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News and Thoughts From Kelly K. Lavender

Can An Hour Alter a Non-Social Day or Week or Month? Yes.

Can An Hour Alter a Non-Social Day or Week or Month? Yes.

It’s difficult not to watch the news. Not wanting to look versus being compelled to look. Like witnessing a global crime scene unfold day after day, week after week, month after month. Depending on your age, you may be able to watch now and again. A sophomore in high school or college may well watch less often than a 30 or 40 year old supporting a family.

Persevering Through The Pandemic

While constantly at home dealing with nightmarish news about the global death toll and unemployment figures in the United States and elsewhere, it’s easy to lose the opportunity to be joyful even for an hour a day.

Recent 5* Reviews – WOW! Thanks!! Overjoyed!!

So immensely grateful that these happy readers recently posted the following reviews: "...It took the readers breath away due to the truth of the story, and humans being treated as fodder for violence and money. We are so used to freedom that the reader kept behind...

Why Plenty?

Not for those seeking a virgin for a sadist love story with a "happy" ending. Of all my accomplishments, Plenty ranks near the top of the list. Why? In 2015, I wrote Award-Winning Plenty fueled by Fifty Shades fury and Hunger Games awe. Plenty of punch back, not push...

Recommended Reads

“I am a part of everything that I have read.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson

Misery by Stephen King

The Shining by Stephen King

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier…

Why the Award-Winning Fifty Shades contrast?

Twenty-one year old has a heart attack? I recall the first time I heard about sadism—a news story on the radio. I stopped in my tracks and re-played the sentence in my brain. A twenty-one year old female suffered a heart attack and ended up in the emergency room after...

Saving Toto

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

― Maya Angelou
 
Saving Toto
Toto would be hard pressed to survive on a walk with Dorothy in 2017…

Plenty of Surprises

When I wrote my second award-winning novel – Plenty, I never guessed that I would move to three states during the course of thirteen months.  Somewhere along the road from a ranch in
Texas

Mothers’ Day Poetry and Quotes

To honor mothers everywhere - happy to share a favorite poem and quotes on this special day. M-O-T-H-E-R "M" is for the million things she gave me, "O" means only that she's growing old, "T" is for the tears she shed to save me, "H" is for her heart of purest gold;...