Hey y'all! So glad you're here.
As I mentioned in my introduction post, I'm starting a five part ebook series. It will be titled The Damaged Goods Series and I plan to have the first installment published on Amazon by the end of the year (fingers crossed). So today I wanted to give y'all a brief synopsis of the series as well as some of my motivations behind writing it.
A lot of the things I'll be talking about in the book I have experienced myself. This series is will actually be a fictionalized memoir of some sorts. How much will be real or made up, only I will know. I've felt like I had a story to tell for a long time and I just wanted to be able to share it with whoever would listen. I don't know who will read my books, if anyone at all, but I will still write them as a means of therapy to myself. I will use this series to facilitate and continue my emotional and mental healing from my personal traumas. But one of my greatest inspirations of all is that I've wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember. One Christmas, my mom bought me a Little Golden Book that was blank. I wrote and illustrated my first book: it was a story about rabbits. Do I remember the actually plot? Hell no, I was six years old, but the memory and the feeling of satisfaction stayed with me even up until now. I attempted writing a book in middle school, but through a chain of events similar to what Azra faced, I lost my drive and never completed it. So this is my second chance at one of my life long dreams, as well as a major goal to myself.
Remember: forgive yourself first! You are allowed to be a work of art and work in progress at the same time!
As I mentioned in my introduction post, I'm starting a five part ebook series. It will be titled The Damaged Goods Series and I plan to have the first installment published on Amazon by the end of the year (fingers crossed). So today I wanted to give y'all a brief synopsis of the series as well as some of my motivations behind writing it.
Series Overview
The series is made up of five different books, each of which chronologically covers various time periods of the main character and protagonist, Azra. The first book is titled Untouched and this is where we are introduced to Azra and one of the main antagonist Juwuan. It serves mostly as a prolonged exposition, but it establishes some of the overarching internal conflicts that she will battle throughout the series. The next book is titled Sweet Sixteen and this is where most of Azra's character development really starts. In an attempt to find love, she meets a lot of new people who steer her towards a life of shame, disgust, and self hate. The third book, Sunken, is the nadir of Azra's plight and she attempts suicide. Her attempt fails and she is left in a pit of despair and sadness. She then meets Jamal in the fourth book titled The Don and he appears to be her Prince Charming as he is able to release her from the curse on her life. But she soon learns everything that glitters isn't gold. In the final installment, titled Twentysomething, she's back at square one and has to learn the importance of self love and forgiveness. |
| Possible cover art for Untouched |
A lot of the things I'll be talking about in the book I have experienced myself. This series is will actually be a fictionalized memoir of some sorts. How much will be real or made up, only I will know. I've felt like I had a story to tell for a long time and I just wanted to be able to share it with whoever would listen. I don't know who will read my books, if anyone at all, but I will still write them as a means of therapy to myself. I will use this series to facilitate and continue my emotional and mental healing from my personal traumas. But one of my greatest inspirations of all is that I've wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember. One Christmas, my mom bought me a Little Golden Book that was blank. I wrote and illustrated my first book: it was a story about rabbits. Do I remember the actually plot? Hell no, I was six years old, but the memory and the feeling of satisfaction stayed with me even up until now. I attempted writing a book in middle school, but through a chain of events similar to what Azra faced, I lost my drive and never completed it. So this is my second chance at one of my life long dreams, as well as a major goal to myself.
Anticipations
My plans are to finish, edit, and self-publish the first book Untouched on Amazon in late December of this year. Since it will be on Amazon, I will probably charge about $2.99 per copy so please support me (am I worth less than a number one from Chick-Fil-A). And for those who say I'm not worth the $3, you better be subscribed to my Youtube channel because I'm thinking of doing a giveaway for some loyal subscribers. You can also subscribe to the blog to be on the lookout for my drop dates. It is a possibility that I would start the series anticlimactic, but want to be able to fully develop my characters and maintain the suspense. It will be me writing this, by myself, so I will definitely be taking suggestions on any and everything. I hope my overview was enough to get you to want to read and if not be prepared for me to periodically drop juicy excerpts from the book (rated r of course).Remember: forgive yourself first! You are allowed to be a work of art and work in progress at the same time!
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