Weekly Newsletter 184: Feb 14

Published on 14 February 2026 at 00:02

💗Valentine's Day...💗

      It’s that time of year again, the time of year to celebrate your relationship status with your partner, or your single friends. Why? Commercialism. Anyhow, I’m not doing anything besides reading this weekend... because I'm still sick.


The October Header described below the picture

So, I lied. I wanted to change things up. Here we have Discord, Max, and Chaos... If you wanna know more, pre-order Deadly Sirens.


Author's Life:

      No surprise there. I had a head cold last week due to lack of sleep and all of Dale’s coworkers being sick, but I got hit with a double whammy. First was the 24-48 hour flu Saturday-Monday, then a head cold settled in Monday/Tuesday, Thursday it migrated down into my chest, so I went the to the Doctor’s Friday.

      I have an upper respiratory infection and got antibiotics, so hoping I can kick it this week. So, today, I’m relaxing at home with my husband and reading the newest Carly Spade novel “Faeries & Frost which is the 2nd of her new series, the Mythical Mates of Arcane Cove series. I’ll probably devour it just like I did book 1, “Witches & Wine.” Carly is a gem and one of my favorite authors, go check out her website!


Sylvie, the Fae, & Jack... Frost

Chelsea & Dion


Special Request/News:

     Also, Matt (My manager/Emotional Support Australian) had an angiogram on Friday, because his doctor was a bit worried about some markers he saw on some tests. Turns out he's had a "silent heart attack" at one point and now needs some clean up work. He has to travel 2 hours to have open heart surgery on the 26th with admission the 25th. He'll be there for a bit, so please keep him in your thoughts and prayers... as well as me, cause I'm gonna be left Unsupervised... 😱


The work Life:

Writing:

      This week, BALLAD OF THE WINGED WRATH went from 52,285 to 64,500! Not bad for being sick and working on the book covers this week. I made the cover of it and the sequel DIRGE OF THE BETRAYED this week. I can't show them off in full, but the feral goblin artist in me wanted to give a lil sneak peak so here you go... (see picture)

     I wrote the "betrayal scene" for BALLAD and instead of getting sad and mopey, Aleta was enraged and is planning her revenge… Sounds about right for the Angel of Judgement, Vengeance, and Wrath.

Total word count for the week:
12,215 words


Editing:

      Editing is a slog right now with brain fog and inability to focus on book without falling asleep. I’ve managed to do almost a full chapter of AN ANGEL ENRAGED yesterday while waiting on the doc and for dinner... 0 for FATED ANGEL between the sickness, sleep issues, and Matt’s medical appointments and our being mutually worried, we’ve not been able to get anything done.


Publishing News:

✨Beta Reading Begins!✨

     BETA READING FOR COOKIES & RAGE STARTED YESTERDAY!!! We’re having a bit of a slow start due to having to switch from Discord to Root app, since Discord is now using more AI features and having age verification bullshit, besides making dumb decisions and focusing more on the teenage bracket, which is just begging for a lawsuit.

     Anyway! 1 of 12 have already finished and submitted their survey... (It was Matt, he was on top of it. It was a good distraction)


🌙 Deadly Sirens Pre-order🌙

A special Thank you to Aunt Denise for being my first preorder again! 💗


Art Feature:

     Given that it is Valentine’s Day, and I’ve been working on book cover art that I can’t show you yet, I’m going to drop this adorable picture of Kalista and Beryx, my OTP (One True Pairing), and my favorite couple to date in the Born Angel Universe. Yes, his hand in on her chest. No, I will not be taking questions or criticism. It's their thing. 😜


    The Drascul Family all in a row for a family portrait

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    Thanks for reading!

    ~Jenn (aka Born Angel Author)


    Mark Your 2026 Calendar: 4 books!

     ~ January 1st: C🍪🍪KIES & R🤬GE Cover Reveal!

     ~ January 24th: DEADLY SIRENS Preorder drops here and across all platforms!

    👉🏻February 13th to March 20th: Beta Reading for C🍪🍪KIES & R🤬GE

     ~ March 1: ARCs for DEADLY SIRENS go out.

     ~ April 9th: DEADLY SIRENS Release day!

     ~ May 1st: ARC Signups for C🍪🍪KIES & R🤬GE begins!

     ~ May 8th: Beta Signups for AN ANGEL ENRAGED (Kali book 7) drop 

     ~ June 1st: ARC's for C🍪🍪KIES & R🤬GE go out!

     ~ June 12th to July 17th: Beta reading AN ANGEL ENRAGED.

     ~ July 20th: C🍪🍪KIES & R🤬GE RELEASE DAY!

     ~ August 1st: AN ANGEL ENRAGED Arc Signups open and THE FATED ANGEL beta reading sign ups.

     ~ August 15th: Preorder for AN ANGEL ENRAGED begins!

     ~ September 4th: AN ANGEL ENRAGED ARCS go out!

     ~ September 11th - October 16th: Beta Reading THE FATED ANGEL!

     ~ October 31st: AN ANGEL ENRAGED Release Day!

     ~ November 13th: Cover Reveal THE FATED ANGEL!


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