Reflections

You know, I created this blog and intended for it to be strictly professional. A good example of that is that the first to posts on it are on my birthday and my mothers, yet you will see no personal noting of that on them, this was and I still intend for it to be, strictly for business related activities and projects. Unfortunately, alot of my personal life has dominated over the past month or two and I haven't had a chance to keep updating this. I plan to change that, my goal is at least one post a week. It may be anything as simple as a characters bio so far or another excerpt from a chapter, or a video from my, still empty youtube channel. Anyways, hope my followers and whomever else reads this starts seeing a steady increase of posts. Once again, I apologize for not having more up yet.

A lil more on Poppyseed Street

Here's a sample draft of the start of my first book in the Poppyseed Street series:

Poppyseed Street didn't used to be as bad as it is. I remember the old days, Hell, I grew up there. I guess it all started back when I was still in my senior year of High School, that's when Pierre started his "business proposition." I was clueless back then, he was good at keeping his project under wraps, but when he was finally exposed, everything came out.

You see, Pierre hailed from France, Nice to be exact. He started a local bakery shop where he honed his skills and saved up and bought himself a ticket to America in hopes of making it big. Like many of the wash-ashores of those times, he got processed in New York City where he opened his first American restaraunt in the Bronx. He struggled for many years in the ghetto areas of New York, facing rackets, thugs, and mafia interference. Being meek in build, this short, scrawny man learned to survive on his wit in such a dangerous area, eventually making peace and forming an alliance with some of the major movers and shakers within the mob in order for protection and they generally held meetings at his restaraunt which slowly became famous for its amazing steak.

Pierre's world-renowned steak was advertised as only the best meat with very carefully guarded secret ingredients and spices. People from all around the world would gather in New York just to taste the rich and juicy flavored meat. It drew so much attention that eventually the cops were busy managing the lines to get in the door, where they noticed some of the big wigs from the mob meeting there. A sting was planned and the restaraunt was raided, it was one of the biggest busts in mob history.

Unfortunately, when the news of the raid hit the papers, Pierre's restaraunt got associated with the mob that met there and his business suffered. That's when Pierre decided to count his losses, move away from the dangerous streets he grew to know as his home and move to DC in an attempt to save his business. The US capitol gave him a fresh start, but his meat wasn't getting the rave reviews it once had, it appeared the raid had a mental effect on the chef and he lost his touch, falling from the greatest chef down to nothing more than average.

Hope you like it so far. More to come soon.

Introduction

Hi my name is Kaysin and this blog was created in order to keep anyone and everyone updated on my current projects. My friends know me as Hawk the Phoenix or Hawk for short and I love to dabble in all forms of entertainment. Currently, I am working on a novel series called Poppyseed Street, which is a dark take on some otherwise innocent characters from my childhood. See if you can catch the reference to which childhood show or shows it focuses on. ;) Also I am working on a few things for my Youtube channel, Hawk The Phoenix which will feature local entertainment of many different varieties, from promotional work with East Coast Professional Wrestling to local artists, musicians, and anyone else who might be interested in working together. Johnny Thunder of ECPW is a good friend of mine and I look forward to working on projects with him.