The Workers

The characters in Silence is Broken are college educated and members of the working class. Each one possess a level head for business, but academics did not prepare them for human frailty and its consequences.

Poetry

I Need You

 

 

As a babe,

helpless, shivering in the cold,
needing warmth, a home, love,
and you provided.

As a child,

I left you every day, to go to school,
to make friends,
except, no one liked me.

 And you were gone.

Leaving me to face the world,

the cold world, among strangers,
who did not understand,
that I was just like them.

Now I am an adult,

ready to conquer,
except I still need help,
and you are back,

Will you stay this time?

The many uses of Facebook

Facebook started out as a virtual meeting place for college students, and then it evolved to a virtual meeting place of the world. Today I learned another use of Facebook, and it is not what Mark Zuckerberg had in mind.

CNN Money is reporting that some lenders have decided to scrutinize the applications coming their way more intensely. They are using your Facebook page and surveying your Facebook friends to determine your credit score.

This is scary. Many of us, including businesses and those in the literary profession, use Facebook as an advertising platform. God forbid if we decide to apply for a loan, those Facebook friends could determine if you are approved.

Personally, I have Facebook friends who live on the other side of the world. I have never met these people. I only have virtual contact with them, and yet they can influence my lender's choice to approve my loan?

Am I the only one who sees this as a potential storyline of a intriguing and suspenseful short story or novel?

Organizing Promotion

I spent the day researching promotional opportunities in my area. There aren't very many for independent publishers. Philadelphia is a town who prefer "professionalism," meaning if you do not have a contract with a well-known publishing house you get no media attention. Guess I have to beat the path and generate my own.

Coming Soon

I finally finished my second novel, Silence is Broken. I must say I am very happy with it. What is it about?

 

Secrets, envy, deceit, revenge…

 

A girl encounters a boy, and enjoys his company,

her parent’s disapprove-screaming caution,

secretly engaged, she secretly weds.

 

The girl has a sister, banished since birth,

secretly seeks family recognition denied by father,

hides envy and anger.

 

The sister has another sister,

who looks for diamonds in the sky,

she finds it and then loses it,

secretly she plots revenge.

The boy comes from a powerful family,

suppresses his wrath by marrying another,

ignoring her parent’s wishes,

secretly boy is an elusive killer who wants what he wants.

Xavier wants Khloe.

Khloe realizes mistake, looks for her parents,

not knowing, that,

Xavier is last person to see her parents alive…

Silence is Broken