New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s Resolutions

The New Year is here and it’s a time of making resolutions. Most of them will fall through the cracks throughout the year but some of them will stick.

I believe the reason most of these resolutions fail is because they might not fit into what we want. They just fall into the category of things we would love to do but don’t have time for. So many times we get caught up in the same old routine.

Many of us go with the crowd. We want to lose weight or travel the world. Those things can happen but let’s be realistic most of those resolutions never come to fruition.

It’s not because we don’t want them, it’s because we just don’t have the time or motivation to chase after them.

That’s why when I make resolutions I kind of build myself stepping stones to get to those points.

Say I want to lose weight. Instead of thinking I must go to a gym and I have to start all these crazy diets and whatnot I would make my resolution something simple like learning one yoga position a day in my own home until I was comfortable going out. 

If I want to diet I would slowly change my diet. Instead of that bag of M&M’s I would buy a bag of carrots. Substitute one thing until you’ve changed your entire way of eating.

Taking baby steps is the key.

If we try to focus on the whole we only overwhelm ourselves and I believe that’s why most resolutions fail before they even have a chance.

What are you resolutions?

What do you want to accomplish this coming year? Do you want to create world peace, to travel the world, or to just simply relax and read a good story?

All of these can be accomplished with baby steps. You might not be able to create world peace but you can create a peaceful place within your home or within your neighborhood.

You might want to travel the world but right in your own back yard you might be missing out on some amazing things. Do some searches in your area to see what historical places might be hidden.

And we all know, especially when you’re a mother, how hard it is to get time to read a book. That one might be the hardest of them all to accomplish but it’s possible.

It’s all possible.

This year I’ve gone on to take baby steps. I only have a few resolutions this year. One being to work harder at my writing, and since I’ll be going on my third year this year I want to up my game. I want stunning covers and fantastic editing. To have those I’ve got to push myself since I’m my own cover designer and editor.

I’ve already bought more how-to books to learn from, and to build myself up to a higher skill level.

Another resolution this year is to take a few risks. I’m terrified of doing new things sometimes so this is going to be a rather hard resolution to keep but I’m sure going to try my hardest to break free from my bubble.

A small step here might just be for me to write out in public or to do something I normally wouldn’t like approaching someone who reviews books to take a look at one of mine. (I’ve always been terrified of criticism. I can handle it I just hate placing myself on the chopping block.)

One last thing I want to do this year is to make more memories with my children. Time is passing by so quickly and I want to make as many memories as I can with them. I want to start new traditions with them too.

There’s a lot more I could add to the list of things I want to do this year but I want to keep it simple. Hopefully by the end of the year I can say I accomplished them all.

This year is going to be a good one but only if we make it that way.

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Happy New Year

Raven K. Asher

Re-release of Eden One (Crash and Burn)

Re-release of Eden One

I have recently combined the Eden One episodes into a four book series. Book one, Crash and Burn is now available for purchase on Amazon. You can also read it for free using Amazon Unlimited.

What do we do when the world as we know it ends? What will we do to survive? Only we can decide the answers to those questions.

Now, fast forward 237 years into the future.

Earth is no longer livable, and only seven space stations hold the keys to our future.

Each station has its own special reasons, and each has a certain group that will be able to travel to any new planets they find and begin life anew.

The stations consist of the farmers, the engineers, the scientists, the breeders, the doctors, the military, and the alphas, or also known as the future leaders.

Mackenzie was lucky enough to be born on the military station, and  is quickly following in her father’s footsteps to becoming a leader of her very own squad, a squad that would someday be sent down to a whole new world.

They were the future.

As their future soon becomes reality Mackenzie and her team are tested to their limits. She has to fight her emotions and do what's best for everyone, but will it be enough?

Will it keep them all alive when they finally reach the ground? And when a red devil threatens what’s between Cash and her, will Kenzie loose him?

On this lost planet anything can happen.

Things aren't always what they seem.

One second Mac finds herself with friends and the next she’s being chased down by enemies.

Will she be able to survive, or will she have to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to ensure her team’s future?

Fox’s whole life has been turned upside down, and all because of one tiny human girl and her team. He finds himself will to do anything for her, even if it’s the last thing he wants to do.

When one of her teammates needs help Fox has no choice but to leave her behind, but saving Grey ends up being more than either Fox or Riker bargained for.

Fox quickly finds himself under attack by his own people.

It ends up being him and Cash against them all.

Barely surviving they somehow manage to escape, but now they have an even bigger issue to deal with. Mackenzie has been taken. But the question is who took her and why.

They get their answer when they return to the spot where Fox had left her last.

The Gealtach, the most feared beings on the planet, were after her. But she wasn't being chased by just any Gealtach. She was being tracked by hunters.

Now, both Cash and Fox have hard decisions to make, but will they make the correct ones?

Will they be able to save the girl that they both love? Or will they choose the wrong path and lose her forever.

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Follow this link to purchase Eden One, Crash and Burn: Eden One: Crash and Burn

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Happy Reading

Raven K. Asher

Weekly Update 12/1/ 2015

Weekly Update

     I can't believe it's already December. Time has flown by so quickly this year. November was the anniversary of my second year as an author and it completely passed me by before I remembered that little fact.

     November was a very busy month for me. I finished up a lot of projects that I had started throughout this year. I also made plans for next year's projects and release dates. Lot's of planning and checking things off of my to-do lists.

     Now that it's December things are going to get a bit more tricky with the holidays right around the corner but I am planning on getting a few more paperback versions released.

     There won't be any new releases until next year though. I will be doing some cover reveals and some teasers for the next few weeks.

     If all of my plans work out I will be working on the third book in The Among the Dead Trilogy "Home". I'm hoping to get it all written and finished up in time for February to celebrate the day I released my very first book.

     I'm crossing my fingers that it works out.

     Other than that I will be posting release dates for a few of the projects I recently finished too. I've got a lot of updating to do with my website.

     With the holidays coming up rapidly I probably won't get around to doing another weekly update for the year so I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and have a Great New Year.

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Thanks for Reading.

Raven K. Asher

Out Now!! Captured, Book 2 in The Angels Evermore Series

Now Available!!

Marcus has been taken and Piper is stuck without a clue as to where they took him. The only thing she can do is wait to see if Alec will give them the information that they so badly need in order to rescue Marcus.
After months of testing her patience Alec finally reveals something, but later that same day Marcus reveals himself.
He’s not the same angel she knew though.
He’s much more dangerous, and under someone else’s control.
Marcus warns her to stay away but Piper doesn’t listen, she only follows what she believes in her heart. She has to save him.
As she struggles to find ways to free Marcus Mason steps in to comfort her when everything seems to fail. He keeps her going even though he wants her for himself.
Failure after failure leads Piper into thoughts about giving up. Being with Mason seems like the easier route but her heart just won’t allow her.
Everything appeared hopeless, but there was still one option they had left. Piper needed to go before the council. She needed to reveal herself to them in hopes of finding who was controlling Marcus’s actions.
Unfortunately the council has plans for her.
Before the council places their plan into action Marcus does the unthinkable. He shatters Piper’s world and destroys any chance they had together.
Hate for him consumes Piper.
At the worst possible time the council sends her back home to her mother and sister but it comes with a price. She has to meet with the council’s seven sons.
She must choose one.
All around her Piper’s world comes crashing down. Not everyone is as they seem. They’re far more dangerous than she could ever imagine.
Lies spring to light.
She’s been betrayed by the one person she had cared about the most.
Her heart left broken. But in the midst of it comes a savior, an angel who can save her from herself and teach her what love means again.
He will fight by her side when Marcus threatens them with a coming war.
In the end will she survive, or will the war end everything?

You can purchase this story exclusively on Amazon or you can borrow and read for free with Kindle Unlimited.

Amazon Link:  Captured (The Angels Evermore Book 2)

Teaser Tuesday!! When Tomorrow Never Comes

When Tomorrow Never Comes

Snow cascades down around me as I stand still, silent, as a soft hickory casket is slowly lowered into the cold hard ground.

A single white flake falls onto my eye lash.
It doesn’t distract me from watching as my heart disappears from sight.
He was gone forever.

I would never hear the soft sound of his infectious laughter and
I would no longer feel the warmth of his breath fan over my cheek.

I felt so alone.

When the casket gently hits the bottom of the hole with a soft thud members of his family begin to step forward to grab a small handful of soil to toss into the hole.

I watch as they all file past with tears rolling down their reddened cheeks.

His mother stops next to me for a moment with her head bowed as her frail hand reaches out to gently touch my arm.

A moment later she continues on her way.
I hadn’t expected that much from her considering she had accused me for his death.
A dark shadow falls over me a few moments later.

I almost wish it was death coming for me, but it was someone much worse.

It was his brother.
He doesn’t make a sound as he moves to stand closer to me.

Bowing my head I force myself to stay strong in his presence. I had to stay strong no matter how much just having him next to me hurt.

It felt as if Cole was standing next to me and not Liam.

They had looked so much alike being that they had been identical twins. There were subtle differences though, ones that only someone that was close to them would see.

When he moves forward to take his turn tossing dirt into the hole I let out the breath I had been holding back in his presence.

Once he turns back around I bow my head again but not before I catch a glimpse of the hatred he held for me within his dark eyes.

Along with his mother he had blamed me.

This tragedy hadn’t been my fault though, it had been Cole’s. He had been the one falling into a pit of darkness.

It was something that I had thought I could save him from.
But in the end I couldn’t.

In the end he had left us.

He had left me with a deep hole in my heart.
               Cole had abandoned us all.

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Pre-Order on Amazon : When Tomorrow Never Comes

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Thanks for Reading

Raven K. Asher