Weekly Newsletter 144: May 10

      The first full week of May kicked me in the teeth. 6 out of 7 days this week I’ve had some sort of chronic pain flare, then an anaphylactic reaction and my husband taking me to the ER Friday night… I’m not a fan of this issues. Life’s shenanigans needs to stop.

Author's Life:

     Before the bad news, some good news! Bella is fully back to normal, and acting like her happy, go lucky sometimes grumpy self. 

      For the bad news: My body has decided it does not like spring. As I said in the introduction 6 of 7 days this week, I had some kind of chronic pain. Whether it was migraine, gastritis (abdominal), or my teeth randomly deciding to hurt for three days. It was hard to concentrate and get work done, but I did manage it! However, I’m starting to get either a sinus infection, horrid allergy flare…

       Narrator: Little did she know that as she was writing this the “allergy flare” would become an anaphylactic reaction to the dreaded marijuana (MJ) that her neighbors have once again started smoking.

      Thank you Narrator 😣. While I was writing that very line about allergies last night, I had an anaphylactic reaction to our apartment neighbors smoking MJ in such a quantity that it permeated our entire apartment, which isn't easy nor have they done so before. Them smoking inside has been a reoccurring issue. This time, my reaction started with a headache as the smoke seeped in through the bathroom, then I felt nauseas, unable to breathe as it entered the living room, and I ended up shaking for over two hours.

      My husband drove me to the ER at about 9:15 last night. The ER doctors weren’t very helpful and thought it was just an allergy/contact high from second hand “use” not a true anaphylactic reaction. After researching the difference, I disagree. I have never had that bad a reaction to it before, and the whole experience was so scary that my husband encouraged me to stay at my parents last night and with my grandparents tonight while the apartment airs out. 🥺 I hate not being at home on the weekends because I miss out on spending time with him, but it’s important for my health to do this. 🥺

     Tomorrow is Mothers’ Day here in the US, and I’m going to church with my grandparents before going out to lunch with them, my parents, and my mom’s parents. I’m hoping that staying away from the apartment for that long will help my body get over the funk.

The work Life:

Writing:

     I’m still finishing up Miseria’s book (Death, Desires, and Inner Demons {2029}) and there was a twist near 93k that I didn’t see coming! Last week it was at 78,540 words, as of writing this last night, it’s at 96,000 exactly. That’s 17,460 words… a lot more than I thought I got! I’m impressed.

Editing:

    Maxine had some technical difficulties last week, due to a hailstorm which messed with their internet, logged her out of word, and deleted all her comments for chunk 3 so she had to start it over. She's hoping to get it to me tonight, so she can start on chunk 4 of 4 for An Angel Falls!

    I now have the proof copy of The Deadly Sirens (April 2026)! I will be red pen editing it… as soon as I finish Miseria’s book.

Beta Readers Wanted!

    I'm looking for at least another 3 Beta readers for An Angel Falls, Sign ups are now open! If you have read books 1-5 or think you can before June 13^th, go check out the info on the Beta Reading page.

Publishing:

Art Feature:

     This week, I made art just for this post. This is Kalista in her home office, which is mentioned in An Angel Ensnared and features in An Angel Falls, but this is from later on in her series after a lot of nonsense. Kalista is in her version of comfy clothes: Her favorite leather corset with a button up shirt overtop and flared leggings underneath. Her hair is also shorter than normal to do shenanigans of her enemies.

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Thanks for reading!

~Jenn (aka Born Angel Author)

Mark Your Calendars:

Created Angel Chronicles: Chaos Theory, book 5

~ ARC sign-ups for Chaos Theory begin: January 1st!

~ February 14th PREORDER for Chaos Theory began and ends March 9^th for hardcovers, and March 15^th for paperback.

~ March 1st: ARCS Sent

~ April 9th, BOOK DAY!

Kalista Chronicles Omnibus, Part 1: The Devil's Daughter

~ January 1st: title Reveal on social media 

~ March 1st: Cover Reveal

~ March 8th eBook Preorder began

~ May 1st Preorder of Signed copies here on the website.⬅️

~ June 8th: BOOK DAY!

The Kalista Chronicles: An Angel Falls, Book 6

~ May 1st Beta signups will open. They close June 8^th.

~ Cover Reveal June 1st!

~ June 13th-July 18 Beta Reading

~ July 31^st Preorders will begin for Kindle versions.

~ August 18th ARC Signups Open.

~ September 1st: Signed Copy preorder starts here on the website.

~ September 30th: ARCS  release.

~ October 31st: BOOK DAY!!!

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