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Pieces of the Heart Release

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Get your copy today!!! All proceeds from this anthology go to autism research. I am so excited to be a apart of this project.

Fifteen incredible authors have come together with stories of love, passion, pain, and triumph in support of Autism research. Pieces of the Heart by Authors for Autism is a collection of romance short stories of various genre and styles. Contemporary, fantasy, comedy, and drama, all combined in an assembly of sweet short reads to fill your heart with emotion. All of the proceeds of every sold copy of Pieces of the Heart will be donated toward Autism Research. This is a cause near and dear to every author involved in this project, and they are all excited to share these beautiful stories with all of you.

Maggie Adams- Guilty Pleasures
Shannon Bell- Not Your Average Prince Charming
Robbie Cox-Author- Another Page
Chrys Fey- Cancer Can’t
Joan Hazel- Show, Don’t Tell
Violet Howe- Breaking the Promise
Brenda Hunt- A Love for Sarah
Sam J D Hunt- Nicco the Eternal
Elaine Kaye- All Aboard
Tamsyn L. Key- Hunted
Michelle Louise- The Will to Love Again
Tara Ann Moore- Marigold
J. Nichole Parkins- The Girl in the Well
Cherron Riser- Through Frozen Shadows
Miranda Shanklin- I Got Scared

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Here is the link to Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Heart-Authors-Cherron-Riser-ebook/dp/B01N7SOAJ5/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1487037969&sr=8-3&keywords=pieces+of+the+heart

Join us for the release party on Facebook on Thursday 2/16/17. There are so many amazing authors lined up all day and evening. https://www.facebook.com/events/154670471688547/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A4%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22group%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D&source=4&action_history=%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D&has_source=1

It’s all in how you look at it

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As you all know I am in the process of getting the Soul Series re-edited and re-released. The books in that series are all in different stages of that process. As those get the attention that they need I can also start looking at the spin off trilogy again. I have told you that the first two books are already done and just have to go through the editing process. What I haven’t spelled out for you is that I left the third one not started on purpose. I wanted to wait until I could give it the focus that it needs. It will not only be closing the door on the trilogy but also on the series. This will be the final goodbye to the characters that we have all come to love.

I have a contemporary romance that I have eluded to in the past that is still rambling around in my head. I also left this one on hold on purpose. This book will be the last romance story I write. I plan on moving onto paranormal suspense from there. While I enjoy a good romance story I don’t want my books to fall into the trap of being the same book over and over again with only minor changes. I plan to move on before that can be a possibility.

While I am working on all of this, it affords me the time I need for research. There are so many aspects I want to include in my paranormal suspense series and I need to do a lot of research to make sure that I get it all right.

I have a growing stack of books and I have started sitting with actual books armed with a highlighter and page tabs. My family is watching this new development with confusion. I am usually not one to mark in a book and I throw a fit if they even turn the corner of a page down. To see me highlighting and tabbing pages is something they are not used to.

Of course some of the books I bought only for research so I am fine with highlighting passages in them. The ones that I bought for both research and enjoyment only get the page tabs. I use the post-it page tabs so they will not damage the book in any way and I can write on them to know what is in that section of the book.

Although it is hard for my family to understand,  I have to read these books before I can finally start on the series that I am really excited about. I will be diving into a paranormal suspense series within the next few months. I have a lot that I want to get done but I think I will have the time I need to accomplish it all.

It would be great to not have to work at the day job and focus on my writing and all that goes into it I am not to that point……yet. I plan to be there but it takes time. While I am working my way to that I have to factor in the time for the day job and schedule things out further to assure I have the time to get it all done. For that reason I am not giving an estimated time for any of my other works. I plan to have the series re-released before the July event of Writers on the River but other than that I don’t have a timeline. I ask for your patience as I get back into the groove of it all.

For now I am happy to be progressing and hope you will all be as excited about the new projects I am working on as I am!

~Miranda

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Remember what?

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As you have probably been able to tell, I have gotten a little scatterbrained lately. I am adjusting to the new medicine for my fibro while also getting everything at work done so things will run smooth while I am gone and packing. I think I need to simplify or focus on one thing at a time.

I have everything rounded up and packed with the exception of my bathroom bag because I will need that stuff. My hubby will miss me while I am gone but I am sure he is ready for me to leave already so he doesn’t have to keep hearing me say, I feel like I am forgetting a lot of stuff. He keeps reassuring me that I have it and we will do one final check as we load up the car tomorrow.

I gave up on trying to do edits last week when I kept reading the same sentence and did not know what needed to be fixed but just wasn’t understanding what I was reading. You can’t critically read while your mind is so distracted.

I managed to get everything at work done. I feel comfortable with leaving things the way they are right now. I’m pretty sure I will not get very many texts while I am gone.

I will always have the feeling of forgetting things no matter what I do, but I am pretty certain that the hubby has made sure that  have everything I need. He double checks me to make sure that I actually did what I said I was going to instead of mentioning I need to and then not actually do it.

I am so excited for this trip! I can’t wait to be on my way tomorrow. Things will be quite on here until I get back but I will be back with many things to tell you about.

~Miranda

Re-Release of Soul Journey

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The second edition of Soul Journey is now available on Amazon!!!

 

 

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Get your copy of the revised book!! Some scenes have been expanded and there are some new scenes that have been added as well!

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It has been many lifetimes since the cycle began.

The cycle that still haunts Annisa Lawson.

A spell cast in desperation to help, which only caused heartache.

Now, Annisa has found her way out of the varying repeats of her past; only to bring more danger to herself, and those around her. Now she must learn to survive with the help of her friends: Chase, Penelope, and Landon have all gone through each life cycle with Annisa. Sometimes helping, sometimes hindering. Now that Annisa has broken the cycle of their collective punishment, she finds that she needs her friends more than ever to keep their enemies, known, and unknown, at bay. As the group of friends learn of their souls’ journeys through their many life cycles, they must also learn to control the magick they have discovered within themselves and each other, in order to defeat the most feared assassin in their world.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Journey-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00N7T7CX4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458573051&sr=8-1&keywords=Miranda+Shanklin

Taking on more than I thought

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Ok, so I had this great intention of doing the short stories every Friday. It is a great idea in theory. The problem is that I seem to run out of time to write the stories. As most of you know, I am the assistant coach for my daughter’s competition dance team and also have a day job as a paralegal. I know that sounds like a lot all by itself.

Competitions start in two weeks. I have a conference in early April. It is crunch time for both. I didn’t take that into consideration when doing my schedule for the year.

I had emergency surgery last week to remove my gall bladder. What I didn’t realize was how bad the gall bladder had been making me feel for a long time. Now that I am recovering quickly from the surgery I have found my self with a lot of extra energy. The doctor said that my gall bladder had been bad for quite some time. This means that my body was fighting the gall bladder that whole time. Now that it is gone my body doesn’t know what to do with the energy ti had been expending on the bad gall bladder.

I have so much energy and am getting so much done but I am still only one person. I can only to do much. I love being a part of something that means so much to my daughter, I love the day job (plus it pays the bills LOL) and I would never be able to give up writing.

So that leaves me getting more organized. In order for me to keep up with everything, as I am not willing to drop any of them, I just have to organize and manage my time. It can be done and won’t even be difficult, I just have to do it.

In the meantime, I will be doing short stories but it probably won’t be every week. They will get added as I work them into my schedule. I know this is a long ramble just to say that there won’t be a story this week, but I wanted to make sure that you all know I am not forgetting about the stories and will get them out when I can.

I will still be posting on here at least twice a week sometimes it will be ramblings like this and sometimes it will be more. You will just have to stay tuned to see what is next 😉

~ Miranda

Welcome

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Welcome to all the new subscribers!!! If you signed up because of the post in the Facebook party then I have sent your ebook to you. Check your email and let me know if you have any problems! The best way to thank an author for a book that was given to you for just putting their work out there is to write a review!

I don’t post a lot but try and post once every couple of days. After Christmas I will post a few reviews of books that I have done recently and then I will start posting reviews as I do them. I want to get the last few that I have done on here because I really loved the books and want to tell you about them 🙂

Feel free to post comments and contact me for questions or anything you would like for me to post for you!

Happy Holidays!!!

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