After many requests Aquilla Rage has made available the first collection of her work. Titled The Auctoritas Doctrine, her collection includes the images and the imagery that involve her readers.

The Auctoritas Doctrine is a gallery of dark poetry. Inviting its readers to “feel” the words, not just merely read them. Aquilla Rage is a Vampire Poet who can take you to the place and time. Combined with striking imagery this is a must-have item. Until today, her works have been only available online.

Avoiding Publishing and Agent Scams [by Vivian Gilbert Zabel]

Agents and publishers will make money if an author's writing is successful. Publisher's will get their money either after sales or up front. Agents get their cut after the royalties come in on the author's sold book. If they do a good job, both deserve and earn what they make. The problem is with the publishers and/or agents who are not ethical, who take money without doing the job for the writer.

In this riveting narrative of family, betrayal, vengeance, and murder, Lillian Baptiste is willed back to her island home of Dominica to finally settle her past. Haunted by scandal and secrets, Lillian left Dominica when she was fourteen after discovering she was the daughter of Iris, the half-crazy woman whose life was told of in chanté mas songs sung during Carnival: Matilda Swinging and Bottle of Coke; songs about a village on a mountaintop and bones and bodies; songs about flying masquerades and a man who dropped dead. Lillian knew the songs well. And now she knows these songs -- and thus the history -- belong to her. After twenty years away, Lillian returns to face the demons of her past, and with the help of Teddy, the man she refused to love, she will find a way to heal.

Bob Marley didn’t believe in death.
May 11th is the 25th anniversary of the passing of the king of reggae. Officially, he succumbed to cancer in Miami in 1981 at the age of 36. Today, however, his music is more widespread, more popular, and more respected than it ever was.