Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – July 19
I am over half way done the 1st draft of the 7th installment of the Super Secret Project. Wowsers, this installment is action packed. I love it!
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Do something simply for the joy of it. Fly a kite. Belt out showtunes gloriously offkey in the shower. Watch a silly movie. Paint your toenails glow-in-the-dark green. Have ice cream for breakfast. Fill your lives with fun, my friends. You deserve fun!
Cyborg Sizzle Escape Omnibus
Half Man. Half Machine. All Theirs.
* * *
While these cyborg warriors battle to escape their cruel manufacturers, they find the human females they are destined to love for all eternity.
This omnibus includes the first seven stories in the Cyborg Sizzle series: Releasing Rage, Breathing Vapor, Being Green, Crash And Burn, Defying Death, Chasing Mayhem and Jumping Barrel.
All of these Cyborg Romances are set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
Releasing Rage
Rage, the Humanoid Alliance’s most primitive cyborg, has two goals–kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that’s all he’s been programmed to experience.
Until he meets Joan.
Breathing Vapor
Vapor is the most advanced cyborg the Humanoid Alliance has ever developed. He’s a finely honed weapon, a warrior without parallel, half man and half machine. No lock can contain him. No being can stop him. Whatever he wants, he takes.
He wants Mira Breazeal, the Designer’s daughter.
Being Green
Green, a cyborg warrior, cares for one being—his plant Windy. When Windy becomes sick, he’ll do anything to heal her, even venture across the universe to visit a worlds-renowned plant doctor.
He doesn’t expect to find love.
Crash And Burn
Crash was manufactured to be one of the best warriors in the universe. The cyborg has spent many human lifespans fighting the enemy. But, unlike his battle-loving brethren, he doesn’t enjoy killing. When he escapes the Humanoid Alliance, he vows to never end another life.
Then he meets Safyre, an infuriating human female, and he considers breaking his vow.
Defying Death
Cyborgs don’t show emotion. Death learned that lesson early in his long lifespan. To survive, he hides his fierce passions behind a stoic wall. He calls no warrior friend. He never admits to caring for any being.
Even the human female he’s destined to love.
Chasing Mayhem
Mayhem has spent his lengthy lifespan obeying the Humanoid Alliance’s rules. Finally free from their cruel control, the cyborg warrior plans to cause chaos. He infiltrates a remote settlement, provokes the savage locals until they want him dead, and allows himself to be captured by the sexiest little Retriever he has ever laid his mechanically-enhanced eyes on.
Jumping Barrel
Barrel requires an Expert for the Tau Cetian orphans. He’s looking for a female who is willing to commit to a lifespan-long role, who is comfortable with moving off planet, and who, preferably, has the ability to speak the offsprings’ first language.
His female, however, is looking for a hero.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Cyborg-Sizzle-Escape-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B081VFHF1S
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyborg-Sizzle-Escape-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B081VFHF1S
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Cyborg-Sizzle-Escape-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B081VFHF1S
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Cyborg-Sizzle-Escape-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B081VFHF1S
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/cyborg-sizzle-escape-omnibus/id1488934271
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/cyborg-sizzle-escape-omnibus
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/992060
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Do The Most Important Work First
Some days, I’m tempted to start the day with gardening and THEN focus on the fresh writing in the afternoon.
This is a bad idea.
Because gardening is physically tiring. And I want to take a nap after doing it.
I also lose all track of time gardening. I can garden until the sun goes down and that doesn’t leave enough time for the planned writing.
But most importantly, writing is more important to me right now than gardening.
Do the most important work first.
Then play in the garden (or read or talk with coworkers or…).
(smiles)
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Anaconda (2025) And The Power Of Sequels
Spoiler Alert – This post will talk about Anaconda (2025) and it WILL contain spoilers. If you haven’t yet watched this comedy featuring Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, and a giant snake, you might wish to skip this post.
The Dear Wonderful Hubby REALLY loved Anaconda, the 2025 comedy love letter movie to the 1997 movie of the same name. I enjoyed it mostly because he enjoyed it so much.
(smiles)
We immediately watched the 1997 movie due to all of the references to it in the 2025 movie.
And that is the power of sequels. Yes, Anaconda (2025) is billed as a reboot. But it builds on the original movie, happens later in time, and that, in my mind, makes it a sequel.
Sequels should attract new viewers (or readers). So they should be watchable (or readable) on their own.
But they also prompt people to watch (or read) the works that went before them. Anaconda (2025) made us interested in watching Anaconda (1997). Book 2 should make us interested in reading Book 1.
Sequels, I believe, are HARDER to create than the originals for this and other reasons.
So if you’re struggling to craft book 2 in a series, know that this is expected and you’re not alone. (big hugs) Most book 2s are more challenging to write.
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Throwback Thursday – Strive For Forever
Scientists discover something new about the planet we’re living on every dang day.
EVERY day.
So I know with 100% certainty there are forces in the universe we haven’t yet encountered.
Strive, the cyborg hero of Strive For Forever, is about to meet one.
(grins)
Strive For Forever
This cyborg seeks to vanquish an ancient entity and save his curvy human female.
Euryale made a terrible mistake. She opened a container she shouldn’t have touched and released one of the oldest lifeforms in existence. That all-powerful entity is now utilizing her as its host body and is slowly draining her energy.
Soon, she’ll die.
Euryale has accepted this fate and is determined to use her remaining moments in the universe to save as many lives as she can.
Her plans do NOT include a smoldering-hot, poetry-wielding cyborg willing to decimate entire planets to save her.
While under the control of the Humanoid Alliance, Strive, a K Model cyborg, disobeyed direct orders and refused to kill on their behalf. If he hadn’t escaped their cruel clutches, his defiance would have led to his death.
The male knowingly risked that fate to save the lifespans of complete strangers.
There is nothing he wouldn’t do to protect Euryale. The curvy human female is his genetic match, the one being he is destined to defend.
And she is in danger.
Strive would break every vow, cross every boundary, risk absolutely everything to keep her from harm.
Including battle a deity no one has ever defeated.
***
Strive For Forever is Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features an inspired cyborg, a joke-cracking scientist, and an all-powerful deity with plans of his own.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/strive-for-forever/id6445480449
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/strive-for-forever
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1322272
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Gardening And When Are Perennials Perennial
I haven’t given you an update on the lovage, French sorrel, good king henry and other new perennial additions to the Dear Wonderful Hubby’s and my garden because…
Well… I never know if a perennial has truly taken, becoming perennial until it has survived a Canadian Winter.
Just about any plant, including annuals, do well during a Canadian Summer. It is the Winter that is the true test if a perennial has taken or not.
So yes, the new perennials look like they are doing well. (knock on wood) But I’ll only know if they are truly doing well once Spring 2027 hits.
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You Are Doing Awesomely
We are securely in the second half of 2026. The world is a tire fire. There seems to be new challenges flung at our faces every single day.
And you’re handling them, my friend.
You’re surviving.
And that’s the only thing any of us truly have to do.
(smiles)
All we truly have to do is live for another day. That’s the true barometer of success in life.
And you’re doing this! You ARE a successful human!
Yay!
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Muse Food – Add A Splash Of Color
This little boat is a splash of bright color amidst a sea of white and/or black boats. It stands out. It draws the eye. It is a MOOD.
Consider adding a splash of color to the scene you’re currently crafting. This could be a hero in a bright red coat. Or a word that is rarely used and fantastical. Or an explosion. (grins) I love explosions.
Make something in your scene stand out.
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – July 12
I’ve started the 1st draft of the 7th installment of the Super Secret Project. I feel like almost all of the characters are in place. The action is really building. It is extremely exciting. (smiles) And fun!
Have a wonderful week, my friends.
(big hugs)
Pamper your body today. Slather on some moisturizer. Treat your skin. Use extra conditioner on your hair. Paint your toenails. Eat some juicy and delicious berries. Stretch out your muscles.
Your body is a good body. It has supported you all your life. Be good to it! And to you!
Cyborg Sizzle Escape Omnibus
Half Man. Half Machine. All Theirs.
* * *
While these cyborg warriors battle to escape their cruel manufacturers, they find the human females they are destined to love for all eternity.
This omnibus includes the first seven stories in the Cyborg Sizzle series: Releasing Rage, Breathing Vapor, Being Green, Crash And Burn, Defying Death, Chasing Mayhem and Jumping Barrel.
All of these Cyborg Romances are set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
Releasing Rage
Rage, the Humanoid Alliance’s most primitive cyborg, has two goals–kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that’s all he’s been programmed to experience.
Until he meets Joan.
Breathing Vapor
Vapor is the most advanced cyborg the Humanoid Alliance has ever developed. He’s a finely honed weapon, a warrior without parallel, half man and half machine. No lock can contain him. No being can stop him. Whatever he wants, he takes.
He wants Mira Breazeal, the Designer’s daughter.
Being Green
Green, a cyborg warrior, cares for one being—his plant Windy. When Windy becomes sick, he’ll do anything to heal her, even venture across the universe to visit a worlds-renowned plant doctor.
He doesn’t expect to find love.
Crash And Burn
Crash was manufactured to be one of the best warriors in the universe. The cyborg has spent many human lifespans fighting the enemy. But, unlike his battle-loving brethren, he doesn’t enjoy killing. When he escapes the Humanoid Alliance, he vows to never end another life.
Then he meets Safyre, an infuriating human female, and he considers breaking his vow.
Defying Death
Cyborgs don’t show emotion. Death learned that lesson early in his long lifespan. To survive, he hides his fierce passions behind a stoic wall. He calls no warrior friend. He never admits to caring for any being.
Even the human female he’s destined to love.
Chasing Mayhem
Mayhem has spent his lengthy lifespan obeying the Humanoid Alliance’s rules. Finally free from their cruel control, the cyborg warrior plans to cause chaos. He infiltrates a remote settlement, provokes the savage locals until they want him dead, and allows himself to be captured by the sexiest little Retriever he has ever laid his mechanically-enhanced eyes on.
Jumping Barrel
Barrel requires an Expert for the Tau Cetian orphans. He’s looking for a female who is willing to commit to a lifespan-long role, who is comfortable with moving off planet, and who, preferably, has the ability to speak the offsprings’ first language.
His female, however, is looking for a hero.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Cyborg-Sizzle-Escape-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B081VFHF1S
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyborg-Sizzle-Escape-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B081VFHF1S
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Cyborg-Sizzle-Escape-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B081VFHF1S
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Cyborg-Sizzle-Escape-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B081VFHF1S
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/cyborg-sizzle-escape-omnibus/id1488934271
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/cyborg-sizzle-escape-omnibus
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/992060
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Have Purpose
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I are happy people. We’re not happy all the time. That’s impossible to do. But we’re happy for a significant portion of the day.
And one of the many reasons I think we’re happy is we both have purpose.
We like to support the bumblebees, as one small example. We plant flowers they’ll like. We care for our yard in a way that will help the bees.
And this makes us happy. Because we feel like we’re making a difference in the world and especially in THEIR worlds.
Have a purpose. This could be to make someone smile every day. Or to support a local library. Or to keep your neighborhood clean of trash. Or to be the best furbaby mommy on the planet.
We all need purpose. Give yourself one.
(smiles)
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Abigail And Cheering For The Vampire
Spoiler Alert – This post will talk about the movie Abigail and it WILL contain spoilers. If you haven’t yet watched this delightful vampire horror movie, you might wish to skip this post.
I am NOT a horror fan. I get a little too scared for my enjoyment. But I AM a vampire fan so, with the Dear Wonderful Hubby to protect me, I summoned my courage and watched Abigail.
We both really enjoyed it.
Yes, it had a lot of jump scares. And there was quite a bit of gore.
But I was more intrigued about the mystery involved in this movie and enthralled by the child vampire to be terrified out of my mind.
I was cheering for this child vampire.
She was originally framed as the baddie but EVERYONE involved were baddies.
There were no innocents or truly good characters in the bunch. Heck, they kidnapped a CHILD. That’s how terrible these people were.
And that Abigail was a child meant we naturally wanted to protect her.
She was also the victim of a crime (kidnapping).
And she was alone.
All of this created a baddie I could cheer for.
Which REALLY worked for the plot. And with the happy-for-a-horror-movie ending.
Abigail is a master class in creating a sympathetic villain.
And it is dang good vampire movie.
(smiles)
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