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done what I did. I had a lot of support from my school. They took my fi rst book and put it in the library. I had a book signing at Ribbons Tea House, which is a local tea shop in Litchfi eld Park. I had a lot of support from my family. Everybody was buying it. It was really great.”

Moving forward, Celaya is working on her third and fi nal book of her trilogy, with hopes of publishing it in about a year.

“It’s going to take probably more time than the fi rst and the second one just because of college, but I’m trying to keep the releases about a year apart,” she said. “This is going to be the fi nal book in the series. I don’t really plan on coming back to these characters, doing any spinoffs or standalone because I’m currently also writing a poetry book that I want to publish maybe this summer, and then I have an idea for a darker fantasy standalone that I want to get to after I fi nish the third book.”

While Celaya said writing is the toughest part of the journey, she said it’s gratifying because it’s rewarding and fulfi lling.

“That’s the part where it feels like I’m doing it mostly for me,” she said. “I feel like the writing process is strictly for me, because nobody’s going to read the fi rst draft of my work besides myself, and nobody gets to know what I change, so it’s really fun just to be able to sit down and explore my characters with no pressure because nobody’s going to be reading that version of it.”

Celaya said her books are perfect for those who enjoy fantasy romance books.

“It basically follows two sisters, each on separate journeys that are eventually going to intertwine,” she said. “It involves a lot of magic- and kingdom-related stuff, like princesses, queens, that sort of thing. So while one of the sisters is going on a journey to discover that she has magic, something that’s not really talked about throughout their kingdom, the other sister is on her own journey to becoming the next queen of the kingdom that the story takes place in.”

Celaya writes under the pen name A. Kingsley. Her books can be purchased on Amazon on paperback or Kindle.

Abi Celaya’s latest book, “A Throne of Their Own,” is the second book in her

“Two Red Flames” trilogy. (Photo courtesy of Abi Celaya)

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