tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80024980546967088442024-03-05T19:19:19.744-06:00International Author Cheri ChesleyCheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.comBlogger318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-89679175540052179662018-01-17T22:15:00.000-06:002018-01-17T22:15:05.488-06:00A Hundred Days Later...I guess it's only fair that I share this here, from my <a href="https://momtimes5.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-journey-of-nine-hundred-days.html">Personal Blog. </a><br />
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We've hit the Nine Hundred day mark with my post-concussion syndrome headache. That's right, I've had a headache for 900 straight days. Blah. No, there's no card for that.<br />
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There's good news, though. My oldest son is coming home in two weeks! I haven't seen him for 2 YEARS, so I'm very excited!! And we're expecting our second grandchild in July!! So, my health aside, 2018 is shaping up to be a fantastic year!<br />
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Also, there are 69 aprons left on my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/FancifulbyDesign">Etsy Store</a>--we've got all kinds! Valentine, some Christmas, Halloween, Fall, vintage boots, Roaring 20's, Dr Who, Steampunk--pretty much something for everyone. Don't forget to check it out! You can even get my first published book there for only $5 a copy!!Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-61590935982230445532017-10-09T09:30:00.000-05:002017-10-09T10:44:36.192-05:00The Post of 800 DaysYou should probably know it took me three days to put up this post.<br />
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Have you ever had a headache for 800 days?<br />
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I have. As of today, Monday, October 9, 2017. Followers of this blog, or my Facebook, know that I'm "recovering" from a concussion sustained on August 1, 2015. I stopped counting days some time last year, but realized Friday I was approaching this inauspicious anniversary. It took two days before I could articulate it to anyone. An <i>eight hundred day headache</i>? Ugh.<br />
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So I decided, rather than pulling up the covers and pretending the day didn't exist, I was going to celebrate. Not the headache, of course. I'm not that crazy yet. But anniversaries should be celebrated.<br />
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Remember LIZZIE LILAC? My children's picture book to benefit cancer research? The one that answers the question of where your socks go when they disappear from the dryer?<br />
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Now, for the first time, you can pick up the e-book for only $2.59! Each dollar goes toward cancer funding. You can grab the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014IF22JO">Kindle version</a> or snag it in any of these <a href="https://www.books2read.com/u/3JQDKb">Other Formats</a>.<br />
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My daughter, Kylie, and I came up with this story together, and she was with me every step of the way. We wrote it to initially benefit the mother of her friend who had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Now she's 6 years cancer free!<br />
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That's certainly something to celebrate!!<br />
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A HAUNTING LOVE, my favorite ghost story, now has a fun addition. It now includes <i>Ghost Bride</i>, my charming micro tale about a bride who refuses to rest in peace.<br />
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A HAUNTING LOVE is the story of Alita, a bride-to-be who travels to Scotland to wed her fiance Drew in his ancestral home, only to stumble upon a mystery within the castle. Thwarting her at every turn are her Drew's intimidating mother, his sly sister, indifferent brother, and terrifying dreams of her own death!<br />
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It's a steal at only 99 cents! Available for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Q7TUPFS">Kindle</a> or <a href="https://www.books2read.com/u/4EY6A4">Other Formats</a>.<br />
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Both sales go through October 31st. Though it may feel weird to say enjoy my anniversary sale, I truly mean it. I refuse to dwell on the negative!<br />
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Also, if your fancy turns that direction, you can check out the aprons on my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/FancifulbyDesign">ETSY</a> store. There are some lovely fall prints up and haunting Halloween fun, and, as always, a few deep discounts. I'll be closing shop at the end of the year, so be sure to purchase while you can.Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-29769854068263264952017-04-07T13:11:00.001-05:002017-04-07T13:11:23.038-05:00You Should KnowMy List of Goals is displayed in my room where I see it every day. It reminds me this is what I should be writing. What I should be working on. It's been difficult to get back into the swing of writing.<br />
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Mostly I've been taking notes.<br />
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Weeks like this week have not exactly been making it any easier. I'll let you read the update on my <a href="http://momtimes5.blogspot.com/2017/04/that-could-have-gone-better.html">Mommy Blog</a> to spare myself from having to repost. It's not all bad. The only thing I left out was the passing of my uncle John. He was a pretty cool guy, and he'll be missed.<br />
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The up side of my neurologist's suggestion is that, if it works, it should enable me to write more. That will be exciting.<br />
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I'll keep you posted.<br />
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Cheers!Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-34325870403492817012017-02-25T15:32:00.001-06:002017-02-25T15:32:33.346-06:00Writing AgainWith a title like that, I suppose you know what's coming. :)<br />
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I got some good news from the doctor. While my brain injury is still going strong (particularly after falling in the shower Feb 17), my leg is clot free AND my blood thinness is at therapeutic level. So double yay! I'm not waiting for everything to be perfect. Nobody can ask for that.<br />
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For 2017, I've set a personal goal: write 12 stories. It helps me immensely to organize, so I wrote my projected stories down in a list and put it up in my bedroom where I can see it every day. A couple are full length novels, but most are short stories and novellas. I can't say if or when any will be published, because there are outside factors at play, but this year I WRITE!<br />
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Also, it is time to say goodbye to this beautiful piece of cover art. A while back, I posted my intention of retiring <i>Ghost Bride</i> as a stand alone short story. I've finally gotten around to adding the micro fiction to the back of my ghost novella, <i>A Haunting Love</i>. Rereading <i>Ghost Bride</i> reminded me of all the things I love about the story, and while I realize the chief complaint about the story is that it's too short (which to an author is music), I think putting it at the back of another story will be a good fit. Plus, now, it is finally available in print! Before, because of it's length, that wasn't possible.<br />
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I've also begun the process of removing myself from Smashwords. I've found it hasn't done me much good over the past 3 years, and I'm clearing out the less useful parts of my writer life. Draft2Digital serves me much better, and between that and Amazon I've covered a much larger audience. <br />
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The other thing I've spent time doing was a little more risky, and I did it without consulting a single other published author--which was unlike me. Amazon publishing, at the beginning of this year, opened up the option for print books to be created alongside your Kindle e-books. It is a fledgling venture, still with many bugs to work out, but they offered a simple conversion from Createspace for those of us who have created books there to bring them over from Createspace to Amazon publishing and link them up to their Kindle companions.<br />
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I have now done this successfully with every single one of my self published titles. It wasn't easy. At least three of the covers required tweaking, despite the fact they were approved on Createspace. (like I said, the Amazon publishing's print process is still very new) One cover, <i>Birthright</i>, was rejected, I resubmitted without making any changes, and it was accepted. So I tried that with the other two (a few times, actually) but that didn't work.<br />
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My reasonings for the change are as follows: Createspace is an Amazon creation, and if they are doing print books differently, I feel it's with an intention to eventually do away with that option on Createspace. I also like having the Kindle and print books in the same place, rather than in different places. Not to mention how royalties were calculated. You'd get a higher royalty with a Createspace book if someone bought it from Createspace's site, but nearly everyone bought it from Amazon, where the royalty was lower. All in all, this just seems like a more streamlined process, though I am looking forward to when they get some of their bugs worked out. For instance, the author can't order proof copies yet. It's something they plan to offer in the future. So I just paid retail for a copy of each of my books to make sure they look as good in person as they do in the digital proof (and as good as they did through Createspace), and got a royalty off of each book I purchased. It's weird and silly.<br />
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But, all things considered, I'm starting to feel like an author again. Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-17635597097826184682017-02-01T18:44:00.000-06:002017-02-01T18:44:05.138-06:00In Which Truths are ExposedHave you ever felt like you were cursed?<br />
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I'm not talking about like something you'd read about in a novel, or watch in a creepy movie, but have you ever tried to do something that felt like the right thing to do--and everyone told you was the right thing to do--but no matter how hard you tried it never worked out?<br />
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How much effort do you put into that until you stop? Until you give up and say, "Self, this is not working. We need to find another approach to this problem. Before I die."<br />
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I've been pondering this question a lot lately. If you've followed this blog at all over the last 2 years or so, then you know in addition to being a writer, I've worked to supplement the family income. There have been times over my almost 21 years of marriage that I didn't have to work and was able to focus on raising my kids, but there have also been times when working has been necessary for our family's survival. Most recently, I had a home day care, I worked retail, and I cleaned banks after hours.<br />
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I quit the retail job for a variety of reasons (not the least of which is they offered me the store--literally. Store manager.), the most prominent being my kids. That job was taking more of my time away from my family than they could handle at that delicate stage of development, and my oldest was getting into some trouble. My husband and I discussed, prayed, and pondered our options extensively. Extensively. I agonized over this. And, at that time, I came to realize that what I needed to do was focus on my writing and my family. So I did. And I published more stories, but my publishing career never really went anywhere.<br />
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Meanwhile, my kids are doing wonderfully. And I don't want to knock that. I really don't. And I don't in any way want to minimize that. They astound and impress me with their resilience, their growth, their love, and their patience. I love them so much. I have one son out in the world, two boys about to join him, and two girls growing up way too fast. But personally, I'm frustrated. Stymied. We hit another really bad financial patch in 2015 and, despite what I knew I should do (stay at home and focus on my writing and my family), I felt like an idiot for not rejoining the workforce and financially helping my family.<br />
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It seemed like a simple matter of checks and balances. Bryan was struggling to find work. Everywhere he applied turned him down. Meanwhile we had bills piling up. And I was feeling the pressure. You know what I'm talking about. The "why isn't *she* working?" pressure. I've been working most of my life, since my preteens when kids still delivered newspapers. It's not like I was bringing in anything truly tangible with my book sales. Not enough to pay the bills, certainly. I'm just one of thousands of authors trying to sell in a saturated market. If readers haven't heard of you they aren't going to know you're there. Period. And I haven't found marketing that works. (yet)<br />
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So I started filling out applications. It seemed harmless enough. It seemed the right thing to do. Family needed money. And I got hired. Actually, within 2 weeks I had 3 job offers. I started at the first place, but got a horrible, soul crushing vibe after a couple of days and took a second offer. The third place wasn't worth considering. This new job seemed perfect. The pay was decent, the hours were fine--I'm kind of a night owl anyway--and the work wasn't anything I hadn't done before. It even sparked a cool story idea.<br />
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I started working my schedule around my new job. I could go to work, sleep the morning hours away, write for a few hours while the kids were in school, and then have the afternoon to spend with my family. It was quickly becoming the ideal job. In a scenario where I didn't necessarily want to have to work outside the home, this was the best kind of set up I could hope for. I was grateful.<br />
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Then it happened. While vacuuming one night I bent down to pick up some paper clips and rubber bands because the vacuum doesn't pick them up, and when I straightened I was too close to the counter. You know, those pretty and incredibly solid counters they have at banks. At the time I had no idea how much damage I had actually done. August 1, 2015. Today is Feb 1. 2017. I'm still living with the effects. Constant headaches. Anxiety. Dizziness. I'm much improved, thank goodness. But I still don't drive. I have a migraine that hasn't stopped in 18 months. It's weird, because I think I'm adapting to it--that and other pains have taught me that it could be so. much. worse.<br />
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But you've heard all this before. BAM. Head injury. Months of misery. Lawyer. Settlement. And then...what?<br />
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I took a year off of writing (mostly--don't kill me) to try and rest my brain and let it heal. I tried really hard not to expose myself to a lot of stimuli that I'd found in the early months of my injury to be triggers--animation, the computer, TV, movies, bright lights, motion, sound, music. Some things I just can't avoid. But, like I've said there has been some improvement. I can handle church much better now. I went to my daughters' choir concerts in December. Heavily medicated and had to rest for days after like a big baby, but I went. I'm *tired* of missing out on everything. I still can't handle my son's basketball games, and this is his last season. But you're not keeping me from his track meets this spring.<br />
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But taking a year "off" means, basically, that everyone forgets you exist. (which also means nobody is reading this so I can basically say whatever I want) Like that I still have heaps and heaps of anxiety, and nothing that has happened in the past year has improved that at all. Especially since last fall.<br />
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I know you didn't miss that adventure.<br />
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September 15--I tried to go to my Dr because my leg hurt so bad I wanted to saw it off. After over a year of my head hurting so horribly, I thought I knew pain. I'm a mom. I've done labor. I've done surgery. Ha. Just ha.<br />
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Dr sent me straight to the ER. Didn't even pass go. Blood clot. They weren't even kidding. The clot was from my knee all the way up past my groin. My leg swelled up almost twice its normal size. I was sporting a flesh colored log. The pain was indescribable. I can't even. Walking was murder. Trying to get myself to the bathroom? Ugh. I mean, you think you're a shy, modest person--and then you're suddenly in a situation where you can't possibly see to your own bathroom needs and have to have someone help you. They kept me in the hospital over the weekend, fed me a bunch of blood thinners, and then sent me home under observation.<br />
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I was back the next day because I was bleeding internally and severely anemic. And still in so much pain. Go figure. Time to switch blood thinners. They kept me another week, and then transferred me to a hospital in OKC to do a procedure that would hopefully blast the clot to bits. It involved using a whole lot of blood thinners in high doses. Until Bryan casually mentions to the surgeon about my internal bleeding of the week before. Surgeon says, "What?!" (right hand meet left hand. It's called communication!)<br />
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"How close did we come to losing her?" "Very close."<br />
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They ended up doing a different procedure involving that same surgeon (thanks Dr Neel) and a cardiac surgeon which basically involved a specialized roto-rooter into the vein to bust up the clot and a stent in my vein to keep it open.<br />
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Here's the fun (and official) diagnosis. I have a physical defect where the illiac artery sits over top of my illiac vein. Because of my head injury and my year of minimized physical activity (because motion increased my blood flow which increased my headache pain--fun times) it led to a clot. Had I been able to remain active I probably never would have had a problem. It's possible I would have, but more likely I wouldn't have. However, now that they have had to go in and remove a clot--and a big one at that--my vein is more likely to "hold" blood (they said going in and rooting out the clot like they did made the vein "stickier" which isn't accurate but it's a term that serves the purpose). Basically I'm likelier to clot again. The stent is supposed to keep the artery from pressing the vein closed so blood will flow.<br />
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So I have the blood clot issue, which means I have to move and be active, and the head injury issue, which means I have more pain the more active I am. Somewhere in there is balance. Still working on that.<br />
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I was home a week, during which I got to meet my sweet new granddaughter, when I was sent back to the hospital because I was having trouble breathing. I had accumulated fluid in my right chest. Everyone was scared, because of my bleeding issues before, that it was blood. Turns out it wasn't, but we had to wait a week before we could find out. They wouldn't drain the fluid until my INR (how they range my blood's thinness) was out of therapeutic range and back to normal range. They didn't want to use medication to push it back to normal but wanted it to go down on its own. So we waited.<br />
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The chest pain was tough. It was like having a real bad catch in your chest when you try to take a deep breath, and then something presses your lungs together. In the end they took out 1500 ml from my chest--that 1.5 liters, for the next time you grab a coke. Just on the right side. That wasn't even all of it, but the tech wouldn't remove more for fear of causing complications. The rest had to reabsorb over time.<br />
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Recovering from that while recovering from the blood clot in my leg made me feel pretty pathetic. With the walker. And barely able to make the trek to and from my own bathroom. Trying to find comfortable positions on my furniture or in my own bed. Fortunately the walker didn't last long, but I was anxious to get back on my "own feet" again. Looking back now, being off the pain meds and able to walk on my own, it's amazing how far I've come. <br />
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Back to feeling cursed. That's a choice, really. I mean, I could look at this whole mess as, "I tried to get a job to help my family and now I can't even work outside the home anymore!" Because, seriously, I've given it careful consideration and even if I was able to drive I'm still not able to be on my feet for long stretches of time. I choose to feel, though, that there has to be a more positive way to look at this whole debacle. <br />
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I do still feel a great responsibility to bring income into the family. We're still in need of it. That's why I started my apron business on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/FancifulbyDesign">ETSY</a>. And I've also added my print books to the store as well. Or you can find the ebooks through my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cheri-Chesley/e/B004J1QOSS/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1485995528&sr=8-1">AMAZON</a> page. Lately, I've felt a very strong need to start writing again. I honestly don't know how well that's going to go. The headaches get worse when I write, so I still have to pace myself. This past year or so has taught me a lot, about myself, about my friends and my family.<br />
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I'm not looking for charity, or pity. I'm just like you--a person trying to do their very best with what they have. I don't always make the best decisions, but I'm trying. I won't give up. My family has needs, and I intend to do what I can to provide for them. Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-64139188735103840142016-10-22T20:46:00.002-05:002016-10-22T20:46:25.949-05:00Things to Know<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>A Haunting Love</i> is one of my favorite spooky stories, and just as soon as things settle down in my little world I'm going to add a bonus to both the print and e-book versions of the story--my microstory, <i>Ghost Bride</i>. Once I do that, I'll be removing <i>Ghost Bride</i> as a stand alone purchase. It will only be available as a bonus feature at the end of <i>A Haunting Love</i>.<br />
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You can purchase it <a href="https://books2read.com/u/4EY6A4">HERE</a> (for your other formats) and also on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Love-Cheri-Chesley-ebook/dp/B00Q7TUPFS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477186701&sr=8-1&keywords=a+haunting+love+by+cheri+chesley">AMAZON</a> <br />
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As far as writing news, I'm afraid that's all the updates I have for you. It's been an incredibly rocky 2016. I just posted the most recent update on my <a href="http://momtimes5.blogspot.com/2016/10/so-this-thing-happenedand-then-thatand.html">PERSONAL BLOG</a> for anyone who'd care to read the gritty details of my near-death experiences. (yes, unfortunately, that's plural)<br />
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While I'm recuperating, and until I can get back to stringing together words and sewing aprons to sell, I hope you can have some patience with me. It's been pretty grueling, and to be honest I'm still processing most of it. Everything happened so fast. I mean, 5 weeks ago all I was worried about healthwise was my stupid concussion migraines.<br />
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In the meantime, though, you can content yourselves with my fun child and adult aprons on my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/FancifulbyDesign">ETSY STORE</a>. I'm not up to taking custom orders right now, but hopefully soon.Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-60699694555380683992016-06-27T18:08:00.001-05:002016-06-27T18:08:53.677-05:00Turn the PageThat's how you begin a new chapter.<br />
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This coming Friday marks 11 months since my "traumatic brain injury." I can't even begin to tell you how much I hate that phrase. It's just stupid. It doesn't mean anything, because it encompasses so much it's impossible to define in real earth terms.<br />
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Tomorrow we go to court and sign paperwork that means the workers compensation insurance gets to wash their hands of me. It's actually a win for us, our lawyer calls it a gold mine. Due to the laws governing my type of situation in Oklahoma, our settlement is generous.<br />
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It isn't a drop in the bucket if you factor in my lost wages for the last 11 months, the long road ahead of medication, doctor visits, or however long I will be out of work--because nobody can tell me how long that will be. Because nobody knows. You've heard it. I've heard it. Everyone's brain is different. I could be perfectly normal in a week. I could be dealing with this for years.<br />
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We just don't know.<br />
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Back to that chapter. I'm a writer who can't write, at least not with any regularity. But what kind of person can just sit around feeling sorry for themselves? Right? I'm so OVER this crap. Right now I feel like a membrane stretched across the top of a bowl. About to rip. About to burst.<br />
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I can't do anything about the pain. It's just there. It'll be there until it's not. Summer heat makes it worse, and I can't be cool enough. So I push it to the back of my mind and try to deal with it later. In the mean time, I create. I'm slow, but it gives me something to do. What am I creating?<br />
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Aprons. Yes, that's the Tardis. :)<br />
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This is one I did for a friend of mine, to thank her for all her help with my kids this school year--but mostly because she's an amazing human being. I have a lot of this fabric now because I love it. <br />
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God bless America! This one came out so dang cute. I have it trimmed with red, but I like it trimmed with navy best. <br />
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Ship in a bottle, trimmed with brown. This one is so great. I'm also doing this same print trimmed with blue. It's my favorite so far, so I'm saving it to finish up after court tomorrow as a special treat.<br />
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There are also kid aprons. Prepare yourself for something incredibly cute.<br />
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This was the first one I did, and it went to my sis's grandbaby <br />
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This one was a custom job. I loved the holly hobby look of the fabric, just perfect for a little girl. And the little hat buttons! Ideal for the fabric!<br />
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Minnie Mouse, trimmed with black polka dots and pink ribbon. <br />
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I did this one up one day because I had just enough of this red print to do one apron for a 5/6 size girl, and loved it so much I found the print in several other colors!<br />
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This one is also a custom job, done in a 2/3 for a little girl for a friend's niece. Again I'm revisiting that wonderful yellow flower print because it's just great for aprons.<br />
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If you're wondering, yes, I'm selling. Right now I'm working on building some inventory. I'm posting pics on Facebook and also taking some custom orders. At one point it got a little crazy because I had 10 custom orders in one week, but that's a good kind of crazy. That's kind of why I'm working with aprons and not something urgent like brain surgery.<br />
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Because of my current condition, I don't move quickly. I can cut and sew aprons only at my own pace, which fluctuates based on my pain levels--which change at any given week. Last week I cut ten aprons out on Wednesday, but I only sewed 4 on Saturday, and I'm only getting 3 sewn today. You get the idea. I'm honestly going as fast as I can. The kid-sized aprons are obviously faster to cut and sew because they are smaller, and they're more fun because I can see my results faster too.<br />
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But, please, don't give up on my writing. I am still plugging away, just much more slowly. Writing is something that requires a great deal of brain power, and is very draining and causes my headaches to worsen quickly. So I have to pace myself. I don't expect to publish anything soon, but I haven't given up.<br />
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In the mean time, you, your friends, sisters, daughters, nieces, mothers, aunts, grandmothers, etc--can cook, garden, clean and whatever else you do where you want to protect your clothes in serious style! Just hit me up for an apron from "Fanciful by Design!"Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-20307695687690154162016-06-15T22:29:00.001-05:002016-06-15T22:29:14.752-05:00TransparencyObviously I haven't been here in a while. I haven't been doing much writing at all, so I guess most of my writing-related activities (blogging, Twitter, etc) have suffered for it.<br />
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But I'm here, so I guess it's time.<br />
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Yesterday, I had one of those conversations with my kids. You know--that type of impromptu conversation that you aren't really expecting to ever have. The kind you sort of hope you'll never have to have.<br />
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The kind where you tell them about the time when you were their age and wrote your first--or perhaps, only--suicide note.<br />
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Yeah, that kind.<br />
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We were talking about how differently the adolescent brain functions as opposed to the adult brain. How hard it is for a teen or preteen to see that there is a future 2 or 3 or 10 years down the road, and how empty the words "it gets better" can be--no matter how well-intentioned they are OR how much experienced the person offering them has. When I wrote my note, I was at my lowest. I couldn't see any other way out. I didn't see how my situation possibly *could* improve.<br />
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Yet it did. And within a year. Which, looking back, isn't really that long. At the time, though, it would have been an eternity.<br />
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My kids asked me, rightly so, what stopped me. In that moment. In my darkness. And I had to be honest.<br />
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Writing. When I wrote my suicide note, in the maybe 4 or 5 minutes it took me to pen the note, I was alone. But I was at a friend's house. And for the previous several months I had been writing every single day and sharing every page I wrote with my friends. It had become habit--so much so that when my friend returned to the sanctuary of her bedroom I just handed my suicide note to her without a word. Automatically. Utterly without thought on my part. She read it. We talked.<br />
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Yes. You can argue I wasn't that serious about killing myself if I was that easily talked out of it. I will simply state that I'd thought about the many, many ways I could end my life countless times. The possibilities were constantly on my mind. I didn't have access to guns, and I didn't want anything "showy"--I wasn't out to make a statement--so drowning in the bathtub with the aid of pills or possibly hanging myself was my most likely method. I wanted something absolute. My mom had a fear of my older brother dying by drowning in the nearby canal that ran through the city, but I wasn't sure that would actually kill me, so I didn't want to chance it. Wandering off on one of the many desert hiking trails wasn't an option because there were too many well meaning hikers/joggers etc ready to help me, or some psycho wanting to make my situation worse--again, too many variables.<br />
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Let's just say I thought about it a lot. And I had to do it right the first time, because a messed up attempt would only put people on guard and make it harder to succeed a second time. Those were dark days. I was severely clinically depressed at the time, but had yet to be diagnosed. It was just something I was struggling with day to day, in addition to all the normal crap a teenager struggles with everyday.<br />
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And writing my first novel. That became my escape. And yes, like a friend of mine at the time suggested, I probably became too involved in the story. But, at the time, I needed it. I needed the outlet. I could have turned to drugs, or sex, or alcohol, but I didn't. I turned to fiction. It could have been worse.<br />
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It's never been a secret to my kids that I struggled growing up, but yesterday was the first discussion about the actual note. I'm sure it won't be the last. At least I won't be able to pull it out and show them. Even I think that would be kind of creepy.Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-1045278894890288562016-03-17T12:30:00.000-05:002016-03-17T13:46:27.197-05:00Enter to Win a Copy of Birthright!The final Goodreads Giveaway is here: <i>Birthright</i>!<br />
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I can hear you wondering why start a giveaway on the Thursday? This giveaway runs from March 17 to April 22. That may sound a bit odd, but both days have a deep significance to me, and I wanted to commemorate them. March 17 is my brother's birthday, and April 22 is my dad's (he passed away in 1983). Keeping it in the family.<br />
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Enter to win one of 5 copies <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/175442-birthright">HERE</a>!<br />
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You may remember that <i>Birthright</i> was up for the Kindle Scout program last year. Here's your shot to see what the fuss was all about.<br />
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Good luck!Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-52204047325514474462016-03-01T12:30:00.000-06:002016-03-01T12:30:12.426-06:00Enter to Win a Print Copy of City of Light!Here's the third of 4 Goodread's giveaways: <i>City of Light</i>! Contest runs from March 1-March 31.<br />
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It's probably me, but this is one of the most beautiful covers I've ever seen.<br />
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Not only can you enter for a chance at 5 print copies, but City of Light is also up for a Swoony Award this year! The Swoony's are great, because they highlight clean romantic fiction, and you can vote for up to 100 of your favorite titles (you know, if you're an avid reader like I am).<br />
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The giveaway can be entered <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/175432-city-of-light">HERE</a>.<br />
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If you want to check out the Swoony contenders and cast a few votes, you can do that <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/95368.2016_Swoony_Awards#27971062">HERE</a>.<br />
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Best of luck in the contest.<br />
<br />Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-18407456636086279392016-02-29T13:30:00.000-06:002016-02-29T13:30:00.179-06:00Win a Print Copy of The Lost PrincessMy second Goodreads Giveaway is for The Lost Princess, which is the final installment in The Peasant Queen series. It was awesome to be able to revisit these beloved characters to tie up the dangling plot elements.<br />
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You can enter the giveaway <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/175429-the-lost-princess-conclusion-of-the-peasant-queen-series">HERE</a>. Again, the contest is for your chance at one of 3 print copies.<br />
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If you haven't yet read what happened after the end of <i>The Tyrant King</i>, now's your chance to find out.<br />
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Best of luck!Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-58569525070530190682016-02-24T19:06:00.003-06:002016-02-24T19:06:55.155-06:00Win a Print Copy of Tea for Two!As promised, the first of FOUR Goodreads Giveaways: Tea for Two. <br />
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It's super easy, especially if you already have a Goodreads account. Just click <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/175422-tea-for-two-an-eeryan-world-tale">HERE</a> to enter!<br />
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I'm giving away 3 print copies, so your chances are good. The giveaway runs through the end of March.<br />
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I wish you all the best of luck!Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-21863078066414255862016-02-23T11:20:00.001-06:002016-02-23T11:20:14.840-06:00'Til We Meet AgainI had an "aha" moment today. I was explaining to my Dr how nice it was to have a sinus infection, because my brain focused on that rather than the concussion headaches.<br />
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Let's pick that apart a little. Ever had a sinus infection, where your cheekbones and brow bones hurt so much when touched or tapped that you want to hit back? HARD?<br />
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This is a relief from my headaches. I can't even.<br />
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I know I posted last week about going dark, but after talking it over with my family and my doctor I'm expanding the timeline.<br />
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So this is goodbye. Hopefully for just a few months. Hopefully just till summer.<br />
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I can't even tell you how hard this is. I've spent over 5 years developing an online presence, networking, getting to know other writers and readers. It's like admitting defeat. I feel like nobody is even going to remember me in 3 months if I'm not steadily chirping away from my nest.<br />
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In an effort to make peace with this decision, which has become a necessity to try and heal physically, I've had to step back and reevaluate where I am. In truth, I'm not in a bad spot.<br />
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I have SIX published novels, including my very first completed series. I have a handful of published short stories, at varying lengths. Those are still all going to be out there for general consumption.<br />
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I have my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/95368.2016_Swoony_Awards#27971062">VERY FIRST AWARD NOMINATION</a>! <b><i>City of Light</i></b> is up for a Swoony this year. If you're not familiar with the Swoony's, you can check out the page on Goodreads. In short: <i>The Swoony Awards are a reader’s choice award recognizing excellence in
clean romance fiction. We wanted a way to show our appreciation to these
awesome authors who write the kind of books that we love. It’s also a
great way to find new books and a good go-to when looking for something
fun to read.</i><br />
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You could have knocked me over with a feather when I found out. Seriously, this is one of those moments where you're just happy to be nominated. Recognized. Sure, I'd love votes--I'm not gonna lie--but just being on the list is enough. The coolest thing is, as a reader, you can vote for up to 100 books on the list, so if you're an avid book devourer (as most of us are) you can vote for ALL of your favorites. :)<br />
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Also, if you're in the market for some free books, I've got some Goodreads Giveaways scheduled for the next couple of months. Stay tuned, the links will be up once each giveaway goes live. <br />
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I've already stated that I have no plans to publish this year, so there's no pressure for me to write. I can just step back, concentrate on my family, and let myself heal. I'm not going to say that will be easy. Last night I was bitten by the urge to write so hard that I almost got out of bed to do it.<br />
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I may even have to resort to handwriting, although I don't think that would give my brain a rest any more than an hour or so on the computer. It would just be a different sort of exercise. That being said, I'm not going to push it.<br />
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So, farewell. Though I can't say when I'll be back I want to say it'll be soon. It all depends on my brain.<br />
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Now that's a terrifying thought.<br />
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<br /><i> </i> Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-56561138496069597552016-02-15T12:01:00.000-06:002016-02-15T12:01:07.476-06:00As it Pertains to WritingThis is a health update. Normally I'd keep this on my personal blog, but it does pertain to my writing so I wanted to be sure everyone interested was informed (which is why I'm putting it here).<br />
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First of all, <i>City of Light</i> is now available in print. I'm so pleased with how beautiful this book turned out. Here is the AMAZON link. I'm not sure why it hasn't connected this version with the ebook, but I'm sure we'll get that straightened out this week. Jjust a side note, I had some fun looking at the other sellers who've picked it up already--and want to charge you more to purchase it from them. It's kind of funny when you consider the book has only been available since the 12th!)<br />
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Secondly, I started kind of a craze on Facebook last week when I told my friends and readers that one of my projects for 2016 is a book where the main character is somewhat vertically challenged (read: short). Okay, she's 4'10". And the bad guy is tall (for the race). The tallest person my MC knows is her mom, at 5'5". It's actually a story that I started last summer, but since my accident I haven't worked on it much. I'm just really in love with the idea and want to get it written.<br />
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Now, back to my health. I have to say the biggest problem I have with this ongoing issue is that SO MUCH ATTENTION IS ON ME. I have to prove at every Dr visit that I'm not exaggerating my symptoms. They keep sending me to specialists that may or may not take my insurance. It's such a hassle, and, I'll be honest after SIX months of this I'm more than done.<br />
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Lately, though, I've had a serious increase in daily pain and nobody really knows why. Isn't the brain fun?! (not) From our research, Bryan and I have figured that in my efforts to live as normally as possible with this disability--I'm probably doing more harm than good. That said, the hours I spend online, writing, socializing, doing puzzles, reading my Kindle, etc is not giving my brain the down time it needs to heal. Yes, in retrospect that makes perfect sense. Yeah, I feel kinda stupid for being so stubborn. (In my defense, since I can't work I've been trying to increase my exposure as a writer and, hopefully, increase revenue--which is why I'm spending so much time online every day)<br />
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But it's not working. And I'm in serious pain. And if I give in and take my pain meds I run the risk of rebound headaches--where the medication is what is causing the headache, and that just seems stupid so, ya.<br />
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So I'm going dark for a couple of weeks, with the possible exception of an hour a day writing. I'm going to try to minimize my reading, my TV watching, etc, as much as possible without going insane. That's the part that really scares me, I'll be honest. If you take an average of 10-12 hrs of awake time every day, and then plan to do nothing for most of it so your brain can rest, yeah. I'm not sure I can do it. But I have to try. The current situation is untenable. I can't take it anymore, and I have to try a new approach.<br />
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Wish me luck, and thanks for reading!Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-43210546557072720632016-01-01T20:44:00.001-06:002016-01-01T20:44:56.331-06:00Welcome to 2016!It's a new year, and that means a whole new set of "resolutions." I say it like that because I make writing goals every year, so it doesn't fit the standard model of what you might think of when someone says resolutions.<br />
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Because of my head injury last August, and the resulting recovery, I thought I'd go easy on myself for 2016. The first thing I did, with the help of my youngest daughter, was take my favorite story ideas--that I hadn't started writing yet, that was key--put them up on the dart board and whatever the dart hit was the story I'd write.<br />
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The idea stemmed from a Facebook meme, of all things, that referred to today, the first day of a new year, as the first page of your book. I thought it would be fun to write a page a day of one story, not including Sundays--because I don't write on Sundays. Including the leap day, that's 314 pages--which is a pretty respectable size book!<br />
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But one page a day is hardly any effort, and even with my head injury I figure I can do more than that. I wrote down a list of all the stories that I've started but haven't finished, figuring that by working on those stories I could feel I've accomplished something each day--except it's a sizable list. There are currently TEN books/stories I've started but haven't finished. That's a workload that doesn't exactly fall in line with the idea of going easy on myself--on my brain, which is really what I'm trying to do. Work but not overtax myself. Remind my brain that writing is something we do.<br />
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I've written in some cushions for these goals--ways to keep from overdoing it this year--because, let's face it, brain health is important. I have to strike a balance between working too hard and not working enough. I also have to give myself some leeway for bad days, days that writing even one page is too much for me.<br />
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This is that balance: While I have a lot of lofty writing goals, I have NO (zero, none) publishing goals for 2016. I mean it. If I do get around to publishing something this year it will be because the story is absolutely ready, and my only other option with it is to shelve it until 2017. Remember that at the end of 2014 and throughout 2015 I had rather lofty publishing goals--and I met every single one of them, in spite of my head injury. (of course, most of them were met before I got hurt...)<br />
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So, I plan to publish nothing in 2016. I'm going to write--which is the fun part of my job as an author--and work on the existing stories I have. Sure, I hope to have stories ready to publish in 2017, but I'm not putting a number on that. I'm not putting a deadline on it. Part of my reasoning is, as I've mentioned, to give my brain time to heal properly, but the rest of it is to help rediscover the fun of writing. This year I'm going to swashbuckle with some pirates, write a tragedy, solve a mystery in Paris, go back to Fayterra, go underground with a princess, explore the angst of a vampire with a penchant for citrus fruit, and shoot across the stars with a changeling who thinks high school on Earth will be a cinch.<br />
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Now, doesn't that sound like fun? :)Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-49346848025989060742015-12-25T10:00:00.000-06:002015-12-25T10:00:11.224-06:00Happy Christmas!Merry Christmas, my friends!<br />
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CITY OF LIGHT was released yesterday, so happy book birthday to my 3rd novel this year! That's something to be excited about. <br />
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The malevolent Demon has claimed a bride—the maiden,
Aisilyn—from the sacred City of Light. Five families wait with dread, uncertain
if their Aisilyn is the one the Dark Warrior will take. Only Gennavieve remains
convinced the Warrior will come for her sister. To protect Aisilyn, and her upcoming
marriage, Gennavieve puts herself in her sister’s place—allowing the Dark
Warrior to claim her as the Demon’s chosen bride. What Gennavieve never
considered is what she would do if she fell in love with the servant of
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And here's a little teaser, including one of my editor's favorite lines. :) </div>
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Due to a happy accident, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Light-Cheri-Chesley-ebook/dp/B019HUN05U/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450411764&sr=1-1&keywords=city+of+light+by+cheri+chesley">AMAZON</a> is the only seller that updated to the full price today. That gives you the option to snag the e-book on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1069263657">iTUNES</a>, <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/city-of-light-12">KOBO,</a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/city-of-light-cheri-chesley/1123147555;jsessionid=24FD1D53D33484F91F4C3CA455D7509F.prodny_store02-atgap08?ean=2940152705263">NOOK</a>, or any of your other favorite e-book carriers at the deeply discounted preorder price. I don't know when the price will change, possibly as early as Saturday, so if you just got an e-reader for Christmas and want a clean fantasy romance, <i>City of Light</i> is a great pick.<br />
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And stay close, because the print version is in the works and will be live soon. Have a truly magical holiday!<br />
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<br />Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-368149043005253642015-12-18T23:44:00.001-06:002015-12-19T12:17:15.257-06:00PreOrder Sale!Merry Christmas! As usual, I like to have some sort of offer around the holiday as a gift to my readers. This time it's a whole new book. As you know, this year has been a pretty rough one, but I realized this week that <i>City of Light</i> is the THIRD full-length novel I've released in 2015! <br />
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About the book: The Demon wants Aisilyn for his bride, and he’s sending his Dark Warrior
to get her. Her sister, Gennavieve, isn’t about to let that happen. She
convinces the Warrior that she is the maiden he’s come for, and
willingly leaves the sacred City of Light with him to spare Aisilyn from
a fate worse than death.<br />
What Gennavieve never considered is what she would do if she fell in love with the servant of darkness.<br />
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My gift to you is that I'm having a preorder sale. Right now, and through December 23, <i>City of Light</i> is only $1.99! Once it goes live Christmas Eve the price will go up.<br />
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Currently, the only live links I have are for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Light-Cheri-Chesley-ebook/dp/B019HUN05U/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450411764&sr=1-1&keywords=city+of+light+by+cheri+chesley">AMAZON</a> and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1069263657">iTUNES</a>. Stay close, though, because I'll be updating this post as the other channels go live. (like now) <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/city-of-light-12">KOBO</a> is live! And <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/city-of-light-cheri-chesley/1123147555;jsessionid=24FD1D53D33484F91F4C3CA455D7509F.prodny_store02-atgap08?ean=2940152705263">NOOK</a>. <br />
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I heard that there's a new space movie out today, so probably some people will be doing that and not worried about e-book shopping. ;) That's cool. The sale is through Wednesday, so you have time.<br />
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Merry Christmas, my friends!Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-75975767026249770292015-12-08T12:04:00.002-06:002015-12-08T12:04:32.062-06:00Books Galore!I'm on kind of a writer high since getting my edits back for <i>City of Light</i> yesterday. You know how it is, your editor didn't mean to but read it all in one sitting because she couldn't put it down. Yeah, that. :)<br />
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You've likely noticed, but I did some work on the website/blog over the weekend as well--just housekeeping things like editing links and updating information. And while I get <i>City of Light</i> up for sale (likely before Christmas), I just wanted to remind you of all the other books I've got out there.<br />
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Don't forget you can really capture the Christmas spirit with the audio version of <i>Twelve Days</i>, available through <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Twelve-Days-A-Story-of-Christmas-Audiobook/B014I8UEM8/ref=a_mycart_vi_c2a_1_3?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=14A5E9GP3DB1BKR79YQY&pf_rd_m=A2ZO8JX97D5MN9&pf_rd_t=3201&pf_rd_i=1000&pf_rd_p=1586733822&pf_rd_s=center-2a?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=14A5E9GP3DB1BKR79YQY&pf_rd_m=A2ZO8JX97D5MN9&pf_rd_t=3201&pf_rd_i=1000&pf_rd_p=1586733822&pf_rd_s=center-2a">AUDIBLE</a> or on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cheri-Chesley/e/B004J1QOSS/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1">AMAZON</a>. It's also available through the iTunes store, if that's your preference.<br />
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I do still have some print copies of my books left, in case you are wanting to gift autographed copies of <i>Birthright</i> or any of my other books. The closer we get to Christmas, of course, the harder it is to get books mailed in time to make it under the tree. Pretty soon, this offer will only be available local contacts. Of course, you can still pick up the print versions online, if the signed copy isn't a priority.<br />
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I've put all the purchase links on the right side of the blog, so all you have to do is click your preferred link.<br />
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And, naturally, you can pick up e-book versions of my books in case you have an e-reader to fill for a gift for someone on your list. They're all available through iTunes as well in the iBook store. I plan to have the e-version of <i>City of Light</i> live before Christmas, for that last minute gift idea. Of course, <i>Ghost Bride </i>and <i>Tea for Two</i> are always free. (Amazon is still having issues making <i>Tea for Two</i> free, but it's free on all other formats)<br />
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Here's wishing you a very merry and safe holiday season! <br />
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<br />Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-53780229665856325182015-12-01T13:41:00.003-06:002015-12-01T13:41:37.346-06:00Day 123Today is day 123 of my concussion recovery. For 122 days, I've had a nonstop headache. Other symptoms come and go, but that's the constant.<br />
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Do you realize that's 1/3 of the year?!<br />
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I started this post yesterday, but I'd slept horribly the night before and the post was not coming off in any way I liked--so I deleted it. Today I'm starting fresh.<br />
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This recovery/convalescence has been hard, not just for me, but also for my family. They're weary of picking up the slack for me, though they continue to do so because they love me. But I can tell it's getting to them.<br />
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It's getting to me, too.<br />
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For four months I've babied my brain, resisted things that increase my pain levels, and basically taken it super easy while my brain healed every so s-l-o-w-l-y. I've tried hard not to push myself into more damage, or more problems.<br />
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And I'm not here to say that's all over, because to ignore the indicators that I've done too much would be foolish. But I am going to adjust my priorities some. For one, I'm going to start going to church again. Even though it's hard. Even though it may mean I'll be in lots of pain for the few days afterward. Because I'm tired of missing it. And because I need to get out more. I'm going totally stir crazy.<br />
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I'm going to write more. For about the last 6 weeks or so, I've written very little or not at all, while spending a lot of time browsing the internet, keeping up with Facebook, and generally filling my days with a lot of nothing. I don't want to do that anymore. My brain has healed to the point that the idea train is running again, and I want to focus on something productive since I still can't work.<br />
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I'm going to get on the treadmill at least once a day. Even if I only last three minutes, I'm still going to walk some. My body needs to move.<br />
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In the back of my mind still lurks the possibility that this may be as good as it gets, recovery-wise. This may be my new normal. I'm coming to terms with that idea, but I'm not going to let it paralyze me. That's a bridge I'll cross when I have to, and not before.Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-59542167690696090822015-11-27T12:10:00.003-06:002015-11-27T12:10:44.416-06:00More Important ThingsThis is my <b>300th</b> blog post, and when I saw that it would coincide with Black Friday and the kick off to Christmas shopping I figured it would be the perfect opportunity to promote my books.<br />
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But then something happened, and I'm writing this. Because there are more important thing than selling books.<br />
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Our church family lost a sweet, amazing woman this morning. Veta Petty was an amazing person and a wonderful roll model for the rest of us. She had a practical faith--basically, if God says that's what we do then that's what we do. Period. End of story. You get down on your knees and pray, then get up on your feet and work. She shared more stories than I ever will--stories that admitted her imperfections (or perceived imperfections, I sure didn't see any) and also glorified God and Christ. She understood her relationship with Jesus better than anyone I know.<br />
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Veta understood the importance of family, including her ward family. She was the first to offer help in any situation, whatever help she could. Earlier this year she purchased my book series in full to show her support for me. I'm sure if I was weaving baskets she'd have done the same thing--bought some whether she needed them or not to show her support to me and my family. She was that kind of person.<br />
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I'm going to miss Veta's presence at church. She always had great contributions to make to any lesson. Her comments were always heartfelt and sincere. When we lived out here back in the late 90's, Veta was here. I thought of her often during our years in Utah, and I was so glad to see her when we moved back to Oklahoma. She'd been in the hospital off and on these last few months, and I sensed we'd soon have to say goodbye. I regret not being able to go up and visit with her, but I can still barely function--let alone make social calls. But she was always on my mind. And this year, she and her sweet husband will celebrate Christmas in Heaven together. Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-44711077531656443652015-11-23T16:15:00.004-06:002015-11-23T16:15:44.953-06:00If This is It<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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*I debated where to post this, but as my friends, fellow writers, and/or readers, it's important that you know*</div>
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A couple of things happened this weekend that have me
reevaluating my concussion recovery. Saturday, before he left for work, Bryan
turned to me and said, “What if where you’re at now is the most you recover?
What if this becomes your new normal?”</div>
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What if it does? The neurologist told me recovery takes 3 to
6 months. My nurse cousin-in-law told me it takes the brain tissue about 6
months to heal after an injury. I can look back and say I’m far improved from
last August, but at the same time I’m frustrated by the symptoms I still have.
Such as:</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>1.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><b> </b> </span></span></span>Anxiety.
This one has been the worst because it’s new. I’ve never been good in crowds,
but now I fight panic at the grocery store. It gets overwhelming really
fast—too many people, too many lights, too much noise, etc. Also the stress is
making my hair fall out. This happened to me about eight years ago (major
personal stressor, not TBI) and my hair started falling out then, too. But I’m
older and have a lot less now, so, naturally, that increases my stress. </div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>2.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><b> </b> </span></span></span>Brain
to mouth disconnect. I think one word and say another. I could just as easily
tell my child to bring me an elephant from the cupboard or a cookie. Mostly
it’s just annoying, and can be amusing. But when I’m really struggling to get a
thought out and can’t it’s frustrating. Or if I’m in a time crunch (say, I have
to yell at someone to get out of the way of danger), I could very well say
“turkey trot” rather than “look out.”</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>3.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><b> </b> </span></span></span>Constant
pain. I’m not exaggerating when I tell you I’ve had a headache since August 1,
2015. I take daily medication just to keep the pain at a manageable level. The
more I do—tag along for grocery shopping, or do some Christmas shopping, watch
an animated show or a computer graphic enhanced movie—the more it hurts. Last
night I had to resort to my back up meds because my head hurt so bad (Fri night
Brandon took me to the store to get groceries then Sat we watched some TV) just
to bring the pain back to a workable level. And if I miss a dose of my daily
meds, it takes at least three days to get back on track. </div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>4.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><b> </b> </span></span></span>My
new physical limitations. I was basically down for 2 and a half months before I
started increasing my activity. With any other headache, I’d work through the
pain. I’m a mom—this is what moms do. But with a concussion-related headache
you risk doing more damage to your brain by pushing it. The pain is a sign of a
limitation—you don’t want to push too far beyond that. But, being down means
that my muscles have atrophied, I’ve gained weight which makes moving even more
difficult, and part of that I can probably blame on my meds. I’ve never had a
long term relationship with a pharmaceutical that *doesn’t* have a “can cause
weight gain” warning on it. I’ve cut down on what I eat, started eating veggies
with much more regularity, and really been more careful about my intake, but my
clothes don’t fit. </div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>5.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><b> </b> </span></span></span>Hand
in hand with #4 is my inability to return to work, church, or other social
activities. I haven’t driven since the night I hurt myself. Driving takes a
level of concentration and awareness I just don’t have right now. I’m not just
staying at home all the time and guessing about these limitations. I’ve been testing
myself. I get on my treadmill and try to move more. I go to the store to see if
it’s better now than it was last week. I’ve tried twice to go to church for a
period of time. It’s been a train wreck every time, with a varying number of
casualties. But this is the big issue: If I can’t return to work, then Bryan
can’t go to nursing school. He has to get a job that supports the family’s
needs. That’s pretty cut and dry. We’ve spent so much time this year unemployed
and under employed that there’s a laundry list of issues that cost money we
don’t have and they all have to be fixed yesterday. So, again, there’s that fun
stress issue.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>6.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>My
writing has suffered. Not only do I struggle to put thoughts into words—even on
paper—I feel like part of my vocabulary is missing. Like I don’t remember as
many words as I used to. It’s so weird to feel that way, like some thought or
important fact is just beyond your reach. In addition to that, I have a limited
number of words I can type before my head hurts too much to continue. That number
has increased a little, which is great. If it continues to increase maybe I’ll
see more recovery in other areas. </div>
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So, what if this is my new normal? What if
my head just hurts every day for years? One of my friends told me today that
she was in a car accident 2 years ago and her TBI symptoms are still there,
with only marginal improvement. It’s rare for a head injury to persist past 6
months, but it happens. </div>
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I bumped my head on a freaking counter, and
it may just have altered my life forever. </div>
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The other thing that happened this weekend
is that I realized in a week it will be 4 months since my injury. Feels like
forever. I’m sick of dealing with it, sick of talking about it, sick of it
being an issue in my life. And I’m sure as heck sick of not being able to do
normal stuff. I’ve seen improvement. I can bake cookies, if that’s the only
thing I do all day. I can spend time on the computer. I can watch regular TV
shows. But I can’t drive, go to church, or see a movie with my family. Or even
go out to eat (not that we can afford it right now, but you get the idea). </div>
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I want to be able to someday look back on
this as an experience I had, but moved on from. I’m trying super hard to keep
my spirits up, because that plays heavily into my recovery. Some days are
easier than others, but I haven’t given up. I do have faith that, whatever
happens, it’s God’s plan, and I will try my best to fit into that. Sometimes it’s
hard to see the goal from the trenches, but that’s a problem everybody has at
one point or another. </div>
Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-51745531082404754132015-11-08T15:39:00.000-06:002015-11-08T20:14:31.635-06:00It's Beginning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. You know, in the commercial Christmas prep sense.<br />
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My short story, <i>Twelve Days:A Story of Christmas,</i> was first published last December, and it is now available in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Days-Christmas-Cheri-Chesley/dp/151726510X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1447015767&sr=1-2">PRINT</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Days-Christmas-Cheri-Chesley-ebook/dp/B00QXZSTPY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1447015767&sr=1-2">E-BOOK</a>, and <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Twelve-Days-A-Story-of-Christmas-Audiobook/B014I8UEM8?action_code=AUDORWS0424159DCE">AUDIO</a> formats. It's my first work to be available in all three formats, and I'm super happy about that.<br />
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What makes me even more happy is the reviews it's received so far. <i>Twelve Days</i> is the story of an unhappy man who doesn't know he's unhappy. He's built a life of luxury, and in the process starved his heart. When facing the ruin of all he should hold dear, he finally has to refocus his energies on what matters most. Kind of like <i>A Christmas Carol</i> (Dickens), <i>Twelve Days</i> is a story of redemption.<br />
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With the audio book being new this season, Twelve Days is pretty unknown on <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Twelve-Days-A-Story-of-Christmas-Audiobook/B014I8UEM8/ref=a_mycart_vi_c2a_1_3?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=1TEFGTR6VX88XDDWTC7D&pf_rd_m=A2ZO8JX97D5MN9&pf_rd_t=3201&pf_rd_i=1000&pf_rd_p=1586733822&pf_rd_s=center-2a?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=1TEFGTR6VX88XDDWTC7D&pf_rd_m=A2ZO8JX97D5MN9&pf_rd_t=3201&pf_rd_i=1000&pf_rd_p=1586733822&pf_rd_s=center-2a">Audible</a>, so I'm seeking REVIEWERS. If you're interested in an entertaining hour and six minutes, You can post your email address and I'll send you the audio book. All I ask is that you post an honest review on Audible. If you choose you can also post it to Amazon, but I'm more focused on the story's Audible profile.<br />
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And just as a teaser, this is what author <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stephonie-K.-Williams/e/B004KZ1V40/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1447018330&sr=8-1">Stephonie Williams</a> says about <i>Twelve Days</i>: <span data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g" data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.0.$end/=1$text0/=010">"Last night as I was putting my tablet away I </span></span><span data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text0/=010">was
mentally comparing this Christmas book to the previous Christmas book
that I had read which was Twelve Days: A Story of Christmas. Although
not billed as a romance it felt like a real romance. The characters were
developed enough to make them realistic and relatable as opposed to
perfectly perfect, stunningly handsome and beautiful with enough
electricity pulsing through and between them to power a major
metropolis. Thank you for a beautiful and timeless Christmas story."</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g" data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".3r.1:5.1:$comment10206810223747529_10206811183211515.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text0/=010">Thanks in advance to everyone willing to give my words, and J Scott Bennett's voice, a listen. I hope everyone has a fulfilling holiday season. </span></span></span></span></span></span>Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-52032220889470981472015-10-31T15:51:00.001-05:002015-10-31T15:51:36.181-05:00Happy HalloweenFor you, lovely reader: A Halloween tale of True Dedication.<br />
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Sterling McWilliams tapped the bell on the hotel counter and
looked around. The ding of the bell echoed off the dingy walls and old tile
floor. The Last Chance Hotel certainly was his last chance—his GPS showed no
other hotel or motel for the next forty miles, and the windshield wipers of his
small rental car couldn’t keep the water from obscuring his vision. No, he had
to stay. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Sterling tapped the bell again, this time sharply. The
longer the desk clerk kept him waiting, the less embarrassed he was about the
puddle of rainwater he was leaving on the floor. Just because the hotel was his
only option didn’t mean they could keep him waiting.</div>
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He crossed the worn, shabby couches in the lobby and looked
down the corridor. Silence reigned, broken only by the patter of rain outside
and the occasional clap of thunder. The carpet under his feet had probably
looked great in 1983, but now had several worn patches and permanent stains.
Each light fixture he saw had at least one light out, giving the lobby and
hallway rather a spooky appearance.</div>
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“Can I help you?” The voice at the counter made him turn.
Its owner as a petite young woman with dyed black hair and too much eye makeup.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a black shirt on under her
maroon hotel vest, and a nametag that read “Velma.”</div>
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“Yes, I’d like a room for the night,” Sterling said,
crossing back to the counter. </div>
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“Just one night?” Velma turned to the computer, her dark
eyes focused on the screen. </div>
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“Yes.” Sterling glanced down at the wet floor,
reconsidering. Someone could slip on it and hurt themselves. “And I’m afraid I’ve
carried some of the rain in with me.”</div>
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Velma didn’t glance up. “I’ll take care of it.” Her small
hands flew across the keyboard so fast he almost couldn’t keep up. She asked
for his ID, and he produced his driver’s license. “Do you prefer a ground floor
room or upstairs?”</div>
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“It doesn’t matter.” He wouldn’t be there long enough to
care. “Just something close so I don’t track water all over the place.”</div>
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“I’ll put you in room one eighteen,” Velma said. She pulled
a hotel key card from the stack next to the computer and swiped it twice, then slid
it into the pamphlet with his room number on it. “Here you go. Your room is
down the hall to the left.”</div>
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“Thank you.” Sterling picked up his bag and walked across the
lobby to the corridor. He stopped midway to remind her about the wet floor, but
Velma had gone. </div>
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“Moves like a cat,” he muttered under his breath. </div>
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Room one eighteen had only one light, and smelled like it
hadn’t been used since the carpet in the hallway was installed. He turned on
the air conditioner, which rattled, and opened the window a crack, surprised to
find bars placed on the outside. </div>
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Sterling removed his tie and jacket and dropped his suitcase
on the spare bed. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and checked his
messages. One was from his niece, Shelly, wishing him a happy Halloween.
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even if the holiday was nearly over. The clock on the night stand read eleven
fifteen. </div>
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He tossed his phone onto the bed and sank down into the
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“Yes?”</div>
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“Housekeeping,” the voice said.</div>
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Sterling got up and crossed the room to open the door. Velma
stood there, holding two towels and a folded wash cloth. Her black fingernail
polish contrasted sharply against the white towels.</div>
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“I figured you might need these,” she said. </div>
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Sterling accepted the offering. “Thank you.”</div>
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She nodded and walked away. When she turned, he noticed an
ugly red slash across the back of her neck. It looked painful, though she didn’t
seem bothered by it in the least.</div>
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Sterling shut the door and opened his bathroom to put the
towels away. The shelf above the towel rack was empty. Either Velma did the
cleaning herself or she had already been in one eighteen and knew it had no
towels.</div>
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His stomach growled, but Sterling wasn’t about to go back
into the pouring rain to find something to eat. He took a brief, hot shower
using the little bottles of shampoo and body wash on the counter of the
bathroom, then slipped into his shorts and climbed into bed. The pillow was
lumpy, so he switched with the one on the other bed. It was almost completely
flat, but at least wasn’t lumpy. Sterling folded it in half and rested his head
on it.</div>
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Sterling had almost drifted to sleep before he remembered
the window was still open. If the wind shifted, the rain would come right in
through the open window. He groaned in protest as he got up to shut the window,
then went back to bed and repositioned the pillow. </div>
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Sleep had almost claimed him again when he heard a
horrifying shriek from outside. His eyes flew open and he rushed to the window.
He could barely make anything out in the dim light from the streetlights,
particularly through the rain, but he thought he could see figures moving around
outside. The clock read midnight exactly. And did he hear laughter?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“Kids,” he muttered, annoyed. Some stupid kids out for
Halloween pranks. He grabbed the hotel phone and hit the button marked “lobby.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“Yes?” He could now recognize Velma’s voice. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“Could you do something about the kids out there?” Sterling
asked. “I’m trying to sleep.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“I’ve already called the police, sir.”</div>
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“Oh. Well, thank you.” Sterling hung up and went back to
bed. </div>
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When he next opened his eyes, sunlight brightened the room.
It didn’t look any better in the light than it had in the dark, unfortunately.
Sterling checked his watch. It was already after eight, but he still had time
to make his appointment. And he was eager to leave the Last Chance Hotel
behind. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
A tall, older man met him at the front desk when he checked
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Was everything in order, sir?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Sterling handed over his credit card. “Yes, thank you.”
Privately he wondered if they’d ever refurbish the hotel, but knew it wasn’t up
to the desk clerk. “Oh, and do you have a comment card? I’d like to complement
the management on their night clerk. She was very efficient last night.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“She?” The man’s face paled slightly. “I’m afraid neither of
our female employees were on duty last night.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“Her name tag read Velma,” Sterling said helpfully. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Whatever color was in the man’s face fled. “That’s
impossible,” he choked out. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Sterling narrowed his eyes. “What do you mean?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“I’m afraid Velma was in a car accident on her way to work
yesterday evening. Her car was forced under the trailer of a semi. She was
decapitated.”</div>
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“Horrible,” Sterling breathed, remembering the ugly mark
across the back of Velma’s neck. “But, I swear the girl last night had on a
name tag that read Velma.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“What did she look like?” the clerk asked.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“Short, bottled black hair, too much eye makeup.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The clerk nodded. “Yes, that was her.” He handed Sterling’s
card back with a shaking hand. “I guess she made it to work last night after
all.”</div>
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<br /></div>
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The End. </div>
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**Don't forget Ghost Bride, another spooky tale, is <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52195">FREE</a> in all formats, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Love-Cheri-Chesley/dp/1505240891/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446324541&sr=8-1&keywords=a+haunting+love+by+cheri+chesley">A Haunting Love</a> is only 99 cents! </div>
Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-7448611017499689902015-10-14T14:12:00.000-05:002015-10-14T14:12:03.933-05:00October Sales and New ReleasesOctober 2015 is huge for Chesley Books, so I figured I'd better get everything in one post so my readers can easily access all the fun.<br />
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First of all, <i>GHOST BRIDE</i>, my perma-free micro story is--as always--free for public consumption. You can find it on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Bride-Cheri-Chesley-ebook/dp/B004VS77VC/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8">AMAZON</a>, <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52195">SMASHWORDS</a>, and other various formats. It does very well in iBooks (iTunes) where it has 118 reviews. That number kind of thrills me.<br />
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Second, as I posted earlier this month, Lizzie Lilac and the Left Socks is available for your <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lizzie-Lilac-Left-Socks-K-C-ebook/dp/B014IF22JO/ref=la_B004J1QOSS_1_9_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1444847321&sr=1-9">KINDLE</a>! This is my cancer charity project, so it's a bit more expensive than my other books, but that's because the royalties go straight to fund cancer research and take care of cancer patients. <br />
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<i>Lizzie</i> is, of course, also available in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lizzie-Lilac-Socks-Cheri-Chesley/dp/1475225016/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1444847321&sr=1-9">PRINT</a>.<br />
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Where do missing socks go? Little Lizzie Lilac is determined to find out!<br />
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Next is a project near and dear to me as well. <br />
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<i>Reflections of Reality: The Poetry of Cheri Chesley</i><br />
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<i> </i>Yes, you read that right. I published a poetry book. Today. I wanted to do something special for my mom's October birthday, so I published my book of poems--that only she and I have previously had copies of. Now it's out in the world, and quite affordable.<br />
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<i>Reflections</i> is available in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Reflections-Reality-Poetry-Cheri-Chesley-ebook/dp/B015VGLLWI/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1444847321&sr=1-10">e-book</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Reflections-Reality-Poetry-Cheri-Chesley/dp/1517479835/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1444847321&sr=1-10">PRINT</a> formats.<br />
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Lastly, I give you <i>A Haunting Love</i> in THREE formats!!<br />
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Since it's publication in November 2014, <i>A Haunting Love </i>has graduated from it's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Love-Cheri-Chesley-ebook/dp/B00Q7TUPFS/ref=la_B004J1QOSS_1_3_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1444847321&sr=1-3">KINDLE</a> origins--where you can pick it up for merely 99 cents.<br />
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It's now also available in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Love-Cheri-Chesley/dp/1505240891/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1444847321&sr=1-3">PRINT</a>.<br />
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AND (drumroll) in <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/A-Haunting-Love-Audiobook/B016J3JW4Q/ref=a_mycart_vi_c2a_1_3?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=0A8QDJK9PGECFC16ZSN9&pf_rd_m=A2ZO8JX97D5MN9&pf_rd_t=3201&pf_rd_i=1000&pf_rd_p=1586733822&pf_rd_s=center-2a?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=0A8QDJK9PGECFC16ZSN9&pf_rd_m=A2ZO8JX97D5MN9&pf_rd_t=3201&pf_rd_i=1000&pf_rd_p=1586733822&pf_rd_s=center-2a">AUDIO BOOK</a> format!<br />
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Enjoy my delightful narrator navigate through the fun Scottish accents of the people Alita encounters when she goes to Scotland for her wedding. Narrator
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<span class="adbl-prod-author">Though I pulled the Amazon links for most of my works, please remember they are also available in Kobo, iBooks, and Nook. </span><br />
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<span class="adbl-prod-author">Happy Halloween, and happy reading/listening!</span>Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002498054696708844.post-1453179857800245682015-10-05T20:44:00.000-05:002015-10-05T20:44:08.839-05:00October is Here!Fall has finally come! Here's where we all toss colored leaves into the air and shout, "Hooray!"<br />
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I've got a ton of great things happening this month, and I'm going to try hard to pace myself. Check back on this blog every week for fun news and updates.<br />
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Today (this week), we're talking Breast Cancer Awareness Month. After all, that's one of the mantles October wears. As you know, my children's book, LIZZIE LILAC AND THE LEFT SOCKS is my pay-it-forward project. All proceeds from sales of the ebook and print versions go to fight cancer research and help cancer patients.<br />
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Wait, did I say ebook? YES! If you've always wanted to get a copy but couldn't quite swing the print price, I can now offer you LIZZIE LILAC for your <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lizzie-Lilac-Left-Socks-K-C-ebook/dp/B014IF22JO/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1KFYXN2WRJESX9035P10">KINDLE</a>!<br />
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Naturally, you can still pick it up in<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lizzie-Lilac-Socks-Cheri-Chesley/dp/1475225016/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr="> PRINT</a>, but I am super excited to offer the Kindle version because I feel it will increase donations--and that makes me super happy. It's tough sometimes to offer a book that never goes on sale, or is offered free or discounted, but I know my readers understand that cutting the price of such a fun story would short-change the most vulnerable among us.<br />
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Here's what the book is all about: <span data-reactid=".1w.1:5.0.1:$comment10206637425747687_10206637904319651/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".1w.1:5.0.1:$comment10206637425747687_10206637904319651/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".1w.1:5.0.1:$comment10206637425747687_10206637904319651/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".1w.1:5.0.1:$comment10206637425747687_10206637904319651/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end/=1$text0/=010">Have you ever wondered what happens to those socks that get lost in the dryer? Join Lizzie Lilac as she discovers the answer. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".1w.1:5.0.1:$comment10206637425747687_10206637904319651/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".1w.1:5.0.1:$comment10206637425747687_10206637904319651/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".1w.1:5.0.1:$comment10206637425747687_10206637904319651/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".1w.1:5.0.1:$comment10206637425747687_10206637904319651/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end/=1$text0/=010">I wrote LIZZIE with my teen daughter as a tribute to a sweet friend and her daughter while that friend was going through chemo for breast cancer. It's a thoroughly enjoyable story, and I know you'll love it. </span></span></span></span>Cheri Chesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.com0