Leave A Compliment
A friend commented that “The internet makes it so easy to be cruel.”
She’s right.
But it also makes it so easy to be kind.
It takes less than a minute to leave a comment on a post, telling a friend the photo they posted (and was clearly proud of) is beautiful or the poem they shared speaks to our soul or the dinner they made looked delicious.
That compliment will change at least one life, make someone’s world a little bit better, a little bit happier.
And isn’t that an amazing power to have, my friends?
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Write Like No One Is Reading
Professional writers usually have a reader (representing a group of readers) in mind when we’re crafting our stories. We live off the earnings from our stories. There has to be a market for them.
This is a bit…restricting. Our characters can’t do or say or think this or that or the reader will put down the story.
My best writing, however, often happens when I write like no one, except myself, will ever read my stories.
That’s how Releasing Rage happened. I wrote that cyborg romance for myself.
And that is what I’m doing with the Super Secret Project. I’m writing it for myself.
If other readers love it and there’s a market for it, great. I’ll be happy the Super Secret Project makes them happy.
(And the Dear Wonderful Hubby will be happy to have the funds for exciting things like…food. – grins)
But it is being written like no one else will ever read it, without this mythical reader’s preferences in my head.
And it has been SO MUCH FUN.
If you can afford the time (and the loss of income), writing buddies, consider writing something (a novel, a short story, a line) purely for yourself.
This might give you joy also.
(smiles)
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Throwback Thursday – Dominance And Dissent
Dissent is a champion of captured, tormented creatures everywhere.
Because the J Model cyborg was once a captured, tormented creature.
When he meets Greer, he feels her fear and her pain. He admires her will to survive.
And he knows…
the best way to care for the human female he loves is to eventually let her go.
Dominance And Dissent
To earn the love of his curvy human, this cyborg will have to set her free.
***
Dissent has one primary mission—to find his female and protect her.
He doesn’t know who she is, where she’s situated, or what she looks like. That doesn’t stop him from searching the universe for her. He’s a cyborg and he’s determined. He WILL track her down.
While the J Model warrior is exploring a settlement on a merchant planet, he hears a defiant scream. Dissent has finally located the one being he’s genetically compatible with. He rushes to his little human’s side, ready and willing to defend her, eager to claim his female…forever.
Greer has only one dream—to be free. She’s been a slave her entire lifespan, has been subjected to soul-crushing abuse and pride-shredding humiliation. When an opportunity to escape presents itself, she takes it. Steps away from independence, she’s apprehended.
As she looks death in the face, waiting for the final strike, a tall, handsome cyborg warrior saves her. He exudes power, makes her tremble with desire, is unlike any of the males she’s ever known…except in one heartbreaking way.
He wants to own her.
As Dissent and Greer battle for dominance, danger looms. An enemy from the past has returned. He’s heavily armed, he’s not alone, and his sole goal is to kill both of them.
***
Dominance And Dissent is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features an overprotective cyborg, a defiant slave, and a ravenous baby creature who is determined to eat his way through an entire settlement.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XJYNZ8P
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07XJYNZ8P
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B07XJYNZ8P
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/dominance-and-dissent/id1479567688
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/dominance-and-dissent
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/957853
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Aerogarden – Week 4
This is week 4 of using the Aerogarden, the mini-grow station the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I received as a gift.
Five of the pods have seen germination. One of the pods (the Thyme) didn’t have any activity.
Aerogarden guarantees germination. The Dear Wonderful Hubby called their helpline and they gave us a refund for that pod.
There were some questions (as they are trying to fix problems and stop that from happening to other growers in the future) but the process was easy peasy.
Aerogarden truly does stand behind their guarantee.
Some of the pods had multiple germinations.
The Thai Basil, for example, had SIX seeds germinate. That is way too much for one little pod to handle. So I pulled out three of the seedlings and transplanted them in their own more traditional dirt-filled containers. And all three of the seedlings survived this rather traumatic experience.
(smiles)
The Dear Wonderful Hubby (the fresh herb lover) should have a lot of Thai Basil in the future.
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Enjoy All Stages
I showed this photo to a loved one.
She said it was a shame some of the orchid blooms (we believe they’re orchids) were spent. She felt it would be a much better photo without them in it.
I think it is a much more interesting image BECAUSE the dead blooms are in it. I think there is beauty in every stage of life.
And there can be joy in every stage of life. There can be connection. There can be worth (however you define it).
Enjoy every stage of life, my friends.
(big hugs)
This life is an adventure.
And adventures don’t often proceed smoothly or easily.
But every step in this journey is temporary and will never be taken the exact same way again.
Enjoy it.
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Muse Food – Kuala Lumpur Tower And Partially Obstructed Views
The Dear Wonderful Hubby took this beautiful photo of Kuala Lumpur Tower partially hidden between tree branches.
We can see some of the tower, enough to know it is a tower, but not all of it.
Overheard conversations and viewed at a distance meetings in our stories are similar. Our hero/heroine can hear some of the conversation or see some of the action but not all of it.
And these gaps in their perception, their partially obstructed view, can lead to misunderstandings, sometimes amusing reactions, and in extreme cases…murder.
(grins)
Have you ever used a ‘partially obstructed view’ in your stories?
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – April 26
I am dang close to finalizing the 5th installment of the Super Secret Project.
Woot!
I’m eager to write the 6th installment. How many installments will it have? I still don’t know. I’ll continue to write until the story is told to my satisfaction.
(smiles)
That is SO freeing!
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Write a cheery note to yourself. Tell yourself you’re awesome (because you are) and you’re doing a great job (because, again, you are). Then leave that note somewhere for you to find later. Be your biggest supporter! You can do this!
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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Why The Super Secret Project Is Super Secret
I don’t talk much about the Super Secret Project…anywhere or with anyone (except the Dear Wonderful Hubby), except to say I’m writing it.
And the reason for this is
I don’t want any feedback on it.
At all.
I don’t want positive feedback on it and I definitely don’t want negative feedback on it.
Because I’m writing it from a place of joy. I’m writing it for me. I don’t want other people’s thoughts, however kind they might be, in my head. I want it to be purely for me.
Yes, I will self-publish it. Because other people might enjoy it also.
But that’s not why I’m writing it. I’m writing it to give myself joy.
And that’s okay. It’s okay to do things that solely give you joy. It’s okay not to share these things with anyone else, to protect that joy.
Do what makes you happy, my friends! You deserve happiness!
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Bridgerton – Season 3 – And Subplots
Spoiler Alert – This post will talk about Season 3 of Bridgerton, Colin and Penelope’s romance, and it WILL contain spoilers. If you haven’t yet watched this season of the limited series based on the novels by Julia Quinn, you might wish to skip this post.
I delayed watching Season 3 of Bridgerton because…well…I don’t like Penelope’s character. I didn’t like her in the books and, after watching the season, I still don’t like the less mean TV version of her.
I don’t like gossips. I don’t like mean people (or characters). And I really don’t like people who betray their friends and family for any reason, frankly, but especially not for money.
That said, I enjoyed Season 3 of Bridgerton.
Why?
Because I greatly enjoyed the subplots.
I loved, loved, LOVED Francesca’s romance. I thought it was sweet and romantic and unique. It was magical.
I enjoyed Benedict’s exploration of his sexuality.
And Momma Bridgerton’s unexpected flirtation. And hearing more of Lady Danbury’s backstory.
For me, the subplots were the REASON to watch the third season.
And that is often the role of subplots. Yes, they should tie into the main romance. But they give readers, who might not like that main romance, a reason to continue reading the story and the series.
With me, with Bridgerton Season 3, this worked!
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Throwback Thursday – Doc’s Orders
Doc’s Orders deals with a pandemic on an alien planet caused by visitors to that planet.
It was written long before COVID happened.
I felt this key aspect of space travel, heck, of ANY travel had to be addressed. Visitors spread illness. And sometimes those illnesses are unique to the local population. That can cause a pandemic.
Thankfully, the locals on the alien planet in Doc’s Orders have Doc, a skilled cyborg medic, and Allinen, a local with an interest in healing, to help them deal with their pandemic.
Doc’s Orders
She wants both sides of her cyborg—the medic AND the beast.
A fully functional cyborg is balanced. His machine half and his organic half work together to produce the perfect warrior.
Doc isn’t fully functional.
The G Model operates at the two extremes. When his machine is in complete control, he’s the logic-driven medic, saving lifespans. Once his organics take charge, he becomes the savage beast…and beings die.
Both sides of Doc want to be the first to claim his female.
Allinen is one of the few beings in her small settlement who wasn’t born with a fated mate. Determined to belong somewhere, she has crafted a plan to leave the planet.
That plan doesn’t involve a huge stormy-eyed male who alternates between cool seduction and out-of-control ravishment. Doc isn’t her fated mate. Allinen knows that. But his dual nature and forbidden embraces tempt her to forget forever and indulge in more immediate delights.
Neither side of Doc views their relationship as being temporary. Her conflicted cyborg is prepared to battle her family, her planet and death itself to keep her.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Docs-Orders-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07RML2WG1
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Docs-Orders-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07RML2WG1
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Docs-Orders-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07RML2WG1
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/docs-orders/id1463105812
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/doc-s-orders
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/938342
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