Aisha Urooj's Blog - Posts Tagged "books"

I am happy to announce the second book in the love and friendship trilogy, Eleanor's Travels, is out in paperback today☃️

I had been waiting months for this moment. I am excited to share the sequel to My Dear Ellie with you all 🎁📚

I hope you enjoy the wonderful adventure Eleanor goes on, as she travels around the world 🎊

I hope you love the people she meets and the places she sees. I felt so blessed when I was researching the different countries. We truly live in an remarkable world 🌏❤

Eleanor's Travels
http://mybook.to/Eleanors-Travels

I thought I would surprise you with preview for my next novel: Sleeping Beauty No More. The book will be released on June 17th, 2021, if you want to grab a copy. This is again a fantasy book and a fairy tale retelling.
I hope you like it 😊

Her prince never came.

She woke up after sleeping for a hundred years. She had been forgotten in her tower. Now she needs to find out why. What happened in the past? How could sixteen-year-old Aurora reclaim her lost kingdom?

Aurora meets a handsome thief named Devon. He had been using her tower as his hideout. Devon and his gang of thieves, known as the Circle, promise to help defeat the witch who put Aurora under the curse. Together, they will help her end the wicked witch’s tyranny over her kingdom.

Can Aurora change the lines of her destiny, or will she forever remain the princess that was forgotten?

Pre-order link: https:/books2read.com/SBNM

Sleeping Beauty No More
Release date: June 17th, 2021
Thank you for reading and supporting me on my writing journey 🥰

This is going to be one of those writing update posts, so bear with me 😉

Eleanor’s Travels is now available as an audiobook on audible and iTunes 🥳 The narrator, Jojo Parks, did a wonderful job with the accents. This is her first time narrating an audiobook.

Jojo parks, 20-year-old voice actor and book-lover working from her home studio in New Jersey, has performed in plays and musicals since 7 years old. In addition to musicals, she also has experience with Shakespeare and straight plays, as well as podcasting.

She can do variety of accents, including British, Irish, French, Midwestern American, Southern American, Eastern European, Australian, and Scottish 🤩 Jojo has also been an NJACT Perry award nominee for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.

I hope that you check out her talent!
www.backstage.com/vo/jojo-parks/
http://mybook.to/Eleanors-Travels

All of my books are now available on Google play books 🥳 I hope I can reach more readers worldwide!

My Dear Ellie and Divine Error both have a new price of only $0.99. If you like to check out my writing 🥰

My marketing attempts had me lose my book earnings for the previous two months (not that I made that much). Paid newsletters were a bust. It is tough being both a writer and marketer, but I am going through the steep learning curve.

Hopefully, I will emerge smarter, wiser and with profit 😆 I have one more paid newsletter for this Sunday. I hope it goes much better than the last two 🍀☘

Being an Indie author comes with challenges, especially when it comes to visibility. That is why I am always grateful when readers leave a review 😊🙏 I am usually seen floating in the clouds when someone likes my books 😂☁️

Thank you for following me on my writing journey. It has both ups and downs, but it is a wonderful and worthwhile experience.

It is currently tax season here, so I have been busy adulting. I will come back next week with a movie, art, animation, or book post for you. Stay tuned and stay safe! As always, this blog will be available as an podcast on anchor.fm/aisha-urooj

I hope that you have a great day today ⛱

My Dear Ellie has been selected for the Books2Read Reading List promotion, The Pocket Garden!

My Dear Ellie will be featured under the Feel-Good & Heart-Warming Fiction section.

I’m excited to announce that my book, My Dear Ellie, is part of a Books2Read Promotion, along with several other great authors!

You can find the promo here: https://books2read.com/rl/pocketgarden

And if you wouldn’t mind, it would help me and the other authors out a lot if you’d share this promotion with your friends and family. Just forward this link to anyone you think would love to find their next favorite book!

Thanks so much for your help and support.

😊📚

This promotion was a happy surprise. I will post my regular blog post over the weekend (featuring another Indie book for Indie April). Stay tuned for that post!

Thank you for reading 😊

Hi everyone,

For today’s blog post (and the last book featured for Indie April) is the alien invasion Sci Fi thriller, The Black Ships by A.G. Claymore.


I chose a genre that I don’t normally read (but definitely watch), so this was a new thing for me.

What was the story about?

First in the Black Ships Series. Our planet was just one small island in the midst of a vast, empty sea. For millennia, we thought we were alone – until we took our first tentative steps out of the cradle. As the nations of Earth struggle to establish a fragile colony on the surface of Mars, we suddenly lose all contact with our settlers. In the days that follow, it becomes abundantly clear that humans are not the only ones intent on exploiting the resources of the solar archipelago. In a desperate bid for freedom, Humanity must undergo social and economic changes on a scale previously unheard of. In the midst of growing turmoil, the struggle to build an effective defense leads the species to a turning point. The smallest of chances may determine the difference between freedom or eternal subjugation.

The book delivers on its promise and starts with an nail-biting alien invasion. The year is 2026 (not too far away), and aliens have attacked a human team sent to Mars. The US government (and others) on Earth must decide whether or not this is a threat, a mistake, or something else, while being limited to the fact that they are a planet away.

There is a rush to expedite a space-based combat fleet, despite not knowing the aliens’ intentions, because as Admiral Kelly states, “I would rather meet them with force and be wrong than meet them in peace and be wrong.” The enormity of the task dawns on everyone as does the financial implications of having such a fleet (The expected cost is a eye-watering $34 Trillion USD).

The book had smart exchanges between the characters. There are multiple players in the book, as there should be, but the author makes each of their personalities and voices distinct. There were a lot of technical terms (The researcher in me was itching to read up on them more), but it doesn’t feel gratuitous.

Black Ships is an engaging story and feels realistic. The story is unique as it is set only a few years from now and not a futuristic take on it.

I hope that you choose this book as your next read. Black Ships certainly gives us a lot to think about.

Thank you for reading today’s blog post. I was happy to review so many good Indie books for Indie April, and I hope to do it again next year. I will go back to my regular posts, including writing updates.

I wish you a great day, and hope that you discover something new today.

This blog post can also be found as a podcast at anchor.fm/aisha-urooj

Hi everyone,

I was glad that my Indie April blog posts were productive and that I was able to review many great Indie books last month. Since it has been a while, I wanted to update you all on where I am in my writing, and what my goals are for the coming months.

Book review goals:

I would love to get more ratings/reviews. It is always a thrill to hear back from readers (and to know that they are enjoying my books). The Stone Mermaid has received a few reviews since its February release, which is wonderful. I hope that more readers will give my romance fantasy a chance, and add it to their reading list ❤

Book marketing/promotion/ads:

This still remains a elusive, magical unicorn to a mere mortal like me 🥺 The ultimate dream is to have people buy my books because of word of mouth and others readers’ recommendations. I will continue working hard. I won’t stop until I can write a book that is emotionally resonant and that moves your hearts. I promise you this 😊

My current WIP (work in progress):

Sleeping Beauty No More will release in mid July. Each book that I write seem to have different writing challenges. I went through a dull phase while writing, which thankfully has passed. I feel like this book will be better shorter, but we will see. I was feeling meh about this book until I added a Romeo/Juliet side arc. I will also pay homage to other scenes that I feel are the most romantic in literature. The book became more exciting by adding a dragon 😆🐉

Writers write about writer’s block (😅) but there is another challenge that I face: When the ideas/thoughts rushes in like a flash flood. In those crazy moments of crashing thoughts, I get paralyzed and can’t type/write fast enough. I know that some writers use dictating programs to record their ideas. Maybe I will look into this, but I hesitate as I will have to get used to hearing myself recording, lol. I have lost a few great ideas/dialogues/scenes because I couldn’t write them down, and then I forget them when I sat to write 😔

These are all the thoughts for today 😊Thank you for reading this blog post and for following me on my writing journey.

I hope that you have a wonderful day!

My upcoming book is available on Pre-order if you like to check it out: books2read.com/SBNM

This blog can be found as a podcast at anchor.fm/aisha-urooj

This was a little unexpected, and I am as surprised as you are, but I just released a new comedy novella. It is titled Midnight Prince.


I realized that the last few novels I wrote were a tad on the serious side, and I wanted to remedy that immediately 😂 I just didn’t think I would finish it this quickly. Maybe I should plan a ‘novel- comedy novella- novel’ pattern of book release from now on to keep my creative process flowing? 🙃

So, what is Midnight Prince about?

Here is the book’s blurb:

🧹A witch’s curse 🐸 Frog by day🤴🏽 Prince at Midnight.

Milos saves the faerie king from the witch’s curse. The upset witch turns him into a frog. Now he needs a kiss from the king’s daughter, but the problem is that the princess is on the witch’s side. Is Milos doomed to stay a frog forever?

This is a romantic comedy 🥰 I think that you will enjoy the four main characters: unlucky Prince Milos; blundering King Eldas; rebellious Princess Kitty; and a hardworking but upset witch, Agnes. Their individual stories and character arcs have surprising endings, and were a lot of fun to write.

I hope that you check the story out!

Midnight Prince is available to purchase at http://books2read.com/MNP (Only $0.99)

It will soon be available as paperback on Amazon: http://mybook.to/MNP

Thank you for reading today’s blog post. I hope that you have a great day!

Hi!
I’m excited to announce that my book, Eleanor's Travels, is part of a Books2Read Promo with other great authors!
https://books2read.com/rl/newbeginnings

Share this promotion with anyone you think would love to find their next favorite book!

Thanks so much for your support. Happy reading!

Hi everyone!

Sorry for being missing this week. I was going through some side effects of my second covid vaccine shot (chills, ache, fever 🤕). I am better now, so I thought I give you an update on my newest upcoming Fantasy romance book.

Sleeping Beauty no more will release in a week on July 17th, 2021. The paperback and hardcover book are available now 🥳

I spend some time formatting the covers this week, so that kept me busy too.

What do you think? 😍


My book is a retake on the classic fairytale. I hope that you consider it for your next read.

I will go back to my blogging schedule next week. Sorry again for the unexpected delay (and short blog) for this week.

Hi everyone,

I have been working on a fun new project that I wanted to share with you all. The story will be based on Greek mythology. The release date is soonish (October 16th). Check out what I am working on below 😊

Thank you for reading and I hope that you have a great day!



They say Muses inspire the greatest of artists, artisans, thinkers, and poets, but what inspires them?

The nine daughters of Zeus are struggling with their talents, so their father orders them to go to a mortal high school. The muses are not amused at being sent to the mortal realm to find inspiration. Thalia, the muse of Comedy, proclaims that ‘High school is where creativity goes to die’. Her sisters agree, but is she right?

Will Zeus’s experiment work? Will the visit spark his daughters’ interest and inspire them to do their best, or will this be the end of creativity, as we know it?

The humans will meet the Muses for the first time. Perhaps the greater question is: Can the mortals survive the nine feisty daughters of Zeus? Or will they fall victim to their mischief?

Don’t miss this fun new release!

*Amazon link: https://mybook.to/TNM

Release date: October 16th, 2021

(*I will put the universal link when I have it)