Estrella Rose

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Hello, my sweet estrellitas! I call what's gonna happen next in the book "The Criminal Diaries" something like "Not enough madness, I need much more”. Here's my attempt to write something slightly fantasy-like, slightly otherworldly, slightly insane in Chapter 42… Why otherworldly? Because the lead male character finds himself in a certain parallel world – between life and death – after a terrible accident outside during a violent hurricane that mercilessly sweeps away everything in its path. And at that moment, no one could help him. So the character ends up in another world – a calm, peaceful one. A place where the soul doesn’t ache. A place where breathing feels easy. It's the place where he will have to wait for his death and go into the world of the dead, or hope that someone will find him and dare to challenge the raging storm to save him. Besides, he will have to return to what he's been running from for most of his life and finally remember who or what broke him so that his mind decided to erase it from his memory. Well… Almost everything… It left him some hints of the shocking event that happened to him. And after learning the truth, he will have to make a choice: return to the world of the living and live with this pain for the rest of his life, or let his soul leave his body and go to a place he will never be able to leave. The only question is… Will the girls take the risk and take matters into their own hands? And will the men remain angry even under the threat of losing the person who means a lot to them, after all?
          
          Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/395134099-the-criminal-diaries
          Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ-u_D7Jdn0

The things probably seemed excessively cruel to you in the previous chapter of "The Criminal Diaries". But let's not talk about the fight. Let's talk about the consequences in Chapter 41. The consequences of what made the lead male character lose his mind. The co-lead characters can finally exhale with relief because they gave their best to achieve their goal and arrange a meeting between this man and his girlfriend, who did not die, as we know. Even if they almost did something unforgivable to make it happen. But our lovebirds are finally reunited and standing face to face. The girl is happy to see him, but she is full of doubt. And the man just stands there, dumbfounded as f... hell (!), beaten up, with tear-filled eyes, with no understanding of what is happening. And now, he has a difficult task ahead of him. I mean, two. To convince his beloved not to leave him, because she is seriously starting to believe that their meeting was a mistake. And explain himself to the men, who are determined to keep their promise and cut all ties with him. In short, the man ran into what he had feared the most – loneliness.
          
          I think you understand why I said that the lead character will outdo all the previous ones who may seem innocent angels. I came up with this twist back when I didn’t know what this story would become, where it would lead, or how it would affect the characters… And it feels like my characters themselves are guiding me and hinting at which direction I should take next. As if they’re telling me that one path wouldn’t feel right, but another would work much better. The lead character of "The Criminal Diaries" refused to be normal. He decided it was better for him to be this way. Some characters choose to be strong, but he did not have the strength or the desire for that.
          
          Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/395134099-the-criminal-diaries
          Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ-u_D7Jdn0

You won't obviously be ready to talk about Chapter 40 of "The Criminal Diaries" because there will be no place for shame, conscience, mercy, or anything human. The co-lead characters’ battle with the lead male character continues, and they act much harsher and more decisively this time. In order to achieve their goal, these guys give a damn about the moral principles and forget any kind of decency. They no longer see the lead male character as the person who used to be their close friend. And when I say they have given a damn about everything, I truly mean it. Because something more terrible than brutal, no-holds-barred fights awaits you. The guys begin to intimidate the lead male character and behave like criminals with no feelings or emotions, reminding him of the demons he saw in his nightmare. Meanwhile, his hallucination refuses to let him relax and keeps demanding that he finish what was started. But it turns out it’s not so easy to deal with those who go too far and are so close to committing probably the most terrible and disgusting act in their lives. Something that could make all their close people turn away from them if everyone knew it. Something that forces the lead male character to mentally return to his early years with the thought that something like this may have already happened to him before.
          
          Choosing such a cruel and unforgivable turn of events, I completely understood that I was walking on very thin ice and could cross the line at any moment. When this moment came to my mind, I couldn’t let go of the desire to include it. Yes, it’s harsh. Painful. Disturbing. But I decided to write it. I chose to show how far a person can go when they are out of their mind, so to speak. And by the way, when I started working on this chapter, I cried a lot over certain scenes that turned out to be overwhelmingly emotional.
          
          Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/395134099-the-criminal-diaries
          Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ-u_D7Jdn0

We're already on Chapter 39 of "The Criminal Diaries". The level of tension is higher than ever this time. It's almost at the peak. The co-lead characters did not want it, but they're forced to get into a brutal, bloody fight with the lead character. They had a chance to avoid it. But these guys choose to risk everything and put themselves in mortal danger at their will. Not to bring their friend back. But to prove the truth and keep their promise. To do one last thing for someone who makes them regret getting in touch with him. This fight is probably the hardest one, much harder than any confrontation with antagonists throughout the entire story of the "Stronger Together" book series. First of all, because they are not fighting just a random man. They do fight someone they considered close. Someone who is no longer going to show mercy and stands just one step away from a complete transformation into a ruthless, heartless creature that is ready to become another bloodthirsty criminal. No mercy. No regrets. No memories of all the good things they have ever shared.
          
          When I was just working on the concept of this book, I never thought that the lead character would end up suffering from madness like this. Initially, I wanted him just to withdraw into himself for a while, then learn about the girl’s miraculous survival and return to his friends as if nothing had happened. But the longer the work went on, the more insane ideas came to my mind. And this fight scene was never supposed to be like this. It was actually not supposed to exist at all. The idea was that the co-lead characters would chase him around the city after running into him accidentally, convince him not to harm himself at all, ask him to stay, and then finally bring his beloved girl to him. And even though the final version turned out to be long enough, I still really love it.
          
          Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/395134099-the-criminal-diaries
          Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ-u_D7Jdn0

So, I'm finally posting the post about the last booktrailer for my books from the "Stronger Together" series. It turns out that the publication happens on the day when I celebrate the 4th anniversary of my writing career (I didn't plan it, I swear).
          
          Now you can watch the updated booktrailer for "The Sins Of The Past". It's the book with which everything started on this day 4 years ago. Then and now – I'm still a little afraid to publish my works, and the notifications about likes and comments still make me shake. Though, to be honest, this fear gets weaker. For example, I started to publish my book "The Criminal Diaries" without fear, because I was sure it was good. But as for "The Sins...", I was afraid to publish it because it was my debut work and it had a lot of things I didn't like. I've said it many times, I keep saying it, and I will not stop doing this. There are many things I'd be happy to fix, but I can't call this book absolutely bad (you haven't read the earliest version of it). Even though they say you shouldn't come back to your old works so that you can focus on new works, I always edit my works: deleting something, changing something, adding something... By the way, that's the reason why I started to publish my books in 2022, even though I was ready to start back in 2019. Anyway, if I'd thought my work was 1000% terrible, I would've never published it anywhere. And I wouldn't have worked on it if I hadn't seen the potential.
          
          I can't say I've achieved a lot over the past 4 years, but I don't think it's a failure. I have likes, I get views, and I sometimes get comments (okay, let's count bots too). So, it's cool, huh! Well, as for me not making money out of it yet... So, it's my fault! I need to write trendy things, but I write books for my soul. I consider writing my hobby, a way to distract myself and refresh my brain.
          
          Thank you for your attention! Have a nice day!
          Love, Estrella Rose.
          
          YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97hCdJg6EyI

Hello, my sweet estrellitas! The cycle of my blogs dedicated to the updated booktrailers for all my books in the "Stronger Together" series continues. We're already on the third part of four. As you can see, we're getting very, very close to the end.
          
          I am happy to introduce you to the booktrailer "The Broken Hearts Story". The video is already uploaded to my YouTube and will be available for watching at any time. When I just came up with an idea of updating the booktrailers and started to get the material for them, I thought the videos would be made in just one AI service. But when I needed more videos, I wasn't able to get them for two reasons. The first one is that they updated their model to the worse and got rid of the cinematic effect that was the reason why I got a love for that AI service. I think I've already told you about it on my accounts on the social networks. And the second reason is that it was impossible to generate something due to the strict limits for free users. So, I gave up on that, but I recently discovered another AI service that could make pretty good videos – not worse than mine. So, I decided to make several videos on that service. By the way, I actually thought of redoing ALL the videos and get the material over again. But after thinking a lot, I changed my mind and just decided to combine these shoots. I was worried those videos wouldn't the fit the style, but I think they look pretty good.
          
          As I've said before, the last booktrailer will be released on February, 9th, on the 4th anniversary of my writing career. It's easy to guess that it's going to be a booktrailer for the first book from the book series. Since it happened that I started to publish these videos on this time, I decided to make this moment symbolic to some extend and recall the work I started taking the first steps in the writing world with. Maybe it's not so full, but it's good in its own way.
          
          YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9rHmGB8Krs

Hello, my sweet estrellitas! As I promised before, I am coming back to continue to tell you and show you the updated booktrailers for all my books in the "Stronger Together" series. Yes, you're gonna have to see me a lot in your feed this week – much more than just one time per week, as it usually happens. So, don't be mad at me please, understand me and forgive me...
          
          And now, I am introducing you to the booktrailer for "The Secrets Hidden In The Scars", Book 3 from the book series I called before. Just like in the case of "The Lost And Forgotten Memories", you can watch the new video at any time on my YouTube channel. This is the book, the booktraielr for which must've been obviously replaced because I changed slightly the main storyline and the synopsis of it. But now everything fits the story, and the characters are what they are supposed to be. Besides, the audio speech that you can hear in the video does not consist of just random things. These are real words from the book. Maybe they are not as full of emotions as I want since the AI voices sound good and clearly but cannot express the feelings yet. At least, I can't do this.
          
          Anyway, I hope you're gonna love the result of my work. I hope the booktrailer will encourage you to check out one of my books someday. And I'm not saying goodbye to you because I'm going to publish two more booktrailers for two books. And yeah, I can tell you that the last booktrailer will be released on February, 9th, on the 4th anniversary of the beginning of my writing career. So, stay with me and follow my accounts on all social networks. Of course, I'm not such a good blogger, but sometimes you can find something interesting, and I have some plans for my future content. Not sure if my ideas will come true, but still...
          
          Thank you for your attention! Have a nice day!
          Love, Estrella Rose.
          
          YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcpMqizthVM

Hello, my sweet estrellitas! Sometimes you do something to make it better, but everything ends up going completely wrong. The new Chapter 38 of "The Criminal Diaries" proves it perfectly. The co-lead characters sincerely wanted to cheer up the lead character by telling him that his girlfriend is alive and healthy, explaining how it actually happened. But… The lead character himself refuses to believe it. He sees only mockery in their words and a cruel attempt to play with his feelings and use his grief. This argument escalates fiercely. There's no little hope of making the situation better. The friends become convinced that their buddy is a little crazy after witnessing him speaking to his hallucination that only exists in his mind. The one that actively turns him against them.
          
          In the end, the co-lead characters, who had previously wanted to get their friend back in any way, now doubt whether it's worth it at all. They're seriously thinking of ending their friendship with him. They are just ready to put the last thing to an end. Ready to reunite the lead character with his girlfriend and prove that they were telling the truth. No matter how painful it is to forget everything they've been through together. The guys are tired of knocking on a closed door that no one is going to open. It makes the girl deeply upset, even though she also begins to doubt whether she made the right choice. In the end, the lead character gets exactly what he feared most – loneliness. But... It doesn’t bother him at all. We're close to the moment when the guy may take after his father and unleash real chaos in the city, or actually the entire country, by destroying anyone who dares stand in his way with no mercy. Will someone want to save the lead character from himself before it's too late?
          
          Thank you for your attention! Have a nice day!
          Love, Estrella Rose.
          
          Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/395134099-the-criminal-diaries
          Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ-u_D7Jdn0

When I announced my book "The Criminal Diaries" back in April last year, I hinted that I might eventually redo the book trailers for all my books in the "Stronger Together" series. What I did back in 2022 stopped seeming cool to me. Besides, after the editing process, some moments from those old trailers became irrelevant. So, the need to replace the book trailers had been knocking on all my doors and windows, ringing the bell so loudly that it was probably heard in space. Eventually, I made a decision and started working on generating the stuff.
          
          I want to start with the book trailer for "The Lost and Forgotten Memories", which you can already watch on my YouTube channel. While generating videos for it, I really wanted to keep the same color palette as in the trailer for "The Criminal Diaries". So, I asked the AI service to generate dark and gray videos. And even though I wasn’t exactly good at that thing yet at that time, some of the videos turned out decent enough. I changed the new versions of the trailers like a hundred times over two or three weeks. Just because I wanted to get the result that would be perfect but wouldn't make me ashamed years later. And I think I can definitely say that I won’t want to burn of embarrassment over what I ended up with. Anyway, I am happy with it. Though there are moments I’d love to fix but can’t. I’m not expecting a lot of views at all, but I’d like to believe that at least some of you will enjoy what I’ve made.
          
          I’m not saying goodbye yet because I plan to publish all the book trailers throughout this week. Moreover, it happens that February 9th will be the day when i'm celebrating the 4th anniversary of my writing career. I used to have this date forgotten all the time. I could usually remember it somewhere a week or two later. But this year, I didn’t forget (yeah, folks!). I do remember.
          
          WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuwl8fN5C88