Wow, this is a heavy question, and it’s a good one. Being an author is not for the faint of heart. It’s a bumpy road with all sorts of interesting pitfalls. The voices in your brain, a.k.a. your characters may stop speaking to you, or you may not like what they have to say. That’s the easy part of being an author.
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The hard part is deciding what road to take: Do I try and get published by a traditional publisher? With that question, comes: “Am I good enough? Will they like my book? Will they hate it? Will they offer to publish it? Will they reject it?” The scene in Tangled where Rapunzel has left the tower and is freaking out was the first thing that I thought of when I started toying with the idea of actually releasing my books to the world. Only, instead of the “mom will be so mad at me” freak out, it was, “Nobody’s going to like me, I’m the worst writer in the world” inner monologue. These thoughts are normal, but don’t listen to them. You can do it, if you really set your mind to it. Being an author is work, a lot of it. Traditional publishing can make it easier on the author because the publishing company does the advertising, editing, all of that. That said, traditional publishing is difficult to break into, which is why I went with the indie route. That means I’m responsible for finding an editor, finding my own cover art, marketing, all of it. It’s daunting and it almost made me give up before I got started. Luckily, I found a group of amazing authors to help support me, and they gave me the courage to push forward.
The biggest piece of advice that I would give is to find your support group. Writing can be very personal, but we all need someone who can help raise our spirits.
The next thing that I feel is almost as important as find a support group is to invest in a good editor. If you don’t, it doesn’t matter how good your story is, grammatical and spelling errors can distract from that story.
Magik Saga
Book 1
Ashira Datya
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Fae Corps Publishing
Date of Publication: May 31. 2021
ISBN: 9781666273229
ASIN: B092HSY5N5
Number of pages: 228
Word Count: 48,123
Cover Artist: JAshB Designs
Tagline: A species existing in secret, a vendetta and a curse, a clan bound by magik bound together by love.
Book Description:
A single kiss leads to passion.
A single look to destiny.
Were shifters meet their fated match in a world where magic, lust and evil collide.
Resisting Evil- Book One of the Magik Saga takes readers on a journey through tragedy and ecstasy into true love.
Excerpt:
She shivered in the cooling evening air, her hands sliding up
and down her arms, in an attempt to bring warmth to her bare skin. She wished
she had brought a jacket or at least worn a long sleeve shirt, instead of the
hunter green, silk sleeveless blouse. Green eyes scanned the parking lot,
anticipation bubbling in her belly as she waited for her date.
Glittering eyes locked on his approaching frame and she smiled.
He was so tall he looked like a Titan, and his skin was bronzed like a Spartan.
"Hi, Cole," she greeted with a smile.
"Hi, Beth,"
Cole returned, smiling at her. "Shall we?" He motioned towards the
door of Glitz and Glam, the only night club in town. It wasn't a night club in
the same sense as one would be in New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles, it was
more of a pub with a dance floor and a DJ. The lights, antique bronze sconces
were kept low, just bright enough for people to see where they were going, and
to read their menus. The walls were covered in glittery gold and silver striped
wallpaper, with matching Chinese lanterns hanging from the ceiling to give the
club a bit of a whimsical atmosphere.
Beth nodded and followed him inside where the music was
playing loudly.
"You look beautiful," Cole said into her ear before
pressing a kiss to her cheek.
"Thanks," Beth murmured, smiling at him. Her gaze
locked with his brown eyes and his stare made her shiver with anticipation for
what was to come.
There was an air of danger that surrounded Cole, a sense of
that which was forbidden that she couldn't wait to taste. She didn't know if it
was his dark profile, or if it was something else. He'd never been anything
other than a gentleman, but something just below the surface simmered, hidden
and secret.
Ashira Dayta lives in tranquil Michigan with her handsome husband, and two children. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading books of all kinds and watching the sunset over the picturesque lake she lives on. Just hours away from the lake her and her husband grew up on opposite shores of.
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