Fell Off the Blogging Wagon...Again.

So sorry to have stepped out for so long. I suppose I am not the very best at staying up to speed with a blog. But here goes a new goal! At least once a week! Let's try that!

So in the last year, The Price of Power has released! Yay! We had a fun little party for it...there are pictures on my website for any interested. www.daishakorthbooks.com . Perhaps another get together when Tears of Penance comes out?? Hmmm. Maybe not. I really don't know.

What I do know, though, is that Tears of Penance is done and surprise, surprise...I had to split again! So the next part is called The Benevolent Light. I am about 2/3 of the way done with that one and I pray that I can finish without a split there! lol

After that, I foresee one more book in the Aspen Series...The Key of the Kingdom. Once that is all done, do not worry! There will be more interesting adventures as the children grow into adulthood and have their stories!

And to boot, I am working on another series that is aimed at the teen audience...The Legends of Renaissance! She is a lovely girl who has a remarkable destiny when she should have none.

That should give you plenty to keep you busy...but for now you must settle for The Price of Power! The response has been really amazing already!

Best Wishes,
Daisha Marie Korth

So there IS life out there! LOL

All right...
So I haven't written in a while. No one had seemed to miss me much. Well, until a friend of mine kicked me in the rear and told me to start blogging again. Haha.

So what have I been up to?? Writing The Price of Power for all of you who have been patiently waiting. I decided to go for the agent thing this time so I have been pursuing that avenue. We shall see where that leads me. One way or another, you will get your book!

The Price of Power was so long, I had no choice but to cut in in half. So the new half has been titled: Tears of Penance. Nice, huh? I liked it.

Now, I know that I had promised some questions be answered in the next book, but I have to put you off one more time. All in due time, my readers, all in due time. Let the story develop.

Tears of Penance is nearly finished and will hopefully be out in about a year's time. It really depends upon when The Price of Power is able to be released. I get more and more excited as the end nears!! :) New characters will surprise you and the plot thickens until you don't know quite what to think anymore...It's great!

As always, I thank you for your devotion and your continued reading! In return, I will write you more books and will keep blogging to keep you up to speed!

All my love,
Daisha Marie Korth

It has been a while...

I have fallen behind. Believe me, my blog is not the only thing that has suffered over the last few months. I apologize to all of you who may be checking up on me, I am still here just insanely busy.

The Price of Power is coming along quite nicely, I must say. How? I will tell you. (There is a story there.)

Over the holidays I decided to read the Twilight series. I had promised myself that I would not do that, at least not until I had finished some of my other projects. You see, I tend to get very wrapped up in my reading when I find one that I enjoy and even though I didn't know if I would like those books, I was afraid of the temptation. I will admit to struggling in the beginning...feeling a little bored having outlived the high school scene and being glad to be done with it. But, once I fell below the surface and was touched by the emotion wrapped in the words in that book, I was hooked and I couldn't understand how anyone could possibly like what I wrote nearly as much. I am my own worst critic, as I am sure most people are, and I was ready to give up my dreams all because I was so overpowered by one book. Yes, I was down in the dumps and I turned off my laptop, letting my frustrations fester.

I continued to read the series until I at last finished them all. I have a support net that is quite close to me and I just couldn't take it anymore. I decided to talk to one of them about how I felt. When I asked how they could read my garbage after reading that, my "fan" gave me the most incredulous look. She told me she felt that my "garbage" was even better and that she would rather see my book as a movie than that one. (No offense meant toward Stephenie Meyer) She also told me that I had better keep on writing because I have a sequel to write and she wants to know what happens. hehe

I guess that was my turning point in this whole valuable lesson. I learned that I can't always feel inferior to those that I feel are better than I am. I need to turn it around and work harder until I feel that I am better than they are...not in a high and mighty way, but in a positive and successful way. If I can't believe in my own work, how can I expect anyone else to?

So, I readjusted my attitude and turned on my laptop on this last Saturday when I was alone at the house. What happened to me was just short of a miracle...Thirty seven pages in one day spilled out of me, all of it intense, exciting and moving the story forward. My personal best ever. My husband diagnosed me with Cranial Diarrhea, the never ending mind blowing creative running that produces stories that make you feel like you are right there. I can't wait for this book to come out now. I started out hating it terribly and with a little attitude adjustment, I have turned it in my favor so that I can't wait to open it back up again and start writing!

I am only human, I have good days and bad days too. You may as well know some of the tough times so you can appreciate the good ones with me!

My First Glimpse...

Well, my Author's Copies came in the mail the other day and I was able to once again feel the satisfaction that comes with seeing the finished product of my labors and holding it in my hands. My cover is beautiful...Even more beautiful than seeing it on screen and if I could change anything about it, it would be that it was longer. But, that was not how I had intended to write it. It is a short little book of stories that form a prequel, or history, on Aspen's parents and gives some very clever insight to why certain things happened in Noble Courage. I loved writing it and I loved reading it as I checked it over for errors. It is definately different than my first book, but not less lovable!!

The Tales of Elgolan has a cover!

Well, I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised at how wonderful my cover is! I received it just the day before yesterday and with some minor changes, we have this! I think it is a marvelous cover for a marvelous story! So, it now goes on to the printer and will be gifted it's release date very soon. I am so very excited to pass it on to all of you!

Moving On

As you may have read before, I had moved to a different project and had been working on my teen's series for a while. Well, a girl at work did me a great justice simply by picking up my book and reading it, falling in love with it and providing me with the inspiration I needed to open the Darktower's back up and begin writing in my usual fashion once again. I have figured it out...Talking about my characters and their drama is my muse. It makes me excited and brings fresh ideas to my mind as I get so animated and passionate about them as if they are living people. I have to smile and even giggle a little, for I have recruited another great fan...another one who wants to see my story become a movie, who plots the cast as other readers have and envisions the set. She has even told me I should have a role where I appear in every movie as they come along!! I wouldn't go that far. But to have that kind of response from my readers means the world to me and I want to take this moment to thank them for their support for without them I would not be where I am today...And without this gal's excitement I fear that I would not be moving on in the story. She has given me the key to unlock my creativity and I have produced some great writing these last days. I say Thank You and I blow kisses your way!

Text Files Came

Well, my text files came to me from my publisher the day before yesterday. I had a forty-eight hour window to edit them and make certain all was how I wanted them to be. I finished them last evening and sent in my corrections...Thank heavens there were very few. Now, they make those corrections and send the files on to the cover department where they will design the art for the cover, put the blip on the back along with my bio and my picture (last time I did not have my picture there). I get more anxious everyday to see the final product. I think every author does, it is a tremendous feeling of accomplishment. I must admit, as I was reading through my text I got so wrapped up in it that I became emotional again with the power of the words and the situations. I always get emotional as I write it as I am right there beside them, but to read it so long after and still feel the emotion, I hope you all feel it too.