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Read, Write & Blog
I'm afraid that the title of this blog is probably going to be the best part. With it being the Fourth of July, I figure there aren't going to be many people spending their day sitting inside at their computers reading blogs. Most of us will be outside enjoying the summer weather, visiting with friends and family and watching the fireworks.
So I'll keep this short and sweet.
The Fourth of July is the anniversary of the birth of our nation. We celebrate it by having cook outs, picnics, gathering family and friends together, and viewing bright sparkly lights in the night sky. But as writers we celebrate by having the freedom to put our thoughts, ideas and feelings into words for other people to read.
Though there are those who denigrate the romance genre as being less than other forms of literature, by doing so those critics reinforce the power the written word holds. Books about people falling in love, forming committed relationships and strong family groups have a subtle influence on readers. Writers explore and study the past, comment and reflect the present, and attempt to predict the future.
I feel blessed to live in a country where I'm allowed to express myself through my writing, where I'm able to share my opinions through my fiction while entertaining people.
In my sexy sci-fi romance STAR CRASH when my heroine crash lands on an alien planet she loses her freedom. Trapped as an exhibit in an alien zoo she's forced to fight to regain that freedom as well as the man she thought she'd lost.
When Planet of the Apes meets Star Trek what's a girl to do?
After recon pilot Cora Daniels crash lands on an alien planet she finds herself a prisoner of the Flock: a race of birdlike humanoids. Trapped in their zoo she discovers they intend her to mate. To breed. To be part of their human herd.
She's placed in a cage with a man - a powerful, virile man, but not just any man - Alexander. Was he her lost love, who'd disappeared so long ago? Here he was: naked, glistening, a warrior trained by the Flock to fight for their amusement. How could the brilliant man, the tender lover she remembered have become this animal born to dominate and destroy? Was he a pawn of the Flock or would their flight to freedom be a long-sought reunion?
Available from Amazon for $3.99
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Crash-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B007T2J9T0
So I'll keep this short and sweet.
The Fourth of July is the anniversary of the birth of our nation. We celebrate it by having cook outs, picnics, gathering family and friends together, and viewing bright sparkly lights in the night sky. But as writers we celebrate by having the freedom to put our thoughts, ideas and feelings into words for other people to read.
Though there are those who denigrate the romance genre as being less than other forms of literature, by doing so those critics reinforce the power the written word holds. Books about people falling in love, forming committed relationships and strong family groups have a subtle influence on readers. Writers explore and study the past, comment and reflect the present, and attempt to predict the future.
I feel blessed to live in a country where I'm allowed to express myself through my writing, where I'm able to share my opinions through my fiction while entertaining people.
In my sexy sci-fi romance STAR CRASH when my heroine crash lands on an alien planet she loses her freedom. Trapped as an exhibit in an alien zoo she's forced to fight to regain that freedom as well as the man she thought she'd lost.
When Planet of the Apes meets Star Trek what's a girl to do?
After recon pilot Cora Daniels crash lands on an alien planet she finds herself a prisoner of the Flock: a race of birdlike humanoids. Trapped in their zoo she discovers they intend her to mate. To breed. To be part of their human herd.
She's placed in a cage with a man - a powerful, virile man, but not just any man - Alexander. Was he her lost love, who'd disappeared so long ago? Here he was: naked, glistening, a warrior trained by the Flock to fight for their amusement. How could the brilliant man, the tender lover she remembered have become this animal born to dominate and destroy? Was he a pawn of the Flock or would their flight to freedom be a long-sought reunion?
Available from Amazon for $3.99
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Crash-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B007T2J9T0
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3 comments:
Yes, Yes, and Yes!
Great post, Elysa!
Freedom is in serious danger in this country, now that goverment control trumps individual rights! I wonder how long it will be before we are told what we can and can't write (not long I suspect).
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