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Bloodmark getting press in the West Central Tribune

I am so excited an honored by the wonderful article in the West Central Tribune on Saturday, November 16, 2013. They shared an entire page of the paper for my journey! And the outpouring of love and support from my home town and surrounding towns has been humbling and so filled with delight. I can’t even tell you. I’m just so honored.

Check out the article, it is a lovely piece written by Carolyn Lange. I couldn’t be more excited.

The hardcover is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Even if...

Book Designs

As I have said before I did thedesign of Bloodmark myself from the Boru pack bloodmark on the cover to the background design, to the typography, so I won’t babble too much about that this time or the print process. You can read those prior posts for more of the details. Instead I will show you the beautiful final product. [insert happy sigh here].

Special thank you to Friesens Printing and Scott from Art Litho Craft for their amazing help with color work. I’m endlessly pleased. And thank you t...

Launch Party!

Join me as I celebrate the official Launch of Bloodmark!Bloodmark launched to the public on Friday, November 1, 2013 in honor of the Celtic holiday of Samhain. The perfect launching point for Bloodmark which is infused with Celtic delight! I’m excited to have the hardcover on Amazonand Barnes & Noble and the ebook is on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and iTunes/iBooks! I feel so fortunate. It’s been a long journey to get to this day and I’m so giddy it’s obnoxious. Bloodmark is officially publi...

Celebrate with Bloodmark

I am honored to announce Bloodmark’s official launch today on November 1, the Celtic holiday of Samhain. Bloodmark is infused with Celtic traditions so what better day than Samhain to launch!

Samhain is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. Approximately half way between autumn equinox and the winter solstice, it is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals. Many important events in Irish mythology happen or begin on Samhain. Celebrate with me and...

Launching this Friday!

Bloodmark ebook for Kindle on Amazon.

Boodmark hardcover on Amazon.

Bloodmark ebook for sale on Barnes and Nobel for the Nook.

Bloodmark hardcover for sale on Barnes and Noble.

Bloodmark ebook for sale on iTunes iBooks.

Bloodmark ebook for sale on Kobo.

I am over the moon excited to share with all of you presale for the ebook is online too! So if you are eager you can purchase your copies of the hardcover and ebook today! The book launches on this friday! That’s right only a few days away until Blo...

A Dedication

Several years ago when faced with my mother’s second diagnosis with cancer, my child like innocence melted away to the reality of mortality. I had to listen to her doctor say the words I never thought I would hear.

“This is a cancer that when it comes back, you might win a few battles, but you won’t win the war.”

I remember sitting in that tiny little white room with my mom trying so hard not to cry. Trying to be her strength and hope when inside all I wanted to do was scream. As the tears roll...

The Great Journey of the ebook.

In August I took a course on Lynda.com to learn how to take my Adobe Indesign novel into an ebook. It was a great course with thorough instruction. I got to the end and had my novel fully functioning except the interior table of contents. Which really was a feat in itself to have come that far. The small details of ebook creation are mind-boggling and boarder on website development. So I accepted my limitations with the knowledge I had learned something and tried.

On a sunny day in September I...

Bloodmark Hardcover Press Check

I had the exciting honor to finally see Bloodmark on press! After several years of writing at night, editing and production I got to see my book come to life. As a designer in my day job I have been on many press checks approving the quality and color of my designs for my clients work. So I am very familiar and enjoy press checks so when my editor and I selected the printer Friesens in Altona, Manitoba Canada I jumped at the chance to road trip up there to see my book on press.

On Monday, Octo...

Author Website

I’m so proud to announce that my author site aurorawhittet.com is officially live and beautiful! I’m so excited to share this lovely site with all of you. It showcases the beautiful photos that Eliesa Johnson captured for me. You can read the whole blog I wrote about Eliesa’s photos of me here. The site showcases me, my story, the wonderful endorsements of Bloodmark, it is everything you need in the world of Bloodmark. Also it is a fabulous place to keep up-to-date on Bloodrealms, the second...

Endorsements for Bloodmark

The endorsements for Blookmark started coming in end of August and the beginning of September and every one was a sprinkle of happiness. When you work on something with all of your heart and put in years of writing, research, editing and marketing then you finally see it coming to life and people are loving what you created . . . there is no greater gift. And I am so thrilled to read these amazing endorsements and to be able to share my work with so many peoples lives!

“Bloodmarkis like the Ba...