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TC McKinney

TC McKinney

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My Name is TC McKinney and I am an Author and Poet with multi talent in different fields. I am not only an Author and Poet but also an editor, formatter, website designer, marketer, video editor etc. I am into creative Arts of all kind including Art, Music, Crafts, Poetry etc. My life is spent daily doing for others. I have an Intention that marks my character as unique though it is strongly an intention that most develop over time. I am always searching for new and better ways to improve myself and what I do. I love meeting new people who have the same intention as me though if not I will not judge how or where they stand in there life due to much diversity. This is what I like to promote, Diversity in its fullest form with unity strands that bind us together for the common good. I am now 25 and have a strong passion for life and I seek each day as if it is my last. Many times have I been deemed strong willed and utterly annoying due to my interest and perception of life. I dont wish to change how I am th, though I am always up for correction when and where it is needed in my life. Constantly I am a critcizer of my own work and life looking for new ways to go beyond the box of my five senses. I have days and nights where I defend my beliefs and I can be rather more of a pest than a helper, but when the facts are straight I do my best to correct those inner and outer qualities that need to be corrected for my progress. Never have I responded well to people who have a thirst for telling me I am just plain wrong or that I should not do something but do embrace a comforting of helpful hints though I may not catch the hints and fall on the ground wondering why am I where I am. This does play a big part in my life because if I come to error I must be in a constant challange with myself to realize that there is a force that pushed me in this direction and I like to step up to this challange and take it a step forward. Life is a lesson, a game, a way to perfection, correction so that I can percieve clearly where I can place my next footing in the sands of time.


The Sons of Godwine: Part Two of The Last Great Saxon Earls

The Sons of Godwine: Part Two of The Last Great Saxon Earls

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<p>Emerging from the long shadow cast by his formidable father, Harold Godwineson showed himself to be a worthy successor to the Earldom of Wessex. In the following twelve years, he became the King's most trusted advisor, practically taking the reins of government into his own hands. And on Edward the Confessor's death, Harold Godwineson mounted the throne—the first king of England not of royal blood. Yet Harold was only a man, and his rise in fortune was not blameless. Like any person aspiring to power, he made choices he wasn't particularly proud of. Unfortunately, those closest to him sometimes paid the price of his fame.<br /><br />This is a story of Godwine's family as told from the viewpoint of Harold and his younger brothers. Queen Editha, known for her Vita Ædwardi Regis, originally commissioned a work to memorialize the deeds of her family, but after the Conquest historians tell us she abandoned this project and concentrated on her husband, the less dangerous subject. In THE SONS OF GODWINE and FATAL RIVALRY, I am telling the story as it might have survived had she collected and passed on the memoirs of her tragic brothers.<br /><br />This book is part two of The Last Great Saxon Earls series. Book one, GODWINE KINGMAKER, depicted the rise and fall of the first Earl of Wessex who came to power under Canute and rose to preeminence at the beginning of Edward the Confessor's reign. Unfortunately, Godwine's misguided efforts to champion his eldest son Swegn recoiled on the whole family, contributing to their outlawry and Queen Editha's disgrace. Their exile only lasted one year and they returned victorious to London, though it was obvious that Harold's career was just beginning as his father's journey was coming to an end.<br /><br />Harold's siblings were all overshadowed by their famous brother; in their memoirs we see remarks tinged sometimes with admiration, sometimes with skepticism, and in Tostig's case, with jealousy. We see a Harold who is ambitious, self-assured, sometimes egocentric, imperfect, yet heroic. His own story is all about Harold, but his brothers see things a little differently. Throughout, their observations are purely subjective, and witnessing events through their eyes gives us an insider’s perspective.<br /><br />Harold was his mother's favorite, confident enough to rise above petty sibling rivalry but Tostig, next in line, was not so lucky. Harold would have been surprised by Tostig's vindictiveness, if he had ever given his brother a second thought. And that was the problem. Tostig's love/hate relationship with Harold would eventually destroy everything they worked for, leaving the country open to foreign conquest. This subplot comes to a crisis in book three of the series, FATAL RIVALRY.</p>

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The story is simple. To promote poetic diversity without the judgment and slander of other people and there accomplishments. To Activate poetic genius for all.

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<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:19px;">Reviews for poem &quot;comfort of my soul and others.</span> <div class="fw-text"> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></p> <table border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" width="86%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Reviewed by </span><a href="http://authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?authorID=16611"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">George Carroll</span></a><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"> from </span><a href="http://www.authorsden.com"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">www.authorsden.com</span></a></strong></td> <td valign="top" align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">11/19/2009</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="1" colspan="2"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Basking in the sun of wisdom is where knowledge is absorbed</span></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="1" colspan="2"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="1" colspan="2"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#000066" height="1" colspan="2"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Reviewed by </span><a href="http://authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?authorID=43749"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Karen Palumbo</span></a><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"> from </span><a href="http://www.authorsden.com"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">www.authorsden.com</span></a></strong></td> <td valign="top" align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">11/19/2009</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="1" colspan="2"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">When the soul is set free, Wonderful piece... <br /><br />Be always safe, <br />Karen</span></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="1" colspan="2"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="1" colspan="2"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#000066" height="1" colspan="2"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Reviewed by </span><a href="http://authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?authorID=40489"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Steve Chering</span></a><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"> from </span><a href="http://www.authorsden.com"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">www.authorsden.com</span></a><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></strong></td> <td valign="top" align="right"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">11/19/2009</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="1" colspan="2"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2" align="left"> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Now there's a hot Toddy poem. Well done</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></p> <p><font size="4"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Reviewed by Frazel5 from </span><a href="http://www.originalpoetry.com"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">www.originalpoetry.com</span></a><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><font color="#ff0000"></font></span> 01/03/2010</strong></font></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Wonderfully done. I have nothing bad to say, except my mind is longing for more! lol Good job! ~the fraz </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span> <p></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Reviewed by Redbloodink from </span></strong><a href="http://www.originalpoetry.com"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">www.originalpoetry.com</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">  01/01/2010</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Short writes i like them the leave the reader in awwwwww sometimes as this did... My mind might have been still pondering .....Red<br /></span></p> <p><br /><a href="/poet/knight4696"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">knight4696</span></a><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"> commented on </span><a href="/driven-nocturnal-youth"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Driven (Nocturnal Youth)</span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>01-30-2010 TC- You certainly have a way with words! Love the word play and metaphors ... My favorite 2 lines are. Tough love yet stronger, Last time this happened was a long time longer. .... Nice Work! knight4696 commented on Dreams in Digital 01-30-2010 TC ~ another very nicely penned poem. I like your style, very metaphoric and again the word play and imagery is superb! Nice work! redbloodink commented on Father Time 01-24-2010 God the Father of all... He is amazing and so was this write.... red nonners commented on Sonnet 4 01-03-2010 well written i can sense your gentlemanly qualities. i may go buy your book. well done! redbloodink commented on Wolfs Bane 01-24-2010 what a fantasy write.......... i liked this Tc...... red dumplin commented on Wolfs Bane 01-03-2010 OMG, TC! I love this piece! It's always been a fantasy of mine since youth. It's to be expected from someone from New Orleans. frazel5 commented on Wolfs Bane 01-01-2010 wow. I'm speechless. You have a beautiful form. The flow was great. Wonderful, just plain wonderful. ~the fraz bforibus commented on My Only 01-03-2010 sounds like the offspring of lucifier, very dark and mysterious, but loving and complimenting. great job ad excellent flow bforibus commented on Everything Except 01-03-2010 i enjoyed the poem all the way through except for one stanza and that was the one that included the influenced line. i was hoping that it was more ... unique word play like the rest of the lines it felt out shadowed by the poem as a whole. either way i enjoyed it and it was still a interesting concept. great job