Angeliki

Greek Orthodox · Writer · Coloring Book Designer · 19 titles on Amazon (Zzazuu Press) · My MG Historical Fantasy Trilogy lives @Annie_Leeds — coming 2027

[Angeliki @AngelaLeeds]

@_Knight_writer The pain is real.

[Angeliki @AngelaLeeds]

@bannon1975 I also read aloud during editing. Voicing, lyricism, character, finding what's missing or what's too much...hearing the words reveals so much.

[Angeliki @AngelaLeeds]

@bannon1975 Thank you, Kevin! 💓

[Angeliki @AngelaLeeds]

This is me! If you are a reader, a writer, or a friend who wants to follow along as my beloved creation takes shape...please follow my author account!

I'm in love with the characters and the world I am creating, and I think you will see their magic as well. 🩷

And surely you will know children and fans of Middle Grade books who are longing for a magical, charming, and suspenseful read, with heroes and courage and real friendship.

#amwriting #writingcommunity #MGLit

[Annie Leeds - Author - MG Historical Fantasy 2027 @Annie_Leeds]

I'm writing a Middle Grade Historical Fantasy trilogy called The SPANGLED Trilogy — and I've been building this world for years. It's finally time to bring it into the light.

1976 meets 1776. Three friends, three angels, one revolution. Come along.

#MGLit #KidLit #HistoricalFantasy #AmWriting #TheSpangledTrilogy

[Angeliki @AngelaLeeds]

@lhallwriter We Are Gen Jones. 🥰

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@DKemeridou Real writers should care...if they want real readers.

[Angeliki @AngelaLeeds]

@RealCandaceO This sacred beauty stuns me every time I go to my Greek Orthodox church here in Nashville. A most amazing community -- I thank God to have found both this Church and this church. Please come and see it, sometime, darling.

[Angeliki @AngelaLeeds]

That is so dang gorgeous. In the Middle Grade book series I'm working, angels have a central role, and so I'm an avid consumer of angelic art, much of it Byzantine. Am looking forward to delving into sketching the illustrations that will go into the book... Thanks for a bit more fodder for inspiration!

[Angeliki @AngelaLeeds]

True story -- I am Generation Jones. I am all these things, and so much more.

Our generation stands apart. I'm glad there is a name for it. It was a special bridging time.

I was, for example, part of the very first class in our elementary school that allowed girls to wear pants to school. We were the first to wear jeans, and Levi's "cords" to class. Imaging straddling that moment.

There were many such moments for us.

[Supersonic Redhead🛫 @Supersonic_Red]

A lot of people ask why Generation Jones insists on being its own thing.

After all, we’re usually lumped in with the Boomers.

The answer is simple.

We may have been born during the Baby Boom, but we did not have the same formative experiences as the older Boomers, and we did not have the same upbringing as Gen X.

We were the bridge generation.

The oldest Boomers remember where they were when President Kennedy was assassinated. Many of us do not. Kennedy was buried on my first birthday.

They were old enough to remember the optimism of the early 1960s, the moon landing as teenagers, and the cultural revolutions as participants.

Most of us arrived too late for that.

Likewise, Gen X grew up with personal computers, video games, cable television, and a world that was already becoming digital.

We didn’t.

Generation Jones grew up in a world that was almost entirely analog.

We used rotary phones.

We looked things up in encyclopedias.

We learned the Dewey Decimal System.

We used card catalogs.

We balanced checkbooks by hand.

If you wanted directions, you unfolded a map.

If you wanted to know something, you went to the library.

If you missed your favorite television show, you missed it.

There was no streaming service waiting for you.

But unlike previous generations, we didn’t stay there.

We had to adapt.

We watched computers move from climate controlled rooms into offices and homes.

We learned on mainframes and Wang systems.

We used Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect.

We fed giant floppy disks into computers that had less computing power than today’s coffee maker.

We learned email.

Then the internet.

Then cell phones.

Then smartphones.

Then social media.

And now artificial intelligence.

Most generations learn one world.

Generation Jones learned several.

That’s what makes us different.

We are one of the last generations that remembers life before digital technology became part of every waking moment, but we were young enough to adapt and thrive as it arrived.

We didn’t just witness the technological revolution.

We had to reinvent ourselves to keep up with it.

Every decade brought another transformation.

Every decade required new skills.

Every decade demanded adaptation.

Perhaps that’s why so many Generation Jones people are independent, resilient, and skeptical of anyone claiming the world has always been the way it is now.

We know better.

We’ve lived through too many versions of it.

Generation Jones isn’t defined by what we were born into.

We’re defined by everything we had to learn along the way.

[Angeliki @AngelaLeeds]

@NoaLovelle Way to go! 🎯

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@RealCandaceO Make sure you attend a Divine Liturgy while you are there, would be such a shame to miss!!

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@ToraBrinn

[Angeliki @AngelaLeeds]

I finally finished the huge marketing uplift for my 19 coloring books - took 3 weeks. New logo and market positioning, redesigned 35 covers, and redid 35 product listings, A+ marketing content, keywords, and categories.

Delighted to get back to writing my SPANGLED trilogy...but thought I'd share just a smattering of the artwork that went into the A+ content. These are from my Toddler and Christmas books. I have a whole line of "Age 8 to 108" Coloring books, as well.

(Check out the Glitter Shots at the end...I'm a hard-core glitter girl. 🥰)

So. Dang. Cute.

#indieauthor
#writingcommunity
#selfpub
#coloringbooks

[Angeliki @AngelaLeeds]

@wrecktoworship ...and the entire liturgical calendar is structured around multiple Bible passages, every day.

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@AnneOfTheBooks Good stuff. I always have a Moka pot on hand, usually in different sizes. They make delicious espresso.

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@AuthorTRobare Oh heavens...I can name that tune in no notes. Just posted about a huge marketing lift I just completed. Crikey, it was relentless.

Got a latte to spare? 😍

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@ToraBrinn

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@MrsMagdaBeard Just pray your tuchus off, for everyone, every day. And live your best Ortho life to the glory of God. He will sort out the rest.

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@BradyHunsaker Wow, that's wonderful!