Updates, IMMORTAL DREAMS Trilogy, & More...

Happy Wednesday All,

Whew! Life has been busy. First, those 2 weeks where we were dealing with illness in the family (thank you, God, that we're well, now!) then came Immortal Dreams Book One: Divine Love's release. After that, my husband took a weekend trip up to Arkansas to visit some family and see his mother's grave (she died last year), and while he was out-of-town, the offspring and I stayed at my parents' house. And part of this week, husband has off. So my real life has been one thing after another.


Thank you to everybody who has already purchased Divine Love. I truly appreciate your support. Please, if you can, leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads. Also, if you enjoy it, feel free to drop me a line at this email address. I'm always glad to hear from my readers. Y'all rock!

Some big things are in the works:

I'm planning a couple of giveaways with author Patti Korbet. We're working on setting up one giveaway with other authors, which would include a Kindle copy of All's Fair In Love & Lion. Then, my hope is to do a smaller giveaway where Divine Love is the prize. I'll let you know if and when we set those up. :-)

I've got some other ideas coming up and we'll see where it all leads.

What else is going on? It's July, which means summer, but it also means that part of the Summer is already over (yeah, I know, all of you on Summer vacation do NOT want to hear that, but as a writer, I'm always having to look at what comes next) and next on the agenda is Book Two in the Trilogy, Astral Love.

Astral Love will continue the story begun in Divine Love, but it also has a closer look at Jason Magnus's past. How does he feel about what the Fates have in store for him? All that and more will be explored in Astral Love.

I'm also working on finishing Book Three, Immortal Love, which will wrap up the Trilogy, and give the deciding factor on the fate of the two worlds. New creatures will be introduced, new dangers, and more...

But if you don't read Divine Love and Astral Love, you'll be lost when Book Three comes out because each story in the Trilogy continues the tale.

The other thing I'm doing is working on figuring out when to schedule a cover reveal for Astral Love. Oh, darling readers, I love it! Okay, I love all my covers, this is true. Each one is unique and makes me happy for different reasons. What makes me smile about the cover of Astral Love? Well, I can't tell you that right now!

Meanwhile, I hope you'll hang around for the rest of the ride. I have

some things in the works and some other stuff percolating! Hang on and fasten your seat belts...this ride is far from over. :-)

Have A Wonderfully Winsome Wednesday!

Celebrating New Release: IMMORTAL DREAMS BOOK ONE: DIVINE LOVE!

Happy Thursday Everybody,

Wow! It feels like ages since I updated my blog. I have been swamped, darling readers! For 2 weeks I was dealing with health issues--mine and family's, and edits, and real life. But me and the family are now well, and the edits got in, and while real life is still busy, I have some space to finally post a new blog post...and what a perfect reason!

Today I am overjoyed to announce my New Adult (NA) Paranormal Romance (first in a trilogy),  Immortal Dreams Book One: Divine Love is now available for your reading pleasure on Amazon Kindle!!

To say I'm happy is an understatement. *Insert huge smile and giddy feelings here*

Below you can read the blurb:

Laney Alberts should be enjoying her senior year of high school. Instead, she’s mourning the death of her beloved father—her hero. Even after a year without him, she still feels directionless. 

Things take a complete one-eighty when she literally walks into Jason Magnus, the hot, new guy at school. He’s different from anyone she has ever met, and intrigues her in ways she never guessed possible. 

But, there’s more to Jason than Laney realizes. Before she knows what’s happening, she’s thrown into the world of Immortals. To prevent a goddess bent on world domination from destroying both the human and Immortal worlds, Laney and Jason must embrace the Fates’ destiny for them. 

Human and Immortal collide in this, the first of the Immortal Dreams Trilogy. 

I hope you all enjoy this story as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Click here to find it on Amazon Kindle.  To add it to your To Be Read pile on Goodreads click here.

Hope everyone has a Thrillingly Terrific Thursday!

Classics Week: Last Day--"Stepping Through The Wardrobe"

Happy Friday All,

Wow! It’s been such a fun week with learning more about different Classic novels, and other authors’ work. If you haven’t checked out yesterday’s post with TinaBausinger, please do. I think it’s fascinating.

To close out Classics Week, you get yours truly (me) for today.

There are many authors I could have chosen to talk about today, however, CS Lewis is an author I've particularly enjoyed. So I’m going to go ahead and focus on him and his Chronicles Of Narnia.

You could say in some sense, Aslan from the series influenced All’s Fair In Love & Lion a bit—given Monroe , like Aslan, (when Monroe was in his lion form) could speak

My Monroe Christmas ornament, given to me
by one of my sisters

and be understood, was majestic. In the stories, Aslan sacrifices himself, and sacrifice comes into play in my story, as well.

However, the thing about Narnia that appealed to me was how each adventure was full of imagination, wonder, and magic. As a lover of fairy-tales and fantasy, what better devices to ignite my passions?

How can anyone forget meeting Mr. Tumnus at the lamppost? Or hitting the high seas on the Dawn Treader? Or the curiosity and tying everything together in The Last Battle?

An intellectual or English teacher would find all the various points of allegory, allusion, and metaphor to point out. For me, it was just plain fun.

The other thing we have with CS Lewis is the re-imaging of mythology and a different way of telling a story (at least different for his time).

I believe there’s room among writers and readers for all kinds of stories, which is one of the best things about Narnia. There was room for all believers and those who really wanted what Narnia had to offer. And years after Lewis’s death, there’s still room for new readers to partake of each story’s charm and adventure.

For a writer such as myself, it warms my heart to see people willing

to invite new fairy-tales and stories, but to still love the old ones, too. I hope this will always be the case.

I remember a song we had on a cassette tape that went: “Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other’s gold.” I feel this way about books. I make new friends with new novels and stories, but I keep the old ones in my heart. My wish for readers, is to have that experience, so they can enjoy all kinds of glorious tales.

As you know, my Romance Novel, All’s Fair In Love & Lion is

available on Amazon Kindle (hopefully to be in paperback, soon).  I don’t have the cover art (nor is it out, yet) for my New Adult Paranormal Romance, Immortal Dreams Book 1: Divine Love, yet, but that’s coming soon (and definitely fits the idea of re-imagining stories!)

Also, you can check out more about me and my writing on my official website.

In the meantime, I hope you've enjoyed Classics Week. I know I did!

Have A Fabulously Fantastical Friday!

Emotional Roller Coasters & News...

Happy Sunday All,

Normally I don't update on the weekends, but lately I've been super busy during the week and I'm about to be even more busy.

There's been a lot of emotions going on lately as I went through the holidays missing my deceased friend, Sarah. It's not over yet, because on February 20th, it'll mark 1 year since her death.

Today I went over to her and her husband's apartment to help him and Sarah's mom go through Sarah's things. There were some moments of laughter, some tears, and in some cases, emotionally distancing myself from the whole thing just so I wouldn't breakdown and cry too much. I was allowed to keep several items that had belonged to Sarah, which was a comfort. Currently, as I write this, I have a small, very soft teddy bear that I was given sitting on my lap. There's things going to other friends, that will be sorted more as time goes on.

However, after the emotionally exhausting day, a wonderful thing

happened:

I signed and finalized a 3-book contract with my publisher, Soul Mate Publishing for my New Adult (NA) Paranormal trilogy!

The titles have also been approved and they are (in order):

Immortal Dreams Book 1: Divine Love
Immortal Dreams Book 2: Astral Love
Immortal Dreams Book 3: Immortal Love

Each novel will be released separately. I don't have released dates, yet, but keep an eye out for updates.

I hope all has been well with you. Happy reading. :-)

Have A Surprisingly Special Sunday!