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Meanwhile...still on #sale at #AmazonUK

#thursday #read #vampires #wolves

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GOOD MORNING, LIKERS!!! HAPPY #Juneteenth!!!

Well for those of you #eating...jealous! lol. For those of you needing a good #read, may I suggest...HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES???

#suggestion #thursday #reading

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GOOD AFTERNOON, LIKERS!!! How are you doing this week? I just had a good #laugh over that unexpected thing from last week. BOY, BYE on that. lol.

Today, I decided to do something that I was overdue to do...TOUCH GRASS. I definitely did ground me. And that I was #grateful for. I've felt a little too wiry for my own good. And I did not want to lose my focus or mess up my flow. Moreso since I had a date later on.

And to close out my #birthday month, DARKENED TABULA is on sale at Amazon.co.uk for a discount price. The last book in my DARKENED series. #genre futuristic thriller mixed in with gay fiction.

It could be bought at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkened-Tabula-3-LaTorre-Mays-ebook/dp/B08DMP47MK.

But first...let's talk. Otherwise known as EDITING, TYPING, AND WRITING.

EDITING. I had mentioned that I had a date. And that #date...was with RESEARCH.

I had mentioned last week that I was tired of not having the time to work on my research for my forthcoming Darkened Soul: THE BREAKING OF CIRCLES. Some of that was due to life. Some of it had to do with me.

So...a little bit of adjustment and look at me. I've spent the last few days having little dates. Busting out the books. Getting research time in. I felt like I was in the library on #Buffy. LOL.

So...progress...

TYPING. Remember what I said about me? Yeah, it's been me again. And my mind has been on...#output.

I missed having it so I had sloooowly been making room in my schedule for that. In my case, it would be one of two things. One would be my #blog. I would be working on my latest one. Recent technology mishaps would stall out the blog I had planned past the one I was working on. Yeah...annoyed. lol.

The other thing was book reviewing on #goodreads. It had been a thing for me as of late. And I was overdue another one. Or two. hehe. I would see how it went. But...OUTPUT.

WRITING. In case you missed it, I FINISHED THAT CHAPTER!!!

I've been talking about the #horror WiP I've been working on for a while. And...I got stuck. But slowly, but surely, I made it through. Annnnnd DONE. For now.

This week I was going to work on a different project. More on that later.

That was how the week was #looking.

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And finishing off the #birthday month...DARKENED TABULA is now on sale at #AmazonUK.

TO REMEMBER...OR FORGET...?

Daniel Westberg was dead.

In order to save the ones he loved from the obsessive wrath of his creator/lover Jared, the Nosferatu Daniel made the sacrifice. Turning his back on the prophecy that claimed he was the ‘One,’ Daniel threw Jared and himself into the sun. All that was left was ashes.

And now…he lives again in Darkened Tabula, Book 3 in the Darkened series.

Resurrected at the end of Darkchilde, Daniel discovers himself underneath the futuristic city-state of London, a prisoner of the vicious shifters called Forryn. A pawn in a dangerous game between the various clans and with no memory of his past life, Daniel forms a connection with Eli, head of the reigning clan. However, that growing bond becomes threatened by Daniel’s own desire to uncover the truth of his past. Also a danger to their bond is the mystery of a stranger, one with a familiar lopsided grin and whom presence makes Daniel question his sanity.

Meanwhile in the city-state of Egypt, Ebony, Daniel’s sister and heroine from Darkchilde, is unaware of her brother’s return. She, along with her Nosferatu lover Nicholas, discover something sinister. So sinister that it leads them back to London. Back to government agents intent on discovering the existence of their kind and others. Back to witches and their flight. Back to her maker Ursula and her games, games that involve Victor, current leader of the Nosferatu…and Ebony’s ex…who might be playing games of his own.

Time is of the essence. As the mysterious stranger drops breadcrumbs into Daniel’s mind, hints of memory spring forth. The more he learns, the more Daniel no longer wants to be a pawn.

But…what does he want to be?

The person he used to be…the prophesied One that will bridge the world of the living and the dead?

OR the person he is now…a darkened tabula rasa with a second chance at the life he wants…?

#monday #reads #vampires #thriller

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GOOD MORNING, LIKERS!!!

Currently down to one #ebook on sale for the #birthday. For now...hint, hint. And that book was DARKCHILDE. Currently on #amazonuk.

DARKCHILDE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkchilde-Darkened-2-LaTorre-Mays-ebook/dp/B01JGQ3ISE

Who are you without what made you who you are? Are you anyone…or no one?

For centuries all the Nosferatu Ebony wanted was answers behind her brother Daniel’s 1997 disappearance. The answers were revealed in the futuristic vampire thriller Darkened Soul as Daniel became trapped in a web of prophecy that led to death. However, the story continues in Darkchilde, Book 2 in the Darkened series.

In futuristic Paris, Ebony relaxes as fashion designer Sydney Brookheart, one of her many aliases. She and her companion Nicholas recover from the death of Jonathan Araby, leader of the London circle. Ebony attempts as well to forget her last argument with Daniel over family, his dark love of his creator Jared, and his alliance as ‘the One’ with Ursula, Ebony’s creator. But when Ebony is attacked by an extinct group called witches, Nicholas and she fall into a deadly chess game over who will rule. The mystery of it all also forces their relationship to the forefront as secrets both within and without threaten to tear them apart.

Meanwhile in London, Aidan Hillworth focuses on one thing: The Trials, a government-sanctioned battle of wills to determine a person’s status in the dystopia the world has become. He wants to forget his past as a witch. However, attacks on his life will force him back to the path he desires to forget…and the mother he disowned.

Little do Ebony and Aidan realize they are on a collision course with their past…and each other.

Little do they understand the plans within plans of She Who Walks in Shadows.

And…Ursula always gets what she wants…

#thursday

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GOOD EVENING, LIKERS!!!

2 FOR 1! Well 1 series! lol.

DARKENED SOUL. DARKCHILDE. 99 CENTS. Currently on #AmazonUK

DARKENED SOUL (Book 1): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkened-Soul-1-LaTorre-Mays-ebook/dp/B00Z67Q2EU

DARKCHILDE (Book 2): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkchilde-Darkened-2-LaTorre-Mays-ebook/dp/B01JGQ3ISE

#birthday #sales #fullmoon

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GOOD EVENING, LIKERS!!! Well, another day, another #PadresvsDodgers event. And a #fullmoon, too?

I felt today was a mixed bag. There's nothing like having an appointment that you are looking forward to...and it all turned out to be a no show. Moreso when you're all dressed up and nowhere to go. Smh.

But I got to spend some time at #barnesandnoble. It had been a minute since I had been able to go to one. And to get lost among the #books. I felt inspired! I loved the #dystopian book display. And since the last time I was at one, this one had a hardcore #horror section. A sizeable horror section. Color me shocked.

But as I took all of the books in and wandered around, I thought about what all these authors had in common.

Consistency.

Something life's arrows have been poking at me to get as of late. So how were things going? Well...

Otherwise known as EDITING, TYPING, AND WRITING.

EDITING. Research is still taking its time.

And I was fed up with that. All I had to do was sit and just #read. I did that as simple as I breathed as of late due to reading time being available for the taking.

But could I balance out that time to include research time?

TYPING. Project fell through. So...nothing to see here. For now.

WRITING. Since the last time I was here...well...I hit a #block. smh.

I had been hoping to finish out a chapter in my horror #WiP. And then I was going to start on a new project for a bit. What I did not expect was to be basically stuck on the same scene.

But...I guess the act of being creative started something. My forthmentioned projects and just thinking about them. It appeared to be motivating me to keep going. But the scene in question was #molasses.

But then I remembered that when it came to my characters, it was best to go deeper. And the scene...felt too surface to me. I was just writing. But not going as #deep as I know I could go into my characters.

But once I did...oooo...that scene started to move again. And the tension was back. And best of all, I realized how I wanted to end that chapter. Silly me!!! It was right in front of me the whoooole time. lol.

So I was going to #finally finish it. And try out that other project that I wanted to work on.

That was how the week was looking.

On that note...books?

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'My ambition

Her cunning.

What could go wrong?'

In Darkened Soul, the Nosferatu Daniel Westberg fled 3053 California to save his companion Jared and himself from the wrath of the evil Ursula. In London, he searched for answers to his opinions from the head of the Nosferatu circle Jonathan.

But who was the enigmatic leader of the London circle? What was his relationship to the devious Ursula, who would stop at nothing to claim Daniel for herself? Was it fated...or something else sinister?

Jonathan's Tale, a companion piece to Darkened Soul, is a futuristic thriller in the same vein as Darkened Soul that is part historical romance and part revenge saga.

See Jonathan's life in 1853 Virginia as he struggled with his older brother Simon on their plantation and made friends with the comical Bonnie Sharplock. Experience his encounter with the Lady Ursula Ashcourt, an encounter that opened up dark desires and ambition in him that would not be denied. Watch as the games they played result in a deadly meeting on a dirt road that changed Jonathan's path forever and sent him on a quest for revenge that spanned centuries.

From 1853 pre-Civil War Virginia to Reconstruction Era Virginia to the late nineties America to 2562 Manhattan to the city-state of a dark California in 3028, Jonathan's attempts for revenge are coupled by his love for Ursula. However, doubts about Ursula's intentions filled Jonathan's mind with doubts. Is Ursula's love for Jonathan's true or just a role she plays as she is on her own quest...a quest for power that threatens to put their relationship to the test when Ursula unearths a prophecy... a prophecy about the One...

And what is more important?

Revenge...power...or love?

#amazonfinds #birthday #historicalfiction #99cents

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Passion can make a person do some dark things. It can even tear a relationship apart.

DARKENED SOUL...on #sale at #AmazonUK

That is the lesson that Daniel Westberg, a Nosferatu, learns in Darkened Soul, a futuristic vampire thriller that combines dark fantasy and horror with sci-fi trappings.

The year is 3053. The United States has become a series of futuristic city-states. Daniel and his companion Jared head to California for a little fun. California is not what it seems however. In California, Daniel encounters a face from his past…a face thought long dead and that makes him question everything, including his rock-solid relationship with Jared. Also, Daniel learns of Ursula, a woman with an agenda that will send Daniel to Europe and dreams of his past there. From London to 2048 Paris to California again, Ursula’s agenda reveals an ancient prophecy and pits Daniel against Jared and the truth of their existence.

#amazonukfinds #birthday #99cents

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Who are you without what made you who you are? Are you anyone…or no one?

A #Nosferatu with questions about her brother's disappearance.

A witch trying to escape his past.

The collision course they are on with answers…and each other.

Adventure. Romance. Dystopia.

#birthday #gift #fiction

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#remember when I said it was looping back around for my #birthday?

Well...#lol

Chaos (and comedy) ensues in a friend group when a black blogger courts controversy by doing a simple thing for clicks: dating outside his race.

Introducing: HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES...back on #sale this #gemini week.

#gayfiction #africanamerican

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Another day, another #new EDITING, TYPING, & WRITING!!!

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This week we talk #alignments, trying to fold time for time...lol...and how my #horror WIP is going.

#happymonday #writerslife #themagicians

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HAPPY MONDAY, LIKERS!!! How has it been? Other than people acting like it's a full moon or something? :D :D :D

I was not able to get around to what I was up to last week. There was a lot going on. #still was a lot going on.

In a word...#alignment. It was what my mind was focused on. And things have been shifting. And more importantly...I've been letting them.

So rather than wait until #tomorrow, let's get into it. Otherwise known as EDITING, TYPING, AND WRITING.

EDITING. Research, research, research.

It was going slowly, but surely still. Just as important...I was looking forward to it. I've been doing it here and there. But I knew that I needed to keep on it.

I put #aside time to work on writing stuff and looking up things. So going into this week, I saw myself setting aside time for research.

That next novel wasn't going to finish itself.

TYPING. Besides #goodreads book reviews?

I might...have some *cough*#blog*cough* in the works.

WRITING. Okay, I admit...this is #dragging more than I was expecting it to be.

I was talking about my #horror WiP. I had been getting writing in over this past week. But it had been slow. Like pulling teeth. Perhaps a sign that it was time to take a break. Whether it was for something else or something new.

Well in my case...new.

There was a contest that caught my attention last month. And I did sit and brainstorm some ideas for a short #story.

And once I've done with the scene that I would be working on this week...I'm going to follow my intuition. Was the contest over? Sadly yes. However, the idea was still growing in my head. So I figured that I would work on it. Perhaps something new would refresh my horror #wip once I came back to it.

As of late, creativity had been coming for my mind like ants I encountered when I accidentally hit the dirt hill. And I didn't want to turn it off. However, I was missing the one important thing to get to the many ideas that were brewing.

#TIME. Annd that was how the week was looking.

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#memorialday sale!!!!

Introducing...HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES...

Shaun Jones has it all.

A good relationship blog…even if his boss can be a LOT.

A great circle of friends in best friend (and opinionated) Trey, eternal romantic Omar, and diva Eugene…even if they can be crazy.

A loving boyfriend…even if Devon is on the DL.

What else can Shaun ask for?

Until the day he walked into his apartment and found Devon cheating. In a moment, everything Shaun knows…shatters. Can a relationship blogger go on…without a relationship?

With his writing mojo gone and his boss breathing down his neck, Shaun takes a chance and thinks outside the box. A personal ad to find a new guy. Little do the responders know Shaun plans to write about them. And to add controversy, Shaun looks for someone outside his race.

It was only a writing project. Something to get Shaun’s juices flowing again. What Shaun gets…is Eric.

What starts as a few blogs…slowly turns into something more. But can Shaun tell Eric the truth? Can their relationship withstand Shaun’s friends…mostly Trey? Can they deal with the court of public opinion when it comes to their interracial relationship? Finally, can Eric truly be too good to be true?

From crazy parties to showdowns at fundraisers to wine in the Hamptons…how does the other half lives?

#gayfiction #nyclife #memorialdayweekend #MemorialDaySale #funreads #africanamerican

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Remember when I said I was a sucker for debut #books.

Well around my research, work, #rugby, holiday schedule, I'll be putting time in to read THIS.

And what are you reading?

#tgif #debut #whatyoureading #memorialday #thebachelor #andrewpalmer #theweekend

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Looking for a #memorialday read that's easy, breezy, and funny? Well, here you go!!! ;)

Did I mention #funny? :)

Will be dancing to the #tune of 99 CENTS for the rest of the week.

#humpday #sales #writingcommunity

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GOOD AFTERNOON, LIKERS!!!

WOOF! That heat. While I'm enjoying having it back after such erratic weather, it does have cons with its pros. Feeling like a #werewolf every time I see something attractive. Which #sandiego heat...there's plenty to look at.

Not to mention things to inspire. And thankfully, life aside, there's plenty of that to see.

Whatever could I be talking about? Well, let's talk about it. Otherwise known as EDITING, TYPING, AND WRITING.

EDITING. In a word: ENOUGH.

#enough of feeling that need to get my research done. And...something getting in the way.

On the horizon was some wiggle room...so I felt nothing, but excitement. #excitement at the wiggle room. Excitement at being able to have the time to sit down with my research.

So...fingers crossed. Nothing will pop up. AGAIN.

TYPING. So that spark I had? It grew a bit. And I'm #confident that it will be growing into my next blog.

So I was sure that I would be fiddling with a new blog a bit. And I felt pretty excited about that, too.

I also had something else I wanted to work on this week. I had not been doing #any output. And that has been on my mind. So...more later.

WRITING. A few weeks ago, I mentioned that there was something I was interested in #working on. But I was still into my horror #wip.

And...still working on my #horror WiP. lol. But that was okay. As I've been working on it, it occurred to me. That I was not going deep enough into my characters. Especially my main character. Ugh.

For now, I was going to keep #writing. I felt that I would dig deep as I went. I also could leave some of it to the rewrite. The point...was to keep writing.

As for the other project that I wanted to work on, I had been brainstorming most of last week for ideas. I narrowed it down. Still...nothing appeared to click into place for me.

Go figure. My co-worker did it again with just one comment.

'Who is he?'

And just from that, a new story sprung. Lol. It's not the first time with her since she's helped me with several of my Darkenverse books. So I was not even surprised.

So...I would be working on my horror WiP tonight. And then I'll be moving into working on my new project for the rest of the week.

And that was how the week was looking.