So I haven't been on much, but I've been super busy! I just finished the next round of edits for Her Last Wish, which is a contemporary romance-y type book that I'm hoping will be out soon! I've got my cover girl working on a cover, and I'm sure she'll have that for me soon enough so I can share! The book, itself, is sitting with my betas! I can't wait to hear what they have to say! So far, they've been amazingly helpful!
I'm currently waiting on labor day to get here so I can officially meet Baby Volf. With a month to go, he's been kicking up a storm and causing me all sorts of pain and distraction, but I don't mind much. It's only temporary. However, with labor day coming up, I am getting into that wishy-washy period where I might disappear completely at any moment's notice. I've still been participating in raffles and things, though. I'm trying VERY hard to work all the way up to delivery.
If you happen to need me or wish for me to participate in something but you can't get a hold of me because I DID disappear, you can contact my PA, April, through my Facebook page. If she can't answer your question/respond to your request/etc. she knows how to get through to me pretty much at all times. We will both do our best to respond as soon as the situation allows.
Other than that, I hope you're all doing well! Happy reading!
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Reaching Eden prints are here!
It took a long time, but the Reaching Eden prints are finally available on Amazon! If you would like to order a signed copy, and you live in the US, the button is on the left side of this blog! If you're outside the US, send me an email at emavolfauthor@gmail.com, and I'll figure out shipping!
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Reaching Eden is now available!
Are you in the mood for something more adult and contemporary? Well, I might have something for you! Reaching Eden is now available in Kindle, Nook, and print! It's a bit of a Rock & Roll fairy tale for adults with a hint of a dark side!
I have approved the print for sale, and it's fully available on CreateSpace and my blog. However, Amazon hasn't posted the links just yet. It might take a few more days. I'll let you all know when that happens!
Xander Hart is a rocker with a past. His career has brought him success in both money and women. However, he’s grown bored with the superficial. After he’s forced to leave one more dysfunctional relationship behind, he begins to take a hard look at his life, and he’s not happy with what he sees. His choices have taken a toll on him and his career, and not in a good way. He finds himself losing hope in ever finding happiness again.
That is, until he meets Eden Balestra, a small town girl with a knack for finding peace and enjoyment in the simplest of things. She shows him a world that he had long forgotten existed. Eden’s strength and compassion inspire him overnight, and he can’t get her out of his mind.
Unfortunately, Xander’s recent past returns with a vengeance, and Eden finds herself stuck in her worst nightmare. Despite her best efforts to remain above it, she is quickly torn down to the lowest she has ever been. She feels her mental and emotional states begin to crack. Can Xander reach her before she shatters?
I have approved the print for sale, and it's fully available on CreateSpace and my blog. However, Amazon hasn't posted the links just yet. It might take a few more days. I'll let you all know when that happens!
*** WARNING: Due to violence and sexual content, this book is recommended for readers 17+ years old. This book contains scenes portraying rape and explicit sexual situations. ***
Xander Hart is a rocker with a past. His career has brought him success in both money and women. However, he’s grown bored with the superficial. After he’s forced to leave one more dysfunctional relationship behind, he begins to take a hard look at his life, and he’s not happy with what he sees. His choices have taken a toll on him and his career, and not in a good way. He finds himself losing hope in ever finding happiness again.
That is, until he meets Eden Balestra, a small town girl with a knack for finding peace and enjoyment in the simplest of things. She shows him a world that he had long forgotten existed. Eden’s strength and compassion inspire him overnight, and he can’t get her out of his mind.
Unfortunately, Xander’s recent past returns with a vengeance, and Eden finds herself stuck in her worst nightmare. Despite her best efforts to remain above it, she is quickly torn down to the lowest she has ever been. She feels her mental and emotional states begin to crack. Can Xander reach her before she shatters?
LINKS
Amazon
- Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Reaching-Eden-ebook/dp/B00FIWHK8A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381268854&sr=8-1&keywords=ema+volf
- Print: Link will be updated as soon as it's available.
Barnes & Noble
CreateSpace
- Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/4462835
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Blood of Eirny paperbacks are here!
Paperbacks of Blood of Eirny are finally available on Amazon and CreateSpace! If you would like a signed one, please click the button on the left side of the screen underneath the Blood of Eirny cover!
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Random Observations as a Newcomer to the Gluten Free Lifestyle
I have decided to make a random non-book post, today. This is also my personal blog, after all.
I've started this gluten free lifestyle change within the last several months, because my body apparently can't handle gluten. In case you're wondering, gluten is found in wheat, rye, barley, triticale. I had symptoms like high insulin levels, sciatica, eczema, joint pain, and full-blown migraines nearly every single day. It's a really hard change to make, at first. However, the symptoms I listed above are gone. My general allergy problems are far less. I've lost a lot of bulk, though I'm not quite skinny, yet. I feel a million times better.
However not everything is super easy, and it's definitely not all sunshine and roses and healthy food. These are my observations with this change so far:
I've started this gluten free lifestyle change within the last several months, because my body apparently can't handle gluten. In case you're wondering, gluten is found in wheat, rye, barley, triticale. I had symptoms like high insulin levels, sciatica, eczema, joint pain, and full-blown migraines nearly every single day. It's a really hard change to make, at first. However, the symptoms I listed above are gone. My general allergy problems are far less. I've lost a lot of bulk, though I'm not quite skinny, yet. I feel a million times better.
However not everything is super easy, and it's definitely not all sunshine and roses and healthy food. These are my observations with this change so far:
- Most products with modern wheat are ridiculously bad for you. Seriously. Just look at the labels. Loads of sugars, little nutritional content, I could go on.
- Gluten free processed stuff isn't necessarily good for you, either. Most of them are higher in carbs. It's why you should eat more fruits, veggies, non-gluten unprocessed grains, etc. before reaching out for those processed gluten free vanilla wafers. Although those wafers are delicious. Just throwing that out there. Besides, avoiding those processed foods and adding more natural ones makes it easier to get all the vitamins you actually need straight from the source. Just because a soda is enhanced with vitamin C, that doesn't mean it's good for you, or even better for you than that other soda over there. I'm just saying.
- If you don't get enough fiber on this diet, you will have to supplement or feel really terrible. The pills tend to stick in your throat. The powder stuff tastes like orange sawdust koolaid. I suggest getting enough fiber.
- Far more people have a gluten intolerance or gluten allergy than even THEY know. Want to know the symptoms? Here and here. Talk to your doctor, even.
- Wheat is in darn near everything. Grocery shopping for me was ridiculously hard at first. While breads and things are more obvious, it's also hidden in less obvious places, such as seasonings, bags of sunflower seeds, oatmeal, chicken broth, soups, some types of bacon, soy sauce ... It can even be in your medications. This is why label-reading is your friend.
- Of all the people I know with allergies, more people who have a wheat allergy actually refuse to avoid it than any other allergen. Why? Because wheat is addictive. It has this stuff in it called gliadin that is an opiate. There were days I contemplated robbing babies of their cookies. I never did, of course. But fighting the urge was intense. Fun, huh? You can actually go through withdrawal symptoms when you cut gluten out of your diet. None of those symptoms are fun. Not even kinda.
- You will (probably) not die if you slip up and eat something with wheat in it, once in a while.
- However, if you do slip up, your body will hate you. Especially if you've gone a few months without it (long enough to get it out of your system, completely). The level of which it hates you will depend on why you stopped eating it, in the first place. Even if you have no reason to stop eating it, but do anyways, you will feel like you just ate an entire tub of rubber cement. Delicious.
- Gluten free products are stupid expensive. I'm serious. You get less product for a much higher price. Unless, of course, you get things that have always been gluten free, such as milk, vegetables, fruits, etc. However, they can charge you more if they put that gluten free label on it.
- It's far more satisfying to take the time to make things yourself. It really is. It tastes better, and you're absolutely certain of what's in it.
- It is NOT hard to find something gluten free at most restaurants (fast food is more difficult). However, with many restaurants, you will not be super happy about what is available to you. I get really tired of salads and sandwiches sans bread. Also, you still run the risk of wheat contamination.
- Gluten free pretzels are WAY better than regular ones. Don't believe me? Try it. They're worth the extra dollars.
- Many Hershey's candy bars are gluten free. I am ashamed of how happy this fact made me.
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