Elizabeth Funderbirk's Blog
October 6, 2013
Beginning Again....
"Begin Again as often as you need to in order to stay on track spiritually..."
Don't call it a come back.... I never left. I have taken a hiatus though. Some much needed time to examine what I have accomplished, the road I took, what are my plans going further, what is my ultimate goal, and how to improve on it all... *sighs* I have antagonized over many things on this list I just mentioned especially my ultimate goal. What is it I want at the end of the day? What do I want from this journey? I thought I knew when I started, but I soon realized that my vision was not as clear as I once thought.
I've decided to take it back t the beginning. And that thought for me, was originally very depressing. I mean who wants to admit to being wrong? Not I. However, owning that fact helped me to formulate how to change it. This was a cleansing process, a lot of tears.... And what I can say is that I am THANKFUL for it all. I had an aspiration that I was terrified to pursue and with a little nudging from my then boyfriend now husband I was able to reach the finish line on a goal of mine. I wanted to WRITE a book. That thought was absolutely daunting. How could I possibly achieve that? I was scared to chase my own possibilities but I overcame that and for that I am a better me!
I wrote that book and as each word, each scene, and each concept flowed from the ebbs of my mind, through my fingers, and onto the pages I knew I was doing what was in God's plan for me. Something that felt so right and was so therapeutic to my soul had to be preordained just for ME. Once I was there, I was nudged to not rest on my loral's and to get my work published. Published? What does that even entail? Talk about fish out of water. I never even considered actually publishing a book before I had completed the writing on my first novel. I'm sure most people in the literary field pursued this road after much research, a lot of thought, and a careful plan. That was not how it fell into place for me. I was going on the fly. Through this journey I have met so many people that have supported my efforts and held their hand out to help me. These people gave me LIFE. They believed in ME and thought I had something to bring to the table. They published me, interviewed me, featured me, and reviewed me & my work. That propelled me further. That made it impossible to slow the train. I wanted more of that and I wanted to say I am a PUBLISHED author. And I am! I did that! But, in hindsight I did it too fast, with not enough knowledge, and no real plan on how to proceed. Like in most situations I place myself in, I had to learn on my feet running. Mostly because I didn't want to take a moment to seek another way. Was that a mistake? To some looking in, yes. To me, no! It was a well taught lesson. That lesson taught me what I do want from a project that represents me. It showed me that I needed to give more in order to really excel. It taught me there is nothing better than really KNOWING the undertaking of the path you chose. It taught me there is nothing better than betting on YOU and winning. Winning will be different things too different people. For me WINNING is saying I did it, and I learned because of it, and NOW I am applying that knowledge to BEGINNING AGAIN.
One of my many FAVORITE quotes is...... "Begin again as often as you need to in order to stay on track spiritually...". It's ok to fall, as long as you get up and start over even stronger.... This race is only YOURS.
Please take a moment to check out my novels "Love TORN Asunder" & "The Bitter sweet Conclusion" the first two books in the TORN series. Available on my website (www.LiteraryLiz.Com), store locations by request, and Kindle & Nook. Also, I am a contributor to domestic violence awareness anthology "voices Behind The Tears". The third book in the TORN series will be released the beginning of 2014. Thanks for the support!
Lots of Love LiteraryLiz.....♥
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Love Torn Asunder
Don't call it a come back.... I never left. I have taken a hiatus though. Some much needed time to examine what I have accomplished, the road I took, what are my plans going further, what is my ultimate goal, and how to improve on it all... *sighs* I have antagonized over many things on this list I just mentioned especially my ultimate goal. What is it I want at the end of the day? What do I want from this journey? I thought I knew when I started, but I soon realized that my vision was not as clear as I once thought.
I've decided to take it back t the beginning. And that thought for me, was originally very depressing. I mean who wants to admit to being wrong? Not I. However, owning that fact helped me to formulate how to change it. This was a cleansing process, a lot of tears.... And what I can say is that I am THANKFUL for it all. I had an aspiration that I was terrified to pursue and with a little nudging from my then boyfriend now husband I was able to reach the finish line on a goal of mine. I wanted to WRITE a book. That thought was absolutely daunting. How could I possibly achieve that? I was scared to chase my own possibilities but I overcame that and for that I am a better me!
I wrote that book and as each word, each scene, and each concept flowed from the ebbs of my mind, through my fingers, and onto the pages I knew I was doing what was in God's plan for me. Something that felt so right and was so therapeutic to my soul had to be preordained just for ME. Once I was there, I was nudged to not rest on my loral's and to get my work published. Published? What does that even entail? Talk about fish out of water. I never even considered actually publishing a book before I had completed the writing on my first novel. I'm sure most people in the literary field pursued this road after much research, a lot of thought, and a careful plan. That was not how it fell into place for me. I was going on the fly. Through this journey I have met so many people that have supported my efforts and held their hand out to help me. These people gave me LIFE. They believed in ME and thought I had something to bring to the table. They published me, interviewed me, featured me, and reviewed me & my work. That propelled me further. That made it impossible to slow the train. I wanted more of that and I wanted to say I am a PUBLISHED author. And I am! I did that! But, in hindsight I did it too fast, with not enough knowledge, and no real plan on how to proceed. Like in most situations I place myself in, I had to learn on my feet running. Mostly because I didn't want to take a moment to seek another way. Was that a mistake? To some looking in, yes. To me, no! It was a well taught lesson. That lesson taught me what I do want from a project that represents me. It showed me that I needed to give more in order to really excel. It taught me there is nothing better than really KNOWING the undertaking of the path you chose. It taught me there is nothing better than betting on YOU and winning. Winning will be different things too different people. For me WINNING is saying I did it, and I learned because of it, and NOW I am applying that knowledge to BEGINNING AGAIN.
One of my many FAVORITE quotes is...... "Begin again as often as you need to in order to stay on track spiritually...". It's ok to fall, as long as you get up and start over even stronger.... This race is only YOURS.
Please take a moment to check out my novels "Love TORN Asunder" & "The Bitter sweet Conclusion" the first two books in the TORN series. Available on my website (www.LiteraryLiz.Com), store locations by request, and Kindle & Nook. Also, I am a contributor to domestic violence awareness anthology "voices Behind The Tears". The third book in the TORN series will be released the beginning of 2014. Thanks for the support!
Lots of Love LiteraryLiz.....♥
www.LiteraryLiz.com
Join my blog "Beginning Again" http://www.elizabethfunderbirk.blogsp...
Love Torn Asunder
January 26, 2012
FREE FREE FREE, NOVEL!
Hello :-) I am having a really bad day! But, now that I have sulked around, I am over it and need to do something to lift my mood. I would like to give a copy of either of my novels away today! "Love TORN Asunder" or "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion". All you have to do is be the 10th person to "LIKE" my support page -----> https://www.facebook.com/LiteraryLiz
I will announce the winner tonight on The1Essence Radio show tonight airing at 8pm EST. Click the link below to tune in, and hear an exclusive exceprt.
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Either Kindle or Nook!
I will announce the winner tonight on The1Essence Radio show tonight airing at 8pm EST. Click the link below to tune in, and hear an exclusive exceprt.
http://loudcaster.com/channels/581-th...
Either Kindle or Nook!
January 20, 2012
VOTE FOR ME :-)
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January 15, 2012
JUST WRITE!
When I wrote my first two novels I had no idea about pages/word count. I just wrote the story I needed to tell. Because of that I was able to convey the emotions and tell the story thoroughly. Now, that I know more about what goes into making a book publish ready, my eyes constantly go to the page number. I feel like I am in a crunch to complete the story in a a certain amount of pages. smh.... I have to get out of my own head and just allow the story to play out in order to not stifle the the story line and the reality around my characters. Dont let page count and word count over rule the integrity of your work as a whole. JUST WRITE THE STORY! This is some advice I needed for myself and decided to share. Anyway, I'm out for now, I have a story to tell..
Lots of Love LiteraryLiz......♥
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Lots of Love LiteraryLiz......♥
www.LiteraryLiz.Webs.Com <---- trying out my NEW site.
December 31, 2011
New Years 2009
New Years day 2009, I finally decided to stop making excuses as to why I can not pursue my dreams to become a writer. At this point I had written stories but only for myself, never with the intent to become published. Mostly because I thought it just a dream. I was told it was an unrealistic goal and I need to focus my energy on more important things. I allowed those words mixed with my own doubt, that I could never meet the level of the authors that I love reading so much. If not for the encouragement of my best-friend, then on again off again boyfriend, Now Husband I would have never took on the task to complete at least one of the stories I started. On that day, I asked my mother to bring me her laptop (because I didnt have one) and started to piece together a story I had scattered in notebooks, post its, and in my email drafts. That story is "Love TORN Asunder" that was published April, 2011.
On my journey I was met with obstacles but all of them I managed with God as my guild and Jerome in my ear to keep me going. Many times I thought maybe this is not for me. You see when I started I had no idea of what it meant to become a published author. How to write a book in the proper format. What marketing would entail.
I wrote at the Library, I would go with my USB Port and type for as long as I could, I would research what little information I had. I would borrow my mothers computer for a few days at a time, and when I could do neither I wrote in a notebook. Along the way I met some people who assisted me along on my path and some who said they were but in reality that was never their intention. That is what brought on my Blog "Trials, Tribulations, and Torn". This is my literary Journal of the personal struggles I dealt with and the professional hurdles that I needed to clime.
Today going into 2012, I am the published author of 2 Novels, I started a Non-Profit project (which I believe is the reason I became a writer in the first place), I participated in an Anthology that has a purpose, I have contributed to blogs, web magazines, and I can only pray this upcoming year I am met with even more success on my Journey.
I am still learning, I am still a work in progress, but the point of this is that I took the step and did what needed to be done to make my dream a reality. I have no idea what type of career I will have going forward. All I know for certain is that I am blessed for what I have accomplished so far.
HAPPY NEW YEARS Everyone. My prayer is that You pursue your dreams and make it happen. Nothing happens overnight but with patients, determination, and ignoring all the BS anything is possible. :-)
Lots of Love LiteraryLiz.....♥
www.LiteraryLiz.com
On my journey I was met with obstacles but all of them I managed with God as my guild and Jerome in my ear to keep me going. Many times I thought maybe this is not for me. You see when I started I had no idea of what it meant to become a published author. How to write a book in the proper format. What marketing would entail.
I wrote at the Library, I would go with my USB Port and type for as long as I could, I would research what little information I had. I would borrow my mothers computer for a few days at a time, and when I could do neither I wrote in a notebook. Along the way I met some people who assisted me along on my path and some who said they were but in reality that was never their intention. That is what brought on my Blog "Trials, Tribulations, and Torn". This is my literary Journal of the personal struggles I dealt with and the professional hurdles that I needed to clime.
Today going into 2012, I am the published author of 2 Novels, I started a Non-Profit project (which I believe is the reason I became a writer in the first place), I participated in an Anthology that has a purpose, I have contributed to blogs, web magazines, and I can only pray this upcoming year I am met with even more success on my Journey.
I am still learning, I am still a work in progress, but the point of this is that I took the step and did what needed to be done to make my dream a reality. I have no idea what type of career I will have going forward. All I know for certain is that I am blessed for what I have accomplished so far.
HAPPY NEW YEARS Everyone. My prayer is that You pursue your dreams and make it happen. Nothing happens overnight but with patients, determination, and ignoring all the BS anything is possible. :-)
Lots of Love LiteraryLiz.....♥
www.LiteraryLiz.com
December 19, 2011
I take writing seriously....
As a reader I fell in love with the ability to get so lost in a story that you become invested in the characters. Since finally deciding to pursue my dream to be a writer, I have a new found respect for the detail, research, and work that goes into building a story, Developing the characters, using description to place the reader inside the pages. I take this seriously and prayerfully as I grow and continue on this path, so will my skills to accomplish all these qualities I have grown to admire.
Lots of Love LiteraryLiz......♥
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Lots of Love LiteraryLiz......♥
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November 25, 2011
Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale.... 2 for $20.00
BLACK FRIDAY/CYBER MONDAY SALE: Now until.... You can purchase "Love TORN Asunder" for immediate delivery and pre-order "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion" for delivery fresh off the presses for ONLY $20.00. OR, purchase each novel at only $12.00! No shipping cost added to your purchases. This is the season for giving thanks, and I am so blessed and Thankful to all that support my Dream and my novels.
Just go to the "Black Friday" tab---->
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Both title also available for Kindle & Nook download ONLY $2.99 :-)
Lots of Love Literary Liz......♥
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Just go to the "Black Friday" tab---->
http://www.literaryliz.com/#!black-fr...
Both title also available for Kindle & Nook download ONLY $2.99 :-)
Lots of Love Literary Liz......♥
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November 19, 2011
The Bitter Sweet Conclusion!!! The explosive sequel to "Love TORN Asunder"
In "Love TORN Asunder" you met five very real characters all telling their side of events that has them all tangled in a web a deceit. In the follow up Novel "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion", you will be immersed in the muddy waters that follow the storm!
LESLIE: Will have to come clean about all her sins one-way or the other, while laid in a hospital bed the gritty truth becomes known.
LINCOLN: Gets the whole picture of exactly what’s been going on while he's away at work. The phrase while the Cats away the mice will play is a mild compared to the information that was just dropped on him.
KENDRICK: Male gigolo at your service, his scathing antics, and doggish ways catch up to him and gets him in a situation that may end his life for good.
DEVINE: Entangled in an affair that she had no idea she was participating in, find out how a woman of her means decides to settle the score.
HER: On the verge of losing it all, she will not only make those that have done her wrong pay, she will become so enraged inside her own anger, she may not be able to see her way out.
A scorned wife, a betrayed lover, a two timing Casanova, a bitter vamp, and a flawed temptress.... will they find redemption at the end? "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion" is the explosive sequel to "Love TORN Asunder" By: Elizabeth Funderbirk
AVAILABLE NOW ON KINDLE & NOOK.... Pre-Orders for paperback taking place NOW on Literary Liz Writes (http://LiteraryLiz.com) Thanks to all that have supported me :-)
Lots of Love Literary Liz......♥
www.LiteraryLiz.com
LESLIE: Will have to come clean about all her sins one-way or the other, while laid in a hospital bed the gritty truth becomes known.
LINCOLN: Gets the whole picture of exactly what’s been going on while he's away at work. The phrase while the Cats away the mice will play is a mild compared to the information that was just dropped on him.
KENDRICK: Male gigolo at your service, his scathing antics, and doggish ways catch up to him and gets him in a situation that may end his life for good.
DEVINE: Entangled in an affair that she had no idea she was participating in, find out how a woman of her means decides to settle the score.
HER: On the verge of losing it all, she will not only make those that have done her wrong pay, she will become so enraged inside her own anger, she may not be able to see her way out.
A scorned wife, a betrayed lover, a two timing Casanova, a bitter vamp, and a flawed temptress.... will they find redemption at the end? "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion" is the explosive sequel to "Love TORN Asunder" By: Elizabeth Funderbirk
AVAILABLE NOW ON KINDLE & NOOK.... Pre-Orders for paperback taking place NOW on Literary Liz Writes (http://LiteraryLiz.com) Thanks to all that have supported me :-)
Lots of Love Literary Liz......♥
www.LiteraryLiz.com
"Fresh Faces in Black Books." Feature on Author/Writer/Blogger- Elizabeth Funderbirk
Author: Elizabeth Funderbirk
Book title: Love TORN Asunder
Publisher: Emerald Star Press
African-American History Examiner (AAHE): What is your book about?
Elizabeth Funderbirk (EF): Love TORN Asunder, is a twisting drama centered around an adulterous affair. Trusts are broken, friendships are tested, and loyalty is questioned in this tangled web of deceit.
Leslie is a successful, beautiful woman with a dedicated man by her side. However, when an extended absence on her dream mans behave, makes her insecurities rise, her lustful choice to see if the grass is greener causes a domino effect in the lives of the five main characters.
Leslie will have to confess her sins and deal with the revelation that not everyone who claims to be your friend has your best interest at heart.
A scorned wife, a betrayed lover, a two timing Casanova, a bitter vamp, and flawed temptress…. will they find redemption at the end?
AAHE: How did you pick the topic for Love TORN Asunder?
EF: I wanted to write a novel that dealt with the dynamics of relationships. Not just the relationship between lovers but also, those we encounter in our everyday life. To really dive into the delicate balance it takes to navigate these bonds. The topic of an affair being the catalysis of this Novel was a perfect way for me to dissect all the people who are really affected by such an act. This in most cases extends further than the two parties involved. I believe that most of my novels will deal with Relationships
AAHE: How is Love TORN Asunder different from other books that cover the same or similar information?
EF: The topic of an affair is not new to the written word. This story is however unique because of the way I allow each charters the forefront to explain their side of the story. Each character is written in a definable voice that is their own. Although this story line is nothing new my delivery has its own presence. This story is fictional but written from a very real place, which is what makes it one of a kind.
AAHE: What do you like most about being an author?
EF: The freedom to express myself on my terms. To create a book that was not only relatable but also entertaining for the reader. I have wanted to be an author for some time. One thing or another stopped my progression. Now that I released the doubt from others and my own mind, I feel free in pursuing my dream. I had no idea what it meant to get a book published when I started this journey. Now that I am slowly tip toeing my way through the door, I know this is what I was meant to do. At the end of the day, I am proud of the small feats I have won along the way. Such as just completing my debut novel, then to have it actually available is a blessing that I cannot even describe. What I like most, is that I had a dream, I worked hard, made some wise choices, some not so much, but I can show my children that this is the reward for hard work. Accomplishment!
An excerpt of Love TORN Asunder:
CHAPTER 15
HER
Kendrick has been spending a lot of time at home. He even spent Thanksgiving with me and the kids although he usually celebrated it with his family, and I went with mine. It was nice us spending it together, but he is getting antsy. I have been trying to do my best to accommodate him by allowing Bernard over without a lot of fuss. I know that this isn’t going to last long. Ever since we went to that blues lounge, The Indigo, he has been even more on edge than usual. I thought it was strange for him to invite me out without me having to push him. The last time he was so accommodating was the last time I caught him cheating on me. We had taken a cruise to the Bahamas with a group of friends. I’d paid for the trip because I just wanted to spend time with Kendrick without his friends around. I’d wanted to let him know that I would do anything for him and this marriage. Kendrick and I just couldn’t get it right . My oldest son, Robert, had moved out about a year a half ago and I became severely depressed after that. No one understood. My family said that I had chosen Kendrick over my own son. Kendrick is my husband and Robert, my first-born. Robert is an adult though and the things that he was accusing Kendrick of couldn’t have been possible. He wouldn’t have disrespected me like that in our house. I knew Kendrick did things that a husband shouldn’t do in a marriage, but he would not bring those things to my home. A year and a half ago was when I started detaching myself from Kendrick’s indiscretions.
Robert and I came home from the grocery store on a Tuesday afternoon. Robert started unloading the groceries from the trunk of my car and taking them in the house while I gathered my daughter, Rayne. I was walking through the garage to the back door when I heard the commotion. I picked up my pace and when I entered the kitchen I could tell that it was coming from upstairs. I s ecured Rayne in her high chair in the kitchen and raced to the hallway. I stood at the bottom of the staircase and watched Robert and Kendrick attack one another. I didn’t know what to do. I was planted in that spot and couldn’t find my voice. Robert’s girlfriend Emma was shouting at them to stop, that they were acting like fools. I agreed but I couldn’t talk. She looked at me asked if I was going to do anything? Was I going to get Robert off Kendrick? I couldn’t move. My baby began crying in the kitchen and I still couldn’t move. Out of nowhere, Reggie came bounding through the front door and up the stairs. He pried them apart after a few tries. Robert was staring down at me, breathing hard, nostrils flared. The glare on his face made tears spring to my eyes and burn a trail down my cheeks. He turned his anger to ward my husband, demanded that he leave and told Emma to do the same. Robert was pushing her down the stairs, one step at a time. The tears impaired my vision, which made everything blurry.
“Mom! What are you going to do about this?” I heard him but I couldn’t answer. What could I say?
“Are you going to let him stay here after this shit? He has always been a cheater, but I know you’re not going to let him get away with this!” Robert yelled, demanding answers. My lungs were burning from holding my breath. “He was fucking Emma in my room, Mom. He’s sleeping with my girlfriend under your roof!” His voice boomed throughout the house, the sound echoing inside my head. “Mom?”
I could hear Kendrick telling him to calm down and to stop raising his voice in his house. “So you’re really not going to say anything, are you? You’re just going to look the other way again? Even though this time he didn’t just fuck you over he fucked me too!” My son said those words to me, and that was the last time we stayed under the same roof.
After some time, I made sure that Robert was settled into an apartment. It too k a lot of doing since he didn’t want to speak with me and I couldn’t blame him. When things sort of fell in order, I planned the cruise. It was a five-day, four-night event. By night three, he was antsy. He couldn’t even keep it together on a boat in the middle of the ocean. One evening while I was in the shower, he left the room. I knew that he was up to something. He kept trying to get me involved in an activity to keep me busy so he could get away, but I wasn’t fall for that. I stayed stuck to his side, until I went to take a shower that is. I got out of the shower and wrapped the new robe that he purchased for this trip around my body. I then called everyone that we came with on the cruise to see if had hooked up with any of them. No one had seen or talked to him since we left after dinner. I had an idea of where he might be, but I just didn’t want to believe that he would embarrass me like this with all these people to witness it. I went straight to Barbara s room. She was the sister of one of my friends that came along. She was exactly what Kendrick liked. She had light skin and big breasts. She was very cute, so the sight of him being friendly with her made my insecurities rise. She and Kendrick had been a little too friendly for the first couple of days. My stomach was in knots and I had a bad feeling about the whole thing as I got closer to her suite. When I made it to the door, I just listened at first. I could hear him inside laughing with her. Why would he do this shit here? Why now? I knocked. They became quiet, so I knocked again, louder. Then Louder. Nothing.
“I heard y’all in there and I am not leaving until you send my husband out here, Barbara.” I heard movement. Then there was nothing. I stood there for ten damn minutes then knocked on the door to the next cabin. A woman tentatively opened the door. I asked her if I could borrow a chair. She kindly brought one out to me without question. I’m sure she coul d hear what was going on through the thin walls. At that point, I didn’t care anymore. He’d already made me look like a fool for pulling this so why should I give a fuck? I sat there, arms folded, in the middle of the hallway on the cruise that I paid for to bring us closer together. He waited another fifteen minutes before he showed his face. He came out and all he could say was a pathetic “I’m sorry”. He took me by the arm lifted me from the chair and escorted me back to our room. He didn’t say anything about what happened and foolishly, neither did I. He made love to me as soon as we got back to our suite, while I cried.
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Book title: Love TORN Asunder
Publisher: Emerald Star Press
African-American History Examiner (AAHE): What is your book about?
Elizabeth Funderbirk (EF): Love TORN Asunder, is a twisting drama centered around an adulterous affair. Trusts are broken, friendships are tested, and loyalty is questioned in this tangled web of deceit.
Leslie is a successful, beautiful woman with a dedicated man by her side. However, when an extended absence on her dream mans behave, makes her insecurities rise, her lustful choice to see if the grass is greener causes a domino effect in the lives of the five main characters.
Leslie will have to confess her sins and deal with the revelation that not everyone who claims to be your friend has your best interest at heart.
A scorned wife, a betrayed lover, a two timing Casanova, a bitter vamp, and flawed temptress…. will they find redemption at the end?
AAHE: How did you pick the topic for Love TORN Asunder?
EF: I wanted to write a novel that dealt with the dynamics of relationships. Not just the relationship between lovers but also, those we encounter in our everyday life. To really dive into the delicate balance it takes to navigate these bonds. The topic of an affair being the catalysis of this Novel was a perfect way for me to dissect all the people who are really affected by such an act. This in most cases extends further than the two parties involved. I believe that most of my novels will deal with Relationships
AAHE: How is Love TORN Asunder different from other books that cover the same or similar information?
EF: The topic of an affair is not new to the written word. This story is however unique because of the way I allow each charters the forefront to explain their side of the story. Each character is written in a definable voice that is their own. Although this story line is nothing new my delivery has its own presence. This story is fictional but written from a very real place, which is what makes it one of a kind.
AAHE: What do you like most about being an author?
EF: The freedom to express myself on my terms. To create a book that was not only relatable but also entertaining for the reader. I have wanted to be an author for some time. One thing or another stopped my progression. Now that I released the doubt from others and my own mind, I feel free in pursuing my dream. I had no idea what it meant to get a book published when I started this journey. Now that I am slowly tip toeing my way through the door, I know this is what I was meant to do. At the end of the day, I am proud of the small feats I have won along the way. Such as just completing my debut novel, then to have it actually available is a blessing that I cannot even describe. What I like most, is that I had a dream, I worked hard, made some wise choices, some not so much, but I can show my children that this is the reward for hard work. Accomplishment!
An excerpt of Love TORN Asunder:
CHAPTER 15
HER
Kendrick has been spending a lot of time at home. He even spent Thanksgiving with me and the kids although he usually celebrated it with his family, and I went with mine. It was nice us spending it together, but he is getting antsy. I have been trying to do my best to accommodate him by allowing Bernard over without a lot of fuss. I know that this isn’t going to last long. Ever since we went to that blues lounge, The Indigo, he has been even more on edge than usual. I thought it was strange for him to invite me out without me having to push him. The last time he was so accommodating was the last time I caught him cheating on me. We had taken a cruise to the Bahamas with a group of friends. I’d paid for the trip because I just wanted to spend time with Kendrick without his friends around. I’d wanted to let him know that I would do anything for him and this marriage. Kendrick and I just couldn’t get it right . My oldest son, Robert, had moved out about a year a half ago and I became severely depressed after that. No one understood. My family said that I had chosen Kendrick over my own son. Kendrick is my husband and Robert, my first-born. Robert is an adult though and the things that he was accusing Kendrick of couldn’t have been possible. He wouldn’t have disrespected me like that in our house. I knew Kendrick did things that a husband shouldn’t do in a marriage, but he would not bring those things to my home. A year and a half ago was when I started detaching myself from Kendrick’s indiscretions.
Robert and I came home from the grocery store on a Tuesday afternoon. Robert started unloading the groceries from the trunk of my car and taking them in the house while I gathered my daughter, Rayne. I was walking through the garage to the back door when I heard the commotion. I picked up my pace and when I entered the kitchen I could tell that it was coming from upstairs. I s ecured Rayne in her high chair in the kitchen and raced to the hallway. I stood at the bottom of the staircase and watched Robert and Kendrick attack one another. I didn’t know what to do. I was planted in that spot and couldn’t find my voice. Robert’s girlfriend Emma was shouting at them to stop, that they were acting like fools. I agreed but I couldn’t talk. She looked at me asked if I was going to do anything? Was I going to get Robert off Kendrick? I couldn’t move. My baby began crying in the kitchen and I still couldn’t move. Out of nowhere, Reggie came bounding through the front door and up the stairs. He pried them apart after a few tries. Robert was staring down at me, breathing hard, nostrils flared. The glare on his face made tears spring to my eyes and burn a trail down my cheeks. He turned his anger to ward my husband, demanded that he leave and told Emma to do the same. Robert was pushing her down the stairs, one step at a time. The tears impaired my vision, which made everything blurry.
“Mom! What are you going to do about this?” I heard him but I couldn’t answer. What could I say?
“Are you going to let him stay here after this shit? He has always been a cheater, but I know you’re not going to let him get away with this!” Robert yelled, demanding answers. My lungs were burning from holding my breath. “He was fucking Emma in my room, Mom. He’s sleeping with my girlfriend under your roof!” His voice boomed throughout the house, the sound echoing inside my head. “Mom?”
I could hear Kendrick telling him to calm down and to stop raising his voice in his house. “So you’re really not going to say anything, are you? You’re just going to look the other way again? Even though this time he didn’t just fuck you over he fucked me too!” My son said those words to me, and that was the last time we stayed under the same roof.
After some time, I made sure that Robert was settled into an apartment. It too k a lot of doing since he didn’t want to speak with me and I couldn’t blame him. When things sort of fell in order, I planned the cruise. It was a five-day, four-night event. By night three, he was antsy. He couldn’t even keep it together on a boat in the middle of the ocean. One evening while I was in the shower, he left the room. I knew that he was up to something. He kept trying to get me involved in an activity to keep me busy so he could get away, but I wasn’t fall for that. I stayed stuck to his side, until I went to take a shower that is. I got out of the shower and wrapped the new robe that he purchased for this trip around my body. I then called everyone that we came with on the cruise to see if had hooked up with any of them. No one had seen or talked to him since we left after dinner. I had an idea of where he might be, but I just didn’t want to believe that he would embarrass me like this with all these people to witness it. I went straight to Barbara s room. She was the sister of one of my friends that came along. She was exactly what Kendrick liked. She had light skin and big breasts. She was very cute, so the sight of him being friendly with her made my insecurities rise. She and Kendrick had been a little too friendly for the first couple of days. My stomach was in knots and I had a bad feeling about the whole thing as I got closer to her suite. When I made it to the door, I just listened at first. I could hear him inside laughing with her. Why would he do this shit here? Why now? I knocked. They became quiet, so I knocked again, louder. Then Louder. Nothing.
“I heard y’all in there and I am not leaving until you send my husband out here, Barbara.” I heard movement. Then there was nothing. I stood there for ten damn minutes then knocked on the door to the next cabin. A woman tentatively opened the door. I asked her if I could borrow a chair. She kindly brought one out to me without question. I’m sure she coul d hear what was going on through the thin walls. At that point, I didn’t care anymore. He’d already made me look like a fool for pulling this so why should I give a fuck? I sat there, arms folded, in the middle of the hallway on the cruise that I paid for to bring us closer together. He waited another fifteen minutes before he showed his face. He came out and all he could say was a pathetic “I’m sorry”. He took me by the arm lifted me from the chair and escorted me back to our room. He didn’t say anything about what happened and foolishly, neither did I. He made love to me as soon as we got back to our suite, while I cried.
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Bitter Sweet Conclusion... Special snippet inside!
Bitter Sweet Conclusion... Special snippet inside!
In preparation to release my second novel in the 'TORN" series, "Bitter Sweet Conclusion" I have slashed the price of "Love TORN Asunder" to ONLY $10.00 with no additional shipping added to your purchase.
Making a purchase of "Love TORN Asunder" from this website will automatically make you eligible to purchase "Bitter Sweet Conclusion" at a discounted rate upon it's release.
In "Love TORN Asunder" you met five very real characters all telling their side of events that has them all tangled in a web a deceit. In the follow up Novel "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion", you will be immersed in the muddy waters that follow the storm!
LESLIE: Will have to come clean about all her sins one-way or the other, while laid in a hospital bed the gritty truth becomes known.
LINCOLN: Gets the whole picture of exactly what’s been going while away at work. The phase while the Cats away the mice will play is mild compare to the information that was just dropped on him.
KENDRICK: Male gigolo at your service experience his scathing antics and doggish ways catching up to him and getting him in a situation that may end his life for good.
DEVINE: Entangled in an affair that she had no idea she was participating in finds out how a woman of her means decides to settle the score. ????
HER: On the verge of losing it all, she will not only make those that have done her wrong pay but she will also become so enraged inside her own anger that she may not be able to see her way out.
Raw, Real, Romance, all in one Novel... "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion" is the explosive sequel to "Love TORN Asunder" By: Elizabeth Funderbirk
Where "Love TORN Asunder" lit the flame, "Bitter Sweet Conclusion" spreads the fire!
Special snippet Below:
DEVINE-
What she fails to realize is that all men cheat. All men are dogs. They all get restless. They will eventually succumb to those needs and it will be to another woman. Most men get caught and the one’s that think they got away without the little lady finding out, well they are delusional. The woman always knows. We always find out. The one’s that don’t speak up don’t want to play the fool. They know damn well that they are not leaving this man regardless of his indiscretions. They turn a blind eye. Some confront their other half only to be met by apologies and promises that it will never happen again. This may last for a few weeks if they’re lucky then it may last a few months but it won’t last forever. It never does. You have the woman that will confront their man and then dedicate all their free time to making sure their husband never does this again. These are the woman that become inspector gadget. They will never be happy again because they will never be at ease about what has become of their lives, of their marriage. Who could? When your life has turned into a never ending mission to stay one step ahead of the adulterous husband. Checking cell phones, text messages, emails, pants pockets…The list is never ending and neither will be their quest to keep their man’s penis inside his pants. Good luck with that. Whatever the situation is, it all boils down to, men ain’t shit.
Lots of Love Literary Liz....
http://LiteraryLiz.com
In preparation to release my second novel in the 'TORN" series, "Bitter Sweet Conclusion" I have slashed the price of "Love TORN Asunder" to ONLY $10.00 with no additional shipping added to your purchase.
Making a purchase of "Love TORN Asunder" from this website will automatically make you eligible to purchase "Bitter Sweet Conclusion" at a discounted rate upon it's release.
In "Love TORN Asunder" you met five very real characters all telling their side of events that has them all tangled in a web a deceit. In the follow up Novel "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion", you will be immersed in the muddy waters that follow the storm!
LESLIE: Will have to come clean about all her sins one-way or the other, while laid in a hospital bed the gritty truth becomes known.
LINCOLN: Gets the whole picture of exactly what’s been going while away at work. The phase while the Cats away the mice will play is mild compare to the information that was just dropped on him.
KENDRICK: Male gigolo at your service experience his scathing antics and doggish ways catching up to him and getting him in a situation that may end his life for good.
DEVINE: Entangled in an affair that she had no idea she was participating in finds out how a woman of her means decides to settle the score. ????
HER: On the verge of losing it all, she will not only make those that have done her wrong pay but she will also become so enraged inside her own anger that she may not be able to see her way out.
Raw, Real, Romance, all in one Novel... "The Bitter Sweet Conclusion" is the explosive sequel to "Love TORN Asunder" By: Elizabeth Funderbirk
Where "Love TORN Asunder" lit the flame, "Bitter Sweet Conclusion" spreads the fire!
Special snippet Below:
DEVINE-
What she fails to realize is that all men cheat. All men are dogs. They all get restless. They will eventually succumb to those needs and it will be to another woman. Most men get caught and the one’s that think they got away without the little lady finding out, well they are delusional. The woman always knows. We always find out. The one’s that don’t speak up don’t want to play the fool. They know damn well that they are not leaving this man regardless of his indiscretions. They turn a blind eye. Some confront their other half only to be met by apologies and promises that it will never happen again. This may last for a few weeks if they’re lucky then it may last a few months but it won’t last forever. It never does. You have the woman that will confront their man and then dedicate all their free time to making sure their husband never does this again. These are the woman that become inspector gadget. They will never be happy again because they will never be at ease about what has become of their lives, of their marriage. Who could? When your life has turned into a never ending mission to stay one step ahead of the adulterous husband. Checking cell phones, text messages, emails, pants pockets…The list is never ending and neither will be their quest to keep their man’s penis inside his pants. Good luck with that. Whatever the situation is, it all boils down to, men ain’t shit.
Lots of Love Literary Liz....
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