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I am looking for my book genre, when will then help me find my author's tribe. Once I have a tribe, I will have sales galore. Once I have sales galore, I can live the life I am writing and reading about.
I am going to really stick my neck out—you are going to have the devil of a time "finding your tribe", because you cannot force people to read your book. You cannot force readers to opt for your genre.
Have you ever "convinced" your children do something of no interest to them? Most of the time, they pretend to go along and drop the pretence as soon as you have turned your back.
I grew up in a family of book readers ranging from voracious to keenly interested, and my son disappointed me during his formative years. He was barely interested in books. Several times, I tried to nudge him gently, but never achieved much. As he neared his teens I noticed that possibly because of peer pressure, he did read books that were the current rage—among others, he read all the Harry Potter books, all the Twilight books, most of Tolkien's works and most (possibly all) of the Narnia books. Almost invariably, he read the books shortly before or after he saw the film version. No author's tribe there; he was following his own youngster tribe.
In recent days, I have seen him reading authors like King, Baldacci and Grisham. I am not sure what motivated him.
Now, here is the point—two points, rather. The first point is that I never tried hard to make my son read, even though I believe a non-reader will always be a work in progress. I feared that pressuring him would have the almost inevitable opposite result. The second point is a derivative: I (therefore) never influenced his choice of book genre.
I started reading books early. I must have started reading sometime after I learned that alphabets make words, words make sentences and sentences make stories. As I grew up, I read a whole tribe of authors spread over a whole spectrum of genres. I went on adventures with Enid Blyton, solved murder cases with Agatha Christie, rode the western trail with Louis L'Amour and ate at the Drones Club with P. G. Wodehouse. I stormed the Bastille with Charles Dickens, visited high places with Arthur Hailey, mourned Julius Caesar with William Shakespeare, investigated the Bourne identity with Robert Ludlum, toured horrorville with Stephen King, discovered a new –ism with Ayn Rand and worked on a few cases with David Baldacci. I also flirted with Barbara Cartland, Denise Robbins and Mills & Boon.
You will notice there is a whole medley of genres in that lot of authors, and it is nowhere near being a comprehensive list. However, I cannot think of anyone or anything that forced me to read or influenced my choices of genre, except maybe for the curriculum at school—a certifiable tough nut—which compelled my choice of authors like William Shakespeare. My father—a certifiable Wild West nut—inspired my choice of authors like Louis L'Amour. My sisters—certifiable mush nuts—influenced my choice of authors like Denise Robbins. I am sure I was subject to a whole lot of other influences that I was not even aware of then and cannot remember now.
So, then, am I right in asserting you cannot force people to read books unless they are your English Language or Literature students? You can influence them, and that needs subtlety. You just cannot give in to your instincts to brain your son with a box set of books by Freud.
In logical progression, that also means, of course, that you cannot force people to read a book genre. This is where I see a big difference between my growing up years and today. We were interested in stories. We did not know the word genre interested, and probably would not have given a damn if we did know. If an author interested us, we read as many of his books as we could find and tried to find other similar authors. Louis L'Amour made me try Luke Short, Max Brand, Zane Grey…
Now we come to the author's tribe.
How do you "find your tribe"? And before we answer that question, let us try another: what is a tribe? Presumably, for an author a tribe is a bunch of reader-follower-hardcore fans who get pissed off if she delays her next book by longer than it takes to read the last book. For an author's purposes, a tribe cannot be construed to be "a group of people that includes many families and relatives who have the same language, customs and beliefs", as the Merriam-Webster insists.
Seth Godin says a tribe is "any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader, and an idea." I daresay this definition is more suitable for the purposes of this post, especially if you add "author" to "one another, a leader, and an idea".
So then, again: how do you find your tribe?
I have read a whole slew of articles telling me that to succeed, the author needs to find her tribe. Not one article has told me just what she should do, in practical step by logical next step, to find her tribe. I have yet to see a dunce's 12 steps to tribe domination.
When I first came across the concept of tribes, I thought maybe tribes were genre-based. I tried damn hard to find a suitable author's tribe for myself. Since my forte is humor, I looked for tribes of readers who devoured humor.
Guess what? Forget the tribes, I initially could not find a humor genre in existence! It was an astonishing discovery. I did find comedy, tragicomedy and romantic comedy. To the best of my knowledge, my writing normally has neither romantic nor tragic elements.
Comedy? I am not sure. I associate "comedy" with, say, Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. Do I want to be a comical author, as opposed to a humorous one? Ugh. Right or wrong, I associate comedy with slapstick.
I dug deeper, and almost wished I had not. Humor is a sub-genre, under the fiction or non-fiction genres. And that brought up another conundrum: since I tend to write humorous stories based on real life characters and incidents, am I writing genre fiction, sub-genre humor, or am I writing genre non-fiction, sub-genre humor?
Once I resolve that problem, I still have to find that elusive author's tribe. Some people say use social media. I am doing that. Other people say blog. I am doing that. Yet others say comment on other people's blog posts. I am doing that. Still others say be active on sites like Quora. I am doing that. And then there are those who insist I should be on forums, groups, communities. I am doing that.
I have done all of that for months now and I have yet to sight my tribe. Conversely, I am in danger of losing my ancestral tribe, many of who are beginning to wonder if I am some kind of weirdo.
I will give it a few months, and if nothing continues to work out, I will try another tack to find a tribe. I have started some deep research on the Kalahari, Borneo, the Amazon and the Andaman.
What about you? Have you found your book genre? And what about your tribe? Some pointers in a comment would be of great help.
And yes, please: if you like, share.


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It is not the $600 a game that makes Lowell's Tim Fallon feel like he is a professional athlete. It is all those little kids asking for his autograph after games.
"They don't know any different," Fallon says with a laugh. "When I'm signing autographs after games, they treat me like I'm Tom Brady."
They do know Fallon plays in the top professional league of their favorite sport, a sport that has exploded in popularity over the past 15 years, pulling kids like these wide-eyed autograph-seekers away in large numbers from even our national pastime, baseball.
The 25-year-old Fallon is a weekend professional athlete, a face-off specialist for the Charlotte Hounds of Major League Lacrosse.
His day job has been working for Top Gun Lacrosse in Acton, which operates lacrosse camps and leagues, and for Atlantic Sportswear in Portland, Maine, as a sales rep. Like other MLL players, Fallon has "been lucky to have a job that allows me to do it. (Playing in MLL) is something I wanted to do out of college. I was determined to make it in this league."
His next flight leaves for Denver at 8 p.m. Friday. Denver is where the 4-4 Hounds will on Saturday night play the 8-0 Denver Outlaws at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
Each MLL team plays a 14-game regular season.
This is MLL's 13th season. The league began with six teams in 2001 (with the Boston Cannons calling Lowell's Cawley Stadium home for their first three seasons), expanded to 10 teams in 2006, contracted to six teams in 2009, and added the Hounds and the Ohio Machine last season.
The 5-foot-9, 203-pound Fallon was first claimed by Denver in 2011 following a decorated career at the University of Hartford, where as a senior he was the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association's Player of the Year. His junior year, Fallon led the nation in groundballs and face-off percentage. He was a two-time United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-American.
After graduation, Fallon spent time on Denver's practice squad in 2011 but did not appear in any games. Last year he was selected by the Rochester (N.Y.) Rattlers as the 27th pick in the MLL Supplemental Draft and played in eight games for the Rattlers. Charlotte claimed Fallon with the 11th overall pick in this year's supplemental draft. He has played in all eight Hounds' games this season, winning 109 of 237 face-offs, scoring five goals and leading the team with 64 groundballs.
Flying in and out for games, Fallon hasn't seen much of Charlotte.
"I like what I've seen," he says. "I love the guys on our team. It's a fun city to be in. A lot nicer than Rochester (laughs). We get thousands of fans (Charlotte's average attendance for its five home games so far is 3,875) wearing Hounds jerseys and banging drums. It makes us feel at home and a part of the city."
This week Fallon was back home working at a camp at Lawrence Academy. When Fallon was in fifth grade, he went to Billerica to play youth lacrosse, two years before his hometown Lowell started a youth program.
"I started taking face-offs pretty much when I started playing," he says. "Once high school (he was a midfielder at Lawrence Academy) came around, I had a knack for it. When I got to college, I became a 'face-off specialist.' Before that, I didn't even know there was such a thing."
Besides having been a Denver Outlaw, a Rochester Rattler and a Charlotte Hound, Fallon this past winter was a Boston Rockhopper. The Rockhoppers, playing home games at the New England Sports Center in Marlboro, played in the North American Lacrosse League. The NALL, an indoor league founded in 2011, suspended operations last week.
"I was pretty bummed about it, but not super surprised," says Fallon.
Fallon will be playing in the area again on July 6 when the Hounds play the Boston Cannons at Harvard Stadium.
Later this summer he is moving to South Carolina with his girlfriend Brittany Cox, a Long Island girl well-versed in lacrosse. Fallon has accepted a new job with Top Left Lacrosse, a company like Top Gun, but that also operates two retail lacrosse gear and apparel stores. Fallon will be a 21/2 -hour drive from Charlotte home games and all those young Hounds fans who make him feel like a professional athlete.
"Obviously it would be nice to make enough money for this to be full-time," Fallon says of the MLL. "The league might get there eventually. But I probably won't be around then (laugh)."
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: Alpha Xero by Elonia Hanoshima (an eBook)
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 - 06:22 AM, (421 Reads)
Love is not a foreign concept to the warrior. He fights for life, for honor, for worlds on the brink of war and imminent disaster...he fights for love. But when the war ends, the battle that remains is the one that lies within his heart.
The setting was perfect. It was springtime on Rigel and the air was sweet and the temperature mild. But the weather was always perfect on Rigel, so today was no exception. Its placement in orbit around the sun created a global temperature that was neither too hot nor too cold year round. To Omega, its equatorial coastline was the perfect designation for a wedding.
The events of this day brought an inexplicable calm, even as pulsar rays decimated ships and the scorching heat of battle seared through the exosphere, leaving scrap metal, wires, and a shower of debris raining into the atmosphere like a fiery meteor shower in the sky. Orbiting the planet was an incandescent halo of space junk, evidence of the hundred year war between man and machine. The gleaming metal shining amongst the stars was a constant reminder of Omegas fallen comrades. Combat and fighting for peace (as ironic as that sounded), was all Omega had ever known. For once in his life, he wanted to leave the war behind to have something, or someone of his own. And there was no one more perfect than a woman who had been his friend for more than ten years, Myla, his bride to be.
Omega watched the navigation viewer intently as he meticulously lowered the customized AX-38 StarTraveler above a grassy field, the maglev landing gears locking into place below the ship. A heavy metal side door slid opened and the mechanical gang plank cascaded down. Calculations splayed across the navigation viewer deemed the personal space facility too heavy to rest on land without creating a sinkhole, so the ship hovered just above the sandy shore. Omega deactivated the control panel with the ease of a man who had flown the massive ship more times than he could remember.
He counted under his breath until the lights on the ship powered down, holstered his electro baton and pulsar blaster to his waist then checked the hull, the corridor, and chow room for stowaways. After a short search, a light from a band on his arm picked up movements. Something squeaked and scurried across the floor over his foot. Omega locked the movements into a homing device and followed the activity to the sleeping room. He scanned the floor with the light to lure it out, its beam finally catching the creatures beady red eyes. The little monster screamed, and flew out from under the bed towards Omega but not before a blinding kick sent the squealing creature catapulting across the room into one of the panoramic windows. Omega pulled the creature up by its furry back.
Gotcha, you little bastard
The little blue Gobran screeched and cried out in frustration.
I told you not to board my ship. Not without a permit, Kasin. There are regulations to follow.
Kasin groaned and screeched a response.
I didnt have to kick you? If it was anyone else Id have him splattered across the wall off you go.
Omega carried Kasin to the corridor and tossed him into a cage. The little creature whimpered and limped to a corner to eat from a basket filled with foods.
Enjoy your stay, Omega groaned, rolling his eyes at the furry beast.
Kasin shrugged and turned his back as Omega slipped out the side door and descended the gang plank into the warm spring air.
Atop the craggy Cliffside not far fro where the ship landed, Omegas wedding was already underway. Ribbons were afloat, flags were flown full staff, and crowds eagerly awaiting the bride and grooms appearance congregated near a gazebo that overlooked the ocean.
Omega adjusted his tunic and dusted blue fur from his pants. But even his slightly disheveled appearance did little to hurt his swaggering good looks. Omega was of average height, with stark black hair, and kind warm eyes that made women melt in their boots. However, it didnt matter to Omega who wanted him, it was who he wanted that mattered. Omegas heart was full as he gazed into Mylas radiant brown eyes. The image hed held of her in his minds eye was the reason he was still alive. Even though the war that kept them apart still raged, after years of waiting, they were finally together.
The couple held hands as they stood under a gazebo decorated in soft pink marsh flowers, the petals blowing in the soft breeze toward the shimmering lake behind them as if to fly away, dusting years of loneliness and agony away from them.
Omega spent years of his life denying himself what was innate to him not only as a man, but as a human being. There were different types of love, of course. There was the love he felt for his brothers, the love he felt for his people, whom he was sworn to protect, and the love he felt for his best friend, Broyle. But the love he felt for Myla was different. It was the kind of love that gave him a reason to live.
The love Omega felt for his comrades, the quadrants, and the monastery, offered him only one purpose in life, and that was to die. In the monastery, peace warriors were taught that losing your life in battle to save others was not only an honorable death, but the only death a peace warrior was destined to have. But what could be more honorable than saving the lives of your people, then coming home a hero to your wife?
He met his beautiful new wife on Rigel, the most beautiful planet in all of the four quadrants...it was only fitting that they should marry there, with his friends Broyle and Sora at his side. Like Omega, Broyle was a peace warrior and a pilot for the Alpha-Xero monastery and Sora was an important official for the Planetary Alliance, representing in a crucial role providing telepathic assistance to military tacticians. As a telepathic, Sora possessed abilities that allowed her to foresee attacks from the sixth, seventh, and eighth quadrants, a second system of planets on a lower orbital plane, where the machines lived. Each quadrant was ranked by its closeness to the sun. The eighth quadrant being the furthest and the coldest, was the place the machines, called home.
As peace warrior from the Alpha Xero Monastery, Broyle had the honor of marrying his former Master and best friend, to his wife's former aide.
The groom held tight to his bride's hand and whispered the words "I will," words he had longed to say for longer than he could remember. Myla, couldn't ask for a more loving husband than he.
And upon hearing the vows to which she must apply herself, "til death do them part", Myla whispered the words "I will," but scarcely met the groom's eyes. For hers were placed upon the man who recited their vows. Looking at him made chills crawl up her spine and tremors shoot to her nether region. Her eyes were drawn to Broyles lips as he commanded the "happy" bride and groom to seal their new marriage with a kiss, an ancient tradition for these ancient times.
She awoke from it then... her trance, to kiss her new husband for only the second time in ten years. Myla felt a knot form in her stomach and thought she had seen him hesitate to kiss her. 'Nerves,' she told herself. Yes, she was seeing things. She closed her eyes as their faces drew near and their mouths softly meshed. She heard Omegas warm sigh against her lips, and a deep rumble in his chest. And for the moment had forgotten that he was not that man she loved.
Chapter 2: Suspicions
"This is beautiful! Broyle, isn't this beautiful?" Sora asked.
"You say that at every wedding," Broyle replied.
"We should renew our vows and have a real wedding one that all of our friends can come to."
Sora clasped her hands together, a look of hope in her eyes.
Are we not husband and wife? Our wedding is as good as any.
Omega stood beneath the gazebo, arms encircling Myla, whose gaunt face appeared, to everyone but him, not only nervous but withdrawn. Omega seemed to be in a world of his own, however, thinking of no one but his bride and their future. He looked fine in his brown tunic, neatly pressed fitted pants, and dark brown boots, which had been shined to perfection. The streak of silver coloring in his beard gave his face a bit of distinction and the twinkle in his eyes a devious spark. Omega unclasped his particle blaster and stun baton and gave it to Broyle. The particle blaster was not the type of weapon to be carried about idly. One shot from the weapon could blast a hole straight through a targets chest.
"I won't be needing this for a while. At least we hope She is beautiful, isn't she?" Omega said, nodding his thick dark head at Myla.
He pulled her close. She wore a long white strapless lace embroidered wedding dress, soft pink lipstick and a dab of blush on her hollow cheeks. Her veil had been fixed to the bun she wore in her hair by small crystal encrusted hair pins.
Myla waited for Broyle to answer. And when he didn't, even a blind man could see her disappointment.
Broyle knew better than to respond.
"Have you decided on a honeymoon?" Sora asked her former aide, Myla.
Myla had been suspiciously quiet and not the gushing bride Sora expected her to be. Omega was quite a catch, and certainly deserved better than his choice, Sora thought.
Myla had been her aide, one of the Lovelies for many years. Their job was to maintain order, tradition and project a positive Aura throughout the palace and the Alpha zone. Sora didnt find her Aura to be particularly positive but they were good friends for a while until, Myla became obsessed with Broyle and tried luring him to her bed. Sora had forgiven her in the decade since, but their relationship would never be the same again.
"Oh, Idon't know," Myla flushed, the coloring of her cheeks giving away her surprise. She hadn't thought that far ahead. Omega was more friend than lover. What would their wedding night be like? He didn't expect her to
Broyle surely knew how to make love to a woman. It was obvious by the stupid glow on Soras face. Omega wasted the best years of his life on that silly peace warrior oath. Would he even know what to do with a woman?
Myla's slumping shoulders caught Omega's eye.
"Is something wrong?" he asked.
"Everything is fine. I'm just a little tired..."
"And overwhelmed," Omega continued, seeming to read her mind.
She stroked his cheek with her open hand. His face was warm, the flesh of his hands like fire.
"You know me too well. Can we stay here for the honeymoon? It's my old home, and dearer to me now than ever."
' after all, Broyle lives here,' she thought.
The smile Omega gave Myla could melt gold. And when he looked at her, she believed he was truly in love. How else had he not detected her real feelings and the fact that she was in love with Broyle?
"Anything you wish," Omega answered, with a softness Broyle had never heard in his voice before.
"Sora and I have an old cottage on the eastern end of the city-" Broyle said.
"I'd love to!" Myla interrupted.
"Excellent. I can think of few places in our solar system that can rival the beauty of Rigel. I look forward to a tour of all the lakes. If you would give us the entry code to the cottage, and set the coordinates of our ship, then I suppose we'll be on our way. It's time to start our new life," Omega said, gently kissing Mylas forehead.
"We already had a life together," she objected.
"And now its official," Omega staunchly replied.
"What about the reception?" Sora asked.
We've been invited to use the Queen's hall. But it won't be ready until week's end. And if you must know," Omega said, leaning in to Broyle, "I'm anxious to be alone with my wife.
"Master, please! Spare me the sordid details," Broyle grimaced.
Omega, having fun at Broyle's expense, watched as his former pupils face turned bright red. He then addressed the other guests thanking them all, including the queen, for allowing him to use her Hall for the reception.
Omega followed the heavy train behind Mylas dress, gathering it into his arms as they walked to his ship and climbed the platform. Broyle followed, and met Omega in the pilot's cabin. The navigation panel was dim, save for a blinking red light. He pressed the engine button, powering the ion thrusters, then set the coordinates for the cottage.
"Entry code 98716," Broyle said into the pager.
Security deactivated, a feminine
computerized voice replied.
"Thank you, Broyle. Perhaps, we'll pay you a visit sometime tomorrow."
"If things go well, I should hope you wouldn't!"
"Im a patient man. Myla and I waited ten years to be together."
"But, in a completely platonic relationship," Broyle countered. "Unless there's something you're not telling me."
"Our wedding is a celebration of our years, but we mustn't be selfish and covet each other too greatly. We look forward to spending time with our friends as well as each other."
"Very well," Broyle replied. "Then I will see you tomorrow."
"Provided things don't go well," Omega joked.
"Why would you say that? Is something wrong?"
Omega looked over his shoulder at Myla and Sora, who were engaged in a conversation with wedding guests. "I don't know she seems a little shy."
"Most brides are nervous on their wedding night. Some even get cold feet."
"Look whose giving me advice," Omega smiled.
Sorry, sir. Broyle lowered his eyes.
Dont worry. As embarrassing as it is to admit, its the one area youre more experienced in than I am.
"Sora changed her mind at least a dozen times before we got to the chapel. And even then I had to beg her to go through with it.
She didnt want me to sacrifice my career for love. We were scared, but knew we belonged together."
"I see but Myla and I don't share the challenges you and Sora faced. I can't put my finger on it, but something is wrong."
"Perhaps fear of not living up to your expectations."
"She knows I place none upon her."
"You're a good man and a good Monk. But Myla wasn't always good."
"Well, Im hardly a peace warrior now. And Mylas changed, that's all that matters to me.
"I agree. But she is still in a very fragile state."
"I'll be gentle with her."
"I know."
Omega had given up everything hed known to be with Myla. Specifically, his appointment as head of the Alpha-Xero Monastery. Broyle wasnt sure he agreed with Omegas decision to sacrifice his rank. Omega devoted his entire life to the monastery only to throw it away for love. He was now relegated to the rank of commander over the Alpha-Xero flight squadron.
Broyle left Omega to Myla and hurried off of the ship without so much as a glance back. He tried not to think of them together, or the fact that secretly, he disagreed with their union. Myla didn't deserve Omega. Broyle could never bring himself to trust her again. Not after what she'd done to him. Not when he felt so naked in front of her the way she seemed to undress him with her eyes.
She had to know that he only had eyes for Sora.
Broyle met Sora next to the lake and linked their arms together as they walked through a meadow away from the parting wedding guests, in route to the villa.
"Something is not right with those two," she was saying.
"What do you mean?"
Myla barely looked at him. And when she did, she certainly didn't look at him the way I looked at you on our wedding night."
You're looking at me like that right now and it's scaring me."
"Stop it," Sora laughed. "I'm serious, Broyle. I'm worried."
"Omega can take care of himself. The only person you need to worry about is yourself and our new baby."
"What if Myla"
"I know what you're going to say Soraplease don't. Once it's out there, it can't be taken back. I don't want to think about Myla. The only woman I want to think about, is you."
"About renewing our vows?"
Her eyes were hopeful.
"We're not renewing our vows."
"People will think we're competing with Myla and Omega."
"Watching them get married makes me want to share our love with the entire galaxy! We didn't do that the first time around. We couldnt "
Like Rigels unrivaled beauty, sparkling crystal clear seas, and vast green lands, something mystical and potent was in the air the day they met. After Broyle had been injured by a pulsar ray in a space battle with Mechs, elders at the Alpha-Xero monastery ordered him to heal on a med-ship in the fourth quadrant, on Rigel. That ray, damn near tore his entire hand off. But Broyle refused the metal graft that would have repaired the severed tendons in minutes. How could he serve the monastery if he allowed medics to turn him into a Bio-Mech? Hed rather lose his entire arm than become part-machine.
Despite the planets endless beauty, Broyle was too depressed to enjoy it. He belonged on a fighter ship, aiding his comrades and defending the planet from machines. The only solace he found was on the ships deck, where he mentored and played cards with injured soldiers. Endless delegations from the fourth quadrant visited the ship, mostly politicians who only wanted to show their faces on StarNet. Even better when the med-nurses were out distributing pills.
With his cauterized wound bandaged all the way up to his elbow, Broyle limped out of his lawn chair, cradling his arm. As a peace warrior, he preferred meditation to taking heavy doses of pain medication.
So youre the hero on StarNet everyones talking about.
He turned slowly, to find a beautiful young woman behind him.
As protector of the fourth quadrant, Sora was forbidden to marry.
Sora pouted. "I'm starting to think you don't want to marry me again."
"If I didn't want to be married to you I'd ask for a divorce."
"I'd hunt you down and make you stay married to me."
"Now youre really scaring me, Broyle smiled.
On the other side of Rigel, the sun began to set as Omega barreled into the cottage with Myla Rose in his arms. He missed a step leading into the house on his way in, and nearly dropped her on the floor. Myla and Omega laughed.
"This is silly!" Myla exclaimed, blushing. "You didn't have to carry me inside."
"But it's tradition," Omega replied.
"Ancient, tradition. People don't do that anymore."
"We do " He kissed her on the lips.
Myla's arms instinctively drew to his neck as she kissed him back, relaxing in his arms.
Omega looked around.
"Do you even know where you're going? You can put me down now."
"I'm looking for the bedroom."
"Don't call me that anymore," he said.
Myla covered her mouth with an open hand. "I'm sorry, but as my former boss... It's going to be a hard habit to break."
"Your boss! I thought we were friends? You were a tremendous help to me, Myla. I'll never forget that."
Myla looked down as Omega cut left to the bedroom.
"How did you"
"I sensed it," he answered. "Broyle and Sora used the bedroom on the other side of the living room. There are traces of their Force scents there. So we'll use the smaller bedroom."
Myla thought of wrapping herself in Broyle's bed sheets.
Omega settled her on the bed.
"You have what appears to be, three petticoats, a bustier, very skimpy panties, a pair of stocking and a white garter. May I take it off?"
"How can you know that?" Myla exclaimed.
"I sensed it. You were worried about getting the wedding dress and undergarments off. Your handmaidens helped you into this contraption, didn't they?"
"Yes, but I didn't know you could read my thoughts so precisely " she replied.
"Ohand I wouldn't, normally " he said, "But you were in pain, so I couldn't resist."
Omega stooped to one knee and slid a hand under her dress. "It's so boring, after a while. It becomes rather difficult to hold a decent conversation knowing what your companion is going to say before he says it. I've learned to silence what I sense most of the time. I hear only traces of thoughts. But youseemed to leap from one problem to the next. Your bustier, crushing your ribs, and so on. I couldn't help myself."
"I wouldn't know what to think, if you were sensing my thoughts all the time."
"Why? Do you have something to hide?"
Myla's cheeks burned red at hearing his question. "Of course not," she gasped. "It's just strange, that's all."
Omega took her hands into his and pulled her from the bed. "May I?" he asked, gesturing toward the back of her dress.
"Uhof course," Myla replied.
He reached behind her, his breath a whisper from her lips as he unclasped the back of her lace embroidered dress.
"May I undo your veil?"
"Of course," Myla replied.
Omega pulled the pins from her hair and tossed the veil onto the bed. Myla's hair fell to her shoulder in dark cascades.
"I could use some help with my skirt and petticoats," she offered.
He unclasped the back of her gown and watched as it fell to the floor at her feet. She stood before him, in her petticoat and the bustier.
She could breathe now, with the confining part of her dress off. And now, she would finally escape that painful bustier.
Omega untied her bustier, unraveling the satin stash until it fell to the side like a broken shell.
"I have only my petticoats now," Myla whispered.
"Shall I take them off?"
Myla sat on the bed and watched as Omega undressed himself. He then sat beside her, and together they fell back to their pillow.
He kissed her the way a man should kiss a woman, and not the way a lover should kiss a friend.
She'd forgotten all about her Broyle, then, with Omega 's hot hands all over her flesh.
It was not what she imagined, their lovemaking. But more powerful, those Monks being in such good shape. And it seemed the years had not robbed Omega of his stamina. When it was over, Myla nestled close and buried her face into his chest. She was too blown away to think of Broyle. Omega had erased him from her thoughts like chalk from a blackboard...for now.
To be continued... stay tuned for part two.
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No regrets: Hay mayor on evacuation order stance
The Mayor of Hay says he has no regrets about encouraging local people to make up their own mind about evacuating during the floods.
Bill Sheaffe has told a Hay council meeting, the State Emergency Service (SES) evacuation order was like martial law and created fear and panic.
Councillor Sheaffe says people needed to apply their own local knowledge in deciding whether to leave.
"And I thought that people should actually listen to the SES, have a look at the work that has been done on the banks which was a mighty effort and also look at the history of how often Hay has and hasn't been flooded and then make their own decision," he said.
"I was trying to stop people from panicking and that was my position and I still stand by it."
Councillor Sheaffe says he has won praise from local people for questioning SES orders to evacuate the town during the recent flood, but concedes he could have found himself in a difficult position if any residents had been injured and killed as a result of the flood.
"Well you'd be surprised, I've had about 100 phone calls and about 25 faxes - emails I mean, from various people and they've all been complimentary," he said.
"But I've no doubt that people will probably, some people will probably, criticise me but that's fine.
"That's their right and privilege.
"But I wasn't directing people what to do, I was just telling them to use their own judgement."
Councillor Sheaffe says the evacuation orders were an over-reaction.
"A lot of people got messages on their mobile and of course it's a wailing siren in the background with the voice yelling out 'Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate'," he said.
"Now if there's a raging fire coming towards you yes, but Hay's a very flat town and if water should breach the bank it would spread very slowly.
"You could walk away from it, you could probably crawl away from it."
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by kmoelle • December 19, 2013 • News • 0 Comments
By KELLY MOELLER
It all started while Pastor Rob was just going for a drive down Route 202 in Mahwah, thinking to himself, "where would Jesus hang out?" As his drive continued and he passed the MB&G, he figured that Jesus would probably spend his time at the bar.
With that, Parker decided to launch "God in the Bar" on Sunday evenings at the Mahwah Bar and Grill. At the Sunday service Pastor Rob invites everyone to the restaurant at 7:00. Upon arrival you would receive two tickets which get you two drinks from the bar as well as appetizers.
After everyone has had ample time to come, get a drink and get settled, the doors shut and the group is engaged in a specific conversation, whatever the church feels is appropriate, where everyone is invited to express their opinions and beliefs.
This is the Plant. More of an unconventional, hip way of reaching out to people.
The Plant, located at 150 Ridge Rd, in Mahwah, New Jersey has a congregation of around 200 patrons. But at this church, faith goes beyond just an individual or local level; it stresses the importance of using faith to help oneself help others near, and most importantly, far. Parker explained that part of loving the entire world surrounding us is to help everywhere.
"We not only focus in Mahwah, we also focus globally. We have been a part of a project in Uganda, working with them now for four years to get a community started. We've also been involved in water projects helping to build a well, schools, and a lot of work over seas. We not only serve the people locally but we empower people to make a global difference"
According to PewResearch: Religion and Public Life Project, more than 81 percent of adults in the United States affiliate themselves with some kind of religion. The Plant Church goes one step beyond, being a church of believers under one roof: they are a "community of faith committed to live out the love, truth, and compassion reflected in Jesus Christ."
What is The Plant?
What is The Plant? Parker describes it as, "Cultivating a community where the love of Christ is revealed in the relationships we have with one another, that the truth of Christ that we study is found in holy scriptures, and the compassion of Christ is how we love the world around us, both locally and globally."
It's an organization where people from all walks of life are welcome and encouraged to attend. "Everyone who has come to experience our service, no matter what their life situation is, has felt comfortable and really encouraged to have a relationship with Christ," explained Parker, "we want people to relate with the real Jesus, not the one of the western church, but of the ancient scriptures."
The Cornerstone Christian Church located in Wyckoff, NJ founded the Plant in January of 2008. Because the Cornerstone Church was expanding, they felt that more locations in the Bergen County area would better help them to carry out their mission statement, being to spread the word of Jesus.
In terms of denomination, The Plant is a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. The mission statement of the alliance is that they are focused around Jesus with their mission being to fulfill his final request on earth, The Great Commission. Parker says that what sets apart Alliance, as well as the Plant, from other Christian organizations is that not only do they function on a local level, but a global level as well.
Rob Parker
On Sunday December 8th, a mere 2 weeks before Christmas, Parker greeted every single person who came out to God in the Bar. As more and more people entered and the room became noisier, Parker didn't pay any more attention to one person than another.
"In college I was playing college sports. Eventually I had suffered a spinal injury where I had to stop playing. At the same time I had started going to high schools, sharing stories of failures of success at assemblies, and that made me realize I wanted to preach. Additionally, one summer I worked at a summer camp for kids in the urban setting and I thought, 'I really want to be in a career that serves people,' and I knew that because of my faith, preaching was the perfect spot for me."
Prior to his work with the Plant, Pastor Rob has worked with Hawthorne Gospel, Cornerstone Christian Church, and a non-profit youth ministry called Young Life. Parker is currently finishing up his PhD in Semiotics and Future Studies at George Fox University.
Omar Niebles, The Pastor of Community Life, who has worked with Rob since the formation of the church in 2008 says, "Rob is a visionary, but he doesn't leave people stranded. Rob is someone who wants to help people along and have them figure out the vision with him. So he's a journeyman that wants to bring others on board. He's humble and teachable."
What Does The Plant Do?
[SLIDESHOW:Here you can see pictures of the Plant in action.]
Last year, in response to Hurricane Sandy, Parker and his congregation were immediately figuring out ways to raise money, food, as well as other necessities. Last year just in the month of December alone, the church, accompanied by others willing to help, raised $15,000. Half of that amount went to Uganda to assist the group with which they are associated, the other half was used to ease the monetary burden thrust upon those who experienced damage from the storm.
Not only do they help in monetary senses, but also in emotionally supportive situations. It is apparently not uncommon to have a service on Sunday morning in which very few people are in attendance because they are out participating in events such as fun runs for cancer awareness or suicide prevention walks.
After examining all of the good work and effort that the members of The Plant contribute to the entire world around them, it begs the question, what do other churches as well as other conservative Christians think of The Plant. It could be perceived as a more "modern" institution, if you will.
When approached with that notion Parker said, "It's a very relevant church to today's communities in that we study and believe the scriptures. We live out our faith in a very real and tangible way. We make faith and community extremely relevant."
Jim Murphy, a guest at the Mahwah Bar and Grill saw God in the Bar and inquired. "Me being a catholic, I'm turned off by church, it's too stodgy. And the fact that they put a basket in front of you and tell you to put money in it, as opposed to thinking of other ways to raise money for the church and those who benefit from it, said Jim Murphy, who is a Catholic, but has become despondent towards the Catholic Church.
"I went to get married in the Catholic Church and my fiancée was divorced, so the church said it would not be a problem, but her previous marriage needed to me annulled." Murphy said, "We were willing to do it until they asked for a hefty donation. So we opted to go to an Episcopal church and they wanted nothing from us. With my charitable background, this church seems very appealing to me. It seems that it could make church fun as opposed to something that you feel morally obligated to go to."
Does everyone love the Plant?
Parker shed some light on the fact that people simply enjoy the congregation and the church as a group and appreciates what they do. While there are people out there hesitant and uncertain when it comes to organized religion or perhaps have their own disbeliefs or theories, there is no uncertainty that the things this group of people does to help their friends and neighbors is astonishing.
"One specific example that I remember involving negative energy towards us was when we did a September 11th remembrance at the Mahwah Bar and Grill, there was someone who purposely came out with a negative eye to see how Craig, the owner of the restaurant, and I would handle it, Parker said, and afterwards he came to me and thanked me because of how respectful we were to those who had lost loved ones."
In the almost six years that the church has been active, there was only one memorable instance of negative energy towards the church, which in the end was quickly rectified and never a problem.
Parker says that he frequently asks himself, why do church this way? His answer was, "I always want to see a church that would reach a person who would never ever want to go to church; to find that faith can be real, it's tangible, and that the Christmas story, the story of Jesus is real."
The Plant meets every Sunday morning at 10:00 am at 150 Ridge Road in Mahwah, New Jersey (Ramapo Ridge Middle School). Check the website for dates and time of God in the Bar.
He expressed that if anyone were to have potential problems with the church it would be their partners in crime. "If anyone thinks were crazy, other churches think were crazy. We're a little edgy with God in the Bar."


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A year ago today, we lost my Papito for awhile. It was devastating. As we waited for days for the doctors to discern when it might be possible to pull my father out of the coma for signs of life, to see what our life might look like going forward, if my Papito was still with us, I descended into the darkest place I've been. A year later, things are different for our family- most especially, things are different for my once robust dad- but the most important thing is that we were given more time. There's never enough time, but I'll take every minute I can get. I call my parents almost everyday. We see them as often as possible. We celebrate as much as we can.
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square one: a weekly visit to the ice cream counter
square two: another weekly visit, this time to the library. i would walk out of the children's room with a staggering pile of books. you never told me no. you never said go put one back. you simpley said enjoy.
later, we'd cross the military base to the commissary where I was afforded one treat. hours later, i'd curl onto the floor of my bedroom, book and peanut brittle in hand. years later, reading leisurely is still my treasure. you gave me that.
square three: that time i fell out of my desk at school and got in trouble. she did it on purpose, my teacher screamed, she did it to embarrass me, she insisted. as if the embarrassment she experienced because of my fall was more significant than what i experienced as an awkward eighth grade girl. when mamacita yelled at the assistant principal that i was not a behavior problem (and perhaps implying that she could be) and he told you to quiet her, to control your wife, you looked back, unabashed. she is her mother, you told him, and you are in the wrong.
square four: i am going on my first real date. as i spend the afternoon in my bedroom trying on every inch of clothing i own in order to find just the right outfit- cute but not trying too hard is the look i am going for- you come in with something cupped in your hands. we gotta talk, nena, you tell me, and i am horrified. your hands open to reveal a quarter. a quarter, you tell me, that you want me to put between my knees and not let drop until i am married. point taken. years later, my friends, who all love you, will mail you quarters as they get married.
square five: we are in Washington DC to celebrate Veterans Day. just sixteen, i didn't want to come. not because i had anything that much better to do at home but because i knew that seeing this part of you, the wounded veteran who spent six graphic years in war for your country, would be too much for me to take. in the end, it was the president not showing up for his scheduled appearance and the way that it disappointed you and all your comrades in arms that was too much for me to take. hours later, when the news reported that the president was on his ranch in Texas for a little r&r, I ran to the television and turned it off before you heard. i cannot protect you the way you have protected me, but i will do the best i can.
square six: decades later, that war brings you cancer. as i ride the highways between our houses to accompany you to every appointment, every treatment, you place trust in me that is so great, i am humbled by the pressure. in the midst of this all, the chemotherapy, the external radiation, the internal radiation, the biopsies, the scans, you buy yourself a new car. what's the rush I ask you. i still have places to go, you tell me.
square seven: i place my sweet Ethiopian boy in your arms. he looks just like me, you whisper. and, of course, he does. because, interestingly enough, he does. but also because you, sweet man, make everyone yours.
square eight: after all we have been through in the past two weeks, you lock eyes with your physical therapist after you stand for the first time, wobbly, legs like a colt learning his way, and say, "i walked into this place, i am walking out of it." not one of us doubts you, papito. when it comes to you, papito, all of us believe.


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Zacks Investment Research upgraded Gladstone Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:GLAD) to Hold in a report released today.
- Updated: October 4, 2016
Zacks Investment Research has upgraded Gladstone Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:GLAD) to Hold in a report released on 10/5/2016.
Just yesterday Gladstone Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:GLAD) traded 1.23% higher at $8.21. Gladstone Capital Corporation's 50-day moving average is $8.34 and its 200-day moving average is $7.70. The last stock price is up 6.57% from the 200-day moving average, compared to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index which has decreased -0.01% over the same time period. 51,784 shares of GLAD traded hands, down from an average trading volume of 122,808
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Gladstone Capital Corporation has 52 week low of $4.71 and a 52 week high of $9.09 and has a market capitalization of $0.
Brief Synopsis On Gladstone Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:GLAD)
Gladstone Capital Corporation is an externally managed, closed-end and non-diversified management investment company. The Company's investment objectives are to achieve and grow current income by investing in debt securities of established businesses that will provide earnings and cash flow to pay expenses, which make principal and interest payments on its indebtedness and make distributions to stockholders that grow over time, and to provide its stockholders with long-term capital appreciation in the value of its assets by investing in equity securities of established businesses that it can grow over time to permit customers to sell its equity investments for capital gains. Its investment portfolio is approximately 91.2% in debt investments and approximately 8.8% in equity investments. Its investment strategy is to invest in several categories of debt and equity securities. Gladstone Management Corporation is the investment advisor of the Company.
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The INVISIBLE CRASH – Mike Maloney Previews Episode 7 Hidden Secrets of Money (Video)
TDC Note – If you not watched, at least once, the entire series Mr. Maloney has put together then it is high-time to start. The way Mike handles currency, money, gold and silver throughout history and right up today is brilliant, easy to understand and has the potential to awaken millions of people. Click here for Episode One which has built in link to Episode Two and each video is linked thereafter. Anyone that watches, understands and grasps the concepts Mr. Maloney puts forth has the equivalent of Certified Financial Planner. I would say probably better qualified than most CFP's. Here's the preview for the latest episode.


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Sunny Vol. 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto (a J!-ENT Manga Review)
May 26, 2013 by J!-ENT
"Sunny" is an innocent, real slice-of-life manga series about children at an orphanage and the experiences (happy and sad) that each have to deal with in their young lives. You don't really find these type of manga in the U.S…. So, for anyone wanting some real, different or unique, then I definitely recommend Taiyo Matsuoto's "Sunny".
Image courtesy of © 2011 Taiyo Matsumoto. All Rights Reserved.
MANGA TITLE: Sunny Vol. 1
STORY AND ART BY: Taiyou Matsumoto (松本大洋)
FIRST PUBLISHED IN JAPAN: Shogakukan
PUBLISHED IN USA BY: VIZ Media, LLC/Shonen Jump Manga
RATED: T for Teen
RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2013
What is Sunny? Sunny is a car. Sunny is a car you take on a drive with your mind. It takes you to the place of your dreams. Sunny is the story of beating the odds, in the ways that count. It is the story of beating the odds, in ways that count, for a group of orphans who discover the car and let it take them to better places in their imagination.
From mangaka Taiyo Matsumoto comes his manga series "Sunny". Matsumoto is well known for his work in manga series such as "Tekkonkinkreet", "GoGo Monster", "Ping Pong" and "Number Five".
For the orphans of the Star Kids Home, the children who dream about having a family after being abandoned by their own parents or lost their parents, can only hope that life will become much happier. But for now, all they have is each other.
"Sunny" is a series set during the 1970s and revolves around a group of children and teenagers who live at an orphanage and each chapter deals with a children's life, with other orphans and also the heartbreak they endure of being left by their parents.
The title of the manga series is derived from a broken down Nissan Sunny 1200 in front of the orphanage which the children use as a getaway vehicle for imaginary adventures, a clubhouse and more.
The first volume focuses on the children at Star Kids Home. A new child has arrived and his name is Sei. Sei wants to be with his parents and is not happy that they are leaving him at the orphanage.
At the orphanage, he meets other kids his own age such as the rambuctious and rebellious child (with white hair) Haruo; the curly haired (often seen with snot dripping out of his nose) Junsuke; the girl Megumu (that Haruo likes and often he makes her cry); Kiko, who likes Haruo; Kenji, one of the oldest orphans and more.
A heartfelt volume of "Sunny" as the orphans of Star Kids Home begin to miss their own families and wonder how long they will be stuck at an orphanage.
The first volume introduces us to characters, primarily those who live and work at the orphanage. Showing us how Sei was dropped off at the orphanage and now trying to fit in with the others. Junsuke's little brother goes missing after trying to find four-leaf clovers. A former orphan named Makio visiting the orphanage. One of the older orphans, Kenji feeling down after trying to look for his parents.
And for the most part, the whole manga features stories that are heartfelt, slice-of-life type of storylines.
If there is one aspect of Japanese culture that many westerners never get to see in manga or anime, it's life of orphans at a Japanese orphanage and the emotions they feel and the differences between new children at the orphanage and those who have been there for quite some time.
With Taiyo Matsumoto's manga "Sunny", the manga gives readers a chance to read a slice-of-life manga series of various children of different ages living at an orphanage and the challenges they have. May it be in school, with other children and also the feeling of one's self-worth after being left behind by their family.
The artwork of Taiyo Matsumoto is always interesting to see. His style is unique and some girls, the way he makes those rosy cheeks look like uneven smudges that change from page to page, but it's the uniqueness that I have come to appreciate about Matsumoto's artwork. But of course, it's his stories that are captivating and while "Sunny" is a slice-of-life manga series, it's a fresh manga style to have released in the US, something different and unique.
As with the last volume, Viz Media is giving "Sunny" the Viz Signature hardback treatment for each release, thus the series does cost a bit more than a standard manga series.
Overall, "Sunny" is an innocent, real slice-of-life manga series about children at an orphanage and the experiences (happy and sad) that each have to deal with in their young lives. You don't really find these type of manga in the U.S…. So, for anyone wanting some real, different or unique, then I definitely recommend Taiyo Matsuoto's "Sunny".
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Charm King + Mod – popular puzzle game Charm King Android
The regular version + mode version (Mod Gold / Lives) separately
Tested by implementing offline
Charm King – the king of showbiz glamor popular game in the style of Match-3 puzzle game from the studio PlayQ Inc for Android is available for free on Google Market, and up to this moment more than 10 million times by Android users around the world and has received excellent rating of 5.0 Business 4.6 rating no coincidence that this will not be achieved! In this game full of gorgeous; you failed to appear in the role of a king not lost hope and must hope and a new way to his return to his show! The best way is to start from zero again be able to obtain the throne, the first thing you need to do is collect colored necklace! You have to put three or more beads of the same color together to remove and collect them together and put them in a big box and to achieve the main objective behind hundreds of challenging stages! If you are interested in Android puzzle games are certainly making Charm King will attract your attention.
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Including challenging stages +100
Putting together different items
Types of boosters for obtaining
Play in a variety of different backgrounds
The main purpose of the King
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Changes in version v2.42.0:
* Added 15 new steps
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