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Richard Murray Hearth

RIchard Murray Creative Table

Dear Readers,  I tend to enjoy reading various articles on writing , the industry, the concepts, et cetera. parallel to craft articles. These topics can be fun or engaging. As some of you know, I have a controlled electronic footprint, meaning, I don't keep old posts. This blog never had fifteen posts and never will cause I don't like ejunk. But, I realize, aside my posts to what I created and create, I need a post to just chit chat if you will. So this post will serve that function, throug
MARKETING IS A 4-LETTER WORD

HELP WANTED

"No one wants to pay for distraction, but they will pay if it's packaged as help." (me)   How help is defined is tricky. It depends on the client/customer's wants. If your prospective customer wants to escape their environment, then consider if you, the independent author have the skills, resources, and experience packaged in your book to help.    If your book is the solution, then show them how it can get what they want. In this case, adventure, exotic destination, and a
Richard Murray Interviews

Interview to Jessica Amadi

This is my Q&A to Jessica Amadi , Rivers Angels FC media officer   When did you start as the media officer to Rivers Angels F.C. ? August 28, 2015    Is there any media officer to a sporting team or organization that you admire?  That would be the former media officer of defunct Dolphins, China Acheru   The Nigerian league is the strongest womens league in C.A.F. , what should it emulate from other leagues media-wise to grow?  It should get closer to the communities and always
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African-American/Black or Negro? How do you identify?

Definitely not American.  Our society has a long way for this "unthinkality."  Just imagine, "500 Americans have so far been killed in Chicago this year..."  It's almost laughable.  It’s unimaginable, grouping us all together in this fashion.  But shouldn’t we be?  American is simply, White American.  Let’s face it, it is.  But I do have hope, I never imagined having a Black President.... African-American.  To me it's like the new "negro."  Non-threatening, soft, 'light in the ass.'  This t
Richard Murray Interviews

Football Crazy possibilities aprils 2nd /3rd

Hello Football lovers, I am a fan to football crazy  on BEINsport and they have this chant that I love to listen to , for the fun of it.  Listen to "footballcrazy may1st/2nd weekend football chant possibilities" on Spreaker. The first past is for Alcacer who scored the winning goal for FC Barcelona against Grenada. It is referenced from Oyo como va from Tito Puente   Oyo como va?  Mi tarja Bueno pa' crec' en <Bueno para crecer en> Granada How is it going?  My tal
Richard Murray Interviews

Interview to Jessica Amadi

This is my Q&A to Jessica Amadi , Rivers Angels FC media officer   When did you start as the media officer to Rivers Angels F.C. ? August 28, 2015    Is there any media officer to a sporting team or organization that you admire?  That would be the former media officer of defunct Dolphins, China Acheru   The Nigerian league is the strongest womens league in C.A.F. , what should it emulate from other leagues media-wise to grow?  It should get closer to the communities and always
Richard Murray Interviews

Interview to Gloria Chetachi Ofoegbu

This is my Q&A to Gloria Chetachi Ofoegbu Nigerian womens national team player  What is your nickname, your favorite position on the pitch?  Daughter of Zion, left wing back Growing up what was your favorite club in Nigeria?   Eyimba of Aba Currently, What is your favorite club in all C.A.F. ?   black stars Does your favorite club in all C.A.F. have a womens team? If no, do you want them to start a women's team?  yes, Ghana women's team What soccer player,any gender, do you emul
Richard Murray Interviews

OBMono poem

The following is link to a Renga for Obama- 100 length http://harvardreview.fas.harvard.edu/?q=features/poetry/renga-obama But I thought about why not we writers outside harvard have fun but what can we truly do? Using hashtags with indexes, we can do a monostitch with these rules, they can be extended to any webstie anywhere <hashtag:OBMono><numeral:value +1 prior><CONTENT:at least nine syllables, it repeat the syllable representing numeral-1 if zero then syllable 9&g
Richard Murray Interviews

Lukaku Chant

In my reply to Kev Egan from Footballcrazy , Lukaku Chant Listen to "footballcrazylukakuchant" on Spreaker. soft, and sweet, handy and tandy  toffee, from antwerp, in, pool wrapping  and, when he passes, oh when he passes, is ahhh! when he holds, he's like a rocker that bangs so cool and yells so fiercely that, when he passes, each mark he pass by go Ahhh! Gols, in the blue of this city Wins, in the grand old lady Yes, he would beat Mou gladly And you know, he does not
Richard Murray Interviews

Interview to Aleks Vee

This is my Q&A to Aleks Vee - experienced New York City based journalist; she formerly wrote for FourFourTwo, was featured on SB Nation, worked for FC Dynamo Moscow and the New York Cosmos; she currently operate the Goalchatter soccer blog or radio show, that she started.  What is the name to the magazine/newspaper/journal that inspired you to create goalchatter, putting journalism back in sports journalism? And, did said publication inspire you to reach toward a higher quality above i
Nataisha Hill

AuthorTHill

Kayla and Bryan are trying to find a happy medium in their relationship, but the drama continues to unfold. They are planning for the wedding of their dreams, however, both parties have past issues that may cause them to plan for a funeral instead. https://www.amazon.com/Partially-Broken-Never-Destroyed-III-ebook/dp/B01B8S04K8/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8   Go to above link to check out Amazon
Nataisha Hill

Nataisha Hill

With a new job, a new home, and a new man, Kayla has finally started to get her life on track. She is living what she considers a normal life and all of her baggage had subsided, or so she thought. It seems as if every time Kayla attempts to close a chapter in her life, someone from the past reopens it. The sex, lies, betrayal, and violence follows Kayla like a plague. Her newest temptation Bryan would turn out to be her most intriguing challenge yet. https://www.amazon.com/Partially-Brok
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Richard Murray Hearth

The Nyotenda Comic Excerpt

The Nyotenda is a story I wrote ,as a script, free to fans or others  who may be interested; it was based on a dare perhaps you can figure out what the dare was after reading my prose; it involve a woman who played a video game as a child to adulthood; after she succeed in the videogame in a way, she gain the attention to people from outer space who want to use her skills; she is successfully trained, and achieve a great feat becoming The Nyotenda. I cognize the universal comprehension from gr
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Richard Murray Hearth

Story Collections

My second story collection, Looking West and West, is a collection of 18 stories followed by 18 poems; in the work, 18 story is to the most lifefull in their heart fore 18 poem to those mature in body or will; it is the second in my story collection series, the first being Sunset Children Stories. In Sunset Children Stories two part exist: fables and tales. A preview is available for the ebook on the official kobo page. Check it out and at some time, leave your review on the official kobo p
Southern Fried

#AINTNOBODYTHANKINBOUTYOU

I heard somewhere one in five people knows a celebrity before they hit it big.  So today, while driving, I got to thinking about what would happen if I actually became a celebrity.  My hands tingled and I filled with a curious kind of joy thinking about certain peoples reaction.  Specifically, my old co-workers who in my humble opinion, were already haters, and my former bitch-ass boss.  My grin was a mile wide as I imagined myself on the previews of primetime television walking out to the talk
Southern Fried

God's Favorite

I was browsing the net today, perusing over the myriads of social media, pokes, tweets, pics, and posts.  Smh at many of the #wittypunchlines  and #LookatwhatIgotnow, #hatersgonhate posts that paraded themselves across my various timelines.  The bold braggarts for the most part irritated me until I saw the complimentary, "#ThankyouJesus", "#PraiseGod", "#GodisGood", "#PeacebeuntoAllah", and user names like, GoddessIsisMaatMawuGoldenlife that followed many of these same supercilious updates. Then
Southern Fried

After Earth

The reviews, most of them anyway, have been terrible.  However, I am not sure what movie the so-called critics were watching, furthermore, what the agenda is for the heavy-handed upbraiding towards Hollywood's Golden Boy.  For twenty years now, Will Smith has made us laugh at and cheer for his corny relatable nature with aliens and otherworldly cinematic endeavors.  Even more, he has proven himself a cash cow, unbeatable in first week movie ticket sales for what is for some, 18 years of child su
Southern Fried

oldie but goodie- I.D.O.E.M.

Have you ever watched a television show or movie with a kid?  I urge you to try it sometimes because they do this really magical thing where they point at the screen and replace their real lives with that of the character they are watching.   Its fascinating to watch them excitedly exclaim, "I'm him/her", or "you him/her", and even more fascinating how easily it is to forget that once upon a time we did that too.      I think that is why Hip Hop will never die, no matter how ignorant, murdero
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