tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89200052096525040172024-03-04T22:44:53.266-08:00The ChroniclerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440442533117660442noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920005209652504017.post-51399795294076651872016-03-04T17:19:00.001-08:002016-03-04T17:24:25.372-08:00Kindle Ninja Book Reviews: Two Reviewers, One Book: The Winged Turban<a href="http://kindleninjareviews.blogspot.com/2016/03/two-reviewers-one-book-winged-turban.html?spref=bl">Kindle Ninja Book Reviews: Two Reviewers, One Book: The Winged Turban</a>: Welcome to TWO REVIEWERS, ONE BOOK. Once in a while, I invite a reviewer, a blogger, an author, or a random character to sit with ...<br />
check out the complete interview at the above link. I had so much fun joining my friend Kindle Ninja on the couch for a fantasy book discussion... but no cookies. sniff!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440442533117660442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920005209652504017.post-18820780973064847902015-10-14T23:36:00.001-07:002015-10-14T23:36:56.337-07:00The Frighteningly Fun Halloween Tour<div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;">
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<span lang="EN-US">Will O' the Wisp is a paranormal tale from C. S. Boyack. It involves
a mildly handicapped girl facing a mysterious threat. The wisp has been killing
off Patty Hall's family for generations, and she's next on the list. It is
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<span lang="EN-US">Patty Hall is perfectly prepared for the wrong problem. She is
enamored with the space race, and knows the history of NASA by heart. She is
faced with an ancient threat that has been targeting the Hall family for
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mother, if Patty can't figure it all out in time, she may be the next member in
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<span lang="EN-US">It's not hard enough to be a fifteen year old girl, and a social
outcast. As she watches her friends mature and grow, she has to face the idea
of never turning sixteen. Please consider joining Patty on her incredible
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">Will O' the Wisp is also a coming of age story. Patty wears
corrective leg braces, and has a strained relationship with her mother. It
seems like they both try, but never at the same time. Readers might enjoy a
taste of this side story today.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Mom
had an old purple bridesmaid's dress over the dining room table. Her tomato
full of pins and needles sat beside it. It was a pretty purple dress that went
clear to the floor.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">She
clasped her hands together and bent at the knees. She made a desperate looking
smile and said, "Guess what I did today?"</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I
sat down my lunchbox and held my hands apart.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">She
pulled out a ticket. "I bought you a ticket to the dance. There's no time
to buy a dress, so I need to alter this one. I need you to try it on real
quick."</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I
flopped into one of the chairs and my jaw dropped open. "Mom, no. How
could you do this to me?"</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"I
thought you'd be happy. Laura's no better than you, so you're going to that
dance too. The dress is long enough to cover your braces and everything."</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"She
<i>is</i> better than me. An actual boy asked her to the dance. No one asked
me. It's just pitiful when girls go stag. I'm already a freak, and this is like
putting a cherry on top."</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"Well,
you're going and that's final. You have to live a normal life, and that means
experiencing normal things. Now go put this dress on."</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I
swept up the dress and stomped upstairs. Stupid crippled girl in a stupid
hand-me-down dress that's ten years out of style. Isn't she sad standing in the
corner all alone? That was the best possible outcome.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The
worst outcome was everyone making fun of me out loud. Or girls who forced their
boyfriends to dance with me. Or jocks who dared each other to dance with me.
God, she could be so stupid sometimes.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I
got undressed and didn't bother to hang up my school clothes. I yanked the
dress over my head and went into the bathroom. It was so stupidly out of style,
but the color was nice.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I
lifted it up and clanked downstairs. The hem caught in my braces and tore a
little bit.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"It's
too long anyway," Mom said, "no problem." She raised the bottom
and pinned it where she thought it looked best. Then she bunched up the back
and pinned some more. She led me to the sewing room to look in the mirror behind
the door.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I
actually looked pretty good. I curled my lip and looked at a ruffled thingy on
my shoulder.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"Well,
what do you think?" she asked.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"Does
it matter?"</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"Not
with that attitude. This dance will be whatever you make of it. You know you
have to be bigger than the few small minds around you. Now haul it off so I can
get to work, and don't knock my pins out."</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">I
hoisted the dress off and slapped it against her chest. "That fluffy part
has to go."</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"Fine,
now you can go call your friends and tell them all about it. You're just as
good as they are."</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-bidi-font-family: Courier;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 130%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"I'm
not calling anyone. There'll be more than enough sympathy and shame the night
of the dance." I stomped back upstairs in my underwear and screamed into
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</span></b><span style="background-color: #666666;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; font-family: Arial;">I was born in a town called Elko, Nevada. I like to tell
everyone I was born in a small town in the 1940s. I'm not quite that old, but
Elko has always been a little behind the times. This gives me a unique
perspective of earlier times, and other ways of getting by. Some of this bleeds
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<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">I moved to Idaho right after the turn of the
century, and never looked back. My writing career was born here, with access to
other writers and critique groups I jumped in with both feet.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">I like to write about things that have something
unusual. My works are in the realm of science fiction, paranormal, and fantasy.
The goal is to entertain you for a few hours. I hope you enjoy the ride.</span></span></span></div>
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It is not often I come across a book that gets me in from the very first chapter; I don't expect it to happen that way and give a book due time to pique my interest. Joshua Grasso's The Astrologer's Portrait was one of those rare gem's that hooked me from the getgo... with his whimsical narration and charming story telling, it engenders everything that got me into fantasy in the first place. Imagine my excitement when I heard his new book, The Winged Turban was available to read on Kindle, Sept 14th. Therefore, I could not resist inviting him back to my blog to showcase his latest work which has already received rave reviews on <a href="http://www.inkitt.com/stories/13737">Inkitt.com</a>.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times;">Beatrice found a suitable place for the portrait where she could easily lie in bed and see her, but could also flip to the other side and forget she existed. In the small hours of the night, she wavered between fear and fascination. Not that she entertained the slightest belief in the supernatural. No, the artist had simply copied some portrait he glimpsed in a gallery, or even one of his rival’s creations. What did concern her was the sitter’s identity. Clearly she was somebody, or had been, in some drawing room in decades’ past. What concerned her even more were the eyes. They never turned away from her. Why had the painter depicted them in this way, not looking just to the left or right, but directly, boldly, at the viewer? At her?<br /><br />She turned over and willed herself to sleep. Beatrice had long since become accustomed to the sounds of the estate. What at first kept her awake became almost soothing, or at least predictable in its rhythmic convulsions. Tonight, however, the estate was silent. Nothing moved or spoke. Servants seemed entirely absent from the hallways. Thoughts raced in her head, daring her to turn around and look at it again, just to make sure. To make sure of what? That it was still there? Of course it’s still there, she told herself. Where else would it go? Paintings exist for the pleasure of their owners. They only have what life, what meaning, we give them. The poor woman, whoever she was, is dead and buried; no painter, not even Signor Fabrizio, could restore her to life.<br /><br />At some point these thoughts merged into dreams. Most of them involved sitting for a portrait, though in the latest one she was completely alone. The painter had vanished. For whatever reason, she remained standing, terrified to move a muscle. Yes, something was watching, inspecting her with the eye of a connoisseur. Days passed as did the hope that someone would relieve her. At length she realized, I’m not waiting to be painted, I am the painting—I’m in it now, being stared at. I’ll never leave. She screamed but nothing came out, the cries silent behind her smile. Cold, wet terror swept over her as her limbs refused to move, her eyes to blink, her mouth to open. Her last thought before waking was can a painting die? Or must it live on, a work of untroubled beauty, forever?<br /><br />Her heart beat so loudly she wanted to stuff it under her pillow before it woke the servants. Sweat ran down her forehead as she stared through the darkness. Stars gleamed out the window. Just a dream—too much excitement. What did she expect? Months of total isolation before the artist’s arrival…she naturally projected her fears and desires onto the painting. In a sense, she had created it. As she slowly came to, details of the room fell into place: the end table, the curtains, a chair in the corner. Now all she had to do was look at it. Once I see it, I’ll know and understand. Then I can go back to sleep. She blinked and squinted, waiting for the vision to appear. Didn’t I hang it over the end table, in perfect line of sight with the bed? That seemed right, though in her scrambled state she couldn’t be sure. Her eyes scanned the wall for the familiar outline which never emerged.<br /><br />She slowly crawled over the bed for a candle. Opening the tinder box, she laboriously—clumsily—conjured a spark and ignited the wick. A small blue flame shot up, but gradually subsided into a duller yellow. The Duchess raised it toward the wall, the feeble light groping over object after object. Finally she reached the spot where she knew the painting would be. She could see it in her mind, remember hanging it on that very spot. It wasn’t there. Her mouth went dry at the prospect before her. It must have fallen. She lowered the light toward the floor, inch by inch, terrified to do it too quickly. Clawing through the night, the candle revealed her clogs, overturned just as she kicked them off...a scrap of paper, possibly from her cousin’s latest letter...and nothing else.<br /><br />She screamed until a parade of servants appeared at her door, half-dressed and wide-eyed with terror. Without words she gesticulated to the wall but couldn’t bear to look at it again. A young servant ran from the room in tears. Another, older woman, knelt to the Beatrice’s side and took her hand.<br /><br />“Bad dreams, my lady, it’s nothing to fear,” she whispered.<br /><br />“The painting!” she finally gasped. “Where is it?”<br /><br />“Why, it’s right where you left it, don’t you remember?”<br /><br />“Remember!” she shrieked. “Of course I do, I hung it there—right on the wall! It’s gone!”<br /><br />“My lady…we saw you come down hours ago. You moved it.”<br /><br />“I….moved it?” she said, barely breathing.<br /><br />“Yes, you swept through the hallway carrying the painting,” the servant nodded, feigning a smile. “Didn’t say a word to any of us…and hung it right in the Great Hall.”<br /><br />Beatrice shook her head violently from side to side. She did not—she had not! She had never left the bed. Surely she would have remembered getting up in utter darkness and hanging a portrait! That portrait!<br /><br />“Naturally we wondered at your doing it at so late an hour,” the servant continued, soothingly. “But it’s not our business to question, and you did seem so determined. All the great ladies have their whims and fancies, and though we lower folk struggle to understand them, it usually makes sense in the end. Now come, a little rest…”<br /><br />Beatrice shot up and ran past them, down the hallway, down the stairs and literally flung herself into the Great Hall. And there it was: hung in the very position of her husband’s great ancestor, staring down at her with knowing, intimate eyes. For the first time, however, she saw something else inside them. A threat. I’ve come to take my place in the house.<br /><br />Beatrice fainted. </span></div>
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I was born in Mineola, NY, but actually grew up as a Southerner in Atlanta, GA and Tulsa, OK. I've spent all of my adult life writing, and used this passion for writing--and reading, as the two are inextricably related in my mind--to fuel myself through three degrees, getting my Ph.D. in British Literature in 2006. I've been a professor of English at a small university in Oklahoma ever since, teaching many of the books I grew up loving, as well as many I've discovered along the way. I've written at least 6 novels, most of them since finishing grad school, though only three are currently (self) published on Amazon: The Count of the Living Death, The Astrologer's Portrait, and most recently, The Winged Turban. </div>
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<b>Q & A - SM Spencer, author of the Absent Shadows Trilogy:</b><br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">What was it that made you decide to become a writer? </span></b><br />
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I think the desire to be a writer started in my teens. I read a lot and would often get caught up in the characters, living their stories long after I’d finished the books. I had a great deal of respect for authors that could do that, and I wanted to be like them. <br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>What authors inspired you when you were younger as well as now?</b></span><br />
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Daphne du Maurier, Mary Stewart, J.R.R. Tolkien and Ray Bradbury were among my favourite authors when I was young, and now I tend to go through various genre moods. I devoured the Harry Potter books and The Chronicles of Narnia (didn’t everyone?) but also enjoy finding an author with a continuing series, like Patricia Cornwell, John Lescroart and Janet Evanovich. I particularly enjoy a good mystery/thriller with a romantic element.<br />
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Lately I’ve been reading a lot of fellow indie authors, from the Rave Reviews Book Club (RRBC) the indieBRAG Medallion site, and Awesome Indies just to mention a few of the sources. There are some incredibly talented authors out there that don’t get a lot of publicity and it’s such a pleasure to stumble upon them.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">What inspired you to write the Absent Shadows Trilogy?</span></b><br />
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I was working around the corner from Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Markets, up near the Flagstaff Gardens. Walking around at lunchtime, I started sensing that I was smack dab in the middle of the perfect setting for ghosts and vampires—and the story just developed from there.<br />
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Of course, the late night ghost tours I’d done in the area, where I’d learned the history of the cemetery under the market’s carpark and about ghost sightings all throughout the area, really helped. And like many, I was caught up in the resurgence in popularity of vampires.<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Will we see these characters again?</b></span><br />
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I believe so—the continuing story is bubbling away in my mind, and when it’s ready, it’ll surface. I’m just waiting for the next generation to grow up a bit!<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>You grew up in California and now live in Australia. Do you feel this helped with writing the story?</b></span><br />
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I think everyone’s writing is influenced to some extent by where they were brought up, and where they currently live. In the Absent Shadows trilogy, I was able to give Lili the experience that I’d had. She travelled to a new country and felt desperate to fit in, not wanting to look or sound like a tourist.<br />
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I think enjoying the benefit of having lived in both the US and Australia certainly added credibility to Lili’s story. All the places she went to both in California and Australia were places I’d been to myself (with the exception of a few completely fictional locations). <br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Were any of the characters taken from real life?</b></span><br />
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Aspects of the characters were inspired by people I’ve known, but none were taken from any one person in particular. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">What other genres are you writing in?</span></b><br />
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I’m currently writing a contemporary/rural romance and also science fiction/thriller.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">If you could trade places with one of your characters, who would it be and why?</span></b><br />
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Crystal. I loved writing her. She is caring, and beautiful, and gentle and all things feminine. But at the same time, she is strong and powerful, and not to be messed with. She is Aphrodite and Athena wrapped up in one awesome little package.<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>What is it about vampires that made you decide to use them as your main “creature"?</b></span><br />
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Mostly, I think it’s a bit of that beauty and the beast thing—seeing through the horrible exterior to the goodness that dwells deep inside. You have this hero who is handsome and charming, but also deadly, dark and powerful. And the heroine sees all sides of him and falls in love with him anyway. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Where do you see yourself and your career in the next ten years?</span></b><br />
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I love where I am right now. It’s taken me a lot of years to get here, and I’m savoring the ability to progress my journey toward becoming a better writer. I hope to continue with my writing, as well as encouraging and supporting other indie authors. <br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>What are three things that might surprise your readers to find out about you?</b></span><br />
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Growing up, my favourite TV shows were Dark Shadows, The Twilight Zone and Outer Limits. I loved all things paranormal, and one side of me truly regrets not doing a degree in parapsychology. <br />
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My favourite food, and the one I’d chose if I could only have one for the rest of my life—tortilla chips (or as we say here in Australia, corn chips)! And a bit of salsa on the side, please.<br />
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My favourite sound—a kitten purring. There is, quite simply, nothing better. Well, perhaps there is one better sound … the soft uttering of the words ‘thank you’. And I’d like to say them to you for providing this wonderful opportunity for me to connect with you and your followers.<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Where can readers find you and buy your trilogy? </b></span><br />
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Only on Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=series_rw_dp_labf?_encoding=UTF8&field-collection=Absent%20Shadows%20Trilogy&url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text">Amazon.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Destiny-Absent-Shadows-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B00O6WL9IA">Amazon.com/Destiny-Absent-Shadows</a><br />
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They can also follow me on Facebook at: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SMSpencer.writer">http://www.facebook.com/SMSpencer.writer</a> for advice about upcoming promotions as well as updates on the books I’m currently working on.<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Absent Shadows Trilogy </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">is the story of nineteen
year-old Lili McIntyre who decides to trade her California summer for a
mid-winter visit to Australia in hope of finding inspiration and direction in
the country where her father was born. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">When she arrives in Melbourne, the first thing Lili
finds is the last thing she’s looking for—a brooding man who makes her heart
race every time she sees him. Against her better judgement, Lili finds herself
drawn into a relationship that tests her very beliefs about life, reality and
fantasy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Follow Lili’s journey across Australia as she searches
for her destiny, faces some of the hardest decisions of her life, makes incredible
sacrifices, and encounters deception in places where it is least expected.</span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Sometimes,
when something bad happens, time seems to slow to a crawl. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Like
that time I was running to visit my friend who lived down the street. I was
only about ten at the time, but it seemed like it was yesterday. I remember
exactly how it felt as I ran down that street toward her house. And how, when I
was only part way there, I stepped on an acorn and my foot rolled out from
under me. As I fell, the pavement got closer and closer to my face—in horrible
slow-motion. I hit the ground with my hands stretched out in front of me,
scraping the skin off both palms. They barely bled but man they hurt like
crazy. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes,
I could replay that memory like a slow-motion movie in my head even now—years
later. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">But
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">What
happened next was like a series of still photos. Tom flew out of the bedroom in
a blur, but stopped just long enough for the image of his face to be burnt into
my mind. His eyes were no longer soft brown, but were instead a glowing red,
and his normally tanned complexion was now pallid grey. But what really stood
out was the blood that ran down from the corner of his mouth. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Then
I heard Sam’s voice—loud and harsh. ‘Go!’ </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Tom
was gone and I heard the door slam.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I
closed my eyes for no more than a long blink—it couldn’t have been more than a
second—but when I opened them, Sam was in the bedroom, bending over Claire. Was
he doing something to her neck? She was so still. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I
ran to the doorway but stopped short of going in. I couldn’t draw a breath to
scream or talk. I just stood there, frozen.</span></i></div>
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Fantasy Sci-Fi Network fellow author and friend, <span style="color: #274e13;">Elieen Schuh</span> has just begun a special draw on her blog <a href="http://www.eileenschuh.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">Magic of the Muses</span></a>. It is in honour of reaching 5000 twitter followers and 500 facebook likes. She is offering two lucky winners a pick of her novels in eBook or paperback format.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> But that's not all, a number authors have contributed books to add to the fun...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pauline Barclay - Storm Clouds Gathering</div><div style="text-align: center;">Luke Murphy - Kiss & Tell </div><div style="text-align: center;">Beth Fehlbaum - Big Fat Disaster</div><div style="text-align: center;">Brian Guthrie - Rise</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gilli Allan - Fly or Fall</div><div style="text-align: center;">Robin Lythgoe - As the Crow Flies</div><div style="text-align: center;">Melody Maysonet - A Work of Art</div><div style="text-align: center;">C. Lee Mckenzie - Any</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">And as seen on this blog </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://titanianchronicles.blogspot.ca/2014/11/new-release-regency-romance-curates.html">Wendy Van Camp The Curate's Brother: A Jane Austen Variation of Persuasion</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://titanianchronicles.blogspot.ca/2014/08/new-release-ya-fantasy-dragon-revenge.html">Kasper Beaumont - Elven Jewel (Hunters of Reloria Trilogy book 1)</a></div><br />
I have also added my name to the list and have offered one lucky reader in Canada or USA a paperbook copy of Titanian Chronicles - Journey of Destiny Book 1 (Book 2 out in September 2015)<br />
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It's been a bit quiet on the new release front but the many amazing authors at Fantasy Sci-Fi Network continue to lose sleep as they attempt to get their newest works out into the public's hands. I know, I'm one of them. yawn*<br />
The new release pool has not completely dried up though and Author M.P McVey is a shinning example of this. His debut book hit the shelves (digital and otherwise) in February and is well worth a looking. Combining science fiction and fantasy elements, McVey takes the reader deep into the Earth's centre to reveal an elephant on an endless march; slowly, slowly turning the world.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>At the center of earth exists Temelephas. Created as an insensitive
automaton, he is chained to his wooden wheel, ever turning our world.
Never to feel, never to remember ... he was made to only walk. Earth is
ravaged by a storm the likes of which humanity's meteorologists have
never seen, leaving nothing but questions. Cities are left in rubble and
people like Edward and Lily begin to put their lives back together, all
while afraid of the storm's possible resurgence. Destruction lays in
wait for Earth and its inhabitants, and there is nothing they can do. It
is left to a sole Watcher--those that guard over all in creation, sent
on a fool's errand to save the earth, humanity, and most likely the
universe. "Walk, walk, walk, through the darkness he would stomp; his
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The center of Earth shook and rumbled with the sounds of creaking wood and grinding metal, tumbling through the dark. The din swept through caverns, accompanied by the boom, boom, boom of steady, heavy steps. <br />
It would have driven any man crazy, this racket that crept through the darkness, but it was comforting to the one who had to listen. It was a noise he had always known, a sound that was born with him. He was the reason for the noise. <br />
For all time he had walked his circle; his large, gray feet beating a pattern into the dirt. Round and round he went, his weight pushing the large, wooden wheel to which he was bound. He groaned from time to time … long, soulful bellows from his wrinkled trunk. <br />
His ancient head swayed with the thudding beat of his steps, his long immortal ears hanging tiredly at his sides. He would walk until the end of time. He didn’t want to, but he was compelled to. It was his purpose … and without purpose, what would be left? <br />
So he walked. <br />
He could feel their eyes upon him, those that watched him, those that kept him in this existence … those who gave him purpose. Their stares penetrated the thick hide of his neck, burrowed into his spine and peeked in to his brain, listening in on his every thought. That’s how they watched him, how they knew when he was unhappy.<br />
They were in his mind every second of forever, and he came to expect their presence there. After a while he lost track of his Watchers all together, as if they were just another part of him. Life would not have been the same without them. <br />
The Watchers always knew that, sooner or later, the great elephant called Temelephas would work through whatever unhappiness it was that settled in his large heart. After all, he had been walking since the beginning of everything and knew of nothing to which he could compare his sorrow. <br />
Walk, walk, walk, through the darkness he would stomp; his feet pounding his life into the earth. Around he went, his sweaty, tangled hair fl owing down around his neck. “Round and round she goes, where she stops … nobody knows.”<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Plod On, Sleepless Giant is a captivating fantasy with a loveable host
of characters that feel real and engaging; from interesting little people
called minikins who help in the running of the inner world to
Temelephas an elephant with the most vital and important job of all.
While written within the realms of our own world, the author offers a
different narrative to it's organisation and creation and in addition
how it is turned on its axis... by an elephant at its centre, who'd have
thought!? For me the story started a little slow but once Temelephas
missed an all important step in his eternal tread it all started
happening and hooked me right in. I could barely put the book down. With
a couple of stories above ground with seemingly ordinary people and one
or two happening below it is hard to imagine how it will all come
together to make one complete story... but it does... in quite an
unexpected way. This is a great first book from Author M.P McVey.</span> </span><br />
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The main idea for 'Plod On, Sleepless Giant' came to me in a dream. In the dream, I was walking through dark caverns, hearing the far off thundering of heavy footsteps. In my mind I knew I was in the middle of the earth. <br />
Though the noise scared me, curiosity drove me closer and closer to the noise. And there, in the center of the earth, I found an ancient elephant chained to a wheel. He was so huge and old, he seemed to have been chiseled out of a large block of granite, his skin was so craggy.<br />
I knew that he was why the earth turned ... No one had to tell me, it was just inherent knowledge at that point. Then he stopped his walk, and the groaning of his wooden wheel ceased ... Then the earth around us quaked and grumbled, and I knew the world had stopped.<br />
I immediately wrote the idea down, just the main idea. I had to be quick about it, because the idea was becoming more and more vague in my mind ... Like a shadowy figure running to the back of my brain.</div>
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M.P. McVey was born Michael Patrick McVey in Fort Hood, Texas. Being a military family, the McVeys bounced around a lot, even doing a three year stint in Germany. He now lives in Columbus, Ohio with his supportive and patient girlfriend, Laura. They have a one-eyed cat named Stanley and an ornery kitten called Gandalf, the mostly gray. He creates worlds filled with magic and intrigue, drawing upon the city and people that surround him for inspiration. All that he accomplishes in his life is due to the support he finds from friends, and family.</div>
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Today is the release for <em><a href="http://mybook.to/constricted">Constricted</a></em>, a brand new short story related to <a href="http://beccajcambell.com/">Becca J. Campbell</a>’s Flawed series. This story coincides with the events in <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EMHQDJE/">Empath</a></span></em> <em>(Flawed #1),</em><em> </em>and takes place in Logan's point of view. You'll need to read <em>Empath</em> first to thoroughly enjoy this story.<br />
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Logan’s secret has been exposed. When Jade—a beautiful student at the college where he teaches—discovered the truth, he spilled the whole repulsive story. Jade’s empathetic kindness flooded him with emotions he didn’t know he had and isn’t sure he wants to deal with.</div>
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Supernatural empathy isn’t a gift, it’s a curse. Anywhere she goes, Jade’s emotions are replaced by those of the people around her.</div>
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Jade grew up in a suburb of Colorado Springs, protected from other people by her parents. Now she faces college—and the world—with nothing to shield her from unwanted feelings.<br />
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Becca J. Campbell writes New Adult (twenty-somethings) fiction that varies from Urban Fantasy to Thriller to Science Fiction. Her stories typically blend a taste of the fantastical with real-world settings and add a dash of romance for good measure.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440442533117660442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920005209652504017.post-87107437019408691462015-04-10T11:39:00.001-07:002015-04-10T11:43:41.336-07:00#DEAR - Drop Everything And Read Sale at #FSFNet<span style="font-size: x-large;">Drop Everything And Read.</span>.. Why?<br />
because there is a certain magic in books... a power to open your mind up to different times and different places... sometimes even different worlds or planets or spaces.<br />
Books can transport you from your every day menial activities, from the humdrum of normal life to something unexpected, divergent and satisfying.<br />
Stories can teach, inspire and empower... or they can give comfort, security and refuge.<br />
You can be anything you ever dreamed... but unlike a dream you are likely to remember it. If you don't, <i>even better</i>... read it afresh and enjoy it all over again.<br />
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Recommended by the Fantasy Sci-Fi Network... but here's the deal... that magic in books... it takes two halves to create... the first half comes from the author who believes in their story enough to write the words into the form of a book... the second part of the magic only happens when someone reads those spellbinding words... <i>then the book comes alive</i>.</div>
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This weeks new release feature is from Fantasy Sci-Fi Network author, Raymond Bolton. This Indie Reader Approved and award winning author, who's had plenty of his own adventures to add fuel to his imagination, released his second book <b>Thought Gazer </b>on January 1st 2015. It is the first book of Awakenings prequel trilogy. </div>
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it will not rise.” In a soft, but deliberate tone, Peniff went on. “In fact, if
you continue to deny the other horses rest or sleep, you will kill them all.
Then what? Do you expect us to walk all the way to danHsar?”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Harad’s face became a mask
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Even now, the man and the
woman are entering the prison. Do you expect that somehow they will run away
and evade us? I promise you, they will not escape any time soon. Look at your
men. Even should we stumble on the pair in the next minute, they would be too
exhausted to act.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Harad was breathing
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We all want the same
thing,” said Peniff. “Even this poor, dumb creature wishes to rise and avoid
your wrath, but it cannot. Look at its eyes. They are filled with terror, but
the animal is spent. It can do no more and neither can we.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Harad could not deny the
truth. The horse’s chest heaved, its mouth frothed and the whites of its eyes
showed how deeply it feared the next strike of the lash.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harad said as he looked from the horse to his men. “We will rest, even sleep if
you like, but not one minute past Jadon’s rising. I intend to arrive at the
city’s gate tomorrow.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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carry you there, if you but allow it to sleep the night, then feed and water it
in the morning.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Alright,” he hissed,
before returning to his normal voice. “The thought gazer has declared a
holiday. Rest, if that’s all you are good for. But I promise, in the morning we
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<span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>How does a world equipped with bows, arrows and catapults, where steam power is just beginning to replace horses and sailing ships, avert a conquest from beyond the stars? Prince Regilius has been engineered to combat the Dalthin, a predatory alien species that enslaves worlds telepathically, and to do so he must unite his people. But when his mother murders his father, the land descends into chaos and his task may prove impossible. Faced with slaying the one who gave him life in order to protect his world, he seeks a better way. Set in a vast and varied land where telepaths and those with unusual mental abilities tip the course of events, Awakening goes to the heart of family, friendship and betrayal.</i></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From September 1971 through
August 1972, I hitchhiked and backpacked throughout Europe, spending days,
weeks, even months in various locales. My adventures ranged from wondrous to
perilous. Once, I lived with the owner and staff above Kipp’s, London’s sole
vegetarian restaurant, where I mingled with the likes of Warren Beatty, Julie
Christy and Marc Bolan. On another occasion, I milked cows on an Israeli kibbutz
and explored ancient Jerusalem, sleeping in the prison where Christ was held.
Some events, however, still chill me …</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">… like the time I hitched a
ride into Paris.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I remember little about the
young man who picked me up—longish, medium brown hair and a sparse moustache
and beard that spoke of a youth in his early twenties. It was a gray afternoon
and I was enjoying my first glimpse of the City of Lights when the rundown gray
Volvo braked hard. I tore my gaze from the architecture only to stare down the barrels
of dozens of automatic rifles, at helmeted police clad in body armor and
ballistic face masks.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I was manacled, shoved into
the caged rear seat of a police car and transported to headquarters where I was
relieved of my passport and held. With no idea why they arrested me, what they
thought I had done, who they thought I might be, I tried to explain I had met
the driver only minutes before.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eventually, they released
me, perhaps because the one they had taken to interrogation confirmed my story.
I have no idea why we were stopped, but a client of mine living in Europe at
the time recalls that the terrorist group, Baader Meinhof, was very active then
and numerous arrests were being made throughout Europe. What else could explain
such an overwhelming show of force?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then, in February, 1972,
there were the three Portuguese revolutionaries who drove me from Copenhagen to
Hamburg, discussing their plans to overthrow the dictator, Oliveira
Salazar. I still have the business card of the printer who invited me to visit,
should he survive the coup. On April 25, 1973, the authoritarian Estado Novo
regime did fall.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Days later, I had just
climbed from a concert cellist’s car at an autobahn restaurant near Karlsruhe.
I was sitting down to eat when a man asked if I were going to Munich. When I
replied in the affirmative, he said if I wanted a lift, to grab my food and
come with him.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">During the drive, he
related how, as a hashish dealer, he gone into hiding after evading arrest two
weeks earlier. Friends had phoned that it was safe to return. At one point, the
conversation turned to black market merchandise. The most valuable thing one
could sell, he said, was an American passport. Conversation halted. We both
knew what I had. After long minutes of silence—now well after dark—he suggested
we stop somewhere—to eat, he explained. The first likely place was brightly
lit. Many parked cars. As I expected, he kept driving. The next autobahn
restaurant, however, was deserted—the perfect place for what he was planning.
Once inside, I headed for the restroom. If matters escalated, I needed to empty
my bladder. Before returning to the common area, I adjusted my sweater to
reveal the Buck knife holstered on my belt. Bigger than he and armed, I went
out to confront him. One glance, and he was once again the genial host.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Munich’s outskirts and walked six hours until I reached the city center. At the
Hauptbahnhof—the main train station—I purchased a ticket.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thrillers, preferring not to live them.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Association's 2013 literary competition from among hundreds of entries from the
US, the UK, Canada, Europe and Australia. It also won writerstype.com's June
2013 First Chapter competition. From April 2011, until it was disbanded in
December 2012, Raymond was an invited, featured contributor for the writers'
blog, Black Ink, White Paper.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Rosamond, a former jaguar goddess, wants to live an ordinary human
life in Washington, DC, but the Eternals have other plans. Her carefully
constructed life falls apart when her boyfriend suddenly leaves town.
Her animal instincts tell her to pursue him. </b></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;"><b>But the dragon
Gideon believes she can cross to the planes of death and return. He
wants her to trap a powerful god in the afterlife--a god to whom
Rosamond owes a debt of loyalty. </b></span></i><br />
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boyfriend is missing, and to top it all, a psychopathic sorcerer poisons
her with his dark magic. Someone is behind the chaos, but who? And why
target her?</b></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Rosamond struggles to expose the mystery before the sorcerer's lethal spell runs its course. </b></span></i><br />
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Waiting for Logger in the dwindling light felt a lot like falling—that same tremble of weightless fear turned in Rosamond’s belly. Breakups never went well for the former goddess. She’d not been able to adopt the modern outlook of simply letting her ex-lovers go.<br />
“Please don’t let this be the end,” Rosamond whispered. After thousands of years, she was still all too capable of feeling affection. Life hadn’t beaten that out of her completely. If only she could make it work this time.<br />
She checked that the soft leather charm bag was tucked inside her blouse near her heart. Then she pulled up the collar of her jacket against the chill brought on by the shifting wind.<br />
The chaos of rush hour had passed, but at irregular intervals, groups of commuters still surged from the Metro station down the street.<br />
If she had known he’d be so late, she would have waited upstairs in the warmth of her office. Instead, she shivered on the landing, counting both the demons that skittered in the elm trees and women wearing hats—twenty-three demons, sixty-seven hat-women and counting. A fork-tailed demon chased a young squirrel into traffic.<br />
Whistling sharply, she called off the winged beastie, but the tiny squirrel kept going. She cringed when tires thumped over the little body.<br />
Twenty-four demons. And one fewer squirrel in the world—but she hadn’t been counting them.<br />
A few more minutes and she’d leave, anniversary or not. She checked the time on her cell phone.<br />
Trust, she told herself. He’ll show. Then they’d dine together in a restaurant with low lighting and white tablecloths, share a bottle of nice, not too expensive wine, and talk about the future. He’d better show, she thought. She’d sacrificed to shrink her life to fit this world. She could make a home with him, even if it was only temporal.<br />
A group of women walked by chattering—ladies’ night out. Seventy-two hat-women, total.<br />
She tried his cell. When he didn’t answer, she swore at the phone.<br />
“Please, please, let him show.”<br />
In answer to her plea, another crowd flowed from the train station. With them came someone with the bulk of her Logger. She was sure it was him bobbing in the stream of commuters as he made his way along the sidewalk toward her. Even in middle age, he kept the broad shoulders and muscular build of a college linebacker. Wearing a heavy jacket, he was huge.<br />
For two hundred years, ever since she’d escaped from Abuto, she’d hidden among mortals. Dating ordinary men was part of that strategy. Seeing Logger standing a head taller than the other men and broader, too, proved she hadn’t been entirely successful in picking someone who blended in.<br />
He looked up.<br />
She waved.<br />
He grinned and she felt a little flutter inside. Her anger with him for making her worry faded.<br />
When he stepped onto the landing, the scent of motor oil and sweat enveloped her. He pulled her into a bear hug with those enormous arms. His voice rumbled from his chest, “Twelve months, Baby.”<br />
It felt like she had held her breath through the entire relationship—that if she exhaled it would all fall apart. She leaned into him, luxuriating in the warmth of his breath and the sturdiness of his arms. “Happy Anniversary, Logger.” The scratchy wool of his jacket muffled her voice.<br />
“My Rosie.” He touched her nose playfully. “Hey, you’re cold.”<br />
There was no point in recounting how she shivered while waiting. He’d laugh at her foolishness and scold her for not going inside. “Were the trains delayed?”<br />
“You worried, Babe? Don’t do that.” He bent to brush the tip of her nose with his warm lips. Anyone on the street could see them, any of her co-workers leaving late. The warmth of a blush spread to her cheeks.<br />
When he pulled away, her nose felt colder than before.<br />
“There’s a new place a few blocks from here—a bar, not a restaurant like I promised. It’ll be fun.”<br />
She forced a smile. “Sure, sounds like an adventure.” After a drink or two, they could have a nice meal somewhere more date-worthy. Special occasions were important. Like highway milestones of old, they marked your progress toward a destination. Logger might cast a pale shadow compared with the men Abuto had taken from her, but he was hers for now, and she wanted to do this right.<br />
They approached the bar. Pulsing music spilled out as Logger opened the door. Rosamond wanted to bolt even before she stepped inside.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">"My laptop is my office, and my hammock on the back porch is my favorite place to write. The house backs up a nature preserve so I often see deer and black bears as I work. I wonder if that influenced me to make Arkamundi a bear shapeshifter."</span></b></span></blockquote>
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Katherine Starbird is a fiction writer whose rich prose brings fantastical elements into the familiar world. Her wildly inventive stories are populated by vivid characters such as an orphaned young heir to Odin, a siren in a city marina, and a shape-shifting goddess masquerading as an ordinary human in modern Washington, DC. No matter how outlandish or out of their places her characters are, their epic-sized desires create problems to which readers relate in a very human and endearing way. Her debut novel, The Jaguar Key, received a Royal Palm Literary Award from the Florida Writers Association.<br />
Growing up in St. Petersburg, Florida, Katherine spent much of her childhood on or around the water. She collected shells and hunted sea critters in the flats near her home. Her parents, both teachers, were avid sailors and took the family on cruises during the summer months. Sailing gave her plenty of quiet time to develop her imagination. She passed the hours by making up fantastical stories for her own amusement. In college, she studied psychology and religion, subjects that serve her well in her fantasy writing.<br />
Katherine Starbird currently lives in Central Florida with her husband and children. She enjoys the outdoors and hikes, boats, and kayaks with her family.<br />
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<b>The Jaguar Key is available in paperback:</b><a href="http://amzn.to/1AzHFdS"> http://amzn.to/1AzHFdS</a> <b>or on Kindle:</b><a href="http://amzn.to/1FlNQTY">http://amzn.to/1FlNQTY </a><br />
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<b>Elizabeth has gone through so much lately with
her mother's passing. Now she lives with her aunts and she has begun to
have nightmares. Only her nightmares are not nightmares at all, but
spirit walks. Elizabeth never knew she belonged to a family of witches
that dates back centuries. It is believed that she is the strongest one
of all. She never knew her father was alive or that she had a twin
brother. Now she must learn about a world she never knew existed. She
has to learn to embrace her heritage and figure out how to defeat the
Council. They are conspiring to destroy the structure of coexisting in
this new society that her ancient people hold dear. Night after night
her dreams reveal so much more....but are they only dreams?</b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Raina pats the seat next to her. “Elizabeth join us dear.
The council is here to talk to and meet you.”</span></div>
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eagerly sits forward on his chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Oh
dear, we are told you are somebody very important.” Looking around greedily as
if taking in the scenery of the room would give him knowledge and power, “Oh
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laughing. I think the stress of the last few weeks has built up and allowed
this mental break as everyone turns to me. I straighten up, clear my throat and
then shyly respond, “Sir, whatever you have been told is obviously
misstated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just a few months ago I never
knew this world,” I motion to them all, “even existed. My mother and I lived in
a humble town house in the city. You know, the city, where all this fantasy is
on the big screen and pages only, not in your living room or on the mountain
side.” I take a sip of coffee. “As for strong, I am strong.” My aunts glare at
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I take another sip. “I am strong for
what I have managed to live through. The death of the only parent I thought
living. The rebirth of the parent I thought dead. The introduction of a brother
I never knew existed. Gaining the knowledge of a world I thought to be a lie,
some child’s fantasy story. Yet, here I am perfectly stable mentally and
planning my collegiate path that will take off in a month. Yes, I am strong.” I
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starts to chuckle, “You see fellow members I told you that boy lies to us. This
is not our prophecy in the flesh. You give Devlon too much credit.” I spit my
coffee out with the mention of his name. I can play this game.</span></div>
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sneer. “The young man you sent to meet me at the Starbucks? Arrogant fella. He
almost immediately tried to claim I was his mate. As if I am some animal to lay
claim to like that!” I say with spite and disgust.</span></div>
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leans forward, draws her brows together and tilts her head, “He said what to
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attitude of a teen perfectly. “His mate! Can you believe that? I don’t even
know him. Much less the fact we are humans, sort of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t just claim mates. That. Is. Very.
Neanderthal.” I hear Reba chuckling behind me.</span></div>
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has been slightly quiet up to this point, clears her throat. Sitting up
straight she quickly replies, “Obviously this young man, Devlon, has misled us.
Let us go and not take up anymore of this human’s time.” With that, all four
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"Great fantasy fiction is made when you can feel the story. The
timeline, place, and people can all be fiction but you have to feel that
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vivid imagination comes through in all she does in life. Her writing started in
junior high and although she never truly shared her work until recently she
kept them hidden away in an old tattered orange folder. Original works she
wrote from 1984 still holding ink on the pages are now being shared. Science
Fiction and Fantasy are her favorite genres with mystery and thrillers in close
running.<br />
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Born in Northwest Florida and raised in Southeast Georgia she gained a love for
nature and the outdoors. After almost twenty years in the health care industry
and obtaining her Bachelors of Science in Healthcare Administration/Healthcare
Information Systems she has returned to her love of writing. Currently living
in Central Texas with two of her four children, she has begun a new chapter in
life that has opened her heart and soul to many great adventures. Her dreams
are to one day return to her native homes and settle in for life with her kids
and all her family and to continue writing.</span></div>
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The awesome thing about being apart of a great club like Fantasy Sci-Fi Network is the array of authors I get to work with from all over the globe. This weeks new release author is no different. Hailing from Berlin, Germany, Nadja Losbohm is new to FSFNet but is far from a new author. Her book <i>The Beginnings</i> is the first in the huntress series (of so far 4 books) that has been translated into English.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">THE HUNTRESS</span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #660000;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">THE BEGINNINGS </span></b></span> </div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ada Pearce
is an average young woman. She is 5’4” tall, overweight, and doesn’t play
sports of any kind. Shortly after her 21<sup>st</sup> birthday a mysterious
priest informs her of her destiny as a huntress. Ada doesn’t believe that story
at first, but when she finds out that creatures of the night threaten the human
population, she accepts her destiny, gives up her former life, and moves into
the secret rooms of St. Mary’s Church, which had been built hundreds of years
ago, and begins her training.</span></b></div>
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meeting with the enigmatic and unapproachable priest, through her first year of
training and her secret life, to the problems she encounters on her first hunt,
and the issues which crop up when a priest and a woman live together…</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What readers are saying about The Huntress...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">"</span></b>It is the most unique “vampire” novel I have ever read." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: #660000;"> "Ada Pearce is a likeable character, who creates the necessary connection
between fantasy and tension with a lot of self-irony and wit."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">"This book is a mixture of "Buffy - the Vampire Slayer" and "Interview with the Vampire" - and yet again completely different. "</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I had barely been out for fifteen minutes before I saw
the first monster in an alley. There was something on the ground in front of
it, and judging by the sound, it was someone suffocating. Furious with myself
for having arrived too late, I screamed. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Had
I left out dessert, I would have made it on time</i>, I thought bitterly.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The monster
turned towards me. When it realized who I was, it roared at me before a surge
of foul reeking breath hit me. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oh man!
Why can’t these things smell more like vanilla or strawberries, for example? Mm
… strawberries. Yummy! I would love—concentrate now, Ada!</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I pulled
my sword from under my coat and grinned diabolically at the beast.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“Your
last hour has come,” I shouted.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Actually,
I didn’t know if these beasts understood what I said and never really found out
if they did in all the years I’d fought them. In fact, I didn’t care and still
enjoyed making fun of them. Besides, I liked thinking aloud. It kind of
reassured me and calmed me down. I have to admit that I still get scared
sometimes while walking the streets at night. A casual remark, every now and then,
helped me get over my nervousness.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The
monster roared again before it jumped over the dying man and ran away. Before I
went after it, I checked the person lying there. It was a young man; he
couldn’t have been older than twenty-five. I couldn’t do anything for him
anymore.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I ran
through the alley after the monster. It turned left and then right, crossing an
empty square before it turned between two houses. It was damn fast and I was
starting to get a side ache, but I wasn’t done yet. My anger at those beasts
drove me and gave me strength. I followed it relentlessly until I suddenly
found myself standing in an old factory hall. There was hardly any light and
everything looked gray. The glass on the windows was broken and old machines
stood in the corners. There were remnants of all kinds of things on the floor.
I pulled the flashlight I always carried with me and looked around the hall.
“Come out, come out, little monster,” I whispered. My eyes darted across the
shadows in the hall anxiously, trying to find my enemy. There was nothing down
there, so I looked up. There it was, hanging onto a steel beam like a bat.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It let go so suddenly that I’d barely had time to get
out of the way. The ground under my feet shook as it hit the floor. It roared
at me before I inhaled its foul breath. Even if it hadn’t done anything else, I
had to kill it just for that!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">All at once, it jumped at me. I rolled away from under
it just in time. That was close. I got up quickly and pulled myself together.
That thing stood there lurking and waiting. I did the same. Suddenly, it took a
run and came right at me. I started running towards it too, holding my sword up
in the air; I rammed it into the beast with a loud scream before I heard one of
my favorite sounds: that of a dying monster. Then it slumped on top of me.
Great!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Disgusted,
I pushed the heap of a monster off me. It fell on the floor with a loud splat.
I lay there for a moment, taking a breather, but the eerie atmosphere in the
factory hall had me up on my feet soon enough. I got my sword back, pulled a
cloth out of my pocket, and cleaned it before I called the Padre and told him
where to send the cleanup team. I stifled his anxious words crudely. I wanted
to get on with my round and not waste any more time on pointless rambling.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It wasn’t
long before I came across the next monster. This one didn’t take that long; I
was really grateful that it spared me all the running around and decided to
attack me right away. It was a short process and the cleanup team had yet
another job to do… except, the night was far from over. I found three more
creatures later on. The last in line was the worst. Maybe because I was
exhausted by then. Fatigue crept over me and my concentration was waning.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I ran down the street. The glow of dawn was slowly
breaking above the rooftops. There was a wonderful play of colors that started
off with yellow before it turned into pink and purple then finally blended with
the remnants of the nocturnal blue. Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! I ran like mad
through the backyards and felt something running down my arm. I immediately
knew it was blood. My blood. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">That damn
beast must have had a go at me with its claws. That’s another scar. Great! I
already had a notable assortment of those. Almost every type of monster had
left a mark on me, except the vampires, and I really had no intention of
getting too close to those.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Racing through town, I felt like I was running in
place. The church wasn’t yet within sight. “Please, please, please!” I begged
and looked over my shoulder. Panic overcame me after I realized that the
monster had caught up with me and was getting ever closer. Shit! Why was I so
slow today? I ran through an empty intersection. The traffic lights were on
orange, like every night after a certain hour. I turned around the corner at
the Chinese restaurant where red paper lanterns hung down golden tassels and
colorful plastic flowers sat on the windowsills. I zigzagged hoping to shake
the monster off, but it was no use. It was still on my tail. Desperate, I
whispered Father Michael’s name and tried to imagine what he’d say to spur me
on and make me run faster. But then I saw the church tower. The cross on top
looked down at me. Thank God!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I gathered every bit of strength I had and raced down
the alley towards the church. I ran, winding my way around the trees. I heard
the monster panting behind me. I couldn’t see it, but it sounded like it just
dashed through beds of flowers. In the corner of my eye, I saw rose bushes and
soil flying about. People would probably think that a bunch of drunkards were
on a rampage again. Then I saw Father Michael. He was standing on the stairs in
front of the church door. His dark silhouette paced restlessly back and forth.
The lanterns’ yellow light cast a black shadow on the walls of the church. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I was so
glad to see him I started crying. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">That’s
not a good idea</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ada</i>! The tears
obscured my vision. I blinked a few times, but the tears in my eyes just
wouldn’t stop coming. I called Father Michael’s name and saw how he turned
abruptly. His cassock fluttered. How long had he been waiting there for me?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I
couldn’t wait to reach him and be inside the safe haven of the church walls. My
feet weren’t quick enough and I stumbled. I tripped over the curb. I thrashed
around with my arms before I fell down flat on my face. I felt my hands and
knees scraping the asphalt as I heard Father Michael shouting. I struggled back
up on my feet and looked at the church. The Father came running towards me
across the square. “Where’s the sword?” he shouted.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I
automatically reached to my side but there was nothing. Damn! I must have
dropped it as I fell. I looked around and saw it a few meters away. Just as I
wanted to run and get it, the Father pushed me aside and grabbed it. I watched
the scene with big, wide eyes. My heart almost stopped when I saw the monster
getting ready to jump. The Father stood there calmly. He looked like a statue
holding a sword and waiting for the right moment to use it. The monster took
off and pounced at him. One of the two screamed but I couldn’t tell who. The
only thing I could clearly discern was the Father standing right under the
monster, which was hovering over him. Father Michael’s arm swung up before the sword
slashed the monster’s belly open. The Father turned and whirled around before
he finally settled on his knees behind the dead monster. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mesmerized, I glared at him. I had never seen anyone
move like that. He was as gracious and supple as a dancer, yet as precise and
relentless as a machine that had only one purpose: to kill. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I
couldn’t take my eyes off him as I walked towards him. He took my breath away.
He looked like a knight on his knees before his king, offering his sword in
allegiance. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“That was
… incredible!” I murmured, looking back and forth at him and then the dead
monster.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Father
Michael raised his head and looked at me, but didn’t really see me. His eyes
were distant, almost veiled. He seemed to be in some kind of trance. He blinked
before the veil fell off. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“Yeah,
really incredible!” he repeated sarcastically. He got up. “What the hell was
the matter with you?” he said, snapping at me. He came towards me and stood
right in front of my face. He was so furious, he panted and breathed quickly. I
felt every breath of his on my skin. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He scared
me and I started to stutter. When he started swearing, I knew he was really,
really mad.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“You’re
hurt,” he interrupted as his tone of voice suddenly mellowed. He grabbed my arm
roughly to check the injury. Feeling the pain, I took a strong, deep breath.</span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I’m sorry,” he said
gently, his eyes softening. “You go on ahead. I’ll be right with you and see to
your wounds. I just need to take care of this here,” he said, pointing at the
dead monster.</span><br />
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Nadja Losbohm was born on December 14th, 1982 and lives in Berlin,
Germany. Her first fantasy novel "Alaspis - The search for eternity"
(German edition available only) was published in 2012. Since then she
has published the popular series of fantasy romance books "The
Huntress". In German there are parts 1-4 available (ebook and
paperback). "The Huntress - The Beginnings" is the first part of the
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Nadja loves writing, reading, music, movies, photography and travelling.
Her favorite authors are Karen Marie Moning, J. R.R. Tolkien, J.K.
Rowling, Robin LaFevers, Simon Beckett and Cody MacFadyen.<br />
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like there’s suddenly an extra person in the classroom, </i>he thought, and he
found himself looking around at everyone and counting heads, certain that there
was a new student who had suddenly wandered into the room- although that was
impossible, because he and everyone else would have seen him or her. In fact
their teacher, Miss Wells, would have introduced the new student at the
beginning of the lesson.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And
there can’t be anyone new anyway, </i>he reminded himself. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It’s almost the end of the summer term. No one joins school with just a
week to go.</i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But
he couldn’t stop himself looking around, scanning everyone and silently
counting them. A few saw him and stared back. Daniel made a rude hand signal
and glared at him. Gemma stuck out her tongue. Caitlin just smiled and gave him
a little wave before going back to her work.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Have you finished your work, Joe?”
Miss Wells asked, staring at him over the top of her glasses.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Yes miss,” he said politely. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Then could you please stop looking
around at everyone else and read a book until the end of class?”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Joe took a book out of his bag and
opened it at the bookmark. He began reading, but he had only got as far as
halfway down the page when another strange feeling came to him. It was as if he
was being watched intently by one of the other students.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">No,
</i>he thought suddenly, closing the book slowly. His heart pounded and his
stomach felt as if it had turned over. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">No,
it’s not one of the other students. It’s the missing one. It’s the one I can’t
see.</i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He
knew that what he was thinking didn’t make any sense. It sounded completely
mad. But that didn’t stop him being certain that there was someone in the class
apart from all the people who he could see.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>His eyes were drawn to a desk not
far from the window where the sun poured in. There was no one sitting there,
and he tried to remember who normally sat at that desk. Did <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">anyone</i> sit there? </span></div>
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seemed to slow down as he stared at the desk, at the sunlight slanting in
across the classroom, at the tiny specks of dust that shone in the still warm
air. He could dimly hear the tired ticking of the classroom clock on the wall. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It’s slower than usual, </i>he thought. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It’s slowing down.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>From random scraps to a finished product...</b></span></span><br />
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<i>Simon Says.. </i><br />
It all came about originally because of an almost completely different idea that my niece had for a kids' story. She suggested I write a book for kids as I'd never written one before, and we put a few random ideas together. A few things made it to the finished book- the two main characters (Amber and Joe) have the same names, and Amber is much the same as we originally imagined her to be- and the lake that features in the book was also one of the original ideas or "scraps" that were written down. From those random imaginings a book was somehow born.</div>
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which is attracting growing acclaim for its fusion of different genres
and atmospheric, character-driven narrative. Three books in the series
are out so far, and the fourth is due out early in 2015. <br /><br />He has
also written "Summer's Dark Waters", a sci-fi / fantasy /supernatural
novel for all ages 10+ and aimed more at the younger market. A sequel is
already underway and the aim is for this to be published later on in
2015.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.simonwilliamsauthor.com/">www.simonwilliamsauthor.com</a><br /><b>Amazon page:</b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00P0ZZYS8">http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00P0ZZYS8</a><br /><b>Facebook fan page:</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Simon-Williams/167649143291810">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Simon-Williams/167649143291810</a><br /><b>Twitter: </b><a href="https://twitter.com/SWilliamsAuthor?lang=en">@SWilliamsAuthor</a><br /><b>Goodreads:</b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6094097.Simon_Williams">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6094097.Simon_Williams</a></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /><br /> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Where to purchase...</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>Summer’s Dark Waters:</b></i></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b> </b></i><b>Amazon UK:</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Summers-Dark-Waters-Simon-Williams/dp/1849145008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417904624&sr=8-1&keywords=summer%27s+dark+waters">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Summers-Dark-Waters-Simon-Williams/dp/1849145008/</a></i><b>Amazon US:</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Summers-Dark-Waters-Simon-Williams/dp/1849145008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417904624&sr=8-1&keywords=summer%27s+dark+waters">http://www.amazon.com/Summers-Dark-Waters-Simon-Williams/dp/1849145008/</a><br /><br /><b>Oblivion’s Forge (Book I in the Aona series):</b></i></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b> </b></i><b>Amazon UK: </b><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oblivions-Forge-Aona-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0082XW04G/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oblivions-Forge-Aona-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0082XW04G/</a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i><b>Amazon US:</b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Oblivions-Forge-Aona-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0082XW04G/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top"> http://www.amazon.com/Oblivions-Forge-Aona-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0082XW04G/</a></span><br /> </i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Today I have the opportunity to welcome one of my good RRBC and FSFNet friends to my blog, Nicholas Rossis. He shares with us not only his smile but his take on his new release children's book, Runaway Smile as part of his Runaway Smile blog tour. </span></h1>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">My children’s book, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Runaway Smile</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">, has been described as “a humorous book with a
serious moral”. People have made similar comments, but I always wonder which
moral they’re talking about. An author sits down and writes, and only later
does he analyze what he has written. Or at least that’s how this author does
it. So, I’d be happy to share my personal take on the story, but that assumes I
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">What prompted this is a strange call from a
psychologist family friend the other day. She said she loved the book, because
it said exactly what she had been struggling to convey through her own
unfinished book: that all men would turn into criminals if not for the mother’s
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">For me, it’s the story of how we wake up one morning
and realize that we’ve forgotten how to be happy. We seek happiness in our
work, in money, in power, in humour, in knowledge... All these can offer us
fun, symbolized by the false smiles worn by everyone (I’m not sure that people
have noticed this, but everyone except for the boy and the mother are wearing
strapped-on smiles). However, true happiness lies with sharing. With love. And
sometimes we forget that, and we need someone to reach out to us and help us
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">As to what prompted it, I have been struggling with my
own version of a mid-life crisis, I guess, where I find myself giving up a
twenty year-long career to become an author. This is because my previous career
no longer made me smile. Sharing my stories, however, has put the smile right
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So, why don’t you read <a href="http://nicholasrossis.me/childrens-books/">Runaway Smile</a>, online for
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an inspiration. I never thought I could make solid friendships through
social media but I was wrong and I miss my friend who I had never met
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Kathryn C. Treat</b> passed away on <b>Sunday, December 21, 2014</b> <b>@ 2:20am</b> (California time). On Friday, Dec. 19, after having a wonderful time at the <b>Rave Reviews Book Club's</b> virtual Christmas party, in a virtual chat room with her fellow <b>RRBC</b> VIP Lounge members, <b>Kathryn</b>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Kathryn </b>was a dedicated member of <b>RRBC</b> until her passing and she was one of the most supportive members the club had...not just to one, but to all.<b> </b><b>Kathryn </b>leaves to mourn her husband, her mother, a sister, her two daughters, a son-in-law and three grand-kids (who she adored more than life), as well as her entire <b>RRBC</b> family.</span></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440442533117660442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920005209652504017.post-64013068264172631482015-01-07T09:15:00.000-08:002015-01-07T09:28:06.848-08:00Outsider (Flawed #2) is LIVE! #NA #paranormal #thriller @beccajcampbell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week marks the release of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RNHPIZK"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Outsider</span></i></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, the
second book in Becca J. Campbell's New Adult Paranormal series Flawed. To
celebrate, Becca is hosting a giveaway and a book sale!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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art, and two square collector's buttons</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(one of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <i>Empath</i> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and one of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <i>Outsider</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">). Please note, this
giveaway is open to those with an address in US or Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 17.75pt; text-indent: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.5pt;">The Book Discount</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 17.75pt; text-indent: 0cm;">The regular price of the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 17.75pt; text-indent: 0cm;"> <i>Outsider</i> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 17.75pt; text-indent: 0cm;">eBook is $3.99, but</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 17.75pt; text-indent: 0cm;"> <b>for the first week, you can purchase a copy for only
$2.99</b> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; line-height: 17.75pt; text-indent: 0cm;">(ends January 12th). On Jan. 13th, the price increases to $3.99,
so make sure to get your copy now! Here are the purchase links:</span></div>
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& Noble</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt;">|</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt;"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/store\.kobobooks\.com\/en-US\/ebook\/outsider-the-flawed-series-book-two\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt;"><a href="http://store.kobobooks.com/en-ca/books/outsider-the-flawed-series-book-two/eafTGQ8wF0CbgBvP4XDFOA?MixID=eafTGQ8wF0CbgBvP4XDFOA&PageNumber=1">Kobo</a></span></b></span></span> | <b><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id955170755">iTunes</a></span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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#2)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After a psychopath tried to kill his friends,
Josh Schuyler figured 'normal' was far off. The real problem: Josh's friends
have all acquired supernatural abilities, while he's still the same average
guy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Josh has always believed he was destined for
greatness, but he's been out of college for two years without a clue of his
purpose. After watching his friends and siblings develop superhuman traits, he
wonders if he might be meant for something grand, too. Can Josh even hope for
an extraordinary event in his own future? And how long must he wait for this
transformation - if there is one?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When Alex met the Schuylers, she was grateful
for new friends to whisk her away from her lonely life in California and give
her an escape from her divorced, bickering parents and aimless future. But Josh
won't drop his defenses, and Alex isn't sure she wants to trade her old life
for this new, uncertain one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nicodemus has an amazing ability he's been
milking for years to get whatever or whomever he wants. Things are going great
until a young woman - Alex - inadvertently busts his latest swindle. Nic is
furious when he discovers his power has been disabled, and he vows to find her
in order to wreak his vengeance. She will be punished. All he needs is a little
help from his friend, Ethan Black.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Josh has been waiting for his big break, or
for the chance to be a hero, or just the opportunity to stand out in his own,
extraordinary way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Becca J. Campbell is the author of
the Flawed series as well as Science Fiction novels </span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.amazon\.com\/dp\/B0083M1OJ8\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Foreign Identity</span></u></i></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and </span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.amazon\.com\/dp\/B00BUG7VP0\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gateway to Reality</span></u></i></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and </span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.amazon\.com\/dp\/B0088SZA7O\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sub-Normal</span></u></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, a series of short
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An avid lover of stories that tiptoe the line
between fantasy and reality, Becca looks for new angles on bridging the gap
between the two. She holds a special place in her heart for any story that
involves superpowers or time travel. Her passion is defying the limits of her
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Following her acclaimed trilogy Paradox Child, Jane Yates follows up with a steampunk adventure inspired by the classic novel The Secret Garden. Due to be released on February 12th 2015 (incidentally the day before my birthday - nice timing ;)) here is a sneak peak to wet your appetite. </div>
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introduces us to a steampunk world of bio-domes, robots and mysteries.
Eleven-year-old Aberdeen is so used to being by herself that all she has to
fill her thoughts are stories of mighty dragons and grand castles. But
Aberdeen's world is soon thrown into disarray however; her parents
murdered.<br />
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Having no choice, Aberdeen is sent to live with her uncle back on Earth where
her fascination into her new surroundings begin to take hold. It isn’t long
before Aberdeen befriends three other children - Maisy, Peter and Lenard.<br />
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Oh, and there’s Frank too, Peter’s robot dog, who completes this special circle
of friendship.<br />
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<b>Garden</b> is a journey of self-discovery, of trials and friendship.
With adventure boundless, Jane Yates follows up her acclaimed <i>Paradox
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the historic city of Oxford, England with her two spaniels. She works at the
Pitt Rivers museum there too and is amazed and inspired by its wondrous array
of objects. Being a museum of anthropology and world archaeology, Jane
often finds herself influenced by its exhibitions. And indeed it has helped
Jane write a trilogy for children – the <i>Paradox Child </i>series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>If you enjoy a bit of ancient history, epic tales of war and intrigue, a unique magic system in a fantasy world and engaging characters that make you believe then Jamie Maltman has what you are looking for with his newest offering from the Arts Reborn series. This Fantasy Sci-Fi Network author released his latest volume, Blood of the Water, on August 24th 2014.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Fire returned in a blaze of war and destruction. <br />What will Water bring to the one who finds her? </b><br />A slave dreams of freedom for all. <br />An aristocratic soldier yearns for power. <br />A sculptress covets revenge. <br />But the painter she loves urges her to use her Talent for peace. <br /><br />When those aims collide, new friends join in the desperate race through foreign lands and ancient ruins to uncover knowledge of the mysterious Damoz. What do they want? Can they be stopped? <br />Blood of the Water (Arts Reborn: Book II) continues the journey of Simon, Elysia and Persei that began in Brush With Darkness. </i></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />The ARTS REBORN series follows the return of opposing forces of artistic creation and elemental destruction to the Republic of Pazh, a world where echoes of ancient Greece and Rome mix with the fantastical. </span></b></div>
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exhilarating: a highly recommended work of fantasy, and I'm looking
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">"A well written piece, and well worth the read." 5 Stars</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>An Excerpt to <span style="font-family: inherit;">give you a little <span style="font-family: inherit;">taste</span></span>...</b></span></span><br />
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Glebric’s hands shook as he pointed. “Do you see it?” He was so close to his triumph.<br />
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“Those rocks?” Ventus asked. He turned to the captain of his small ship, used mainly for traveling between the islands. “The boy says those rocks over there.”<br />
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The captain looked surprised. “I’ve been through here a thousand times, and I’ve never seen those rocks.”<br />
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“Most intriguing,” Ventus said. “You have done well, boy.” He lowered his voice and leaned in to Glebric. “They will be pleased with your discovery. Maybe even enough to set you free.”<br />
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Glebric’s eyes gleamed in the starry night. To make sure the tide was right, he’d tried for the same time as last night’s trip. “And my mother?”<br />
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Ventus’ lip curled in amusement. “Not that pleased.”<br />
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The ship couldn’t get too near the rocks, so two of Ventus’ guards rowed them to the rocky doorway.<br />
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“Watch your step,” Glebric said.<br />
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Ventus reached out his arm for a guard to assist him, and gingerly stepped onto the rocks.<br />
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“You two, tie up the boat and stay here. I’ll call to you if I need anything. If you don’t hear from me in thirty minutes, come in and kill the boy.”<br />
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Glebric fought the urge to grin. This one had it coming. He listened carefully, but so far, no whisper.<br />
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Ventus lit an oil lamp. The flickering light made his narrow face look even longer, more forbidding. Glebric hated that face, and what it represented.<br />
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Mother, you will never have to touch that greasy hair again.<br />
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“Lead on, boy.”<br />
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The pools of water on the floor seemed bigger this time. Or maybe it was just the different light. And the tunnel seemed somehow… alive. Glebric held his head high, not wanting the Pazian to call him a coward.<br />
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Down, down, down they walked with splashing steps. Ventus was breathing heavily behind him.<br />
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“This had better be good, boy.”<br />
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It had been easy to convince Ventus to examine the grotto. Explaining what had happened to Xelos, and the disappearance of Simon and Elysia… that had been much harder. Ventus had been very angry. All this since Glebric’s last monthly report? But news of the grotto had settled Ventus down, and they’d left that very night to investigate.<br />
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“We’re here.” The corridor opened up in front of Glebric, and he stood to the side so Ventus could see.<br />
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The middle-aged Pazian’s eyes opened in wonder as he took in the grotto, culminating in an exultant smile when he saw the altar.<br />
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Altar. Not table. But how to get him to touch it? How do I even know that’s what I need to do? But Glebric knew.<br />
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Words leaped into his mouth. “Did I tell you… if you touch it, it glows!”<br />
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“You did not. This is an incredible find, Glebric! Well done!”<br />
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“Is it a place of great power?”<br />
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Ventus’ eyes narrowed. “That is not for you to ask. But… perhaps I should test it.”<br />
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“Shouldn’t you leave that for your superiors?”<br />
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Glebric winced under Ventus’ withering glare.<br />
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“I will say what is appropriate for my investigation.” Ventus was at the altar in a few long strides, with Glebric following close behind.<br />
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After a furtive glance back at Glebric, Ventus touched the altar with his right hand. A glow radiated out from the contact, a greenish-blue that made Glebric think of the sea.<br />
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Ventus grunted with delight.<br />
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“Hold this, boy.” He handed Glebric the lamp. He rubbed both hands together and placed them on the altar. The coral glowed brighter this time, lighting up the room. <br />
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“Mmmm….” Ventus moaned with pleasure.<br />
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He didn’t see Glebric draw the knife from his sleeve.<br />
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“How does it feel?” Glebric asked. “To pay for your crimes?” He tried to slash Ventus’ throat, but his hand shook so violently that he only nicked him. Ventus’ head lolled to the side, eyes rolling back in rapture. A few drops of blood dripped out, collecting in the basin in the top of the altar.<br />
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Glebric stepped back, dropping the knife from shaking hands.<br />
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The basin was filling up. But not with blood, with a metallic liquid seeping out from the stone, shimmering as the level rose.<br />
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“Give him to me!” came the voice.<br />
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Glebric grabbed Ventus by the hair and dunked his head into the liquid. There was no struggle as the face went under, just streams of bubbles escaping with every breath, slower and slower until they ceased entirely and the body went limp.<br />
What have I done? Glebric stood transfixed, unable to will his legs to flee.<br />
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The pool rippled once, twice, beginning to swirl around the head. The streak of red disappeared into the dominant silver, and the entire pool gleamed in the ghostly light from the altar.<br />
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The liquid began to drain. But not down into some unseen space below, no, it was pouring in through the mouth and the nostrils. Into Ventus.<br />
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Ventus’ lips moved, but it was a different voice that rushed forth. “Thank you, Glebric. I accept your sacrifice.”<br />
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“What is happening?” Glebric backed off, holding the lamp before him to ward off this strange apparition. “This is impossible!”<br />
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Ventus stood up. His expression was now calm, even serene. The liquid was gone without a trace, and there was no trace of his wound.<br />
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Glebric shook his head in disbelief.<br />
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“We will do great things together.”<br />
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“Who are you?”<br />
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“Not who, what. Look at your hands.”<br />
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Bluish-green water oozed out from his skin, puddling in his palms. He rubbed his fingers rapidly, trying to shake it off, but he felt something very different… like liquid power. For the first time in his life, he felt strong. The sensation was intoxicating.<br />
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“I will teach you to control it. Power, Glebric. That is my second gift to you. Power to do whatever you want. But first… let’s go find your mother.”<br />
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<i>It started with a simple dream for Simon: join the legions, escape a
life of mediocrity, and bring respect to the family name. A border
incursion by restive Scentari barbarians looked like that opportunity
for an artist turned soldier to transcend his roots, and fight for the
glory of the Pazian Republic. Or so it seemed.
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<br />The return of dark magic, thought to be the stuff of myth and
legend, turns a simple mission into a brutal slaughter, and Simon must
warn the Senate of the unimaginable defeat. But a mysterious sculptress
shows him that his buried creativity may be their only hope against an
ancient foe that poses the greatest threat the Republic has ever seen.
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<br />Simon must explore this Talent while navigating a treacherous
maelstrom of political intrigue and shifting allegiances, torn between
ambition and curiosity, duty and love.
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>About the Author... </b></span></span></b></span></span><br />
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Jamie Maltman writes historically-inspired fantasy, and as an avid reader is a co-host on the weekly <a href="http://www.tbrpodcast.com/">To Be Read Podcast</a>, where they discuss what they're reading and other reading-related topics.<br />
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Besides his Arts Reborn series, he also has a story featured in <a href="http://beyondthegatebook.wordpress.com/">Beyond The Gate: Stories from the World of the Dream Engine</a>, a free anthology of short stories released in November 2014, set in the steampunkish world created by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant. <br />
(Note: the high majority of stories are PG-13 or lower, including Jamie's, but there is a section at the end containing a few with content warnings.)<br />
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When Jamie isn't reading or writing, he's probably enjoying time at his home in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with his wife and two young sons, playing some kind of board or computer game, or watching basketball or Doctor Who.<br />
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<a href="http://wp.me/P43s9i-1m">Shirley-Harris Slaughter</a>, <a href="http://wp.me/P43s9i-Av">Rhani D’Chae</a></b> and <a href="http://wp.me/P43s9i-3K"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Harmony Kent</b></a>. (Click on each author’s name to be taken directly to
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a publishing House dedicated to helping authors put out the best written, and
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show our appreciation of their work, their dedication to putting out the great
written word, and also a big <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THANK YOU</b>
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blogs!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And for 7 days, on 40 blogs, you
will get a tiny tid-bit of something related to Religion, so that you never
forget <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KDO1MSM"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">OUR LADY OF VICTORY</b></a>, the rage
of people, such as that displayed in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GBHQZZU"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SHADOWOF THE DRILL</b></a>, and w(R)iting tips to help you <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OLVAYP0"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">POLISH YOUR PROSE</b></a>! (Click on each book title to find out more about
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which bind us daily and keeps us from growing from point A to point B.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each day as you stop by each blog to find out
what bit of inspiration is being shared, we ask that you take the time to leave
a comment for the authors, visit their blogs, Follow them on Twitter and FB,
and last but not least, please PICK UP A COPY OF THEIR BOOKS!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are all 5 star reads!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this tour wouldn’t be complete, if you
didn’t check out <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Religion, Rage
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a partner in our firm, she is STILL one of our clients!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her books, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CP62O56"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">THE GOOD MOMMIES’ GUIDE TORAISING (ALMOST) PERFECT DAUGHTERS</i></b></a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GLM2VVM"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Daydream’s Daughter, Nightmare’sFriend</i></b></a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IRIA0I4"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sugarcoatin’ Is For Candy & Pacifyin’ Is For Kids!</i></b></a> are also
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</span>To follow this tour, please visit the <a href="http://wp.me/P43s9i-2g"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">4WillsPublishing EVENTS</b></a> page for the complete tour line-up and to
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Today I am honoured to be able to welcome fellow Rave Reviews Book Club member Harmony Kent to my blog for a brief stop and get to know you session... or at least get to know her latest work, Polish Your Prose which is well worth the looking if you happen to be editing your own book.</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Hi there! Thanks for joining me on my
awesome fourteen-day blog tour with 4Wills Publishing and my fantastic host for
today! You can find details of my other stops here: <a href="http://4willspublishing.wordpress.com/our-authors/author-harmony-kent/"><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/4willspublishing\.wordpress\.com\/our-authors\/author-harmony-kent\/\0022 ";">4Wills
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<span lang="EN-GB">I published my first book, THE BATTLE FOR
BRISINGAMEN, in May 2013. I soon followed this up with the award winning
mystery/thriller THE GLADE in November 2013, and my first Young Adult fiction
book, ELEMENTAL EARTH, in July 2014. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Today, I am promoting my latest work, POLISH
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<span lang="EN-GB"></span><span lang="EN-GB">Lots of books have been written on the art
of writing, and here—at last—is a guide that will teach you the essential
techniques of editing your own book. This will help you turn a promising
manuscript into a published novel. And, it does this without the jargon. You
don’t need to know all the grammatical terms in order to make use of this book.
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editor would go through to polish and perfect your manuscript. Good writing is
nothing without good editing. Learn the secrets of good editing and writing
with this essential author reference, which offers so much more for so much
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<span lang="EN-GB">“</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">POLISH YOUR PROSE</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> has a chapter on just about every
writing issue imaginable!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Confused about
1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> person? It’s in there!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Past & Present tense got you stumped?
It’s in there! Singles and Plurals throwing you for a loop? There’s a chapter
on those, too!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harmony covers it all.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There’s
never a replacement for having your written work professionally edited, but you
can always make the job easier on your editor and maybe even a bit less costly
for your pocketbook if you begin the job yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following the rules outlined in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">POLISH YOUR PROSE</b> is just what you need
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recommend this book to writers who are just entering the field, as well as
those veterans who might just need a brush-up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rules do change, you know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s
no need to be in the dark anymore about what’s right and what’s wrong with your
writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harmony has summed it all up
for you in a pretty little package she calls, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">POLISH YOUR PROSE!”</b></span></div>
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Wendy Van Camp is one of Fantasy Sci-Fi Network's science fiction and fantasy writers but she is in no way limited to those genres. A lover of Jane Austen novels, her latest work 'The Curate's Brother' is a variation of Persuasion, a character study between two brothers during a summer in 1806 as they both have summer romances. Released on the 23rd of October 2014, The Curate's Brother could act as a prequel to the famed 1817 novel.</div>
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<i><b> The Curate’s Brother is a short story about the relationship between the
two Wentworth brothers as seen through the eyes of EDWARD WENTWORTH.
It follows their romantic antics over one summer in 1806. This short
story could be seen as a prequel to Jane Austen’s famous novel
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<br />Edward Wentworth lives a quiet, structured life as a curate in the
regency era village of Monkford. He spends his days ministering to the
sick and downhearted, which he considers his life’s calling. His
comfortable life is shaken when his elder brother, COMMANDER FREDERICK
WENTWORTH arrives on his doorstep for a visit. Frederick has returned to
England after seeing action and commanding his first vessel, a prize
ship won in the West Indies. He is awaiting orders and has the hope of
commanding a ship of his own by the end of summer. His only goal is to
pass the time with the only family he has left in England until his next
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with each other for years due to his brother’s naval service. They are
opposites in many ways. Frederick is bold and likes to take risks.
Edward is shy and over-aware of social implications. When his brother
flirts with SALLY MARSHALL, an outgoing beauty that Edward is used to
viewing as “a child”, the young curate becomes aware that his viewpoint
of Sally is sorely outdated. His peaceful life is full of turmoil as he
observes Sally flirting with men at public assemblies and realizes that
he does not like it.
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from the London papers paint him as “the Hero of San Domingo”, where he
won a commendation for his quick thinking in action. The men want to
hear the story of his exploits, but Frederick would rather dance with
the ladies. The Commander takes an interest in shy wallflower, ANNE
ELLIOT. He pays no heed to Edward’s warnings that the girl is the
daughter of a baronet and well above his station. Edward fears that no
good will come of a union between his brother and the girl due to her
family connections.
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everything for the two brothers. Which way will prevail, the bold
action of the commander or the quiet manners of the curate?</b></i>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Good short story. Nice character development but would like to know more
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her head. Was this the young girls that brought biscuits to his doorstep or
help organize the contents of the poor box after services? That memory did not
fit the girl standing before him now, wearing an adult frock and a bonnet to
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a casual grin that warred with his feral appraisal that swept over her
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Sally Marshall, may I introduce my brother, Commander Frederick Wentworth of
his Majesty’s Royal Navy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frederick,
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">“As
long as the admiralty allows, Miss Marshall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am awaiting reassignment.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">Miss
Marshall’s smile diminished, but she rallied. “Mr. Wentworth, you simply must
bring your brother to the assembly next week.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">“You
have not mentioned an assembly, Edward.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was a good natured prodding in Frederick’s voice.</span></span></div>
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faced his brother. “I am sure that I would have in time.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turning back to Sally, “We will both attend,
Miss Marshall, you can be certain.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">The
girl gave a clap of her gloved hands and this time her winsome smile included both
men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What delightful news.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look forward to telling Papa.” More people
were crowding the narrow entry. The girl gave a quick curtsy to the brothers
and continued down the steps where her family was waiting.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">“What
an amiable girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have been holding
out on me, Edward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder what other
delights Monkford will hold.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">“Frederick,
Miss Marshall is a respectable girl and the daughter of a friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you intend to ruin this girl’s
reputation…”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A hand from his seafaring
brother on his shoulder stopped him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">“I
am returning to sea soon enough. I have no intention of starting a complication
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come, greet your parish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Say no more.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Edward studied his brother’s face and saw no guile there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He relaxed. One after another, the people
exited the church, pausing either with himself or with the Vicar across the
way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">There
did not seem to be a preference by the people of Monkford between the elder
Vicar and the Curate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though Edward was
a scant two and twenty years of age, he was as respected as the Vicar. At
least, until the baronet’s family from Kellynch Hall exited the church. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">Sir
Walter Elliot wore a puce frock coat and appeared well groomed, to the point
that his coiffure would be the envy of women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His silver headed cane gleamed in the morning light. An elegant woman of
similar age followed along with two young women. The first girl had elaborate
braids, perfect skin, and a dress of the finest cut and quality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other was pale, exhibiting fragility. She
wore the sprig muslin of an innocent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sir Walter never stopped to speak to Edward, a mere curate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would only acknowledge the Vicar when he
and his family came to church.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">He
heard a catch of breath behind him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Who
is that beautiful creature, Edward?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">Edward
glanced back to learn who his brother was speaking of and realized he was
looking at the baronet’s daughters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Miss Elliot is the belle of Somersetshire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is Sir Walter Elliot’s eldest daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reputed to be the heiress of quite a
fortune.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was much speculation about
whom Miss Elliot would settle on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps a man of wealth and title would be able to tempt the golden
haired beauty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sir Walter was in
excellent health and while Miss Elliot was quite eligible, neither father nor
daughter was in a hurry to find a match.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">“No,
no, not the fancy one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one behind
her with the brown hair, the lady’s companion? Pretty little thing she is.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">“That
is no companion. Miss Anne Elliot is Sir Walter’s second daughter.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">“She
is like a pocket spite, you could just scoop her up and put her in your…”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">“Frederick,
please.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are people about.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Across the way, Anne Elliot had noticed his
brother’s regard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her pale face colored
a becoming pink and she looked away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">“Such
a shy one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It might be fun to draw her
out.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">“Frederick,
did you not pay heed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the
daughter of a baronet. Come to your senses man.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While their father had been wealthy enough to
buy Frederick’s commission in the navy and to sponsor Edward an education at
Cambridge, they were of the merchant class, no match in status for someone of
the peerage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">His
brother followed the girl’s progress down the steps as Sir Walter led his party
to the carriage that waited at the end of the lane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Brother, you will learn that sometimes risk
has its reward.” Anne Elliot entered the carriage and a footman closed the
door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His brother turned from the girl
and gave Edward his full attention. "Why are you convinced that I have
come to cause your doom? Do you think so little of me?”</span></span></div>
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deflated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“No.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suppose I keep thinking of you as the
twelve year old scamp that insisted he was for the sea until father gave in to
your desires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not know the man that
has come back to England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least, not
yet.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US">“Fair
enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need a shakedown cruise to
clear the decks between us.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frederick
moved behind Edward to allow more of the parishioners to exit the church. “I
hope that we both prove to each other’s satisfaction.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Wendy Van Camp's inspiration behind the short story...</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Jane Austen is one of my favorite authors and she is the inspiration for my amazon ebook, The Curate's Brother. I love all her books, but Persuasion is my favorite. After reading every novel that Jane Austen had written, I started to read fanfiction based on Austen’s novels. Eventually, ideas for a story of my own developed. Letters from the Sea was my Nanowrimo novel in 2011, but I was never happy with it and I set it aside for two years. The only part of the book I liked was the first chapter of the book where Edward Wentworth viewed his brother’s romance from afar. This single chapter became the bud that bloomed into The Curate’s Brother. The original chapter was only around 4 thousand words long. After running it by two of my critique groups, I was given enough input to do a complete rewrite of the story. It is now around 14 thousand words in length and details summer romances by both Edward and Frederick Wentworth. It is more a character study of the young curate than a true formula romance, and can serve as a prequel to Austen's novel Persuasion.<br /><br />When I write, I start with a character concept and then use a unique outline formula that I’ve developed from several writing systems as my outline of plot points. I don’t always base the events of what happens in the story on the formula; it is more to keep my character arcs on track. I write about people first. I develop their backgrounds, their connections and views. This is what creates the plot. Sometimes it feels like the characters are telling me what to write as if they are old friends directing me to write their stories. This certainly was the case with The Curate's Brother. Edward Wentworth took over the story from his brother Frederick and became the anchor of the tale. In the end, I believe that this makes the story more interesting."</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>About the Author... </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Wendy Van Camp is the writer behind the blog No Wasted Ink. She has published memoir shorts in literary magazines, writes non-fiction articles for various art and literature magazines and is a volunteer coordinator for Nanowrimo. Wendy makes her home in Southern California with her husband. She enjoys travel, bicycling, gourmet cooking and gemology.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> Blog: <a href="http://nowastedink.com/">http://nowastedink.com</a><br />Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/wvancamp">http://twitter.com/wvancamp</a><br />Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4482501-wendy">http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4482501-wendy</a><br />Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/nowastedink">http://www.facebook.com/nowastedink</a><br />Google+: <a href="http://google.com/+WendyVanCamp">google.com/+WendyVanCamp</a><br />Amazon Author Page: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00OUGNQ60">http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00OUGNQ60</a></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Amazon.com:</span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Curates-Brother-Austen-Variation-Persuasion-ebook/dp/B00OU1V45A"><span style="font-size: small;"> http://www.amazon.com/Curates-Brother-Austen-Variation-Persuasion-ebook/dp/B00OU1V45A</span></a></b></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><b>Busy mother of two, Natasha Brown is anything but just a writer. Taking time when she can to write the conclusion to 'The Shapeshifter Chronicles', you may find Natasha hiding out in the back of her car or locked away in her room. However, when she is not hard at work on her projects she is most likely to be hanging out with her fave peeps... her family. Natasha tells us about her writing routine, her difficulties with working on the final book in her series and her love for history and myths...</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Natasha was
born in Nevada City, California. Being an only child, she resorted to using her
imagination while exploring the forest surrounding her home (a nasty habit she
hasn't been able to break). Her natural interest in fantasy ignited when her
parents read The Hobbit to her as a youth, and from then on anything seemed
possible. Once awarded with a Hershey's bar 'the size of a Buick' in her high
school English class for creative writing, her passion and interest in
literature has never dimmed.<br />
She now lives in Littleton, Colorado with her husband, two children, and two
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teacher’s assistant and I’m also a very busy book cover designer as well. I
absolutely love ALL of my jobs, but I do wish I had more time in the day to do
more writing. As it is, I write during the weekend and strive to hit my 3k word
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The Shapeshifter Chronicles now, which I expect is the conclusion for the
series. I may write more in the world I created, but for now I’m ending the
storyline for Chance and Ana, my protagonists. I am wracking my brain to make
sure every little question is answered and I’m conscious about ensuring that my
readers will feel satisfied with the ending. A lot is riding on my shoulders
and I don’t want to disappoint my fan base. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Every weekend I take time out to
write. I have to write in silence, without distractions from kids, music or
television. I usually wind up in my bedroom with the door shut, although I take
advantage of quiet moments. For instance, today I wrote in the backseat of my
car while my daughter was at a birthday party. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">I talk with my husband. When I
feel stuck in the plot I feel the need to explore characters and what needs to
happen next in the story. I find this is far more important now that I’m
writing the last book in my series. The need to connect everything so it makes
sense is challenging, and this is the best way I’ve found to resolve issues.
Talking it out seems to work for me. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">It is great to have someone to bounce ideas off. Have you used any real events or places as
inspiration for your writing? </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">I absolutely LOVE researching
history and myths. When I find something that fits into my storyline I get so
excited. There are many cultural myths, periods in history and real places that
I bring into The Shapeshifter Chronicles series. I hope that my excitement over
these elements translate and can be felt in the books. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">I love that you do that. What song would you choose as the theme song of
your book?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">I recently heard the song, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY9b6jgbNyc"><u>FixYou</u></a> by Coldplay and felt it fit perfectly with my most recent release,
Emergent.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">I’m very excited because I
recently hired a voice actor to record, Fledgling: The Shapeshifter Chronicles,
Book 1. It should be completed in the next couple weeks on Audible or Amazon. </span></span></span></div>
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family; going to the movies, snuggling up on the couch after a long day and
playing games. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Do you prefer ebook or hardcopy?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Ebook is so much easier to prep
for release, make changes to or update as necessary. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="3"></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">It sure is. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">You can be any fictional character for one day. Who
would you be? </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">I may love fantasy, but I also
love historical romance. I mean the classics. I would probably want to see what
it was like to be Anne Elliot from Jane Austen’s, Persuasion. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Who doesn't love a classic? I so need to tee you up with this weeks New Release from Wendy Van Camp who has written a prequel to Persuasion... more about that, later this week.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Thanks Natasha, It's been great getting to know you and your books better. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Natasha's 'The Shapeshifter Chronicles' books are available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble... see links below.</span></b></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Genre:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Young Adult Paranormal
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">When eighteen-year-old Chance Morgan
kills another shapeshifter to save his girlfriend, Ana Hughes, he contracts a
dangerous shapeshifting sickness that makes him crave power uncontrollably—and
without restraint he’s a threat to the person he loves most. Desperate to keep
Ana safe from harm and to find a cure for himself, he abandons her in the
Yucatan and escapes into the wilderness. Violent memories and voices surface in
his head, creating a dangerous tug-of-war between good and evil. <br />
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Companionless and alone, Ana meets a woman who claims to have the same
shapeshifting and healing abilities as her and vows to teach Ana the skills to
help Chance, but as weeks pass she begins to question if her new mentor truly
intends to keep her promise. <br />
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With time running out, Ana must find the power within herself to heal Chance
before he loses his battle against the powerful voices inside his head.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Publish date: June 15<sup>th</sup> 2014</span></div>
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Will Macmillan Jones may not be the next Gary Moore but he does manage to entertain people with his engaging series of comic fantasy books The Banned Underground. This Fantasy Sci-Fi Network author released book six in the series on August 24th 2014. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>“The
council use potholes to encourage people out of their cars.”</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Yes. Through the windscreen, sometimes.”</span></b></span><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></i></blockquote>
<i><b>"Tolkien Meets Spinal Tap!" More speculative fiction from The Banned
Underground collection: Grizelda the off-white witch is forced to
speculate about her future in fiction when the Dark Lord tempts her with
his cookies, and threatens her with eviction from her cottage if she
doesn’t join The Dark Side.
<br />Tempted, Grizelda sets off on a journey of self-discovery, but whatever is she likely to find, apart of course from a few frogs?
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<i><b><br />Is it Good to be Bad? Or is it Bad to be Good? Or could there be a
Third Way? Frogs, Vampires, and assorted Witches all have a different
view on her predicament; and the only certainty is Grizelda’s
uncertainty … and the usual stream of gags, one-liners and slapstick
jokes provoked by her thoughts on philosophy. </b></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What fans are saying about the series...</b></span><i><b> </b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"I've read all the Banned Underground books and
love them, so I was looking forward to this. I wasn't disappointed. <br />Now I've just got to rein in my patience and wait for the next." 5 Stars.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />"If you haven't read The Banned Underground, you should start right away.
This series is seriously worth reading. These books are lots of fun.</span>" 5 Stars.</blockquote>
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"That’s a great gag," said a certain Jasper Fforde, leafing through a copy of Bass Instinct at Bristolcon Fantasy convention 2 weeks ago....</blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Chapter for you to sink your teeth into</b>...</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Chapter_one"></a><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;">Chapter one</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"></span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry arose from his
seated posture of meditation outside the garden gate and took a deep breath. He
ran his hands over his shaven head, adjusted his glasses and gently dusted the
dried grasses and sheep droppings* from his flowing saffron robes. Using his
newly restored astral balance and inner harmony he opened the garden gate and
walked along the narrow path to the door of the cottage, taking care to keep
off the grass as the sign warned. He knocked firmly on the door. The
doorknocker sneered at him, making him take a hasty step backwards.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">* [One hopes the
malefactors felt sheepish about their offence.]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Hang on, I’m coming!”
called a voice from within the cottage, and despite the warm day, Henry
shivered inside his orange habit. ** The door creaked open slowly, making the
sort of noise that would keep a Hollywood sound studio in work for months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">** [Saffron, orange, they
are the same colour to me, OK? It is not my fault. And they are both edible
anyway.]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Yes?” asked Grizelda,
the off-white witch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Om. Have you a moment to
hear the Word of Surdin?” asked Henry politely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“One word? Really?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“No,” admitted Henry.
“It’s quite a few words, really.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grizelda stared at him, then finally nodded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Aye, well then. Come
into the kitchen and have a cup of tea.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Om, thank you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry bowed, and followed
the witch into her kitchen. He looked around with interest. As a professional
accountant, he had seen a few thieves’ kitchens, but this was the first witch’s
kitchen he had been into. Somehow, he had expected it to be cleaner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Do yer want tea?” asked
Grizelda, and made herself busy at the stove.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry observed her.
Middle-aged, average height, and…he stopped. A gentleman does not comment on a
lady’s weight, he reminded himself. Even though the industrial quality boots
she was wearing considerably increased her weight. In one corner of the
kitchen, a broomstick leant against a cupboard. The scrubbed pine table,
surrounded by chairs, lay in the centre and behind him – Henry jumped and
stepped away from the fridge which was suddenly a lot closer to his back than
he had thought.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">He felt a cold shiver run
down his back, then the fridge door closed again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Om. Tea will be...lovely. Thank you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Grizelda grumbled to
herself, and then tapped the stove with her forefinger. The hotplate promptly
opened, and she glared at the kettle until it sidled over onto the heat out of
sheer embarrassment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Sit yerself down,”
Grizelda said amiably.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry carefully stepped
away from the fridge and sat down on one of the chairs. Grizelda busied herself
with cups, and then turned around with a wooden spoon in her hand. She leant
across the table towards him and Henry went pale at the view… but Grizelda only
smacked the fridge hard with the spoon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry twisted round in
his chair and banged his elbow hard on the side of the fridge. “I hadn’t
realised it was so close,” he said apologetically.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“She weren’t when you sat
down,” replied Grizelda, and started pouring boiling water into the teapot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry looked closely at
the fridge, which quivered and then stilled. Grizelda dropped some mats onto
the table and added sugar, mugs and the teapot. Then she walked around the
table and Henry quivered slightly. Grizelda raised her wooden spoon defensively
and opened the fridge door. Henry peered inside, but apart from a stack of red
yoghurt pots and two bottles of milk, it seemed empty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“She needs filling up
again really,” said Grizelda absently as she picked up one of the two bottles
of milk. “She gets a bit frisky when she’s hungry.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Hungry?” asked Henry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Mmmm. Well, empty.
Mebbe.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“She?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“I think so,” replied
Grizelda, speculating to herself. “Actually, after what went on with her and
the Electricity Meter Reader last year I hope so.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry regarded Grizelda
as she walked back around the table. A small scraping noise startled him and as
he turned around the fridge seemed to shimmer a little closer towards him. He
leant towards the fridge and started whispering. The fridge jerked backwards,
and scraped its way back to the kitchen wall, a flush of rose colouring the
silver sheen it normally affected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Well!” exclaimed
Grizelda in surprise. “I’ve never seen it do that before! How did yer do that?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">The fridge trembled
slightly. Henry looked down at the table, mildly embarrassed. “I told her a
dirty joke about a washing machine, I’m afraid.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">To his amazement,
Grizelda started laughing. “I must tell me husband about that, when he gets
home!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry felt unaccountably
relieved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Next month that’ll be,
he’s away on business yer see.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry felt unaccountably
nervous as Grizelda treated him to an alarming smile, and sat down at the
table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Sugar?” she asked,
pouring two cups of tea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Om. No thank you. Sugar
is karmically unsound.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Oh.” Grizelda took three
spoons full in her tea. “Still, Karma’s not out to get you until yer dead, is
it?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Om. It can be instant,
karma, you know.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Like coffee?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“No. Om.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Anyway, what did yer
want to tell me about?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“I’m here to sound you
out,” started Henry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Grizelda tapped the back
of her hand with the teaspoon. The sound failed to ring out across the kitchen,
and she looked mildly accusing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Not like that,” said
Henry. “I want to tempt you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Grizelda looked at the
slim, shaven, orange clad monk critically.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“What did yer have in
mind?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“The Dark Side and our
cookies?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Grizelda looked a little
disappointed. “Oh.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry looked around the
kitchen and sipped his tea. Years of rigorous training and self-discipline
allowed him to smile afterwards and put the mug down gently.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“It’s much more fun in
the Dark, you know.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Are we still talking
about the Dark Side and cookies?” demanded Grizelda.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Yes!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Oh, right.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Grizelda, have you never
sat alone in your kitchen at night, and dreamed of the things you could do with
your power?” asked Henry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“I’m never alone in my
kitchen. There’s always the fridge. And sometimes me husband, too.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Have you never felt the
urge to be…” Henry waved his hands expressively: “…more than this?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Er… what exactly are yer
getting at?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Grizelda, you are an
enormously powerful witch. Everyone around here knows that.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Well,” Grizelda smiled
modestly at the table (which was not misled by the smile).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Yet you are being held
back by superiors who are not capable of licking your shoes...boots… clean,”
wheedled Henry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Grizelda looked down at
her boots. In truth, the last tongue capable of licking her boots clean had
died out with the dinosaurs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“You owe it to yourself
to get the best use out of your power.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry took another drink
of his tea, despite the very real risk to his health. Behind him, the fridge
shifted restlessly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“I’m tempted,” agreed
Grizelda.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Just think about it, no
more complaints when you turned someone into a frog. We would even encourage
it, as long as it was the right someone.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“That’s the problem
though, isn’t it?” said Grizelda slowly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Om?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Who the right person is?
And who decides that? Besides me.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Caer Surdin - the Dark
Coven - is your natural home, Grizelda. We would honour your talents, your
skills, your attitude to life.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“My what?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Grizelda, what has being
Good done for you? Has it brought you riches, honour, fame? Your neighbour,
your coven leader, she lives in wealth and comfort whilst you… don’t.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Being Bad hasn’t given
you those things either though,” objected Grizelda. “Look at you: poor, working
fer The Grey Mage, and dressed like Ghandi on a bad day!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Om. That is my choice,
to work on my bad karma.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Well, I think you’d be
better off with a good korma. And some proper clothes. No, I’ll stick with the
White Side. Me husband would never forgive me if I turned black.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry decided not to
mention quite how much of Grizelda was black already.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Om,” he answered, bowing
his head. His hand slipped off the table, and to cover the movement he drank
some more tea. Henry took something from his pocket and pressed it hard to the
undersurface of the table, where it stuck fast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“I’m flattered by the
offer, of course,” Grizelda added.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“I am instructed to tell
you that it will remain open.” Henry put both hands on the table and leant
forwards towards her. “The Dark Side wants you, Grizelda.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry stood up and bowed.
The fridge scraped the floor, and before Grizelda had managed to stand and bow
back politely, Henry was out of the door. The fridge quivered in anticipation
of a chase.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Settle down,” Grizelda
told it. “Settle down.” She herself sat down, but felt unsettled: the offer had
more attractions for her than she liked to admit, even to herself.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“I wish Ben were here,”
she muttered to herself. “It all makes more sense when he’s here.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">The fridge shifted
uneasily.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“And you can keep quiet,”
she told it firmly.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Outside the cottage,
Henry leant back against the closed door in relief, to still his racing heart
rate.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Hey, that’s not nice!”
said a muffled voice.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Henry jumped away from
the door as if he’d been bitten, and his heart rate accelerated.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“That’s better,” said the
doorknocker. “Thought I was going to take me last breath then for a nasty
moment.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Om, I am sorry!” said
Henry, holding his chest with one hand in case his heart made a separate bid
for freedom.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“We’ll say no more about
it,” replied the knocker generously. “See you again!” it called after Henry who
was walking carefully along the path towards the garden gate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">On either side of the
path, the grass waved happily at his waist height. Near the gate, the rambling
rose waved back. Henry stopped, and regarded the rose bush. Long branches with
enormous thorns trailed out towards the path, and seemed to surround the gate.
Henry took a deep breath. Those years of watching Kung Fu repeats on the TV
were about to pay off after all! Adopting the famous Grasshopper pose, he moved
along the path as if it was made of rice paper: his feet left no marks. The
lashing limbs of the rambling rose failed to touch him, and he left the
dangerous garden safely. He was promptly and colourfully, sick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Half an hour later Henry
walked into the reception of the offices of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "AR BLANCA";">TGM Accountants and
Taxation Advisors</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Gloria, the disguised
dragon receptionist,* looked up from her desk. She had been cleaning her nails,
which were a fetching grey colour to match her dress and skin tone.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">*[She was disguised as a
human, of course. Business clients can be alarmed by a receptionist who looks
like a fire-breathing dragon, whilst being quite accustomed to receptionists
who behave that way. You never have a second chance to make a first
incineration, she believed.]</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You look like you’ve had a near-death
experience, Henry,” she told him.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“I should have been so
lucky,” he replied. “Is the Boss in?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Yes, he’s free. I’ll let
him know you’re on your way.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Gloria pressed the black
button on her intercom and said loudly “Henry’s back, Boss. He’s on his way in
to report.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Is he all right?” asked
The Grey Mage through the intercom.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Just a bit pale, Boss.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Send him in, then.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Gloria nodded at Henry,
who smiled back and walked down the corridor. Henry knocked on the office door,
and entered the inner sanctum of The Grey Mage: Accountant and Dark Lord of
Keswick.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Ah, Henry,” said that
worthy from behind his large desk. “Sit down, and tell me how it went!”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Thanks, Boss.” Henry sat
down gratefully. Gloria appeared moments later with coffee for the Boss, and a
mineral water for Henry.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“So how did it go, Henry? You got out alive,
anyway.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“I did take that all
purpose generic poison antidote you gave me first, Boss.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Sensible man. I always
drink some before trying my wife’s cooking. I’m convinced it’s saved <i>my</i>
life a few times.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Well, she took me into
her kitchen.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">The Grey Mage shuddered.
“I’ve not been in there myself, but Ned has been inside her cottage before.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“It was dreadful, Boss.
That fridge is something out of a nightmare. It moves around on its own, you
know.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Really? I had heard
rumours.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“But I am sure that you
are right, Boss. She is not firmly wedded to being Good. In fact…” Henry paused
and shuddered violently.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">The Grey Mage pushed a
wastepaper basket closer to him, just in case Henry was about to be sick. Henry
shook his head, and gulped some more water. “No, it’s too horrible to
contemplate.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">The Grey Mage looked
intrigued. “Henry, she didn’t….did… you didn’t...?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“No, Boss. Can you
imagine how many incarnations as a frog I’d have to suffer to work off that
karmic burden?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But she came close to
considering your offer, Boss. I reckon if you keep some pressure on, she’ll
crack and come over.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">The Grey Mage nodded
thoughtfully. Then he opened the drawer of his desk, took out an envelope and
gave it to Henry.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Just a bit of a bonus.
You’ve earned it, without any doubt. Take the rest of this week off too, on
full pay.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“It’s Friday afternoon,
Boss.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Then don’t hang about.
I’ll have something interesting for you to do next week.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Thanks, Boss!” Henry
left, walking on air.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“And stop levitating in
the office! It unsettles the clients.” The Grey Mage yelled after his
retreating employee. He leant forward and pushed the red button on his desk
intercom. “Gloria? Just ask Ned to come in, would you? But first, get me
Councillor Davies on the phone. Yes, him on the Planning Committee.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Right, Boss. Is this
going to be another cunning plan, Boss?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“I expect so, Gloria.
Why?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“I’ve got some leave
coming, Boss.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">“Don’t worry, there’s
time for this book to end before that”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>“The
Council said I had that Mad Cow in my burger van.”</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Did
you?”</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Yes,
but I’m divorced now.”</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><i>The third stand-alone volume in The Banned Underground fantasy
collection finds our friends – the dwarf rhythm-and-blues band known as
The Banned Underground – in trouble again. For once, they can claim that
it wasn’t their fault. After all, they didn’t suggest Santa’s Little
Helpers should borrow The Sleigh to get to their gig whilst Santa is on
his summer cruise, did they? And they certainly didn’t crash The Sleigh
into a mountain in Wales on the way, did they?
<br />
<br />But they can’t let their friends down, so the Banned are on hand to
help get The Sleigh repaired—by the only remaining mechanic who has a
workshop manual. After all, Vampires don’t throw things like that away.
<br />
<br />However, The Sleigh has triggered computer alerts around the world,
and one such alert was on the Dark Lord’s computer. As his Mercedes has
seen better days, the Dark Lord sends out his minions with orders to
recover The Sleigh to be his new personal transport.
<br />
<br />Warlocks, Druids, Vampires and Witches (and the occasional
accidental frog) combine in a laugh-a-minute roller coaster as the
Banned struggle to save their friends from the wrath of Santa.
<br />
<br />The Banned Underground collection has been described as 'Lord Of The
Rings, as written by a stand up comedian to the sound track of led
Zeppelin IV' </i><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><b> </b></span></h2>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><b>Bass Instinct</b></span></h3>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>“When
Dragons mate, we mate for life.”</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Really?
Isn’t there someone you can complain to about that?”</b></span></div>
</blockquote>
<i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Bass Instinct is the fourth book in The
Banned Underground collection of comic fantasy books. Each is a
stand-alone novel, needing no previous acquaintance with the characters.
The Banned Underground are a dwarf rhythm-and-blues band, led by a
luminous green, saxophone playing bog troll with a passion for
mushrooms, beer and pizza … and more beer … and for playing jazz, blues
and rock ‘n’ roll, of course. The latest addition to the group is a
bright red Welsh dragon that plays bass guitar. But he’s in trouble.
Dai the Drinking Dragon has been kidnapped by the Dark Lord for
nefarious purposes, and by the Dark Lord’s dragon receptionist for even
less reputable reasons. Without their bass player, the Banned
Underground are now in deep trouble with their record label. They have
to produce a set of recordings for an album, and someone has stolen the
tapes from the last gig. Can they make some more recordings, or will
Freya, the renegade dwarf bass player hired by the Dark Lord, distract
the boys whilst the Dark Lord's evil schemes come to fruition? The Dark
Lord has found some thugs to help him in his latest plan to invade the
underground Dwarf Mansion he would like to own (as an alternative to his
garden shed as a place to hide from his wife), but they have other
things on their minds - like looting and pillaging the locals - and it's
all going wrong for him again. Described on The Guardian newspaper’s
book review pages as ‘Lord of The Rings as written by stand-up comic
Milton Jones to the soundtrack of Led Zeppelin IV’, The Banned
Underground series is an underground hit, full of both crackling
one-liners and more subtle jokes.</span></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Satnav of Doom</span></b></div>
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computer says: User error - replace user
and press enter.”</b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;">The SatNav of Doom, the fifth in the Banned
Underground fantasy collection is now released. This is a stand-alone
work; previous experience is not required. Something always seems to
happen when the Banned Underground, a dwarf rhythm-and-blues band led by
a jazz-loving bog troll, are playing. Sadly for them, it is rarely
anything good – for them at least. The rest of us always seem to get a
good laugh at their predicament. But their world contains more than
just pubs and pizza places. There is a Dark Side to some of the people
they know: and to one in particular, of course: the Dark Lord of
Keswick. Once again, the Dark Lord has a cunning plan. And once again
someone else is going to have to carry it out for him: that's what
henchmen are for, isn't it? To hench? Oh, and to be sent on the risky
missions … Not that this mission should be risky. What could be easier
than secretly inserting computer spyware into a laptop, using a Banned
Underground gig as a diversion? The Tax Office probably does it all the
time. But the Tax Office is not normally being chased for an unpaid
credit card bill for a huge round of drinks. (That's our politicians.
And the Dark Lord’s henchmen, of course.) And it isn't just any laptop
the Dark Lord wants to spy on either. The Government is struggling to
find the way out of the Recession without a road map, and what better
aid than a SatNav linked to an economic forecasting computer? If the
Dark Lord can get inside information on future economic policy, maybe he
can clean up and buy a new Mercedes at last. Then there is a mystery:
where did the time-travelling SatNav come from in the first place? What
if the original owner wants it back? Magic, mayhem and macro-economic
policy collide in the latest surreal instalment of the acclaimed comic
fantasy collection, The Banned Underground.</span></i><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>About the author...</b></span><br />
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Will Macmillan Jones lives in Wales, a lovely green, verdant
land with a rich cultural heritage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
does his best to support this heritage by drinking the local beer and shouting
loud encouragement whenever International Rugby is on the TV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A fifty something lover of blues, rock and
jazz he has just fulfilled a lifetime ambition by filling an entire wall of his
home office with (full) bookcases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
not writing, he is usually lost with the help of a satnav on top of a large
hill in the middle of nowhere, looking for dragons.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Why Will writes... </b></span><br />
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"I’ve always wanted to be an entertainer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I can’t sing, can’t dance, and when I
pick up my beloved Les Paul guitar and try to pretend that I can play like Gary
Moore, the dogs run howling for the kitchen and hide with their paws over their
ears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I have to do something that
doesn’t make as much noise, and only frightens the animals if someone reads
passages aloud to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing lets me entertain, without
all that tedious having to perform in front of people and risk having either
abuse or fruit (or worse) slung at me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s great fun!"</div>
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His major comic fantasy series can be found at:</div>
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and information on his other work and stuff in general at :</div>
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<a href="http://www.willmacmillanjones.com/">www.willmacmillanjones.com</a></div>
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There’s a blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There’s always a blog, isn’t there?</div>
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<a href="http://www.willmacmillanjones.wordpress.com/">www.willmacmillanjones.wordpress.com</a></div>
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Amazon:</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005TIMXI0">http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005TIMXI0</a></div>
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Facebook:</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/william.macmillanjones">https://www.facebook.com/william.macmillanjones</a></div>
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Twitter</div>
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@macmillanjones</div>
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Smashwords</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440442533117660442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920005209652504017.post-11203944177776489842014-11-06T00:00:00.000-08:002014-11-06T21:06:45.513-08:00New Release Steampunk: Ichabod Temperance is back!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fantasy Science Fiction Network author Ichabod Temperance is back with his 5th book in the 'The Adventures of Ichabod Temperance'
series. His charming characters Ichabod and Persephone return in another steampunk
sci-fi adventure, released on the12th of August 2014...<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">'<b>Steampunk</b> is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery.' Wikipedia.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In a Latitude of Temperance</span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">by Ichabod Temperance</span></span></h3>
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The adventure prone Ichabod Temperance and his
capable cohort Persephone Plumtartt are again hurtled into baffling
mystery and hair raising intrigue. A dangerous mission exposes an
unspeakable danger to the safety of the entire world. Assisting our
brave protagonists is an amazing cast of extraordinary and charming
individuals. Thrilling action in this humourous ride to once again save
our imperiled planet from certain destruction carries Ichabod and Co. to
uncharted waters of surprise and terror.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">What is already being said about this new installment...</span> </b></h3>
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"Ichabod Temperance weaves a tale of many dangers, filled with
tongue-in-cheek characters who will keep you either rolling your eyes or
laughing out loud at his artistic talents." 5 Stars
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Other Installments in 'The Adventures of Ichabod Temperance' Series...</b></span></h3>
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<i>In 1869, the Earth experiences the close pass of a new comet. In its
wake, thousands of Terra's inhabitants find themselves strangely
changed. Among humanity, many find that any talent they may naturally
possess has been elevated to an astounding degree. Likewise, a number of
animals become self-aware and intelligent. A young “comet prodigy” from
humble beginnings, Ichabod Temperance, has become one of the world's
foremost inventors in this age of prolific genius. Traveling to England
to deliver his latest brilliant device to a famous explorer, the young
tinker is unexpectedly struck by the fearsome hand of fate. Meanwhile, a
lovely young aristocrat, Miss Persephone Plumtartt, survives an
experimental accident only to find herself imbued with a power she can
neither understand nor control, while dark forces and malevolent
creatures pursue her, leaving a gruesome wake of death. <br />Yet, worse
is to come. The naïve young inventor and the lovely intellectual find
themselves fighting not only to save their own lives, while concurrently
coming to terms with their own budding romance, but to prevent the
destruction of all life on Earth in this humourously told and poignant
steampunk adventure!</i><br />
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<i>It is New Year's Eve, 1875. In this humorously told Steampunk tale,
adventure-prone Ichabod Temperance and his lovely sweetheart, Miss
Persephone Plumtartt, once again find themselves swept up into a
whirlwind of misadventure and international catastrophe. The entire
world totters on the brink of war, as various nations develop arsenals
of dreadful power. It seems as though every nation on Earth lusts for
Empire. A sinister plot boils to change the course of human history.
Along with a remarkable cast of characters, including sapient animals
and clockwork men, our heroes find themselves plunged into unimaginable
peril!</i><br />
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<i>The sovereignty of Planet Earth is
under assault by interplanetary invaders. Ichabod Temperance and
Persephone Plumtartt return in this thrilling Steampunk adventure. The
duo fight bloodthirsty monsters bent on Earth's conquest. Featuring a
cast of unforgettable characters, including the world's greatest actor
and a telepathic dog, For the Love of Temperance will scare you and
amuse you by turns.</i></td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8n1X4uKjJG7yq1E2fPtCzVeWuD7l50RZFvCbkvDzmhJhLirb1c6vUT_M1cA1_6DP0szuno-1hQWsKAZ9LjwMP4YRH94M8r_qNZeztmh2pDxBc5cVDnulXSS0wtwJ28AJU0JbgYhYYZk/s1600/A+Study+in+Temperance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>"'Twas the hand of fate that brought Miss Plumtartt and me together,
for, in truth, we have been happenstance-stricken and adventure prone
ever since." -Ichabod Temperance, For the Love of Temperance
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><br />Such is the case once again as Ichabod Temperance and his lady love,
Miss Persephone Plumtartt, are hurled into adventure and mystery. This
time, they return to Persephone's ancestral estate in England, where
they hope to enjoy a much-needed vacation. However, fate has other plans
for the young couple, as a series of murders close in upon the innocent
pair. A notorious Victorian Era London detective assists the plucky
protagonists through a tangled web of intrigue involving an incredible
cast of suspicious characters.</i></span></h3>
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Ninety feet of ice separate me from the ocean's surface as I fly through the brutally frigid fluid of the polar pond. I dare not show my beak in the channel the humans have carved for their ships. The brutes have proven their marksmanship skills in that confined chasm. My ice shelf cover protects me, but my burning breast must draw air again soon!<br />
An unnatural, flaring, light ahead marks my destination, that is, a place to break the water's surface and breathe again. Though my lungs are set to burst from their labors, I force myself to approach the water's surface carefully. Working my wings to slow my ascent, I crest the ice-filled waves.<br />
Huge chunks of floating ice, each weighing thousands of pounds, bob about my position. I must remain wary lest I am crushed between them. They do, however, provide cover so that I may observe my quarry.<br />
How are these men able to carve the ice in so precise of a manner and form it to their to their needs? Strange in their perfection, the flat walls of the channel lead to this exact square harbor. Three slips have been cut into one side. These docks conform to the three human ships here in this hidden, ice-bound bay. This secret harbour is enormous, extending for hundreds of yards.<br />
One, a hybrid 'steamer' and sailing ship, is out bound. I need to make a note of her name and nationality. 'Stoker' is proudly painted on her bow and across her fantail. The ship is completely black but in a way that suggests that the colour is derived from the pigment of the wood, and not from paint. This holds true for the disquieting black sails that are being unfurled. Something in their thick, fleshy unraveling fills me with a nameless dread. She is a Norwegian ship by her flag, a sturdily built icebreaker, but I am quite sure that the Nordic registration is a falsehood. My contacts in the intelligence community tell me that a Romanian flag would be more appropriate. Perhaps the ship's owners inhabit an even darker section of that foreboding country. Her masters very likely hail from an ominous area whose name begins with the letter, 'T'. On what sort of foul mission could her evil controlers be sending her? I must put my own forces at work to trail her ill-omened course and give them leave to intercede if, or when, necessary.<br />
A large freighter is moored to their admittedly ingenious dock of solid ice. Many human men work to unload her heavy, mysterious cargoes. A great crate is being manipulated by a crane from the ship. Voices shout out directions to deposit the wooden box on the strangely precise sculpture of the pier. These human vocalizations echo from the ice cliffs in the confines of the large, private harbor. To my mind, they voices are in a slavic tongue and accent. This furthers my suspicions that this operations true origin lies in that remote and forgotten section of ancient Europe. Those hidden reaches of the Carpathian Mountains are still wild in many respects.<br />
These crates they handle have the look of containing heavy machineries. What diabolical purpose could these clock and mechanical devices serve?<br />
Then we have our third ship, the 'monster', of which I have heard so much. This, more-so than the threat of being shot by rifle, is why I enter this domain alone and not in the comradeship of my brave brethren. The 'monster' is well named, for though I know it to be a construct of man, and not an organic, it is nonetheless horrific in appearance. Hideous, bulbous eyes at the front of the submersible are mercifully turned away from me. The points of the creature's aquadro-dynamic spine are highlighted by the intensely burning arc lights on the opposite side. Gigantic silhouetted shadows jump about the icy walls in brief bursts of blinding illumination. The brilliant, though erratic, purple flashes are caught by the reflective quality of the monsters glass eyes to strangely inspire the spark of life in the clockwork creature. The metallic scales of the leviathan shimmer and ripple with barely contained berserker excitement in the sharply defined, and sporadic shadows. I half expect the abominable aquatic to leap with mechanical life and turn to devour me.<br />
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<span id="freeTextauthor7077425">"Like the protagonist in A
Matter of Temperance, I am an Alabama knockabout. In my 49 years, I've
been a punk rock drummer, a construction worker, a wrestling referee, a
sushi chef, an inveterate tinkerer, and a long-time martial arts
enthusiast. I've been an avid reader since I could barely walk, but
never did I dream of putting pen to paper until I performed stunt work
on the soon-to-be-released Steampunk indie film, "Engines of Destiny."
As a result of meeting these welcoming, generous people, I fell in love
with the Steampunk genre and world. After joining The Steampunk Empire, I
suddenly began to write, and I couldn't stop. Ichabod and Persephone
(and a cast of really nasty monsters and minions) became real people to
me, and their story had to be told. I am currently working on a sequel."</span></blockquote>
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<b>Factoid...</b></h3>
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Icky's ability to describe detailed,
complicated, though ridiculous, fight scenes through the use of dialogue
only is further explored in this scintillating tale!<br />
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<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-a-latitude-of-temperance-ichabod-temperance/1120168639?ean=9781500825553">Ick-Ick at Barnes and Noble</a><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><span lang="EN-IE">Today I welcome Aoife Marie Sheridan to my blog as part of her Rave Review Book Club Blog Tour. She tells us a little about her third work of fantasy fiction, 'Hunters'. </span></b></span></div>
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<b>Aoife Marie Sheridan<span style="color: #0c343d;"><br /></span></b></h4>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-IE"></span></b></span>What is the name of your character?</span></h4>
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<span lang="EN-IE">The Name of my Character is Abigail
Thornton. She’s Nineteen and a Demon Hunter. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE">Demon Hunter? Fictional I would say. LOL </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span lang="EN-IE"><b>When and where is the story set?</b></span></span></h4>
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<span lang="EN-IE">The story is set in our world (Earth) most
of it is set in England and the rest in Rome. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE">Well Abigail has no living family, she
witnessed the death of her mother, then her father and brother but she was
saved by Daniel. Abigail has lots of her own demons but she found a way to deal
with them, Alcohol. After being taken in by a priest he teaches her to become a
demon hunter, and she’s good at what she does. O did I mention that she can see
ghosts. </span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-IE"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE">Her feelings for Daniel really cause
serious problems; he’s her best friend, her savoir in ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet she won’t let him see how she feels.
Abigail’s main fear is of losing one more person that she loves, so she chooses
to keep people at arm’s length. Her past comes back to haunt her also, when
ghosts start attacking her, and her brother makes an appearance, she can’t cope
so she turns to drink but soon everything starts to spiral out of control. So
her life is pretty messed up. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE">To understand what really happened to her
family. </span></div>
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and can we read more about it?</b></span></span></h4>
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<span lang="EN-IE">Yes it’s called Hunters (Hunters #1). The
first chapter you can read for free at <a href="http://www.aoifemariesheridan.com/hunters-chapter-one.php">http://www.aoifemariesheridan.com/hunters-chapter-one.php</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE">The release date for Hunters is the 1<sup>st</sup>
of October 2014. </span></div>
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Abigail is nineteen. Her job, she hunts demons.
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<br />Her life so far has been tough. She’s been taken in by a priest, who
believes her when she says that she sees ghosts. Father Peter trains
her as a demon hunter with three other members, one being Daniel, who
isn’t what he seems.
<br />But when a possession goes wrong, and ghosts start to attack
Abigail, the tight rope she has on her emotions soon starts to loosen.
Abigail draws the unwanted attention of the Reote, and she finds out a
lot more than she was willing to learn.
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<br />Knowledge is power, but for Abigail, it’s her undoing, and the only thing keeping her together is Daniel. </i></div>
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