Disclaimer;
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Friday, October 16, 2015
Our Indiegogo Campaign;
This is the link to my friends Indiegogo Campaign. The campaign is over and raised no money to help us with our business cause for our publishing house. You can still donate there though. We plan on opening the campaign again soon, probably on another crowdfunding site. Please check this out and give if you can, and at least share if you can't! Thanks!
Friday, June 26, 2015
Love wins out!!!
Today I have received permission
from my Friend and Brother in Arms to steal his post to put up on my blog. I
felt he put things in a way that best says it all about today!!! So here is a
post from Rev. Lucien of The O’Raven Chronicles Blog…
Citizen 3 is finally Free!!!!!!!!!!!!
Victory!!!! Love wins today!!!!!!! Marriage
Equality in all states of America!!!!!
Today is a great day in history!!!!!!
No more is it "We shall be citizens", now "We
are citizens"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is here, It has happened...Oh my Queer brothers and
sisters....we are finally true citizens!!! Marriage Equality is now the law of
the land, and federally mandated in all states of The United States of
America!!! Today is a great day!!! Thank you God for helping the supreme court
of our nation see what was right and then do it!
Well today we found out what the supreme court of America
thinks of we who are Queer citizens, we are actual fellow human beings and
actual citizens! Let us pray a prayer of gratitude
to God that He has delivered us and given us the great gift of marriage equality
here in America.
It is not the last hurdle we must over come, but it is the biggest. The fight
doesn't end here but hopefully this battle will decide who wins the war. Those
who stand with us on the side of justice and freedom, and that which is right;
or those who oppose us and stand with the enemies of America and her ideals!
Today we have seen that The
Right will win out!!!
Today History is made. Today in
history we will remember that equality came! Today Love declared Victory and
Light dispersed darkness!
Today I am a Citizen!
Friday, December 12, 2014
My First Published Book
My first Published Book is a short story...
There is a group of AWESOME blogs and people that are helping me promote my first completed literary work, that I have published and am selling online. I would like to thank all of those involved in this!
About me;
My First Book, is a short story entitled...
Nathan's Facade
Synopsis;
A short story about
the power of first love at first sight
…a modern day fairytale.
What if the walls
come tumbling down…What then?
An architect and construction worker meet and fall hard for
one another. When certain circumstances arise they are pulled apart. Can they
find their way back to each other, or are they destined to be alone? With the
help of a mysterious old woman and a newly formed family of great friends and
odd ball characters, they may just stand a chance!
~
Nathan is the hottest young architect around and a greatly
sought after as he is the most eligible trust fund bachelor playboy. Everyone
wants a piece of him and many seek out his artistry. Nathan however is lonely
and keeping a very big secret from the entire world. He is kind and shy and is
always afraid in the back of his mind that he will once again loose everything
that matters to him in life, as he did once before.
Joe is a construction worker who is large and in charge. He
is what he is and doesn’t hide a thing…except how empty he his life has began
to feel. He is tired of one night stands and desperately yearns for something
deep and real…a love that will last, and a relationship beyond the physical. He also has a desire to know the finer
things in life…he wants to drink wine and know if it is a good vintage, he
wants to look at paintings and understand their secret language…he wants a
better life where poverty is a distant memory. He would happily and
thankfully however, settle for true love even if he never gets the rest.
When these two meet, lives and emotions collide and great
transformation is around the bend and life will never be the same for either
men.
Will these two
unlikely lovers be able to overcome their differences? Why do both men feel
like they have met each other, upon first glance? Will Nathaniel let go and let
Joseph knock down the walls of his careful facade to come in? If he does…what
will the fall out be?
Main Character descriptions;
Nathaniel Langly: is the hottest young architect in Chicago. Sought after by
everyone and caught by none. In fact dating none…as in ever; not really. He
goes on fake dates four times a week, and the evening always ends after dinner.
Despite his status, his business achievements, and his talents…he is shy, kind,
gentle, soft spoken, and utterly hopeless when it comes to seeking what he
really wants…what he really needs. A big strong man to come in and share his
life with him…and a big strong hand on his behind. He never had a father to
show him how to be a man and he has always wanted a father figure…a father
figure with benefits. Unlike the circles he runs with… he doesn’t care about
money, prestige, or any part of the superficial facades that the upper class
concern themselves with in desperate attempts to hold on to their fortunes, and
distract themselves from the miseries in their own lives. The fact that
Nathaniel looks like the love child of Emmet Cullen and Clark Kent, with a
side of Michael Angelo’s David doesn’t always help him in his personal life,
though it most likely did get him his first few jobs that made his career. He
doesn’t think of himself as all that attractive though a lot of people tell him
that he is. When he looks in the mirror all he sees is hopelessness and what he
doesn’t have. Despite this fact, he always finds a way to put a smile on face,
ever the professional and soldier on through all the lonely nights. Until he
meets Joseph and his world to changes almost overnight.
Joseph Hays: is a
usually quiet, very intense construction worker with a longing to better his
life and situation. Not that he minds hard work and anyone can see that. Hard
work turned him into one of the hottest men ever to walk the earth. He is the
definition of tall, dark, and handsome. He is not shy about who and what he is
either, which despite the differences from his co-workers earned him some
respect. While the other men cat call women to no end, he himself cat calls
young college age boys confusing some, infuriating others, and making a few
feel orgasmic when he looks their way. He is the manifestation of what it would
look like if you crossed Eros and Adonis the Lords of sex and beauty, with the
dark knight on his black steed, and then threw in a little cowboy for good
measure; did I mention he was born and raised in Texas…and they really do grow
them Bigger in Texas! He moved to Chicago at sixteen. A
couple of his peers and ex’s would describe him as a blue collar god. He likes
guys a little younger than himself. They are more open and more malleable then
men his age, who seem so stuck in their ways. His friends often call him Smokey
Joe because his sexual attractiveness is evident even to his straight fellow
co-workers. Smokey Joe doesn’t exactly refer to a cup of coffee, but alludes to
the fact that Joe is smoking Hot. He wants someone to share his life with. He is
tired of the occasional one night stands. He wants to be adored by one person
who he considers truly worthy of his time, attention, skills, and oh yes…
actual Love! He also wants someone to let him take control in the bed room, and
also to show him the finer things in life that he longs to know!
Main Character
Physical Descriptions and Inspirations;
Nathaniel Langly is taller than the average man, standing at
six feet. He has black curly hair that always manages to look flawless and
perfect. He has kind, soft, blue eyes, and a complexion that is almost unreal;
looking as if porcelain can have a natural bronze tone. His face is angular
with both sharp and rounded features, and high cheek bones that make him look
as if he is descended from royalty…or possibly from a mythological deity.
Joseph Hays is taller than Nathaniel by a good five to seven
inches; he is built, and broad. He has dark hair that when not tied back hangs
just above his shoulders and around his chin. When it is tied back short
strands fall out and hang in wavy tendrils around his face. His dark eyes are
intensely warm and bright. They are a mix of dark chocolate brown, and copper,
with flecks of amber and red. The guy smiles a large sexy grin. He has a cocky
swagger, his hips sauntering so that when he walks he looks as if he is making
love to the entire world.
The Physical Inspirations behind Nathaniel and Joseph are
Henry Cavill and Joe Manganiello.
Nathan's Facade Playlist;
Hear the songs and music that Inspired me as I wrote this story.
My Official Bio:
A Mystic Born into the wrong
century and on the wrong continent, L.C. Bellami somehow ended up being born
and raised in Texas.
He was born into a family which has long been in The Ministry. Religion and
Spirituality play a part in all that he is, though as a proud Queer he has a
far different perspective about life than most people. He was raised loving
Literature and The Arts. After Deciding traditional education was not serving
him all that well, he enrolled in vocational school and became an Alternative
Health Practitioner; and later went on to become an Ordained Minister. He had
many interests growing up and many dreams that never came to fruition; however
one dream never left him. The desire to be a published author has been a life
long aspiration. As a Survivor of abuse and bullying he loved to escape into
books, movies, and music. Stories were and still are a lifeline that takes him
to a brighter place. His goals as a writer are as follows; to write the stories
he always wanted to read as a young queer man and never had, to bring the
awareness of God and Spirit to people with a new perspective, and to help
people understand that sexuality is neither wrong or without sacredness and
beauty!
My Author Links:
Buy Links:
This book can only be purchased on ARe for now...
Things that might be of interest to anyone who is thinking of reading my work:
Info on The Tour which is now long closed;
The Nathan's Facade Release Blog Tour Hosted by T.T.C. Books & more.
Tour Schedule:
* Day 1 * 12-13-14 {TTC Books & More – The O’Raven Chronicles}
* Day 2 * 12-14-14 {MM Good Book Reviews}*
Day 3 * 12-15-14 {Wade Kelly Writes}*
Day 4 * 12-16-14 {Purple Rose Teahouse (Charlie Cochet)}
* Day 5 * 12-17-14 {Daring Adventures in Writing (Mortie)}*
Day 6 * 12-18-14 {Crystal’s Many Reviewers (Crystal Marie)}
* Day 7/1 * 12-19-14 {Carly’s Book Reviews}*
Day 7/2 * 12-19-14 {Gay Media Reviews (Paul Berry))}
There will be a Rafflecopter Giveaway with a surprise Swag bag, so be sure to follow the tour and enter the giveaway for a chance to win some free loot! lol
Sunday, November 23, 2014
My issues with accepted modern grammar rules;
Things that I as a writer would like to say about grammar.
At the risk of angering a lot of people….teachers, and editors especially; I
want to say that I honestly believe most grammar text books should be thrown in
the trash or used for kindling. Most of what is accepted in modern American
educational standards is truly troubling to me. The modern so called rules of
grammar are not proper according to classical English as most claim. What’s
more is that even if they were they would still be outdated notions as so many
of these rules are now. Language and culture is not static but ever evolving
and changing. I find the failing to recognize this simple truth to be absolutely
ignorant and irritating. Another thing I
would like to mention is that to have a bases in reality something needs to at
least attempt to make sense and many of these so called rules do not and need
to be done away with once and for all.
I will give you some examples of this. It is very common
these days to write forty dollars by putting a dollar sign in front of the
number instead of behind it. Why would anyone do this? It makes no sense. We do
not walk around saying dollars forty…no, we say forty dollars. The sign should
come after the number because that is the way we speak it. Another issue that I
am bothered by is this modern practice of putting punctuation marks inside of
quotations marks instead of after them, when the end of the quote is the end of
the sentence. Why would anyone do this, it makes no sense. Ask yourself these
questions; “what do quotation marks end”? “What do punctuation marks end”? Here
are the answers. Quotations mark someone speaking. The marks at the end of the
quote mark the end of said person speaking. Punctuation marks however mark the
end of a sentence. How can the sentence be over before a person stops talking? I
like the Judge Judy quote… “If it doesn’t make sense it isn’t true”. I have
asked many people to explain to me why these so called rules are considered
right and proper and no one has ever given me a satisfying or what I call
legitimate answer to my inquiries. These rules need to be truthfully and
honestly examined and then we can throw them out and put rules in their place
that not only make sense, but that are in touch with our actually contemporary
language and culture that has evolved past the old paradigms. Another issue I
am having as of late is with people who believe me to be yelling at them online
because I use exclamation points freely. They truly seem to believe that an
exclamation point indicates a raised voice. While it could indicate that on
occasion, where people got the notion that it only means that is beyond me. A
declarative sentence gets a period. A declarative sentence is merely a stated
fact. An example of this would be “Jane kicked the ball”. An exclamatory
sentence exclaims OR speaks to a strong or intense emotion or feeling. An
example would be “Dick kicked the ball hard and high, so that it flew like an
angry bird”! As you see the exclamatory sentence is more descriptive and
imparts a feeling. I don’t know about the rest of the world but I have many
strong emotions which I can verbalize without screaming. I can have emotional
thoughts without ever vocalizing them at all, as a matter of fact. So why
people believe that exclamation points mean you are screaming is baffling to
me.
Yet another issue that has come up as of late is that I have
gotten chastised because according to the person who read my work…. “Your
sentences are not structured correctly”. I am currently unaware of any American
who speaks in so called correctly structured sentences. We do not speak that
way and if we did it would be strangely, overly formal sounding and slightly
obnoxious. We speak in fragmented thoughts and run on sentences. So since we
all speak this way and understand each other, why do we not write in this way?
It makes no sense to do something constantly aloud in real every day life and
then turn around and call it incorrect if we write it down in the way in which
it happens.
As a reader when I am reading a sentence it is slightly
annoying if there are too many commas in a sentence. So there are other options
I employ as a matter of regularity that I guess irritates so called grammar
nazis. The first is the dot dot dot method. This indicates in modern writ an
ongoing thought or run-on sentence. Another method really makes people upset
for some unfathomable reason, and that is the use of the semi-colon. For people
who are confused as to what a semi-colon does or is supposed to do let me offer
this; among other things the semi-colon is used when one wants to join a
fragmented, run-on, or additional thought to a previous sentence before one
ends the sentence.
That is all I have to say for now, but I am sure there will
be more to follow eventually as anyone who knows me will attest, I love to
complain about that things that irritate the fuck out of me!!! Oh more then one
exclamation point…I can feel the grammar nazi’s getting pissed off right now. Hahahahahaha
A Message from L. C. Bellami about what you can expect when reading his stories;
What you can expect from me as a writer. Well right away
there are several things that might upset more than a few people. I say these
things to warn people ahead of time. I think a lot of accepted modern grammar
rules are stupid and outdated and need to be done away with. Not all of them,
but there are several. Next, Just like Hollywood
imagines the same actors for different roles, I get inspired by a lot of the
same models, musicians, and movie stars and see them in different stories in my
head. So you will see me use the same people as listed inspirations more than
once most likely. I am majorly attracted to men with muscles, long hair,
tattoos, and piercings so you can expect lots of me with that type of look in
my books. Also and this will really irritate many people, I am a religious
person. So you will see a lot of religious and spiritual themes and morals in
my works. You can also expect many of the stories will include the concepts of
eternal love, and insta-love. You can expect that most of my stories will
involve things that can get them labeled as Romance, Erotica, Fantasy,
Paranormal, and even Sci-fi. Even the stories set in the so called “real world”
will have metaphysical elements to them. Again I am a very religious person.
This is not meant to come off as preachy or anything, I am simply being honest
about who I am and what inspires me. You can expect that my books will many
times be considered easy reads lol. Also you can expect all endings to be
happy. I do not write freaking tragedies. I am so sick and tired of people’s
obsession with tragedies. I don’t care if they do teach great life lessons at
this point. I am just tired of them and do not find them entertaining any more.
I think life should reflect art not the other way around. I think Art should
inform Life. I think it is the duty of art not only to teach and communicate,
but to inspire, and uplift. I also think the same thing about religious services
and institutions by the way. The spirits of Oppression, and depression,
Sadness, and apathy have taken hold of this world and I believe that it is the
duty of both art and religion to fight this darkness. Most of the time my
endings are so sugary sweet they will rot teeth. I am not ashamed of this, I
proudly proclaim it. Also I do not like a lot of loose ends, so you will find
very little of them in my work.
Part of why I wanted to be a writer was to help provide
stories to all the young queer guys out there with the stories I never got to
have growing up and always wanted. I wanted the fairy tales or any story really
to reflect me somehow; to have characters that resembled me. It just never
happened until I was much older. I hope that somewhere out there, there are
young queer guys who like spirituality and also modern day fairy tales, and
that they enjoy my stories. I am very aware I am writing to a very niche
Market. My stories are not going to appeal to most people. My stories have
graphic and very explicit sexual scenes in them. So they are not for the faint
of heart, as far as sex goes. I fully hope that my sex scenes inspire
masturbatory fantasies and activities. It will shock and anger many that I can
talk so freely and openly about sexual things and in the next sentence speak of
religious matters. Why this shocks anyone I can’t fathom. Even the bible has an
entire book of utterly graphic sexual romantic poetry. Sex and Spirituality
should have never been forced so far apart way back when, but they were. I do
not believe it is a good or healthy thing and my writing is in part an attempt
to correct that grievous mistake. Sex is many things to many people. It is an
expression of love, lust, passion, and affection for some. It is a means of
healing for others. Still for some it is a way of finding connection in a world
where we are far too often isolated. For many people sex is also a sacred
spiritual and often a ritualistic act. Sex to me is beautiful, and sacred and
should be treated as such. Why not treat it with dignity and reverence, and
also humor and irreverence all at once? What sex is not, is un-spiritual or
filthy. Though it can sometimes be dirty lol. Kinky fuckery is something I am
all for lol. I just wish people would stop acting like it is utterly secular
with no spiritual components to it what so ever. I also would like churches to
stop teaching people that sex is wrong or dirty, or that two people who happen
to be of the same gender are wrong or living in sin simply for whom they love.
I hope that my work inspires people to look at religion, spirituality, and
sexuality differently. I also hope they will just be enjoyable to read. If you
don’t like my work, well the answer is simple…don’t read it. Problem solved. If
anything I have mentioned here is likely to irritate of offend you…well you can
put a book down at any time after all, and find something else to read. Thank
you ahead of time for giving my work a chance. Blessed Be!
Something I believe about writing;
Writing should for the most part sound like you talking and
telling your story to your friends. Part of what made the classics great and
turn them into classics, was that they so wonderfully embodied the time and
place from which they originated. In most circumstances we do ourselves no
favor when our own voices are not to truly be found in our work, somewhere. Obviously there are exceptions to every rule, but when I read a book I like to hear the author's voice and feel like I am being told a story by an old friend. Of course this is just me and my opinion. To each their own.
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