NEVA SQUIRES-RODRIGUEZ

I’m so excited friends.  In Sunday’s edition of Reflejos, I was able to write about my writing in my column.  I’m excited to see how it comes out and looks in print.  I’ve got the link at the bottom of this post (Should be updated after noon Sunday).  Also, I have finally been released from training with the Police/Fire Department, so now I am an on-call part time dispatcher.  I’m told they may have a full time opening soon and I’m praying that I get it so I can just work one job and have more time to focus on my writing.

This edition of Weekend Writing Warriors (a fabulous website, where we share eight sentence snippets with our friends each Sunday) contains a scene from Liliana book 3, which thanks to fellow weekend warrior Lauren Shiro, I’m thinking of naming “No Turning Back.”  I’m still working on finishing up this one, but I am so close I can taste it.  Anyhow, this week we are skipping ahead to where Liliana has had enough of Venezuela and returns to her family who are currently in Chicago, the place where Liliana lost her mother.  I’m hoping you enjoy it and next week’s WWW is going to be an even more emotional share, I just can’t wait.

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I could see Antonio standing nervously behind a glass wall, as I walked the ramp of the final steps leading to the airport. His expression showed that he did not know what to expect when I came out to see him. I took a deep breath and cautiously walked around the corner of the ramp to meet him. He looked up, as if not knowing what to say. I wanted to remain angry, but couldn’t, breaking into a smile as our eyes met. Immediately his troubled gaze disappeared, his lips parting into wide grin. I raced through the crowd to throw myself into his arms.

He grasped me tightly and I could feel each of his fingers as he caressed my back, savoring every moment of his warm embrace and burying my face deep into his chest, wanting more than anything to be lost in this feeling forever.

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And that’s it.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.

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Good morning friends.  I’m so glad we’ve almost made it to Spring!  Keep the hope alive, right everyone?  I know some of you have also been battling extreme temperatures and here in Chicagoland we beat out a coldest temperature we had originally set in the 1930’s.  The only thing I can say to that is BUUURRRR!!!!!

It’s so nice that we can write about places that are warm right?  I’m taking you down south this week, so south that we are going to actually be in Venezuela, South America where Liliana is visiting “someone” and let’s just say that she is going to be headed out soon!  This is from book 3, which I am still working on and which desperately needs a name.  Let me know as the weeks pass if you all think of a good one.  🙂

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“A tourist huh?” He said loudly.

I looked away and noticed several people turn to glance at us. I had fallen into his trap.

“Not really.” I said quietly, “Excuse me, I have to find my father.”

I stood up and no sooner did I, than a crowd nearby caught my attention. Within seconds I heard a huge commotion and then there was gunfire.

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And that’s it.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.

Love my writing and want to read more?  Click here to find these great stories on Amazon or other online retailers.

or read my columns in Reflejos Newspaper here:

~Want to know what Weekend Writing Warriors is?  It’s simple and fun. Sign the linky list on the website below with your name, blog url and email address on Mondays, 8:00 AM EST. Each week, the list remains open until Saturday, 11:59 PM. Then on Sunday, post 8 sentences from a current writing project, published or unpublished. Visit other participants and offer opinions, critiques, support. Writers hanging out with writers, a good time with a great group of people.~

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Hey there friends!  Hoping that everyone is staying warm in their neck of the woods.  We’re jumping right into book three this week, which I’m still working on editing and need a name for!  Any suggestions will be helpful.

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“She has nothing to do with this.” The woman shouted back.

“She has everything to do with this.” The man shouted, “She’s his daughter.”

“Are you crazy? You’ll be dead yourself in an hour.” The wife shot back. “As if her father isn’t bad enough, what do you think her husband will do?”

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And that’s it.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.

Love my writing and want to read more?  Click here to find these great stories on Amazon or other online retailers.

or read my columns in Reflejos Newspaper here:

Hey everyone!  Hope you all had a good week friends.  Did you all order your shirts?  We’ve all got to meet up one day, that would be fun.  Maybe if I win the Powerball I’ll arrange it.  Haha, joking, I’m never going to win.

Anyhow, I’m sharing the final share of “In Too Deep” this week!!!

I’ll fill you in a little, everything is going surprisingly well with Antonio & Liliana, but there is this one little thing…(or very big thing) sorry to leave you on edge, but the book is on sale and I’ve been getting great feedback on book two, some are saying they enjoyed it more then “Liliana,”  read it and let me know what you think…

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“Liliana, I agree that Antonio should tell you what is going on.” Elena said carefully, stopping and glancing at Antonio momentarily before continuing.

“The thing is,” Elena said as she paused, glancing over at Antonio who nodded at her reluctantly as if to give her approval.  “I think that it would be best to discuss everything with everyone in the family present.”

She stared at me as if she was examining my expression. I sighed in frustration, feeling that I would never find out.

“If we can wait till tonight, I’ll make sure that he tells you everything,” Elena said slowly. “We all will.”

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And that’s it.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.

Buy this story, “In Too Deep” here.

I’m traveling this week, well just a few short miles from home.  Believe it or not I’m writing this from a phone.  I lost a lot of the punctuation and I think my links aren’t working, but I will fix those tomorrow morning as soon as I get home.

Technology is unbelievable.  In Chicago land we are preparing for a snowstorm.   Hopefully it’s not too bad.

Last week we left with Liliana in labor, next we’ll jump ahead I promise.   For now, let’s stop in and see what’s happening.

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“It’s a boy!”” The doctor said.

Everyone cheered in excitement, but I felt no joy. I felt like a creature was lying between my legs and couldn’t wait for them to move it. Elena wiped sweat from my forehead as she stood over me smiling. Antonio obstructed my view of her, putting his hideous face over me to get my attention.

“”Don’t you want to see your baby?””Antonio asked.

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And that’s it.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.

Buy this story, “In Too Deep” here.

Hello again friends.  I don’t have anything really interesting to talk about this week other than the fact that I painted my bathroom door this week—-oh and I joined Weight Watchers.  We’ll see how that works, yesterday was a going away party for a friend at work and we had deep dish pizza and cake-I’m saying we because I had it too!  I know!  So disappointed with myself.  Going to also try this Dr. Oz swimsuit slim down thing that my good friend Tamara showed me.  Got to run to Aldi’s in a little bit and buy the Apple Cider Vinegar and juice.

Anyway, enough about me.  Let’s get further into “In Too Deep,” the second book in the Liliana Series.  I’m jumping ahead a bit here and sharing this part with you.  I’m not sure why I chose this part, maybe because so many people I know have had babies in the last month, anyhow I hope that you enjoy it.

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The contractions were increasing in intensity and I felt like there was no break in between each one. I lay moaning in the bed, wishing that this was a dream.  I hoped to God that this wasn’t real, but I realized that it was very real, the people standing around my bed reminded me of that. Soon the doctor instructed me to push in a certain direction, as he pressed down hard against me as if to direct me.  I didn’t realize that I had already been pushing and suddenly felt like my insides were about to burst, sweat dripping from my forehead as I lay back in defeat. The nurses in the room came over and held onto my feet already positioned in metal brackets.  How much worse could this get I wondered as my legs began to tremble uncontrollably.

“Push,” the doctor said again and again.

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And that’s it.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.

Buy this story, “In Too Deep” here.

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Hello friends.  I’m so excited to read what everyone wrote this weekend.  I’m such a nerd, but you make my weekends.  🙂  I love spending my Saturday nights preparing my posts (seriously)  Today was a long day and the weather is warm in Chicago-land-> meaning above freezing.  We are currently above 38, which is exciting in January.  Spring is almost here!  Can you imagine the imaginary back-flips that I have been doing?

Oh really quick, check this out:

It’s a paper copy of my column.  So exciting!!!  You can check any of my future columns out in Reflejos Newspaper and they “up’d” me from bi-weekly to weekly.  Yay,  Here’s the link.

Now let’s get down to business and see what’s going on in this scene that I’ve been sharing with you, I think I’m going to skip ahead next week to get you more of the story.

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“You heard me Lilly.” Antonio said, “I think it’s best if you go, before you create any more embarrassment for my family.”

“Embarrassment?” I asked.

Antonio wasn’t listening. Instead he was going through the bag and pulling out clothes that I instantly recognized as the clothes that I had left my fathers house with before we were married. My bottom lip began to quiver.  He threw me my old house robe, but I didn’t reach out to catch in time and it and it landed at my feet.

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And that’s it.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.

Buy “In Too Deep” here.  Please don’t forget to rate it!

Good day everyone, I’m Neva Squires-Rodriguez the author of “The Liliana Series,” a Contemporary Romantic Suspense series that can be found here and a new columnist to Reflejos Newspaper in Chicago-land.  This week I am delighted to review and share with you “The Magic Poof” by Stephen Hodges.

First let me tell you, I was hesitant to review this book based on the fact that it was about a poof of a seven-year old girls hair, but then I read it and was so glad that I chose to review it because the storyline is actually really cute.  It totally reminded me of my God-daughters hair when she was little, because given the fact that she is half African-American, her mother and grandmother didn’t know what to do with her hair.  If this book was out when my God-Daughter was little, I’m sure she it would have boosted her confidence, plus there are many imaginative adventures that happen all because of Ange-Marie, the protagonists hair.  She tells it to take form and her hair listens.  The whole idea is simply too cute!  In fact, I can totally see this story being made into a series for PBS, Nickelodeon or Disney.  It kind of reminds me of “The Magic School Bus,” a series that I enjoy watching with my children.

The author Stephen Hodges, is actually doing a “kickstarter” here, in hopes that it will become a series.  Wishing him the best of luck on this fun story!

Please check the “The Magic Poof” out, it’s a great children’s book, I would say age range 3-10 and I’m giving it a five-star rating!

Original Title: The Magic Poof

Well my friends.  It’s that time again.  I’m posting my Weekend Writing Warriors Post a little early.  I have to work tonight at the 911-call center and it has been bu-sy.  It’s freezing in Chicagoland and people forget the road is slippery, causing a lot of accidents, not to mention other things that occur from people being stuck in the house.  Wish me luck tonight, I’m still in training and it’s a bit difficult sometimes.

So anyhow, this week I’m keeping you all in the mix, Antonio has just come back to Colombia from Venezuela.  He’s been gone for about three months.  Antonio returns based on the fact that Blanca (his mother) indicated a possible affair that she walked in on between Liliana and Freddy, who no one believes is gay-but is.  Liliana tries to explain herself, but realizes how badly everything looks.  Freddy was actually there helping her plan Antonio’s birthday party, but it doesn’t look like it’s going so well, let’s tune in and see how things are going…

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“I haven’t even seen you in three months and you start this mess,” I said angrily to Blanca. “Why don’t you stay out of our relationship?”

“That’s right it has been three months Antonio.  Doesn’t it seem longer?” Blanca responded, while staring at my stomach.  “When was the last time you were with her intimately, Antonio?”

“Three months ago.”  Antonio replied quietly, staring at my swimming suit, that revealed my very pregnant stomach.

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And that’s it.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Visit my Weekend Writing Warrior friends here.

Buy “In Too Deep” here.  Please don’t forget to rate it!

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UPDATE:  Latest breaking news.  My first column just ran!  Click here to go to it.  Please hit like or share, so they keep me around for a while.  I love this newspaper because they focus on the positive in the Hispanic community and also translate the text from English to Spanish so that anyone trying to learn either language can easily have a reference.  They were supposed to list more on my book, but I guess they will in the actual print version?  Anyhow, please click it!  🙂

Christmas-y Collaboration from Tamara Philip and Neva Squires Rodriguez!.