Based on true events, “ INSTANT MESSAGE” (IM) A love story made on-line, filled with Sex, Lies and Hatred, is an eye opener that captures real life experiences among millions of faceless names who chat on the internet. People with different backgrounds and various personalities exchange their false and true-selves with others. “INSTANT MESSAGE” (IM) will text YOU into the lives of those who chit-chat their way through cyberspace looking to text into the hearts of souls who search for love. If safety depends on your security and passion depends on your love...is it easy to fall out of love as it is to fall into love with an internet lover?

So why marry your high school sweetheart when you can marry a complete stranger?    

How safe is it?  

Elizabeth notices Herbert passing the road where they live and looks at her watch. Herbert reaches over to touch one of Elizabeth’s breasts. Elizabeth grabs his wrist and tosses his arm. She gives him a cold look!  Herbert laughs as he continues to drive to the tanning salon. After re-newing their contract, Elizabeth looks at her watch.

She grabs the keys from Herbert’s hand. After driving for 15 minutes what seemed to be 45 minutes for Elizabeth; she pulls up in the driveway, slams her foot down on the brakes, looks at her watch again, and races to the front door fumbling through the keys. Once the door is unlocked, she tries to calm herself down by taking deep breaths as she takes off her shoes.

Elizabeth goes to the study room to sign on the internet to see if her newly found internet friend is on-line. He appears on her buddy list as being logged on. As Elizabeth attempts to instant message her internet friend the study door opens and Herbert walks-in. Elizabeth quickly closes out her instant message.

Steven Jackson is founder of “Writers Club Net Ring” and author of two books. “Numbers...A Gangsta’s Child”,  based on true events, is a story about a young African American girl who leaves her parent’s home in the south to seek success in the business world of Wall Street. A chain of events leads her into the underworld of illegal gambling and organized crime. She is challenged, by those in power who believe this is no place for a woman, as she rises to the top of her game.

“Blood Thinner Than Mine” is a story about a pediatrician in a diabolical plot to secretly extract strains of DNA from disabled puppies and mentally ill children. His plan is to create the worlds first animal to speak the human language.

Barbara Jones is a freelance writer. She has conducted extensive research on internet relationships. She is co-founder of “Writers Club Net Ring”, a writing club created to help new writers achieve their dream to become published authors. She is also a mother of three beautiful children, Torey, Corey and Kayla.