Once Written, Twice Shy
Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iTunes / Kobo EXCERPT: When I married, I had intended it to be for life. Well, I guess life had a plan of its own, huh? With each passing day, I picked up the broken pieces of me. I hadn’t realized that I had stifled so much of myself over the years to try and please a woman that seemed to never be sated with anything I said or did. Fueled by my feelings of loss and neglect, I made a decision, which led me to rediscover an old love. The proverbial flame was rekindled, and I began to write again. For what felt like an eternity, I wrote. When I was done, I read my piece over so many times that my words no longer made sense, forcing me to put it down and go back to it later. I stared at my finished manuscript displayed on my screen. What am I going to do with this? I had discovered a site, a few months before. It had been recommended by a colleague. The venue allowed people from around the world to peruse and read various works written by amateurs. Some of the work on there I found horrid, while others, despite their various grammatical and punctual flaws, you wished you could set your hands on an edited and printed copy, they were so great. What the hell. I decided to chance it. With a bit of copy and paste, and a little restructuring, I hit the publish button and there it was. My first written piece was out for the world to see. It wasn’t until a few months after I had posted my work that I stumbled upon a comment that I couldn’t dismiss. I ached for constructive feedback, but the lack of it was getting to me due to the site being overrun by teenagers. I debated getting rid of my profile altogether up until that fateful day. That short message was where things began to change for me. With simple words of appreciation, intellectual and heartfelt thoughts, followed by a click of her mouse, Alissa had made me smile. I sought her profile out and found that she was a fellow amateur writer just like me. She’s gorgeous, had been my first impression. Despite her evident beauty, something else could be seen in her profile photo; something that beckoned me further, begged my curiosity to look beyond the surface. It was in her eyes. Loneliness. Or was I reading into things too much, since I was such a novice at these social media-like sites? For a few weeks, I sat on Alissa’s words alone as I read through some of her work. She was good. Better than good. I thought that I’d end up with one of those written numbers that didn’t make much sense or that glittered in the night featuring vampires and werewolves. Boy was I wrong! The woman sure knew how to paint a vivid picture. She pulled off the hot and sexy but kept it real all at once by adding emotion, drama, even a bit of action and suspense to her mix. Her work was altogether something reminiscent of everyday life: the good, the bad, the ugly, the… Well, you get the picture. A few days after reading her last novel, a dream influenced by her work prompted me to finally write out an acknowledgment to her comment. From there, we began to chat through private messages on a near daily basis. We never stopped…
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Laura
5/14/2016 11:58:32 pm
Sounds like a great read. I would love to read it!
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Daniel M
5/16/2016 08:59:41 pm
sounds like a fun one
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barbg
5/17/2016 07:33:48 pm
Hey, saw your post about having a baby and being in the Hospital. Good luck to you and hope everything goes great!
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Marilyn
5/18/2016 04:29:30 pm
Thank you for the generous giveaway.
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Jerry Marquardt
5/18/2016 05:20:38 pm
I would love to thank you so much for featuring the Once Written Twice Shy Book Blitz. I appreciate giving us all a chance to win this great giveaway.
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