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"Hearts On Fire" ..A New Short story I Am Working On!

Hello everyone and Bright Blessings. I am working on a new short story and below are the details to this fiery hot tale of quirky magic, complicated love, and what kind of madness ensues when you have a High Goddess and a Dragon meddling in your daily affairs! This is will be done very shortly and I will update again when I have it published! Lucan Drake, Dragon Guardian to Serena, will do anything to protect his appointed ward, she is more precious to him than any jewel in a dragon's hoard, and it is also part of the divine task given to him by the High Goddess,for Serena has a very special path to follow in life. Serena and Tristan,are two star crossed lovers trying to make something tangible work, neither realizing that they were meant to be together from the start, thanks in part to a meddling Dragon and a matchmaking High Goddess, but will they light each other's hearts on fire,or burn each other to cinders? Will Lucan willingly step aside and allow Tristan to have Seren...

Witch Of Lone Oak Update

Hello everyone and Bright Blessings! I popped in for a New York second to give y'all a update as promised. This morning 42 more pages of The Darkened Path, The Witch Of Lone Oak, have been written and if I keep on it, I shall have it done very soon! I have 4 months worth of scenes to write and it will be ready to publish, but you cannot imagine what can and cannot happen in a very short 16 weeks of time! Lives change, shocking revelations reveal themselves, and eye opening epiphanies rock your foundations to the core, and the Gods,Goddesses, and all of higher Powers will alter your life in ways you do not always foresee, is it a blessing in disiguise, or a tragic situation, truly only They know, and like always, you get exactly what you ask them for..even if sometimes it doesn't turn out quite like you expected or hoped for, trust and have faith, and all will reveal itself in due time!   Since I have started on this new venture of trying to be a Freelance Writer, I have disco...

Flooded in Writing Work!

Hello everyone and Bright Blessings!  If you all will remember my annoyance with Iwriter a few days ago, well I have a update on that. After i had written them a nice little note, I got a email response not even 24hrs later, from them, telling me to log back into my account. I log back in to Iwriter, and I see that after 3 reviews, I have a 4 star rating with them, even thought my previously written three articles were rejected for unknown reasons by the people I wrote the articles for. Whatever the reason was for my articles being rejected, two clients did not give a valid reason. That is fine, since what I was irate about was being booted off of my account. Now I am back in to Iwriter, and able to work again. somebody over there is eventually going to approve of something I write for them and I will be paid for it! In the last two days, my applications to Blogmutt, Upwork (Odesk), and Crowd Content, have been accepted and approved, of which I am ecstatic about, because now in ad...

Iwriter..is not for "standard" writers.

So here I was, all excited about having a new article writing job, getting to write very small 500 word articles and just maybe getting some decent pay out of it. If you will recall, I just posted about this job earlier in the last post. I logged into my account there, or attempted to, and this little message popped up stating " Your account is blocked due to low ratings" Come again? Excuse me? I write three articles, as a one star rated "standard" writer, and made a very concentrated effort to please some elitist snob, who gave me some kind of crappy little rating, and I am the one that is blocked? I'm not even allowed to get my foot in the door so to speak, and prove that I am definitely not just a "standard" writer? When was I ever a "standard" writer to begin with? Who has the right to even label us writers like that anyway? That's a passive aggressive insult in itself, towards anyone that has ever tried to write for them. To say that...

New Book Started! The Darkened Path: Beyond The Veil.

Hello everyone and Bright Blessings! I have come in to update on what I have been working on, This has been one very busy week for me, over the weekend I started a new writing job online, at IWriter.com, which pays you to write articles, e-books, and "rewrites", and right this minute I am still a "standard" writer, you have to have so many approvals and star ratings to earn your way into the higher paying assignments. I suppose it isn't too horrible, the prospect of making $2.43 for every 500 words written and article that is actually approved, is more pay than a royalty payment for a book that is priced at 5.99. Now you know why they call us "starving artists"! Anyways.. down to my newest book that I just started, and no "The Darkened Path;The Witch Of Lone Oak" is not completed yet, much to my vexation, I have about 100 pages to go for that. I may have less than 100 pages left to finish, that is just a cautious estimate. The writing fairy ...

Shades of Darkness Promotion!

Hey everyone and Bright Blessings! To everyone that might be reading this post, I would greatly appreciate a bit of help with the promotion and sales of my newest work "The Darkened Path: Shades Of Darkness" that very recently debuted on Amazon and Smashwords Publishing . (<---See link to view this book and make a purchase!) Add a bit of Magic in your life today!  Included into my newest work are detailed Spells, Instructions, Recipes and bits and bobs on how to Draw Luck, Love and Money into your life, Briing Back that Wayward Spouse, Missing Friend, and Long Lost Lover, and Reconcile your differences!  Draw Better Business and Attract Customers to your shops and place of businesses! Get your Boss and Co-workers to Favor you! Gain Yourself that coveted Job Promotion and Keep Your Current Job! Protect and Cleanse Yourself, Home, and Sacred Space from All Types of Negativity! Banish Your Enemies and Bad Luck for Good and Seal Up Your Problems Indefinitely! All of these com...

The Darkened Path: Shades Of Darkness Is Published!

Hello everyone and Bright Blessings!  I wanted to make the announcement that "The Darkened Path:Shades of Darkness" by S.M. Tillson, is now published to Amazon, and is available in both Kindle and Print versions!! Get your printed copy here --> Print Edition   for the read worthy price of $5.50. Alternatively, you can also get the  E-book Edition  which is $2.99! The E-book edition is also available on Smashwords Publishing, for those of you that use their site and services. Also, I wanted to announce a price change for "The Darkened Path: The Journey Begins", E-book edition, which is now set at $2.99, this is HALF of the original price! I also changed up the cover for the Kindle version for that book as well, because it matches up well with the newest addition to the Darkened Path series! I will not be changing the Printed version's cover just yet, that takes a bit more editing and tweaking on Cover Creator, so that the cover for the print version can be su...

"The Darkened Path Shades Of Darkness" IS LIVE TOMORROW

I'm exhausted, my eyes are about to bleed, I'm half asleep and working on the third pot of Starbucks French Roast,..but I am very pleased to announce that FINALLY.. "The Darkened Path Shades Of Darkness", the first companion novella of a brand new series addition to the autobiographical accounts of "The Darkened Path" books..has been finished, and the first novella is in the process of being published to Amazon, right as I sit here typing this post! I now have 100 pages of completely original , one of a kind, Magical Practice, Spells, Instructions, Recipes, and plenty of tidbits, for all of my Pagan readers to check into! These Spells and Recipes and tidbits are touched upon, but not elaborated or fully explained in "The Darkened Path: The Witch Of Lone Oak" because I felt like those needed to be further explained and enhanced in a entirely different way, and presented to the world as a new series project. I am a fully practicing, modern day, real ...

9-25-2015 A short Update...

Hey y'all I'm back for a bit. I am feverishly writing, and I have gotten to a crossroads in my second book. I am currently writing a very difficult and bitter sweet scenario and situation in Chapter 4 that is filled with a lot of emotional intensity and I am somewhat struggling to get it all on paper properly so I can do it justice. Let me say that love in all of its forms is a wild thrashing behemoth that is very difficult and when it is actually your own life it is doubly hard to actually write into words! I said September was going to be magical and yes it has been so. I am not enthused with Mercury Retrograde throwing a monkey wrench into my publishing deadline that I had set for myself , however..I suppose it is probably again for the best. I do very much hope that all the delays I have had trying to get this book written and published will be well worth the effort and the setbacks and constant struggles will be well rewarded!  Great works are not written in a day! I will ...

September Is Going To Be Magical!

Hello Everyone and Bright Blessings to All! I got some uplifting news to write about this week! Book 2 is about to be done..and cross your fingers and hope for a side novel to go with it!! I have been burning up the Word program trying to finish this second book, and then I decided to create a companion novel to go along with it. September is going to be magical I can feel it!  After these two are published I am taking a break from The Darkened Path works to focus on some other writing projects but rest assured I will definitely return to The Darkened Path, as the story to one's life is never fully complete! Between the two books I currently have 45,163 words written and about 70 pages in one and 80 pages in the other. I will post a picture of the new book cover soon! These two books will be somewhat shorter than The Journey Begins, I am aiming for 120 pages for each one, however it might become a bit more as go along. This is going to be a short post, I have a lot of work to do an...

The Journey Begins, Promotional Offer Set For September 2, 2015!!

Hello everyone and Bright Blessings, I came in to update everyone that may be reading this post,  to a important announcement concerning The Darkened Path series. Starting September 2, 2015 at midnight and continuing until September 9, 2015, The Darkened Path,The Journey Begins   will go on a Kindle Countdown Promotion, and the starting price is set at $0.99 USD ! Don't miss out on your special opportunity to get my first book on September 2-3, 2015 for DIRT CHEAP! Of course after that, the price rises by dollar increments back to the original price of $4.99  There is only going to be ONE promotion done for this book until the Yule holiday so hurry over to Amazon Kindle and do a bit of early Holiday shopping! As always, the Paperback Version  is available for a modest price of $9.00, should some of you  like a copy to place among your favorite tomes at home.    I have shared this Promotional idea to well over 100K people today, and more to come, as I ...

Book Progress Update 8-11-2015

Hi everyone and Bright Blessings!  I got a minute to update some of my progress. I am now up to 38, 378 words and tonight I wrote 2,209 words tonight, and I am into the year 2013 time period of the Bio  section of my book "The Darkened Path The Witch Of Lone Oak" or "Book 2" for short. I am also busy ripping and editing some of my notes, journals and other materials to add into the chapters and spell sections.. So its copy this old handwritten note or entry into a separate word document page, copy and paste that new transcript section onto a particular page of the book where I need it to go, blend it into the story line so that it fits in like a seamless puzzle piece, type some more to fill in some gaps. Go back, repeat, start again...I have about 40 pages of Spells, Charms, etc. to copy and transcript, and at least a year and a half's worth of journal entries to do.     I swear t...

Update for July 26, 2015

Well another month has went by, we are settled into the new apartment and life has resumed somewhat into a schedule, which that is going to shift again when my son goes back to school on August 5th. I uploaded my book files again, and Goddess and God willing nothing happens to it this time!! I am now up to 117 pages and 36,169 words. I finished 6 pages and 1920 words tonight in 3 hours.  I edited my cover for the second book again..so here I will upload a picture and see if y'all like it and if you don't you can tell me why or why not. If it is too dark or something I would like to know suggestions on how to make it a better image, this was created using KDP Cover Creator and it is not the final book cover yet.  I have been playing with book covers for ages now trying to decide what I want to use. I have a surprise for you all.. a bit of a teaser for the second book!! Taken from page 21, chapter 2.  This scene was a pivotal and life changing mome...

Complete Utter Frustration!! 6-23-2015

So I am here again to update.. on the exasperating, jaw grinding frustration I have encountered in the last couple of weeks about getting my book done. I swear Higher Powers played this horrid and cruel act out upon me, perhaps it was in my best interest, however I am not amused. When I finally got all of my stuff moved in and took my computer equipment out of the packing box, plugged it in and was all set to get to work....Windows 7 Home Premium decides it will not load files and the program will not start. I wanted to kick the computer and smack the screen and swear viciously, as I had to go into the Recovery Options and click the button instructing Acer to reset EVERYTHING back to factory default. Thus every single page I had recently written and every file I recently had on my computer since February 2015 was erased as if it never existed. I lost about 5 chapters of work I had done on Book Two. I was up to the 40K word mark. I w...

The Witch of Lone Oak update. 6-3-2015

Hello everyone and Bright Blessings. I am updating a short post to tell y'all I have been working hard on The Darkened Path: The Witch Of Lone Oak. Currently, and as of May 31, 2015, I have 46,327 words written, page count is up to 142 on a 6x9 page size scale. I am finally picking up some steam, I am almost finished with the biographical memoir section, maybe about 20- 30 pages left to go there, and then I will be revising and adding into the spells and charms sections that are going to be the second half. I feel the spells and charms section will take a bit longer because there will be ALOT of material that is going to be melded into the rest of the book.There have been a lot of transformational changes in the life of the Witch Of Lone Oak that have came about in the last 4 years so be prepared to see some twists and turns that will propel you deeper into the Darkened Path! After this second book is published I...

Some New Cover Art..

I have been messing around with book covers again. These two are for Book 2 and Book 3, I am posting them as links from my Facebook page because for some reason Blogger will not let me load the pictures right.  It will say it is uploading and then freeze up and refuse to load the pictures correctly. This is a sample cover preview of Book 3.. https://www.facebook.com/TheDarkenedPath/photos/a.231571707024108.1073741827.231567070357905/426870587494218/?type=1   And this oen is a sample cover preview of Book 2.. https://www.facebook.com/TheDarkenedPath/photos/a.231571707024108.1073741827.231567070357905/362107423970535/?type=1   I am not positive yet as to whether or not I want to use these two covers, I might tweak or edit them a bit to see if  they come out nicer or if something changes in my story lines to where I feel I need to change the cover to resonate with the story. The Darkened Path Book 2 is bieng added to later tonight, as...

Get Your E-book copy for $1.99!

Hello everyone and Blessed Be! I am updating to inform you all of a price change and a extended distribution change for The Darkened Path Book 1: The Journey Begins. This title has now been included into KDP Select and Kindle Matchbook. Now you can have your e-book copy for $1.99 if you have a  Prime Membership , and if by chance you don't have one yet, then you are missing out on a lot of great deals!  As of tomorrow for the USA, and 72 hours from now in several other countries and time zones, the Kindle version price has gone up to $4.99 however that is the exact half of the cost for the print version so you're still getting a nice 50% in savings! Of course, for those who wish to purchase the print version that is available for a  cost of $9.00 and you can keep your book on your shelves with your collection of prized tomes forever! While you are busy delving deep into a real life story of the author f...

Returning to The Darkened Path..

It is with much jubilation that I report some great news, after months of me stressing and tinkering with my aggravting computer, a miracle somehow happened and I have managed to get it restored and back to working like it should be! I spent most of today getting the restoration process initialized and rebooting and the tooth grinding, headache inducing, amount of patience I exercised was well worth it! Now I can begin my travels down The Darkend Path again and resume where I left off with the writing, and I have tons more now to add into it, I have spent the last three months gathering more material and there have been several events happening lately that will definitley be incorporated into the story line! To date I have sold two e-book copies of The Darkened Path Book 1 since December 2014, and I very much hope to see more readers absorbing themselves into my work! Due to me having to suddenly move and scramble t...

Book 2 dismally delayed!

It is to my jaw grinding frustration that I currently have no functioning computer at home and I have not been able to write, type or anything for what seems to be weeks now!! My home computer has crashed and died and I am scrambling to find another one so I can get back to work!  Luckily I managed to save all of my book files and other important documents before my Acer piece of crap finally keeled over! B assured that I m not purposely slacking or sitting on my arse doing nothing, I just need to hurry up and get another functioning computer ASAP!! Bright Blessings to all and I hope I will be back soon and be able to start writing again.