As you all know, I recently published my first book, HER SCARS. I am super excited to share this story with you. It has been an emotional adventure bringing this story to life.
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It is their last summer in Hawaii, as Julia unleashes the darkest side of her life, a boy with an unforgiving past, her mother’s last journey, a father who almost gave up on her, her sister who never stopped believing, and Julia’s voice, which never broke its melody.
Traveling from the small island of Kauai, Hawaii and back to Southern California, ELLA’S life is abundant with one of the happiest days of her life, the day her second daughter is born, Julia. It is a day filled with bittersweet moments and lessons that quickly turn to devastation, as she soon discovers the reminiscence of her baby’s birth, an undetected reproductive disorder. Ella feels betrayed by her doctor, by society, and by God. Regardless, she instantly falls in love with her daughter, promising to devote her life to giving her new baby girl the best life she can offer while overcoming all obstacles standing in the way to her family’s happiness.
Mortality does not exist when you are young, JULIA’s seventeenth birthday meant she had the world at her feet. The University of Hawaii had accepted her into their musical program with a full scholarship, pursuing her dream of becoming a song writer and singer. Her life was perfect. She had a mother she adored, a supportive family, a promising career, and a summer romance. That was until the fire unleased its wrath, taking everything, she had loved from her in an instant. Subsequently, Julia must find the strength and courage to fight her way back, pushing through the impediments lined up against her. However, with the loving support of her family, she finds the audacity to live again.
Julia’s Voice is a Young Adult Fiction, told in two parts – through the innocent voice of a teenage girl and a mother’s devotion to her daughter. My 60,463-word count, taking place on the beautiful island of Kauai, Hawaii, tells her story through the turbulent string of events, leading to her accomplishments as a gifted singer, her courageous journey to the University of Hawaii, to the undeniable loss of innocence, and ultimately to the most tragic declaration of her life. The dark night nobody will ever forget and a regretful decision she will have to live with forever.
Julia’s Voice is a story of a mother’s fight against the norms of society while teaching her daughter the courage to fight against all odds, the confidence to overcome outside judgments, while still maintaining her strong self-esteem. It is about a daughter’s love and undying wish to save her mother that inevitably seizes her innocence.
I would like to introduce myself – my name is Jayne Marie Ebert. I recently published my first book, HER SCARS. I am very excited to share it with my readers and hope that it can be both inspirational and healing. The material is extremely sensitive, containing raw materials based on true life events; however, the characters are fictional and the situations that happen to them individually are an accumulation of events that can occur during situations around depression and suicidal ideations, but not necessarily within a single individual or case study.
As a newly published author, I am starting this blog to document my progress through the publishing and marketing process.
First, I have published HER SCARS on Amazon, and it is for sale as an e-book and paperback.
I’m excited to say that I have gotten two five-star reviews, thus far. I encourage all reviews because it helps me to grow as a writer and I love reading about what you all have to say about my book.
Second, I am in the process of putting together a virtual book signing with a reading and Q&A on Facebook. With the purchase to the event, you will also get a signed copy of my book sent to you prior to the event. You may follow me on Facebook:
Third, Social Media. This is kind of self-explanatory. Visibility and consistency are key with social media posts.
Finally, self-publishing is a lot of work. It does give me a new understanding to how hard literary agents work to market us as authors and our books. However, with self-publishing, I have found that it gives us back some of the control to market the way we want and to specific audiences. We own our copyright to our work, as well as the freedom to maintain creative control.
I hope you will follow me. Welcome to my blog and happy writing!
