Showing posts with label short story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label short story. Show all posts

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Easy Like Sunday Morning Reading - Lisa's Dress


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Looking for some Easy-Like-Sunday-Morning reading?  
Here's an excerpt from Lisa's Dress - a short story.



Normally Will did his own gym laundry; always had. But for some reason I thought I'd do it for him. I dug past a weight belt, a pair of fingerless gloves, his iPod, and a combination lock to pull out a couple pairs of shorts, a dingy tee, and two stained sweat towels. When I tugged at the towels, I caught site of the box of Trojan Magnums. It wasn't the presence of the condoms that stunned me, because I'd seen them in his bag before, as they had been there from the time we dated. I'd believed that Will was true to me and we were exclusive, but I knew he had a past and was glad to see that he was responsible and cared enough about himself to protect himself. We'd used condoms occasionally while we dated, but once I got pregnant with Nikki, we stopped using them all together, even after Nikki's birth. I knew exactly how many condoms were left in his bag, in a little black box, wrapped in gold foil. Seven. Each time I randomly checked for no other reason besides I knew they existed, there'd always been seven. So I was taken aback that morning when I went to do his laundry, peeked in the box and only found three...


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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Turning Your Storm into a Story

He instructed me to lie down and I did. He began to touch me and I wasn’t sure if this was a part of the game anymore. He told me to open my legs and I did; he got on top of me and then began forcing himself into me. No screams, no tears because I didn’t understand what was going on. At some point I asked him to stop because I got very scared. Once he did, I went into the bathroom, not realizing any damage had been done. I sat down on the toilet and all I could see was blood.  

The First Day of the Rest of My Life is an in-depth look into the life of Victoria Charles, a young woman who faces many adversities and chronicles her life from pain to power. Through the pages of this book, you will follow Victoria and come to know her through her trials, victories, ups and downs. You will be encouraged and inspired by her will to overcome and ultimately her surviving to give a testimony as to how against all odds she made it even when others counted her out. This book is a true testament to how faith and prayer can change a multitude of things. The First Day of The Rest of My Life is available on Kindle @ www.Amazon.com  booksamillion.com, barnesandnoble.com, and createspace.com.  


The Author:  Heather Johnson
"Creative, Powerful, Virtuous, Different, Beautiful, Anointed, and I am truly what HE says I am to be! He didn't have to have my permission to change me and I'm so glad that he did!" 


Heather Johnson is an author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur from Albany, GA. Born and raised there, she never knew that today her whole life would be dedicated to serving others. Heather is the creator of JHeather Enterprises which is a conglomerate of entities in which she participates, to include public speaking, Team Action Inc., a (nonprofit) for which she serves as the Regional Director for Georgia alongside Lakeshia Broussard, the founder and Executive Director (Miami, Florida). Her community services events and her book (self-published) March 2011 entitled The First Day of The Rest of My Life: How my storms Became My Story, is changing the lives of her readers and bringing awareness to those who may not have had the experiences that Heather has had in her lifetime. 


She is a testament that prayer changes a multitude of things. A single mother of daughter Jaida, Heather aims to let her know that the sky is not the limit but the stairway to whatever she desires to be in life. Heather is embarking on reaching an international audience and working to spread her message. “Let today be the first day” is her motto and today she is living proof that you can move from pain to power with faith, prayer, and the undeniable strength to stand in spite of adversities.


Visit Heather online at http://www.wix.com/jheather13/booksite (w/links to my twitter/facebook page), and purchase the book.


Book is available for sale now at:
www.amazon.com
www.barnesandnoble.com
www.booksamillion.com
And Kindle (w/kindlegraph)


You can email Heather at: jheatherenterprises@yahoo.com and jheather@teamgives.org










Monday, May 30, 2011

Extension for Bubblin' Brown Sugar


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Submission Deadline Extension

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Writers:

The deadline for submissions for the anthology Bubblin' Brown Sugar has been extended. If you are still interested in submitting your short story for consideration, submissions will be accepted per the submission guidelines until June 10, 2011.

The new projected release date for Bubblin' Brown Sugar is June 15, 2011.

To review submission guidelines, click the cover image.  Feel free to share this email.

Sincerely, 

Kimberly
www.kimberlytmatthews.com
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