So, I've been a bit absent from the Blogging community for the past few months. As some of you may be aware, I've spent the last 18 months writing and editing my first Novel. It was a real labour of love and about 7+ years in development.
Right from a young age, I've always loved writing. Creating my own characters and worlds. I remember when my younger sister was roughly 5 years old, I created her several books based on her and her favourite teddy getting up to also sorts of adventures complete with quirky illustrations. They visited the moon, they went undersea...I loved every aspect of writng.
My much missed and dearly loved Auntie Julie always told me to beliee in myself and that one day I'd make it, oe day I'd be published. Self-Confidence is not something I have an abundance of, so when I set about putting pen to paper late 2016 I didn't have any plans to publish. Fast forward to November 2017 and I took part in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). The overall aim from NaNoWriMo is that by the end of November you have at least a 50,000 word manuscript. The sense of accomplishment I felt at completing the challenge and receiving my certificate was enough to give me a much needed confidence boost, so I started sharing tiny excerpts of my work across social media and was met with praise, people wanted to read more!
Fast forward to June of this year and finally after months of editing and getting my novel Beta read, I was finally ready to bite the bullet and Publish. I chose to self publish via Amazon, more specifically through their KDP services. This meant that I retained all rights and control over all aspects of my novel, I handpicked the text, the format and the cover, I chose the release date, set a price and offered my novel as both a Paperback and an Ebook.
So, without further ado here is my Novel: Cherry Nova
Synopsis:
Set in Victorian London, Cherry Nova follows the story of a young Woman, who awakens in a grim hotel room with no recollection of who she is and how she got there. With her life seemingly erased, she sets out on a journey of self discovery, fuelled by an overbearing blood lust that leads her down an unknown path. She soon realises though, that not all lovers love you, not all enemies are evil and that you can't always trust the person staring back at you in the mirror. Magic, Mythology, Secrets and Lies all intertwine themselves around her newly carved out existence, but you can't run from the past no matter how hard you try. Your sin will always boomerang back to you. Monsters are real, afterall, she should know - She's one of the.
Contains adult themes including Sex, Drug Use, Profanity and Violence.
Cherry Nova is Book 1 in The Chronicles of Nova Morgan Trilogy and part of a 5 book series.
I utilised my own mental health struggles to hopefully create real, raw and flawed characters, I wanted them to make mistakes and fuck up, I want the readers to get frustrated at times. I didn't want cliched Vampires or Perfect characters, I wanted to create people who the readers can identify with, because perfection doesn't exist.
My own demons and struggles and life experiences have been woven into the characters, and it's been an absolute journey and a half creating this whole new world.
So far reviews have been fairly positive, I knew when I started writing this Novel that it wouldn't be to everybodies taste, and that's fine.
If you wanted to support a new Indie Author then you can purchase Cherry Nova on Amazon, it's available as a Paperback and an Ebook and is also available with Kindle Direct.
I hope you enjoy Nova's story and want to follow it through to the end, becuase trust me, big things are coming her way.
Kelly x
