Recent Reviews for Jerelyn Craden
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Vessie Flamingo Outshining the Moon - A Tale of Self-Mastery and Love (Book) - 5/7/2007 9:54:45 AM
Jerelyn,
I honestly could not put this book down for the last 50 pages.
I enjoyed the humor throughout and really loved the interaction between Vessie and her inner child.
Vessie’s search for authenticity, hampered by her own actions and the sabotage of other people is something that every one of us can identify with.
Teleportation, levitation and appearances by inner children - - and you make it all believable and fun at the same time. Not an easy thing to pull off but you do it.
An excellent and funny read.
Larry H
Vessie Flamingo Outshining the Moon - A Tale of Self-Mastery and Love (Book) - 1/8/2007 8:59:06 PM
Hey Jerelyn,
I just finished reading "Vessie" and I'm truly impressed! The humor in it was so great. There are too many laughs to mention all of them here, but I will say that Lou running through the streets of NY to get to Vessie before she leaves for the island had me laughing hard. Another hilarious moment was when Vessie teleports right on top of Smoodgie. Of course, there are many funny moments. I love the story too. "Living authentically" is the ultimate goal for Vessie, but she finds herself doing things to keep her from achieving it(in addition to others contributing as well), which I found to be so real. It is certainly something I feel so much in my own life. What's holding me back, I wonder. The book ended so perfectly. I hope I'm not giving too much away in this review. Anyway, I'm sorry it took me so long. It actually didn't take me long to read it; it just took me awhile to get to it with my work load lately. It was an ideal book for me to read right now, too, considering I have been thinking of making some changes in my life. Superbly written, Jerelyn.
Thanks, Brett
Vessie Flamingo Outshining the Moon - A Tale of Self-Mastery and Love (Book) - 11/6/2006 9:38:47 AM
Alrighty, Super Woman!
I have ordered your "Tale of Self-Mastery and Love" from Amazon.com. I just wanted you to know I support you and wish you all the best. I'm really excited about Nancy (my IncrediGirl!) reading it too. :)
Byron, Prince of Biscuits
Seduction Haliburton Style (Short Story) - 11/8/2009 5:30:56 PM
liked it a bit of sad reality mixed with a deep sense of humor to make us all think
Seduction Haliburton Style (Short Story) - 7/8/2008 7:22:53 PM
This leaves me wanting more! Great writing and humor as always and excellent timing!
Axilea
Seduction Haliburton Style (Short Story) - 7/4/2008 8:42:49 AM
I thought this was a really fun comparison, Jerelyn.
It is funny that the dump trip suddenly becomes an attraction.
But it also makes perfect sense.
Larry
Seduction Haliburton Style (Short Story) - 7/4/2008 4:17:52 AM
Jerelyn, what a treat to discover this delightful story this morning! I enjoy your wit and humor immensely. Loved the contrast between the two types of men. Excellent write!
Beautiful Day For Dying (Short Story) - 5/15/2008 4:18:09 PM
Very well done. You're ability to crawl into a man's psyche is unsettling.
COLD DEAD LOVE (Short Story) - 3/8/2008 6:17:26 PM
Painful and beautiful at the same time! Brilliantly captured - the moment, the character, everything - with wonderful writing skills.
All the best,
Axilea
COLD DEAD LOVE (Short Story) - 11/14/2007 7:35:05 PM
Jerelyn,
I would submit this. This is a beautiful piece of writing. The thoughts that go through one's mind when confronted with the death of a loved one you captured brilliantly here.
Brett
COLD DEAD LOVE (Short Story) - 11/12/2007 8:34:57 PM
Beautifully done, Jerelyn. You captured the frustration and helplessness of losing a loved one as well as the pain. I think your character’s tone made it all the more poignant.
(tiny ski trails on her powdered cheeks - - - wonderful line)
Larry
COLD DEAD LOVE (Short Story) - 11/12/2007 6:08:26 PM
What an incredible writer you are, Jerelyn! Gut-wrenching is right, Jean.
COLD DEAD LOVE (Short Story) - 11/12/2007 4:29:23 PM
Awesome! Not only do I feel the pain of her loss, I feel the sadness of an uncertain future. We all must wonder what will take us out, when, and will it be painful, or will it sap all the money and love out of our loved ones as we hang on. Nicely done and God bless us all. *Glen*
COLD DEAD LOVE (Short Story) - 11/12/2007 4:07:02 PM
Wow, Jerelyn. Just wow. This is so gut wrenching and real. I can feel this woman's anger and pain. An excellent, if unsettling write. So glad to see you back again!
A Simply Agnes Morning (Short Story) - 8/22/2007 9:49:20 AM
I love your imagery and your style. I'm glad I found your site. Very well written. Enjoyed. Mary
The Wake-up Call (Short Story) - 8/21/2007 6:53:52 PM
Interesting that this woman's wake-up call should come about per normal contemplation rather than through her accident. Good imagery. Enjoyed.
The Wake-up Call (Short Story) - 8/19/2007 7:28:16 AM
Jerelyn, I really enjoy your fun, conversational style, always with a good message behind it. I think all of us can identify with Irma at some point.
L J
The Wake-up Call (Short Story) - 8/18/2007 10:12:01 PM
nothing better than a cuppa tea before ya go...:) Hey girl...Where ya been? The Wake-Up Call is a cuppa good antidote for many of us judgemental people...and we all do it, even when we really don't rrealize it ourselves...
I loved your story from beginning to end...and I can almost feel a whole long book surrounding great messages. After a near death experience, life takes on all new meaning in all aspects. The best comes out under the worst of situations...
Great to have you back online! HOW GREAT IT IS!...:)
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~
My Boy (Short Story) - 8/18/2007 6:55:35 PM
Jerelyn, this is fantastic. Wonderfully executed with a stunning ending.
Brett
The Wake-up Call (Short Story) - 8/18/2007 6:11:58 PM
Remarkably refreshing write. enjoyed this with a bit of reality for me because as a double leo I have long had to stop and think before I speak for many times I forget that others aren't as perfective as I tend to be. Which means as your story implied at the end, if I couldn't do it perfect I wouldn't be caught trying. Lady J
The Wake-up Call (Short Story) - 8/18/2007 4:41:56 PM
Oh, wow. Very stirring, very thought-provoking story. Your imagery is perfect, stimulating the senses. But it is what I think is being said beneath the layers that really makes this stand out. So glad you're back!
My Boy (Short Story) - 8/18/2007 3:59:52 PM
A lot of good story in four short paragraphs, Jerelyn.
I really wasn't expecting the ending.
Larry
My Boy (Short Story) - 8/18/2007 12:24:11 PM
good review, Lady J
My Boy (Short Story) - 8/18/2007 11:40:22 AM
Excellent finish, Jerelyn.
Tami
My Boy (Short Story) - 8/18/2007 10:20:54 AM
Jerelyn, I'm so delighted to see you posting! I have missed your wonderful poems and stories. I must say, this one is very dark and hard-hitting. It unsettles, and will linger on my mind, the mark of excellence in any work of fiction.
Jean
South Perfect (Short Story) - 8/4/2007 9:22:51 AM
A pleasure for the senses. South Perfect sounds... well, perfect.
Thanks for another fun read.
Beautiful Day For Dying (Short Story) - 7/26/2007 7:05:33 AM
You can certainly write dialogue! It screams through the reader's head like an Indy car. Great stuff!
A Simply Agnes Morning (Short Story) - 7/23/2007 2:18:19 AM
Aawe. A delicately sweet write.
Hop'nCloth: Touring the World with Heart (Article) - 2/28/2007 5:16:21 PM
Sad and touching, the story of those women. I'll visit the site.
Brett
Hop'nCloth: Touring the World with Heart (Article) - 2/28/2007 12:47:11 PM
Great information Jerelyn. And with this article, you too have become an ambassador as well! Blessings, Michelle
Vessie Flamingo's Other Half (Article) - 2/15/2007 9:32:43 AM
I'm trying, and like you were Jerelyn, "...stretching my savings, to write a book" I never had a Mrs. Robinson, I had a Miss Lucy, she told me to plant peas, if I plan to harvest them, plant corn, if you plan to harvest corn, but don't plant peas, if you really, truly want corn! Smiles! I'm planting my love for art, in writing and drawing, I hope to have a book that displays both!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~
P.S.
Blessings to you and good luck with "Vessie Flamingo's Other Half!"
The Children (Poetry) - 8/14/2009 6:04:21 AM
Amen to that one, Jerelyn...Very nice write..light and happy. It would be nice if we could be children again. The world would be a better place, free of bias, hate and all of the other ugly behaviours.
Anna
A Shock of Rain (Poetry) - 8/12/2009 4:17:02 AM
Amazing imagery hre, Jerelyn! The awesome power of nature roars through every line....well done!
Anna
Irreplaceable You (Poetry) - 6/4/2009 7:59:15 AM
Great work Jerelyn. You have captured the essence of Altzheimer's Diseast. My mother-in-law suffers from dementia. She's 91 years old now, and most days she doesn't know which year she's living in. Sad to watch this happen, because we are so helpless to do anything about it.
Anna
SON (Poetry) - 11/5/2008 9:43:39 PM
A divine loving poem about your son. I felt it for I have a son who did not get fed worms, I was a working nuerotic mom. I like your truth and style..... Gina
SON (Poetry) - 8/19/2008 10:45:04 AM
These poem is full of tangible thoughts-- easy to grasp and hold onto. Good stuff. --Charlie
A Shock of Rain (Poetry) - 8/4/2008 8:21:19 PM
Despite that initial wish to deny the rain, the poet moves on to accept and enjoy it. Well-written.
SON (Poetry) - 6/26/2008 2:13:50 PM
Jerelyn,
I found myself with a bit of time, so came to see if there was anything new and discovered this gem. Somehow I missed it before. It is absolutely beautiful, and so filled with truth. I hope you will post some more work very soon.
Jean
Magnificent Pudding Called Life (Poetry) - 6/13/2008 10:48:40 AM
You have seen these true things through your own eyes and I thank you for passing these on to us. Good write and interesting to boot.
SON (Poetry) - 6/10/2008 2:21:04 AM
You were left with a great gift from your husband, you raised him up right, then now you must let him spread his wings. I am sure he will not go far as you were such a good loving single Mother and did everything to make him happy. Such a proud Mother.
SON (Poetry) - 6/7/2008 1:02:52 PM
heartfelt tribute. very well done, jerelyn.
peace,
carolyn
Irreplaceable You (Poetry) - 5/12/2008 3:33:20 PM
I was about to leave the den for the night and was struck by this poem and I am glad I read it-very powerful writing!!!
SON (Poetry) - 4/8/2008 11:16:05 PM
Very good. Even to one incapable of completely relating, this speaks clearly. Tis obviously a difficult thing to do, but you have succeeded admirably.
Irreplaceable You (Poetry) - 1/28/2008 9:00:38 PM
The treachery and tragedy of this insidious disease is so aptly captured within your vibrant verse. Bravo.
A Shock of Rain (Poetry) - 1/28/2008 8:58:00 PM
Vessie, this poem is so "in the moment." I really felt every image you conveyed deeply within my being upon reading it. Wonderfully written, you have a great eye and ear for nature that comes across strong in every stanza, drawing the reader into the experience with you. Perfect!
SON (Poetry) - 1/15/2008 9:34:30 PM
I really like this one also. It's emotionally discriptive of the change in relationships between a parent and child, as they grow into their own world.
I enjoyed, Thank you
Ed
Love: Alive or Dead? (Poetry) - 1/15/2008 9:22:46 PM
Interesting concept and interesting choice. I do feel, "til we love unbridled, unplugged, value, embrace our frail human race..." we have not lived. Very well done. I enjoyed reading it.
Ed
Irreplaceable You (Poetry) - 1/8/2008 6:39:51 PM
Excellent work, the preoccupation of the mind in he face of emotional devastation was well related.
Ed
SUBWAY TRILOGY (Poetry) - 12/16/2007 10:09:11 PM
Beautiful writing, the way it flows, captures the reader's attention, it's really remarkable.
Great character studies, sketches by a skilled artist.
Axilea
Irreplaceable You (Poetry) - 11/29/2007 5:32:04 AM
A very empathic poem describing repeated gestures that lost all meaning,
this death before death. In your words, a whole world
- painful, absurd - appears.
I love the lines: "Elliot watched,
his heart in his boots.
Obsessed by this woman he called Home."
Beautifully completed by: "His heart was now her tomb."
I'm glad I read this poem.
Axilea
Magnificent Pudding Called Life (Poetry) - 11/12/2007 10:40:13 PM
I love the word pudding in the title.
This is probably a favorite, I really like the way you observed and described, with no judgment and with a certain warmth.
Greetings,
Axilea
The Children (Poetry) - 11/11/2007 3:46:50 AM
Very refreshing, with so much imagery.
I also like the way you structured this poem as well as its layout that suits the content.
Greetings,
Axilea
A Shock of Rain (Poetry) - 10/30/2007 4:26:22 PM
I am very receptive to the way you link one thought to another and naturally make new meaning, in sometimes unexpected ways.
Images appear all of a sudden in the reader's mind. And, little by little, a whole world exists, ready to be shared.
The second stanza is a favorite of mine, so visually original and strong. Strikes like lightening!
Warmest best,
Axilea
Love: Alive or Dead? (Poetry) - 10/21/2007 7:12:00 PM
Content and style walk hand in hand here. Very elegantly written, with some beautiful alliterations.
Everyone's talking about love, but more and more people protect themselves from living, giving, being.
Interesting poetic reflection, Jerelyn.
Axilea
The Children (Poetry) - 10/17/2007 11:08:15 PM
It reminds me of being a child..and of my kids..:)
I love those images too!
Becca
SON (Poetry) - 9/29/2007 3:22:50 PM
Very personal, original way of expressing thoughts where love is not just soft and melodious, but also stark and real.
Love without reality is not love, in my opinion.
I like the image of rocks thrown at one's pillow. Great poem from a mother to her son.
Regards,
Axilea
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