Your not alone | My First Video

My daughter breaks her silence.. You are not alone! We hope that you feel you are loved in this world when there is so much hate spread right now. Thank you for viewing!

Can't wait for the weekend

I am always excited about the weekend, but this weekend is different. I need a break. Sometimes with stress and daily life you just need a break from all the constant in your life. I welcome the weekend today with open arms! 

It's that time again..

It's that time where we start really looking forward to the weekend. What will be doing? What do we have going on? Will we be able to relax? Many questions come on Thursdays. We try and get everything together, and we try to make plans. Sometimes, we have a lot to get done on the weekend, and others we just chill.

This weekend I am spending it in my home town. This is not something I look forward to always, but I do like the idea of going home this time. A road trip is just what I need right now. A break before I have to publish two books, and a break where I need to refresh. The last time I was there, I wasn't even writing my first book. This time I am now an author, and in the process of publishing two more books. That seems odd when it was only a couple of years ago.

It's funny how time flies, and how life happens. We may not know then what our future holds, but we can always look forward to it. The last time I was there, I was scared. I was nervous. I hadn't been home in so long that I didn't know what to expect. I had left without looking back many years ago, and going back there was like a time warp for me. I never wanted to stay in that town forever. I use to feel sorry for the people who never left there. They never got to see the world, or hell out of the state. I didn't want that for my life then. When we went back it was crazy how much had changed, yet not much at all. I drove around to all the old places I use to hang. My house I grew up in, the schools I went too, and even some bad memory places. Walking into places that I had known as a teenager seemed so different as an adult. No longer so big, so small, just places. I wanted to walk through the home I had grown up in, but that wasn't going to happen. My parents no longer lived there.. I wanted to see my bedroom, the closet where all my writings and drawings had hung. I wanted to lay on my old bed, and try to remember the good times. That wasn't going to happen either.

There was a part of me that really wanted to run away when I was a teenager, and I did just that. I ran away. I ran to another home, and a year and half later I was back in that same damn town.. then a month later I left, and I never returned till two years ago. People say that it couldn't have been that bad? They are right. It wasn't that bad.. but back then, I just wanted to be free. I wanted to be myself, I wanted to be who I wanted to be without people remembering who I had been. I wanted to run away and make a life outside of those walls I felt that were crushing me. I did do that. At eighteen I left, and at nineteen I left again..

I married very young, had children, and made my own life. I made my own world. Only the past is always going to be somewhere in your memory. You can run, but it's when you face your past that you can move on. Going there doesn't make me sad or happy. It just completes my circle of my life. Seeing the ones I love, is what makes me want to go back. It's also what keeps me here. It's easy to be someone across the internet. It's easy to say nice things, pretend you care, but it's not easy when your face to face. Memories flood over me, good and bad. I try to keep the tears at bay, but they often escape when I don't want them to. I don't want the pity, because I did everything to myself. I chose the life I live now. I love my life.

As an adult we look back and see all the mistakes we made. All the I'm sorry's we should have said. All the It was my FAULT, all the.. I love you's never spoken. I should have been a better person then, I should have seen that I was loved, but I didn't. I had to learn that on my own in time. I have learned who loves me, who cares, and whom I love. This time I go to my hometown knowing that I faced my past, I moved on, and I learned that I am better for it. Everyone has a past, and it's what we do with our memories to who we become. We could all live in the sad, no one loved me, or the happy I was so popular days, but what does that say about you. Don't live in the past, live in the now. And the now is where I live. Whatever comes from memory lane, is always worth the trip, it teaches me that I am okay. I was always okay, and I will always be a better person for the life I have lived........

It's Playlist Wednesday

     This week is flying by.. Sorry, I didn't fill you all in on Monday, but busy bee seemed to be my name. There is a lot happening in my little world right now, I am trying to play catch up. Today, I am going to "catch" you all up in my world. We have music coming out EVERYWHERE! We have bands people have never heard, that deserve the break. I finished the cover for Charmed Destiny. The next book, in my Charming Series, and I have been enjoying the beautiful weather. I am going to try to post some pictures of the bands or their videos for you. I won't be sharing the new cover quite yet, but that is coming soon, too.

We are just going to jump right in, and hope for the best. Haha.

First of all I have a couple of new bands, that have really rocked the Indie world.
Alice Sweet Alice, has really gone beyond the call for their fans. They have a great song, that I listened to, and now have all their songs downloaded on my computer. Now, another band that has a sweet, kick ass, sound, is The Sun Pilots.
Loved their sound, they have an alternative edge that you could really get behind.. Take a listen, it was well worth it.

Kicking Sunrise, was another one that I liked, I thought the music was different, and I do like different.
This morning I had a band that sent me their music also.
(FYI I DO LOVE THIS!)
This band was pretty damn good. At first, I was like, sounds like other stuff, but then it was like, OH YES! I am digging this. They are the Bedroom Hour. Man, you have to check them out!

Now, I get bands all day asking for if they will make it into my blog.

I am not gonna lie, I don't like everyone of them. Some just aren't my cup of tea per say, but I do enjoy getting to find music, and sharing it with people. It's pretty awesome. I am a nobody as far as the MUSIC world goes, but if I can give back, then hell yes I will.

Music is my muse, and it helps me feel when I write. Being able to have a lot of different music also captures what I want to write. For every song there is a feeling.. and for every feeling, there is a song.

With Enchanted Legacy I went a darker route, do to the fact that the book, is a dark, romance, crazy, witch twisting novel. Yes, I said WITCH, and yes the main Character is a Witch.

That being said, I wanted to bring a different take on witches, and the paranormal world. There is a curse involved, and some blood shed, but what would a curse be without blood shed? Some people die, some people are murdered, and yet, some people live to tell a story. I hope that the music I have shared with you all, find you searching for the bands. Searching for why I would use them in my books. You know the game that we play by now, if you like them.. SHARE them, tell them, etc.. I have yet to find a band that hasn't been excited about someone liking their sound. So, PLEASE take a listen see what you think. Be honest, and as usual have a great day FOLKS!

I will be back tomorrow with hopefully more bands, more songs, more everything.. Till then, stay awesome! Be you! Be proud! Be yourself first and foremost!

-Dee-

Days like today..

             Days like today where the sun is shining and you feel everything is right with the world, till you step out and realize that it's too flipping cold to enjoy the sun.

Days like today make you want to stay cuddled up in a blanket, laying around, reading a good book, or catching up on your favorite shows.

Days like today, make me happy that I woke up, just to see another sunrise, another sunburst through my curtains.

Days like today, make you question whether it is better to stay indoors, or brace the cold hard truth, that's it too freaking cold to be outside.

Days like today make me glad that I have you.

How true this is! 

Yesterday, I wrote about how love can be seen and felt in many ways. Sometimes, once in a while, we do find that fairy tale love that walks right into our lives.
On days like today, I am reminded of that love I have in my heart for so many. I see the sun shining, I can feel the heat of it as I stare blankly out the window..

We all feel the need sometimes to take a break from reality. Take a moment just for ourselves, whether that's enjoying the sun, snow, and ice, or whether that's you and your favorite blanket making up for old times.

In this life, on days like today, think about your ordinary life, and how it may become more a fairy tale if you opened your heart.

Let love in. Let the SUN shine on your face, and let the world see that you deserve the fairy tale you have always dreamed of.

Playlist day!

If you haven't seen 50 Shades of Grey, then you may not know this song.

If you haven't listened to the radio (on pop stations) you may not have heard this song.

BUT, if you are one of the hundreds that did see the film, you may recognize the song.

I chose this song for many reasons. One reason is that I thought the song fit into the newest book, Enchanted Legacy, at a particular part. The words he uses to speak of his love for a woman he is in love with, worked out well.

The second reason is that I wanted a song, that was about love, but also broken love. A love that could be found out of something that you thought couldn't happen. Love finds it's way into our hearts when we aren't looking. We find love and then we lose love.. Sometimes,  you find love in the oddest places, but we all search for love, it's finding it, and keeping it is the secret. We may be broken vessels at times, but we all earn for love. You may not earn for the sappy love story kind of love, but everyone searches for love. 

If you are lucky in love then you are lucky enough, is a common quote, I adore.

I find this to be true. Love comes in all shapes and sizes. Love sees no color, no sexual preference, no bias, just pure from the heart, love. Love can be merciless, love can be hard, torn apart, shred you into pieces, and yet hold you to the highest standards that you want, and need. 

In 50 Shades of Grey, the books were about love, but in a twisted way. She, Ana, in the book, wanted pure happy love, Christian, didn't know how to love like she wanted. HE wanted her as a possession not as a lover, per say. She wanted to teach him how to love, and he didn't want to learn. The story changes through the books, and his love becomes more possession than the sappy kind of love. In the end though, they learn from one another, and learn how to make their love work. Everyone needs love, just how you use love is what separates us from one another. If you know someone loves you, but you don't feel the same, then you should let them go. Whether that causes pain at the moment, is better than causing pain in the long road. Fifty Shades was a book, that was most definitely geared for adults. I thought the trilogy was very good, but not the best written book I had read. She was repeating the same phrases numerous times, but in the end, you find that you get over that. Well, at least, I did. 

Today, the song may have been used for a film, that had to deal with very different circumstances than in my upcoming release, Enchanted Legacy, but the song fit. Find your love, find your peace, and LIVE for today. Not for tomorrow. If you are in a relationship, and you think it may not be working for you, then let it go. Let your life, your heart, be free, to enjoy love how it should be. You can't change people, but you can change how you feel and how you should be treated. Find love in your heart, and whatever and whomever that may be, I hope you find that peace with the one you love.

Don't miss this!

Sneaky, sneaky..

              For the first time I didn't tell anyone what I was doing. I had wanted a change, but then I didn't. I wanted the cover for Enchanted Legacy to be awesome. Which, I loved the cover of at first. As time grew closer for me to really put forth the effort into publishing the next book, the cover haunted me. So many problems with the first one, that I was scared. I printed the cover out just to see what it looked like, in my own hands, and it fell short for me. I tried to find the person who had originally made the picture, but to no avail. Then you get caught up with the fact of being sued for not giving credit to the photographer or person who made the picture. (Somewhere I had wrote down all this information, and now it is gone.) I searched the internet for what seemed to be days, but then I gave up. I wasn't loving the cover anymore anyways, so why not make a new one. (This task is harder than it seems. Kudos to photographers and graphic designers! You are AWESOME!) Anyhow, that lead me to the past couple of days. Searching, and searching for what could I possibly do with the cover now. I had wanted the cover to say so many things, but then again, not give away the story. I kept going back to a picture of a girl. Not a model, just a girl. She had beautiful eyes, and I felt like she captured what Bridget (main character) was about to go through. This story has been a great one to write. I found myself writing about characters whom I grew to love. For one, I loved writing Van. He is my gay character. I know. I took a big step into a world, I don't really know, but I loved him. I enjoyed telling my side of Romeo and Juliet. A tragic love story that NEVER ended the way anyone wanted it to end. I wanted to tell a paranormal, dark, romantic story, with love for all. A story about believing in one self. That's the hope with this book. It's time for me to reveal the final cover. No more mind changing ideas, just me and you checking out the new book. What's the big deal, right?

Alright, so without further ado, I give you the new COVER for Enchanted Legacy.

Goo Goo Dolls - "Iris" [Official Music Video] Playlist Wednesday

 Today's song is a throw back to the ERA of the 90s. This song fits into the book, Enchanted Legacy, nicely. I hope you enjoy.

Two movies, and a video

             This past weekend I watched quite a few movies. This is my opinion on just two of them.
             Shall we begin?

            The first movie would be Fury. The movie with Brad Pitt, about the tankers jobs in WWII.
            This movie was violent, but very real. It showed WAR times as they truly are. To know that during the times of WAR how hard people fight for their countries. It was a true beauty to see their compassion for one another. Throughout the movie, it's either kill or be killed. Let me tell you, I cried. Not once, not twice, but three times. This movie captured everything about war, about real people fighting for a cause they may have not been for, but are there to do a job. It was and is a movie I would tell anyone to see. It was truly a beautiful disaster in all honesty. Brad Pitt gave an exceptional performance, but so did they all. If you have been wondering if you should see this film, wonder no longer. You SHOULD!

The next movie is The Normal Heart. It was a movie on HBO. I have spoke about this film before, but I had not yet had the pleasure of seeing it. This movie really is in your face. It shows how love can be love, and how it can also cause chaos. A time when the world had no clue what AIDS was. One man started a fight that many are still fighting. The movie may be about gay men finding out that they had a disease that seemed to only be effecting them, but it was much more than that. I had no idea how hard these men had to fight, and without them, we still may be clueless as to what this deadly disease can do to millions. If you have ever had relations with someone, you should see this movie. Knowing and understand how the H.I.V. virus spreads, and how AIDS can claim anyone is the importance of this movie. The actors in this film went above and beyond my wildest thoughts a HBO movie could do. I truly hope that everyone sees this movie. It's an amazing true story of a love, lives taken, and finding a cure. 

Now, I know this is quite a bit in one blog post, but bare with me. Today is playlist Wednesday, and I have a song I would like to share. This song captured my thoughts toward the end of the book. It's beautiful, sad, and reminds me how you can set fire to the rain. I chose Adele's, Set Fire to the Rain, because I felt like this song says something about love. How you can feel, how you can grieve from love, and yet feel the beautiful tragedy of it. 

Without further ado, I give you Adele. 

People don't think

  I know this is a strange title, but it's true. I think people believe they can be invincible and that nothing will happen to them for their actions. Unfortunately, most of the time the person who doesn't do anything is the one who gets the backlash. I think people feel like they can treat others however they want, and nothing will happen to them. I truly hope that's not the case. We should treat others how we want to be treated. We want to know that when you do something wrong it comes back to you. How do people just treat others like trash, and throw them to the wayside to further their intentions? It becomes a trust issue. How do you learn to trust others when all you ever see is the bad they could do to you? I don't want to live in that fear all the time. I don't want to always have to worry that someone is "out to get me" so to speak.

    Everyone gets "burned" at one point by someone. Whether it be a friend, boss, or even a family member. We learn to love again, and yet we hold back on who we really are so that no one can hurt us again. You think you know someone, but you find out that you really never did. I know it seems like this is a sad blog post, but I am hoping that others read this, seeing that we can overcome the issue's in our lives. We have to learn to love and trust. We have to learn to let go of what others have done to us. We have to learn that WE have the right to be WHO we want to be! I often say that we need to be ourselves. This post is no different than that. I don't care what race, sexual preference you are.. if you are a good person to others than that's all that matters. I think we are often judged before people even know us. Some people are just rude and disturbing. Stay away from the negative. Find the light in the one's around you, look for the light in others. Don't look at them as if they have 3 heads, try to learn from the diversity.

We will all go through trials in our lives, it's how we deal with them that sets us apart. Be strong! Be you! Be BOLD! -XOXO- Dee King Author

Learn to love one another for who they are

If you have not heard the words in this song, then you are missing out. It's a beautiful darkness in this song. The video is powerful. When will "we" as a people learn to be more tolerant of one another. How do we say who is right or who is wrong? If you have not watched this video I urge you to do so! Really listen to the words.... This song will be used in one of my books! I think too many people judge others, and are quick to blame someone else for what they feel is wrong. Keep an open mind, and learn to love one another......
http://youtu.be/MYSVMgRr6pw