Brief Hiatus Broken! New Poems and Wings of Darkness Release Date!

After a busy conclusion to the spring semester and my reintegration to life at home, I'm back! Not only did God bless me tremendously with good grades and new friends, but summer is here and I couldn't be happier! Now, being home doesn't mean I get to fully relax. Not with a major book-selling venue around the corner and two new releases on the way.

I am happy to announce that Wings of Darkness, the second installment in The Warriors of Aragnar, will be released on eBook and paperback June 9th! (And that's six days after my birthday, would you look at that!) It has gone through the rigorous editing process and is finally ready to be shared with my beloved readers and the world! It certainly is something for me to be excited about.

 I will be selling my book at the Virginia Homeschoolers Convention in June, and I can't wait to be able to meet and talk with some of my readers, as well as aspiring young writers. I love nothing more then encouraging them to write their stories and to never give up.

Quickly arriving after Wings of Darkness will be Dauntless, my poem book that I will be self-publishing through Amazon's Createspace (just when I thought I was done self-publishing!) and it will be available for purchase in the next few months! I already have my cover files completed, and all that is left is the formatting of the poems themselves, which won't take too much time. Between these two books, I have been super busy and productive.

Yes, I do indeed plan on having fun over the summer like a normal human being. It'll just have to be...planned, is all! But I schedule everything and anything as it is, so it won't be too bad. Anyway, instead of reading my incessant ramblings, I will share a new poem with you that I wrote today!

I call this one "Cornerstone", and it is another free verse poem that I wrote today. It focuses on the cry for justice in an unjust world, as well as a call to stand for what we believe in. I hope that you enjoy it!

Cornerstone

All rise to the cry of an unbroken soul

Our hearts beat as one, born and bred for war

Rebellion is sweet when lacking opposition

But the field of conflict is ripe for transition.

Dead eyes blink with unseeing apathy

As a chorus of pleas rise unheard

Will anyone stand against the cull

Of hopeless souls fading to black?

Tear down the haughty banner of comformity

Unity isn't found in a lack of creativity, but

An army where differences are strengths

Is where victory sets fire to whispering lies.

They ask, why pound the drums of war through a pen?

How come peace isn't a commonality in your veins?

I say, why close your eyes to the pain around you?

How come you don't make a stand for something?

Battles are fought when wrong raises its head

Righteous is the cause to bring it to its knees

Anything less is pure cowardice of the fearful

Who would be ignorantly blind then see. 

The Poetry Has Returned! "Embers", and more Dauntless Plans

In the crazy busyness of book releases, approaching finals, and summer plans, I have taken a brief pause to write something new. Poetry is always my go-to form of writing when I have creative busts (and the rare occasion I actually have some free time). So for tonight, I wrote a free-verse style poem that I am titling "Embers". While my poetry is often personal, I wanted to capture my heart in this one, as I hope to place this one in Dauntless!

Speaking of Dauntless, I am hoping for a mid-summer release. It won't take me very long to publish, as all of the content is basically finished. I hope it will be sooner then later, because I'm very excited to release it with you all! For now, I will leave you all with "Embers", enjoy!  

"Embers"

Do you remember sitting beneath a crimson sky? 

Like arrows, the birds flitted through the air with a certain 

Sense of freedom, I longed to fly unhindered with them. 

To be loosed from the captivating tethers of gravity. 

Was it wrong, to wish that I could leave this world behind? 

Not to die, but to spread hope as if it were wings, and 

Shake off the crippling chains of dull mediocrity. 

Could it be possible to see the world through new eyes? 

I had always been a loner, my mind was too vast 

To be understood, my heart full of thunder and storm. 

Hope, like feathers, spread despite doubt’s decay, 

Have I always felt so fierce, even when so alone? 

The sun’s setting grace has faded to tranquil night, and 

Here I sit, in solitary reflection as the stars gleam above. 

Perhaps one day, someone will stop and see the light 

That hides in plain sight behind my electrified heart.