"Where hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible."― C. Kennedy
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Slaying Isidore's Dragons is out! Get your copy now!
5 Best friends
4 Vicious brothers
3 STD tests
2 Guys in love
1 Car bombing
&
Nowhere to run
5 Weeks of hell
4 Attempts on their lives
4 Attempts on their lives
3 Law enforcement agencies
2 Dead high school seniors
1 Jealous friend
&
A love that won’t be denied
2 Dead high school seniors
1 Jealous friend
&
A love that won’t be denied
5 New family members
4 BFF’s
3 Countries
2 Extraordinary Psychologists
1 Courageous Mother
3 Countries
2 Extraordinary Psychologists
1 Courageous Mother
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Seven Facts About My Writing Life You May Not Know
Friday, March 6, 2015
Slaying Isidore's Dragons is Now Available for Pre-order from Harmony Ink Press! (Release Date April 9th)
Now available for pre-order from Harmony Ink Press!
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Happy 3rd Anniversary, Harmony Ink Press!
Welcome to Harmony Ink’s 3rd Anniversary Celebration! Being
a Harmony Ink Press author isn’t only an honor and privilege, it’s totally
freakin’ awesome! Each week during the month of March, I’ll be sharing some hilarity
from high school and this week we’re talking about prom! Check it out on Harmony Ink's Newsfeed!
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Timmy's Review of Fairy by Cody Kennedy
Fairy was the first story I read by Cody Kennedy and I read it before I knew him. It was also the first M/M story I had ever read.
Hope to someone who lives in an abusive home is a good but scary thing. I needed the hope that this story gave me. I needed to know I was not alone; that I was not the only gay kid who lived in a bad home. Logically, I knew that but, at the time, my mind was anything but logical about my situation. I was near a breaking point when my best friend’s mom (my mom now) told me there were a few books I should read: Fairy by Cody Kennedy and the first two books in the Foster High Series by John Goode. I read Fairy first and it was a truly magical experience for me. There was the hope I desperately needed and there was the fantasy to help me escape that time in my life. So, to be fair, I must tell everyone that I am very biased when it come to this story.
Merry is a strong, yet fragile, character. He has qualities similar to me and I drew my much needed strength from him. Quinn is my hero. I dreamed and wished for my fairy to come save me. This didn’t happen in quite the same way as the story but God was listening and did send me my very own Fairy to help me through my rough life.
I want to thank Cody for taking the time to write Fairy. It’s a free read, so I know he did it not for money. He wrote it to provide hope to those who need it most. Like me.
Fairy is a free read and chapters from the second book are just now being posted. I give this story 5 Marbles and a strong recommendation to everyone to read it. Please take a few hours and read this book. Read it! You won’t be disappointed. ~Timmy
Merry is a strong, yet fragile, character. He has qualities similar to me and I drew my much needed strength from him. Quinn is my hero. I dreamed and wished for my fairy to come save me. This didn’t happen in quite the same way as the story but God was listening and did send me my very own Fairy to help me through my rough life.
I want to thank Cody for taking the time to write Fairy. It’s a free read, so I know he did it not for money. He wrote it to provide hope to those who need it most. Like me.
Fairy is a free read and chapters from the second book are just now being posted. I give this story 5 Marbles and a strong recommendation to everyone to read it. Please take a few hours and read this book. Read it! You won’t be disappointed. ~Timmy
About Fairy
Meriadoc McDaniel wants to kill his parents. How they could name him after a hobbit is beyond him. Merry is shy, spineless, a geek of humongous proportions, and gay. Everyone at school calls him Merry the Fairy. To add insult to injury, puberty is taking its agonizingly sweet time with him. Now a senior in school, he touts five whole whiskers and hasn’t grown an inch since ninth grade. Typical. What is short on top of everything else?
Rick Adams is big, mean, and ugly. His reign of terror has turned school into nothing short of a war-zone for Merry.
Lord Quinn Malloy O’Cuin, pure Sidhe and born of the High Court of Fairy, is a watcher over humans, the silent defender of lost children, broken hearts, and dreams. His normal assignment is to protect babies from those who would replace them with changelings. Recently, however, Quinn committed a transgression. One serious enough to earn him a demotion from the Queen Mother. She reassigns him to watch over teenagers, of all things! Quinn’s new undercover assignment means he is the new senior at school. He can hardly keep himself from fading just thinking about it.
When Rick terrorizes Merry and dares to call him a fairy, Quinn becomes incensed and all bets are off.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Sunday, December 21st is the Final Date for Submission to the Timmy Awards!
I will be giving out awards for the Novels and Short Stories that I read and reviewed during 2014 and the poems I've read! There are fourteen categories, and each work is only eligible to win in one category. Only the books I read or reviewed on Cody's blog in 2014 are eligible to win. Any story contained in an anthology will be considered a Short Story for purposes of this award, and will be considered separately from the anthology itself. If you would like a chance to win, you must submit your book for review no later than midnight PST on Sunday, December 21, 2014.
In addition to the category awards, each book will automatically be entered to win "Timmy’s Top Book of 2014" and "Best Cover Design"!
1. Best Short Story
2. The Short Story I would most like to see expanded to a Novel.
3. Most Inspirational Poem
4. Best Adult Book
5. Best Tearjerker
6. The Hope Award (story that will most inspire hope in kids)
7. Best Coming Out Story
8. Best M/M YA
9. Best F/F YA
10. Best M/F YA
11. Best Sci Fi/Fantasy/Paranormal
12. Story Containing the Most Realistic Characters
13. Best YA Series
14. Best Emotional Roller-coaster Story
Overall Categories:
Timmy’s Top Book of 2014
Best Cover Design
See you on Sunday, January 4th, 2015!
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Timmy's Beta Review of Slaying Isidore's Dragons by C. Kenendy
One thing that is totally awesome about being friends with a YA author is I get to beta-read for him. However, neither my friendship with Cody or the fact that I was a beta-reader played any part in my review of Slaying Isidore’s Dragons.
Jean-Isidore de Sauveterre and Declan David de Quirke II are both sons of ambassadors, and they both have a lot going on in their lives. Isidore is dealing with an abusive home life and the loss of his mother, while Declan is dealing with the loss of his father. They meet at school, and Declan starts protecting Isidore almost immediately. As soon as Declan learns of Isidore’s troubled home life, he takes action. Isidore is moved into Declan’s home and begins to recover. However, that’s not the end for them. There are Isidore’s four brothers and father to deal with, problems at school, and assassination attempts. This book is one you won’t want to put down. There is so much going on and more than one mystery to unravel. Through it all, you get to watch Declan and Isidore’s feelings evolve into a great love.
I have read a total of two full books, one novella, and a free serial story by C. Kennedy. I am in awe of his ability to tell a story in any form, and I was not disappointed when I beta-read Slaying Isidore’s Dragons. It takes great talent to be able to tell a story that is based on negative situations in such a way that it gives hope to the reader. Cody has done that in every book I’ve read of his, but especially in Slaying Isidore’s Dragons. Coming from a troubled home myself, I really appreciate how Cody can tell stories of abused kids and still leave me feeling hope after reading it.
Happiness is a hard thing for abused kids to see in their futures. It’s like that pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. We want it to be real but can’t seem to actually find it. Books like Cody’s give us hope for our futures, and he does it by telling his stories without dwelling on all the negatives in our lives. It’s not that he skims over the negative aspects, because those are all there, but he shows us how we can still have the elusive happiness by learning to trust the right people who want to help us. So, I would like to thank Cody for the time and effort he puts into his books for the kids that need it the most.
I give this book 5 marbles and would give it more if I could. It is a must read (as soon as it comes out). Be sure to buy your own copy rather than borrow, because you will want to read it more than once. ~Timmy
This review is based upon the book pre-publication and may change following publication.
This review is based upon the book pre-publication and may change following publication.
Slaying Isidore's Dragons by C. Kennedy
Coming in 2015!
About Slaying Isidore's Dragons
5 Best friends
4 Vicious brothers
3 STD tests
2 Guys in love
1 Car bombing
&
Nowhere to run
Slaying Isidore’s Dragon’s follows the burgeoning love of two high school seniors during the worst year of their lives. Irish born Declan David de Quirke II is the son of two Ambassadors, one Irish and one American. He’s come out to his parents but to no one else. French born Jean-Isidore de Sauvéterre is the son of two Ambassadors, one Catalan and one Parisian. His four half-brothers have been told to cure him of his homosexuality. Declan and Isidore meet at the beginning of their senior year in high school at a private academy in the United States. Declan is immediately smitten with Isidore and becomes his knight in shining armor. Isidore wants to keep what little is left of his sanity and needs Declan’s love to do it.
5 Weeks of hell
4 Attempts on their lives
3 Law enforcement agencies
2 Dead high school seniors
1 Jealous friend
&
A love that won’t be denied
One is beaten, one is drugged, one is nearly raped, one has been raped, they are harassed by professors and police, and have fights at school, but none of it compares to running for their lives. When the Headmaster’s popular son attempts suicide and someone attempts to assassinate Declan’s mother, they are thrown headlong into chaos, betrayal, conspiracy, allegations of sexual coercion, pornography, even murder. And one of them carries a secret that may get them killed.
5 New family members
4 BFF’s
3 Countries
2 Extraordinary Psychologists
1 Courageous Mother
&
A new beginning for two young men in love
a postscript from Cody:
Timmy made the Slaying Isidore's Dragons banner that you see above.
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Timmy's Review of Safe by C. Kennedy
Safe was a good read, but sad and hard to read at times. Safe takes us on a journey of two friends who become lovers. They support and help each other to become the men they are. One reason I don’t like short stories is because I don’t feel I get enough time to get to know the characters and their stories. However, I do feel that Cody did a great job of going through their relationship by giving us glimpses of the past. The little pieces of their history together really make them and their story feel so much more real for me.
I felt like I could relate in some ways to Nico, though our situations were very different. He had such a hard life, and needed badly to be protected. Caleb wanted to be that protector even before he was old enough to really know what that meant. Caleb was a great boyfriend. So very caring, sweet, and most of all, protective.
I want more! I would really love to know what became of these two, and how their story might end. I hope to one day get to read more about them. Until then I will leave you with a few words about the part of the book that I was disappointed in. This is not the story, writing, or author, but is a sore subject that I feel the need to address when I’m given the opportunity to.
I was extremely frustrated by the fact that Caleb's dad did nothing to help Nico when he Caleb first went to him. Sadly, that is all too common. If nothing else, It’s my hope that this book will open some eyes to the abuse that goes on that most are too afraid to get involved with. Don’t make excuses of why you shouldn’t or can’t help. Get in there and protect these kids who are beaten. Sometimes it’s as simple as asking the right questions and taking the appropriate actions. I know Cody has links on his blog for kids that need help, but this link is for the people who don’t know how to help. ~Timmy
Available from: Harmony Ink Press
and read Cody’s free serial story, Fairy.
About Safe
Caleb
had one mission in life.
To
keep his boyfriend safe.
They met at ten, kissed at twelve, and were madly in love by eighteen. Caleb Deering is the captain of the swim team and the hottest senior in school. He comes from a loving home with a kind father and a caring, but strict, mother who is battling breast cancer. Nico Caro is small and beautiful, and has a father who rules with an iron fist—literally. One morning Caleb forgets himself, and he pecks Nico on the lips at school. A teacher sees them and tattles to the Headmaster. The accidental outing at school might be the least of their problems, because the ball set in motion by the school’s calls to their parents could get Nico killed. In the face of that very real danger, Caleb knows he has only one mission in life: to keep Nico safe.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Timmy's Review of Omorphi by C. Kennedy
Many people will read this story and think it’s just a
story, made up by an author who writes fiction. But there are some of us who
will understand that bad stuff like this happens to kids. It’s not only in faraway
countries, it’s here, wherever you are it’s there and real! I think the best
thing Cody did in this book was not to make it Christy’s story but made it
Michael’s story. No good person would want to know what goes on in the head of
a person who lived the way Christy did. But Michael’s story wasn’t about all
the bad stuff that happened to Christy. It was about helping Christy live with
all the bad stuff that happened to him. My one thought when reading this book
was if anything in it is fiction, I hope it's not Michael. This book gave me a
goal. I will find a Michael! It's very important to know that this is real!
People like me have lived this and I will always live with it, but with help, I
hope to not live it. This book gives me hope that I will get better and that I
can be ok. I want to say thank you to Cody for writing this, for showing people
how hard life can be for people like Christy and me. I think everyone should
read this book even if you don’t like gay people. You should read this to
understand what kids go through all the time, but people try to hide it. ~Timmy
Omorphi by C. Kennedy
Read the first chapter of Omorphi
High school senior Michael Sattler leads a charmed life. He’s a star athlete, has great friends, and parents who love him just the way he is. What’s missing from his life is a boyfriend. That’s a problem because he’s out only to his parents and best friend. When Michael accidentally bumps into Christy Castle at school, his life changes in ways he never imagined. Christy is Michael’s dream guy: smart, pretty, and sexy. But nothing could have prepared Michael for what being Christy's boyfriend would entail.
Christy needs to heal after years of abuse and knows he needs help to do it. After the death of his notorious father, he leaves his native Greece and settles in upstate New York. Alone, afraid, and left without a voice, Christy hides the myriad scars of his abuse. He desperately wants to be loved and when he meets Michael, he dares to hope that day has arrived. When one of Michael’s team-mates becomes an enemy and an abuser from Christy’s past seeks to return him to a life of slavery, only Michael and Christy's combined strength and unwavering determination can save them from the violence that threatens to destroy their future together.
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