The Bridesmaids--The Trailer

Sometimes, you would like your audience to have a visual for your work, something that they can latch onto and be interested in. So I decided to create a trailer for my upcoming work, "The Bridesmaids".

The Bridesmaids--The Book Trailer. Enjoy! Available now for Pre-Orderhttp://www.amazon.com/Bridesmaids-Sonya-Dickerson-ebook/dp/B01AX9KLFG/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1456247801&sr=1-2&keywords=the+bridesmaids

Posted by Sonya Dickerson on Tuesday, February 23, 2016

The Bridesmaids....What's it About?

Every woman wears a veil.....

The Bridesmaids is a "chick thriller." It's about five women that have had a long standing friendship with each other.

One of those women is getting married! The remaining four women are traveling to Chicago for a fabulous weekend of planned activities and outings. This is supposed to be a weekend of relaxation and fun, however that's not to be.

Along with tons of makeup, dresses, and luggage, these four women are also carrying secrets with them. Secrets that could destroy the wedding and possibly even their lives.

Tara is the beautiful bride. With her thousand watt smile, she is charming and gregarious. With her fun loving personality, she wants this weekend to be a memorable one, however this group of girls is making this hard. Will her wedding be destroyed by the very women that vowed to stick by her side?

Brittany is a typical spoiled rich woman who works for a prestigious financial firm. As a first rate snob, her sharp with and tongue makes her an easy target. She is very outspoken and opinionated.

Penelope has a wild side that she has put away through years of therapy, however don't let her turtlenecks and poise fool you. Underneath, there was a sex addiction and lies brewing inside of her. As the Maid of Honor, she was not looking forward to this weekend. She has a secret to tell the Bride that is so horrific, she wanted to run back to the West Coast and never show her face to her friends again.

Kendra is a curly haired, intelligent, and witty girl. The only person with, "a vagina" that could put up with Brittany's rough personality, she worked with Brittany at the same firm as a secretary. An outsider would see Kendra's and Brittany's back and forth banter as hostile, but it was more affectionate than anything. However Kendra is also carrying a secret that she plans to carry with her to the grave. However, that was not to be. Her secret causes an explosion sure to rock every one of the girls to their core.

Phoenix wanted to be a business woman when she grew up. If someone told her that she would become a master of the pole at the local strip club, she would have slapped them for the insult. But that's where Daddy's little girl wound up in order to take care of her sick mother and paid some bills. However, Phoenix has a plan for her next come up. Soon, she will find herself on top of the world. She would rescue her mother from poverty, find some doctors to take good care of her, and get away from that pole that was slick from baby oil. However, how she plans to escape from her lifestyle is the secret that she's carrying. And she's not alone in her master plan.....

These five women plan to make this a weekend that they will never forget.



Buy, "The Bridesmaids"

The Bridesmaids is Available to PreOrder Now

The Bridesmaids

Available now for preorder on Amazon.com!
This is the best one yet!

The Bridesmaids! Coming Soon March 13, 2016--Pre-order today!

Synopsis

This is the day they've all been waiting for. Four best friends are coming together to meet in Chicago for the wedding of their good friends Tara and Brandon. However, each girl is carrying with her a secret and it'll explode in the Windy City.

Brittany, a successful Southern Belle hedge fund manager, is facing the SEC on Monday, but she feels confident that she will beat the rap and keep moving forward. Her friend Kendra is trying to come from behind her shadows and shine on her own terms. Maid of Honor Penelope is getting over the death of her husband and a sex addiction, while Phoenix is chasing a bus as well as her own demons as she heads towards the Second City. Meanwhile, the Bride Tara is just trying to keep the girls from falling apart long enough so that they can stand next to her as the Bridesmaids they'd always promise to be.

Will they be able to pull this wedding off with relative ease or will it blow up in their faces as each secret is revealed?

The Patient--new book coming soon

The Patient

This is a book about all chronic illness.

If you are a patient, then this book is for you. IF you are sick, then this book is for you. If you have cancer, depression, HIV, lupus, multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis, etc. This book is for you!

If you are a patient somewhere in America, this book is perfect for you. It tells all and talks about all that a patient has to go through. Disability, medication, treatment, death, funny stories, and much more. This book tells it all. 

To whatever disease that you have to whatever treatment you're taking, pick this book up today. 

please email sonyathescreenwriter@gmail.com for more information on when this book becomes available.

Chronic Illness Memoirs and The Problems With Writing Them

I read a beautiful book about a woman with bipolar disorder. It was a great book that I couldn't put down. I finished it with breakneck speed. It was fascinating to read about what this woman went through in her life and the challenges that she continues to face on a daily basis, including her hospitalizations and the effects on her husband and child. She was very candid about many things, including her violent episodes where she made an attempt on her husbands life, during a manic episode.

I left a dazzling review, however I read the reviews that were left from the book. While there were many five star reviews, there were a plethora of bad reviews. Mostly from those who suffered with bipolar disorder.

I live with bipolar. I could have written a more true to life book. The most true accounts were from her son and husband. Don't waste your time on this read.

Was quite disappointed in this book. Thought it was going to be about living in a bipolar mind on a day to day basis and the struggles-not just the crisis and hospital visits. Not worth reading.

I, suffering from depression and bipolar condition, was disappointed with this book.
It did not give me a lot of information, nor was it particularly interesting. I should have guessed from the title. Maybe just not my style.

I get really confused by reviews in this category of books. The reader often places expectations on a book by whatever means and then if the book does not live up to these expectations, they rate the book a failure. One of my books received a review from a woman who hoped that the book would be "inspiring" and "uplifting". But the title of my book is, "Diary of a Sick Chick". One woman accused me of navel gazing. Well if one can't "navel gaze" in a diary, where can you? Nowhere did I promise that the book would be inspiring and uplifting. It was just my life. Whether you find it inspiring, insulting, or downright boring is up to the reader. However, when I read books, I try not to put too many expectations on a book. I don't go into it thinking that it will somehow magically make me feel better. I'm either looking to be entertained or enlightened. I hope to come through the experience different. That's all. For better or for worse. I don't look for inspiration, especially in chronic illness memoirs. I look for truth. I look for honesty. That's all. I look for authenticity. I look no further and expect no more.

I'm writing a new book called, "The Bible of Chronic Illness". Where my last books about illness were about lupus, this one will be more inclusive of all diseases. I learned that there are many similarities with the struggle of living with sickness and that I could put together a book that would promote that. 

When reading a chronic illness memoir, don't look for entertainment. Honest, Truth, and Authenticity are good enough. When you're getting the truth, it is the best. You don't want to put lipstick on a  pig anyway. It's still a pig. 

So Many Titles

I have so many titles that are coming up right now I can't keep them straight. Just know that I've been a busy woman writing and also knitting. Hopefully I can stay focused and release something soon.