Waid Books Newsletter/Blog June 15, 2013

WELCOME TO THE WAID BOOKS NEWSLETTER BLOG

JUNE 15, 2013

What's new with Waid Books?

We are currently seeking new authors to be published by Waid Books.  Submissions can be sent in MS Word format only to:  publisher@waidbooks.com.

For more information on our available services please visit our website:  www.waidbooks.com



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How do you define crazy?  Is it someone who is just totally off and doing erratic stuff?  Is it the co-worker next to you who talks to himself all day?  Is it one of your family members?

What is "crazy" to you?

Crazy for me was not believing in Waid Books.  

From the beginning I knew pretty much what I wanted this company to look like.  I took my time, developed some skills, sought out the right people for necessary tasks and got down to the business of writing and trying to reach my audience. 

Of course there have been setbacks along the way.  Money was funny and change was strange but I kept walking in the direction that would ultimately lead to success. 

Now with 2 books published, 1 book launch party down, 3 authors on board and several projects on tap, I can smell success brewing. Success smells really good!  For me it's not about the number of sales, the big publishing companies coming to call or even how many likes I have on Facebook or followers on Twitter.  It's about getting this written word into the hands of those that love to read.  Period.

"I'm going to succeed because I'm crazy enough to think I can."

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 Recipe time!!!


June is the month for delicious cherries!  In honor of that we are featuring a recipe for Sweet Cherry Pie found here:

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2008/06/sweet-cherry-pie/

Ingredients:

Dough for a double-crust pie
4 cups of fresh pitted cherries (approximately 2 1/2 lbs unpitted)
4 tbs cornstarch
2/3 to 3/4 cup of sugar (adjust according to sweetness of cherries)
1/8 tsp of salt
Juice of 1/2 of a lemon
1/4 tsp of almond extract
1 tbs cold, unsalted butter, cut into small bits

1 egg, beaten witih 2 tbs water
Coarse sugar, for decoration.

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Stir together cherries, cornstarch, sugar, salt. lemon and almond extract gently together in a large bowl.

Roll out half of chilled dough (use larger piece if you've divided them unevenly) on a floured work surface to a 13-inch round.  Gently place it in a 9-inch pie pan either by rolling it around the rolling pin and unrolling it over the pan or by folding it into quarters and unfolding it in the pan.  Trim edges to a half-inch overhang.

Spoon filling into pie crust, discarding the majority of the liquid that has pooled in the bowl.  Dot the filling with the bits of cold butter.

Roll out the remaining dough into a 12-inch round on a lightly floured surface, drape it over the filling, and trim it, leaving a 1-inch overhang.  Fold the overhang under the bottom crust, pressing the edge to seal it, and crimp the edge decoratively.  Brush the egg wash over pie crust, then sprinkle with coarse sugar.

Cut slits in the crust with a sharp knife, forming steam vents, and bake the pie in the middle of the oven for 25 minutes.  Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees and bake the pie for another 25 to 30 minutes more, or until the crust is golden brown.  Let the pie cool on a rack.

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Physical/Creativity Inventory List

This list courtesy of: "A Writer's Survival Guide" coming soon from Waid Books

Ask yourself the following questions on the same day every week for a month 

(Example:  Sunday 9am from March 1st to 31st)

1. Do I feel creative?

2. Do I have any ideas I would like to flesh out on paper?

3. Do I  feel too tired to write today? Did I get enough sleep?

4. Did I eat a healthy meal today?

5. Do I have water or some other liquid around my writing/creative space?

6. Am I outlining an idea or just writing from scratch?

7. What is keeping me from wanting to write today?

8. If not today, when?

9. Will I continue this story, project, piece later or will it be completed in this session?

10. What is motivating me to create?

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We look forward to seeing you next month when our feature will be the York, Pennsylvania Poet Laureate Carla Christopher!

Until then...WRITE...READ...LOVE!!!

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WAID BOOKS NEWSLETTER/BLOG JUNE 1, 2013

WELCOME TO THE

WAID BOOKS NEWSLETTER BLOG

JUNE 1, 2013 EDITION

WHAT'S NEW WITH WAID BOOKS?

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
We are looking for new authors that would like to have their works published.  Please contact us by email (publisher@waidbooks.com) if you are interested in being published.  We will work out a plan for editing, publishing, purchasing paperback copies, online sales (ie: Amazon.com) and promotion packages.

Let's work together to get your words into print!

We also have several new titles coming within the next few months.  Stay tuned!

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INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR LENI KING

Leni (short for Eleni) King is a British-Greek Lesbian writer who has produced several poetry collections and short stories.  King's work has been acclaimed for it's in-depth erotic insights into lesbian life as well as powerful and evocative imagery.  In her collection of poetry, Lesbian Juices, readers will find both hot and steamy erotic poetry as well as thought-provoking, romantic and spiritual poems.

Question 1:  Which do you find drives you more as an artist, your head or your heart?

I would have to say my heart.  Since my poems are about lesbian love, they are driven by the love of women and a desire to express myself in the poetic form.  Sales and ambition are about the head, but it's the desire for freedom of expression that gives me a buzz - and poetry can go beyond what prose or other forms of art can offer.  As a lesbian, this expression is especially important since our world has been such a taboo subject until recent years.

Question 2:  How does your poetry reflect who you are as a person?

My poems are fictional, but inevitably some are loosely based on my own experience.  For example, Brighton Belle was written after a one night stand.  At the time I felt rejected that the girl did not want to continue things.  However, with time I realized that this experience was a turning point in breaking away from my painful past.   Here is a sample:

You were my warming

My universe calling

I couldn't comprehend

Or cope just then

To find

The joy

Of the Divine

Within

Every 

Living

Thing

Question 3:  Where do you see yourself (literature-wise) in 5 years?  Do you envision turning any of your work into stage plays or movies?

Wow, Waid Books - that's an exciting idea - stage plays or movies?  Perhaps when I finally publish my novel, but it's harder to adapt poetry for the big screen!  In five years time it would be great to have a novel published and some more poetry collections on the shelves and to have reached a wider audience and continued to get great feedback.

Question 4:  Who are some other authors that inspire your poetry?

Black feminist poet Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992) was an outspoken lesbian that I admire. Her poetry was highly political and she saw verse as an important medium to challenge all forms of discrimination and injustice.  I Agree with her sentiment:

"Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought.  The farthest horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives."

Also in her essay, Uses of the Erotic: The erotic as Power, she describes the importance of women recognizing, expressing and sharing our erotic feelings.

                                                               Poet Audre Lorde

William Shakespeare

 In addition, perhaps surprisingly, some of the classics such as Shakespeare, have been my biggest inspiration.  Shakespeare's best sonnets were, as you know, written to his male lover the anonymous young man.  

In terms of short stories, one that deeply influenced me when I read it many years ago is Katherine Forest's erotic novella, O Captain, My Captain.  The poetry of John Donne is also among those all time greats that I admire most for their intensely metaphysical romantic imagery.  His ability to freeze a moment in time between lovers and shut out the rest of the world is awesome.



Question 5:  What are you currently working on?

I am currently completing Lesbian Juices Volume II.  this is a collection of very explicit love and erotic poetry as well as two 5,000 word short stories.

Question 6:  If you could let your readers know one ting about you/your work, what would it be?

I guess it would be the surprises they will find in my poetry and upcoming short stories.  The images range from very outspoken erotic acts, to spiritual enlightenment and the connection between the two.  I realize that is actually two things but like the "twin-soul" that I believe we have out there it's really one.

For example, here is an excerpt from the poem "Lost" (Lesbian Juices Volume 1) which hopefully illustrates the effectiveness of poetry as a medium for the expression of erotic love.  It also demonstrates how love can take us to a timeless, spiritual world.

When you whisper to me,

The cacophony of everyday life is

Silenced

Like a meadow upon the dawn

And only my own

Gentle moaning of pleasure

And your sweet song

Are playing, loudly

And when you press your

Naked body

Onto mine

Skin on skin

Breast on breast

Lips on lips

Oblivion rules

And I am powerless beneath you

Yet powerful

Feeling we can conquer anything

At this moment

When you suck me

The world spins

And I am floating

In another land

Entirely

Waid Books would like to thank Leni for her informative and provocative interview.  To purchase Leni's work please use the following links:

Amazon.com (United States)

http://www.amazon.com/Lesbian-Juices-Volume-Romantic-ebook/dp/B00A648Z9I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366367449&sr=8-1&keywords=Lesbian+juices

Amazon (United Kingdom) 

http://www.amazon.com/Lesbian-Juices-Volume-Romantic-ebook/dp/B00A648Z9I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366367449&sr=8-1&keywords=Lesbian+juices

Leni's blog address:
leniking1.wordpress.com/  
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Cooking time with Waid Books!

We are excited about the continuing beautiful weather.  June is the perfect time to try a new fish dish but if you don't eat fish chicken breasts can be substituted!

 This recipe courtesy of Cooking Light/myrecipes.com/Carma Van Allen, Aug 2010 Cooking Light edition
(http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/sweet-spicy-citrus-tilapia-10000002001927/)

Sweet and Spicy Citrus Tilapia

Ingredients:

4 (6-ounce) tilapia fillets
Cooking Spray
1/2 cup fresh orange juice (equivalent to 1 orange)
3 tablespoons of fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons lower-sodium soy sauce
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4/ teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1/2 teaspoon paprika

Directions:

1. Arrange fish in a single layer in a shallow roasting pain coated with cooking spray.  Combine orange juice and next 9 ingredients above (including garlic); pour over fish.  Let stand 15 minutes

2. Preheat broiler.

3. Sprinkle fish with paprika; broil 15 minutes or until desired degree of doneness.  Drizzle sauce over fish.

ENJOY!!

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 Waid Books Final Thought...

Artistic Prayers

Over the course of my artistic lifetime (from teen years to present day) I have prayed for a muse, a sign, a better pen and fresh inspiration.  My prayers are "confirmed" when they are answered and I am able to finish my latest work.

When you read, comment, write, paint, dance, sing or express yourself in any other way you are giving back to the universe in the most humble and positive way.  You are sharing a part of yourself that is innately you.

No one else can create what you create.

They can try to copy it, mimic it, bash it with criticism or not support you at all.  Yet at the end of the day it's still your work...and they can't do what you do, in the WAY that you do it.

Give those artistic prayers to your God, Higher Power, Muse, or Spirit Being and allow yourself to be inspired to create that next masterpiece.  Your soul and the universe will thank you.

THANK YOU FOR READING!  SEE YOU MID-MONTH!

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