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Fabulosity Friday!

11 May 2018 Leave a comment

by TK Lawyer in Author Spotlights Tags: Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Author Spotlights, Authors, books, ebook, entertainment, events, fiction, Interviews, Kindle, paranormal romance, Positivity page, reading, stories, tessa valis, TK Lawyer

Hi Readers~

I’m so excited! **squee** Our first amazing author is up today on my Positivity page for Fabulosity Fridays!!!! Yay!!!

Eyes Open by Tessa Valis

Buy link:

https://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Open-Highland-Hunters-Book-ebook/dp/B01I2BA0L2/

Check out my Author Interview with Tessa Valis, here:

Tell me a bit about one of your favorites that you wrote. I like to think I haven’t written my favourite yet. I love Kira and Carter like they are family. Carter has been with me a very long time so I love writing anything with them in it. But my favourite hasn’t been written yet. It’ll test me and push me. It’ll make me cry and bring me joy. I push myself a little more each time I write so I’ll get my favourite one day 🙂
Writing is a difficult endeavor. What makes you continue to write? I started writing when I was signed off work with depression. I found my love of reading again and that sparked the fire to write. I have many half finished pieces dating back to my teens but it was when I was in the darkest part of my life that I found a light in reading, an escape. It helped me find my own story and I wanted to tell it. Eyes Open started one night when I was just typing out random thoughts and it actually ended up being a whole book. The first long story I’d ever finished and it lead to more. It’s knowing that my writing can let someone escape that keeps me writing. Someone helped me escape, so I want to give others that chance.
What do you look forward to every day?

I look forward to seeing my family everyday. When I wake up the first two things I see are my husband and my cat, closely followed by my kids. I look forward to hearing the bird song before I go to work and I look forward to finding chances to pay it forward. I make it my goal to do one good deed each day for someone else. no personal gain, just to pay the good feeling forward. It can be holding a door open or letting someone out of a junction at rush hour. small things make big changes.

4. How do you define success? What makes you successful?

Success is different to everyone. Some days success is just being able to get up and make it out of the door in the morning. I like to think of success as a series of small victories that are progressively more numerous than the failures. Although it’s the failures that teach you how to achieve the success and value it more. Being humble and appreciative of what I have makes me successful in my eyes.

5. Any tips for a newbie writer?

Have faith in your story. Writing comes with time, experience and knowledge but stories come from imagination, dreams and a wealth of life experience. A well known gentleman who created an entire world on a disc (R.I.P Terry) once wrote back to me when I asked for advice and his words stuck with me. Write about what you know and life a full life. I now know the wisdom in his words. Life experience is a pool you can draw from. Heart-ache, joy, relief, sadness, grief, love, lust, hatred, anger, they are all ink in your pen, words in your arsenal. A full life is what everyone should live for. Live on the edge of your comfort zone and keep pushing the boundary back. The founder of the Scouting Association, Baden-Powell once said:

“Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best.”

I believe in everything we do in this life we should try to better ourselves and make the world a little better 🙂

These are my favorite things…

30 Nov 2017 Leave a comment

by TK Lawyer in Holiday Posts Tags: christmas, current events, entertainment, events, Holidays, inspiration, life, reflections, thoughts, TK Lawyer

Happy-Holidays-snowman Hi Readers,

The Holidays. Just saying that, how does it make you feel? Stressed? Joyful? Maybe a little of both or in between? For me, I am sad the Holidays are almost over. It is frightful to know we are on the last day of November when Halloween seemed to occur just yesterday! However, I am determined to make the best of the rest of the year and I hope you are too. These are a few of my favorite things at this time of year.

No more excuses. Time to spend with the family and days off too. Don’t you love it? Not only do you get days off to spend time with family and friends but you get paid for the days too. Now if you work in retail or other types of businesses where you have to work the holidays, I apologize because this can be a bummer. I have a co-worker who worked in retail last year and was scheduled to work on Thanksgiving (for black Friday sales). She will never forget how sad she felt having to work when her family was enjoying time together around the dinner table with relatives she hadn’t seen in quite a long while.
Lot of sales! I looove shopping throughout the year but items can add up and get expensive real quick. However, at this time of year just about everything you can think of is on sale at some point. You just have to watch the ads or check out the stores to catch them.
Bright, twinkly lights. Who doesn’t love beautiful lights? Especially when you don’t have to pay for the electricity. I love driving around with my hubby viewing beautiful displays of animated snowmen, merry Santa Clauses and cute reindeer. It’s fun and it’s free. What’s not to love?
A different feeling in the air. People are generally happier. They open doors for you and are a bit kinder than they might’ve been the rest of the year. Sometimes you might even receive a surprise like your favorite beverage paid for before your car hits the drive through window.
An excuse to eat sweets with less guilt. Yes, I have a sweet tooth. In fact, I think I might have two or three instead of one. Hahaha. This time of year, you can feel a bit less guilty indulging in your favorite dishes though that’s not an excuse to gorge and overdo it! But your doctor’s Rx is more lenient at this time and he says “treat yourself because you are special.” You deserve it. (wink)

These are just a few of the lovely things I enjoy this time of year. What are yours?

I sincerely wish you Happy Holidays! May they be merry and bright and filled with much love and laughter. Till our next chat, take care and be safe throughout this holiday season!

It’s the little things..

02 Nov 2017 1 Comment

by TK Lawyer in My own thoughts Tags: advice, entertainment, events, life, reflections, spirituality, thoughts, TK Lawyer

surprise-happy-birthday-gifts-5 Hi Readers,

Just some thoughts on my birthday to share. You know, as the years pass by, it’s funny how our preferences change. Just yesterday while my husband was running around trying to buy a gift for me, I realized how I would rather have his company instead of a gift. Many, many years ago, in my twenties, I wouldn’t have agreed with this thinking and would’ve reached for the present instead but now with bills and responsibilities and duties, things like time are even more precious. Objects can always be bought but company is hard to come by.

I still love receiving presents, though, but it’s the little things… A special and unusual color of roses (dusty pink) in an arrangement from a man who means so much to me (when he has very little time to spare), whispered words in my ear of affection, generous hugs, pampering, festive communication in the middle of my day, and loving gestures mean the world to me, especially when coming from those I love.

So, as I sit here at my day job and am receiving a few birthday wishes, I am warmed by the recognition. I’m also a bit sad with the realization that there hasn’t been any comments on my main FB page but it’s okay because it really doesn’t matter in the end and people have busy lives. Yes, my birthday is special to me and I love celebrating it and the revelry behind it but… that all passes and then life continues. So, in the meantime, on my special day, I will do little things to help celebrate who I am and where I’ve been. And I am looking forward to those things that really matter to me and experiencing them with those I love. That is the real celebration.

Indie Book Fest starts today!

28 Sep 2017 1 Comment

by TK Lawyer in Book Fairs Tags: angels, Angels and Diamonds, author, author swag, book, Book Fairs, books, current events, entertainment, Erotica, events, giveaways, Guardian Angels, Guardian League, indie, Nightfall, paperback books, paperbacks, paranormal romance, reading, TK Lawyer, wolf shifters

Hi Readers,

Come meet me this weekend at Indie Book Fest in Lake Mary, Florida. I will be at FanFare tomorrow, at the book signing on Saturday plus attending several panels and workshops throughout the days.

Check out the giveaway at my signing table and my books for sale. I will even have swag for you to take with you. I’d love to chat with you. If I attack you it’s only because I like you and I want to give you a hug (wide smile).

R U Okay?

08 Sep 2017 3 Comments

by TK Lawyer in My own thoughts Tags: advice, current events, events, hurricane, hurricane irma, life, TK Lawyer

This morning, Michael asked me, “Are you okay?”

Well, no. Not really.

I’m worried about Hurricane Irma, the category 5 hurricane that is predicted to hit Florida via Miami at a Category 4. I feel bad for Miami, though my experience at South Beach with the dangerous, hostile drivers and even on the highway leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth and a distaste for the city. I would never want to live there but that doesn’t mean I want to see the residents undergo devastation.

I am worried for my roof, not having the luxury of nearby residents to have had a new roof installed on my house. My roof is old and I don’t know how much more battering it can take. The thought of going through insurance doesn’t alleviate my fears or worries as that will be a nightmare, in itself, if we undergo damage. I survived Hurricane Charlie and gave up waiting for a roofer, instead, going my own path and taking on a loan with a well known business to fix the roof on my own accord. If I had waited- a name on the long line of rosters of people waiting for insurance to fix their roofs- I might still be waiting.

At least I have enough water though I’m sure I won’t have electricity. Our home is old, built in the 1970’s, and due to this, if anyone so much as sneezes, we lose our electricity. Hurricane force winds are sure to devastate and I’m not looking forward to sweating like a pig in 90 degree Florida weather.

I am hoping once it hits Central Florida, the hurricane will have the decency to lower it’s category to a 2 or even, God help us, a 1. We don’t need another Charlie! And I’d like to keep my roof intact as is… please.

So, I am filling all the pitchers I own with water and even my Keurig, just in case and I’m wishing the storm will turn East and fizzle out into the ocean from where it formed. And I’m busy transferring our food to my dad’s empty refrigerator in his garage. Since his apartment’s electricity is tied in to the local fire station, he hardly ever loses power and this is our saving grace. I’m doling through our food, taking to the re fridge/freezer items which cost the most money: fish and meat first, vegetables last, in the hopes of saving as much as possible from loss of electric/power.

My husband is cleaning out the gutters, bringing in our lovely statue/decorations, outside furniture and to save precious time, buying bags of potting soil to use as sandbags since it’s rumored people are waiting hours in line to get precious sandbags. With Irma expected to hit Central Florida Sunday- Monday, we are running out of time and we must work with haste.

This has been an ordeal, finding empty shelves in local grocery stores like the picture below where there was no bread to be bought and collecting water bottles when stores were out. We ended up being lucky three times over and have three cases of water as a result.

I hope everyone in the path of Hurricane Irma remains safe and I wish for you minimal damage to your beloved homes.

#hurricaneirma #Irma

Empty Bread aisle- Hurricane Irma September 2017

Water bottle collection- Hurricane Irma 2017

Today, I am Thankful for you

23 Nov 2016 1 Comment

by TK Lawyer in Uncategorized Tags: events, Holidays, inspiration, life

Hi Readers,

Just dropping in to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!

There are so many reasons to be thankful but this year I am especially thankful to you for your support, your friendship, and your encouragement. A writer’s life is often hard and complicated. As there are successes in any industry, there are also challenges and times when we doubt ourselves and our capabilities but this time of year we are reminded to cast away the little negatives that can sometimes snowball into larger obstacles and bog us down and reflect, instead, on the many gifts we have in our life that we forget, take for granted, or don’t recognize.

So, for my readers everywhere, I wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy the holiday and be safe.

happy-thanksgiving