Nina Bloom's Blog
July 18, 2022
The Weight of Our Hearts Book 2 is COMING!
So when I started this little writing journey back in July of 2021, I didn't expect much. I'm a creative, and, while at times, I'm into something fun, it's usually a fleeting fancy.
I started The Weight of Our Hearts as a cathartic release. Like most people, I struggle with some very dark demons and there are some things that I just needed to purge. I wanted to give twenty-year-old Nina a happy ending. Tell her all the things I needed to hear at that age. Be besties with the wide-eyed, partly disillusioned girl that lives inside my happily-ever-after woman's body.
While I wrote, I decided to gain some writer friends that were as passionate about storytelling and romance as I was... Well the rest is history.
The Weight of Our Hearts almost didn't become anything because I didn't think anyone would like it. I thought maybe Lucy was too pessimistic, but to make her any more "positive" in the beginning would've been a sugar-coated lie. I needed to identify her darkness, so she could bleed it out all over the page. She needed pitch black, so her Sun could shine blinding bright.
Originally, I planned for a "Hearts Duology", with book two telling Frankie and Sal's story. That will still happen at some point, but I've been blessed with amazing ARC readers that have reached out to me and asked for more.
Believe me when I tell you for once in my life I was speechless! I still don't believe it. But I'm so indebted, inspired and motivated by those messages that I called up my beloved editor and said, "well you were right, Lucy and Marco's story isn't over yet." We had a good laugh at my baby author ignorance and started brainstorming.
Lucy's story isn't over. Because as in life, nothing is ever simple, including happily ever afters. She will go through some tough things, and we will touch on important issues. But I promise through it all, Love heals all wounds and bonds us together. Lucy and Marco are soulmates and their love will prove they are stronger than the undertow of circumstance threatening to tear them apart.
You are precious to me, dear readers! Your wish is always my command. I write for you. <3
I started The Weight of Our Hearts as a cathartic release. Like most people, I struggle with some very dark demons and there are some things that I just needed to purge. I wanted to give twenty-year-old Nina a happy ending. Tell her all the things I needed to hear at that age. Be besties with the wide-eyed, partly disillusioned girl that lives inside my happily-ever-after woman's body.
While I wrote, I decided to gain some writer friends that were as passionate about storytelling and romance as I was... Well the rest is history.
The Weight of Our Hearts almost didn't become anything because I didn't think anyone would like it. I thought maybe Lucy was too pessimistic, but to make her any more "positive" in the beginning would've been a sugar-coated lie. I needed to identify her darkness, so she could bleed it out all over the page. She needed pitch black, so her Sun could shine blinding bright.
Originally, I planned for a "Hearts Duology", with book two telling Frankie and Sal's story. That will still happen at some point, but I've been blessed with amazing ARC readers that have reached out to me and asked for more.
Believe me when I tell you for once in my life I was speechless! I still don't believe it. But I'm so indebted, inspired and motivated by those messages that I called up my beloved editor and said, "well you were right, Lucy and Marco's story isn't over yet." We had a good laugh at my baby author ignorance and started brainstorming.
Lucy's story isn't over. Because as in life, nothing is ever simple, including happily ever afters. She will go through some tough things, and we will touch on important issues. But I promise through it all, Love heals all wounds and bonds us together. Lucy and Marco are soulmates and their love will prove they are stronger than the undertow of circumstance threatening to tear them apart.
You are precious to me, dear readers! Your wish is always my command. I write for you. <3
