✨✨This is about the state of things:
I stumbled across this meme, and immediately had to have it for the cubicle wall.
I'm not doing well right now, and it's only the first week of the second Trump presidency.
My friends and family are affected. I am affected. Almost everyone I know, beneath their smiles, hold tremendous pain and fear.
Please make plans. Be careful. Stay safe. Stay together, build up your strongest network of people possible. You've got this.
I still have hope.
✨✨This is about my books:
To be utterly transparent, if my royalties give me a latte a month, I feel like I'm winning the world.
So, if you want to dive into another world for a while, at least in the pages of a book? Check me out here:
https://1link.st/danielleberggren
Links to freebies and cheap things, and a whole finished trilogy + a prequel novella of a 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ fantasy romance. Dark themes abound, but in my stories, Love and Good conquer in the end.
✨✨This is about Me:
I’ve been hiding again, as the title of this post proclaims.
Partly it has been mental health issues roaring back to the forefront. The release of Catching Shadows was great considering how little effort I put into it, but it still did not yield much overall. And I would have loved to have seen more feedback. I have to remind myself that I’m playing the long game, but my demons can get loud in moments like this where I feel like I put out my all, and it was a bit of a sad party vibe. I’m also under-medicated somewhat chronically at this point (it’s been a year).
Partly it’s that I started a new job, and it’s one that while I enjoy it very much, it is taking a lot of my energy to learn and absorb. It’s also a job that comes with a commute.
And, lastly, it’s the current political ecosystem. It doesn’t do much to help the aforementioned mental health when people are saying the quiet part out loud with their full chests. The internet, so long a refuge, has become a place I’ve needed to escape from.
So, to that end, I’ve been doing a lot of stuff outside the eye of the public. Writing, artwork, journaling, and other creative pursuits are occurring.
It’s easy to get into the habit of not being connected. I’m here trying again. I give no promises to frequency.
I’m hard at work on Edge of Night, Dark Wings, Book One. It’ll start the same night as the second-to-last chapter of Catching Shadows, this time on Earth.
Dark Wings is going to be a little more Urban Fantasy, but still have that vibe that is all Danuverse.
It’s a little harder to write in some ways with a full-time job, in others the structure helps me figure out precisely when I have to have my ass in the chair and be producing words. I’ve had some of my best days in the New Year.
✨✨This is about Us:
The best way to reach me anytime is via email. You can reach that through subscribing to my newsletter here, and responding to anything I send. It’s a direct line to me.
I want to hear from you. I want your feedback. What do you want to see? What do you want to know? How are you doing? What did you think of the stories you’ve read?
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Stay safe,
Danielle Berggren
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