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Aurella the Demon – First Chapter

Posted on September 13, 2019June 29, 2020 by annisezate

Hello nerd friends! It's been a while! Quick update: Aurella the Demon is almost ready for publication, and I thought I'd share a little taste by posting the first chapter here. I expect the book to be publish-ready by the end of the month. In other news, if you're in Phoenix on November 2nd, stop...Read More

Book Review: Legion

Posted on July 6, 2019 by annisezate

Legion by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Synopsis: Stephen Leeds is a genius. He is such a genius that his brain cannot contain all his knowledge, so he creates "aspects", or hallucinations, to help compartmentalize his many areas of expertise. He has a hallucination, for example, who is a psychiatrist, and one...Read More

Book Review: Steelheart

Posted on June 26, 2019June 29, 2020 by annisezate

Title: Steelheart Author: Brandon Sanderson My Rating: Overview: Steelheart is a YA distopian/scifi novel in which superheros, called Epics, are all villains. After the appearance of a star called Calamity, people began inexplicably developing powers and turning evil. David is a teenager with an obsession to bring down the Epics and avenge his father was...Read More

Writing from Experience while Including Diversity

Posted on June 14, 2019June 14, 2019 by annisezate

Characters are the most important part of a story. I don't care how good the plot is, if I don't like your characters, I am out. Writing characters can sometimes be very easy, and other times difficult. It depends on the characters. Some characters stick their hands out of your computer screen, shake your hand,...Read More

Book Review: Through the Glass

Posted on June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 by annisezate

Overview Mirror transport is not all it's cracked up to be. Through the Glass is a fantasy novel about an unlikely group of victims stranded on a foreign planet. Part of this group is a royal family from the planet Adrei, kidnapped and shoved through a magical mirror just before the crown prince's coronation. Unexpectedly,...Read More

Book Review: Elantris

Posted on June 9, 2019June 9, 2019 by annisezate

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Overview A prince named Raoden is stricken with a terrible curse - overnight he is transformed into an Elantrian and mercilessly tossed into the fallen city of Elantris. While this city was once a center of power and magic, it is now an abandoned, hellish...Read More

Aurella the Demon Cover Reveal!

Posted on February 22, 2019 by annisezate

I am so excited to reveal the cover to the final book in The Aurella Trilogy: Aurella the Demon! I've been so blessed to work with such talented designers! It's so fun to be able to see these designs I imagined made into reality and even better than what I had in mind. If you're...Read More

Editing the Old Fashioned Way

Posted on February 17, 2019February 17, 2019 by annisezate

Remember when I said I was going to try to post once a week? HAHAHAHAHA. Yeah, that totally happened... Anyway... A while back, I read an article about how physically printing out your manuscript to edit it is more beneficial than editing on a computer. I actually read a few articles on this, and watched...Read More

Go to the Library!

Posted on October 15, 2018October 22, 2018 by annisezate

I'm going to be totally honest: this post is kind of random and all over the place. I just wanted to talk a minute about the library. (Sorry Leslie Knope and everyone in the Pawnee Parks and Recreation department...) I am embarrassed to say that I didn't discover the wonder of the library until this...Read More

Aurella the Sorceress Review

Posted on October 8, 2018October 4, 2018 by annisezate

Recently Aurella the Sorceress was featured on the blog Bookworm for Kids. Below is a portion of that review by Tonja Drecker. Aurella the Sorceress Review on Bookworm for Kids: This is an amazing series! (And this isn't something I saw very often). The author has created a gripping world with characters who are...Read More