Those of you not suffering from allergies, my envy knows no bounds. Nature has it in for me, man, it really does. I don't know what I did. I wasn't one of those kids that destroys anthills or anything.
Anyway...
Today's the day! The Maze starts its free period for Amazon Kindle. It's here, so grab a copy. C'mon, you know you want to...
http://www.amazon.com/Maze-Ravens-Curse-Book-ebook/dp/B00EPG45M4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1429538827&sr=8-3&keywords=lalla+squeglia
Also, since today is Alice Garden's birthday, there is a short story going up on Wattpad, so you should go check that out. It's here-there's two more chapters, but you get those over the next couple of days. http://www.wattpad.com/story/35805706-the-student
-Lalla
Monday, April 20, 2015
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
More Free Goodness
Seeing as everybody else has had a free period, Max and Marie need one, too. Hey, it's only fair. So yeah, The Maze will be free on Amazon Kindle (where else?) from April 20th to April 24th.
-Lalla
-Lalla
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Freebie
It's tiiime! The House on the Moor begins its free period today. Grab a copy, leave some love, tell your friends. http://www.amazon.com/House-Moor-Ravens-Curse-Book-ebook/dp/B0091XZ4TO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1428157513&sr=8-2&keywords=lalla+squeglia
In another couple of weeks I'll have a release date for One Sunny Afternoon, so stay tuned. Also, today is the day that Color Blind begins its move to Wattpad, so check that out!
-Lalla
In another couple of weeks I'll have a release date for One Sunny Afternoon, so stay tuned. Also, today is the day that Color Blind begins its move to Wattpad, so check that out!
-Lalla
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Iago
Seeing as The House on the Moor will be free starting Sunday (!)...yeah. This.
Iago-remember her?-may not have a ginormous role in that particular book, but you can blame her, directly or indirectly, for everything. Ever. This family made the grave mistake of pissing her off, and she's not too happy. She's never really happy, but...well, you get what I mean. I hope.
Still working out the specifics for her arrival, but this scene, right here, really defines her. Poor Quincy. You won't meet him for a while, but that doesn't really matter.
* * *
* * *
Nice girl, isn't she? Loves pain, that one. And people. She eats people sometimes. She'd like to eat Quincy, but she's not allowed right now. I need him.
-Lalla
Iago-remember her?-may not have a ginormous role in that particular book, but you can blame her, directly or indirectly, for everything. Ever. This family made the grave mistake of pissing her off, and she's not too happy. She's never really happy, but...well, you get what I mean. I hope.
Still working out the specifics for her arrival, but this scene, right here, really defines her. Poor Quincy. You won't meet him for a while, but that doesn't really matter.
* * *
Quincy had long since quit trying to stay upright. What
remained of his clothes were stuck to him with either sweat or blood and he
couldn’t see straight anymore.
The guard holding his wrists let go
and he dropped to his knees. This was it. He was going to die. He didn’t even care.
Iago knelt in front of him and made
him lift his head.
“Hello, sweetie.” she said softly.
“Ready to talk to me?”
“No.” He tried to pull his head away
and she tightened her grip on his face. “No.”
“Resilient little bugger, aren’t
you?” She laughed. “I think I might grow to like you.”
She kissed him, that horrible forked
tongue snaking down his throat. He tasted brimstone, choked and tried to pull
away again. This time she let him. He vomited, but now the brimstone was
flavored with bile.
“Get him out of my sight.” When the
men didn’t move, she cracked her whip. “Now!”
* * *
Nice girl, isn't she? Loves pain, that one. And people. She eats people sometimes. She'd like to eat Quincy, but she's not allowed right now. I need him.
-Lalla
Monday, March 30, 2015
Teach Men Not to Rape
Yeah. We're veering into some serious territory here, my friends. And I'm sorry, but I think this has to be said, especially in the light of all these frat incidents and...yeah.
Whilst procrastinating on the internet the other day, I came across a quote by Kurt Cobain: “Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there.”
(I'm not sure he did say it, but it sounds like something he'd say, and I'm too lazy to check.)
The comment section, unsurprisingly, was a scary place.
"they already know it's a crime, telling them to stop that isn't going to work."
"what about teaching women to be more careful?"
And on and on. You know, typical internet comment faire. There were worse ones, but I'm not putting those. (I was glad to see that the really asshole-ish ones were downvoted. It's something.)
First of all, I don't think he meant to teach men not to rape AS A SINGLE MEASURE. Think about it. When you're sick, you do multiple things to get better. You rest. You eat healthy. You drink lots of fluids. Sometimes you go and get meds. You don't do one of these things alone, you do them together. This should be the same way. Teach them, but don't put yourself unnecessarily in harm's way. Be careful getting blackout drunk at a party, for instance. It's sad, but there are creeps out there who think that if someone's passed out, that that's consent. (And yes, I know women can rape, too. Cracked.com, of all places, had a great article on that. If you can find it, definitely give it a read.)
BUT we really aren't teaching men not to rape. We tell them it's wrong, the same way we tell kids that kicking their friend in the shins is wrong. But we don't really show them that it's wrong.
Don't believe me? I have proof. Well, I have a personal anecdote, and there's others all over the place.
My next-door neighbor is a rapist. He spent twenty years (give or take) in prison for breaking into a woman's house and assaulting her. (So there goes the 'she was asking for it' excuse people seem to like. Because, you know, she was in her own house and all.)
It gets better. Apparently there are 'levels' of sex offender. The ones that won't reoffend, the ones that might, and the ones that will. Guess which one he is?
That's right. Will. The guy has been deemed to be a danger to society. The logical thing to do would be to keep said danger locked away. Serial killers stay in jail. Spree killers stay in jail, if they don't die before they get there. Dangers to society stay away from society.
But not this one, because-for whatever reason-rape is not serious enough to be a 'real' danger.
This guy used to try to come over when my dad wasn't home. He tried to get my mum and I to go inside his house. Crime aside, RED FLAG. What kind of ordinary person does that? I'm sure he'd have tried to come in by now, but we finally bit it and got two big dogs. The visits ceased immediately. Guess he doesn't want to be friends with the monsters. :p
Anyway. What does that tell our boys? I don't think it tells them that rape is wrong, because this guy's out. We need to show them that it's wrong, and that means keeping 'dangers to society' locked away.
That is all. Sorry for the serious topic, but it needed to happen.
-Lalla
Whilst procrastinating on the internet the other day, I came across a quote by Kurt Cobain: “Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there.”
(I'm not sure he did say it, but it sounds like something he'd say, and I'm too lazy to check.)
The comment section, unsurprisingly, was a scary place.
"they already know it's a crime, telling them to stop that isn't going to work."
"what about teaching women to be more careful?"
And on and on. You know, typical internet comment faire. There were worse ones, but I'm not putting those. (I was glad to see that the really asshole-ish ones were downvoted. It's something.)
First of all, I don't think he meant to teach men not to rape AS A SINGLE MEASURE. Think about it. When you're sick, you do multiple things to get better. You rest. You eat healthy. You drink lots of fluids. Sometimes you go and get meds. You don't do one of these things alone, you do them together. This should be the same way. Teach them, but don't put yourself unnecessarily in harm's way. Be careful getting blackout drunk at a party, for instance. It's sad, but there are creeps out there who think that if someone's passed out, that that's consent. (And yes, I know women can rape, too. Cracked.com, of all places, had a great article on that. If you can find it, definitely give it a read.)
BUT we really aren't teaching men not to rape. We tell them it's wrong, the same way we tell kids that kicking their friend in the shins is wrong. But we don't really show them that it's wrong.
Don't believe me? I have proof. Well, I have a personal anecdote, and there's others all over the place.
My next-door neighbor is a rapist. He spent twenty years (give or take) in prison for breaking into a woman's house and assaulting her. (So there goes the 'she was asking for it' excuse people seem to like. Because, you know, she was in her own house and all.)
It gets better. Apparently there are 'levels' of sex offender. The ones that won't reoffend, the ones that might, and the ones that will. Guess which one he is?
That's right. Will. The guy has been deemed to be a danger to society. The logical thing to do would be to keep said danger locked away. Serial killers stay in jail. Spree killers stay in jail, if they don't die before they get there. Dangers to society stay away from society.
But not this one, because-for whatever reason-rape is not serious enough to be a 'real' danger.
This guy used to try to come over when my dad wasn't home. He tried to get my mum and I to go inside his house. Crime aside, RED FLAG. What kind of ordinary person does that? I'm sure he'd have tried to come in by now, but we finally bit it and got two big dogs. The visits ceased immediately. Guess he doesn't want to be friends with the monsters. :p
Anyway. What does that tell our boys? I don't think it tells them that rape is wrong, because this guy's out. We need to show them that it's wrong, and that means keeping 'dangers to society' locked away.
That is all. Sorry for the serious topic, but it needed to happen.
-Lalla
Sunday, March 29, 2015
First Look
Guess wha-at?
You guys are gonna get the first chapter of One Sunny Afternoon today. I figure if I put it here, I'll have to have it ready soon. It's a very good anti-procrastination thing. Because let me tell you, if I can find a reason to surf the internet or reorganize my room or arrange my closet by color, I will do it. (The closet thing did not work out, by the way. Half of it was black, a quarter of it was dark, and then I had a few random light colors...most of which were light grey.) The first TWO chapters will be over on Wattpad, but for those of you not there (where are you?), you can have this one. And don't forget-The Muse's free period is almost over, so get it while you can. http://www.amazon.com/Muse-Lalla-Squeglia-ebook/dp/B00MY6Q5M0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1427644476&sr=8-2&keywords=lalla+squeglia
* * *
You guys are gonna get the first chapter of One Sunny Afternoon today. I figure if I put it here, I'll have to have it ready soon. It's a very good anti-procrastination thing. Because let me tell you, if I can find a reason to surf the internet or reorganize my room or arrange my closet by color, I will do it. (The closet thing did not work out, by the way. Half of it was black, a quarter of it was dark, and then I had a few random light colors...most of which were light grey.) The first TWO chapters will be over on Wattpad, but for those of you not there (where are you?), you can have this one. And don't forget-The Muse's free period is almost over, so get it while you can. http://www.amazon.com/Muse-Lalla-Squeglia-ebook/dp/B00MY6Q5M0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1427644476&sr=8-2&keywords=lalla+squeglia
* * *
“Hey, Fri?”
Friday Jones closed her eyes and
silently cursed her parents. What kind of idiots named their child Friday? It
wasn’t even a name!
“Yes, boss?”
“Will you stick this in the mail on your
way home?”
“What is it?”
“The rent.”
“Sure.”
Mitchel White dropped an envelope on her
desk. It was a little creased around the edges and Friday put her dictionary on
top of it.
“What?”
“You didn’t notice the creases?”
He shrugged. Friday rolled her eyes and
stretched. He hadn’t had a client for two days. Couldn’t she go home early? It
was the weekend, after all.
“You can leave early, if you want.” Oh,
he was a mind reader! “I have to meet with a client this afternoon.”
Oh, really?
“Is she pretty?”
“He
is about fifty pounds overweight and unaware of something called a bath.”
That was unfortunate. Better him than
her. But why didn’t she know about this? She usually knew what the person looked like, at least.
“Why all the hush-hush?”
“I wish I could tell you, Fri, but they
made me promise. I’ve probably said too much as it is.”
Ah, the price she paid for being the
secretary. She’d much rather type than follow people around in the rain,
though. Besides, she’d never been shot at, knocked out, or attacked in an
alley. She’d been kidnapped once, but that was all.
“Get receipts for everything in case he
kills you.”
“Thanks for the vote of confidence.”
What? He’d hired her to type and answer
the phone, not be his personal cheerleading squad.
“You’re welcome.”
“Here.” he said, tossing a check at her.
“Thank you for another week of keeping the wisecracks to a minimum and keeping
my files in order.”
It was payday? She’d forgotten. Well,
there was another fifty dollars towards that mink coat at Spade’s.
“Thank you for remembering to pay me.”
“Don’t forget to drop that.” He tapped
the dictionary. “I have to get going. See you Monday.”
“Take a bubble bath if you get
stressed.”
“Men don’t take bubble baths.”
“Your loss. Bye, Mitch.”
* * *
A girl really couldn’t do better than
this, Friday thought. A nice bubble bath, a glass of fine wine, and a good,
trashy book. And it was the weekend! What more could she ask for?
Chocolate. She could ask for chocolate.
Maybe she still had some pudding in the fridge. That would be just perfect.
The telephone rang.
Friday closed her eyes and hoped it
would stop. Maybe if she ignored it, it would stop.
It kept ringing and she lowered a little
further into the bubbles. She was dripping wet, for crying out loud! There was
no reason for the phone to be ringing!
It finally stopped and she leaned back
into her bubbles. Ahh. Bubble bath.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
News
Oh, my god. This has to be the most blog posts in a row from me.
That's actually kind of sad. Or not. Is it? I don't know.
ANYWAY.
Color Blind will begin its move to Wattpad.com on April 5th. It will not be removed from Smashwords until I am finished moving it, which will take time, but yeah. Just keep that in mind.
Other Wattpad news! In honor of Alice Garden's birthday-April 20th, Layne often mocks her for having a birthday on 4/20 (such a child)-a short story will be going up over there. I have a draft of a ghost story there, too, so you go should go and check that out. I mean, free reading material.
So yeah, come over, look me up. I think I might put the Raven Family Tree up there, too-yeah, I haven't forgotten them. Their troubles are far from over. Max and Marie are back at home, but you know, there's been the strangest goings-on. Something about phantom singing? Maybe old Max is as crazy as they say...
-Lalla
That's actually kind of sad. Or not. Is it? I don't know.
ANYWAY.
Color Blind will begin its move to Wattpad.com on April 5th. It will not be removed from Smashwords until I am finished moving it, which will take time, but yeah. Just keep that in mind.
Other Wattpad news! In honor of Alice Garden's birthday-April 20th, Layne often mocks her for having a birthday on 4/20 (such a child)-a short story will be going up over there. I have a draft of a ghost story there, too, so you go should go and check that out. I mean, free reading material.
So yeah, come over, look me up. I think I might put the Raven Family Tree up there, too-yeah, I haven't forgotten them. Their troubles are far from over. Max and Marie are back at home, but you know, there's been the strangest goings-on. Something about phantom singing? Maybe old Max is as crazy as they say...
-Lalla
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