Showing posts with label Sunrise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sunrise. Show all posts

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Want to see my Vacation Photos?

 

A picture of the land we own in Pennsylvania.
I picture an A-Frame cabin, don't you?

Trees, trees, trees.

Can you tell that I have a thing for trees...

:)


Uh, I warned you!


What can I say, I love rocks too.
The bigger, the better.


Yep, they cut right through just for the highway.


But the views are magnificent!



After 2,200 miles, we finally arrive home.

A sunrise to greet us.



Then sunset over the city.




Who doesn't love a gray day?
Waiting for Tropical Storm Nicole


No matter the color
It's all about watching the waves.




Wishing you the blessing of peace!


Wednesday, March 15, 2017

IDES OF MARCH 2017






Today is the day they say beware of

Because poor Caesar
lost his life this day

It may have been for him,
a day to beware

But today, is truly a day
for counting blessings

Tomorrow is the day for wariness













Monday, March 6, 2017

NATURE'S ARTISTRY





Yolanda Renee © 2017


From
a palate like no other
the Artist creates
beauty without description.

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Introducing:
the cover of the Snowman



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Excerpt:

Her face froze in a silent scream. The glass dropped from her hand, and red wine stained the virgin snow. Shattered into small chunks, the angel statues dripped blood.
         Several spotlights glowed red.
         Three grotesquely staged female torsos were draped across the frozen creek. Their heads hung from the ornate bridge, tied in place by their hair. A red stream trailed from each body. Their grisly end caught in deaths final scream.
          Gigi reeled backward. He eyes widened as she read the crude message: Welcome Home, My Love.

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

EARLY MORNING FIREWORKS


I was privileged to watch a storm,
miles from shore.
So lovely!
Lightening flashes above the clouds,
and in the clouds,
they lit up the morning sky.
Yet,
so far away
I couldn't hear the cracks of thunder.

My own private fireworks show.

Such a beautiful sunrise.

I am blessed!


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In case you missed the IWSG post I've added the sign up information for the Blog Tour for the Snowman!

Please consider helping a girl out! :)




Introducing:
the cover of the Snowman



 is organizing the Blog Tour for


Please go HERE to sign up /
or leave a comment with your email address.

I'd love to send you a review copy or do a guest post or interview!

Thank you, in advance!



Excerpt:

 Maggy struggled against the restraints. “Please don’t do this.” her voice wavered in her throat.
Stone tilted the autopsy table and locked it in place. The old relic, now refurbished, worked like new.
Stone’s heart raced. “Oh, but I do.” he said silkily. “I need your blood to create the new colors for my latest masterpiece."
"I'll give you my blood. As much as you like.”
"I know, sweetheart.  I know." Stone smoothed the sweat soaked hair back from her face. "Sweet little Maggy. So lovely of you to offer."

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Friday, February 17, 2017

HOW ARE YOUR SAILS SET?


A changing sky for your enjoyment.



"One ship drives east, and another drives west,
With the self-same winds that blow.


"Tis the set of the sails, and not the gales
Which tells us the way they go.


"Like the waves of the sea are the ways of fate
As we voyage along thru life.


"Tis the set of the soul which decides its goal
And not the calm or the strife."

                                     - Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Photo's were all taken Friday, February 17, 2017 as the sun made his appearance.
All pictures Copyright 2017 by Yolanda Renée

Monday, January 9, 2017

WHAT LIES . . .

Yolanda Renée © 2017



What lies behind you

and what lies in front of you,

pales in comparison

to what lies inside of you.

Ralph Waldo Emerson






Thursday, December 29, 2016

CELEBRATION!




WISHING YOU

A

HAPPY

PROSPEROUS

JOYFUL

NEW YEAR!

2017




MAY ALL YOUR SUNRISES

BE FILLED WITH BEAUTY!



Wednesday, November 16, 2016

INSPIRATION IN THE MORNING SKY





Yolanda Renée © 2016



“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.”
Saul Bellow


It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince


“I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.”
Edgar Allan Poe


Wishing you all a very inspirational day, week, month and year!


Tuesday, October 29, 2013

A SUNRISE OF HORROR


It is my honor to have as the next victim of the
Bwahahaha Halloween Interview
Kody Boye 
-a prolific horror writer 
and successful indie author. 

You're the last person to die in your favorite horror movie, what's the name of the movie and how do you die?

Ginger Snaps is my favorite horror movie by far. I’ve watched it far too many times to count, Katherine Isabelle and Emily Perkins are awesome, and it’s just the kind of ‘everything’s normal, then goes to hell’ story I love. My death would probably involve getting gruesomely eaten. Yeah. We’ll just say that.

In a remake of one of the Friday the 13th movies – you play Jason – what would be your method of execution for all your victims?

I find torture by insanity to be far more gruesome than slasher films, which is why I like the Saw franchise (though in and of itself Saw does both.) I think if I were Jason, I’d switch it up – put the victims in a large building or locale they can’t get out of… and leave the mask somewhere where someone else could find it (ala Hunger Games or Battle Royale—last one alive wins.)

In a remake of Halloween, you are one of the victims – describe the scene and your grizzly death.

I have this weird fetishism about quick and self-decided deaths—mostly because it’s by choice, and because it leaves little room in the way of pain. I’d see myself having been chased by the killer in Halloween up onto a high building (possibly off an apartment building or hotel) and then throwing myself from the roof either to try and save or end myself. Being control of your own destiny, to me, is far preferable to allowing someone else to be. I will say though that I have read too many anatomically-correct statements about guns and would never shoot myself in the head with one. Sadly, I am grisly like that.

In the Walking Dead, you and another character have survived the zombies, so far. You're on the move, but the individual with you is a wimpy scaredy cat, but oh so hot, still they keep drawing attention to you and your position and it's almost certain they will get you killed. What do you do - leave them for the zombies and save yourself? Or take pity on them, because their hotness makes up for their stupidity, and teach them not to be a wimp? Or do you have another solution.

Considering that most of the characters weren’t all that intelligent in The Walking Dead up until the second season (in which case they were still questionable,) I would have to say that I would willingly leave all of them behind. I really have no further (or witty) comment on this.

You're headed to a Masquerade party as your favorite horror character and at midnight, you are transformed into your character until sunrise. Who is this character and how many victims would you claim by sunrise?

Though it is odd because I would most likely never have a reason to go to a Masquerade party as Sister Mary Eunice from American Horror Story: Asylum, I have to say it would be her (though the idea of devil/demon possession isn’t new, I think her arc on Asylum was absolutely terrifying.) As to victims, that could go either way. A few people may die, but everyone will end up scarred. 

Share with us your scariest ghost story – or nightmare – or tell us what scares you the most and why.

The thing that scares me the most is the decline. Of society, of civilization, of nature, of self—due to my mental health conditions there’s always a nagging fear of, ‘What if?’ in terms of what might happen to the road. Bipolar Disorder has been shown to sometimes lead to Schizophrenia, and given that Schizophrenia is in my family, it makes me a bit wary, especially given that throughout several medication changes I’ve experienced complete change of self (which I was not even made aware of until months later at times.)

My favorite ghost story is about Robert the Doll – a creature that was cursed by a Haitian woman who wished to seek revenge on the family who mistreated her. They still house the doll in a museum to this day.

My scariest supernatural experience was one I wrote about back in 2010, regarding a series of events in which I was visited by an entity known as the Mothman in dreams, then subsequently bore witness to its iconic ‘red’ eyes flying in the field near where I grew up. That story can be found on my website HERE! 
 
Share with us your favorite Halloween experience, costume, and candy.

My favorite – and arguably most memorable – Halloween experience was a recent one. In 2012, I watched the Stanley Kubrick adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining. Given that I’ve known someone like that in the past, Nicholson’s portrayal was utterly terrifying, and as someone who suffers Bipolar Disorder and PTSD, really triggered me. 

I’ve never been one to dress up for Halloween, but have seen pictures of me as a child when I was an M&M (which is pretty awesome in its own right.) An obsessive-compulsive obsession with drag/performance-art makeup leads me to believe that I will one day do something absolutely crazy.

As to candy, most is fair game – except candied apples. I’ve almost ripped my teeth out on those far too many times to count. I switch favorites, but my general two are Twix and coconut chocolates (whose name I can’t remember.)

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So… what’s Sunrise about?


Picture the world one month after the zombie apocalypse. Trapped, in an abandoned apartment complex, with your best friend — you’re running out of food and desperate salvage runs come up with little to nothing concrete. Add into this the growing threat of a gang, a chance friendship with one of its members, and an unlikely meeting, then blossoming friendship with someone from the military and what do you get? The zombie apocalypse. Sunrise, my foray into the zombie genre, tells the story of Dakota Travis as he attempts to survive the apocalypse. And this month, I want all of you to have the chance to read it.


Throughout the month, I will be running various giveaways in which you can receive an eBook copy of Sunrise on my official Facebook author page. I will also be blogging about various topics related to the zombie genre, the people portrayed within it, and my various inspirations for writing zombies in general.


To get your copy of Sunrise for 0.99¢, click on the logo of your favorite eBook retailer below.





Born and raised in Southeastern Idaho, Kody Boye began his writing career with the publication of his story [A] Prom Queen’s Revenge at the age of fourteen. Published nearly three-dozen times before going independent at eighteen, Boye has authored numerous novels—including the short story collection Amorous Things, the novella The Diary of Dakota Hammell, the zombie novel Sunrise and the epic fantasy series The Brotherhood Saga. You can visit him on his ~ Website ~ Facebook ~
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For a comment telling us what your favorite Halloween candy is Cody has agreed to give away three eBooks of SUNRISE.  

This drawing is now closed and the winners are
Julie Flanders
Christine Rains
Shannon Lawrence

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