Carol McKenzie (? - October 27, 2009)

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Carol McKenzie lost her battle against lung cancer on October 27, 2009

I remember her since she was one of the first author I read, I still have her first version of Day of Reckoning from Forbidden Publications, a short story she then republished with Loveyoudivine. Another story I liked is Pure Artistry, in the Men Anthology always at Loveyoudivine.

For me she will always be the author that made me discover Loveyoudivine, when I stopped by that publisher, if I hadn't found her name, I would have never bought anything. Instead, thank to her, I found other authors, like Nix Winter and Ryan Field, but also Jon Michaelsen and Bryn Colvin.

There is not many info on her on the net, this is what I found on the backcover of one of her books: Carol McKenzie was born and raised in Illinois. Through her twenties, thirties and part of her forties she lived in California, Texas, Montana, Washington and Colorado. She then she moved back to her home state of Illinois. She planned to stay there with her husband and Jack Russell terrier.

She enjoyed rendering artwork, sewing, quilt making and playing Civilization IV. On any given day, she dutifully worked at her computer typing up a new erotic romance story. She wrote interracial, contemporary, historical and alternative lifestyle fiction. If she had properly accomplished her goals, all her stories contained hot sex scenes.

What I know is that she left a cherished impression on people who knew her, so much that they are grieving now for her loss.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, it is sad when someone dies, but please don't make the mistake of thinking it is always death from cancer. Most of the time people die of the treatment they get from physicians, not from the cancer. I was diagnosed and operated on for one of the most deadly cancers, ovarian cancer, THIRTEEN years ago, and I attribute my long productive life partly to my excellent surgeon, and partly to my dogged persistence in correcting my diet to a healthier one and in learning how to manage stress in my life. I refused to have their chemotherapy (they had given Cytoxan, a popular chemo drug, to my husband without telling him that it was MUSTARD GAS, and it almost immediately killed him, leaving me to cope with our four children) or their radiation, choosing instead to use herbal supplements and change my lifestyle. I sure am glad, and I have written about my healing process in a new book, a collection of essays on Health & Wellness, Sexuality & Relationships, called The Truth According to Sally Miller. I can send it anywhere in the world. See my website at www.SynergyBookService.com to order. And for cancer prevention, my ideas can't be beat! Now if they will only listen -- the doctors -- and do some rigorous testing instead of pushing toxic chemicals -- warfare really -- onto helpless-feeling patients, we might get somewhere in the war against cancer. We make our own cancer with our greed, our pushiness, our bad diets, our stressful lives, and we need to learn to take responsibility for ourselves.

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Thank you Sally for you comment, I hope it will help people. Elisa