Coming 2013- When Angels Bleed

Based on actual events, When Angels Bleed is a collection of short stories that explore how the bonds of love disintegrate as a direct result of Domestic Violence.
For the couples in this book, the illusion of maintaining a stable family life for the children is nothing more than a delusion, holding everyone involved captive.
Tony and Daphne Baker are an older married couple in their fifties whose drug-fueled fights and frequent physical altercations have turned their home into a war zone.
The culmination of infidelity, broken bones and bruised egos, leave Daphne numb to the destruction of her marriage.  Her life is further complicated by an admission from her husband of over two decades that he is living with AIDS.
For Lance and Erica Stevenson, a young married couple together since high school, mental illness is the catalyst that rips their world apart.
After a blissful courtship and the birth of their first child, Erica's mental health deteriorates, putting her and her family in danger.  When Lance is badly disfigured and left fighting for his life, betrayed by his own wife, their lives and the lives of their children will never be the same.


Story written by L.S. Williamson
Lena Land Books
http://lenalandbooks.intuitwebsites.com

A Generation of Oversharers

Happy New Year!

"I just hopped out of the shower.  It's cold. LOL"
"Left my house 15 minutes ago and I forgot to turn on the security alarm :{ "
"My married girlfriend is having my baby"

As I look upon 2013 with optimism and hope that the tragedies, devastation, and catastrophes that rocked 2012 are behind us along with another year, I am perplexed and overwhelmed by the constant influx of intimate information that people insist on sharing with the world via social media and the mainstream media as well.
Over the past year the most personal details of one's life have been publicized whether voluntarily or involuntarily.  Veteran government officials who have been married for decades are being outed as adulterers via email.  Suicides are being recorded or live streamed via YouTube and Ustream.  
There are a generation of people who are completely comfortable sharing everything from what goes on in their bedrooms, the content of their toilets after using the restroom to incriminating themselves in crimes.
Privacy has become nothing more than a fantasy as the world is converted into a culture of 24 hour Internet junkies.  Private citizens have become society's Paparazzi as camera phones invade households like pests.
Now in my early 30s, I believe that we are leaving the planet in the hands of a generation of oversharers.  I am not certain what the impact will be so for now I just watch from the sidelines, observe and report.  I do not have an Instagram account and my Facebook page reads like the first few chapters of "America's Most Inspiring Quotes" but I am a person who cherishes my privacy.  I revel in anonymity and worship confidentiality.  In a world where the Internet is a vault of preserved achievements and failures, secrets and successes,  it baffles me that people willingly live their lives so transparently without regard for the future.