Nananananananana BATMAN!

He's back! I'm really looking forward to Williamson's run and am *so happy* Fear State is done!

Panels from Batman #118 pretty much say it all.

Two Years Later...

(⊙＿⊙') Oh wow! I suppose I call it my "neglected blog" for a reason. But! I'm back! And I have news!

The Children of the Morning Star series is complete! Not only that, but books 1 & 2 have been revamped (ha ha) and the entire series is relaunching October 19, 2021! But what does that mean?

The easy answer? It's the same story with an improved reader experience, beautiful covers, improved blurbs on the back, bonus material, and the conclusion!

The long answer (which, come on, you know is my favorite answer) involves looking back at the history of the series. I wrote "The Arrival" in 2007. Well, technically, I started writing it decades before that, but I digress. I wrote "Confessions of the Second Born" immediately afterword and tinkered in patchworked segments on what would become "Last Born Daughter." In 2008, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. In 2010, I had a major health set back. In 2013, my medical team brought up disability and I began amending the schedules and duties of my job. I stopped tinkering with Book 3. In 2014, I could no longer work and had to leave a job that I loved. In 2015, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had a double mastectomy. I had right heart failure. I endured multiple surgeries and much pain throughout 2016. In 2019, I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type III. In 2019, I also became immuno-compromised and began living a life with masks and sanitizer, avoiding crowds, and steering clear of all sickness whenever possible. That should be fairly familiar to everyone by now. ;)

Amidst all the cancer stuff, I'd curl up on my bathroom floor and just cry. And since it was breast cancer and your chest tends to heave when you cry, it hurt. A Lot. I needed a win. I published "The Arrival" in 2017. As you can see, life didn't get easier. I published "Confessions" in 2018 to make my own happiness and began working on Book 3 again. In 2020, I published Book 3, "Last Born Daughter." And now, in 2021, I've completed the series with Book 4, "Eternal Light Descendant." Writing was (is) cathartic and a welcome exercise by my providers as stress relief and an escape from a painful body.

So, what prompted the rewrites and revisions? Honestly? Feedback, honest reviews, and my personal growth as an author. "The Arrival" read like a debut author searching for her voice. "Confessions" was better, but contained a bit of eye-glazing repetition. "Last Born Daughter" was amazing and helped me see the possibilities of putting in more effort (not that I was lazy about it before). I'd learned a lot and grown as a writer and reader, and I found my voice! I'd published the first two books as a hobby and I really wanted to go back and add my current voice, make them all "sound" the same and look the same. To fix the issues and redundancy. So I did. And it wasn't easy. Or stress-free.

"The Arrival" was heavily revised and rewritten to include flashbacks in line with the other 3 books. It is now called "The Arrival Reawakened" and the feedback has been great! Bonus content includes a deleted scene and a new character scene.

"Confessions of the Second Born" was heavily edited and cut down by thousands of words. It includes bonus material: Interviews with an Unwilling Vampire.

"Last Born Daughter" remains largely unchanged with only a few additions that tie in closer to the finale. It features an updated Bonus Chapter that previews the first part of the finale's first chapter.

"Eternal Light Descendant" is the brand new finale. The End. ^_^

The first three books are linked to the originals on GoodReads as Revised Editions and the final book is also there awaiting its first review! All books are available anywhere books are sold. The older versions are still out there, so I urge you to look for the revised editions for the best reading experience, but really, the story itself has not changed. Thank you to everyone who's been on this journey with me! It's bittersweet to see "The End" in text at long last.