Muse Food – Other Escape Routes
Your characters are trapped.
The doors are blocked. The windows are sealed tight. Danger is all around them.
If they don’t escape soon, they’ll die.
Look down. Is there drainage they can fit into?
Look up. Is there a ventilation shaft they can navigate?
Spaces are often designed for air and water to pass through them. These systems could be escape routes for your characters.
Or you could always give your characters a bomb of some kind and blow sh*t up.
That’s fun also.
(grins)
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – May 31
The weather is gorgeous so I’m taking a break from writing to do outdoor things like gardening and sipping lemonade on the front steps, watching the bees and the butterflies, relaxing.
(smiles)
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Take some time, if you can, to watch the bees and the butterflies also. Sip a cool drink. Wave at neighbors. Listen to the birds sing.
This world is amazing. Savor it!
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 You LOVE It?
I once read a study that revealed
the more we use an object
the more emotionally attached we become to it.
I have a t-shirt I’ve worn at least once a month for many decades. It wasn’t anything special when I first received it. But now it is soft and worn and I love it. I love it so much I’ve repaired it a couple times.
If I had bought that t-shirt (I didn’t) and I had known I’d be wearing it hundreds of times (I didn’t), I would have put more thought into which t-shirt I purchased.
I think of this t-shirt whenever I make a purchase.
Is there a possibility I’ll be wearing or using the purchase multiple times?
If yes, do I LOVE it?
Or is there a different object I’d love more?
Surround yourself with things you love, my friend.
And then cherish those things for as long as possible.
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Troll And Seeing Romance Where It Isn’t Shown
Spoiler Alert – This post will talk about the Netflix movie Troll and it WILL contain spoilers. If you haven’t yet watched this fun and surprisingly good monster film, you might wish to skip this post.
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I watched Troll on a lark. We saw Troll 2 had released and figured it must have been good or enjoyable enough to warrant a sequel.
My friends, it was both. It was fun and fantastical and emotionally deep in places. The characters were interesting and well developed. The expected army guy? He had depth and humor and was extremely likable.
It was also a Norwegian film, which made it even more fun, because characters switched between languages often and fluidly. (It had English subtitles.) And the scenery was gorgeous.
Did Troll have romance?
No. Not on the screen.
As a romance reader and writer, however, I saw how romantic relationships could form between certain characters and I was pairing (and more) characters up during the entire movie.
Troll will definitely inspire some future stories from me.
(smiles)
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Throwback Thursday – Under Strain
Under Strain is set on a super cool DINOSAUR planet.
I LOVE dinosaurs!
(smiles)
And I love Strain and Kamyelle.
Kamyelle, a small human female, is determined to rescue Strain, a huge cyborg warrior, not knowing he doesn’t want or need to be rescued.
Physically.
He very much needs rescuing in another way.
Under Strain
A damaged cyborg warrior is hunted by a peace-loving human female.
***
Strain is severely malfunctioning. The D Model cyborg was the sole survivor after a horrific decision was made by his cruel manufacturers. He hates all humans, and when he attacks one who is under his cyborg leader’s protection, he is reprimanded, stripped of his weapons, and told to watch and not actively participate in the next mission.
That mission takes place on a small remote planet. Its lush terrain should only be inhabited by the cyborgs they were sent to rescue, but Strain senses another presence on the surface. She is watching him, tracking him, hunting him.
A fully operational cyborg would end her lifespan.
Strain wants to claim her. Forever.
Kamyelle is the only one left of her kind. Warriors have killed the other nonviolent human inhabitants of her planet. She survived…barely…by hiding in the trees, observing her enemies, and covering herself with lifeform scan-concealing mud.
When a handsome, gray-skinned, brilliant-blue-eyed male arrives, surrounded by weapon-carrying warriors, she has to save him. Warriors harm and they kill. That is what they do.
She won’t allow them to hurt Strain.
***
Under Strain is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a broken warrior, a human female who thinks he’s perfect, and velociraptor-like dinosaurs who view them both as light, tasty snacks.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R322L7S
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08R322L7S
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08R322L7S
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/under-strain/id1545957749
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/under-strain
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/10602
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Garden Layouts Aren’t Set In Stone
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I are investing in quite a few new-to-us perennials this season.
Perennials need a semi-permanent place in the garden (they CAN be moved but it sets back their growth and is a pain in the a$$ to do). Which means we have to rearrange our rather small backyard.
We’re moving the leaf mold cages to the side of the house that gets very little sun and nothing much grows there. This won’t hurt the leaf mold production and it will free up those sunnier spaces for growing vegetables.
(smiles)
Garden layouts aren’t set in stone, my friends.
Well, unless you literally set them in stone. And even those can be changed if you’re very strong and/or have a sledge hammer.
(grins)
Change them when your requirements change.
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Be Kind For You
When I was bringing in the garbage bin for a rather grumpy, sometimes hostile neighbor, another person said to me, “Why do you bother to do that for him? He won’t appreciate it.”
I didn’t do it for him.
I did it for me.
I’m kind for me. I want to live in a neighborhood where neighbors help neighbors, where people take a minute out of their day to be kind for no reason other than being kind.
And I feel good helping others. I feel kinder, less angry with the world.
IMHO, that’s the BEST reason to be kind.
Be kind for you, for YOUR soul.
It doesn’t matter if other people see or know about or appreciate the kindness. YOU see and know about and appreciate it.
And you are more than enough, my friend!
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Muse Food – Pile Of Bricks And Arrangements
This sculpture in Taipei, Taiwan is…technically…a pile of (beautiful and unique) bricks.
(smiles)
It is how these bricks are ARRANGED that makes it a beautiful work of art.
Our stories are technically a collection of words. It is how we arrange them that makes them wonderful, that creates a story.
And we can arrange the words a gazillion different ways. This arrangement is what makes our stories unique, stories only we can tell.
Have fun, fellow word arrangers!
(grins)
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – May 24
This week, I got…distracted. What? Don’t look at me like that, my friends! (laughs) It is prime gardening season and the season is dang short where I live. I have to enjoy it while it’s here.
I’m midway through writing the first draft of the sixth installment of the Super Secret Project. I’ll work on this fun long story mostly during rainy days for the next little bit.
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Enjoy the season where you live also. Go outside over your lunch hour if you can. Eat vegetables and fruits that are in season and produced by local farmers/gardeners. On sunny days, dress sunnily in yellows and oranges and happy colors. Have fun with this life we’ve been given!
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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Influencers And What We See Online
A lot of what we see online, especially from professional influencers, is staged. The gardens are staged. The homes are staged. The vacation photos are staged.
They are the best possible scenario.
Some gardening influencers stick plants obtained from garden centers into the ground right before filming. They pull the dead or dying or diseased plants. They weed the garden. They show the best angles, the best spots.
There ARE influencers who are pushing back on this. They ARE showing some dying or diseased plants. They DO talk about their failures.
But they are rare.
And even these influencers don’t show us a lot of their failures.
That’s understandable.
Many people watch them BECAUSE they are a success. These people don’t want to see failures or imperfections. It makes them doubt the influencer’s credibility.
Remember this when you look at photos and videos. Very few people show their failures but I can guarantee with 100% certainty they are experiencing them.
Because even professionals have failures.
Even professionals make mistakes. They aren’t first year newbie mistakes. They are no one could have predicted or stopped this mistakes. Or they are I was too busy/tired when I made this decision mistakes. Or they are I tried something new because I’m always trying to improve and it didn’t work out mistakes.
You could be the best gardener in the world, for example, and an unexpected hail storm will still take out much of your outdoor garden (and we won’t even talk about the constant battle against slugs – grins).
Professionals have failures. Influentials have failures. You and I shouldn’t be surprised when we have failures also.
Failures are part of this wonderful journey.
(smiles)
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