On October 5, 2012, Kayla Fioravanti published her first poetry book entitled When I was Young I Flew the Sun Like a Kite. When I was Young I Flew the Sun as a Kite is transparently written with heart, soul and passion, carrying the reader back to childhood's innocence, then through the darkness of an off-course life, and finally steering … [Read more...]
Breaking in the New Stuff Contest
Everything is squeaky new on my website and social media sites and I’m so excited about it. But all new things need some breaking in. For much of the first year of my website my comment section wasn’t working correctly. I also just started a new Kayla Fioravanti Facebook page and a brand new Goodreads Author page. Newness is great, but … [Read more...]
My Top Ten Tips for Writers
After hearing David Sanford speak at Multnomah University, I set the goal to write and publish three books before the end of 2011. I barely made it on time, but the last of the three was released December 22nd with just a few days to spare. After my crazy three book writing spree produced DIY Kitchen Chemistry, The Art, Science and Business of … [Read more...]
Upon Goodbye
It is nearly impossible to think of you in the past tense. Your life is colorfully woven into the fabric of ours. I know you are gone, I saw you leave, but in my memory you are vividly alive, with your mischievous smile teasing the corners of your mouth. Saying “she was…” doesn’t fit comfortably on my tongue yet because you left bold … [Read more...]
one san antonio night
the stillness of a late night was broken by distant headlights approaching in my rearview mirror, out the open window of a chevy truck he sliced the night air with the edges of a switchblade the truck appeared beside my car and that two men laughed at my terrified face my hands squeezed the horn and it blew deep into the night. my … [Read more...]
West Lake Vanished in a Storm
When morning came I found a creek in a empty lake bed. The storm went on. Mother wouldn't let us out to explore until the next day. I stared out the window and dreamed, of dancing along the shoreline and fishing. When the storm passed mother let us out in rubbers and a raincoat that glistened in the dampness. We slushed around in the fresh … [Read more...]
Upon Goodbye :: My Mom
On January 19, 2011 I picked up my parents from Sea-Tac airport after they cut their Hawaii vacation short because my mom was in severe pain. None of us had any idea that at that moment that within days she would be in the emergency room, then ICU, moved to an oncology unit, in home hospice and gone exactly three weeks later. When I gave … [Read more...]