Dear America, May I Honor the Hero's in Your Midst When Your World Came Crashing Down?

We all have and or had hero's who came to our rescue, just in the nick of time. Did these people have a hidden agenda, such as self glorification, my narcissistic lawyer recently asked or could it just be they believed it is more blessed to give than to receive? Many people relish in the opportunity to help, if and when there is a need. They give freely, expecting nothing in return, except, possibly the hope that their kindness will be payed forward to others down the road.

By sharing your hero stories with me, I hope to find the common thread across America that brings out the best in us; especially when our world crashed and we had no place left to turn. Random acts of generosity and kindness throughout the heartland, that heralds "help is on the way" to our country that needs illustrations of hope and all the Good News it can get. Over the course of the next few months, with your help, I'd like to write about the unsung hero's that have moved in and out of your life's journey at some point. Unselfish men and women who have run to your chaos, rather than away from it.

Here is your chance America to share a story of gratitude to that hero in your circle, who by their unselfish efforts, support and encouragement, made a profound difference in your life and circumstance. Many times, words cannot express the gratitude that has been unselfishly bestowed on us by others. America, herein lies an opportunity to share with me those who made your lives, as well as, this country's, richer.

I am proud to live in a land where hero's abound. However, most of our personal hero's are known only to us and maybe to a few more in our immediate circle. Would you help me change that? We need to hear good news, awesome news, life changing news, much more than we do now.

Everywhere I turn, the mainstream media dwells on the bad, the salacious and the stuff that breaks us down, rather than lifts us up. I got it. It's what, we the audience, more times than not, feeds on. However, we sorely need heartfelt, personalized inspirational stories to propel us as individuals to do more, give more and help others circumvent the chaos that is so prevalent throughout our society today.

I, too, have had my share of adversity lately. I've watched twenty-five plus years of sinew and blood, invested in relationships, businesses and real estate, dissipate into nothingness. I've found myself homeless and hungry, humbled and helpless for the very first time in my life. Battered and broken, twisted and brought low, that's me in a nutshell. But, not hopeless.

Fortunately, I too, have had hero's in my midst. One particular individual, whom we'll call W.G, rallied to my chaos. He, along with a multitude of people in his circle, rendered aid in many ways; all the while, expecting nothing, nor taking anything in return. His unselfish assistance, at a time when the storm clouds swallowed me whole, can never be equally compensated or repaid. But through my writings, we can reward him, by honoring him. We can say "Thank You W.G" We honor you, by making your presence known to the world around us, and by paying it forward just as you have, unselfishly.

Look around America, many of us, through no fault of our own, are on the verge of or in chaos. However, with this crisis comes the opportunity for those hero's in our midst to shine. These are selfless individuals who rally to our unspoken cries for help when we find ourselves overcome by the throes of great adversity.

Share this hero request with everyone please. Link this blog to your Facebook and Twitter accounts and everywhere your friends abound. Hero's are all around us. Whether we have little or much, we all have or will have an opportunity to unselfishly give back in spectacular fashion. Be it feeding the homeless, paying for a friend's much needed car repair or making a utility payment for a stranger, we can be a hero in someone's life today.

Please email me, dhlakelover@yahoo.com, and nominate your hero, first names only please, describing in one page the impact they have had in your life. If possible, tell me what you believe makes up the core of their generosity and unselfishness. I'll do my best to share many of your stories here and on the Huffington Post to honor them on your behalf and to inspire others to do the same.

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Am I an Author or a Prostitute......Who can Rightly Say?

Do some author's prostitute themselves to make a living creating stories that sell to the masses, rather than writing "their story" directly from the heart? That is the question of the day and one that I've asked myself repeatedly a thousand times.

There are so many stories in me, volumes and volumes of love and loss, spectacular successes and catastrophic failures. I've been there, done that and have the life changing scars to prove it. Then again, who wants to read about me? Romance readers read to escape, don't they?

I'm still a work in progress, experiencing first hand what it is to have much and most recently, what it means to have little. I've experienced the joy of paying off million dollar lines of credit through sales and the agony of watching a lifetime of investments sell on the "block" for pennies on the dollar.

I've been blamed for everything and I mean everything that has gone wrong since the economy collapsed in 2008, before finally taking my soul in 2012. I've learned first hand that no one wants to take responsibility for their actions and their blaming me for the real estate debacle, somehow makes them, appreciatively better. I can take it. Besides, what other choice do I have?

I've experienced a lifetime of love gone awry, shattering beautiful dreams and laying in waste a litany of broken lives, specifically my family and friends, including the once the apple of my eye.

Again, who wants to read about me?  Fortunately, in my travels to remake me, I've found new places across the West and Canada to write about and thankfully stumbled into a breathtaking new love who has rekindled the eternal optimistic romantic troubadour in me. Now, I've started writing novels far outside my old comfort zone. Stories, filled with travel and suspense, sprinkled with more truths than fiction, and yes, bursting at the seams with sex. Lot's and lot's of sex!

Whew! There, I said it. Sex of all descriptions sells in romantic reads across the world. It surely sells in mine. Am I therefore prostituting myself to make a living? Since I'm writing far outside my genre, I guess I am. Would I be writing this passion laced style if economy had not gone south? I doubt it. But, it is what it is. And since I am living this rebirth first hand, I can write what women are voraciously reading and buying firsthand.

So the next time you pick up a book and are not comfortable with the content, I'd suggest you dig a little deeper into the author's past, before you critically skewer them to the wall. I'm tired of apologizing for the sizzle in my books that screams to get out. Surprisingly, the reviews are good thus far and our stories are selling.

Again to reiterate, I'm  giving my all, and then some, to make a living first. Am I a prostitute? Merriam-Webster definition says: a person (as a writer or painter) who deliberately debases his or her talents (as for money.) Hmm, I guess I am. But, if writing action / adventure stories about paying it forward, laced with steamy romance is what sells, count me in. Whatever it takes to put food on the table, gas in my truck and the eventual resources to repay all those we put in Harm's Way, you're welcome to call me anything you want.


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