Hello, SWARM!
I really wanted to make good use of this time. It is easy to be sucked into the drama every day, but I found escaping into Egon's world to be healing. I hope when you read this, you will feel that escape as he makes his journey back to the playground in book #2 of The Rattenbury Chronicles, KING JUGGERNAUT - BERLIN!
I will post updates as it is ready for shipping, but you can absolutely order now! 
I also did something a bit different this time. I set up a TIP JAR! This book is even bigger than the first and if you are able to add a tip to your cart, that means I don't have to raise my overall prices too much - and then those who are struggling can still afford the books and CDs!.
​Thank you for all your love! You all ROCK!
​Karen :)

PS: More music and more writing coming... 'cause, uh, I suck at anything else. HA!

Hello, SWARM!
First of all, thank you to the team at Author Academy for recognizing KING JUGGERNAUT - NYC in the Historical Fiction category!
While there is a panel of judges, they are also taking Reader's Choice into consideration.
I hope if you are reading this, you will vote in the 8th category: HISTORICAL FICTION.
Voting ends August 25th! Award ceremony is in October.
https://authoracademyawards.com/vote2020/
​Let's get more attention for children on the spectrum and animal rescue!

So much love on you,
\Karen :)

Hello, SWARM!
I really enjoyed this interview with Grace & Mike from Thunderhead Radio. Grace follows STEVER activities, does her homework, and conducted a well-thought-out interview! You both ROCK!
So much love on you,
Karen :)

Thank you to everyone who voted for KING JUGGERNAUT - NYC at AllAuthor.com
I was thrilled to see three animal covers win as my main passion is animal rescue! Much love to Joni darc Shepherd and K.C. Julius. I am always happy to meet other women authors!

Despite a long and dramatic journey to get to this place, I have fulfilled the mission of completing book #1 in the Rattenbury Chronicles, KING JUGGERNAUT - NYC!
Writing wasn't as hard as trying to shut down the external drama. ISN'T THAT THE WAY?

I will post updates as it is ready for shipping, but you can absolutely order now!
​Thank you for all your love! You all ROCK!
​Karen :)

PS: More music and more writing coming... 'cause, uh, I suck at anything else. HA!

After the nasty year I had, I felt like revisiting "Sicko". I recorded a piano/vocal version & made a video to go with it.
Will post it soon!
#MusicStillHeals
KarenStever.com 💀🎩

If someone would have asked me to do a book series, even last year...I would have SCREEEEEEAMED, uh..."nope". I don't know how difficult it would be to scream the word 'nope'. It doesn't seem like it would carry across a field properly.

I was looking at these seven Shakespeare classics today. My love for books came with Dr. Seuss and Beatrix Potter as a child. However, my survival in highschool English class was dependent upon me reading and somewhat understanding Shakespeare. My teacher was dry...like no-butter-on-a-cracker with no-water-to-wash-it-down dry. Yaaaaaawn.
I remember coming home and asking Mom to translate what the Hell I was reading.

Thankfully, Mom was a hopeless romantic with a great love for words. YAY!

One of my questions outside of her translating them was, "Wouldn't one of these books taken him his whole life?" They seemed complicated. She explained that back then they didn't have technology occupying their time. He could just sit and write. They also didn't worry as much about what the audience thought. They may have potentially beat themselves up and been self-deprecating at times, but the "biz" was unique then.
WOW! What an occupation!  You don't like the current world, you just imagine another one. 

Authors like Shakespeare and Poe will forever live in our hearts because they wrote one specific way: 

GUT-WRENCHINGLY.

I have been working on the first novel between having to make a "real living" for the better part of this year. However, this month, on a British radio station, I announced that I was bringing up seven of these children at the same time.
What is that? Septuplets? It's just a boatload of diapers to change at once. Whatever.

Here is the transcribed announcement portion from the BRFM Interview if you are unable to listen to it:

The only way I can do this properly is to do it totally from my gut. I am not looking to write something 'light' or soothing bed-time stories.
I am going to be launching its own website, 'cause it is going to get crowded here really quickly!
I hope you will follow along with my journey. I will update as often as I can.

Love you all,
Karen

PS: do you want to see this project released? I hope you will consider contributing here: patreon.com/stever

Listen to the STEVER interview with Gareth Angel!
My Birthday Interview where I announce my grandiose plans!