Book Release - The Corners of My Heart

I finally finished putting together a collection of poetry about all the secret parts of my soul that I usually hide. These poems hold up a light to things in me that I usually don't share.

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I wrote the poems in here over several years, and through finding myself. The more I've written about myself, the more I've learned about myself.

I've dedicated this book to my sister, who is my best friend, and always encourages me to be myself.

Give Up the Light

I finally did it. I've been saying for years that I am going to put together a collection of the poetry I've written about vampires and the like, and I finally did it, just in time for Halloween.

If you like creepy, spine-chilling verse, this is the book for you. There are tales here of love that reaches beyond the grave; there are terrifying, twisted, and even comical poems that are perfect for reading on a dark and stormy night with the lights out.

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Reborn Blog Tour - Guest Post by Cherie Reich

Today I have a very special guest. Cherie Reich is here as part of her blog tour promoting the release of her new novel, Reborn. Take it away, Cherie!

Books and Libraries

Books and libraries go hand in hand. It’ll be a very sad day if libraries no longer house books and transform into something more like a media center. But it can be difficult for authors to get into libraries. They have limited shelf space and often take what comes out from the bigger publishers.

Wait, read that last part of the sentence above again. Yes, that’s the secret to get your book into a library. A recommended book puts the book in the librarian’s mind. The library has a purchasing committee, and at certain times of the year, they pull out patrons’ requests and decide what to purchase from them. It’s true some books aren’t selected, but trying half the battle.

So if your favorite author has a print book out that you can’t afford to purchase, then ask your library to purchase a copy. The worst they can say is “No.”

Have you asked your library to request a book before?

An Excerpt from Prologue of Reborn

"I have to save her."

“Think of the consequences, my son.” She seized his robes.

He had. They both knew the gods would find a way to curse him and this innocent child, but the  price was worth saving the kingdom.

Ignoring his mother’s protests, Apenth leaned over the lifeless baby again. His lips pressed against her ashen forehead, so cold to the touch. Postera clawed at his arms, but he shoved away her hands. Nothing would stop him from completing Amora’s prophecy, protecting the kingdom.

“You are mine, little one.” His palm rested on the infant’s chest. Heat flowed from his glowing fingertips and nearly burned his flesh, but he kept his hand steady. The white light expanded and exploded within the room.

"Live," he commanded, pleaded.

“No!” Postera screamed. The child’s life-thread ripped from his mother’s hand and joined the pulsing jewel on her belt. The piece sizzled, reattaching to the gemstone, and transformed to blood red.

The life-giving luminosity collapsed into the child, her flesh glowing for a moment. A tiny strawberry-colored birthmark in the shape of a phoenix blossomed upon the flesh over her heart. The baby’s lungs filled with air, and a cry broke from her lips.

To save a kingdom, a prophetess must challenge Fate.

On the day of Yssa’s death and rebirth, the god Apenth chose her as the Phoenix Prophetess.

Sea serpents and gods endanger the young prophetess’s journey and sour the omens. Yssa is cursed instead of blessed, and her duties at the Temple of Apenth prove it. She spends her days reading dusty scrolls, which does nothing to help her forget Tym, the boy back home. But the annoying yet gorgeous ferryman’s son Liam proves to be a distraction she can’t predict, even though he rarely leaves her alone for two sand grains.

Her boring temple life screeches to a halt when visions of her parents’ murders consume her. Yssa races across an ocean to stop the future. If she can’t change Fate, she’ll refuse to be the Phoenix Prophetess any longer. Fate, however, has other plans for her and the kingdom.

Yssa must either accept her destiny or fight to change Fate.

Available in eBook and Print!
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The authors of Untethered Realms and I are giving away over $50 worth of books to one lucky winner. The giveaway is open internationally.

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A self-proclaimed bookworm, Cherie Reich is a speculative fiction writer and library assistant living in Virginia. Her short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies, and her books include the horror collection Nightmare, a space fantasy novella collection titled Gravity, and the fantasy series The Foxwick Chronicles and The Fate Challenges. Reborn is her debut novel. She is Vice President of Valley Writers and a member of the Virginia Writers Club and Untethered Realms. For more information, please visit her website.

Thank you for stopping by, Cherie, and good luck on the rest of your blog tour.

Book Release - A Light That Burns

When I clicked "publish" on A Light That Obscures, my hands were shaking and I found it difficult to breathe normally. Even though it is only a short short story and it's free to download (and always will be), it is the first ebook I've ever published.

I thought that my second ebook would be different, but I was just as nervous/terrified when I clicked "publish" on A Light That Burns yesterday. This one is over 4,000 words, so I decided to set the price at $0.99; this also allowed me to publish it on Amazon as well as Smashwords.

If you've read the free one, and enjoyed it, you will love this book. It is the same characters, the same story, but more "fleshed out." If you wanted to know what came before and after, now you can.

If you haven't downloaded A Light That Obscures yet, what are you waiting for? It's free, and it will be free forever.

Add to Goodreads here: A Light That Obscures - A Light That Burns.

A Light That Obscures

So I took the plunge and published a short story on Smashwords.com. It's only just over 1,000 words, so I didn't think it would be fair to charge anything for it. Therefore, you can download it for free if you'd like.

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