Taking On A Second Author Brand: Being There For The Amazon Readers Too

An actual update from me

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What I’ve Been Doing?

I almost don’t want to answer this question (just kidding). But I’ve spent tons of time writing, as usual. As well as figuring out a really good marketing strategy. I’ve also moved around the country a few times now, and I’m on my way out.

Let’s start with me moving around. I was in Michigan for a while. Then California. Now I’m in Seattle, and I’m on my way to Oregon. Oregon being my last stop, before I head overseas. My end goal: Move To The Philippines.

I’m also going back to online school. I was taking a course to teach abroad, and I recently stopped for about a month. I’m starting my classes back up next month, and I should be done soon. I’m super excited.

Secret Project???

There are two crowds of readers in the publishing world: Casual Readers & Subscription Readers. Again, this is how they are presented to authors. These readers aren’t often seen mixing, meaning casual readers don’t mind finding books on different platforms, while subscription readers are found checking out books on Amazon (exclusively). The goal for me, is to line the pieces up.

Both communities in one.

I know I can’t do this under one brand. Sakari Lacross is only one being. It’s a name that has already stapled more as a “wide author,” meaning the brand behind that name is known for publishing to a wider audience. No exclusivity. However, a second brand, allows for me to form a different strategy, without abandoning my old pen name’s lane of marketing.

Kamari L???

Exclusivity will be the brand under this pen name. The name will be under Kamari L. Kamari will introduce a more disciplined lane to my writing, as well as my targeted audience. The pen name Kamari will work under the horror and Fantasy audience. The writing style will tell stories through the form of journal entries, giving the feel of poetry and emotional connection, through past and present tense story telling.

Targeting Amazon exclusivity, allows me to keep the door open for readers. Those with a Kindle Unlimited account, will be able to gain instant access to my biweekly releases of all the episodic fiction I release under the Kamari name. For so long, I’ve abandoned this audience.

I have multiple projects in the works under this name, and I can’t wait to…yeah…more on this in the future…

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Entry 1

I requested my mother’s body. I wanted to give her a proper burial. To my surprise…they couldn’t find it. A corpse. She was clearly dead. She had been murdered by…

None of that mattered. I still couldn’t wrap my head around her missing body. She had now been added to the list of missing corpses that had been being removed from their last site of rest. Who would move a woman spilling in cold blood?

The law would only tell us citizens so much. I hated this. This was now my mother missing — not someone I was watching on the news. And to think…me and my mother was just watching a missing corpse report on the news, four days ago.

She was gone before the scene could even be properly investigated. Though I watched her take her last breath. None of this made sense. There was no sign of proper connection to the previous bodies and hers. Just a string of murders and then…
Whoever was doing this, was beyond sick.
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(Future Project In The Works. Something for Kindle Unlimited Users)

When I ask what you’re doing
I meant to ask if you were thinking of me
I mean do you love me
When there’s so many guys around

~ Sakari

My latest poetry book is out now. Alone, is the start of a new poetry series, known as Too Many Missing Pieces.

A free quick read that’s available for everyone. Downloadable from multiple published platforms — Link Below:

Alone: Poetry Collection

You Aren’t My First Love: I Caused My Brother To Slaughter Her As Well- A Sneak Peek At My Dark Fantasy Series “How Long Is Endless”

A Dark Fantasy Series

INT. JOLYN’S STUDIO APARTMENT — CLOUDED DUSK (CONT’D)

CONNOR: Autumn isn’t a monster. Believe it or not, he doesn’t care for killing our own kind. I’m not so innocent myself.

Jolyn braces herself for what Connor is about to say next.

JOLYN: What are you trying to say, Connor?

CONNOR: My father ordered him to take down the vampires. All the Reborns. He ordered the same to me as well. And for years, I aided my brother in this. Father was worried that being that the Reborns couldn’t control their thirst, seeing as they weren’t born vampires, then they would wipe out humanity. And for a while, it looked to be that my father was right. Villages were being slaughtered left and right. Towns were dangerous to wonder around at night. It was my fault anyway.

Connor doesn’t want to say the next part.

CONNOR: I made the first Reborn. I changed the first human being into a vampire. Something that neither father nor my brother knew was possible. We were all still new to our vampiric curse.

Connor pauses.

CONNOR: Her name was Eramis. We didn’t know what had happened to her. But one night…I lost control. I bit her and believed I drained her. I thought I killed her. I wanted so bad to be done with my own life. I tried everything there was to kill myself. I was the one who discovered that the sunlight couldn’t kill us. But then…she rose. Approximately fourteen hours after I buried her. She changed and took on our characteristics. Father took her in to ease my mind, allowing her to stay in the castle with us. But then…then she started to hunt. And she started to change others. I tried to help her get control of things, and over time…she got a grip. But by then, she had already changed so many mortals, that we were now facing some sort of vampiric epidemic. So father casted an order. He demanded that we eradicated all of the new vampires. The Reborns. We did this. We spent every night killing our kind for hours. It took us less than a month until the vampire legend…became that of a legend. Eramis even assisted us on some hunts. And then…it happened. Father ordered her demise as well. He said that Reborns couldn’t exist. That he didn’t understand them. I couldn’t kill her again.

Jolyn shows concern.

JOLYN: So then Autumn did it.

CONNOR: Not right away. I took her and ran far with her. Regions. It took six months for my brother to catch up with us. But…when he finally did…

Tears of blood begin to roll out of Connor’s eyes.

JOLYN: Ok, we don’t have to talk about it anymore.

CONNOR: I stood there, Jolyn. I stood there. I froze up while he slaughtered my lover, right in front of me.

The extinction of vampires, known as Reborns, was a promise. Sent to be Death Dealers of their own kind, Connor and his elder brother Autumn, slaughter those who carry the less fortunate blood of vampires. Being Immortals — vampires with a pureblood lineage, they’ve been able to achieve this with ease. That is until Connor falls in love with a Reborn, turning the brothers against one another, as the elder brother wants to see their mission through, while the younger brother…wants to follow the guidance of his soul.

The first book is out now — free to all, with your choice of platform. A quick episodic read, with the next episode already in preparation for release two weeks from now. Grab your free copy below…

Available now at your favorite digital store!

How Long Is Endless: Volume 1 by Sakari Lacross

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