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Joylene's Site http://cluculzwriter.multiply.com/ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:53:41 -0000 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:40:34 -0000 Joylene's Site http://images.cluculzwriter.multiply.com/logo http://cluculzwriter.multiply.com 100 100 HOT AIR... Blogging has become the norm. Everyone has one. It's the in-thing to do. I resisted for years, believing no one would want to hear what I have to say. And that in itself is a strange thought considering I'm a writer. Only I'm more of a storyteller. My compositions are derived from my imagination. Not my often mundane life. I sit at a computer for hours, days, something months without contributing to the world around me. What could I say that was worth your time to read? And then it struck me that I am experiencing something worth mentioning. I've recently published one of 5 old manuscripts. This one I'd started in 1991. Gads, that's 17 years ago! Because I was convinced that after all these years I couldn't possibly make it any better, I had only decided to print one copy for myself. Something to hold in my hands, call my own. And I would have been satisfied with that if my family hadn't gotten so excited. I never considered what they must have thought with me stuck at the computer for so m... http://cluculzwriter.multiply.com/journal/item/8/HOT_AIR... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:40:34 -0000 Tchentlo Lodge, Great Nation Lakes, BC http://cluculzwriter.multiply.com/photos/album/5/Tchentlo_Lodge_Great_Nation_Lakes_BC Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:14:18 -0000 The Dreams of Darkness : Book 1 of the Everdark Wars I wanted to be entertained, and I couldn't have been more pleased. Right from the first page, I was captivated by the world that Ms. Burton created. Her characters were so real. Randrik is the type of man you can't help but fall for, even though you suspect he's not good for you. He did everything in his power to avoid being the hero and inadvertantly left such an impression that I'm now judging every makeshift fictional hero by comparison. It's sad how many don't measure up. Randrik is extraordinary because he was bent on NOT being the hero. He was living a what's-in-it-for-me existence until fate tossed him a problem he couldn't turn away from. Perian is his equal in every way. The conflict and sexual tension between the two of them had me turning the page, while in amongst all of this, they were faced with the kind of enemy that makes 'Darth Vader' look like a pussycat. My palms sweated and my heart jumped to my throat so many times, I finally had to turn extra lights on. 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Their determination to keep searching was reminiscent of Nick & Nora Powell's adventures in "the Thin Man" series; tho Tori is more like Nick, & Kale is a masculine version of Nora. The English lingo added a nice quality. All the characters are refined, educated, but just as quirky as anything Ms Christie could create. Although a gruesome crime sets them off on a quest to find an heirloom diamond, the mayhem & danger Tori & Kale face never overrides their depth of feeling for each other. Pretty Maids All In A Row is a story without overt violence, obscenities, disturbing sex... http://cluculzwriter.multiply.com/reviews/item/3 Mon, 5 Feb 2007 22:09:05 -0000 Bednesti Cam - 14 km from my house A westernly view of Highway 16, to Cluculz http://cluculzwriter.multiply.com/links/item/12/Bednesti_Cam_-_14_km_from_my_house Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:35:00 -0000 Cluculz Lake Community Pages http://cluculzwriter.multiply.com/links/item/11/Cluculz_Lake_Community_Pages Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:58:59 -0000 Art Tirrell, author of The Secret Ever Keeps, adventure novelist http://cluculzwriter.multiply.com/links/item/9/Art_Tirrell_author_of_The_Secret_Ever_Keeps_adventure_novelist Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:54:26 -0000 OMATIWAK: WOMAN WHO CRIES ch.1 Copyrighted © 2006 J Nowell Butler All Rights Reserved <h1 style="line-height: 150%;">CHAPTER ONE</h1> Blood. So much. Pooling on the slate tiles around his head, it seems ...? I'm not sure. Jeffrey really is dead? I always assumed he'd outlive me. Mean people are lucky that way. But maybe that's what's wrong. He used to be mean. He stopped. Ohmigosh. My palm firmly pressed to my chest, I quiet my erratic thoughts. A wave of dizziness sweeps over me. I set my purse aside and grip the edge of the countertop. Experiencing a sense of giddiness makes me wonder whether being in shock is possibly a good thing. Tears blur my vision. An uncomfortable heat descends upon me; like the loathsome menopause that plagued me for ten years. Ohmigosh, now I'm blubbering like an old fool. Jeffrey is gone? I can't believe it. I slip off my shoes and stand flatfooted. Cold tiles on my bare feet dispel my dizziness. The kitchen phone is on the wall next to the breakfast table, ... http://cluculzwriter.multiply.com/journal/item/4/OMATIWAK_WOMAN_WHO_CRIES_ch.1 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:51:26 -0000 BROKEN BUT NOT DEAD ch. 1 Copyrighted © 2006 J. Nowell Butler All Rights Reserved. Ojibway Prayer Oh Great Spirit, Whose voice I hear in the winds …. I need your wisdom and your strength…. Make me wise, so that I may understand What you have taught my people… Not to be superior to my brothers, But to be able to fight my greatest enemy, Myself.... -- Author Unknown <h1>Chapter 1 </h1> My life as I had known it was over. This weekend I vowed to do more than worry about the emptiness inside my bourgeois existence. I'd think about who I really was and what I might do with the rest of my life. Wasn't that the new goal for the millennium: Defining your true self? April’s warming sun rays slanted through the trees and left me squinting. I reached for my sunglasses off the dash, inhaled brisk air laced with the pulp mill’s pungent fumes, a stench worse than rotten eggs, and closed my driver's window. Today was th... http://cluculzwriter.multiply.com/journal/item/3/BROKEN_BUT_NOT_DEAD_ch._1 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:27:34 -0000 Demon Plague Crystal Patience Gladstone Donovan is a woman blessed with fearlessness, intelligence, & something few of us could handle. The journey she's thrust into borders on horrific by its stark realism. This could happen. If you're looking for a chillingly entertaining story of witches, time-travel, & murder then you're in for a huge treat. I couldn't put it down. When I wasn't sweating buckets, I was turning on all the lights & coaxing my dog to sleep beside my bed at night. THE DEMON PLAGUE is a topnotch story that should definitely be on the big http://cluculzwriter.multiply.com/reviews/item/1 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:33:37 -0000 KISS OF THE ASSASSIN ch. 1 Copyrighted © 2007 J. Nowell Butler All Rights Reserved <h1 style="text-indent: 0.25in;">1</h1> A Collective Farm outside of Moscow 1956 Mama shouted. Marina slipped past her and scrambled over the hearth. Papa couldn't protect her when Mother shouted like that; he couldn't protect himself. Safety waited under the table. Careful not to disturb Papa’s icon of Christ, she lifted the faded linen tablecloth and scuttled underneath. The dirty floor was rough, but she was practiced at scooting back against the wall without getting a sliver. Mother shouted again. "Vam idiot dyrak!” “I’m not an idiot,” Papa said. "I won't do it." "No, Papa," Marina whispered. He shouldn't argue when Mother shouts. He shouldn't make her angrier. She hurt him the last time. She sliced him. Marina hated the memory. The village healer had to come and bandage Papa's arm. It was the first time she ever felt shame for her Papa. She overheard the healer scold him, calling him a weakling to let Mother rule him. The healer ... http://cluculzwriter.multiply.com/journal/item/2/KISS_OF_THE_ASSASSIN_ch._1 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:06:57 -0000 DEAD WITNESS ch. 1 Copyrighted © 2006 J Nowell ButlerAll rights reserved CHAPTER 1 Camera in hand, Valerie McCormick stepped from the bus into intense daylight. She put on her sunglasses and crossed the grass to the edge of the hill. Seattle's skyline loomed in the distance like a giant sandcastle. Closer in, waves rocked elegant yachts, sailboats, and cruisers docked at brown scribbled wharves, jutting along the waterfront. Fifty feet below her, a chain linked fence enclosed acres of quiet warehouses, buildings, and small sheds in both directions. Just inside the gate was the marina office. Glancing over her shoulder to the city's air-conditioned bus disappearing into traffic, Valerie took off her wind-breaker, zipped up the pocket stuffed with her wallet, and tied the jacket around her waist. 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