Things that make you go... hmmmm...

By	M. Nix "Joyfully Reviewed" -

Joshua and Jaime are identical twins, but with some slight appearance differences that those close to them were able to tell them apart. Their personalities were their biggest difference, Jaime was sweet and easygoing with a smile that put everyone at ease and Joshua was quieter and much more reserved. One thing the twins shared besides their appearance were emotions for each other that went well past the normal feelings of brotherly love. Once the twins revealed their true feelings to each other, the risk of family scorn and social backlash wasn't enough to stop them from acting upon the feelings they both had held back from for so long.
Torn was a story about two people so in sync with one another that if they weren't twins that type of connection with a stranger would be frightening. Jaime and Joshua needed to be with each, no other person would have fit. As taboo a subject as incest is the relationship between Joshua and Jaime was a beautiful one. Having the type of relationship these two embarked on is difficult, there are struggles within themselves to contend with and the struggles of how others will view them, especially family. If you are okay with reading about twincest, which I am, I'm certain you will enjoy Torn just as much as I did.



I never recieved this review personally but I found it on Amazon.com even though I submitted "Torn" to the fine folks at Joyfully reviewed. Am I upset. Hell, no. They gave me five stars. Lol hard to be peeved about a lovely review and a five star rating.

Pictures of the Week #7

I've been slacking but I'll try and get back into the groove. Theme of this week. Black and White.

New Cover

Favorites of June

Books

1. Fledging by Octavia Butler
2. Sully's Heart by Adrianna Dane
3. A Matter of Necessity by T.D. McKinney
4. Fits Like a Glove by Sean Michael (yes, he is one of my favorite authors)


Movies

1. Knocked Up
2.Little Miss Sunshine
3. First Sunday
4. Invasion


TV

1. Deadliest Catch
2. HBO on Demand
3. Golden Girls
4. Dirty Jobs w/Mike Rowe

Songs

1. Sleep by One Republic
2. All Fall Down by One Republic
3. Lilac Wine by Jeff Buckley
4. Nothing Compares to You by Sinead O'Connor

Cravings

1. A good paranormal romance
2. Money to buy as many ebooks as I want *g*
3. My bachelors (one more semester to go)
4. Ratatouille not to be sold out at every store I visit

Projects

If anyone has paid attention to my ramblings over time you know that I'm a seat-of-my pants type of gal. I have more big dreams and ideas than the circus and things are constantly changing for me. I've completely given up trying to work on one story at a time because I am easily bored and distracted. My mind is like a room full of people and everyone is trying to talk at the same time. Sometimes certain voices drown out others and sometimes they all just scream and I get fed up and take a break. Well... enough of the analogies. What I'm currently working on is like five projects. Some may be finished soon and others much, much later. AnyHOO I've got a story going called "How to Kill a Monster" it's about a young man who has an encounter with evil and returns to his home to find sanctuary in the arms of a former bully. Silly I know, but the story is more about fate then anything. The former bully has his reasons for picking on David (the main character). I thought it would be interesting to write about a person who wasn't always a goody two shoes and if my audience comes to love him the way I do.. well then I've done my job. So back to the story--David runs home to find safety in the strong capable arms of his former bully. The man who used to pick on him wants nothing more than to make up for his past discretions. I won't say anything else until later. Besides I'm not even finished yet. Right now I'm deep into the good stuff. *wink* The second story I started is called "Omega Fall" it will most likely be a short read and I'm toying with the idea of making it the first book of a trilogy--"Beta Rift" and "Alpha Rise" would round out the series. I also have my Needful Things series to get started on. I'm hedging, I know. Just today I had this light bulb go off in my head urging me to write a story called. "Build a B.E.N." Sound familiar? That's cause it is. Build a Bear kind of tipped it off. So far the synopsis is that a young scientist who works for a giant government corporation called Ibram is asked to help destroy evidence of illegal human and machine experimentation. He manages to force himself to destroy the files and documents but there is just one thing he can't bring himself to destroy. B.E.N. Bioengineered-Epigonic-Neohuman. You see the young scientist has been working with B.E.N for months and he has developed feelings for the neohuman that cross the boundaries set by the Ibram coporation. Lastly, I have ideas for a couple of other stories. The plots are still shaky but the names kinda jumped into my head and held on with the tenacity of a rabid dog. "Drop Off" "Lion Down" and "No Frills".

On top of all this I have five stories to finish on AFF. Yeah, I'm swamped but I'm superexcited about the possibilities.

On My Way

It's the last day of college. I leave tomorrow, and next semester will be my last as an undergrad. As I look back on all the things I have accomplished in the last couple of months, I am surprised and deeply appreciative, and yes, damn proud. I could not have gotten where I was if I hadn't taken up the courage to post on several Myspace groups. It was there that a CEO of an up and coming publishing company discovered me. I had no idea I'd be published this soon, and I still have my doubts about being ready, but it's entirely too late for that now. I have six stories --six little labor of loves and *cough* not so love stories out there for the public to scrutinize. So far, so good. Hopefully I'll continue to write and improve my craft. I have a bizillion ideas in my head, around one hundred and fifty stories I've at least partially started throughout my lifetime, and only ten fingers. It's gonna take time I know, but ...I'm on my way.

Favorites of May

Books
1. The Last Bite by Evangeline Anderson
2. Six Bad Things by Charlie Huston
3. Already Dead by Charlie Huston
4. The Kiss by G.A Hauser
5. The Partisan by Martin Brant (one extra)

Movies
1. Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2. Across the Universe
3. Forbidden Kingdom
4. Never Scared


TV
1.Orangutan Island
2.Flava of Love
3. Dirty Jobs w/Mike Rowe
4. Celebrity Fit Club

Music
1. Better That We Break by Maroon 5
2. Say All We Need by One republic
3. I Think I'm Paranoid by Garbage
4. Lately by KC and Jojo


Cravings
1. Payton's story from J.L. Langley
2. Another m/m read from Evangeline Anderson YAY!
3. Poser and an instruction manual
4. A book on writing improvement