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REDEMPTION

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The Wedding Vow series

Heartless

Redemption

COMING SOON 2026 - The Second Smile

My next book title reveal!  Drum roll please!

The Second Smile: Book of Golden Dragon

Song to listen to and be inspired by while writing this book: Broken Heart Poetry, by Jody Chiang 江蕙「斷腸詩」.

Set about 200 years before Heartless. This was the love story of the last Princess of Bhaliq Empire, referenced by Count Covasna in 'Til Death Do Us Part.

I'm not universe-building. I'm simply too lazy to come up with brand new empire names, location names, all kinds of other names. Basically I'm using Krenn Empire as a stand-in for China's Tang Dynasty but lasted a lot longer, like Rome. I could pick and choose different centuries to write a story.

Book Title: The First Smile will Topple a City. The Second Smile will Topple a Nation.
書名：一笑傾城，再笑傾國
Tagline: Even the Brave will fall for the Fair.
內容：英雄難過美人關

"Even the Brave will fall for the Fair" is way too long. So I changed the book title to "The First Smile will Topple a City. The Second Smile will Topple a Nation". But! This name is even longer!! Thank Heavens this name could be shortened as "The Second Smile".

「英雄難過美人關」好難翻譯，找到最好的是"Even the Brave will fall for the Fair".可是這名字太長，所以就改為"The First Smile will Topple a City. The Second Smile will Topple a Nation"。可是這名字更長！好在這名字可以縮短為The Second Smile.

Here's my horrible translation of my favorite lines in this song.

昨夜殘風傷心雨 / Last night it was raining heartbreak.
今日愁眉割心槽 / Today the sorrow cut into my heart.
踏上迢迢感情路 / I started this long road of loving you.
何必越頭問歸途 / There was no need to ask for a return path.

三分醉 / Three parts drunk.
七分痴 / Seven parts insane.
十分相思啊夢中見 / Ten parts of Missing You sigh Ssee You in the Dreams.

THE WEDDING VOW series Memorial Day 2025 Sale!!!

The Wedding Vow series is on sale wherever books are sold!

I Take Thee is FREE all the time!!!

The following three books are $0.99 each at your favorite store!

From This Day Forward

To Hold & To Cherish

'Til Death Do Us Part

Hurry!

The discount ends 31 MAY !

Grab a copy and get ready for summer!!

HEARTLESS Memorial Day 2025 Sale!!!

Heartless is released to wherever books are sold!

$0.99 until 31 May!  Grab your copy now!!!

Blurb:  Yuren despised the entire imperial family, until he met Princess Sunela. Warm, caring, and generous, she was not what he had expected. And definitely not someone he should fall in love with.

Princess Sunela dreamed of a Prince Charming that would take her out of the Imperial Palace and into a life of freedom. Yuren was definitely not the one. Meek and weak, Sunela had to save Yuren repeatedly while he blundered about the palace.

Sunela and Yuren were forced out of the palace when a resistance force attacked. Abandoned by families and friends, it was Yuren's turn to protect Sunela and prove his worth to her.

Note: This is a historical romance set in a fictional medieval time period, loosely inspired by the only female emperor in China's Tang Dynasty.  武則天是女配角喔！

謝謝！
ありがとうございました！
🥰🥰🥰

San Diego Air & Space Museum

Math Teacher really wanted to visit the San Diego Air & Space Museum (inside Balboa Park) because he was a huge NASA fan.  Then I saw the unexpected.

Know My History:  we forgot we used to be best buds!  Thank you, the Flying Tigers, for saving China!

認知歷史：忘了我們曾是拜把的好朋友！謝謝飛虎隊！

關雲長 / The Lost Bladesman (2011)

I don't know why they called him "Lost".  Guan Yu wasn't lost.  Physically he knew where he was, where he needed to go, and how he needed to get home.  Mentally he was loyal, faithful, unwavering in his conviction.  So, that was a strange title.  The fight scenes were ok.  Some quick cuts; some difficult maneuvers.  Overall, it was one hour too long.  Too much talking, not enough fighting.

甄子丹演關公真不像

關公很大的壓迫感

甄子丹比較修長

他們故意畫眼線眼影讓甄子丹像點，可我看得就怪。

然後給關公感情戲

誰要想像關公談情說愛呀，起雞皮疙瘩！

好像也沒有過五關斬六將

我算算，好像只有過四關斬三將

還是我昏睡過頭了

曹操話說了一個多小時，我這現代人沒耐心聽。

The Professor and the Madman (2019)

Math Teacher read the book.  He was intrigued that it was made into a movie.  It turned out they over-dramatized the whole story.  Math Teacher said everyone in the book was actually nice, decent human being.  Everyone was quite helpful and dedicated to their job.  Well, that didn't make a good movie, right?  So, there was quite a lot of shouting in the movie when it wasn't necessary at all.

But seriously, how fun could it be for two men deciding on words in a dictionary?  I mean, it was a great history to learn, but it was not a story of more than two hours.  This belonged on History channel, as a one-hour special, or as a segment with other short and interesting history tidbits.

History channel, call me!

HOLIDAY SALES!!! To Hold & To Cherish: The Wedding Vow book 3

20 Dec 2023 Update:  I'd like to thank everyone that purchased my books!  You made me #1 in Amazon ranking for four days straight!  I've never had a success like this.  Thank you!  You are awesome!  My readers are wonderful! 💖💗😍

To Hold & To Cherish:  The Wedding Vow book 3 will be free on Amazon from 12/15/2023 ~ 12/19/2023!!!

All the other books will be for $0.99!

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The Wedding Vow book 2: From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward is on sale for the holidays, $0.99!

Original price was $2.80.

Always free on Kindle Unlimited!

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From This Day Forward

The Wedding Vow BLACK FRIDAY 2023 PROMOTION!

Black Friday 2023 promotion event!

Book 1:  I Take Thee.  FREE 11/24/2023 ~ 11/28/2023

I TAKE THEE

Book 2:  From This Day Forward.  On sale for $0.99!

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD

Book 3:  To Hold & To Cherish.  On sale for $0.99!

TO HOLD & TO CHERISH

Book 4:  'Til Death Do Us Part.  Unfortunately I didn't make this on time for the sale.  Maybe Christmas.  Here's the preview for the book cover!

'TIL DEATH DO US PART

REDEMPTION, short story FREE PROMOTION for Thanksgiving 2023!

My short story, REDEMPTION, is free on Amazon 11/23/2023 ~ 11/27/2023!

Free with Kindle Unlimited!

He fell in love with her the first time they met, on her wedding day.  The more he got to know her, the more mistakes he made.  If he did not hurry to redeem himself, the others would sweep her off her feet!

This is a romance novella set in fantasy medieval time period. There are a few curse words, but no explicit sex scenes.

Redemption

Book PROMOTIONS!!! Memorial Day Sale!

I TAKE THEE will be free on Amazon 5/28 ~ 6/1!!!

I TAKE THEE

Book 2 FROM THIS DAY FORWARD and book 3 TO HOLD & TO CHERISH will be discounted at $0.99!!!  Boost my sales and leave good reviews!!!

Thanks a million to everyone!

goodreads

I am not familiar with this website:  goodreads.  Apparently it's imdb.com for books.

A reader rated five-star for I TAKE THEE and FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.

I TAKE THEE

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD

The author names were different on goodreads.com.  I was being a dumbass in the beginning of my "writing career" that I didn't know how to choose a pen name.  So I switched names after book 1 was published.

Apparently this reader has figured out that both author names were me, and enjoyed both books.  I'm so touched!

It's a great feeling to have such a dedicated reader.  However, I'm not tech-savvy enough to get in contact with the reader.  The internet's advice is to set up a mailing list so I could collect email addresses.  Then I could send out news, promotions, etc.  Unfortunately, I didn't even know how to set up a mailing list.

I'm sorry, my precious reader.  Please keep reading my books.  I'll do my best to write awesome stories that you'd like to read.

Book PROMOTIONS!!! Golden Week Sale!

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD will be free on Amazon 4/30 ~ 5/4!!!

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD

Book 1 I TAKE THEE and book 3 TO HOLD & TO CHERISH will be discounted at $0.99!!!  Boost my sales and leave good reviews!!!

Thanks a million to everyone!

05 May 2022 Update:  For the last two hours of the promotion, FROM THIS DAY FORWARD was #1 in Paranormal Vampire Romance category!  Last two hours of the promotion meant it was 10pm ~ midnight at Amazon's Pacific Standard Time.  So unfortunately nobody knew about it, but I know!!  Thanks everyone for the support!  More promotions coming soon! 😘

#1 Paranormal Vampire Romance

16 May 2022 Update:  Got another five-star rating for I TAKE THEE!  Received a three-star rating and two five-star ratings for FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, the very first ratings!  Thanks everyone for the support!  More promotions coming soon! 😍

TO HOLD & TO CHERISH

TO HOLD & TO CHERISH, book 3 of The Wedding Vow series, is published!

TO HOLD & TO CHERISH

ALWAYS FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED!

This is sequel to book 2, FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.

This is prequel to book 1, I TAKE THEE.

Confusing?

The timeline was book 2 => book 3 => book 1.

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD on KDP Select!

Tried using Draft2Digital for going wide for FROM THIS DAY FORWARD; didn't work.  Probably because I didn't advertise about it.  Also book 1 I TAKE THEE is not on Draft2Digital.  Why would anyone buy book 2 when they couldn't find book 1?  LoL NaNaKo, great marketing plan! 🤣😆😂

Starting today, I took FROM THIS DAY FORWARD off Draft2Digital and put it on Amazon KDP Select. That means anyone with Kindle Unlimited membership can borrow and read the book without buying it.  I TAKE THEE is already on KDP Select.  So now, at least both books are at the same place.

I'm still not doing advertisement about it, except here.  I'm a cheap ass.  Sigh.  😔

The Wedding Vow book 1

The Wedding Vow book 2

Writing Career II

I just put REDEMPTION and I TAKE THEE for free during Christmas on Amazon.

REDEMPTION

I TAKE THEE

Did free advertising on Snicks List for REDEMPTION. Did no advertising for I TAKE THEE. Even forgot to advertise the holiday sales on my own blog.

Sold 24 free copies. Not Bad!

However, only sold 172 pages read on Kindle Unlimited. That was what I wanted. People said even if the book is free, as long as someone is a member of Kindle Unlimited, free pages read still counts as real sales.

And then I put FROM THIS DAY FORWARD as $0.99, hoping people reading I TAKE THEE would pay for book 2. That was what online forum recommended. I sold nothing 😞😢

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD

Keep your day job, NaNaKo.

Writing Career I

Wondered how good this award is. Would it really help with sales and reputation?

I entered the competition with REDEMPTION, in the novella/short story/poetry category. It wasn't a good category, but REDEMPTION is not long enough for the full-blown Romance category.

REDEMPTION

I didn't get the award. Of course. The category is not for romance short story. The winners were poetry and short story collection.

I don't write long stories because I'm bad at prose and descriptions. Even when I'm reading, I'd jump ahead to actions and dialogues. If I find the description important, then I'll go back to read it.

And that's why I didn't win this year, and maybe never.

Keep your day job, NaNaKo.

Keep dreaming about becoming a multi-billionaire bestselling author.

Or is that a nightmare?!