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Book Cover Updates - Dust Jackets & Ebook Covers

Check out this IG Live Video where I share the Orion’s Order Dust jacket covers as well as updates to the ebook covers (which subsequently is a cover reveal for Deacon’s Star! ;) )

M.C. Solaris

❤️Author of massively epic love stories

🧜‍♀️Creator of emotionally satisfying fantasy escapes

✨Healing thru storytelling

✍️ Channeler of Orion’s Order

https://linktr.ee/mcsolarisauthor

EXCERPTS FROM MY ROMANCE DIARY - THE DRAGON KING PART ONE

***THE DRAGON KING PART TWO CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://mcsolaris.com/new-blog/excerpts-from-my-romance-diary-the-dragon-king-part-two ***

If you missed the April newsletter, here’s a quick recap: I feel called to share some raw and unedited “stream of consciousness” excerpts that were written 99% of the time upon waking and were my pretty much verbatim translations of the vivid dreams that came to me that night.

Some are steamy. Some are sweet. Some are emotional. Some are short. Some are long. Some are from the species world. Some are from other worlds. Some have more (lots more!) to the story and characters than the excerpt I’m sharing with you. And some of these stories may be written into a book and shared with you one day. ;)

Last month’s excerpt was called “Warrior God” and it’s short and S-T-E-A-M-Y!

This month’s is long—so long (about 3 thousand words) that I’m going to split it up into likely two parts in this and next newsletter.

I’m curious what you think of Kiera and the tiny dragon creatures! :)

The Dragon King

PART ONE

By M.C. Solaris

Author’s Note: I don’t actually know the heroine’s name yet. But I’m putting Kiera as I feel like this is right but it is subject to change as I write this story one day.

Also, I need to briefly set the scene for you: 

The heroine is sitting on outside stone steps (possible second or third story high) in a private part of the castle. There are lush/tropical type of foliage and trees surrounding the steps, offering some shade to the warm sunlight.

She has managed to sneak away from the party unnoticed with a bowl of salad, some fruits, and trail mix.

She is thinking about things and her gaze drifts off into the trees. Suddenly, something touches her hand—the one holding the bowl of food—and she just about jumps clear out of her skin.

Looking down… she froze.

She was met with huge reptilian eyes of brightest blue. Well, huge in relation to the head and body. She blinked as the creature’s nostrils—like a horse: round and large—flared as it’s snout got closer and sniffed her hand again.

Those big, blue eyes kept flicking between her and the food.

The creature was like an adorable, tiny dragon with delicate wings. And despite being compared to the ancient, fire-breathing creatures from fantasy stories, the only big thing about the creature before her was those big, curious eyes that held a youthful air. The cute thing was the size of a house cat—it even had four legs with toes tipped with claws. And it’s reptilian skin held a patterned color scheme of bright blues, something akin to a rainforest reptile.

Clearly, it wanted food.

“Are you hungry?” She smiled.

Her voice seemed to startle it—the creature freezing for a split second, just as she’d done when she first discovered she wasn’t alone.

Those big blue eyes looked into hers as if it were trying to understand what the two-legged alien creature was saying.

Her smile grew wider with warm affection. “Let’s see.” She looked at her bowl. “What would you like?” For whatever reason, she plucked one of the creamy nuts and set it on the stone next to her.

Those nostrils flared several times in quick succession as it practically sucked it up like a vacuum. Then it struck, quick as a cobra—so fast it actually had her momentarily pause at the lethal beauty of the strike—but then she saw those big, almost innocent eyes on her as it gobbled up the offering.

The creature seemed to be the master of puppy dog eyes and was clearly not above begging.

She laughed quietly to herself so she didn’t scare the tiny thing. “What about fruit?” Placing a particularly juicy and sweet piece on the ground, she smiled as it did the sniff then gobble thing again.

“So, what else—”

With her heart suddenly jumping into her throat, her amused question was cut off with the feeling of something else at her other side. Her head whipped around to see another one of those same creatures sniffing her leg. Well, at least that’s what she thought it must’ve been doing before she apparently startled it with turning her head so fast.

This one had the same anatomical structure as the other but it was patterned with bright greens and viper green eyes to match.

“Ah, so let me guess. You were waiting back until that one checked out the weird, two-legged alien and determined the coast was clear, huh?” She smiled.

Soon, she was surrounded by several of the adorably tiny dragon creatures—like a huge puppy pile. They were on her legs, arms, and one was even on her shoulders. She’d long ago given up all the food to the creatures—a fair trade in her eyes.

And once the food was gone, the curious creatures seemed fascinated with her and those circular flared as they sniffed her—her hair, her exposed skin of hands and arms, her clothes. And the one on her shoulders bravely leaned in to catch the scent of her breath a couple of times.

“You sure are curious little things,” she chuckled, trying not to move too much as she didn’t want to startle them. Although, they clearly seemed a lot more comfortable with her now being that they were all over her and pulling a Dora The Explorer.

She felt the one on her shoulders—a vibrant violet color—test the taste of her hair while a gorgeous citrine-colored one pawed at the fabric of her pants. It’s claws were sharp and they were sure doing one hell of a number on her pants but those tiny knives didn’t break skin. It actually reminded her of a kitten still learning and discovering how and when to detract their growing claws—claws that one day would be able to inflict serious damage.

Huh. The thought had her looking at the creatures' cute, little pot bellies and those big, big eyes paired with their playfully curious nature. Just as she was wondering about their age, she jumped out of her skin for the second time—or was it third? And okay, fine, a stereotypical feminine yelp may have escaped too.

With that speed of a reptilian predator, all ten of the small creatures were suddenly standing at attention, hissing and growling, and shaking their tiny tails in an aggressive back and forth—releasing the slightest rattle sound like a snake.

Easily understanding their body language, her eyes went wide and she didn’t dare move a muscle…

Copyright © 2021 by M.C. Solaris

Author’s Note: To find out what startled the heroine and the tiny creatures, you’ll have to keep an eye out for the next newsletter! (UPDATE: The Dragon King Excerpt Part Two is can be found here!).

PS: If you haven't tried the Orion’s Order series, you can dive in at Calypso’s Heart (book 1) and then immediately continue on to Rhyker’s Key (book 2)!

M.C. Solaris

❤️Author of massively epic love stories

🧜‍♀️Creator of emotionally satisfying fantasy escapes

✨Healing thru storytelling

✍️ Channeler of Orion’s Order

https://linktr.ee/mcsolarisauthor

I am a Storyteller

I am a Storyteller

I am a storyteller.

That phrase (mantra and affirmation) has been on my desk even before I first woke up and started writing Calypso’s Heart or any of the Orion’s Order books.

That phrase was in the context of being a women’s health coach and shamanic practitioner.

And because of this background of mine and truly being a dedicated and passionate healer at heart, I would say that my storytelling is unique.

You see, on top of my background with studying and practicing all things women’s health—from the practical to the very woo-woo, I am also not a “trained” writer and I didn’t go to school to be a writer or even take writing classes. I’m just a woman who woke up one day and began writing the stories I started to see in my head.

And because I haven’t gone to school to be a writer, it may not follow the “writing rules” but that’s okay as I am not writing to fit in any box “that sells” or of “that’s how it’s supposed to be.” I am writing what I see playing out in my head like a movie and I just do my absolute best to translate it into reality and do the images and scenes I see justice to the best of my ability.

And I want to share a little secret with you... I believe the stories I write (or translate) are more than just stories. Sure, they are entertaining and they have laugh out loud moments but I believe they are so much more than that. I believe these stories are healing. I believe these stories contain powerful lessons. I believe these stories help you on your journey as you navigate through this thing we call life. I believe these stories contain sacred lessons about life and love and relationships. And I believe these stories hold a certain vibration or energetic frequency of love that you may feel when getting lost in these stories.

Try not to get caught up if I got too woo-woo there for you for a second. What I’m trying to say is that I believe these stories are so much more than just fictional and fantasy stories.

You see, sometimes I feel like our world has forgotten about the power behind storytelling. Storytelling is sacred. Storytelling is magical. Storytelling is healing. Storytelling is powerful.

Storytelling can conjure emotions and bring things to light that you may not have realized or may have not seen in that way before.

And I feel like it’s a part of my life’s mission—my soul’s mission—to help re-enchant the world through the sacred art of storytelling. By sharing stories that help you on your journey in some way. By sharing stories that help you heal through a situation. By sharing stories that help you be seen, felt, heard. By sharing stories that help you in your loving relationships—including your relationship with yourself. By sharing stories that inspire you, encourage you, lift you up, help you believe in yourself, help you believe that epic love does exist, help you believe that, hell yes, you’re worthy of that epic love too!

So, you see, I am a storyteller. And I am truly honored to be able to share these powerfully healing stories with you.

They’ve changed my life for the better and I can’t imagine who I’d be without them. And I just hope that they help serve you in that way too.

So if you want to hear and feel these stories that I believe were passed onto me so I could share them with you and our world then I invite you to grab your favorite drink and get all comfy and cozy, maybe light a candle, and enjoy story time!

M.C. Solaris

❤️Author of massively epic love stories

🧜‍♀️Creator of emotionally satisfying fantasy escapes

✨Healing thru storytelling

✍️ Channeler of Orion’s Order

https://linktr.ee/mcsolarisauthor

Author Reflections: New Moons and Publishing Calypso's Heart

Author Reflections: New Moons and Publishing Calypso's Heart

As a part of the recent new moon in Aries this past Sunday (PS: The Aries new moon is the start of an astrological cycle in itself—I kind of like to think of it as an “astrological new year”), I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting about the past 12 month cycle.

Naturally, I thought about publishing Calypso’s Heart because it was a humongously life-changing event and my first official (well, publicly official) steps into the world as M.C. Solaris.

And then I thought about how I published Calypso’s Heart with a new moon as well (July 20th, 2020). That was no coincidence either. I remember looking at certain dates for publication and remember wanting to coincide the date with the lunar cycle since that’s kinda how I roll in my personal life too. So, just made sense to have a release with the new moon.

Anyway, I went all the way back to my social media post that day and felt called to share what I wrote with you again because I know I needed to hear this message again and so I’m sharing it here in case you also needed to hear this and be reminded that you totally got this and to keep forging your path ahead even when it gets tough or unexpected roadblocks appear.

Okay, so here’s what I wrote:

***

Broadly speaking, new moons are a time of new beginnings. It’s the start of a new lunar cycle. Restart. Recollect. Refresh. Rejuvenate. Remember.... So, naturally, officially launching with the new moon felt aligned to me.

“This July New Moon is a great time to become aware of the things and beliefs you are doing that are holding you back from living your best life.

Very often, we are the ones that are in our own way. Very often, it is a little habit, a fear, or a voice of doubt that keeps us playing small and in a limited mindset and state of being.” — Forever Conscious

Want to know a secret?

I was (still am) *terrified* to be birthing this book into world. Yup. True story. I poured my heart and soul into Calypso’s Heart. And publishing CH is such a vulnerable experience. (Hell, even this post is a little vulnerable!).

The fears that have come up for me during this entire experience have been next level. From writing, to editing, to beta reading, to publicly announcing, etc.

So today’s new moon vibes involving being aware of the fears that may be holding you back from doing the damn thing and doing it big, feels timely.

And I wanted to share this to hopefully encourage you to carry on, forge ahead, and continue to put one foot in front of the other—in spite of fears, beliefs, and behaviors that may be holding you back.

You got this! I believe in you!

XO

M.C. Solaris

❤️Author of massively epic love stories

🧜‍♀️Creator of emotionally satisfying fantasy escapes

✨Healing thru storytelling

✍️ Channeler of Orion’s Order

https://linktr.ee/mcsolarisauthor

Author Reflections on Clearing, Purging, Releasing & Forgiving

Author Reflections on Clearing, Purging, Releasing & Forgiving

Excerpt from the April 2021 Newsletter

What a wild past 2 weeks!

I don’t know about you but the past couple weeks have been an unexpectedly wild ride (that full moon in Libra though lol!) with a very prevalent theme:

Clearing. Purging. Releasing. Forgiving.

Literally in all areas of my life—emotionally, energetically, physically.

I finally started that diet I’d intended to start back in January with the new year and shed 6.5 pounds so far—yay!

The flare up of an old injury that had resurfaced since last November finally made giant healing strides. Hallelujah! I was finally able to go to the beach for the first time since this injury circled back around. (PS: Where’s body healer extraordinaire Aleia when you need her?).

And because of this and not being in constant pain (side note on pain: Isn’t it a funny/strange thing when the pain “moves” in the body? I take it as a sign of healing in my body, so I welcomed it), I was finally able to clean my apartment *and* even cleared out the shower drain that had been flowing slowly because of my hair. Oh, the not so glorious side of long hair—who can relate? Lol!

Another thing on the physical side of things is my skin. Boy has my skin been breaking out and talking to me like crazy! So, I invested in a couple new skincare products and have been trying out a new routine (Hello, acid peels and Retin A with a resulting skin “purge” lol!). Again, it’s only been like two weeks, but I swear I can already see and feel a difference! And if the angry acne breakouts weren’t enough, I’ve had a couple “random” appearances of hives—very small, nothing crazy uncomfortable or anything (Benadryl gel to the rescue! ;) ).

***Edited To Add: Wow! After I wrote up this newsletter, I’m now back in here to add another thing that came outta left field. For the first time in my adult life (and in my memory as I don’t remember if this happened when I was young), I have an ear infection. It is seriously painful as all hell and the infection was progressively getting worse (and kinda quickly) so I went to urgent care yesterday afternoon (PS: I totally would’ve gone sooner if I knew it was an infection! I thought it was just a painful pimple and would naturally run its course—see above about the acne thing lol). Turns out, the reason I couldn’t hear anything (or that everything was seriously muffled) was because the ear canal was so inflamed that it was swollen shut. No wonder the pain is like next level lol! Anyway, back to the regularly scheduled programming. ;) ***

And then on the emotional front... Well, let’s just say it’s been *emotional* Lol! Seriously though. In my personal life, I’ve reconnected with my mindfulness/spiritual practice and have been diving deep into releasing meditations—releasing old “wounds”, patterns, self-limiting beliefs, fears, and unhealthy/unhelpful emotional attachments to people, places, things. (Can someone say Hoʻoponopono? PS: Feel free to Google this practice of releasing/forgiveness. Highly recommend and there’s probably a zillion articles/YouTube videos to guide you through the process if you feel called.)

And finally on the writing front—because that’s kinda why you’re here lol!

Releasing expectations. Let me repeat that: Releasing expectations.

Writing book four has been a wild, emotional journey! Not only because of the storyline itself but also because I’m still learning and growing as an author and still discovering my style and groove so to speak.

Story things aside (#nospoilers ;) ), lately, I’ve been gently reminding myself to release expectations and let go of how I thought it should/would go. Like how I “should” write everyday and how many words I “should” write per writing session. PS: Some days I don’t write at all because I’m just not feeling it—you can’t force creativity!—and when I do write, sometimes I write less than 500 words and sometimes I write 4+ thousand. (Oh, how I love these days so very much! I also kind of have a writing hangover afterward too lol!) Really, it just depends on if the words and creativity is “flowing” that day.

And on the note of word count, I’ve been shedding the worries and fears that have been coming up around this book with things like it “being too long” and if I “should use a different word because, wait, didn’t I just use that word in the paragraph before?” Instead, I’ve just been writing—writing it all, anything and everything, and then once the first draft is done, I can begin the fine tuning (editing) process and smooth whatever needs smoothing.

I also have been letting go of the expectation of how I thought the storyline would go. By book four, I’ve “seen” so many scenes that I already kinda knew a lot of what was going down and I feel it’s my job to rearrange and put the scenes together in a cohesive order. But of course, I have *not* seen everything—by far. So, I’ve been learning to relax a bit as I let the story that wants to be written, be written! It’s how all the other books in the series were written after all. So, who am I to attempt to put my human mind around the creativity that wishes to flow through and in a certain way?

Like today—well, technically, yesterday as it’s 3:17 am at the moment. (Yes, a very very common time for me to wake up from sleep and jot down words!), what I thought would be one chapter is now three (lol!) and I wrote a scene that I hadn’t seen before. It was unexpected and yet naturally flowed from my brain to the paper and, well, this is hard to say because it’s literally impossible for me to choose, but I think it might be one of my favorite scenes of the book. I won’t give any spoilers but the growth and development with the character was so touching to me that it really hit somewhere deep and I totally cried.

Okay, I’ve shed many a tear while I write these stories (and welcome it because, to me, it’s such a beautiful thing to be so emotionally connected to the characters who’ve nestled their way into my heart) and foresee myself continuing to shed more as I continue to write. But this scene... yeah, no spoilers, but it landed somewhere deep. Then again, there are many scenes in this book that really reached into the depth of my heart and soul. And maybe that’s why it’s been such an emotional journey to write this story.

So, one final thing to add to this releasing recount: Saying goodbye to the fears and negative thoughts that’s been circling around in my head, taking up precious space, and rapidly multiplying over time.

Fears and negative thoughts about the stories (all of them—books 1 through 4 and even those yet to be written.) Fears and negative thoughts about my writing. Fears and negative thoughts about what the hell I’m doing with my life with writing stories (lol!). So, I got real with all of it. Faced each of those thoughts head on. Called BS on their lies. Said buh-bye to them. And then chose to think new thoughts, positive thoughts, uplifting thoughts that reinvigorate and reignite.

PS: This isn’t a “one and done” type of thing. As Dr. Keena Oliver, expert mind and spirit healer, reminds me: healing is circular and cyclical. So, those fears and negative thoughts may come up again and each time I have the choice to identify them, call BS on their lies, and decide to think the new, positive thoughts.

And now I’m reminded of words of a total badass mystic philosopher and source of inspiration and wisdom:

“Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”― Lao Tzu

*bows head respectfully*

Okay... Whew! This newsletter is kinda long lol! Who’s really surprised though? ;) I mean, it’s me, M.C. Solaris, author of massively epic love stories filled with all sorts of gems of healing/relationship/life lessons… and of course, sexy shifters, hot vampires, and intriguing immortals!

By the way, I’m sharing all of this with you because I hope my healing journey helps you in some way…

Gives you permission and courage to release, purge, let go, clear, and cut ties.

Gives you strength to keep going and be the light in the darkness.

Gives you inspiration to reconnect back with yourself and your dreams and desires.

And helps to reignite your passions!

Happiest of spring to us all and here’s to shedding what’s no longer serving us, waking up from the healing slumber of winter, and emerging into the light renewed and revitalized!

I send so so so sooo much love to you, fellow romance reader and lover of, well, LOVE!

XO

M.C. Solaris

❤️Author of massively epic love stories

🧜‍♀️Creator of emotionally satisfying fantasy escapes

✨Healing thru storytelling

✍️ Channeler of Orion’s Order

https://linktr.ee/mcsolarisauthor

EXCERPTS FROM MY ROMANCE DIARY - WARRIOR GOD

I feel called to share some raw and unedited “stream of consciousness” excerpts that were written 99% of the time upon waking and were my pretty much verbatim translations of the vivid dreams that came to me that night.

Some are steamy. Some are sweet. Some are emotional. Some are short. Some are long. Some are from the species world. Some are from other worlds. Some have more (lots more!) to the story and characters than the excerpt I’m sharing with you. And some of these stories may be written into a book and shared with you one day. ;)

The one I’m sharing today is called “Warrior God” and it’s short and S-T-E-A-M-Y!

I’m curious what you think! :)

Warrior God

By M.C. Solaris

He was truly a gorgeous creature crafted in the image of a warrior god. Strong, toned, muscular.

He pulled my body close to his, wrapping my leg around his waist. And the visual of his warm skin of illuminated cinnamon pressing close to the lightness of my own, sparked arousal to life, as if it had been waiting for this moment, for him.

As he slid into me, sheathing himself in one stroke and filling me completely, pleasure like I’d never felt before ignited deep within me. And only crested higher and higher as we moved and danced a sensuous duet of sunlight and moonlight.

“Cassius,” I breathed.

“Ellawyn,” he answered back, our rhythm staying strong, steady.

“I’ve never... oh, god... I’ve never felt...” I could barely even speak with the immense pleasure rocketing through me with his every thrust.

He didn’t say anything but a deep groan, as if he too was completely lost and swept away in the erotic ecstasy we’d conjured and created.

His strokes quickened and quickened until we were both almost frantic to reach the peak, to crest and fall into oblivion.

Copyright © 2021 by M.C. Solaris

Author’s Note: Whew! I told ya it was steamy with a side of extra steam lol! But if you’ve read the Orion’s Order series then you know I write fog-up-your-glasses steamy romances… ;)

PS: If you haven't tried the Orion’s Order series, you can dive in at Calypso’s Heart (book 1) and then immediately continue on to Rhyker’s Key (book 2)!

M.C. Solaris

❤️Author of massively epic love stories

🧜‍♀️Creator of emotionally satisfying fantasy escapes

✨Healing thru storytelling

✍️ Channeler of Orion’s Order

https://linktr.ee/mcsolarisauthor

"A" for Effort - Author Reflections about Persistence and Practice

In this video, I share some of my recent author/writing reflections about persistence and practice and... manicures!

***Highlight*** Keep at it! Whatever it is--nails, writing, art, cooking, sports, etc. Stick with it and keep practicing and learning and in time you'll look back and see how far you've come! 😊✨

***Question*** What was something you recently tried for the first time and would give yourself an "A" for effort? 😊💕

PS: Wowww I just realized there’s a typo and I spelled “effort” wrong LOL! Whoopsies! 🤪🤣 although I kinda like the look of it with 2 R’s 🙃😉 looks more symmetrical that way haha 😜

TRANSCRIPT:

Take a look at the 1st time I ever did dip manicure (Jan 6th) vs. my 6th time doing a DIY dip mani (March 19th)...

So I have no idea how I went from laying in bed and feeling super emotional/all over the place (hello full moon!) to looking at pictures of my past diy manis but as I laughed at my 1st valiant attempt of a dip mani, a thought struck me...

If I continue to write more, will my writing skills improve just as much as my dip mani skills have improved as I continue to persistently practice (and bumble a little) this dip mani life?.

Ok it was kind of a random thought but not wholly out of the blue as I have been doing a lot of reflecting about Calypso’s Heart and Rhyker’s Key (and even Deacon’s Star plus what I’ve written of book 4 so far).

I just started listening to the Rhyker’s Key audiobook chapters (like proof reading/listening) and as I hear the words I wrote and the story I shared, I find myself cringing and saying/thinking things like:.

“Oh my god did I write that?”.

“Why did I word it that way?”.

“Hmm, maybe I should have edited that out?”.

This same thing happened when I listened to Calypso’s Heart too and I imagine this may be a part of the lifelong author journey I’ve embarked on.

For whatever reason, it kind of reminds me of how professional sports players (or even how my sister, dad, and I growing up with high school basketball lol! Shout out to my dad who literally attended and video taped every single game!). Anyway it kind of reminded me how professional sports players watch the recording of their game to see what plays they executed well or what moves or skills they could improve on or what needs more practice.

When I listen to the audiobook, it’s this sort of “after the game” recap and reflections where I can identify things I liked and things I’d like to improve upon.

And as I laid in bed (lay... lie? I swear that verb is like my arch nemesis lol). Whatever. So as I was laying in my bed looking at my A for effort 1st dip mani, the parallels of my author journey presented themselves like a total light bulb moment.

Back in January—three months ago?—I remember watching a couple video tutorials on how to do dip nails and then I was like, “I want ombré red and black and then ombré white and black.” (The gold sparkles was an “in the moment” inspirational decision lol).

And then after having this desire for ombré nails, I went out on my balcony and... did it.

Yup. They look pretty dang terrible 🤣 but the thing that struck me as I reflected back on it was how even though I was completely brand new to “dipping” and super rusty with manicures in general (hello quarantine and having naked nails the whole time lol), I had a vision in mind and then I just... did it. I bought the dip powders and tools and did it.

Again, the results are... well, now that I’m looking back, I can laugh but like I said I’d give myself an A for effort. And even though they really weren’t all that grand, I showed off my mani to my boyfriend and then my sisters who all were supportive and yet we acknowledged it wasn’t my best work lol (that’s a topic for another day—having a support system that simultaneously lifts you up while being honest and truthful).

Okay, so what the heck does this have to do with writing?.

Well, I realized how similar this process was for me when I first embarked on the author journey.

When I first started writing, I literally just woke up one day in January back in 2019 and started writing the characters and stories that just popped into my head unexpectedly.

Sure, at that time I’d recently rekindled my love of reading and had read a fair amount of paranormal romance books, but I didn’t know what I was doing! But just like with the ombré nails, I had a vision and I just dove head first into the author life and started writing.

I literally had never written a novel or story in my life. The only writing I had done was essays for school assignments and that’d been years and years ago (and wasn’t even for a writing class or anything).

So I didn’t know a damn thing about writing novels—literally I had no idea what I was doing. If someone had asked me about plots, or pacing, or character development, or Point Of View, word count, editing, formatting, publishing, book cover designs... literally all the things, I would’ve scratched my head and been very confused at the foreign terms and concepts and expectations and “rules.”

All I knew was that I did my very best to write the vision I saw in my head onto paper.

So, just like the very first dip manicure I did, Calypso’s Heart may not be my best work (same goes with Rhyker’s Key, Deacon’s Star, and yes even the current book I’m writing) but I’m hoping that my writing skills will only get better each and every time I let the words flow onto the page... just like the improvements and differences I see from my first ever dip mani to my most recent. (And you can see why it’s no mystery why I’m a little traumatized to attempt ombré again lol).

Okay, so I wanted to close this with a huge heartfelt thank you to you. For not only choosing to take a chance on calypsos heart (and rhykers key) and diving into the species world with me but also for being on this author journey with me. For being there for calypsos heart (my first dip mani if you will) and for hopefully being with me as I continue to learn and grow and write more stories! Thank you thank you thank you!

M.C. Solaris

❤️Author of massively epic love stories

🧜‍♀️Creator of emotionally satisfying fantasy escapes

✨Healing thru storytelling

✍️ Channeler of Orion’s Order

https://linktr.ee/mcsolarisauthor