I have chirped endlessly of Val’s artistic genius, and believe me when I tell you this is not me being kind at all. With each drawing inception by Val, I am more and more convinced that I would love a little apartment in her imaginarium. What she produces, is beyond fantastical, Val has the capacityContinue reading “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY PHENOMENAL RESIDENT ARTIST, VALISA BERNARDINO”
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Interview with McKade Wilde of Awakening Autumn on Data Girl’s Rabbit Hole
Anyone who has spent time on my blog is very aware of my fondness for April Rose Gabrielli’s compositions, and tenacious undertones cast throughout everything she creates. Which happens to also be applicable to Song Production, April Rose Gabrielli and her partner Jacob Adam Kulick founded The Pear; currently, offering services for musical artists inContinue reading “Interview with McKade Wilde of Awakening Autumn on Data Girl’s Rabbit Hole”
6 Book Cover Reveal by Rania M M Watts for Publication on March 31, 2023 with Melaris In Print
I am overjoyed to announce that I will be releasing 6 books on March 31, 2023, 3 new book releases and 3 second edition printings with Melaris In Print, Writer’s Quill. The new offerings which include Trajectory, a poetry book that explores being pushed to the limit in the truest comprehension of one’s personal understandingContinue reading “6 Book Cover Reveal by Rania M M Watts for Publication on March 31, 2023 with Melaris In Print”
Part 2 of 2: Women of Tomorrow with Cherokee Rose & Aleiya Young
Poke Your World Bubble by Cherokee RoseGrowing up in a world where there has become a way to experience everything easily through technology, and learn about many things, is very beneficial. I have always wanted to travel the world to experience many different cultures and try styles of food that I wouldn’t have here. IContinue reading “Part 2 of 2: Women of Tomorrow with Cherokee Rose & Aleiya Young”
Emotion: NOT for the Faint of Heart
Threatened by a small creature whose heart is the size of the universe physically strong men full of machismo not a pound of soul if it had been Shylock a pound of soul is more drastic than flesh and bone Individuals follow a yellow brick road of denial residual annoyance of indifference avoidance of loveContinue reading “Emotion: NOT for the Faint of Heart”
Part 1 of 2, Women of Tomorrow with Joey Watts
A woman has desires and wants. A woman can be any colour and any sexuality. Women come in any form you could think of. Short, tall, round or thin. She could have an hourglass figure, or no shape at all. Though every woman is different, they all have one thing in common. They are allContinue reading “Part 1 of 2, Women of Tomorrow with Joey Watts”
Confident, Unafraid, and Resilient By Rania M M Watts
I was on the bus this morning working on my forthcoming book Trajectory, when I felt the sun on my face; for a moment this overwhelming wave of gratitude overpowered me with an overwhelming wave of gratitude. This week, my entire team came together to support International Women’s Day 2023.Val, I appreciate you never thinkingContinue reading “Confident, Unafraid, and Resilient By Rania M M Watts”
A Refection of Hope, Resiliency, & Expectation By Loralie Young
As our Quill Fated Scribe Luke Young is male, I’ve invited his incredibly talented wife Loralie Young to contribute to our International Women’s Day celebration with a few words on resiliency and women. Loralie beautifully illustrated reflection highlights women as a historical underdog who as a collective have alway endured relentlessly. Being a woman hasContinue reading “A Refection of Hope, Resiliency, & Expectation By Loralie Young”
International Women’s Day. Women and Health Empowerment By Artemis Skye McNeil
You’ve been preparing your whole life for this, whether you knew it or not, a time after puberty and young womanhood; a time that would one day become your “second Spring”- and whether you realized it or not, the decisions you would make as a child, young adult, and well in womanhood, would all comeContinue reading “International Women’s Day. Women and Health Empowerment By Artemis Skye McNeil”
A Moment To Appreciate Dance, Music, & Poetry By: Sonja Mabel McClure
I have to be honest, when I first read this piece by Sonja I was so immensely overjoyed with its synchronicity as lately I have genuinely truly wanted to dance significantly more. The manner in which my body just wants to move upon hearing a beat, especially if the music is fusion. Why, is itContinue reading “A Moment To Appreciate Dance, Music, & Poetry By: Sonja Mabel McClure”
A Segment of Between My Sheets By Liz Lugo
For day 2 of our Quill Fated Scribe International Women’s Day Celebration, I have a beautiful excerpt from Liz Lugo’s book Between My Sheets currently available in Spanish Entre Mis Sábanas: Una Guía Espiritual para la Aceptación, Validez, y Libertad on Amazon. This delicious morsel of expression below highlights that Liz is not afraid toContinue reading “A Segment of Between My Sheets By Liz Lugo”
Data Girl’s Rabbit Hole Reviews Awakening Autumn, Julia Cubo & Tony Moore, and April Rose Gabrielli
I had thought long and hard how I wanted to format Data Girl’s Rabbit Hole, my character, like my musical tastes has always been everything at once. There is no better place to get lost inside of music than to simply engross yourself in the moment the notes, clefs, rest, and bar lines ensconce theContinue reading “Data Girl’s Rabbit Hole Reviews Awakening Autumn, Julia Cubo & Tony Moore, and April Rose Gabrielli”
Cemented Ink, Episode 9 with CCIQ Press Resident Artist: Valisa Bernardino
Welcome to the first of our Quill Fated Scribes International Women’s Day 2023 special presentation. This interview was seriously a long time coming, I fell in love with Val’s body of work the moment that I laid eyes on her pieces. I still remember how we met, I believe I was introduced to her workContinue reading “Cemented Ink, Episode 9 with CCIQ Press Resident Artist: Valisa Bernardino”
New Music Review Feature, Data Girl’s Rabbit Hole
During my single digit years, I naturally gravitated toward one of my favourite things, dare I say one of the two great loves of my life. My affection for singing began at a VERY young age, being able to sing, to unleash all the crazy high, long, and loud notes did not come easily. ThereContinue reading “New Music Review Feature, Data Girl’s Rabbit Hole”
Verity: Bloody Clueless
The most important part of a title is not the use of the colon it is the tethered words apathetic humans void of the truest definition of empowered uninhibited rapture It is quite comical how the use of wolves as the enemy of high-quality wool savages that seek to do nothing, wait although prey toContinue reading “Verity: Bloody Clueless”
I don’t need to be brought into the light; I am the light
Perception vs reality a bunch of garbage spouted from the mouths of individuals who are clueless to the point a brain might be improved from a bunch of bricksupon the top of the head Don’t get me wrong I genuinely comprehend the breakdown of how acquired brain injury impacts the mind from the moment aContinue reading “I don’t need to be brought into the light; I am the light”
Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 14: My Bloody Valentine
Did you know? Did you know, when we took those photographs together that you would break me? Did you know, when you asked specific questions while we were in that photo booth would be a catalyst to thought? Did you know, when you took me in a half hazard form of passion — I wouldContinue reading “Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 14: My Bloody Valentine”
Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 13: Haunted Photo Booth
I stared at myself in the middle of the mallThe flashes and artificial clicks weren’t able to distract me enoughFrom the feeling of doom resting in the pit of my bellyIt grew to encompass an awareness of talons easing into my shoulderThe longer I sat the less able to leave I becameBut still the machinesContinue reading “Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 13: Haunted Photo Booth”
Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 12: Blood Diamonds
Hmm… It was a slow drip from the surface Winding it’s way towards catacombs and caverns below A stalactite formation representing real conflicts Coagulating beneath tank treads and bullet casings Where the earth sopped it up Drinking it in like glass after glass of wine Lubricating and freeing the tongue for ecstasy Driving libidos onwardsContinue reading “Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 12: Blood Diamonds”
Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 11: Possession
I just can’tThere are certain phrases, and words, in the lexicon of a poet that are not always used for the best of intentions. A myriad, no, true infinite plethora of words available at any moment. Possessed phrases, possessed words, possessed to the nth degree. When the word otherwise is brought toward me, I’m remindedContinue reading “Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 11: Possession”
Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 10: Agent Provocateur
Super Bowl Weekend & A Little Agent Provocateur Frankenstein’s body was left in the back room with numerous barmaids clandestine scene with bare shreds of clothing, desire induced rips clips no longer fasten the ever delicate exposure of a b cup size breast while cradled in the tulle fabric silk ribbons tied around the bodyContinue reading “Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 10: Agent Provocateur”
Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 9: My Bloody Valentine Mixed Tape
Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 8: This Ain’t Your Moet Champagne
He was lost in thought. Hands deep in the pockets of his bar apron. Memories of the pleasure of the night before. The pretty face and welcoming body he used thoroughly. Waking up that morning he was already bored of her but curious for the new flavour of the night.“Hey what can I get forContinue reading “Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 8: This Ain’t Your Moet Champagne”
Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 7: Yo! What about Spinal Juice & Liver Pate?
I lied to you it was done purposely expressions void of love I fell hard for you now forever silenced when I look at your shrunken head don’t worry you’re in good company as the 13 captured pumpkin I’m reminded of the ache that came with a request to listen always met with swarms ofContinue reading “Macuahuitl’s Hemorrhage: 14 Days of Bloody Valentine’s By Luke Young & Rania M M Watts Day 7: Yo! What about Spinal Juice & Liver Pate?”
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