Undermining Alex is out in the public!

Undermining Alex is the sequel to Just Alex, a Science Fiction novel. This is the second installment of a 4 book series.

April 24, 2018 was another landmark day in my author career with the birth of the sequel to Just Alex titled Undermining Alex. The relief and joy felt as this book finally was released to the public was indescribable for it had taken 8 years to reach this momentous day. That is how long it took me to achieve being an author of a second book published. Yes, in some ways it was embarrassing. I was, still am, however, grateful for this achievement for I had slain a very difficult writing task.  It is not easy to write a four-book series. The second book held unforeseen enormous writing challenges. As of the birth of Undermining Alex,  I had become more successful as an author with two books born. Definitely a moment to celebrate!

Why 8 years? Besides numerous personal challenges those 8 years gifted, the main reason was the second book had to be consistent with the first. This is no easy task. There was a lot to make sure matched Just Alex‘s content. Going back and forth to check and double check took a huge amount of time. The polishing process as well as suffering through the final edit also pushed the publishing day to when it occurred. The entire process took a lot longer than I had planned. Yes, that was frustrating, but these things are extraordinarily time consuming. I kept my eye on my main objective which was to have Undermining Alex written as well, or better, then Just Alex.

According to my husband, I have succeeded with this objective. It was delightful to receive Undermining Alex in softcover book format and share it with him. He liked this sequel, better than Just Alex. My husband normally does not like anything Science Fiction. It amazes me that he likes this book series. When I asked him why he likes the Science Fiction I wrote but will not stay in the room for a TV or movie in the same genre, he pointed out it was “too way out there, far-fetched.” He further elaborated, his opinion was, Just Alex and Undermining Alex did not tax his imagination. The characters, plots, subplots, gadgetry and science were believable to him.

My husband now daily reminds me to hurry up and get the third installment, Hiding Alex manuscript finished. He is having trouble waiting for me to go through its check, double check and polishing process. Wait till he finds out how long the final edit will take (kidding!). I am confident this will not take 8 years to complete. My goal is to publish Hiding Alex in about 2 years (or sooner if my husband has his way).

Undermining Alex as of the end of May 2018, can be found in US bookstores (on the Ingram List) and online. My website Alicia Rose Shares has the online links if you want to see where, listed on the Welcome page under Author News.

It is thrilling to share this journey with you!

Alicia Rose

A Happy Summer and 4th of July!

A Happy July 4th, Independence Day, to everyone!
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Since I last posted on WordPress, my life took a turn for the busier. My organizational skills were taxed to the maximum as well as my time management ones. I actually had to re-organize my daily duties since I had taken on a few more projects. The fun thing is that these new projects turned out better than planned which is wonderful; made my May and June.

Undermining Alex will probably be published sometime in 2013 instead of as originally planned for autumn/winter 2012. Just Alex is currently generating steady sales and it is in my publisher’s best interest to wait on publishing its sequel. This is an author‘s dream come true for a first book published – steady sales!

May 2012, Aya Katz author of Vacuum County and four other books were added to Alicia Harrell’s Bookstore. The write-up about Dr. Katz is in our Featured Selections as #9. It was a great honor to include Aya Katz as a featured author.

June 2012, a new good read published in May 2012 titled Financial Revolution by Matthew A. Easterbrook was added as a Featured Selection in Alicia Harrell’s Bookstore. It was an honor to feature this author who is publishing his work through my publisher, Infinity Publishing.

May and June this year has been two months filled with helping others. I feel that these good deeds accomplished, even though they lowered my blogging/posting, were well worth all effort even though these things were not newsworthy, just important to those involved. Sometimes being there does matter; especially to those closest to you.

To share a little bit more about my helping others: I thoroughly enjoyed assisting the two authors mentioned above with promoting their books by having them as a Featured Author. I helped several friends receive their very own private perfect internet home page for “free forever.” My husband and I were there as best as we could for two close friends who lost their spouses. I helped a dear lady friend who is not computer savvy begin an opportunity online. She was grateful; was something she found very interesting.

I also took the time to visit cousins I had not seen in four months and was introduced to Chick-Fil-A. We cousins had a great time! Visiting with them reminded me how great Summer Family Reunions can be.

Some of my new projects in June took me out of my house. I actually received more organic Vitamin D from sunshine because I went outdoors more. Recently I learned that there are chronic health conditions that are caused by Vitamin D deficiency and that one’s Vitamin D levels should be checked regularly.

On Examiner, I wrote articles that are family and health related. The latest article written shares delicious recipes children would enjoy. These were fun to research and share with everyone.

Thank you for visiting and may your Independence Day on Wednesday July 4th be grand!

Alicia Rose

Welcome and Happy Holidays!

Merry yule-tide picture of joyful snowman.

Thank you for visiting my personal blog via WordPress. Visitors thirteen years of age and older are most welcome. Parental guidance is recommended for minors 12 years of age and younger due to the 8th grade through collegiate level content within this site’s pages.

Parents and grandparents are welcome to preview my blog domain before allowing their teenagers to browse the multi topical content and links. Parents and grandparents for their own peace of mind are encouraged to browse this website with their teenagers. As a mother and grandmother, I am an advocate for consistently recommending parental guidance; especially on the Internet.

I am  striving for this website’s content to be informative including about what this author is professionally doing, what I have written that has been published, and cover a wide variety of topics I find interesting enough to share with others.

Currently I am in the creative phase; adding content and updating the pages. I only have time to work on this bi-weekly, my sincerest apologies. There is much I plan to add and time willing, you will see it.

Thank you for supporting this site by browsing and reading its content. A pleasure to share information, non-fiction and fiction, with others who have similar interests.

Happy Holidays and may the yule-tide bring you and your family much joy!

Alicia Rose