Tuesday, February 25, 2020

If You Like "The O.A." You Might like My Novel (spoilers for the show—not my novel)

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promotional imagery from The O.A. found via google

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Follow Me: Tattered Veils wide image art work created by Jake @ J Caleb Designs



This is part of my Honest Comparison series.  Hopefully, it helps you decide if my novel might be something you'd enjoy reading.  Thanks for tuning in!.

The O.A. : A Netflix show featuring a female protagonist who disappeared years ago and when she resurfaces, the once blind woman can see.  Prairie, now referring to herself as the O.A. has been through something traumatic, but she won’t share with the FBI or her adopted family.  Instead, she recruits four highschool students and a teacher whom she tells her story to and asks they help her save four other captives she left behind.  Teeming with supernatural, scifi, and fantasy elements, the show is a slow burning mystery told at the survivor’s pace.

What does this series and Follow Me: Tattered Veils share? 

Follow Me: Tattered Veils and The O.A. season one share a slow burn full of tension.  Both stories unfold at the protagonist’s pace instead of the viewer’s desired speed or the speed the surrounding cast may prefer.  The O.A. and Roxi make readers wait for it, but the release is all the sweeter because of the building.

Both the O.A. and Roxi have spiritual and esoteric knowledge the world around them doesn’t value.  As their respective stories unfold, their knowledge gains value, and becomes the key to their ability to survive their situations.  

Both The O.A. and Roxi share stories of strife and survival against all odds.  Their antagonists have an insidious obsession with them and even when they break free of these men’s power, the men refuse to leave them alone.  Questions of stalking, possession, and the toxicity of the male gaze are rife in the narrative.

Lastly both stories use established myth as a connecting foundation.  Even though views consider these myths and not truths in their lives, the audiences' familiarity with the original myth helps to build credibility and a sense of realism to the experiences the O.A. and Roxi go through.  Like an urban legend one might debate the validity of because a cousin's friend once said something like that happened to them, these old myths help ground the fantastic and bring it into the realm of possible.   The O.A. uses angelic myths and after life experience stories to weave it’s narrative.  Follow Me: Tattered Veils uses a collection of Italian, Greek, and Irish mythology to grow its own story.

Did you love The O.A.?  Were any of these elements you loved?  If so consider picking up Follow Me: Tattered Veils.

Still unsure about purchasing my novel? Check out  Lost Girl Comparison and American Gods Comparison for more context.

Looking for more posts about the writing and publishing process?  Check out more posts on my novel publication process: Going Through Copy Edits, 1st Daft vs 2nd Draft, Goal Planning: Getting Through the First Draft, My Character Looks Nothing Like My MC, Cover Art: Turth in Advertising, and Post Book Launch: Reflections.  

Want to know more about my novel?  Check out my childhood stories recapping themes in my life I hope prepared me to write this book: Remember the Magic of Santa?, Closet Monsters: Gone too Far?, and Garden Gnomes and other Evils.

Need an introduction to Roxi Starr? Here's her performing an Imbolc ritual to help whet some appetites.


MY BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT AMAZON!!!  Please go look at "Follow Me: Tattered Veils" and see if it might be a story that interests you.

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

4 Ways I Use Sigils as a Writer

sigil for my word of the year "Manifest"


While sigils have different uses historically, here we’re considering them symbols that represent another word or phrase.  They embody a whole string of words or ideas in a more simplistic way.  

The writer in me loves dead languages, codes, and creating whole cloth new words/ideas.  It’s little wonder sigils have lasting appeal.  Today I will cover 4 ways I use sigils to help me write.   

1. I make sigils for my book titles (and working book titles) and it helps me get into the atmosphere of my books.  So “Follow Me: Tattered Veils” is a mouthful, and its acronym FMTV feels ugly, plus the TV reminds me of television and I HATE that.  So instead, I use a sigil for the book.  Since I created the sigil, something about its flow and design helps me feel more true to the contents of the book.  It looks like this:  



2. I make sigils for characters in my books.  I’m not an artist.  I make mediocre chibis sometimes, but nothing I’d share or want to represent my written ideas.  You can make a collection of lines that look cool with little skill or time.  So I collect the character’s name and defining traits and make a sigil from that, which represent the character in my outlines.  

3.  Sometimes I use sigils to refer to spoilers or different endings.  Here’s the paranoid writer in me.  I don’t like for people to see what I’m working on until I’m ready.  Sometimes I use sigils to further obscure what I’m working on in case there is a casual person looking over my shoulder (my husband and I KNOW he doesn’t care, but I don’t want him to read even a stray word).  But the symbols take on their own emotional resonance.  They can help color the events of a story with their curves and points before I even write the scene. 

4. Sigils can be motivational.  I made a sigil out of my writers’ goals for the year and I look at them/doodle them just whenever.  I reinforce those commitments and sometimes drives me back to them when I was clowning around.

Did you enjoy this post and want more sigil goodness?  Check out An Urban Fantasy Writer's Toolkit: Sigils

Looking for more posts about the writing and publishing process?  Check out more posts on my novel publication process: Going Through Copy Edits, 1st Daft vs 2nd Draft, Goal Planning: Getting Through the First Draft, My Character Looks Nothing Like My MC, Cover Art: Truth in Advertising, and Post Book Launch: Reflections.  

Want to know more about my novel?  Check out my childhood stories recapping themes in my life I hope prepared me to write this book: Remember the Magic of Santa?, Closet Monsters: Gone too Far?, and Garden Gnomes and other Evils.

OR check out my series where I find similarities between my novel and other popular media.  Hopefully it gives you a better idea whether there are elements in my book you may enjoy. Lost Girl Comparison, American Gods Comparison, and The O.A. Comparison.

MY BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT AMAZON!!!  Please go look at "Follow Me: Tattered Veils" and see if it might be a story that interests you.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

If You Like "American Gods" You Might like My Novel (mild spoilers for the book/show—not my novel)

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Original American Gods book cover.

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Follow Me: Tattered Veils wide image art work created by Jake @ J Caleb Designs


This is part of my Honest Comparison series.  Hopefully, it helps you decide if my novel might be something you'd enjoy reading.  Thanks for tuning in!.

American Gods: is a novel by Neil Gaiman that's seeing a resurgence in popularity as a Starz TV show based on the book just finished its second season.  The basic premise Shadow, upon his release from prison, agrees to work as a bodyguard to Mr. Wednesday.  The two go on a road trip recruiting various associates of Mr. Wednesday.  A bunch of stuff happens that I would spoil if I went any further.  It’s a great supernatural/fantasy hybrid story that incorporates many kinds of storytelling.

What does this series and Follow Me: Tattered Veils share? 

One element both this story and mine have in common is that the magical/supernatural world intertwines with the mundane world readers know.  It’s happening next to us non-magical people and we’re just not looking at it.

In American Gods, gods and mythical creatures are just chilling on the human plane, working mundane jobs, and interacting with humans as they feel is best for their survival.  The inhuman beings in Follow Me: Tattered Veils are like that too.  They show up and bless or curse humans as they feel appropriate.  And just because the characters’ have ended the summoning or the ritual, doesn’t mean the beings they called have left.

American Gods uses real road trip landmarks as mystical energy centric places for gods and supernatural creatures to gather.  Since these places are real, readers can create their own American Gods style road trip if they desire, but it also helps to ground some more fantastic elements of the narrative in the real world.  I went to Rock City because of how it’s featured in American Gods and how I experienced that place was impacted by Gaiman’s description.  I’m aspiring to do the same for a few locations in Huntsville, Alabama.  

The characters in American Gods and Follow Me: Tattered Veils have critical flaws.  Sometimes the characters are down right unlikable.  What drives a reader to keep going is how interesting they are, it's a different type of charisma.  No one wants to sit down and have a beer with them, but they might be curious to see what the next move is anyway.  

While never intended for this use, American Gods comes up a lot in American pagan discussions.  There are a subset of polytheistic pagans in America who wonder what gods to honor.  We don't have ancient land gods like our European cousins (we do, they are Native American deities but there is a whole side discussion over whether we should/can honor these gods and which gods apply to which territory/how we would verify this info with the still living Native peoples).  I can't tell you how often "This is a bad land for gods," was quoted in a forum.  While not a religious or theological texts, American Gods creates a jumping off point to start discussing what it would mean if there were multiple gods, if those gods had limited powers, and if those gods had a fluctuating morality.  

Follow Me: Tattered Veils is a smaller, more personal story.  It doesn't discuss the nature of gods and how they may exist in a non native landscape.  Instead it tackles one woman modernizing an older practice to suit her lifestyle and it further tackles what happens when myths and legends are real and interacting with each other in the real world.  I don't expect it to be an intro to paganism, but I do think it may open a conversation up on many magic and legend based topics.

Did you love American Gods?    Have you read the book, watched the show, or both?  Do you like the book or the show better? Were any of these elements parts you loved?  If so consider picking up Follow Me: Tattered Veils when it releases in February.  Check out my website jessicadonegan.com for more details.

Haven't read American Gods yet but want to now?  Check it out at Amazon.  Looking for the show?  Look here.

Still undecided on whether you want to give my novel a chance? There's more stuff to help you! Check out:  Lost Girl Comparison and The O.A. Comparison.

Looking for more posts about the writing and publishing process?  Check out more posts on my novel publication process: Going Through Copy Edits, 1st Daft vs 2nd Draft, Goal Planning: Getting Through the First Draft, My Character Looks Nothing Like My MC, Cover Art: Turth in Advertising, and Post Book Launch: Reflections.  

Want to know more about my novel?  Check out my childhood stories recapping themes in my life I hope prepared me to write this book: Remember the Magic of Santa?, Closet Monsters: Gone too Far?, and Garden Gnomes and other Evils.

Need an introduction to Roxi Starr? Here's her performing an Imbolc ritual to help whet some appetites.


MY BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT AMAZON!!!  Please go look at "Follow Me: Tattered Veils" and see if it might be a story that interests you.

And for updates please check out jessicadonegan.com and subscribe.

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

The Character On The Cover Looks Nothing Like The MC!


image by J. Caleb Design all rights are mine


The Roxi on the cover of my novel doesn’t match how I describe Roxi in the book.  Today I will go through the differences and explain how they came about.  

Spoiler alert, it has NOTHING to do with my cover artist.  J. Caleb Design did amazing work.  He is patient, open, and easy to work with.  He would have adjusted whatever I wanted and made it look good.


1. Roxi has blue eyes on the cover and brown in the book.— blue eye color pops with the background and brown doesn’t, yeah it’s that simple.
2. Roxi has tattoos on her chest, while book Roxi only has tattoos on her arm, shoulder and back.—Roxi is wearing a cool jacket and the only way to communicate her tattoos from this pose was to have put them on her chest.  Yes, I could have asked for another pose or outfit, but the whole appearance seemed fitting and I didn’t want to make major changes to artwork that was working.  Anyone who’s tried to get cover art knows sometimes changing the smallest thing ruins it and can leave you feeling "how do I to fix it?”
3. Roxi’s tattoos are draw in black line work on the cover but in the book they have full color descriptions—The black line work stands out as color would not in this cover.  I suppose I could have used a dark background and brightened Roxi’s image with color tattoos, but it would have messed with how the title and my author name pop, and it was just cleaner to suggest the true nature of her tats over showing it.  
4. Roxi’s hair is shorter on the cover vs the book description—I tried a character with longer hair, it took away from the sense of movement this character has AND it made Roxi look unapproachable, which is something she may desire but is not a great look for a main character to sport on a cover.  I kinda loved that cover design but EVERYONE else HATED Roxi and found her unapproachable in that character design… I learned a lot about me and my internal perspectives in this process.
5. The bridge Roxi’s walking over is a real place (Big Spring Park’s Japanese Friendship bridge) and it has railing—Again tried a cover with a railing, it was cool but too busy.  Put emphasis back on Roxi by lowering the bridge.
Overall, I think my cover captures the spirit of the book, even if it lacks a photo realistic representation of its contents.  What do you think?  Should I have made Roxi’s image match my descriptions?  Do you like the cover, or would you have gone a different way?  Should Roxi even be on the cover?

Hungry for more book cover content?  Check out Cover Art: Truth in Advertising? where I explore  more general reasons the cover may not match the book.  

Looking for more posts about the writing and publishing process?  Check out more posts on my novel publication process: Going Through Copy Edits, 1st Daft vs 2nd Draft, Goal Planning: Getting Through the First Draft, and Post Book Launch: Reflections.  

Want to know more about my novel?  Check out my childhood stories recapping themes in my life I hope prepared me to write this book: Remember the Magic of Santa?, Closet Monsters: Gone too Far?, and Garden Gnomes and other Evils.

OR check out my series where I find similarities between my novel and other popular media.  Hopefully it gives you a better idea whether there are elements in my book you may enjoy. Lost Girl Comparison, American Gods Comparison, and The O.A. Comparison.

I have an extra out on my blog too. See Roxi perform an Imbolc Ritual and get a little extrai "Follow Me: Tattered Veils" flavor.

MY BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT AMAZON!!!  Please go look at "Follow Me: Tattered Veils" and see if it might be a story that interests you.

And for updates please check out jessicadonegan.com and subscribe.

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Roxi's Imbolc

  
Snopdrop flower found through pubaicdomainvectors.org

Below is an Imbolc Celebration as my main character Roxi from "Follow Me: Tattered Veils" may celebrate the day.  It's a fun little extra and I hope it helps introduce readers to Roxi before the release of my novel.  Feel free to look at a full summary of "Follow Me: Tattered Veils" here.  And feel free to pick up a copy of my book at Amazon.
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Roxi wakes up an hour before dawn to prepare her shrines.  The coffee table holds her ceremonial tools including a pomegranate and a stone to honor Persephone.  Roxi lights a small fresh votive and picks up the pomegranate.  Deep breathe in and Roxi closes her eyes and feels the fruit’s thick skin.  It’s firm, free of the mushy bruises that mark so many others.  Red-pink skin feels smooth and subtle under Roxi’s fingers, there’s something rich and compelling with its color and texture.  Roxi imagines goddess Persephone cradling a fruit just like this.  Deep within Hades, what did this deep color mean to her?  Deep red like blood and a living fruit like those her mother Demeter tended—did it remind Persphone of the life on the surface Hades stole her from?  Did she think the servant boy offering it to her, handed her comfort?  The Pomegranate is so large, Roxi needs both hands to hold it and she wonders if Persphone’s perspective mirrored her own.      

Roxi cuts into its skin to reveal the white waxy flesh hiding below the surface.  Blood and bone have such strong grave connotations Roxi wonders how Persephone missed them.  

But then, blood and bone also connect us to life, to this material world.  Perhaps Persephone has spent so much time with immaterial spirits she was relieved to know something of the physical world again.

 It takes care to peel away the skin, protecting the fragile seeds like foam egg crates do precious cargo, but Roxi plucks the seeds out whole and undamaged.  She admires the transparent ruby shine each seed holds.  Its own little world.  Which ones would grow and which would rot?  Infinite possibilities at this phase.  

The red pill.  No going back from here.

Half of the seeds go onto a metal leaf offering plate with a handful of almonds.  Roxi keeps the other half in a wooden bowl in front of her.  

“For you, my  kindred, let’s travel together.  We knew darkness and limbo.  Sat in the spirit realm, in a state beyond time and touch.  But now it’s time to ascend: to know rebirth.  Even as we eat the fruit of death, let’s celebrate it richness.  It has a bright surprising tang on our tongue.  Instead of looking at shadows, let’s see the natural cycle as it is, and death is a necessary step to all life. The wheel with turn and with it, we will have to face our end.  But today is for new beginnings.  I offer almonds to celebrate our freedom, maybe enjoy the warm sun on our faces and cooling rain that will run through our hair,” Roxi prays.  

She eats her meal cross legged on the floor.  The room is dark, lit only by a single votive candle.  Roxi feels the energy build alone with the small light.  She imagines herself next to Persephone in Hades, shrouded in darkness and fog, the votive mimics the sun slipping over the horizon.  It guides her through a jagged path to the surface.  Roxi like Persephone, waits for the sun to rise and lead her back to the mortal realm.

Outside, Roxi hears the loud songs of returning songbirds.  For the moment she tries to keep her mind focused on the dark and the pomegranate seeds.  These are her last moments living in quiet reflection.  In only minutes now, she will change.  Her life restarts and instead of tarot readings and long nights reflecting on the past year, Roxi will turn her face to the sun, taking action, and filling her life with all her favorite activities.  The very prospect thrills Roxi and sends rushing bolts of energy through her.  She might need to time to process her life and plan, but she is not by nature one for self reflection.  If she had her way, Roxi would leap full force from project to project and never look back at the destruction and chaos she leaves strewn behind her.

Roxi rises and head to her fridge.  She’s kept a wreathe of fresh narcissus and lilies for the occasion.  Roxi adorns Persephone’s statue with the wreathe.  

“Welcome back to the light and the world of the living.  Let these flowers, at their height of vitality inspire you to new heights of exploration and joy,” Roxi says.  

She lights a lavender pillar candle near the statue.  She dips her fingers in a bowl of fresh olive oil.  Roxi anoints the statue’s forehead and lips.  She feels energy swirl and tingle around her.  Roxi visualizes the power filling her and helping her “grow” roots down to the earth below.  The energy settles around her statue of Persephone and Roxi knows the goddess accepts her offering and will remain close to her for another spring.  She smiles despite how serious the moment should be.  Knowing she’s connected with the young goddess and renewed their standing contract, brings too much pleasure for her hold it all in, even if there’s also a weight of obligation that comes from working with any deity.  Enshrined in energy and the “proof” of her own faith, Roxi feels the world re-awaken around her.  She opens her arms in welcome as she envisions crocuses budding and robins foraging on her lawn.

“Demeter greets you in joy and love.  With you comes her kindness.  She softens and warms the soil so your bare feet make walk the earth in comfort.  Return to the land and grow in light and love,”   Roxi prays.  

This is the last day this statue will reside in her center table.  Tomorrow Roxi will break down the little shrine and the Persephone statue will return to its top corner in her hutch in the study.  Another deity will take over Roxi’s central worship.  She’s still uncertain what will call her next. 

Roxi walks back toward her kitchen, to the sun room, and out her sliding door to the outside.  It’s too cold for Roxi to be barefoot in short sleeves, yoga pants, and a pastel wrap, but her traditions require it.  She shivers as her feet numb from the chill of the cement.  One deep breathe in and another out.  Roxi refuses to shiver, if she starts, she’ll never stop.  Her hands have to be steady for the rest of her ritual work. 

Candles cover the outdoor seating area.  Roxi’s pots with narcissus and crocuses are out and exposed to the chill air. She’s been growing in the study, so no matter the weather, they’d be ready for her Imbolc ritual.  Budding but not in bloom, Roxi wants them to linger in early growth until the Spring Equinox.  Some of them will flower early but Roxi’s picked a bulb plant that blooms 2-5 weeks after it buds, so she imagines some of them will flower just in time to greet spring.  It brings her a bubble of pride to see all her planning come together for her holidays.  Life on earth may have happened by a divine cosmic accident, but that’s all the more reason to celebrate the natural ebb and flow.  Isn’t it miraculous there’s any life to celebrate, let alone such a vibrant one?  And humans, so removed from natural cycles, need to plan more than most creatures if they want to return to that nature.  Roxi’s made the effort.

On her third breathe in, Roxi turns to the east.  Her fence is too tall for her see the sunrise, so she has to imagine the rising sun.  She pictures a flat endless horizon where the flaming sun peaks over the dead brown grass.  She pictures in her mind’s eye how this is the beginning.  The earth is still in slumber with all the green in deep hibernation.  The days are too short and the weather is still harsh, but the sun is rising and dawn is coming earlier and earlier.  The golden warmth is chasing the chill of winter.  The grass may feel frail and contain an almost uniform dead brown coloration but deep searching will show strands of green fighting through to the light.  The gray clouds shouldn’t be discounted as a depressing veil, instead Roxi must consider the hydrating rain that falls from those heavy clouds.  Soon enough the rain will end and Roxi can dance below azure skies.  Alabama is a lush wild green with vines that weave and snake through each other competing for attention, space, and resources.  Roxi feels the power of this time marching to the forefront and pulling her along in its wake. This sunrise is like the very beginning of a tide coming in.  

Roxi walks around her patio lighting every candle and outdoor torch.  It floods the area with light, mimicking the light the sun will soon raise across the land.  Roxi takes blessed water and sprinkles it over each narcissus and crocus.  She moves one arm to form a pentacle blessing over each pot.   

While this is a greeting of the sun and Catha, a sun goddess would be a natural choice for this celebration, Roxi shies from her.  She is pledged to Artemis, a Goddess of the moon and hunting, leaves her wary of celebrating the daylight too strongly.  Instead, Roxi calls on Menfra, a goddess of dawn, dusk, craft, and industry to celebrate the coming dawn and her a period of her life meant to focus on refining her skills and talents.  

“Menfra, welcome this world and bring your warmth earlier each morning while you bear the darkness later in the evening.  Bless us with plentiful materials to inspire great personal and natural growth.  You lead us to light and to our passions.  May you illuminate a rich and meaningful path for me in this new year,” Roxi prays.   

She picks a hammer decorated in lavender and cream colored ribbons along with a large iron ceremonial nail arranged on a nearby table for her.  Roxi walks through her garden and to her fence.  In the back most eastern corner is a fence post with a new nail added in each year.  

“With this act, may I nail in a year full of vibrant new challenges, joy and growth.  May my fortune be filled with deep experiences and rich in meaning.  Let my path be clear and continue to take me where my gods wish me to go,” Roxi beseeches.  She places the nail on the post and hammers it in.  She pictures a silver sparkling waif-like hand or Nortia, the Goddess of fortune, holding the nail with her.  Instead of holding the hammer in her other hand, Nortia holds a shimmering multicolored long cloth.  Below Nortia’s hold it flows on as far Roxi’s eye can see and it squirms and struggles.  Its colors, shape, and size shift in a way that makes Roxi dizzy.  Where Nortia holds this fabric, the bright colors remain steady, and it is as stationary as a rock.  She shows no effort in holding down fate, even though the riotous colors splayed beyond her reach fluctuate in such extremes Roxi can barely make out any element from one moment to moment.  With Nortia’s help, Roxi knows her nail will hammer in her own fate for this year.  

When Roxi is done with her work, she sends a silent thanks to Nortia.  The natural light is strong now so Roxi bids a silent farewell to Menfra.    Dawn is past, and it’s time to move on.  

Roxi moves to her kitchen and a small shrine on her high top against the wall.  Against the wall is a traditional picture of Columbia in her American flag gown and a star studded Phrygian cap.  Below is a small flag on a stand, an incense holder and several local rocks and seed pods.  Roxi lights a new large pillar candle below the painting.  She takes a fresh incense stick scented in fresh orange blossom, almonds, and ginger.  It invites the senses into the coming spring while grounding the smell with earthy textures meant to remind Roxi that spring is coming but that she is still transitioning in from the cold still winter.  

She walks through every boundary and area of the house with the lit incense.  She breathes the scent as it blesses every small nook and space in her home.  Roxi can feel her home’s blessing and protections revive under its touch.  In Spring Equinox Roxi will strengthen and reset her home’s protections and welcome, but feeling its soft glow still strong and ready makes her feel safe in her home and her life.

The rest of Roxi’s day is dedicated to blessing areas of her garden and pruning the beds.  She’ll pull weeds and cut back what’s over grown, mixing action with prayer.  It’s not enough to believe, right action above right thought. 

Roxi will be dirty and hungry come mid-afternoon.  She’ll shower, using an orange ginger body scrub.  Finally warm again after long hours in the cold February air.  She’ll hum “The Mummer’s dance” as she steeps tea and begins baking bread. The candles will have burnt out, but Roxi’s purpose will burn bright within her.  As promised, Roxi’s house will be full of industry as she transitions from a period of reflection to action.  

The bread, first of this year, will go to those less fortunate.  Roxi donates it to a local shelter, but she’ll save a few loaves for herself and another for her gods.  Next week she will head to Big Spring Park where she can honor her local land god in their chosen place.

It may make her a bad follower of Artemis, but this is Roxi’s favorite time of year.  She loves stepping out of long dark nights into a fresh dawn.  There’s so much promise in these early days, and the nights are long enough to still surround her future in dark mystery that keeps Roxi curious and pushing for more.  

The potential is always more interesting than the reality, but it’s nice to live in hope.

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Still undecided on whether to purchase my book?  Check out what it shares with these popular shows, movies and books:  Lost Girl, American Gods, and The O.A..

Need something more personal?  Check out some childhood stories and how I inter grated those element of my life into my novel: Remember the Magic of Santa?, Closet Monsters: Gone too Far?, and Garden Gnomes and other Evils.

Looking for more posts about the writing and publishing process?  Check out more posts on my novel publication process: Going Through Copy Edits, 1st Daft vs 2nd Draft, Goal Planning: Getting Through the First Draft, My Character Looks Nothing Like My MC, Cover Art: Turth in Advertising, and Post Book Launch: Reflections.  


MY BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT AMAZON!!!  Please go look at "Follow Me: Tattered Veils" and see if it might be a story that interests you.

And for updates please check out jessicadonegan.com and subscribe.