Reflections and Rejoices in my Amazing Author Life…

I usually celebrate February (my birthday month) by setting up a giveaway contest via Goodreads or Rafflecopter, and engage my readers and followers to enter. On occasion, I’ve hired a promotional specialist to host a virtual tour for the week of my birthday. However, this year is different. This year (2021), I turn the big 6-0. Whoa. Just thinking about it makes my head spin. Looking at the big picture, sixty is a milestone in my life, as well as in my crazy writing career. In the last ten years, I’ve had the opportunity to publish five books with a small press publisher, and launched two young adult book series. Woohoo!

Another milestone to be celebrated this year is the tenth anniversary of this blog, Sharon Ledwith: I came. I saw. I wrote., happening in May. I feel a sense of accomplishment and gratitude, yet at the same time a smidgen of discontent has wiggled its way into my fragile psyche. Perhaps it’s the continuance of the Covid-19 pandemic and remnants of the political upheaval we’ve all experienced. Or maybe it’s that I’ve noticed the publishing landscape has changed so much since I landed my first contract in 2011. I honestly don’t recognize the publishing paradigm anymore, and I’m sure many authors would agree with me. In hindsight, I guess I shouldn’t take myself so seriously. Instead, I think I’ll learn to be more flexible and just go with the flow in these ever changing times.

 That said, here’s a snippet from Dan Millman’s book, The Life You Were Born To Live which offers some sage advice on the Law of Flexibility: “Flexibility requires an alert and expansive state of awareness; it entails not just ‘going with the flow’, but embracing and making constructive use of it. Mastering this law, we turn stumbling blocks into stepping-stones and problems into opportunities; when high winds blow, we don’t just ‘accept’ or tolerate these winds, we put up windmills.”

 I’ve decided to put up some windmills and celebrate my milestone birthday with a Rafflecopter giveaway and a $3 off sale on ALL my books at Mirror World Publishing’s online store. I’ll be giving away two signed copies of the first books in my two young adult series: The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of Atlantis, and Lost and Found, Book #1; Mysterious Tales from Fairy Falls. To make it easier for you, I’ve listed the buy links for all my books with Mirror World Publishing below.

 So, in grand fashion, let’s get this birthday party started! Don’t forget to apply the code HAPPYBIRTHDAY to get $3 off any of my books or ebooks before you make your purchase.

 The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of Atlantis:

Paperback: http://mirror-world-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/fantasy/products/the-last-timekeepers-and-the-arch-of-atlantis-1

Ebook: http://mirror-world-publishing.myshopify.com/products/the-last-timekeepers-and-the-arch-of-atlantis

The Last Timekeepers and the Dark Secret, Book 2:

Paperback: http://mirror-world-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/poetry/products/the-last-timekeepers-and-the-dark-secret-paperback

Ebook : http://mirror-world-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/poetry/products/the-last-timekeepers-and-the-dark-secret-ebook

Legend of the Timekeepers, prequel:

Paperback: http://mirror-world-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/fantasy/products/legends-of-the-timekeepers-paperback

Ebook: http://mirror-world-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/fantasy/products/legends-of-the-timekeepers-ebook

Lost and Found, Book #1; Mysterious Tales from Fairy Falls:

Paperback: https://mirror-world-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/poetry/products/lost-and-found-paperback

Ebook: https://mirror-world-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/poetry/products/lost-and-found-ebook

Blackflies and Blueberries, Book #2; Mysterious Tales from Fairy Falls:

Paperback: https://mirror-world-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/poetry/products/blackflies-and-blueberries-paperback

Ebook: https://mirror-world-publishing.myshopify.com/collections/poetry/products/blackflies-and-blueberries-ebook

Not sure what to read first? Here’s a glimpse of the premises of both my young adult series:

Mysterious Tales from Fairy Falls Teen Psychic Mysteries…

Imagine a teenager possessing a psychic ability and struggling to cope with this freakish power. There’s no hope for a normal life, and no one who understands. Now, imagine being uprooted and forced to live in a small tourist town where nothing much ever happens. It’s bores-ville from the get-go.

Welcome to Fairy Falls. Expect the unexpected.

The Last Timekeepers Time Travel Adventures…

Chosen by an Atlantean Magus to be Timekeepers—legendary time travelers sworn to keep history safe from the evil Belial—five classmates are sent into the past to restore balance, and bring order back into the world, one mission at a time.

Children are the keys to our future. And now, children are the only hope for our past.

I wish you all good luck with the Rafflecopter contest, and may the best reader win! Thanks for sticking it out with me these past ten years. I really appreciate you! Cheers, be well, and thank you for reading my blog.

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