About me, Danae

    Hello! I am Danae.

    I enjoy living in Colorado; hiking, camping, climbing, skiing, and mountain biking- to name a few. Of course, I love reading and writing as well. Cursive was my jam in 3rd grade.

    I’ve published “Life in Katie’s Shoes,” and most recently “Bloodhound: The Lord Puppeteer Series.” Get to know me by following me, using the links in the social bar below.

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    Pretty stoked with the progress I made this evening. I wrote just over 1,600 words this evening. And in my opinion, the best scene I have ever written. I am writing book 2 to my Lord Puppeteer Series. Checkout Bloodhound at authordanaedecker.com to see what the first book is about! The Northern lights of Colorado 😍 🤪 What I write will be interesting at this time of night. #booktwo #bloodhound #lord #dystopianauthor SOON Bloodhound will be available in eBook and Hardcover format. It will still be available in Paperback as well. Will share more once they’re live! #authorsofinstagram Formatting your kindle eBook utilizing #kindlecreate makes your eBook look fabulous! #amazon There I was, standing behind the table today at the Spring Book Bash. With two books vastly different from each other. A dystopian thriller, and a coming-of-age fiction. Life in Katie’s Shoes was published in 2020. As a kid, I battled with addiction and divorce within my family unit from 2nd grade til the death of my biological father at 18. There was no one who I could relate to who went through similar things that I had gone through. This book’s singular goal was to touch one person’s life. Be relatable to a single person. This was my first published book. Without knowing anything of how many times you had to actually edit a book before self-publishing, refined structure, etc… I word vomited and put bits and pieces of my life story into this book. Today, a recently single divorced mother of a six year old (my main character starts out at 6) stood in front of me and asked if I had gone through what I wrote about. I’ve never made this story about my life story. ‘Cause it is fiction. But I found myself telling a part of my story today to a few people who were touched by how I described this book. This book isn’t formatted perfectly. There are some misspelled words I didn’t catch. Some paragraphs are ‘too long’ by industry standard. Could I fix it? Sure. But as of now- this book tells more than one of my stories. It also tells the story of a girl who used writing and still uses writing as her coping mechanism. Who is not embarrassed by little mistakes because it shows my journey as an author. My formatting, structure, and word checking will get better as I continue to write and publish my books. I will always look at this book and remember the nights I cried writing it. The night I spent four hours teaching myself KDP publishing to publish it. And the immense bravery I channeled from my child self to fictionalize a part of my story, to hopefully help that singular person I set out to comfort. It’s important to remember your journey and your ‘why.’ Colorado Springs people! If you’re a book lover- come to the book bash tomorrow! I’ll be there along with other Colorado authors. Click the link below for event information. https://facebook.com/events/s/spring-book-bash-2024/1077911589921468/ Last weekend, I ran my first 5k in a race. I just wanted a medal. 🤷‍♀️ I also placed 3rd out of 9th in my age group. Now, I must choose a new competition, ‘cause it was fun competing athletically again. Thanks to @on running shoes. My feet stayed dry! 🙌 #running #runnerscommunity #on #run #compete #competition End of conference recap 3/3.