Published: December 16th, 2013
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““What, no last kiss for me?” I ask, my pout on full display. Mickey looks at me as if he suddenly remembers that this will probably be our last kiss until January and heads toward me. Pulling me in his arms, he kisses me with such passion and need that it makes me weak in the knees.
“I could spend a whole eternity kissing you, my heaven,” he says, breathlessly. “I love you, Laylah. You are my world, remember that.”
“I love you too, Mickey,” I whisper to him. Stretching up onto my tiptoes, I hug the love of my life, wishing that we could stay like this forever.”
Sixty days; the length of a traditional Puerto Rican Christmas, starting the day before thanksgiving and ending as soon as January 6th. That’s how long Laylah’s entire family will be visiting.
Laylah has been in love with her brother’s best friend, Mickey, since she was ten. Even at such a young age, she knew her love was true. At thirteen, her family moved away, leaving her love and his beautiful dimpled smile behind. At eighteen, Laylah went off to California to attend college. At nineteen, Laylah returned home to her grandmother’s, broken and lost as to where her place in the world was.
Six years is how long it had been since Laylah and Mickey had seen each other; six years is how long it took for them to finally be together. Two years later, Mickey and Laylah are going strong. They have built a life together, a life they want to live forever. One problem, only a few select people know that they are a couple, let alone living together. Now, the entire family is coming to stay for sixty days to celebrate the holidays after years apart.
Will this family be able to endure the next sixty days filled with secrets, lies, and deceit that threatens to break them apart? Will Mickey and Laylah's love be able to withstand the next sixty days? Join Laylah as she embarks on this journey of family, love, and finding her true self.
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Author's thoughts
I started writing when I was in high school. For me at the time it was a way to express what I was feeling at the moment, it was therapeutic in some way. I never in a million years saw myself as a published writer. But one day, I was putting down on paper a story that had come to mind, and I told myself ‘why not’. I took the chance and here I am. I love writing, I love getting lost in the stories my characters take me on. I get my inspirations out of different things and situations in life. To be quite honest, most of the scenes come to me when I find myself with nothing to do and space out; when it happens, I see them evolve as if it were a movie.
For the aspiring writers out there, I would say, don’t give up. There are going to be people out there telling you that the story you wrote isn’t good enough but what truly matters is your opinion on the fact. There is always going to be someone out there that is going to love your book as much as you love it. That’s your baby, put it out to the world, take the chance and if doesn’t work out as you planned don’t give up, keep trying.
My favorite part of writing is the beginning and the end, is those first words and those last two words that make it all seem real. Second favorite has to be the editing, when your editor sends you that first draft and you say ‘what the heck did I wrote?’ When it came the time to choose a cover I did a google search, checked some forums, until I found a cover designer who work I liked and was under my price range. I send her an email and through emails I brainstormed the ideas I have for the cover. She captured the image I was working on my mind quickly and sooner than I taught, Sixty Days had a kick ass cover that I love.
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About the author:
“I was abducted by aliens, I’m sure of it. Otherwise there is no other way to explain all those voices that have suddenly come to my mind, begging me to tell their stories.”
Zoe Glez is an islander, as in she was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She currently attends the University of Puerto Rico, majoring in psychology. Student by day and writer by night. She started writing when she was in high school; writing for her has always been a therapy and she loves it, as much as she loves her family and her two furry daughters. She’s obsessed with books, vampires, superheroes and music. During her free time she enjoys reading a good book or grabbing her DSLR camera and capture the great beauty mother nature provides us.
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