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WELCOME TO: GEMINI RISING   UPDATED INTRO 28 MAY 2024: Just a little about me. I've been married for 32 years this past NOV and currently live in Southern California, but I grew up in New Hampshire. I've got 2 boys who are young adults. I work as a 911 dispatcher for LAPD. I enjoy my job a lot. Still. If you can believe that. I love to write. Thankfully both of my boys achieved Eagle Scout. My Scouting days are over and I'm back to focusing on my writing. I like to get out in nature, drink coffee and watch football. Here's a little bio about my zodiac. GEMINI: Gemini, the sign of the Twins, is dual-natured, elusive, complex and contradictory. On the one hand it produces the virtue of versatility, and on the other the vices of two-facedness and flightiness. The sign is linked with Mercury, the planet of childhood and youth, and its subjects tend to have the graces and faults of the young. When they are good, they are very attractive; when they are bad they are more the worse for being the charmers they are. Like children they are lively, and happy, if circumstances are right for them, or egocentric, imaginative and restless. Their good qualities are attractive and come easily to them. They are affectionate, courteous, kind, generous, and thoughtful towards the poor and suffering - provided none of the activities resulting from expressing these traits interferes too greatly with their own lives and comforts. Geminians can be successful in many walks of life though their general characteristics tend to make them unreliable. They are often skilled manipulators of language, in speech and writing, and may be: debaters, diplomats (though in politics they are more interested in theory than practice), orators, preachers (brilliant rather than profound), teachers, authors, poets, journalists, or lawyers. This is me. I am a Gemini. Pure, Raw, passionate. The NEW focus of this blog is to share my adventures, travels, random thoughts, book reviews, thoughts, opinions, and writing adventures from actual writing, writing/editing tips, marketing, research. I'll get there. BLOG ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SEPTEMBER 2024: I participated in the
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Congratulations on completing the 13 Poetic Days of Halloween.](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-Halloween-2026567.gif) Big Thanks to Lyn's a Witchy Woman  for hosting the contest!Find me at: WEBSITE: http://www.stephanieburkhart.com FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/StephanieBurkhartAuthor GOOD READS: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4031660.Stephanie_Burkhart YOU TUBE CHANNEL: http://www.youtube.com/user/botrina?feature=mhee Previous GRATITIOUS Warning, that I decided to keep in case I post about something that might offend.  WARNING I intend to be open, honest, and forthright. No topic is off limits from religion to you name it, I'm going there. If you think you might be offended...back up now - this blog isn't for you. For those who "dare"  check out the "Gemini Rising..." 
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| I started writing short stories for VICTORY TALES PRESS back in 2010 and I think my last story for them was 2014. I enjoyed writing stories for their anthologies. They were always "seasoned" themed and I wrote the following for them: Christmas in Bayeux Gifts Feast of Candles Mr. Christmas Elf Young Witchcraft Night of Magic A Polish Heart Arrow Through the Heart Journey of the Heart Unfortunately, they stopped publishing in 2018 so I've been working to re-publish, going back and doing and edit where I can to add more to the story. Most of them now you can find on Amazon. The only ones not on Amazon are Gifts and Feast of Candles, and I'm working on Gifts. I always wanted these stories with Victory Tales Press to have an "international" flavor and so I see "A Polish Heart" in Warsaw, Poland during the springtime as Sofia and her family are preparing for Easter. Mind you, I don't know a lot about Poland so when I wrote the story, I did a lot of research, and I hope it shows in the book. It's a sweet romance, so there's no mainstream sex scenes. I vary my heat levels when I write as I realize some don't mind the sex scenes and some do. Why Poland? I thought I'd explore my Polish roots, as I'm about 1/4 Polish which I get from my mother's side. I've only been to Poland once, when I took a USO tour while stationed in Germany in 1996 and we visited a pottery factory which was pretty cool. Here's the Blurb for story which is avail on Amazon Kindle and in print.  With Easter around the corner, Darrin is assigned to work in Poland for two weeks. Outside of his comfort zone, but up to challenge, Darrin is determined to do his best. Sofia is assigned to work with Darrin upon his arrival, but will their attraction hinder the job, or will a higher power give them the nudge they need to finish the project and find their way to each other? Here's the link to the Amazon page:
If you decide to pick up the book, it's much appreciate. Leave a review and I'll send a Merit Badge of your choice your way. Finding your Roots question for you: where are your family roots? Have you visited the country of your roots? |
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