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The Spring Realm: A Look at the World behind Beauty Redeemed
Read more: The Spring Realm: A Look at the World behind Beauty RedeemedJulianna sat lounging with her back against the stone wall that separated one of the gardens and the small lake that bled into the forest beyond the palace. The pages of the leatherbound book she held in her lap fluttered in the gentle spring breeze. She leaned her head back against the wall and closed…
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A Fall Equinox Update
Read more: A Fall Equinox UpdateHappy (Belated) Fall Equinox. I realize the equinox was a week ago, but I have been taking a much needed break the last few weeks from all posting things. My brain needed an actual break from thinking and creating and posting and sharing about book stuff, and though I didn’t take an actual vacation, unplugging…
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A Piercing Reckoning
Read more: A Piercing ReckoningA beam of light pierced through Brinn and reached back to Erianna. The force of the overwhelming light knocked Anwyne back onto the snowy earth. As the sun’s light pinkened the sky, Anwyne regained her footing and was about to blast the light before her when a sharp, piercing pain entered her heart. Anwyne’s knees…
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The Winter Realm: A look at the World of Beauty Restored
Read more: The Winter Realm: A look at the World of Beauty RestoredThe world of The Solstice Chronicles was developed around 4 realms. Each realm correlates to a different season, and as such, each realm emulates what that season’s purpose is and what that season would look like. The season stays the same in each realm and the all co-exist beside each other to show the harmony…
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Shattered Sight
Read more: Shattered SightThe fairy tale, The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson has always been a favorite of mine. It is a beautiful story and one that is not very well known which is unfortunate. There are so many elements in this story that stood out to me even as a young child and it was the…
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Book signing in Derby, KS
Read more: Book signing in Derby, KSThank you to everyone who prayed for my book signing in Derby, KS this past weekend! I had a very special time with my friend and college roommate and was blessed to stay with her and meet her family. She has been such a huge supporter and source of encouragement through this whole writing journey…
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Strength in Beauty
Read more: Strength in BeautyGabriel is the prince of the Spring realm. He has been sent on a quest to the Winter realm to find out why his realm has been losing its power. He comes in contact with a poisonous arrow laced with ice bane-a substance the turns its victims veins slowly to ice–the one thing he as…
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Am I a Monster?
Read more: Am I a Monster?Her reflection stared back at her in the empty pane and her attention was drawn to the patch of silvery scales on her neck. She touched the scaly spot with her hand and imagined what she would look like if she didn’t have them. “Imagining them away won’t make them go away.” Erianna jumped at…
Ashley Beach-Author and Storyteller 