Hi Reader– WONDERFUL NEWS: The Return to Me Kickstarter has met the funding threshold. We FUNDED on Day One!! Now we are working on “stretch goals” which is a way to get more bonuses and freebies to all Backers. A Kickstarter is a way to sell preorders in order for a small business to fund a publication project. The Box Set is only ever available here on this Kickstarter. If you’ve delayed backing, now’s a good time to take a look–early backers always get more freebies and bonuses. 🎁 (I’ve…

Dear Reader– A faith-building thought for the day: Death reminds us that we are creatures. Yet as fearsome as death is, it is nothing compared with meeting a holy God. When we encounter him, the totality of our creatureliness breaks upon us and shatters the myth that we have believed about ourselves, the myth that we are demigods, junior-grade deities who will try to live forever. RC Sproul My prayer for you is that you will be overwhelmed by the holiness of God. Lord, you have been our…

Hi Reader– In case you were thinking the Return to Me novels are simple paranormal stories–let me share with you two quotes that underlie the heart of the series. “There are only two ways of dying. We can die in faith or we can die in our sins.” RC Sproul The Return to Me series explores this aspect of life and death. 👈 “The clearest sensation that a human being has when he experiences the holy is an overpowering and overwhelming sense of creatureliness. That is, when we are in the presence…

In time for Halloween and Reformation Day–Reader–comes the trilogy you’ve been waiting for! The Return to Me Trilogy Kickstarter: BEYOND THE VEIL is kicking off RIGHT NOW on Kickstarter!! 🥳 👑 🥳 JUST LAUNCHED! If you click below, you’ll get the full cover reveal for Books 2 and 3 of the Return to Me Trilogy. CLICK BELOW TO SEE THE COVER REVEAL! And today only you have access to the DAY ONE Specials. GO TO THE KICKSTARTER Looking forward to hearing from you on the Kickstarter! Let me know if…

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories Reader–Just three days left till launch! Don’t Miss Out…Launch is Friday! Please make sure to click the image below and click the NOTIFY ME ON LAUNCH button. This will give you FIRST DIBS and first peek at launch on Friday. First backers get cool special gifts! What is the Kickstarter Marketplace? For indie authors, like myself, the Kickstarter Marketplace is an alternative to Amazon marketplace….

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories Hi, Reader If you are reading this… YOU have been CHOSEN. I sent out some emails at the beginning of October to people who were not opening these newsletters. And the people who did not respond were d r o p p e d. It’s a hard thing to see half your people gone. But it was necessary. They got their free book and they moved on. So like pruning a tree, I cut the branches. But it hurts. 👉 And it means–I…

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories Hi, Reader As promised last week, I have some exciting news for you… The Return to Me series Kickstarter is about to go LIVE. Click the button or image to read the TEASER, or read on for WHAT a Kickstarter is… See the Kickstarter What is the Kickstarter Marketplace? For indie authors, like myself, the Kickstarter Marketplace is an alternative to Amazon marketplace. Kickstarter enables me to sell my book…

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Fantasy, Sci-fi & Speculative Stories Hi, Reader In my upcoming Sci-fi Fantasy Dystopia series, JulieAnn Bishop has a CIPHER she has to decode. In order to find the “safe place” where she’s supposed to go, she’s got to DECRYPT…a POEM. I wrote the poem. And inside the poem I hid the clues she is supposed to follow to find that location. (It took A LOT of research to identify and create these clues; they’re real things!) 🤦♀️ However, I forgot…

From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek Faith-building Other Worlds Hi, Reader Recently, an author friend of mine, JA Webb, asked for advice about his updated book cover design. This began a dialogue where, in order to help him fine-tune his idea, I pointed out some things that might be necessary to find the perfect book cover. Here are some of those things… HOW TO DECIDE ON A BOOK COVER (insider secrets!) First, you have to IDENTIFY CORRECTLY what the Amazon (&BISAC) categories and subcategories…