Today is my birthday - as well as the birthday of my latest book, Cursed Earth, the first installment in my new fantasy series, Storm of Elements. Cursed Earth features an outcast with dangerous powers, tangled conspiracies, ruthless pirates, and an inexplicable phenomenon that threatens to destroy the world.
From the book: "I can never go back to Terrenia," Maxine said in a low voice. "If someone finds out…"
"… that you have unusual abilities?"
"That I'm a freak – yes, a freak – I will be facing worse than deportation."
I started working on Cursed Earth around the time when our world blew up in our faces on October 7th. It began as a "look, I still have it all together" novel and went on as a "everything is crumbling around me, but I can still escape to a different world by making up a story" book.
I'm thankful for having written Cursed Earth. I'm thankful for the baby steps I'm taking with the sequel, even when I feel brain dead. I'm thankful to be alive. Thankful for my family, my people, and my country. And especially thankful to have made another turn around the sun.
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