Tuesday, July 19, 2011

In the Spotlight - Charles Thompson

Aralen Dreams

When John Dillon abandons an unfulfilling job on Wall Street, the Peace Corps sends him to a muddy mountain village in Panama where flesh-eating disease, homegrown dope, and a balding dog become his closest companions ... [READ MORE HERE]

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

In the Spotlight: Rishka Hadad

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Stone Garden

I sit here silently
In this garden of splendor
Attempting to forget things
I wish to remember

Your loving eyes
Their gentle gleam
I wish that this
Were merely a dream

My one true love
Now lies under the ground
You do not speak
You make not a sound

So I sit here
Lost and alone
I wonder my love
Why God took you home

So I’ll leave you now
With one lonely “Good-bye”
I Know I will miss you my dear
Until the day I die

Stone Garden

I sit here silently
In this garden of splendor
Attempting to forget things
I wish to remember

Your loving eyes
Their gentle gleam
I wish that this
Were merely a dream

My one true love
Now lies under the ground
You do not speak
You make not a sound

So I sit here
Lost and alone
I wonder my love
Why God took you home

So I’ll leave you now
With one lonely “Good-bye”
I Know I will miss you my dear
Until the day I die

[READ MORE HERE]

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GettingDiscovered.net

Monday, June 13, 2011

In the Spotlight: Suzy Turner

 
Raven: Part I of The Raven Saga

Synopsis

Her whole life had been based on a lie. Lilly had grown up in a loveless home with a father who she had barely ever seen and a mother who was… well, not very motherly.

After they mysteriously disappear without a trace, Lilly is sent to Canada where she finds a whole new way of life. One filled with love and people who care for her. But that’s not all she discovers, Lilly also finds out that she isn’t who, or what, she thinks she is.

Lilly has a very special ability and it’s just a matter of time before her true self starts to shine. And when it does, her life will never be the same again. [READ MORE HERE]

Monday, June 6, 2011

In the Spotlight - Jan Tilley

About Coming About:

Life can take many twists before you arrive at your destination.

Rachel Robinson is drifting along in a comfortable life, completely unaware that her entire world is about to be turned upside down. Rachel was not prepared for the pain as her only daughter goes off to college. Her suffering is only compounded when her husband asks for a divorce.

With no place else to go, Rachel turns to her new friend Sadie. Secrets begin to surface that will change both of their lives forever. [READ MORE HERE]

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GettingDiscovered.net

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Dan Bunea's "Spiritual Opening"

Bio:

Who am I?

Hello, my name is Dan Bunea, I am 31 years old, and I live in the city of Timisoara, in Romania.

How do I feel about my painting?

I think that my painting is full of life, full of vibrant colors, and I think it really makes an impact on its watcher.

Where do I sell?

I am collaborating with several online galleries, mostly from USA, to sell my paintings. I will list them soon on the website. [SEE MORE HERE]

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GettingDiscovered.net

Friday, May 27, 2011

Rogue Art: a Two-Sided Coin

Recently a crew of “construction workers” had an assignment at a railroad bridge in Encinitas, California. The bridge was perfectly intact, as was the support for it on which they worked. Their job was to erect the work of art pictured above. With high-strength glue they attached the image of a deranged cat with a gold tooth apparently in love to the public structure. According to the North County Times, officials are fed up with trying to crack down on what they refer to as “graffiti”, and have no intention of actually hunting down the artists responsible. They will consider their work done when the mosaic is removed.

On the one side: unauthorized art is property defamation and a crime. [READ MORE HERE]

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Facebook is Trying to Get File Sharing Out of the Doghouse

Ten years ago, Napsterwas huge. 70 million users were uploading and trading music, putting it all together in one huge digital pile so that anybody could pick it up. It was social networking unlike anything that had ever been done before. It was using the Internet to access information for free, but the information was copyrighted and therefore made much less profitable when freely distributed. The Record Industry Association of America that had built its empire on a predictable capitalistic system had no choice but to shut Napster down until they figured out how to tame this beast of socialized music. [READ MORE HERE]