Saturday, June 1, 2013

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:
 
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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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