Quote of the Day.

"If you dream inside the darkness is it truly void of light?"-thought based on my first short story.-Angela Crandall, Author

Success

"Being successful to me means not letting others define how you go about introducing your stories, not sticking to one genre, but exploring many. I just cannot put myself in the box so many authors are saying you must do in order to achieve greatness. I need to achieve greatness because I do not fit into the box of order they say you must present, and, or represent."-Angela K. Crandall

Forward Thinking

"Dipping your brush into different colored ink to form pictures is similar to that of placing your feet in the ocean to find out if you belong there. If we don't try, research, or explore our options, then we will never truly know where we belong. If we continue to use our imaginations in spite of those who tell us to act our age then we never really grow old, or give up instead we inspire."-Angela Crandall, Author

A fun Website to help you with Grammar. I know I need it!

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Another good app: https://app.grammarly.com/

Have a great day!
                         Angela Crandall

Past Tense

"I lay in the shadows of the night. The air is cool I tip up my head to stare at the stars. Sometimes I wish I was one of them. Maybe someday I will be, glowing bright in someone's life. Not just while I am on earth, but after I am gone. Time goes by so fast. I keep trying to grasp, to treasure each moment, but some as always remain better than others. I touch my tree behind me. Thank you, I think, thank you for your strong trunk, your leaves that turn red's, gold's, and yellows, for October days that will arrive once summer is gone. I look out into space letting myself be unaware of anything, but now. This moment, once gone, gone forever as time marches on I hope to move forward. I can never go back."-Angela K. Crandall, Author

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"Enter my mind Fallen, that leads you to Despair, Hope is given, and We Up-rise to conquer it contemplating until we find Acceptance and Renewal, then last we Reflect on what was. This book of poetry and Monologues is a Journey of emotions, get ready for the ride don't be scard for fear is only holding you back. Take a Leap of Faith, No longer should you hold back that voice inside you. I might be the one to help you find it, or Maybe just Maybe you might help me."-Angela K. Crandall

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ON July 4, 2014 "Poetic Puzzle Pieces" (Social Suicide) by Angela Crandall will be available on amazon.com for the discounted price of $1.99 until July 10, 2014

New idea's...

I am thinking about starting a story specifically for watt-pad. I am not currently sure when this will happen. This story will be 100% free, as well as when it is released on amazon. It will be about raising awareness of some kind. This is what I would like to do. So many projects so little time, and giving my life away to pay bills. I dream of the day my writing can be all I do, but for now I must be grateful, and work with what I have and all that I do, be positive, and Thank you to all who have been supporting me thus far!!! 

          ~Angela K. Crandall~ AKA "Dreamer.'

Poetry Remembered.

I read a poem once called "Taking Back Sundays" I got it out of a Sassy Magazine back in the 90's. I loved the poem. I still do. I remember a few lines. I am taking back Sundays and Church bells that ring. It was a wonderful poem about enjoying the day. I have it some where. I cannot recall the author's name who wrote it. I"m sure it was a teenager like I was back in those days. Many people toss aside art, poetry, monologues that which is not of the main stream. I guess it is why I am so earnest at recognizing it.. Art is Art even if it is not delivered by someone who is famous.

                                                             Angela K. Crandall A.K.A. Arcadia

Make change with Meaning.

"I look at the stars not to see them shine, but to know they exist. You can pretend they are not there, you can deny their beauty, a glow in the darkness emitting hope like the lightening in the rain, or you can be the stone in the soup that refuses to see inside me, deeper then the outskirts, more depth then the outer core, as well as my ability to adapt yet I am not allowed to wish others could do so to make me feel accepted as well. It is why I am so let down by the world, don't tell me not to expect anything, when I think it my place to make change with meaning."-Angela Crandall, Author — feeling wise.

Unconditional, Universal, Humanity...

"If my heart was made of stone you would have never known me, instead I allowed you in for a short time until it became unbearable. I under estimated the idea, the hope that what I could see would also reflect upon you creating a balance. It never occurred to me that to some, one side only remained, a way to grasp, a way to cope that this one way was so strong you would deny me the right to my reflection. That is when I turned away unwilling to compromise my truth leaving behind what once was to begin a new path. I may seem alone in the night stretching out my arms looking to the sky above me, below me grounded yet floating. Each breath reminds me I am living. I see, hear, move, and feel great gifts given. Then I smile at nothing, but survive believing that one day the sun will shine on us all. A day in which beliefs, and views no longer separate us as humans, and only then will humanity win, this is the day I wait for. It may not be in the hearts of others, but it is in mine."-Angela K. Crandall, Author

The ARTISTS

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"People think if they ignore you it will make your dreams go away.
YOur art
Stories
forms
views
Insides
desires
 That is not how I play, or pay.
It's inside me
it will come out
even if I have to shout
 when no one listens
it is there so go a head
 be scard hide away
do what you must, but I will not bust.
I am just me,
I am who I am
frankly I don't give a damn
Those I reach they have a clue
touched without physicality
They understand
comprehend
get all of what I am. 
Not many 
but 
few
feel
see
what I do."
    
     By

Angela K. Crandall (originally posted on my Face book Account.)

Hope

"All my heart wants is more hearts that understand, to hold out their hands, to give me what I would give them even if they are just friends, then maybe I could begin again. All this sliding back I'm so through with that. What I need is a anew, something to remind me again humanity exists, and I don't have to live my life like this.-"Angela Crandall, Author

Smashed>Poetry

Smashed

Poetry, does it grab you?

 Does it's mystery drag you in? 

Can you guess what the poet is saying?

 What they mean, or do you want it straight up, no guessing games?

 Poets are overlooked, and under appreciated.

 We are still standing, speaking, shouting, singing, 

and dreaming 

in spite of the silent audience.

By

Angela K. Crandall

(Originally posted on my author's page)

Moving Forward

I came up with an idea for another story today! Now it is just putting it together, finding a way to make it altogether eerie. My inspirations for this book are: "The Twilight Zone." "The Ray Bradbury Theater." "Tales from the Dark side" and "Outer Limits." shows, where at the end Bang! Ha, Ha, makes ya think, jump and go What? I just am not sure if people get those kinds of things anymore, things that leave you with questions and not answers.
                             ~Angela K. Crandall~ 

In progress

Engaging in more writing, creating, and opening myself up to new characters. I've been writing new scenes on the side cheating on my current stories, books, characters, at a side glance. I tend to be one step a head of myself in some aspects. Then one step back on another. October is my month fingers crossed for a new release! The anticipation of finding some Bata readers I can trust. A perpetual adventure that lye before me, another step, by step progressive act to continue.
                               Angela K. Crandall-Arcadia-Characters of depth created by my own Illusions.

Happy Holiday Weekend! Coffee, and then time for my retail job. This my writing, some call it a hobby. It is my dream, my destination, but it takes time to go on that journey in order to reach high. Can you help me reach it? Prove to me people still read poetry!

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"I wait in silence all around me pleading to be let in. Please open it, open it and read. Let it fill you with who she is. I sit staring at the moon. I have always dreamed about sitting in a window seat staring through a window contemplating life with some one standing behind me, someone to comfort me, see me, and understand me. The want and need to be completely understood. I keep telling myself I am full of delusion. This human being, me, still I create stories with words, poetry, moments hoping that someone will pick up the books, read them, and connect. I yearn for each one of us to connect, and never look back."-Angela K. Crandall (Arcadia)

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