Text Tuesdays – New Prose – “Door Opened”

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Atlanta, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Door Opened, Kenneth Suffern, Kenneth Suffern Jr, Key Yemaya Walker, poetry, Prose, Text Tuesdays

“Door Opened”
K.S. 2/21/13

She glanced at him,
Unwilling to save the obvious,
Door opened, door closed,
Knowing her willing mistakes,
But mired by emotional pride,
Door opened, door closed,
Doors closing with a crack,
He, over time was pushed, stepped away,
Door opened, door closed,

Music Mondays – Sampha (known for vocals with SBTRKT) – “Without”

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2012, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Dual, electronic, Future garage, Indie pop, Key Yemaya Walker, London, music, Music Mondays, post-dubstep, Sampha, SBTRKT, United Kingdom, Without, Young Turks

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

New To You Music Sundays – Valerie June – “Twined and Twisted”

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The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Cover Sundays – Infected Mushroom – “The Pretender” – Foo Fighters Cover

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2012, Army of Mushrooms, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Chris Shiflett, Cover, Cover Song, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Dave Grohl, Dim Mak Records, Echoes, electro house, Electronic rock, Electronica, Erez Eisen, Foo Fighters, Gil Norton, glitch-hop, Haifa, hard rock, Hom-Mega, Infected Mushroom, Key Yemaya Walker, music, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Patience & Grace, Perfecto, Post-grunge, Psychedelic trance, Qiryat Yam, Roswell/RCA, Silence, Taylor Hawkins

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Shell Toe Thursdays – White x White at LA Fitness

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The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Common feat Kanye West and John Legend – “They Say”

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[Chorus: John Legend]
They say “What’s happenin’?”
We say the facts and if, they lie…
We comin’ back for them
They might say… but they don’t know!
(They say, They say…)
They don’t knowwwww

[Verse 1: Common]
They say a n—a lost his mind
But in the scheme of things I never lost a rhyme
The thin line between love and hatred
I’m the black pill in the Matrix, the saturated life
They say life is what you make it
So I wait quick on a spaceship so I can take it
As high as the stakes get when paper get low
I be tellin Derick, “Tell Kara get us a show”
Little Com, I make righteous bitches get low

Text Tuesdays – New Prose – “Savannah”

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Atlantic Ocean, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Elope, Georgia, Kenneth Suffern, Kenneth Suffern Jr, Key Yemaya Walker, Love, poetry, Prose, Savannah, Text Tuesdays

“Savannah”
K.S. 2/17/13

A walk, contemplated future,
Cover by night, I protected,
Dinner by candlelight, on the savannah,
The retold story, of our brief history,

Music Mondays – Lenny Kravitz – “Spinning Around Over You”

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1993, actor, arranger, Atlantic, bass guitar, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, clothing designer, composer, Funk rock, guitar, hard rock, harmonica, interior designer, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Lenny Kravitz, Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz, Leonard Albert Kravitz, Lyricist, music, Music Mondays, music producer, musician, neo soul, neo-psychedelia, New York, New York City, percussion, Reality Bites soundtrack, Roadrunner, rock, Romeo Blue, Singer-songwriter, sitar, United States, Virgin, Vocals, Youtube

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Blue Lines Blog – Questions for the Author of Blue Lines Part III (Finale)

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In recent readings, I read Sister Souljah’s The Coldest Winter Ever, and chose to answer the questions she offerered at the close of her novel. Over the coming weeks, I will offer my answers to her questions (some tailored to address my manuscript) in respect to work, Blue Lines. These questions were answered some time ago, earlier this year. I am providing them in that form.

1. Why did you choose to focus on your book subject?
2. Is Blue Lines a true story?
3. How did you write the story so authentically?
4. Did you, and if so, why did you decide to include yourself as a character?
5. Where we’re you when you first started writing Blue Lines?
6. Which character did you create first?
7. How did you write the manuscript, what method?
8. Why aren’t all of your characters Black?
9. What were you trying to achieve with the novel Blue Lines?
10. Will there be a sequel novel?

8. Why aren’t all of your characters Black?

Cover Sundays – Bjork – “Gloomy Sunday” made famous by Billie Holiday

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The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.