Happy Double Release Day! (Dragon's Breath, Human Heart Book 1 and Ashen Veil: Veil of the Fallen Book 2)

April 08, 2025

Happy Double Release Day! (Dragon's Breath, Human Heart Book 1 and Ashen Veil: Veil of the Fallen Book 2)

Good Morning/Good Afternoon/Good Evening:

So, last night I remembered that I have a double release prepared for you instead of just the one book in my series about dragons…Silly me! I have written another short story series about a ghost who possesses a library technician and the second book in that series released today. I have links to the books posted below. You’ll find Embers and Bloom at the same places as VFU as well. Some places take a little longer to get the book than others, but I’ll share when they’re listed.

I always get nervous when new stories come out, but it’s also exciting, too. I’ll share my journey as a self-published author now. I’m not new to this…I started publishing my short stories and poems online here: https://www.fictionpress.com/~SakuraReyna. FictionPress was so good to me back then---I was 16 years old and the writer in me was as happy to have found an online home for my work. You signed up to publish, waited 3 days to upload your work…one chapter at a time---and people would give you reviews. Everyone there was nice, and I made awesome friends there.

It was a great place to start out. Then in 2011 after I graduated from college with my Bachelor of Arts in English, I heard about Amanda Hocking and her success as an independent author (look her up, she’s awesome!). So, I figured self-publishing on Smashwords and Amazon would expose me to more people.

It worked!

I signed up for a few social media websites and that wore me out. I made friends along the way, which was fun. Burning out was inevitable. So was making mistakes.

I took a long break for 12 years (from writing and creating overall) because of life priorities, depression, adulthood.

More life changes including a move and marriage and becoming a stepmom and my creative energy has returned and as you will see, I’ve published more, and I don’t plan on stopping. I’ve got more releases coming over the next few months and I’m working on something I’m not ready to talk about just yet.

I’m reading the manga called Anonymous Noise. Have you heard of it? It’s cute. I love idol stories. I’m starting volume 7 now.

I'm getting ready to publish on the Google Play Store if I can.