The Weekly Round-Down. (No.20)

Happy Friday all... well for you rather than me. I've had a week off from work this week and its been fantastic. Unfortunately, I'm back on Sunday. I've spent most of my time being lazy and beta-reading Nav's newest work. It's safe to say that it is quite good. Though I am slightly annoyed. I had planned to be proof reading Life inside a Psychopathic Balloon but those bastards haven't delivered my proof copy yet, despite paying delivery charges to ensure it had arrived by the fifth. 

It will only be a short one this week as I have a takeover to do soon so I'll be attempting to entertain people for a whole hour. 

The lovely woman who is beta reading the Talon Strand, told me yesterday that a part of it was making her feel emotional, so that's good. She also said that up to now, it's better than the first. I think that deep down, it is very much a drama. Where the first one was loud and brash, the second one is more grounded, well at least I hope. I think my main concern is that I don't want it to be like anything else. 

So it finally happened this week... I watched the fourth Transformers movie. I really fucking hate Michael Bay. I only watched it for Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) and at first, it didn't seem that bad. Plus anything NOT starring Shite Lebouf, can only be seen as a blessing. Surely enough though, Michael soon returned to his staple of shitting on my childhood. So avoid it like the plague if your eyes haven't witnessed the travesty already.

I also watched the Maze Runner. It could have been a lot better, but it had a whiff of teen-twilight-nonsense about it. If it's ever on the television for free, give it a watch. Otherwise, avoid it like I avoid the hunger games or as I call it, the poor man's Battle Royale. 

Anyway, I'll leave you all to enjoy your weekend. Have a good one, here's the top 15:

(Lwp)

1. (n/a) Halo – Star Set

2. (n/a) Death before Dishonour – Five Finger Death Punch

3. (n/a) Carnivore – Star Set

4. (n/a) Drown – Bring me the Horizon

5. (n/a) Down to Earth – Celldweller  

6. (n/a) Friendly Fire – Nothing More

7. (n/a) Sex Metal Barbie – In This Moment 

8. (n/a) I want you back – The Jackson 5

9. (n/a) Dirty Pretty – In This Moment

10. (n/a) It has Begun – Star Set 

11. (1) One Month Off – Bloc Party

12. (n/a) Big Bad Wolf – In This Moment

13. (n/a) Crystalize – Lindsey Stirling 

14. (13) End of an Empire – Celldweller

15. (n/a) Survival – Eminem

  

Actual Poetry Thursdays! (No.6)

This week we are joined by the multi-talented Nav Logan, so enjoy his poem and then proceed straight to his website www.navlogan.com for more.

Slipping Into Something Comfortable

Let me slip into something comfortable,

While we snuggle together and whisper our love.

Something just right, designer tight,

Ergonomically made, it fits so well.


Let me slip into something comfortable,

While we cuddle close and kiss the night away.

Tailor made to fit my body,

The feel of it making me sigh.



Kid gloves are nothing to this,

Silk and satin fall short of the mark,

Mink and Ermine are course in comparison,

To what I am wearing with you.



Let me slip into something comfortable,

And together we can fly to the moon.

Nothing feels finer than this apparel,

Nothing feels finer than you.



Let me slip into something comfortable,

Let me slip into you.

Attempt At Poetry Wednesdays! (No.18)

Well here we are again. In case you all have forgotten, or you just didn't see it, I mentioned a while back that everything you see from me will be new and not taken from Life inside a Psychopathic Balloon.

So I hope you enjoy it, have a great day everybody.

The Perfect II

Earth shattering beauty confined in a notion,
Beguiling in her wisdom;
Casting a spell with her otherworldly potion,
Until I am a slave to her kingdom!

Flowers bloom around her feet,
Illuminating the sun with her stature;
Her fragrance is nothing short of sweet.
A love like this will only ever fracture.

The uncertainty of her existence frustrates,
My mind constantly collapses.
The Fragile moral compass tergiversates.
Yet the positive emotion relapses!

Though all is not as it seems,
A reality we can never summon;
The creation of an artist’s dreams,
The ever imaginary perfect woman!

Story-time with the Four Bananas + Guests. (No.24)

Well hello everyone. We are back to entertain so go and grab that hot beverage you have been lacking and enjoy. As well as my bananas, we are joined by D.S Scott and J.P Royan this week.

Singular Pandemic by C.S. Bailey

I am close to the end. I can feel death stalking me with my every wheezing breathe. Lying in my resting place, all wrapped up, I feel only cold. The medication didn’t help me at all; neither did the constant rain at work.
My life is nearly over, I am ready to go to my final resting place and forever be in peace from this infernal virus.
Soon, my wife comes into the room to say farewell.
“Goodbye my love.” I whisper sweetly.
She replies coldly, “Get out of bed you lazy bell end, you've only got bloody man flu.”

The Aristocrat- Part One by Nav Logan

With a pedigree that went back for many generations, the aristocrat had always been destined for greatness. He had been born to it, like his father before him. Reared on the plains of Kildare, his life had been an easy one, this gentleman of leisure. His days were spent going to the races, or breaking a light sweat during a game of polo.

Inevitably, he would lead the winning side to victory with honours.

Later, he would bow his head gentle in acknowledgement of the applause, commoners and gentry alike, and be led off in fanfare to the waiting party.

The Dilemma by Bryan Thomas

"Dad?"

"What?"

"Jimmy's father has done something bad."

"How bad?"

"Really bad."

"Do you want to tell me what he's done?"

"I do... and I don't. I kinda promised Jimmy."

"So, you are facing a bit of a dilemma, son."

"Yeah, I suppose."

"It's a criminal act, right?"

"Some people would see it that way."

"I think I know what it might be, don't say anything, just nod if I'm right."

"I will."

"Jimmy's dad has murdered someone."

"What! No. He hasn't murdered anyone, he's bought a season ticket for Manchester United."

"That's a heinous crime by anybody's standards, son."

MISSING YOU by Rick Haynes

Here I sit, all alone on our faded cream sofa.

My feet are hanging over one of the dark wooden arms, as my hand grasps the tumbler ever tighter.

The half-empty bottle on the coffee table speaks volumes, as my eyes shed droplets like the whiskey tears running down the outside of the glass.

Was it only last week that she packed her bags and left, clearing out the bank account on her way to meet her new lover?

Someone I knew so very, very well; my mate and my best friend.

I really, really . . . miss him.

Dear John by D.S. Scott

Dear John,

Thank you for sinning! You go to church, you pray and you even read the Bible occasionally, but you still sin! Damned if you aren’t good at it too. You lie, cheat, curse, and hate. The list goes on. Please keep turning your back on God. Hell’s waiting, friend. Don’t stop now! You’re so close!

Oh, and thanks for having such beautiful children. I love watching them follow in your footsteps. Your wife’s on her way too.

Just remember, God doesn’t love you but I always will!

Anyway, thanks again, my friend.

See you soon,

Your tempter,

Satan

Whetstone by J.P. Royan

Shhhhhiiiing! Tyax looked along the steel that had been his campaign sword for many years. Morning sunlight glistened off its edge as the whetstone slid upwards from the base to the tip. Shhhhhiiiing! Tyax's thoughts turned to the horrors his blade had committed for the empire. The villages and towns that had fallen to their march south. Shhhhhiiing! The Kareenesh had finally turned up to give them a fight however. Tyax’s chance to show his swordsmanship. 

He hated everything about the southern scum but nothing more than their custom of execution for military prisoners. Beheading by your own sword. Sssshhhhhiiiiiing! 

Back to the Future.

Well hello all. Welcome to my first blog post of 2015. I really hope that you all enjoyed the festive period and that you spent it doing what you love, or at least with the ones you love. I went to my Nan's for Christmas dinner this year and it was quite nice especially compared to writing the Talon Strand with a bowl of cereal, (that's what I did the year before). I opted to stay in this new years eve. Though I enjoyed going out the previous eve, I just wasn't in the mood. I guess it's because I didn't really want to say good by to 2014. It was a good year for me.

But we mustn't dwell so onwards and upwards. Though I took a step back from my blog and writing in general, I was still quite the busy little bee. Mostly, I was working on Life inside a psychopathic Balloon and I'm delighted to share the cover with you guys...

I hope you like it. I like it a lot and I'm excited for this book to come out. I think, because it's an unexpected and unplanned gift. My good friend Nav Logan beta read it for me and though I had a list of twenty pieces of work to remove, Nav suggested I remove only seven. Six of those were the Painful Parody posts and a poem titled 'Plain Sailing.' I'm currently waiting on the proof copy to arrive so I can check it one last time.

I've also been working on the Talon Strand, with the first beta copy already sent out. To be honest though, I am taking my time with it, it still needs an awful lot of work.

I have indeed written a few poems and drabbles, but not as many as I thought I would. I guess I'm still unclear as to what's going to happen. I do know that if I decide to release another book after the Talon Strand, it will be Between Dimensions. That's all I know and I'm tired of rattling my brain about it. This year has a whiff of uncertainty about it; I am not sure that like it.

Anyway, this is really just an overly long re-acquaintance. I am back and will attempt to entertain once more. I'll be back on Tuesday with Story-time, so I'll see you guys then. For now, here is my list of things we should leave in 2014. Take care all.

-Game requests
-The new era of abbreviations
-Twerking
-Selfies
-Skinny jeans
-Fragile males
-The 100
-People lacking basic etiquette
-Updating Facebook every five minutes
-Saying you need to get in shape and then uploading pictures of your Mc Donald's
-Erotica books
-Ignorance
-Idolising entertainers
-Religion
-Minions (or as I like to call them, suppositories)
-Acting like perceptual teenagers
-Kim Kardashian and numerous other human beings
-Releasing documents claiming that America's stockpile of nuclear weapons has been shoddily maintained and then letting them piss of North Korea
-Spamming

The Yearly Round-Down! (No.19)

You read that right, it is indeed the yearly round down, or, up perhaps. A look back on a year that has been quite kind to me. It was only two years ago that I ditched resolutions. I decided instead, that I would just do stuff, rather than saying it. I started small, then got a little braver. Then, at the end of last year, I said that I would release my first book.

So this is how my year went ...

In May, I climbed three mountains, in three different Countries. All in under twenty four hours. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done.

Then I went on my first holiday for over a decade. Amsterdam, the beautiful. Despite its reputation, it is a gorgeous city and I long to go back there.

I joined the Kinder Users Forum and started getting to know other authors.

I started this blog and attempted to entertain people by telling them about my life. Luckily that soon changed with the drabbles and poetry and stuff.

In July, I released my first novel that was three years in the making. Maybe, Misery is my baby and the day it was released was a day I will forever be proud off.

Then I co-authored a few short stories with the excellent authors that are, Nav Logan, A.K. Michaels and Bryan Thomas.

Later, myself, Nav, A.K and Rick Haynes released a short story for charity titled Happy Halloween.

I've also got myself into the best psychical shape of my life, though I can still get better.

I also wrote several other stories, that lie on the maybe shelf.

And this year comes to a close, I have sent of my compilation of drabbles, poems and short stories to be Beta read and the first draft of The Talon Strand: Maybe, Misery II has been printed out.

Well that's most of it in a nut shell. And though it may not seem like much to some, it has been a great deal for me.

My album of the year: Son Lux - We Are Rising
My film of the year: Guardians of the Galaxy
My T.V show of the year: Game of Thrones or The Following (though Frasier is still the best).
My book of the year: Duallists by David Wailing or Little Words by Nav Logan

I know, I may have not been very specific about the events of the year, but you should all know by know how I hate to faff around. I may have still continued to make mistakes, but it has been countered with progression this year.

I also know that next year could see the release of my last book. My future remains covered in mist after the Talon Strand comes out, but I look forward to finding out.

I could have gladly gone on for ages about this year but I won't. (For a change).

So to finish us of, here is a list of people who have been a positive influence on my year, in no particular order:

Nav, Wendy, Bryan, Rick, Ava, David. W, Nicky, Eilis, the members of KUF, the members of the authors forum. Every single person who made the time and effort to contribute a drabble to my story times. Every single person who has been supportive. My Nan. Every person who left reviews for Maybe, Misery and Happy Halloween. Every single person who has read this blog.

I hope you all have a lovely festive period and I will see you in the new year, ready and waiting to dominate it.

Much Love

C.S

Attempt At Poetry Wednesdays! (No.17)

Hello all, now that editing is under way for Life Inside a Psychopathic Balloon is under way. Every drabble or poem you see from myself will new and not in the book. That way, if you get my book, there will be new stuff in there and you'll get new stuff every week here as well. Also, this will be the last attempt at poetry of the year! So at least I'll have plenty of time to write some more. Any way, I wrote this late last night. I hope you all enjoy it and have a lovely day.

The Perfect II

Earth shattering beauty confined in a notion,
Beguiling in her wisdom;
Casting a spell with her otherworldly potion,
Until I am a slave to her kingdom!

Flowers bloom around her feet,
Illuminating the sun with her stature;
Her fragrance is nothing short of sweet.
A love like this will only ever fracture.

The uncertainty of her existence frustrates,
My mind constantly collapses.
The Fragile moral compass tergiversates.
Yet the positive emotion relapses!

Though all is not as it seems,
A reality we can never summon;
The creation of an artist’s dreams,
The ever imaginary perfect woman!