm trying to work out the kinks for those.

Well I'm going to get back to writing but I do want to give a sample of New start, New love (this title is actually a line in the story.). Here is the last part of Chapter 3, where the sample is cut off on Smashwords. I hope you like it!!!!

Continuation of Chapter 3

“Tips given to you personally are yours.” Dolly said walking pass her.

“Oh.” Tessa said. She’d gotten a few and put them into the tip jar but then again maybe that’s why she got a hundred bucks extra in her check last week, maybe Dolly had seen her do it and gave her the tips back.

“He’s really good looking huh?” Tessa said to Joe. He smiled at her and cocked a brow.

“You’re really cute.”

“And you’re married.” Tessa said. Joe looked down at his ring as if he had forgotten it was on his finger. He cracked a smile and shook his head.

“Good eye.” He said. She walked away from him.

“Leave my girls alone Joe, before I tell your old lady.” Morris Washington said. Morris was the cook and partial owner. The man was massive and scary looking but a real sweetheart.

“No problem boss.” Joe said. Tessa gave him his bag.

“Six bucks.” She said smiling. He gave her a ten.

“Keep the change.” He said with a wink. He stood and walked out.

“Steer clear of that one.” Dolly smiled.

“I surely am. He’s a destroyer.”

“Sheriff Giles is really sweet though.” Dolly said. Tessa smiled and nodded.

“Seems it.” Tessa said softly. She tucked her four-dollar tip into her apron. 

By the end of the week, she had made three hundred and fifty in tips alone and three in her pay check. She had a great week and treated Kyle to a movie night. He’d been pointing out one of those animal movies that annoyed her to no end. 

Tessa smiled as Kyle skipped happily. He was just so much brighter since they came here. Tessa loved it. She loved seeing him like this. It made her happy.

The second guy night of the week turned into a movie night. Hunter hadn’t seen an action movie in two years and was ready for a night of hanging with the boys and goofing off.

Joe took one of the trays of soda and handed it back. Hunter passed him two more trays.

“Hey look.” Joe said. All of the guys looked. Tessa opened the door and let Kyle walk in first. It was pretty busy but then again it was Saturday night. Kyle took hold of her hand instantly, looking frightened. Tessa held it tightly smiling at him.

“You’re ok, mommy’s right here.” Tessa said softly. Kyle sighed looking around at all of the people.

“Hi Tessa.” Joe said smiling. Hunter looked at him quickly.

“Hi Joe, hi sheriff.” Tessa said tenderly.

“Hi.” Hunter smiled. Tessa picked up Kyle and carried him through the room of moviegoers.

“She’s cute.” James Howard said taking his frosted Cherry Mountain cola from the holder.

“I’ve seen better.” John Baxter said. Joe and Hunter looked at him. “What?”

“I think she’s pretty.” David Marshall said. “And I don’t even like chicks but I’d do her.”

“Yeah how does that work?” Joe teased. They all laughed.

“I don’t want to know.” Hunter said as he passed back boxes of candy and buckets of popcorn.

“What? I had a girlfriend for two years in high school. I’ve been with women before.” David said smiling.

“Yeah, remember Skylar Holbrooke.” Ethan Forrester said. The men gave a joking chorus of farm animal sounds. Hunter laughed but didn’t join in. Besides being unattractive, she was a really nice girl when you got to know her. He figured that’s what David saw.

“Alright, alright.” David said slightly annoyed. Skylar broke up with him and David was still a little singed around the edges. 

Tessa gave Kyle his box of Skittles and took their popcorn and drinks. They made their way through the crowd of people to their theater. He was so excited he gave her a squeal that made her laugh.

“I know, I can’t wait either.” She smiled. She didn’t see Hunter watching her and Kyle. He wanted more and more to talk to her but his nerves wouldn’t let him. Every time he thought of it, he had visions of her laughing hysterically at him. 

They found a place, settling near the back of the theater. Kyle picked their seats right in the middle of the row. She set him up with his treats and tucked his coat behind him like a cushion. She knew she would be carrying him back home when the movie let out at eleven.

All through the movie, Hunter had her on his mind. She was something unlike anything he had ever seen. Here, in this town, the women were oglers. They looked more than they tried. But Tessa didn’t look and that was new for him. She just was as she was. She didn’t look at him or anyone. She steered clear of having extended conversations with anyone and kept it moving, to quote Joe.

“Holy shit his legs got blown right the fuck off!” James screamed snapping Hunter out of his thoughts. The guys all laughed like goons and continued passing around food.

Tessa watched the talking dog on the screen as it bounced from stone to stone in a little stream and sang happily. Kyle seemed to be enjoying it all.

“Pee-pee mom.” Kyle begged. Tessa strapped on her bag and left their stuff there lifting him and carrying him out. There weren’t many people there anyway so she wasn’t too worried about someone taking their seats. Tessa took him to the women’s room.

He finished using the bathroom and Tessa carried him out of the stall.

“Better?” She smiled. He nodded yawning sleepily. Tessa took him to the sink and washed his hand.

“You’re not supposed to let boys use the women’s room.” A woman said from behind her. Tessa looked back to see a tall woman with black hair. She was dressed in blue slacks and an oxford shirt. She was holding the hand of a little red head kid with a bowl cut. The kid was picking his nose and looking at the “treasures”. Tessa shook her head.

“Excuse me?”

“Your son is supposed to go to the men's room.” She said.

“What am I supposed to do? Send him in there by himself?” Tessa asked. “He’s two. And you bought your son in here.” The woman’s eyes widened.

“This is my daughter.” She said haughtily. Tessa looked at the child. She saw nothing about the kid that would suggest that, especially not while she was picking her nose feverishly.

“Are you sure?” Tessa asked. The woman raised her chin and turned walking out, dragging the kid behind her.

Helena Donovan stormed pass Hunter angrily as he left the men's room. Tessa came out of the women's room holding Kyle’s hand.

“Hey.” Hunter smiled at them.

“Hi.” Tessa said smiling. Kyle waved at him but didn’t speak.

“Enjoying your movie?” Hunter asked.

“Yeah, he needed a pee-pee break.” Tessa said tenderly. She looked in the direction the woman was angrily stomping. She pulled open the door to the theater Tessa and Kyle were in. “Aww shit.” She sighed.

“What?”

“That lady. I offended her.” Tessa said walking slowly toward the theater. Hunter walked with them.

“What happened?”

“She says to me that Kyle isn’t allowed to use the women’s room. I say to her that he’s two. Am I supposed to send him to the men’s room alone? Then I stuck my foot in it and say well you have your son in here.” Hunter knew the kid was a girl. He remembered when she had long pigtails that flopped on her shoulders like bunny ears. But a bad bubblegum accident left her with the short bowl cut.

“Oh no.”

“And she goes this is my daughter.” Tessa said. He started laughing and it made Tessa giggle. “I made it worse and asked her if she was sure.” He laughed harder and so did she. Kyle stared at the laughing adults.

“Yeah, little Maebelle didn’t get her mom’s looks.” He said chuckling.

“It’s shocking because that lady is really pretty.” Tessa said shaking her head and sighing. “I’ve always had a fat mouth.” She pulled open the door to the theater.

“It’s nice to discover it again.” She said. He gave her a smile. “See ya around.”

“Bye.” Hunter said softly. He watched the door close wondering what she meant by that discovering her big mouth thing. He turned and went back to his theater.

Tessa and Kyle walked home through quiet streets. A few people were also out on their ways back from the movies. Couples walked home hand and hand enjoying the cool spring night. It was eleven and Kyle was beat and stuffed. He yawned as Tessa led him back to the motel.

“Is my baby sleepy?” Tessa asked.

“Yes mommy.” Kyle yawned.

“Mom’s gonna get you home right away.” Tessa said as they turned the corner to their room. She picked him up, taking out her key and unlocking the door. They went in to their little sanctuary and locked out the world.

Friday!!!

I love Friday!!!! I get to veg all night long. I'll go out tomorrow night but tonight I am so turning off my brain. I don't even know if I'm going to do any editing. I may just save that for tomorrow. Also I may spend the night on the internet. I'm looking for research sites that have historical things on it. I need to know what kind of lace women wore in the eighteen hundreds and what the hell is a petticoat!! My sister was trying to explain it to me but I couldn't visualize it. So I need to see one.

Speaking of my sister, since she read Carlie she's been so on top of everything I write. It's almost like she's my biggest fan. I love it. She keeps asking me, what's next and what is my next hero going to look like. She fell in love with my hero Devlin, she thought he was sexy! I love it. I can't believe she even likes my romances, she's more of a Dragonlance/Lord of the Rings lover. She likes fantastical novels much more than romance novels. In other words she's a geek. But she's really embracing my stories and my characters.

My mom's been asking when I'll publish my next story too. She also liked Carlie and has been bragging to her friends about it. It flattering but I'm not a writer, writer yet. Some day I will be but right now I'm just enjoying it. Well maybe I'll only turn off my brain for a few hours tonight. Maybe I'll toss in a few hours of editing and writing before I head to bed tonight.

It is so nice outside today. I left for work at four this morning and just got home at about two thirty today. I'm tired but I may head back out before it gets dark and those freaking mosquitoes come out. Enjoy this beautiful New York day!!!!