Poems from "Her Warrior Poet" by Candy Laine

Her Warrior Poet is the name I've picked for the latest Candy Laine publication. It's a first attempt at a full length book and took a lot of effort to bring out. I'm just about done with the first draft and in the process of putting together the cover. Since I'm super excited about the #Nanowrimo Win today I decided to blog about it. That I want to write more after punching out fifty thousand words in thirty days is taken as a good sign by this blogger who last posted a year and half ago.

Arun Rastogi is a gentle soul, who can kill with his bare hands. With the heart of a poet, this warrior finds his muse in the lovely young doctor, Shweta Karkare. The poet who never wanted to be a warrior, meets the warrior's daughter who never wanted to love a man in uniform. What follows is a conflict of the heart with the head and a love story that gently unfolds.

This is the poem that Arun writes in his diary after he sees Shweta for the first time.

Meeting My Mate

The first time they met,

The world stood still.

There was no way to forget,

Such beauty wounded to kill.

Those dark eyes were hard to miss,

They inspired his love.

Those lips invited a kiss,

Was all he could think of.

He had no coherent thought,

There was just her.

Her approval was all he sought,

That beautiful saboteur.

In her arms there was fire,

There was love and desire.

Then of course Shweta rejects him and he is

Heart Broken

My heart is broken,

I heard it crack.

My choice is taken,

What sorrow that wracked.

I fear that I,

Will love no more.

Tears my eye,

Will shed no more.

I’ll lock up my emotions

And feel no pain.

Is there a magic potion,

To heal this strain?

I’ll hide my heart behind a wall,

That no one else can scale.

There will be no way to fall,

Again in love and fail.

I had so much fun experimenting with poetry after years. I don't think I've written a new poem in at least 7 years. So it was a whole lot of fun playing with words and making them rhyme. After all Arun didn't have to be a good poet, he just had to showcase his gentle and sensitive nature.

For those of you who want to know more about the fifty thousand word sprint that I made in November 2016 with National Novel Writing Month, I have to say it was a blast. I really didn't think I would be able to complete it in time, but the motivation of fellow authors and the word sprints kept me going. This was a screen shot of my very own winner's certificate.

I'm already looking forward to working on the next novel with the whole bunch of new friends that I just made. Plus of course the support of the great people in the Kick My A$$ and Make Me Create group has been invaluable. Anna, without you I would never have known about this challenge. Upma you were truly my "partner in crime" with all the word sprints and motivation. Aarti, I know you didn't write with us at our speed but were always so supportive as was Kannu. All of you are fantastic and I'm so glad to have you in my life.

A word of thanks to Shail, Sonia and Piyusha our MLs at WriMo India. You kept the momentum and motivation high. Also I got to meet a whole bunch of like minded people who were writing stuff while struggling to meet the word count just like I was. I'm still scrolling through all the wins that have come in and am so happy for everyone who managed to get that certificate!

And now I am tired of writing. It's just time for a break...so I'm going to go celebrate with the Khoya Pedas I made this afternoon after I managed my win.

Publishing Ebooks on Kindle

Its been a while since I wrote here and that's mainly because of the other writing work taking up so much of my time. For those of you who do not know as yet, although its hard to be friends with me on Facebook and not know, I have published a couple of ebooks for Kindle. You can access them on your Kindle ebook reader, or through a Kindle Android App on your Smart Phone.

In case you do not have a Smart Phone you can read the ebooks using Kindle for PC. This is a free software available to anyone with an Amazon account. An Amazon account is also free to open. So you register with Amazon then download and install this software and you can read all the Kindle ebooks you like using this software on your Personal Computer. I wrote a hub about the whole process if you want details.How to Read Kindle e-Books Without Owning a Kindle Device.

The books are available for sale on Amazon.com and you can take a look at my Nom de Plume, Candy Laine's Amazon Author Page by clicking on the link. I'm still working on the Author description and other parts of the page. I will be adding a twitter feed if I feel the effort is justified. Feel free to give me feedback on what I should add or delete. It currently lists the two books that are published with them and gets updates from the Candy Laine official blog.

Yes, I set up a different website for the brand Candy Laine on weebly (which is a great place to set up test websites for free) and you can access the Candy Laine Blog by clicking on this link. This is also the work of just one morning and will be refined when I get some more time. All books that are published by me in the future will be offered free of cost for a promotional download lasting a couple of days.The time for the promotion will be shared on this blog and on the Candy Laine Facebook page.

Oh yes, I have been busy alright. I set up a Candy Laine Facebook page which you can access by clicking the link. Those of you already on Facebook can simply follow the link to the page and click the like button. That way all page updates will automatically show up in your home page feed. Allowing you to know just when the next book will be released and when it will be available for downloading. A lot of you like the links and photos that I post on this page, but have not got around to liking the main page, so please help me out here and go give the main page a like!

It seems that its important for Kindle ebook publishers to network and one such site I am trying out is Kindle Mojo. I found the site when the owner began following me on Twitter. It seemed like a good place to begin practicing some marketing so I went ahead and set up a profile page for Candy Laine on Kindle Mojo. Its got nothing new if you have already visited all the other links, so don't bother clicking through! :) This is also one of those experimental webpages that I'm setting up to see what kind of response is generated through it.

Okay, so now you know why I have not had much time to blog of late. There's been just too much else writing happening for Ms Candy Laine. Do tell me how you like the sound of this name as well. I did have some second thoughts about picking it, but when a dear friend of mine said that it sounded "pretty and gentle and romantic" I was thrilled. That's exactly what I wanted the author of these books to sound like. I even gave the blog the subheading "where romance flows."

That's it from my end for now folks. Will keep you apprised of what comes next. Thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings.