Omayra Vélez | omyvelez | Activity https://www.omayra-velez.com/about-the-author/omyvelez/activity/ Activity feed for omyvelez. Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:05:36 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 725f8477ab660508fd1c6decaec79c23 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2886 Sun, 25 Aug 2024 16:45:16 -0400 Writing When You Don't Feel Inspire to write.Since my Grandmother passed away last year, I have lost my mojo. A few weeks after my Grandmother’s passing, my service dog died. And I haven’t been […]

]]> 0f2c2ea5dc38882bbce371f3182f08a1 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2867 Sat, 23 Mar 2024 19:11:04 -0400 Overcoming Writers Block, Ten Skills that Are Helping Me. Writer’s block can vary in intensity and impact depending on the individual experiencing it. For some writers, it can be a temporary and minor […]

]]> 5b8525aac10c78ff7e72b8c414509069 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2847 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 01:04:44 -0500 The New Addition The year 2023 brought much happiness and also a lot of sadness. The good part was that I found a church where the word of God is being preached; I […]

]]> cf123fc9be8d588c29a52fb1f0afbe16 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2843 Sat, 06 Jan 2024 19:37:27 -0500 The Generals' Gift Chapters 1-4 Hello, Here are the unedited Chapters one to four of the new book, The General’s Gift. The author wrote this book in one month, and she says it […]

]]> 05c901af83d4fb0847271f0b441de518 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2802 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:09:41 -0400 The Grandfather's Clock by Omayra VélezDong, Dong, Dong, three, it is morning. Tick, Tok, Tick, Tok, the grandfather’s clock on the first floor, takes cadence. At night, sounds get m […]

]]> f8912b9b6263708fce4f36541d2339b5 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2741 Sun, 30 Apr 2023 20:43:17 -0400 For Warriors! Chapters 1-4 These are the first four chapters of For Warriors!, I how you like them. CHAPTER 1 Pain and Then Love “Aaahhh, damnation to hell! Orra, get o Continue Reading →

]]> 2ce7a15984a07c8a06a337cd3f1c3d02 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2592 Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:05:53 -0500 The Assembly of Thirteen Female Characters Yesterday, I was in my Writer’s Club meeting, and I mentioned I have over 15 female characters in The Assembly of Thirteen. This woman in the club Continue Reading →

]]> 59bc783a089b8d5bf48739c3da9e04f6 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2528 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 21:37:52 -0400 The New Cover for the Book, Calixta the Vanquishers of Alhambra Hello everyone, I am unveiling the new cover for Calixta. Calixta is the first book in the series, The Assembly of Thirteen.   I love this cover. I think it is as pretty as the cover for Ultima Skylar’s.

]]> 86eebc9d6bfced0bfebaccc0d0223e4d omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2521 Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:27:35 -0400 The long-awaited Promises of War book is finally in bookstores. It took three years to get this book to completion. There were many snags along the way, but finally, I published the book.

What can you expect? I […]

]]> 0fd0a45341735cd93a3a71c67d86fa67 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2515 Fri, 12 Aug 2022 01:10:28 -0400 I’ve been writing the sequel to Calixta from the moment I published the first book. The book’s title has changed four times. At the moment, the book doesn’t have a title. This story is going to be a duology. I […]

]]> efe19bc1ca7ebacbe1e3222ca7047960 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2312 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 11:52:17 -0400 Hello All

Here are the first two chapters of Promises of War. If you remember the teaser from book 3 I am starting from that teaser. I hope you enjoy the chapters.

CHAPTER 1

Running for One’s Life

It was n […]

]]> a72883c56e7789c6ca5075aac8d613ba omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2247 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:37:14 -0400 I did a book signing at a local book store and a lady asked me; are you creating something new? That is a question I’ve been asked by several people in different ways. When are you publishing a romance? Are you […]

]]> c844fa6f9cbfdb00d997e350b04de12f omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2161 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:36:44 -0400 シェミセンが好き I used Google translate to write the words in Japanese. It says, “I love the shamisen.” If it doesn’t say this, I apologize profusely. 

I visited Japan in the summer of 2007, and I fell in love wit […]

]]> 10d01f366a6f90b52826d46b6d126b16 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=2140 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:39:44 -0400 It is a new adult fiction and worth every minute of your time.

Rose is hiding—from her past, from her own mind, from the world she knows promises no happy endings as she works to make a better life for her n […]

]]> 7f6ba647a50ba03fd4370dd3a4f3c518 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=1921 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 23:40:55 -0400 Calixta, The Vanquisher of Alhambra The next place where Calixta can be found…  

]]> 4632537d1e7d1a8b984ff2e18b5e8bfd omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=1588 Mon, 28 Oct 2019 21:50:24 -0400 What do I mean with dimwitted magical thinking? That is what most of today’s generation live by and think their lives revolve around. Let me explain. A Mexican comedian and actor Odin Dupeyron once coined the […]

]]> a5e7d928f3b53a2cec5e5fa904a5ece6 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=970 Sat, 26 Oct 2019 17:21:05 -0400 Calixta, Chapters 1, Through 6 CHAPTER 1 There is a First Time for Everything I’ll never forget the first time I died. You will have that memory e Continue Reading →

]]> 37e1ce9ca80424ed1c7725bec5d188a9 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=907 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:44:23 -0400 After living a half-life for so many years, little by little I am starting to live again. Grief and loss took a toll in my mind, my emotions, and my feelings. It has taken years for me to come to terms with […]

]]> 4d028709344d95bfbda08813c5f8aa62 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=1320 Sun, 28 Jul 2019 14:41:18 -0400 I am sorry

I’ve been writing about my experiences in dating older men. And although my aim was to show how to look at stressful situation with humor, to some people my stories were hurtful. That was not my […]

]]> 544b43d64c5d48adc753c119c08153df omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=1302 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:45:03 -0400 I am in Love. No, I am not in a relationship. I am so in love with my life, with me. For a long time, I tried to find happiness outside of me. I looked for love in trinkets, in experiences and I looked for others […]

]]> 6bcff71e14697d16a2ad59f9ae29b93a omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=1242 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 15:22:05 -0400 Calixta Harlow Carlyle

Calixta Harlow Carlyle is the name of the Character in my new book The Vanquishers of Alhambra, Calixta. I love this name so much I am considering changing my name, last name to it. I […]

]]> c2d9506820152796e5d0e3b0cc681831 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=1164 Sun, 30 Jun 2019 16:43:04 -0400 Hanukkah celebration in Iraq

In Iraq, my best friends were both Jewish. They did not have a vehicle to go to their service, but I did. So every Friday, I gave them a ride to receive their Sabbath, and I […]

]]> 0c12dadeb4a51ee510b3648515244fe5 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=1112 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:36:52 -0400 This big boy is Dexter, my English Springer Spaniel buddy. He loves coffee, and I found out the stupid way.

Back when I was living in Maryland, I was sitting on my floor working on some charcoal sketches. […]

]]> e6c58ae045cdb37e50bb8060b3bc39c1 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=1110 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:51:24 -0400 Wow, I am a blessed woman

I am a blessed woman. I am blessed from the moment I wake to the moment it is time to sleep. Every day, I struggle with mental illness, and every day, I wake with the blessing of a […]

]]> 4481fa6b0f23d3628fe6f716b865352d omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=1103 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:41:24 -0400 A Mantis with White eyes became my blessing

This picture was taken in August 2011. I was part of a NATO training in Moldova. I was in my capacity as the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Command Surgeon, and […]

]]> fcc950fa2a7fd357b94dc36124194fd0 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=711 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:19:22 -0400 People I like music and I add it in my books. I wish I can add a few of the lyrics, but my editor says things about copyrights, scaring me. So I post links here.

]]> 4722523486c0573d6edf22043154a8d9 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=622 Sun, 10 Mar 2019 15:57:37 -0400 “Never, always, sometimes, in a fraction of a second, people run around giving statements off when they will do things. But you know better than to talk in that fashion to me. You know better not to push that b […]

]]> 5077b50a27d5a889297dfe14385f20d8 omyvelez posted an update: Hello all Book two in the series has a name, Throngs of […] https://www.omayra-velez.com/blog-2/p/3/ Fri, 28 Sep 2018 18:01:18 -0400 Hello all Book two in the series has a name, Throngs of Misfits and a release date of 25 November 2018. I am supper happy about this.

]]> 0 00b60733dd2e563d05f34e201eb8e608 omyvelez wrote a new post https://www.omayra-velez.com/?p=368 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 03:48:49 -0400 Privacy PolicyWe take data privacy seriously. This privacy policy explains who we are, how we collect, share, and use Personal Information, and how you can exercise […]

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