Kyomi O’Connor, Author of A Sky of Infinite Blue - A Japanese Immigrant’s Search for Home and Self 2023 Independent Press Award Winner in Death & Dying ON Being Publishing Independently: Knowing a little about the history and complexity of the publishing industry, I’ve always wanted to publish my book independently. Though I had to pay publishing costs upfront, I knew hybrid publishing would offer benefits that are critical to me: time management; freedom as an author; and traditional distribution. I feel blessed to be an author of a champion of the hybrid publisher, She Writes Press. E P I C FA N TA S Y
Trine Rising; Book 1 of 3: The Kinderra Saga By C.K. Donnelly Not all gifts are blessings…16 summer-old Mirana Pinal possesses all three magical powers of the Aspects. She has terrifying visions, however, that if she wields her powers, her homeland of Kinderra will be destroyed—through her. When Mirana receives alarming premonitions of an enemy attack on Kinderra, she is forced to reveal that she is a Trine to warn them of the impending assault. As the Kinderrans fight, Mirana must decide if using her powers will aid her people—or will bring them more peril.
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What do I most want readers to get out of my book: By experiencing one after another scene in my book, readers may feel as if they were in the movie to see and experience what transpired in my life. Many incidents may bring sad or difficult feelings to even observe. I know some readers may walk away because of that. But if they read through my book, I promise readers would feel a sense of liberation, enlightenment, and uplifting hope. I wrote my book with utmost sincerity, profound love, and hope and trust in our potential. I hope readers relate to their own journeys.
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Getting awarded and recognized for my work: I am so thrilled and humbled at the same time. Considering I am a learner and author of English as a second language, it’s incredible. I wrote my book with the utmost honesty, sincerity, and love. So, I believe my book is authentic, vulnerable, courageous, and therefore, inspirational. I hope readers of my book find their own paths by reading it.
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By C.K. Donnelly As the Dark Trine’s noose tightens around Kinderra, young Trine Mirana Pinal and her mentor, the Trine hero Tetric Garis, embark on a quest. Teague Beltran, Mirana’s beloved apprentice, wants nothing more than to kill the Dark Trine himself. As one born without magical powers, he is forbidden to take up arms in battle. His confrontation with the Dark Trine’s forces may force him to sacrifice his healing oath. Mirana fears using her Aspects with the Light from within will not be enough to save her people. Both must answer their true calling but each choice may leave them—and Kinderra— without hope. AWARD 2
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Trine Revelation; Book 3 of 3: The Kinderra Saga
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By C.K. Donnelly Now is the moment of choice... Mirana Pinal must use her Trine Aspects to save the man she once worshipped, but she could surrender her own path to redemption if she does. If she unleashes the power of Jasal’s Keep to save Kinderra from the Dark Trine, it may demand she sacrifice her beloved Teague Beltran—and far more.
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