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It’s LIVE!!!

Be My Light is live today!

ONE MORE DAY!

Just one more day until Be My Light releases. I am so excited and nervous. One of the people I sent a signed paperback to read it in one sitting, and by sitting I mean she told me she started reading at 2 pm and emailed me at 4 am saying she’d finished it and absolutely loved it. That was the best email ever to wake up to. I’m hoping everyone else loves it just as much.

The cover for the paperback got so much love that I made it the cover for the ebook as well. The paperback will be available to order tomorrow, October 15th. When my proof copy arrived, I shrieked so loud I’m pretty sure the whole neighborhood heard me. To hold a book I wrote in my hands for the first time is a feeling I will never forget. Amazing.

Here’s the link again and it will be available on Kindle Unlimited.

Write soon. Bye.

Ari Reavis

Another Ending and New Beginnings

I’ve finished book 3, a fake fiance romance. I have yet to figure out a title for it, but I’m so happy with the way it turned out. Once again, I had to convince myself that any other book I write doesn’t have to be as long as book 1. When the story is done, it’s done.

I finally found a cover for book 2, the singe dad romance. I was really heartbroken when the covered I was dying for got sold, but the new one is beautiful and I’m fits the title better anyway.

Just a reminder that Be My Light is up for pre-order and going live on Oct. 15th. Here’s the link.

I’ve started book 4 and have about 17k words written for that one so far, but because the words weren’t coming to me as naturally as they have with the other books, I switched it up and started book 5 last night. So far, I have over 1,800 words written for that one. I think I’ll stick with this one and go back to book 4 later. We’ll see.

Write soon. Bye.

Ari Reavis

It’s Live

Be My Light is now available for pre-order. To see a book I wrote on Amazon is a dream come true, it’s mind-blowing. Hopefully you guys can go check it out.

Pre-order link:

Also, if you’re on goodreads, consider adding it to your tbr.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41732546-be-my-light

Write soon. Bye.

Ari Reavis

Be My Light’s Cover

Just wanted to drop this beauty off. The cover of my first book, Be My Light.

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Big Things Are Happening

So much has been going on. Most importantly, I’m well on my way to putting my first book, Be My Light, up for pre-order on Amazon. I can’t even believe it’s happening. The final round of editing has been sent back to my editor and then I have to read over it one more time and that’s it! The blurb was a test of my sanity, but luckily for me, I had an incredible friend (who’s also an author) help me out GREATLY and we ended up with a good one. Just picking what options you want on Amazon and entering all the info to publish is both exciting and daunting.

It will officially release on Oct. 1st. There’s 2 playlists that go with the book that I will be posting a link for in a few days. I hope anyone reading this will check it out and think about buying it.

On to my second book (the single dad romance), I have a title, and am looking at covers. That one will be going to the editor after I publish the first book.

I’m currently working on book three and hit my goal of writing 50k for this month. I have no idea what the title will be yet, but it’s another romance (obviously). A fake fiancee romance. I love it and it’s required so much research.

I’ve plotted out two more books and now I can’t decide which book I want to start after I’m done with book 3.

Of course, when I put Be My Light up for pre-order, I’ll post the link in a new post.

Write soon. Bye.

Ari Reavis

Sorry It’s Been So Long

I apologize for not posting in so long, but I have been putting the time to good use. I’ll go in order of books to tell you what’s been going on.

Book 1 (Be My Light):

It is currently in the hands of a professional editor. Yayyy. Just getting back the first 10 pages (the sample edit to see if I liked her style of editing) was both excited and daunting. Excited because, omg this is the first step towards really seeing my book published and out in the world. Daunting because there were so many edits in just those 10 pages, so much to think about, so much to change, wrong punctuation, and so on. Anyway the edits are due back soon and I can’t wait to get started. Plus my editor is great.

Book 2 (Single dad romance):

As you know, if you read the previous post, I’m done with it and it will be getting edited next. I have a cover for it and a title that I absolutely love. I will be self-editing this soon before I send it off to the professional.

Book 3 (Fake marriage romance):

YES, I’VE STARTED BOOK 3. So far, I have six chapters and am trying to write at least 1,000 words a day on it. Like it says above, it’s a fake marriage romance, woman in need of a fiancee stat. It’s gonna have a little more humor in it than the other 2 books.

Welp, I also just had a baby so writing will be a little slower these days, but I’m hoping by the time I get the edits back, I’ll have a little more time on my hands. We’ll see.

Write soon. Bye.

Ari

Single Dad Romance In The Bag

As you can obviously see from the headline, my second book is done. At 71k words (before editing), it’s a beauty. I love this love story so much and I hope everyone else who reads it does too. I’m almost done with editing it. I have about 40 pages left to go through.

On the 1st book front, I’m waiting for the professional editing, but I have a cover picked out that I absolutely LOVE. My husband is reading it right now, and that man does not read, so him already being half way through it is a really good sign. He’s all ‘I can really picture what you’re writing.’ yayyy.

I already have the cover for book 2. A friend of mine made it for me before I was even finished writing it.

Write soon. Bye.

Ari

On It’s Way To Being Done

I have been typing away on my second book, the single dad romance. Right now I’m at 54k words. I feel like it’ll end up being around 65k.

I feel this weird pressure to make my 2nd book as long as the first. My first book ended up being over 96k words and I can’t help but feel like this one is coming up… short or something. But I also know this book doesn’t need to be that long to finish the story.

I’ve gotten so much better at typing, it’s ridiculous. I usually do about 4k words a day, when my kids and time allow.

Anyway back to work. I’m watching tiny house hunters and currently writing chapter 25.

Write soon. Bye.

Ari.

Self Editing Is A Beast

I’m finally done self- editing. Now my story is 96,109 words. I already want to go back in and edit again, just to make sure it’s perfect, but I’ll hand it over to the professionals now. Looking forward to sending it over to the editor sometime next week.

I have a cover all picked out and am trying to figure out who I want to give some arcs to.

I’ve also been looking through amazon self publishing options to see how all that works. Seems pretty simple, but we’ll see.

Write soon. Bye.

Ari