The Journey to publishing The Awakening

My obsession with vampires came after I watched the first Underworld. Oh my God, I fell in love with the sleek pleather wrapped around Beckinsale’s body, and the Gothic blue/black background of the set. To me, that’s how organic vampirism is, with giant castles and dark stormy nights of bloodsucking.

    I first started putting down scenes and ideas for Broken Bloodlines back in.....2006? And when I tell you that this book has evolved over the years, it is so different from what it was originally. 

  Originally, the majority of the action took place in a stripclub (how surprising, I know) and our main lady friend Calissa, started off as Lakyra. I still love that name, too. There was a little more sex in the original version, but I made the sex better in the published version, haha. 

  Back when I started working on it, I was a night owl, still doing night shifts at the club.  I would sleep in till about 1 p.m., get up and make coffee, then write until about 4 when I would start to get ready for work. 

 If work was slow, I would take my notebook and post up at the tables against the wall, and write away until some money came through the door. 

  Here it is, the end of 2014, and the damn thing is finally out there. Much modified, but strengthened. 

  Enjoy! And when you finish it, can you leave me a review? Either here or email me at: kellyraine1818@gmail.com 

  Thank you all :) 

KelBel

It's Live!!!

It's LIVE and only .99 and is waiting to be downloaded for your entertainment!! Need an escape after dealing with the inlaws? Download The Awakening and dive into this world! 

KelBel

Did you order your copy yet?

Have you ordered your copy of The Awakening, book 1 of my Broken Bloodlines series? It's only .99 and it's officially released on Thanksgiving, which is less than 3 days away!Order it HERE :D

 I LOVE Thanksgiving. It's all my favorite foods, and so comforting. Mmmmm turkey and gravy and football. Fuck yeah.
 So here's the deal: get your pre-order in, and on Thanksgiving, you can stuff your face with deliciousness, then settle on the couch with your technology (cuz you will probably need a break from the relations) and dive into an exciting story.

The Awakening introduces a new kind of paranormal being, and is the story of a battle between twin sisters. The sisters have extraordinary powers, and will face off against one another to gain control of a sleepy little town named Nashel. Nashel has something that both girls desperately want, but they have much different intentions. 

Order your copy today! If you don't have a Kindle, you can download the app on your smartphone.

Much Love, 
 KelBel

The Work Drain

So, dilemma: 
  I'm discovering that as my career grows, and I'm now in the Mon-Fri 40+ hour workweek grind, that my creativity has been drained. 
  Part of it is out of mental exhaustion at the end of the day- my brain is just shot, I can't come up with anything. 
  And the other part of it is that as my career grows, and I'm finally starting to feel like I'm getting somewhere adult-like, I don't have as much of an urge to create in order to prove myself. Does that make sense?  Before, my writing was not just something to let out my creativity, but it was a strive towards purpose and productivity. Like, see? I'm not just a stripper, I'm a writer. Ahh, the good ole days. Sorta. 
  But maybe it's just an adjustment. It will all sort itself out. And not having a day off in the middle of the week is a bit rough- whatever you gotta get done you can hopefully get done on Saturday. Like, getting snow tires put on. This week had some hairy nights of driving home, let me tell you. 
  Ok, well I have a gross bathroom to get cleaned. Started a bleach soak, and consequently ruined my leggins. Fuck. 
  I hope everyone has an awesome weekend!! 
K 

Weird In-Between

 The last couple of weeks I've been realizing what a strange demographic I'm in. I'm about to turn 29, with no kids. 
I've long-outgrown the crew in the dancing world, and beyond that, most females my age have already saddled themselves up with a couple of kids, and are busy doing the mom thing. I have discovered over the years, how much moms don't seems to like to hang with non-moms. I get it, we non-kidders don't know the struggles you go through on a daily basis, we don't have to worry about finding a babysitter if we suddenly realize that we want to go raid the BOGO sale at our favorite boutique. 
 So where does that leave me? I guess I should seek out other near-thirty year olds that don't have children, but that's more effort I want to put in to finding friends. It's not a constant want, but sometimes I wish I had one or two girlfriends to chill and shop with.  
 K
 
 

Purse Pulse: Fuzzy & Python

Python Ada Bucket Bag

Fendi's Muppet Baguette

Violet Exotic Frame Bag $25.56         

      

90s Feather Fuzzy Black Purse

 

(Late) Fall Foliage

 Here's my late fall foliage collage! I can't help but get sad when the wretched gray of November starts taking over :(

Happy Saturday! (Or Caturday as my Google Feed seemed to be all about!)

Ah, the weekend. Let me tell you, as someone recently freed from the world of retail, having every weekend off is AWESOME!!
  My first week at the new job went well, I love it there! The people are cool, they have a great culture and starting on Monday, things are going to get busy! Bring it on ;) 
 Today is my nephew's birthday party, and there are a bunch of other errands that need to be accomplished as well. We got up at like 6:30 today lol #morningfreaks 
  My cat got all confused with the time change, and now my work schedule has him getting loud and annoying even earlier in the morning. Like, 4:30 a.m. he starts his shit. He needs to get with the program. 
  I'm really blogging right now because I just gave myself a #weekendmani and I'm waiting the final minutes for it to dry before I get ready to run errands. 
  Looks like the pre-orders for my vampire novel are rolling in, and it's so exciting! Have you ordered your copy of The Awakening yet? (Psst! It's only .99!) If you don't own a Kindle, but you have a smart phone, you can download the Kindle app and be on your paranormal adventure way!
  All of you are awesome! 
 K
 

Tempering

The strangeness of liberation-
the ending of Hotel California
within the echo made from 
the once sought after. 
Did that which she sought
 existed only off of 
those hollow words that only
 she had time to revamp
and figure out where the race was
being held at 
and how she could find it once again.  

In Celebration of NaNoWriMo

In honor of November 1st and the crazy month long writing fest known as NaNoWriMo, I did some research and pulled together three titles that were birthed out of the writing month. I personally have never been able to reach the 50K requirement, but someday.....

 These titles are awesome, and I was surprised at how many I was familiar with. Go WriMos! 

1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

I actually know exactly where this book is on my library's shelves. I've had my eye on it, as I was reminded of such freakish circuses like those delivered by Ray Bradbury. I must definitely pick it up now that I know it was written by a WriMo.






2. Wool, by Hugh Howey

Maybe it's the fact that it takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting, or the fact that the survivors live in a giant silo (so jealous!). Whatever the reason, this book sounds amazing.








 3.  Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen 


Yes, I have a thing for circuses. This book is on my personal top ten- such a good story, tight narrative that successfully crosses generations, humor laced throughout, along with a dangerous love story.