A PLACE TO SHARE AND/OR PROMOTE BOOKS - SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE
-
Cynde L. Hammond
- Female
- Upstate New York
- United States
- Share
- Blog Posts
- Discussions
- Events
- Groups
- Photos
- Photo Albums
- Videos
~Cynde L. Hammond's "Book Place" Page~
Gifts Received
Cynde L. Hammond has not received any gifts yet
Profile Information
- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- I'm an UNPUBLISHED AUTHOR and an avid, or as my young niece used to say, a "rabid" READER. :o)
- Do You Have A Website?
- http://members.fotki.com/cyndelouwho22/about/
http://myspace.com/kingofkingsandlordoflords/
- About Me:
- I'm a 53 yr. old, extremely happily married, Christian woman who is married to the most wonderful, caring, thoughtful, handsome, romantic, Godly man in the world--and he's my soul-mate! We have two sons (Josh, age 21 & Jon, age 16) that are the greatest kids you'd ever want to meet.
I have a twin sister, Sande, that looks just like me (poor thing), another set of twin sisters, Barbara & Beverly, an older sister Carol Lee, that's really cool, two half-brothers, Freddie & Tracy, and my brother, John, that's in Heaven.
Dion (my husband) has an older sister named Donna, two younger brothers named Daren and Drew and his older brother, Dana, is in Heaven.
I've known Dion since he was just a young boy before his brother, Dana, got killed in a tragic car accident. Dana was so special and amazing! He and Dion were very close and it totally changed the course of Dion's entire life to lose Dana like that.
It changed my life drastically, too. You see, I was engaged to Dana when he was killed in that car accident--and it was almost the end of my life, too. I loved Dana so much that I didn't really want to live when I lost him, but some how I found the strength--I didn't realize it then, but the Lord started watching over me in a special way and He would reveal Himself to me later on in my life. (I made a lot of wrong turns in my life, but they all lead me to where I am today--that's why I wouldn't change a thing!)
But right then, Dana's (and Dion's) father started watching over me--like I was part of the family--and this continued, right on through my getting married to an abusive husband and then divorced, moving to Texas, then to Virginia, then back to New York State--a span of about 25 yrs.--and then I found DION. Who but the Lord would have thought to have put the two of us together? Well, we're a perfect match, we're soul-mates and I just know that Dana is looking down from Heaven and smiling because he's happy for both of us! Praise God!
Now I write children's books (nothing published yet) and I'm working on my debut right now. (It's a crime-mystery type novel for Young Adults.) I've written several poems and short-stories for magazines (both fiction and non-fiction) and I love to write letters and almost any kind of writing. Right now I'm taking a two-year writing course at the Institute of Children's Literature to help me hone my writing skills (I've almost completed it!) and from there I'm probably going to take some more college writing courses.
My husband and I both absolutely LOVE TO READ and he reads to me all the time. (it's one of my favorite things in the world to do!) Sometimes Dion, Jon and I will take a play and read it out loud, just the three of us. We'll have our own parts to play and we'll try to do the different voices and just play-act together and see how it goes. We have a blast together!
We collect antiquarian, first edition books, some autographed. We also collect antique clocks and have them all over the house--you should hear it when it's high noon! It might drive other people crazy, but we love it; it's like music to our ears. We have so much in common that we fit together like a hand in a close-fitting glove. Dion is my everything, my soul-mate, and the love of my life.
I'm also interested in learning about photography so that I can take some really nice photos and maybe enter some contests. In addition, I'd like to learn all about PSP and tag-making so that I can create my own tags and share them. I'm hoping that I'll be able to do some really creative things by the time the kids get married, so I can create some exciting wedding album pages for them.
I sound pretty ambitious, along with wanting to go riding on the back of my husband's motorcycle with him and riding horses and all the other passions of my life. Where do I get all that time and energy? I'm glad you asked--sort of.
You see, that's the catch-I have all this ambition and all these dreams and plenty of time to do it in...but my body just won't cooperate with me. I'm disabled. Yeah, I know..it stinks! It's been twelve years already and I hate it! Lots of people think--ooh, how cool--she doesn't have to work and she gets to stay home. Well, it's not all it's cracked up to be. It makes you feel kinda worthless inside (in a way--except that I know that I'm a child of the KING and that's awesome) I want to do things and be productive and not feel like my life is being wasted. I know--volunteer, right? If I could, I would! I'm just in too much pain to do almost anything. I have Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) which is otherwise known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)--which are both just big scary-sounding titles for basically just a chronic pain condition of the nerves which now seems to involve my ENTIRE BODY, but mostly my hands and arms.
And my husband is always thinking up inventive ways of helping me to do everyday-things that most people take for granted. Most days I can't even turn the door knob, unzip a zipper, open a ziploc baggie, or brush my hair. That's one of the reasons I'm so thankful for Dion. Right now I'm not able to do the cooking, so he's been doing it --and he even has to help me with showers sometimes. But he never complains or makes me feel like a burden--if he did, it could easily destroy my self-esteem--but instead, he's always trying to build me up! Yes, I'm a woman that is truly blessed!
My writing is something that I can do in my head, at least and thank God for the new soft-ware that types for you as you speak into the computer--it's amazing. Writing is my passion (so is my husband, of course, but you know what I mean!) and even since I could hold a pencil in my hand, I have always wanted to write stories. Right now I'm working on my debut novel, which is a Crime-Mystery novel for Young Adults and I'm enjoying myself very much. One way or another I'm going to make this thing work because I want to be a published author more than anything else in the whole world!
TO THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED BOOKS:
I would LOVE it if you would write to me here at:
BOOK PLACE
or
send me an email at:
cyndelouwho22@gmail.com
and give me ANY writing tips that you think may help me to reach my goal of finishing my book and having it published!
Thank you. I hope we can become good friends very soon!
Cynde L. Hammond
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://acushla712.livejournal.com/
- Favorite Books:
- BOOKS:The Bible, In Cold Blood, The Green Mile, Of Mice and Men, To Kill A Mockingbird, Gone With The Wind
AUTHORS: Truman Capote, Willa Cather, Anne Frank, Carson McCullers, Patricia Cornwell, Sue Grafton, Margaret Mitchell, Ken Follett
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Borders, Barnes and Nobles and a local bookstore that sells used books called "PHOENIX" located in Groton, NY.
About
Badge
MORGAN'S OWN BLOGSPOT
Helpless
Over the Holiday weekend I took a good look at my house and that familiar helples feeling washed over me again. It seemed like an insurmountable task to get the place in order. It still does.I spend so much time writing and promoting after I do my day job, what little time I have left is precious. Still, sometimes I just have to buckle down and ignore my compulsion to write and make myself clean house instead. I tackled the spare bedroom, which had clothes and all kinds of other articles strewn over the bed, on the floor, and anywhere you can think of, compliments of myself and the DH, who were equally guilty. I did make some headway, which made me feel good, but if I had more time I know I could do better. Also, there are so many other projects left to do if I were to get the house really into shape. I'm wondering how much I'll get done before Christmas, when I have my family over.
Maybe over the weekend I can get more done, that is, after I do the Illinois sales tax form first, which is due by the end of the month. I've got almost all of my check statements, except one, which I think I can find online, so maybe I can get that done. You may have guessed I'm not the most organized person in the world.
Anyway, let's see how far I can get cleaning up. I've got this kindle on loan from the library, with about 9 days left on it, and lots of good books on it beckoning to me. I've got some great ideas for stories I want to start and others I want to continue. I've got some blog buddies I haven't visited for a while. I wonder what will win out. (g)
What about you? What do you do about housework? Does it get in the way sometimes?
PS The not so surprising results are up on the left for my EZ poll. I'll have to do a harder one some time.
New Killer Career Excerpt at Acme Authors Link
Hi Gang,Today, I've got a new Killer Career excerpt up at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/ . This one continues from the first excerpt I posted on Monday at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/
If you're curious about my recently released romantic suspense, come on over to one or both blogs to check it out.
Thanks,
Morgan
Time Out for Kindle Reading
Our local library has 8 kindles available for its patrons. The DH and I both got on the waiting list, mainly so I could use one. His number was reached and we picked up the kindle on Sunday afternoon. Now I've got a kindle to read for 2 weeks! So far I'm really loving it, especially the current book I'm reading, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.What about you? Do you own a kindle? Or, have you tried someone else's? Would you like to?
Who's Doing Cyber Monday?
I'm very carefully going to check out the Cyber Monday deals. I have a few items in mind that I plan to buy, but it would be very nice if they'd go on sale and save me some money. I won't be spending much. Can't afford to do so this year.What about you?
RSS
Rascal is sleeping right now. When she gets up, you'll know about it.
When RASCAL wakes up, you'll hear from her and/or her Mom - that would be me, Morgan Mandel.
Latest Activity
I am the one sole person behind every facet of Battered Spleen Productions. That means I handle the marketing, sales, public relations, and all of the business end as well as writing, coding, and art. I cannot say that I am very good at the market...
Music
© 2009 Created by Morgan Mandel on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
Comment Wall (9 comments)
You need to be a member of BOOK PLACE to add comments!
Join this Ning Network
Make your business known at ourbizyourbiz.com1
Visit Our Biz Your Biz.Ning.Com
You don't have to carry and give birth to a child to love them completely, else, where would fathers be?
Let's definitely keep in touch with each other.
Thanks so much - especially for the encouragement. God bless.
Don
I've been sending notes to somebody named Cynde H on Shelfari. Is that not you? I've been trying to contact you to let you know that not only is it ok with me that you downloaded all my ebooks - but actually delights me. I'm not in this game to make money but to get the Word on the streets. If you could write reviews on Amazon you will make me even happier, but as God moves you.
Don
Keep the Faith - you can do it!
I am planning on writing two Christian books-
"Press Toward the Mark" based on Phillipians
and "God is Love" from the Book of John.
My the Peace of Christ be with you
Christine
Don
I hope you have a wonderful time here & be sure to tell your friends.
Morgan Mandel