Every single day, there is something new to look at when raising a little person. Some days there may be poop in places I don’t want it to be, and I may be annoyed have to clean it up. Some days I witness a three year old using impressive addition skills, or reading his first […]
Read More STAY UP by looking UpYou can bet your bottom dollar it has something to do with your thoughts and feelings. We are always manifesting. Our dominant thoughts and feelings work together to create the tone of our existence. But what does it mean when we don’t like what were seeing manifest in our lives? Here’s what I think based […]
Read More When You don’t like what you are manifesting…The more you WANT, the less you GET. Why the hell is that? Doesn’t it suck? Why yes, friend. It does suck. But it’s true. Haven’t you noticed? Whenever you want something super bad, it’s like every sort of disaster that could stand in the way of it… does. It’s not until we stop wanting, […]
Read More The more you WANT…the less you GETUrsula: “The only way to get what you want…is to become human yourself…” Ariel: *Widened eyes…* “Can you do that?” Ursula: “My dear sweet child..That’s what I do! It’s what I live for. To help unfortunate mer-folk like yourself…” … Ariel: “But I won’t get to see my family if I become human…” Ursula: “But […]
Read More Ariel vs. Ursula Mentality: Which one do you use?My palms soaked the steering wheel as I stared at my lips in the rear-view mirror. My bare, crackled lips had eaten all of the lip oil I’d applied. Like my late mother, I feared I would die of old age, and a lack of beauty. She’d written me a note in her last days […]
Read More A Wizard’s Love: Fantasy Flash FictionA romance trope is a popular theme in a romance novel or film. Below I list a few of my favorites! Alpha Male/Billionaire– Because, duh! Who doesn’t like a strong, rich, asshole man? Sure they’re annoying and everything, but you can’t deny the appeal. I personally do not believe the alpha male has to be […]
Read More My Top 3 Romance Fiction TropesIf you haven’t read part one, click here to read it. My heart thumped as I replayed Rob’s remarks in my head. Ya boy Ashton was real popular at the bar… Popular? Popular with whom? Other women? Was that what he did while I was out trying to make a future for myself? Cheat on […]
Read More Liquor Magick part 2: Is her ambition driving him away? What really went down at the bar?My eyelids hung down like lead, but the man across from me, in tattered clothing, smelled just foul enough to keep me awake. I looked at my phone for the thousandth time, and clenched my back teeth. Why hadn’t he texted me? The train tussled my body back and forth. Holding the phone in my sweaty […]
Read More Liquor Magick: Is her ambition blocking her love and driving him to drink?Copyright 2020 by Nia Venus. All Rights Reserved. In all my years of having a fin like a fish, never once had I wanted to be human, until now. My fin itched, like insects were crawling inside of it. As I swam back and forth in our kitchen, ignoring the smell of the bacon burning, […]
Read More Swimming in His Lies: Fantasy RomanceReading is hard work. It’s easier for some than others, but it’s still quite a laborious past time. So why do it? Reading is good for your brain, for one. But I don’t believe it shouldn’t be enjoyable. My belief is that if you’re gonna spend time reading…for fun…it had better be some entertaining shit! […]
Read More What are the benefits of reading Paranormal Romance? (and why I write it)
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