Deena Remiel's Blog
August 14, 2021
Book News and I’m Back!
Hello old friends and new! It’s been more than a long while since I last posted here. Divorce, moving out, gathering life experiences, and the pandemic are all to blame for my stepping back from authorship and focusing on my day job: teaching. I moved from in-person to online and it has proven to be my greatest challenge yet. This summer, the universe decided it was time I wade back into my passion for writing and start creating again. I decided to listen to the universe and did just that.
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June 4, 2020
Mirror, Mirror On the Wall…
Hello, friends. It’s been a long time. I am positive this post will be preaching to the choir. For that, I am glad to know you. It took a bit to coalesce as I ruminated over the past week’s tragic events and subsequent response. I hope it leaves you validated if you are already taking action. I hope it spurs you to act if you are watching from the sidelines. It is time we took a harsh look at ourselves in the mirror to determine whether or not we like what we see as well as how we want to b...
August 15, 2018
Dreams Really Do Come True
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Need I say more? Yes, I do need to say more. You see, I have worked so hard since the moment my thoughts hit the paper to become a USA Today Bestselling Author. But I was never alone. I had a village helping me all along the way. Besides my family managing around me, I had others managing me.
Decadent Publishing offered me my very first contracts for the Brethren Series. From that partnership, I learned so much about the craft and the business. I learned enough to create a series and self-pu...
July 17, 2018
Summer Sizzles and Challenges
Summer Sizzles
As Release Day, August 7th, approaches for The Shadow Files, my excitement is overflowing. I feel I’ve been granted so many blessings to reach this point, and I’m ever grateful. This box set means so much to me, as it’s granted me the opportunity to link arms with so many authors I greatly admire. I realize I have a great amount of knowledge to give others just starting out in this business, but these women, besides being incredible storytellers, are incredibly intelligent when...
March 25, 2018
Just Another Day?
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I kissed my daughter goodbye yesterday morning, knowing what a monumental day it would be. It was the March For Our Lives rally, and she’d planned to attend. As I drove off to the library to teach, of all things, Memoir writing, I tried to imagine what the day would be like for her. What she’d glean from her experience marching with so many others, advocating for something so many believed in, meeting up with counter-protesters, praying that all remained safe throughout the day. I even p...
February 22, 2018
It’s been a while. Can I offer you a contest?
Hello everyone! I know it’s been way too long since I’ve last posted anything here at my place. That could only mean a couple of things: I’ve been writing up the wazoo OR I’m inundated with new curriculum to learn OR I’m a Writer in Residence for the next three months OR all of the above. Of course, it’s ALL OF THE ABOVE.
Having taken over the 7th and 8th Grade Gifted ELA classes this year, I’ve been buried in curriculum, data analysis, and getting to know my kids. Four days a week, you can...
October 9, 2017
Haunting Savannah Box Set Giveaway and Release
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Join the authors of Haunting Savannah boxed set in celebrating release week with an awesome giveaway!
Grand prize: Echo Dot
5 runners up prizes: $10 Amazon Gift Cards
Follow the instructions on the Rafflecopter to enter!
Haunting Savannah8 Dark and Seductive Tales
By Lia Davis & Kerry Adrienne, Deena Remiel, Ella Jade, Evelyn Lederman, Savannah Vera, H.R. Boldwood, Kim Carmichael, and ML Guida
Spend Halloween in Savannah with eight...
August 21, 2017
HAUNTING SAVANNAH: COVER REVEAL!
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Haunting Savannah
8 Dark and Seductive Tales
By Lia Davis & Kerry Adrienne, Deena Remiel, Ella Jade, Evelyn Lederman, Savannah Verte, H.R. Boldwood, Kim Carmichael, and ML Guida
Spend Halloween in Savannah with eight dark, seductive tales of ghosts, vampires, demons, witches, and warlocks.
Nine bestselling authors come together in this collection of eight BRAND NEW, Halloween themed novellas.
A look inside…
Ghost in a Bottle by Lia Davis & Kerry Adrienne
Anatoli La Croix has spent the la...
December 31, 2016
It’s been a year! (Double entendre intended)
It seems like forever since I’ve been here, writing. It’s been way too long. In all fairness to myself, writing such as this requires deep, ugly reflection at times bared to the world. I am a believer that if you plan to write something down, be prepared for it to be shared. I wasn’t relishing doing so. Yet.
I am now. Why? It’s time. It’s been an emotionally charged,life-altering year for me. It’s been a long road to where I am at right now, and I’m not even done reshaping my world. My life...
May 7, 2016
How Deena Got Her Happy Back
January 2015 saw me at the lowest of the lows. I had a painfully stiff neck that radiated up my jaw to my temple, and a pinched nerve in my neck which sent me to a wonderful chiropractic office that also focused on the whole person. I subsequently found out that I suffered from chronic gastritis (stress and diet play huge factors), I was gluten intolerant, I had a leaky gut. No more soft pretzels or pizza or italian bread or cake or cookies or… No more Margaritas or wine or an ice-cold brews...
