Identifying my friends and readers.

Beloved Friends, 

Friends share something of their own. They like something a lot, and it can be superficial like "we like to stay up late" but just as important to them as, "we enjoy the silence, the forest." 

Many times, friendship is a gift. The poet wrote: "Heaven gave its friend the pilgrim, shade, and he felt blessed."

A person addresses another person, by letter, in an affectionate way, even if they do not know each other, or there is no friendly relationship... properly established. The person calls the other person a companion, comrade, colleague, ally, buddy, a partner. 

I write because I love my craft, and when I do, you become my friend, buddy, colleague, an ally, and I love you and think of you when I write, prose, or poetry. There is this feeling that there must be someone in the immense universe who finds resonance when they read my writings. They know as well as I do, that we live in the same dimension, share the same frequency, even though we have not met yet. 

Maybe one day, I will meet you in a reading; admiring a work of art, or I already know you because we are colleagues, we have a professional friendship, or you are already my reader. My friends have no age, no ethnicity, what do we have in common? We value authenticity and meaning in another human being. And that is my motto: 

"We value authenticity and meaning in another human being."

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"Historical or contemporary events interwoven with real-life tales."​

Celebrating Earth Day

@elainekinkead. author

Dear friends,

I write to celebrate April 22, Earth Day.

Earth grounds us all. It is where it all begins.  Earth’s soil, water and air are pure, intentional and deeply nurture each one of us. Everything earth provides us with is the result of a wholesome rhythm. 

Ode to Earth 

Water. It runs freely. At times peacefully; at times, taking with it 

everything on its way. Offering no excuses; just listening to its own state of mind.

Throughout its existence, earth has known there is no void in wholesomeness. It’s aware that water lacks wisdom; it flows, or overflows recklessly. The air is patient and waits to be called to become a storm.

Earth is aware that water and air will sculpt its surface, and it knows the difference between quietness and rage…

It feels pain as water breaks apart it’s surface; and knows the wind bristles her.

Yet, an overflowing river will eventually return to its course, and the wind will become the breeze that oversees the transformation of what was to what is. 

Throughout centuries, earth has generously germinated in its womb, crops to sustain the life of the hand that fed her. In all fairness, earth also eradicates from its soul whoever torments her…

Once the cycle is over,

Soil, air and water will find solace in each other.

The air will remain gentle until it is called to become a storm…

While rivers quietly flow to the sea under cries for forgiveness,  

The soil is still grateful when man allows her to rest every seven years.

Bits and Pieces -Searching for a Stranger – Scored 4 of 5 Stars!

Dear Friends,

Live to learn; learn to live! No rush!

I wrote Searching for a Stranger to do something useful during the pandemic lockdown. I let my family and friends, and they let their families and friends know the launch date of the novel. I returned to my normal duties. Maybe you can imagine how excited I am that True Voice Review, an independent, reader focused editorial review and content rating rated my work 4 out of 5 stars.

Searching for a Stranger

ISBN:979-8-9871498-0-5

Book rating 4 - “Strongly Recommended: A timely, psychologically sharp catfishing / romance fraud story with a mature heroine and real emotional weight, even if its reflective, talk-it through pacing won’t suit speed thriller readers.

ReadSafe Rating: PG 13

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Woman Fiction

Details: The book includes on-page sensuality and sexual/romantic longing without explicit details. Alcohol appears in light, contextual references. Major themes include pandemic-era illness stress, divorce/relationship upheaval, and romance-fraud/identity theft with significant distress.

If you have not yet read the novel, you can order it from Amazon, Ingram-Sparks, or order it through your favorite bookstore. I hope you enjoy it!

Thank you all,

Elaine