Announcing a new short story: The Boat by Elle Otero

Exciting news!! For those of you anxious to get reading, The Boat is launching on November 14th. Get ready for an apocalyptic short story that sets the stage for the Efrenen Sea series:

When her lover succumbs to the virus plaguing the remains of the civilized world, Lindsay is left alone on a sailboat she can't operate. With nuclear bombs deployed to destroy the infected and the storm season just beginning, she must find a way to survive—without losing her mind in the process.

Solitude, saltwater, and survival. There's no better way to get ready for Out of the Efrenen Sea than by reading The Boat!

Available for pre-order on Kindle now!

“It was clear then, as the rolling motion of the cabin grew more sudden and violent, that there was nothing she could do to change it. If it killed her, that was it. She was powerless to stop it. A calm came over her and she surrendered to it, closing her eyes and breathing deeply. Death couldn’t be any worse than this mode of existence.
The boat jumped and her eyes opened. No, she wanted to live.”

— The Boat

Welcome to insanity

You've stumbled upon my blog! Lucky you (well, lucky me). It's funny how inspiration works. I got a wild hair today to finally start my official website and blog, and I haven't even finished my first full length novel. But here I am, almost 2 am, dreaming and hoping that this call to create is the right path. So if you're reading this, the general public, here I am. I'm no one. I'm anyone. I'm you.

Maybe you really are a lot like me- you've got big dreams and this niggling feeling that tells you that you're not half bad at writing or singing or dancing or whatever form of expressive art you've landed in. That voice means something, and I'm going to try my best to listen to it. And maybe I'm destined to continue being no one but my humble self, and maybe you're reading this because you're the one destined for Greatness with a capital G. Either way, this feels right. So I'm going to stick with it. And get straight to the point. 

I'm writing a book. It's not a fancy book, or even probably a particularly good book. But what this book has done for me is give me a grand sense of purpose. By creating this world and these characters, I feel like I'm breathing life into my dreams and fantasies of a beautiful water realm, one that is harsh and unfair, but not outside of reality entirely. And I hope that you'll get a chance to read it when it's finished, and I hope, above all, that it transports you to a place that's different than any you've had the pleasure to envision before.

In short, I'm spent. More updates to come as we approach the launch of my debut novel: Out of the Efrenen Sea.