The Broken Road Coming Back

Today, the birds woke me up. That was a wonderful thing. I've been working as a sub in the school system and I'm often up before the birds and on my way to whereever I need to go right when they start chirping.

I've been  trying to set my schedule  so that I'm not pulled in so many directions. I happen to be one of those people that love life and I want to be part of everything. It often gets me into big trouble. Now that I'm deep into the edit of Merili's Wine and trying to get my "platform" created, I really have very little time to do anything else.

I'm looking forward to releasing The Broken Road. It consists of several of my short stories as well some of my poetry. I am also including a big surprise for my readers and hope everyone likes it. I don't want to "tell" quite yet. I'm keeping it a secret.

These stories are about addiction and recovery. My hope is that the reader will gain a sense of what it's like to be lost in that world and what its like to get out of it. I found my inspiration in many places, but really I'm drawing from my own experiences and from those that I've heard about over the years.

It has also been inspiring for me to watch my grand daughter find her footing as a mother and a wife and a powerful person in the world. She's sober and for that I'm so grateful.

My husband suggested that I include some of my poetry and I'm glad he did. I've got quite a bit and I think you'll be surprised.

I'll keep you posted. Be well, don't ever give up on your dreams.

Seeing the world through different eyes: The Broken Road

Seeing the world through different eyes: The Broken Road: The Broken Road The cover for "The Broken Road" is very personal to me. This is a young girl whom I'...

The Broken Road

The cover for "The Broken Road" is very personal to me. This is a young girl whom I've watched struggle with bad decisions, driven by her need to escape and the gut wrenching search for her own identity. She and all the women I've watched go through this process are my inspiration.

I see myself in each of them. They were me. I was angry. My emotions weretwisted into knots, my hunger for love insatiable and I was sick in the deepest parts of my soul. I was searching for something to make it all quit hurting.

I thought alcohol and drugs were the answer. I swam in that murky world for over thirty years. I finally got sober and realized that the solution was my reliance on a power greater than myself. It sounds simple but its not. I have over eighteen years of sobriety and I learn something about myself everyday. I learn how to let go of my control over my life and when I do, it is so much better.

The stories is "The Broken Road" tell a little about the journey. I hope that you, as the reader, will either relate, find hope or learn something about this crazy world of addiction.

The Inventory

Part of the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous is the fourth step. This step encourages a complete and fearless moral inventory of oneself. It truly is the turning point for most people.

In my newest story, Angie is about to share her fourth step with her sponsor, Sylvia. They've been meeting in the same church every week for the seven months that Angie has been sober. On this day, Sylvia realizes that the bond she has with her sponcee is deeper than she had ever dreamed. It proves that there aren't any coincidences. Life unfolds exactly the way it is supposed to even if it changes everything you ever believed.

The Girls

It was a warm summer day and I was walking behind two girls heading home from classes that day at our local community college in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  I literally couldn't believe that I had gotten so lucky to hear what they were saying.

The Girls is a story about their conversation. I pulled other stuff that I knew about the area and its people and  painted Gabriela and Sabrina from my experiences in New Mexico.

I hope you'll enjoy my insights and interpretations.

The story is available on Amazon.com and I'd love it if you'd download it and write a few words in a review. Authors need all the support they can get and I'd really appreciate yours.

Click below to go to my page.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Girls-Amara-Cudney-ebook/dp/B00HMR4OIS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388706919&sr=8-1&keywords=the+girls+amara+cudney

Bonnie's Surprise

Bonnie's Surprise is a story full of hope and love. Bonnie has to figure out what she's' going to do after Jeff turns her world upside down.

This Friday, Decemeber 20th, Bonnie's Surprise will be free for 24 hours. It's a wonderful short story.

"beautifully written" 

Knobby

"Uplifting"

Catherine Algrin

"Fun, captivating"

"exceptional writing.

Linda

Merry Christmas , I hope love fills all of your hearts and that goodness comes to you always.

Christmas and Love

I find that this time of year, I'm more sensitive and susceptable to expectations and trying to make everything right. For What? Well for that one moment they call Christmas.

When I was a child, it was the moment I waited for for what seemed forever that finally came early in the morning on December 25th when I'd run to the living room to see what Santa had brought me. So exciting, so much anticipation, it was great.

Now that I'm older, Christmas has taken on a much deeper meaning. Today, I'm thinking about the world and all of it's inhabitants. I'm praying for peace and for an end to hunger. I'm also praying that all people everywhere can have love in their hearts and be kind to each other.

On Dec. 13, I'll be offering Bonnie's Surprise on Amazon for free. This is a story about two people who find themselves falling in love when they least expected it. It's a story about the sweetness of love and how it can enter your heart at any moment.
I hope you enjoy it.

Bonnie's Surprise

When my grand daughter was about 10 or so, I saw her face go suddenly pale. Truly, I thought she was going to faint.  We were in a hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico and had been having a great time, so I couldn't figure what was the matter.

"Nancy? What's wrong honey?"

"Grandma," her eyes filled with tears, "I think I have a crush."


The  story for Bonnie's Surprise came a similar type of situation. The only difference was that the person who told me that story wasn't 10. They were  70 years older than that and it struck me how love works. It doesn't matter if your 2 or 100, when love strikes, it takes over your life, it changes the colors of the world, it changes you, and you can barely think straight. That's why I wrote the story, to show that love is amazing in it's power on us.


Starting Friday night, Dec. 6th at midnight through the next day, Dec. 7 at midnight, I'll be offering Bonnie's Surprise for free again.

I hope you enjoy the story, please let me know what you think.