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.
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