{"id":2771,"date":"2021-08-12T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2022-05-09T13:21:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T03:51:37","slug":"august-2021-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/12\/august-2021-update\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2021 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2771\" class=\"elementor elementor-2771\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-927a7b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"927a7b0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fdabe5\" data-id=\"2fdabe5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cdc7f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7cdc7f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u style=\"\">Crystal's Crucible Launch<\/u><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea6a9ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea6a9ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m so excited and nervous because my latest book goes out to the world soon! The eBook will be exclusive to Amazon until February 2022 when it goes wide. This means you can get it FREE on Kindle Unlimited during this time.\u00a0<\/p><p>Why am I rolling this book out at different times to different platforms? Because I am entering <i>Crystal&#8217;s Crucible<\/i> in the Kindle Storyteller Contest! I am extremely proud of this book and I think it is prize worthy. I hope you think so too. It would mean the world to me if you could please show your support by either purchasing a copy on Amazon, or reading it on Kindle Unlimited <b>and<\/b> leaving your feedback on Amazon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42e1db elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f42e1db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/storyoriginapp.com\/universalbooklinks\/84d284de-56ca-11eb-9c6c-f320052dbb27\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get a copy of Crystal's Crucible<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff38249 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff38249\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2994a44\" data-id=\"2994a44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11a4378 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"11a4378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=4liIKsYap50&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21c3383 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21c3383\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42753ae\" data-id=\"42753ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcdfe82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dcdfe82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Virtual Book Release Party<\/b><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-885349d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"885349d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Celebrate the release of <i>Crystal&#8217;s Crucible<\/i> with L. Starla and a bunch of other awesome romance authors. There will be games, giveaways, readings and more!<\/p><p>Guest authors include: Sofia Aves,\u00a0Empress Chang,\u00a0Chelle Pimblott,\u00a0T. Maree,\u00a0Frankie Page,\u00a0J. Rose,\u00a0Debra St. James, and\u00a0Clarice Jayne.<\/p><p>Join the party for your chance to win the grand prize:<\/p><ul><li>A signed set of <strong><em>The Phoebe Braddock Books<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li>Book swag, including a jigsaw puzzle, 8GB USB stick, and a pen.<\/li><li>$20 eBook store gift card<\/li><\/ul><div>To enter:<\/div><ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2700635010237211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSVP &#8220;Going&#8221; on Facebook<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/l.starlareadersgroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join the party group<\/a><\/li><li>Participate to increase your chances<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a661b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48a661b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-Card-2-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2783\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-Card-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-Card-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-Card-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-Card-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-Card-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-Card-2.jpg 1687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae3c995 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae3c995\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a208ee6\" data-id=\"a208ee6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-784bf48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"784bf48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u>Winter's Maiden ARCs<\/u><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-989e3b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"989e3b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>Would you like two FREE books in exchange for an honest review?\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><i>Winter&#8217;s Maiden (Winter&#8217;s Magic Parts 1 &amp; 2)<\/i>\u00a0ARCs are now available, with the first book of the series included for anyone who hasn&#8217;t yet read it.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/winters-magic-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about the <i>Winter&#8217;s Magic<\/i>\u00a0 series<\/a><\/li><li><a style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/storyoriginapp.com\/giveaways\/9fa167ee-f8c3-11eb-b4f7-abb9f57cb6b8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read a sample of <i><b>Winter&#8217;s Maiden 1 &amp; 2<\/b><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div><p><b>Join L. Starla&#8217;s ARC Team for chances to win signed paperbacks!<br \/><\/b><\/p><p>HERE\u2019S WHAT YOU GET AS AN ARC READER:<\/p><ul><li>Complimentary digital copies of my new books that you\u2019ll get up to 3 full months before anyone else. You can pick and choose which books to read.<\/li><li>An opportunity to win a signed paperback with each release.<\/li><\/ul><p>All you will need to do is read the books you claim and leave short, honest reviews on Amazon, Kobo, or Barnes &amp; Noble. Goodreads and BookBub reviews are also appreciated.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b08ef54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b08ef54\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84e93f2\" data-id=\"84e93f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53599f2 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"53599f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/c9afa4667f45\/l-starlas-arc-team-signup\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Join L. Starla's ARC Team<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44a5cee\" data-id=\"44a5cee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee5f2d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7ee5f2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/storyoriginapp.com\/reviewcopies\/afe0b69c-f8d6-11eb-bd97-577420880131\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get Winter's Maiden ARC<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal&#8217;s Crucible Launch I&#8217;m so excited and nervous because my latest book goes out to the world soon! The eBook will be exclusive to Amazon until February 2022 when it &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/12\/august-2021-update\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">August 2021 Update<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47,11,12,79],"tags":[24,48,43,22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2874,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions\/2874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}