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Blog Update: I’m Taking a Break from Writing and Publishing

Hey, everyone. As I start writing this blog post, I’m wondering to myself how I should phrase what I’m about to tell you, and trust me, it is hard. Needless to say, this post will be short and sweet.As of today, I will be taking time out from publishing books until mid-2018. I have been needing to do this for a while now as my health has not been great, and currently, it is very bad. I’ve come to the conclusion that I desperately needed to concentrate on getting myself better. After all, I do not want to burn myself out again as I have done previously because it isn’t fun and dangerous, health wise.For those already on my mailing list, I will send you guys an email when I’m back, along with notification of books release dates. It will be sometime in June of 2018. ^_^Also please note that my website (alexiapraks.com) will be unpublished for a couple of weeks. It will be back at the end of this month (September), so do not be alarm if you searched for my site on the internet and I’m nowhere to be found. Also note that when the website is back, I will post up the expected date that I will be back as well as books release dates for 2018 on the front page.Lastly, I just want to say thank you to all my wonderful readers for putting up with me and my books so far. You guys are great, and I’m so sorry for taking a break at a time like this, leaving books series unfinished and you guys hanging. My plan is to really get better, health wise, and then continue finishing off those series in 2018, so I hope you guys can wait until then. ^_^Without further ado, that’s it from me until mid-2018. You guys take care. And please, don't forget about me. If no one wants to deal with me and read my books when I make my comeback, I will seriously cry. No, seriously, I will cry because I'm actually very sensitive. LOL! ^_^You guys are super awesome. Lots of love from this introvert author. ^_^Alexia

Book Update: New Covers, Website Update, and Question About My YA Book

Before I go into my update, I just want to say thank you to everyone for posting a ‘getting better’ comments on my blog and in giving me great advises about health. As you all know from my previous post, I have not been feeling well for over a year now. Maybe even longer, but I just never thought to do anything about it. I kept thinking it was because I had worked too hard (two full-time jobs plus writing romance books in the little spare time that I had managed to sneak in for the past five years).Anyway, I saw my GP and had numerous blood tests done. As expected, I am low in Vitamin D and also anemic. These, and add in the fact that I have Alpha Thalassemia, which is a red blood cell disorder that is pretty common in Asian ethnicity, especially South East Asian, I'm not surprised I’m always tired. Alpha Thalassemia means I have abnormally small red cells. It’s an inherited red cell disorder. The alpha version is quite minor compare to the beta and many other serious ones. Although I have to be careful when I found myself a man if I want healthy children. LOL! Gotta check his blood before any relationship can proceed further. ^_^That aside, I also found out that my TSH level is on the higher end of the upper limit. It’s exactly at 4. With this TSH result plus after checking my symptoms and consulting doctor google (and also Dr. Eric Berg), I came to the conclusion that I might have Adrenal Fatigue. Now I need to get better by eating healthily, with an increased amount in certain types of food etc. Still need to do more research on that. ^_^Life and health aside, I will now update about my books. If you’re reading this from my website, you can probably tell that the theme color has changed. I’ve just updated it. LOL! Also, I’ve updated most of the book covers as well. I just can’t help myself. The Vegas Billionaires series especially changed drastically. They are no longer pictures of couples. I find that I like the covers better with hot guys in powerful suits and pretty girls in cocktail dresses. I hope you guys like them, too. If you’ve already bought/downloaded the books from places such as Google Play, Amazon, or iBooks, the new versions should be updated soon.Also, the paperback version, which will not be out until October on Amazon, will have these new covers. Why only on Amazon? This is because I will be publishing it through Createspace, which is a subdivision of Amazon. Doing a hard-copy through anywhere else is impossible because it is tedious and expensive.And finally, I want to ask you my fans about my Young Adult books that I’m going to release in late October. I’m currently in a dilemma where I don’t know if I should publish the book wide or just on Amazon via KDP Unlimited. Wide means Amazon, Google Play, iBooks, and Smashwords etc. And Amazon just means Amazon only.I ask this because I currently don’t know if any of you who read and like my romance books would like to also read my YA books. I mean it is quite different, although my writing style is the same. I don’t think an author can change her style of writing. At least I personally I think I can’t because my style is a part of me. LOL!Just so you have some idea of what the book is about, here’s some information and an excerpt.Title: The Blood Alchemist ChroniclesCategories: Young AdultGenres: Fantasy, Romance, Action, Mystery, Superpower, Supernatural/ParanormalHmm… I think I should also add in reverse-harem as a tag too because there are a ton of hot guys in the books. So far, and it’s just volume 1, there are like nine bishounen already.Setting: Alternative Britannia during the Reign of Queen Victoria.Publishing Style: Novels, serialized volumesSynopsisWhen seventeen-year-old Daniella Romano masquerades as the son of a low-ranked Chinese lord, and waltzes, with her comrades, into the Earl of Middlemarch’s birthday party in order to assassinate a high demon, her revenge plans turn sour. There, Daniella meets Zach—a Greek god if she ever saw one—who suspects she is an imposter and will not let her escape his sight. Amidst the exuberant atmosphere, a man shoots the powerful King of Darnia, Daniella incidentally witnesses another influential lord slaying the culprit, and her friends are captured, ultimately becoming the prime suspects in the case of treason.Now it is up to Daniella to use her wit, wiles, and skills as a blood alchemist—an inherited ability to control and transmute blood into powerful weapons—to save her friends.Set in an alternative world of Britannia during the reign of Queen Victoria, The Blood Alchemist Chronicles is a mashup of fantasy, action, supernatural, super power, mystery, and romance.ExcerptToday, the 21st of April, was an important date for Daniella Romano. It not only marked the beginning of her outrageously daring escapade into the famous, lavish world of Mayfair, but also, it was her seventeenth birthday. A sense of dread lurched into the pit of her stomach as she studied herself in the mirror. She noted her face was pale, though her eyes, the color of chestnut, were bright with excitement and anticipation.“Oh, bother!” she muttered under her breath. She realized she didn’t look one bit like a Chinese nobleman about town, despite her best efforts. She thought in dissatisfaction she looked too young and feminine. Dear Lord! Why was it so hard for a girl to pass off as a boy?She caught her lower lip between her small, white teeth as she cocked her head to one side, scrutinizing her own reflection in the mirror. She considered cutting her raven hair shorter, as it was resting snuggly against the nape of her slender neck.No, no, she told herself. She looked just fine. After all, she didn’t want to look like a peacock, and attract attention to herself. Tonight, she needed to blend in.Blend in? She wanted to laugh at the word. She, Daniella Romano, had never been able to blend in anywhere, especially not at a party packed with English socialites. She stuck out like a sore thumb. She was a half-cast, a mixed race of the East and West, a hunxuer, an in-between child society despised, especially one who had the Claymore trait. Humanity considered her utterly abnormal, fully armed, and highly dangerous—a treacherous, threatening being to civilization—and she’d be executed mercilessly upon capture.Once again, the thought of impersonating a Chinese lord and stepping into the limelight of a famous earl’s birthday party made her more than a little nervous. She felt a pang of uncertainty, and those unanswered questions popped into her head.What if something goes wrong? What if we get caught?“Darn it!” she swore under her breath, irritated with herself for being such a ninny. She closed her eyes and took a few slow, deep breaths to calm down.In her mind’s eye, she was back there again, in that dark, dead alley with Louisa, her best friend. They had just returned from the New Year celebration when the demons appeared out of nowhere, high on the rooftop. Their skin was pale against the moonlight, and she knew immediately she and Louisa were their dinner.They had come charging, their fit and powerful bodies expertly somersaulting in the air and landing mere inches from them. In the blink of an eye, one had caught Louisa in his firm grasp, ready to devour her. Daniella had tried her best to fight them off, but she had been too weak and inexperienced, and they killed Louisa, taking her corpse with them.Daniella frowned darkly and fisted her hands at the reminder of that night. Louisa. Oh, Louisa. Why did they have to kill her? She had been such an innocent girl.Why, indeed? They were monsters, these demons. They certainly didn’t have the morality to think it was wrong to slaughter another breathing, living being. To those otherworldly creatures, the act of killing was simply sport, an entertainment for them to enjoy. Second, of course, to the simple fact that human life’s qi sustained their strength, was food for their survival.Tears welled in Daniella’s eyes as she commanded herself to take control, to stop the emotional pain from overwhelming her. The pain of losing someone she had loved so dearly, so unconditionally.Now that she had tracked those bastards down, there was simply no way she would back out. This plan of hers was ludicrous, to say the least, but she had to do it. Louisa’s death would not be in vain. Those life-sucking creatures had to pay for what they had done, no matter that they were nobles.And what better way to get the job done than to waltz into Hasting House while there was a party on in full swing?Shuffling her own, undoubtedly smashing, birthday fete to one side, which she knew her friends had planned to throw for her, she must now ready herself to attend that of the Earl of Middlemarch.She returned her attention to her attire and touched the silky black cravat about her neck, the one she had spent at least fifteen minutes tying into the perfect knot. She carefully straightened the dark-blue, double-breasted coat about her slender frame, very glad indeed it hid her femininity well. She, however, couldn’t say the same of the tight, gray trousers.Damn the devil’s tooth! They fit her too perfectly, showing her slender legs and, dear Lord, a very feminine backside. She sighed in frustration. Surely she had asked Shin to get her a bigger size? Ones that didn’t draw attention to her feminine attributes? Not that she had much of those since she was considered a walking stick by most of her peers.“Shin. Shin. Shin,” she muttered.On cue, Saito Shin appeared at the doorway. Daniella noticed the surprised look in his ebony eyes once he had a good look at her.“Whoa! You look like one of those pompous lords,” he said, his eyes twinkling. “Not bad. Not bad at all. Just don’t get too close to those old lords who prefer pretty boys, eh?”Daniella couldn’t help herself and boxed his ear. If anyone were to worry about being snapped up by old lords with an appetite for pretty boys, it would be Shin. He was by far one of the most gorgeous lads she had ever known. Second, of course, to his older brother Ren, whose aquiline features and dark demeanor set most of the females’ hearts fluttering with ardor.Instead of getting upset with her, Shin laughed. That was Shin all right. He was completely different from Ren, who was more serious in nature. Daniella was sure that happy-go-lucky attitude was going to get him into trouble one day.She finally let his ear go, which she noted with guilt was now burning red. It must be quite painful, and she was glad indeed that he was simply being Shin. He was carefree, forgiving her occasional mistreatment of him, and most of all, supportive. That was why he was her other best friend. And he was also one of her accomplices tonight.“You’re not going to take that off?” he asked, eyeing the gleaming of an earring in her left ear.Daniella absentmindedly touched the cool metal, her fingers and thumb caressing the deep-green stone dangling beside her delicate neck.“No,” she replied. She knew it was unconventional of her to wear one earring, especially now that she was masquerading as a noble lad, but she had always worn it. It was a part of her. Without it, she felt empty. With it, she felt she had a past, of which she knew nothing. It was as if the ten years of her life before she had been saved by her two foster fathers, Marco Romano and Zhang Li, seven years ago, had been wiped from her mind. It was as if she had never had a past, a childhood.“We’re going to get into trouble,” Shin said, folding his arms across his impressive chest.His ominous statement drew Daniella’s attention from her thoughts of her empty past. She cocked her head to one side. “Then don’t tell,” she said pointedly.“Ren’s going to find out anyway,” he replied stubbornly. “He’s going to beat us good.” He sounded nervous.Daniella couldn’t help herself and chuckled in amusement. She could already see the aftermath of Shin being beaten by his older brother, his person in a disheveled mess, as he usually was after their daily battle exercises. Ren, with his blood katana—the powerful, infamous Murasame—and Shin, with his two double-edged blood swords, Twin Sabers.“Not us. He’ll beat you. Ren would never beat me,” she said confidently.He snorted indignantly. “I’m his brother, yet you get the special treatment.”Daniella smiled and slapped his shoulder to ease his wounded pride. “Dear, dear,” she said.Shin sighed. “Just let’s get this over and done with.”Suddenly, Daniella felt her stomach knot in dread again. “All right, shall we, then?” she stated, not so confident now.Shin nodded, rather unenthusiastically.“But first, my trousers,” Daniella said.Shin frowned. “What of them?”“I need a bigger size.”“What for?” Shin cocked his head to one side. “Those fit you just fine, no?”She harrumphed. “No, they do not. These are too tight on me. I surely cannot fight in these things.”Shin rolled his eyes. “You and your tomboy ways,” he said in exasperation. “How will you ever find yourself a husband when you’re always fighting with demons?”Daniella raised a brow. “I’m not interested in finding myself a husband just yet, dear Shin. Now, the trousers, if you please.”Shin turned on his heel and said, “Follow me. There’re plenty of dull, black trousers in Tristan’s costume closet.”“Is that where you got these?” she asked incredulously. “I thought you went out and bought them.”Shin shrugged. “As if I have the money, Dan. Besides, Tristan wouldn’t notice them missing in the slightest, since that type is too dull for his taste. We’ll replace them in their rightful spot once we’re done with them.”“Sure. Sure,” Daniella murmured as she followed her friend out the door.* * *The official website for my young adult books will be launch in late October this year before the book is due to release. Cover reveal is coming soon. If you are interested in reading my young adult books, please help decided if I should go WIDE or stay with AMAZON ONLY by doing this quick survey here. ^_^That’s all for now, and once again, thank you for the ‘get well’ comment and reading my books and loving them. ^_^

Book Update: What I’m Writing and What Book I Will Be Releasing In Late 2017

It seems like ages since I’ve last updated this blog post, and I sincerely apologize for that. Life has been somewhat both slow and hectic at the same time for me this year. It’s a weird combination, I know, but that’s just how I feel. I don’t know, maybe it’s the You Rooster (2017 year) clashing with Mao Rabbit in the hour pillar in my Bazi chart that causes me to feel this way.In Bazi, the hour pillar represents one’s internal thoughts and thinking. Not only that but the Mao Rabbit is a Yi Wood element, and in relation to the 10 Gods, that to me is the SELF-element, which is ME. Since it’s a clash, my thoughts, thinking, and confident has taken a big hit, hence I find that I don’t have much confidence in my idea as I write. Another word, I have doubt in myself. It can’t be helped. When you go through it, you feel it. I’m just hoping that this isn’t going to continue because I will be changing into a new luck pillar soon. Currently, I’m in the Geng Shen (Monkey) luck period. In mid-2018, I will be going into the Xin You (Rooster) luck period and that Rooster is a clash to the Rabbit in my hour pillar. However, at least I know it’s not going to be as bad as what I went through in the last 10 years during the Shen luck pillar. That’s why during that period whatever I do, and this includes anything that I’ve written and the books that I’ve released, it doesn’t go anywhere. It’s like two step forward and five steps back. To say that it’s frustrating is an understatement. My life during those 10 years would surely put a crazy soap opera TV series to shame. Trust me, shit happening is real life is far worse than some make-believe TV drama with all the craziness going on.Anyway, the reason why I haven’t been able to do a blog post regularly or reply to messages from you guys, my wonderful fans, is that I haven’t been well in these last few months. My health has taken a big hit for the last two years. However, the last few months have been the worst. It’s possible that I might have some sort of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I don’t know. I mean I’m always feeling tired. There are muscle and joint pain. No matter how long I sleep, I never feel refreshed. And then there’s the lack of concentration. I mean if you can’t concentrate, there goes the writing, right? If you can’t write, where’s the story and book going to come from?Anyway, I’m off to see the doctor this Friday to get this fatigue thing sorted out once and for all. Whose know? I might just have Vitamin D deficiency, that’s all. I mean living in Dunedin, New Zealand, there’s always a lack of sunshine, especially in winter. I might just get a few Vitamin D pills and be sorted. LOL!So now about my books update.First off, I sincerely apologize for delaying Sakura again. I have to admit that coming back to write her and the Princeton brothers’ story after taking so long off is hard. Also, I am in a dilemma where I have no idea which brother I want to give Sakura to. Okay. There. I admit it. I have no idea which brother I want Sakura to end up with. And that is the second reason why I find it difficult to finish the book.Currently, I’m trying to finish my young adult fantasy, which is The Blood Alchemist Chronicles Vol. 1. Once I’ve finished writing that, which is hopefully today or tomorrow, then I will continue with Sakura, which I’m hoping to finish by mid-September. Editing will take another month and a bit and by then it will be November. So Sakura release date will either be in November or early January of 2018.While I’m writing Sakura, I will continue to write Chained to You, Vol. 6 (the last book) as well. Hopefully, this will be done by mid-September, too, and be released by early November of this year (2017). After that, I will then write Chained by Love, which will hopefully be released in early of 2018. This is my plan for now. I know that a few people are waiting for me to continue with A Demon’s Wrath story. I haven’t forgotten about that series. Believe me, I love the series because I love fantasy with strong romance element and will continue to write it, although I won’t be able to start writing it again until late 2018.Also, I just want to apologize to those who have messaged me via my website and I haven’t reply. Please know that I do get several of these and that I do read them. It’s just replying takes me a bit longer because as a self-published author, I’m a one-man band where I do everything, and I mean everything, myself. I don’t just write the books, but I make my own book covers, design my own website, and a ton of other minor stuff like accounting for tax purposes (don’t want to get into trouble with the law), and book marketing (although I don’t do a lot of that because I suck at it and there’s no point at the moment because of the bad 10-years luck). Anyway, it’s a self-employed sort of work and you get my meaning.Because I mentioned book cover, I just want to tell you guys a bit about that here. I’m currently working on some new book covers for Sakura. The first book, A Secret Kiss, will have a different picture to the current one. I think it suits Sakura’s character better. To me, the girl looks more Asian, since Sakura is half Asian and half American, after all. The second book (A Secret Proposal) will have the old picture of the girl in gold. I think a lot of people liked that one better than the current one. And the third (A Secret Affair) will have the same picture that is currently shown in the iBooks store for pre-order, although the font setting will be different. Overall, I have two versions each of these three covers and is hoping you guys can help me pick one version for the final product. My sister suggests I use one for iBooks, Google Play, Kobo, and Smashwords (it goes to Barnes and Noble) and the other for Amazon and Amazon paperback version. I'm thinking of doing that for now but will ask for you guy's advice nearer to the paperback version re-release date, which is in October. ^_^Alright, that’s it for now. I’ll keep you guy posted again soon. ^_^

Hello 2016 and Chained to You Series!

All right, so here I go again ranting about Bazi and my life. It comes as to no surprise, at least not to me anyway, that in these past four weeks since I’ve started my hermit lifestyle all I did was binged. Yep! You read it right. I was bingeing, people. I’ve been binged reading books and manga, binged watching anime, binged sleeping, and yep, binged writing.   Okay, maybe not so much the writing part, because otherwise I would have finished at least two novels already. All I have thus far is a

How I Make Falling for Sakura A Secret Proposal Book Cover

   

My End of 2015 Accomplishments

It’s been ages since I’ve done a blog post, and I thought I have better do one before the year ends. And of course, what better topic to muse about than what I’ve accomplished thus far, writing wise, since the beginning of 2015?

First off, I’m going to talk about bazi (four pillars of destiny) and how that interacts with my life in 2015, writing wise of course, and some other things I thought I’d share with you guys, my dear readers.

As we all know, 2015 is the year of Yi Wei. English translation, it is the year of the Yin Wood Earth Goat, Yi being the yin wood such as small plants/flowers and Wei is the earth goat. See, not so hard, right? Haha. Now when talking and interpreting bazi, it’s all about the elements or chi. Nothing to do with the actual elements. We’re talking about chi or energy of the stars here. The yin wood is obviously a wood element whilst the goat is an earth element. Below is the annual pillar of 2015.

As you can see straight away the pillar is dry. Not a freaking drop of water anywhere in this year pillar. Just a whole lot of wood, some dry earth (Wei Goat is the last of the summer season so the earth is very dry), and of course a little fire (as in a little candle flickering somewhere that no one cares about).

My own bazi chart is very dry, being born in the season of summer (Si Snake month which is May). What my chart needs most is Gui Water (Rain Water). So the very dry 2015 is no help to me inspiration to write wise, as gui water represents my resource, and recourse, among other things, represents inspiration, knowledge etc. When those inspirations do come, which is during the water month of November represented by the Hai Pig, it got clashed away by my Si Snake pillars. Yes, I’ve got two of those nasty things in my bazi chart. How inconvenient.

Si Snake and Hai Pig is a clash. What does this mean? Basically, it just means that when I got the inspiration to write as in my brain is bursting with ideas, I just don’t have time to write because of time committed to something else, and that something else is work, as the Si Snake, which is a ding fire, represent my output star.

Now let’s talk about that Yi Wood. As you can see from the annual luck pillar of 2015, the yi wood is rooted. This means that the Yi Wood appears both in the heavenly stem (top) and the earthly branch (bottom) as a sub-chi. When an element is rooted, it means that particular element is strong and it is for all to see. Yi Wood to me is my self-element. But because my chart already has strong wood element, thanks to the Rob Wealth star, I don’t need any more of that particular element to over-tip my chart. Balance is everything in bazi. The overly strong yi wood turns into a Rob Wealth star and expresses all of its bad quality. Meaning? You guess it. Rob Wealth. I just spent a freaking lot of money, unforeseen ones, of course. Note: If you see a year when your strong Rob Wealth Star is coming, be prepared to lose/spend lots of money. LOL!

Despite the mental, emotional, and physical roller-coaster from last year, which carried on up until the middle of this year and then me trying to recover from all that shit for the last couple of months, I did manage to complete and self-published two books this year; A Demon’s Wrath (A Nine Kingdoms Books) and A Secret Proposal Part 1 (Book 2 of the Falling for Sakura Trilogy). I’m currently writing A Secret Proposal Part 2, When the Sun Courts the Moon, and Chained to You. Will keep you guys posted when they will be released in 2016 ^_^

 

Books Released in 2015

Books Currently Writing and Will be Released in 2016

A Secret Proposal Part 2

A Secret Proposal Part 2

A Secret Proposal Part 2

 

Regardless of all the shit in ones’ life, one must keep on living and move on. Hence, here’s my take on me in 2016.

2016 is the year of Bing Shen. In English translation, it is the year of Yang Fire (the fire of the sun), Metal Monkey.

Personally, I don’t like seeing a monkey. Monkey destroys the Shi Snake (two in my pillars) and harm the Hai Pig, my precious water. But at least Shen Monkey and Si Snake also form a combination that results in gui water. But the usefulness of that precious element is questionable in my case.

Regardless, what can I expect of the year 2016? Shen, its main chi is Geng Metal (large metal such as swords and axes), represent my Direct Officer star. Girls, remember that a Direct Officer star is your true spouse/husband star. If you see it in your 10 year luck pillar or the annual pillar, be prepared to meet lots of possible suitors. Of course, Geng Shen only represents a Direct Officer star (husband) to a Yi Wood female and a 7 Killing (boyfriend) to a Jia Wood (Big tree) female.

In my case, because of all the other shits (clash, destruction, harm etc.) in my chart, that spouse thing ain’t going to happen yet, and I’m not thinking about it right now. Personal choices. See? That other 33% that controls your destiny. Your choices and your action. Kapow! Awesomeness! I consider personal romance too much time wasting at the moment. Furthermore, with the destruction between the Shen Monkey and Si Snake, romance wise, it is a situation when the romantic relationship has a good start and a bad finish, with of course, a whole lot of emotional shit involves. NOTE: Emo Roller-Coaster Rides with lots of ups and downs and ups and downs and ups and downs. Well, you get the idea. Emotional shit because of the water element that is produced between the two star signs when combined. Water element represents your emotion/comforts etc. Of course personally, I have more important things to think about and concentrate on.

Direct Officer for me for 2016, I think is more of a concentration/discipline to do my work, and of course, career advancement. Also with the strong fire element, indicating that my output will be quite good as well. With the help of the resource (water produced from the combination of Shen and Si), I’m hoping that my inspiration to write will be up there, too.

So to sum up? I both look forward and not looking forward to 2016. I know for certain that 2016 will be a big change for me, and certainly, will be very different indeed in term of lifestyle. Actually, I’ve already put forward and initiated that changes. Very well, we shall see how I will fair in 2016. Of course I will keep you guys posted.

Wish me luck ^_^

Nine Kingdoms Series

   

Falling for Sakura Trailer

   

Miss Alexia

         

Shitty Saturday, Great Sunday, and FREE When the Sun Courts the Moon: First Date ebook

Today is just one of those beautiful Spring Sunday, and I just feel the need to chillax, and at the same time, get something done, even if it’s just writing and updating my blog. Today is indeed completely different from yesterday, which was f**kingly rubbish (please excuse my German). I just feel the need to express how bullshit my day was yesterday and how little I got done, if any at all.

I was so exhausted from work on Friday night that I actually went to bed at 9:30 pm. LOL! That’s really early for me. I slept until 10 am the next day, which was Saturday. I had breakfast and then fell asleep again. I was that exhausted. I felt like an 80 year-old lady. I got up again at around 2:30 pm, mucked around finding lunch and eating it, and then collapsed in bed again. By this point I was so pissed with my exhaustion that I started a swearing fit—in my head of course. I was even too tired to utter the damn swear words out loud.

Sometime later, still in bed and still in my PJs, I got tired of swearing in my head too and started reading manga. I needed something to make me feel happy again, and of course, nothing is better than some cute yaoi. If you don’t know what yaoi is, it’s boys love, people. It’s male x male romance. So go ahead. Judge me. I don’t give a shit!

Super Lovers by Abe Miyuki is so super awesome. I’ll admit I cried on the inside after the last updated chapters. Of course I did my best hunting for the next installment. No such luck, of course. Then I went ahead and listened to the Drama CD. The main character, Ren, was voiced by Kamiya Hiroshi (hyperventilating with excitement). Kamiya-san is super awesome. Love. Love. Just love his voice. I simply wanted to hear him as Ren do some awesome hot voice acting scene with Morikawa Toshiyuki as Haru.

Kamiya-san is one of my top ten favorite Japanese seiyuu (voice actor). He’s currently in Noragmai: Aragoto as the main character Yato, a super awesome down on his luck minor god. And of course, everyone knows him as the great kick-ass, clean-freak captain Levi in Attack on Titian. Furthermore, the twins Shima and Aki are voiced by Ono Daisuke and Jun Fukuyama respectively. Both are also my top favorite voice actors.

Attack on Titan: Captain Levi

Noragami: Aragato

Noragami: Aragato

You can read Super Lovers here on Kissmanga and listen and watch/read the manga from this blog. I actually stumbled on this blog while searching for the said Drama CD. Hehe. Please note that voice actors for Ren are different between childhood and grown up. As a child, Ren is voiced by Sanpei Yuuko and grown up by Kamiya-san. To listen to part 13, which is when Kamiya-san as Ren comes out, go here.

On with today then. Yes, today is much better than yesterday. I got up early with a sense of refreshment. I guess it took me one whole day to get over my end of week exhaustion. It’s been happening a lot lately. That’s why I couldn’t get any writing done. I so fucking hate that.

Anyway, got the camera out and took loads of photos. Who would have guessed my sisters and I have moved into this old house with massive Sakura trees surrounding us. Not I! Even had a late lunch sitting outside admiring the beautiful flowers. Hehe. You could say I had a Hana Viewing. Lucky me. I felt like I was with the Princeton brothers. LOL! As if.

A few photos to show off.

Yes, these are the Sakura trees around my rented home ^_^

Alright, enough complaining about my sucky life. Let’s get down to business. The good news is that I’ve managed to complete some chapters of When the Sun Courts the Moon, got it edited by my awesome editor Cassie (thanks, Cassie), and viola. The first nine chapters are up to download for FREE on the Apple iBooks store. So go ahead, get a copy and enjoy ^_^

Download When the Sun Courts the Moon from:

Apple iBooks | Smashwords