It's A-LIVE!!!

               This is the first actual week that Enchanted Legacy is live. It's been an exciting ride so far.
               We did the giveaway, and that was lots of fun... and I have more giveaways coming up.

I told you all about how and why I wrote Enchanted Legacy, but I never said how much the book meant to me. When I sat down and started typing out the story that I was playing in my head, it was way more darker than I had thought it was going to be. It was a story that from my perspective was a story that many could relate too. The funny friend, the different type of friend, the family that always wanted you to do things their way, the crush of your life turning into love. I haven't really discussed how the character Van was born. I haven't said how is my gay character. I knew that by writing a gay character I was taking a chance. In a world that doesn't accept everyone to love freely quite yet, this was a risk I knew I had to take. I never came out and fully said he was gay, I just wrote him in a way that you would know. I wanted people to love him, immediately. He was a supporting character, and I just wanted him to be someone who people could love. I hope that people will.

In Ireland this week, they are the first country to accept gay marriage. That is a huge step in the right direction! I will never understand peoples hate for something that is truly about love. Everyone searches for the one that they love, and so what if it happens to be someone of the same sex. Are they hurting you? Did they cause you physical pain? No. They just chose to love differently than you do.
We could discuss how people see this as wrong and right forever. I truly don't think it's my place to tell someone who they can love. I sometimes can't fathom that. I can't imagine someone telling me I couldn't love the man I love. Why would you even care?

I am not gay, but that doesn't mean that I don't know about love. Isn't that what we are looking for in this life anyways. Love, and to be loved?

I am proud of Ireland. I am proud to be Celtic. What a way to show that people are human, not just some slave to the man.. Ya know? Good for them!

You may disagree with how I feel, and that's okay too.. Let's agree to disagree.

Love doesn't see color, Love doesn't see size, Love doesn't see gender, LOVE sees you. Love sees your purest of hearts, and isn't that what we all should see. Just see the good in the ones around us? Of course, there is evil out there. Without a doubt, but that doesn't mean you have to be. Stand up for equality, for love of one another.

Now, that being said, it doesn't mean that everyone is going to get along.. That's entirely different. I just mean as a whole, look for the good, not always the bad.. Look at yourself before you begin to judge others.


I hope that when you read Enchanted Legacy that you like Van too. That he captures you in a way that you feel is a positive light. I also know by writing this, some of you are now re-thinking of reading the book, That's okay too.. The story is a romance between a young girl, and a young man who have to fight to stay together, and alive. If that has you curious, then you should check it out. Not everything is black and white, there are gray areas too!

Peace- Love- And all that Jazz- Dee King

State of Union

           
 Who here watched the State of Union Address this week? You didn't either? Great! Now, I am not so alone. I actually watched the highlights of it. I feel like we get farther and farther away from what the United States were supposed to be about every single day. We are the land of the free, the home of the brave, and I only see that as one part true. We may be the home of the brave, but land of the free? Not so much. We vote these people into office, and yet, they do nothing. This isn't about being a democrat, a republican, or even independent. It's about the fact that we the people no longer have a true voice that can be heard. For the first time ever, a president, acknowledged transgenders. This is monumental to say the least.

Unfortunately, I felt that was a little to late to show you care about people in general.

We no longer have a voice, we have voices that say this is what we want, and this is how it will be. All of these people fighting and arguing over the same things they were when I was a kid, and before that. People say anything, to just win your vote. We vote you in, then you turn on us. I have always been proud to be an American, but it seems as of lately, we are to hang our heads low. People from anywhere and everywhere should be able to hold their heads high. Everyone should have the freedom of religion, of speech, and the best part, to just live free.

Do we still have those same freedoms that we once did? Do we fight for what we feel is right? I say yes. We wanted a change, and we got that. It just wasn't the change we were all hoping for. Now, politics is a tricky subject, and people can and do, argue for hours over this. This post isn't an argument for either side.

This post is about FREEDOM! Freedom to speak my mind, freedom to be whomever I so chose. This post is for the people that feel like they have lost their voice in the chaos of this life. I don't care who you are, you have the same rights as I do. Why do they make such a big deal over this? You can't help who you love, who you are, your not supposed to have to change because others disagree with that. If you are cut, do you not bleed the same color as I do.

We are all human, and we all have the right to be who we are. Just because a President finally acknowledges everyone as a whole, doesn't mean that you weren't important before. I have high hopes that one day this country, I call home, will stop all the bickering, all the petty fighting, and let people live.

JUST LIVE! Let them be. Let them be heard. Stop trying to take away all of our rights as a human, and start fighting for us. I hope that each of you know, that you are special because you are you! Don't let anyone tell you that your not.

In the words of Martin Luther King... "I have a dream.." And I hope that one day that dream is spread across the world, and we can all act like each persons life is precious. Stop the violence, stop the killing for what you feel is a religious issue. I can't imagine a God or Goddess that would want other people killed just to get to the heavens.

Thank you for reading my rant today. I know I didn't discuss the book, Enchanted Legacy, but in a way I did. I want people to be able to be themselves. Be true to who they are, and you don't need someone to acknowledge how great you are. You already knew that.

Dee King