tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22856644751697067992024-03-19T02:33:18.757-07:00Fossend PublishingChrissie Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05292685120330845123noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285664475169706799.post-18046461361987479482017-12-11T05:21:00.001-08:002017-12-11T05:21:56.002-08:00<br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.700000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I welcome Celia Moore to the Fossend Publishing blog to talk about her debut book <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/FOX-HALT-FARM-Fields-Secrets-ebook/dp/B076HSP36C/" target="_blank">Fox Halt Farm</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/FOX-HALT-FARM-Fields-Secrets-ebook/dp/B076HSP36C" target="_blank">Fox Halt Farm</a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Set over two decades - with dramatic countryside as its backdrop, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/FOX-HALT-FARM-Fields-Secrets-ebook/dp/B076HSP36C" target="_blank">Fox Halt Farm</a> is an emotive read with enthralling characters but it is set two hundred years after Poldark, in 1986. The author has a compelling series all mapped out for Fox Halt Farm, a dairy farm on the outskirts of Okehampton whose survival is constantly threatened. Fox Halt Farm is the debut novel from Devon author <a href="https://celiascosmos.com/" target="_blank">Celia Moore</a>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: For our readers, who is <a href="https://celiascosmos.com/" target="_blank">Celia Moore</a>? </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I am an author and I will/have publish/ed my debut novel <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/FOX-HALT-FARM-Fields-Secrets-ebook/dp/B076HSP36C" target="_blank">Fox Halt Farm</a> on November 1</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; vertical-align: 6.5px;">st</span><span style="font-kerning: none;">. It’s a romantic and contemporary novel by the way. I live near Exeter with Paul (who is the most patient and encouraging husband you could wish to meet) and we have a Jack Russell cross border terrier puppy called Tizzy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I grew up on a farm near Whiddon Down, where we could see Dartmoor in one direction and Exmoor in another, we had a dairy farm but my family struggled until we sold a major part of it. The cows were sold too but we did save a few fields for ourselves and we built a new house. My father worked in the North Tawton Cheese Factory after that. He gave up the only way of life he knew but he always said that in a way, it was a relief because he had a regular wage and he loved the camaraderie of his workmates too. Mum kept a few animals but we rented out most of the remaining land. The family farm was gone and I decided working in property was a far safer option. Few of the small farms I remember from my childhood remain now. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have worked as a chartered surveyor, outdoor instructing and I now garden in the summer, blacksmith in the winter - and I write in all the times in between. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What inspired <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/FOX-HALT-FARM-Fields-Secrets-ebook/dp/B076HSP36C/" target="_blank">Fox Halt Farm</a>? And what can readers expect? </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The main characters arrived in my head one night with the basic outline of their relationships, and journey too. I just couldn’t stop thinking about them so I just felt I was providing their voices. Once I had the outline, ideas took on a life of their own. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although we had a dairy farm this is not an autobiography – Fox Halt Farm is a compelling story about people I created in my mind – they are not perfect, they are scarred and flawed and like all of us, they are striving to find happiness. The emotive book begins in 1986 - Billy May and her family are struggling to keep their dairy farm – Fox Halt Farm is just outside Okehampton and the beloved cows are in the danger of being sold. At this time, Richard MarcFenn is running a thriving multinational business in London. When Billy and Richard’s different worlds collide (in an unexpected way) there are catastrophic consequences for them, their families and their friends. This is a love story spanning twenty years with a cast of intriguing individuals who are all enmeshed in heartbreak, manipulation and secrets. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The story is told from both Billy and Richard’s perspective and at first, it felt impossible to convey a male viewpoint but I came to see that men and women all have the same feelings and experiences but society, their upbringing and their peers shape how they behave. The different ways men and women deal with their emotions fascinates me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.7px;">For influencing, I would say Beth Webb – I love her inspiring tales full of magic and myths. Agatha Christie – for her multifaceted characters and intrigue. Maeve Binchy – for family insight. And Jilly Cooper – for her pure escapism. I enjoy thrillers and autobiographies too. I love dipping into other worlds but these four are my all-time favourites – if the book has any of their names on the front I know I can rest assured I am in for an interesting and enthralling tale. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As far as knowing authors personally, my dear friends Beth Webb and Jessica Redland have been there since day one with advice, guidance, suggestions, support and endless encouragement. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Who would you get to play Billy and Richard in a movie? And is there anything you would like to say to them if you had met them back in 1986?<i> </i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">That is a difficult question to answer. I think the beauty of literature and reading is that it fuels your imagination and I would hate to take that away from my readers by describing actors who I think could portray them both. To Billy I would say, have hope. Maybe the future isn’t as bleak as it seems.</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-kerning: none;">And Richard, please stop trying to please everyone. It is okay to be yourself sometimes! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What research did you do for the world of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/FOX-HALT-FARM-Fields-Secrets-ebook/dp/B076HSP36C/" target="_blank">Fox Halt Farm</a>? </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wrote form personal experience and then spent a lot of time researching on the internet. Then I talked to people involved with the situations and places I wanted to describe. At least my internet research gave me a basic understanding and I could then I check if things were true. Because not everything on the internet is entirely accurate. Apparently. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.7px;">When the story first came to me, I turned to my husband and told him that I was desperate to write it. Paul has been my rock from the start and he said I had to do it – I wasn’t to live on regrets – wishing I should have done something. I just started writing immediately. Trying to get everything down as quickly as possible, from early mornings to late at night. After that, whenever I had a free moment, I tweaked and developed the story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I considered their ages and the popular names at the time. Billy, was Alicia for a long time but as her story developed, Billy fitted her personality so much better. Names and surnames changed as I wrote – for instance, if I thought they were so similar they might be confusing - and also I didn’t want them all starting with the same letter - there is still Janette and Jayne but that’s because no other names seem right for them! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No. The whole journey of writing Fox Halt Farm has been an open road that I have followed. My novel seemed to write itself and I was just along for the ride! Plot and sub plot came easily and the characters evolved and developed as the story progressed. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two things instantly come to mind, firstly pressing delete - whole paragraphs, which had taken ages to get just right, had to go - when I realised how they were superfluous or slowed the pace too much. Secondly, was actually stopping writing. I would be so caught up in the story and the flow of ideas, it would be easy to get carried away and discover it was the wee hours of the morning! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That’s an easy question, the best surprise has been the endless support I have found around me. It seems everyone (even other authors) just want me to succeed- no matter what I needed to know – good advice came in spades. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.7px;">My story was wholly original but I have to say my wonderful editor looked at it and was blunt enough to tell me that some things needed changing. She said my original ending was like marmite, some people were really going to hate it and I would have to deal with that. I couldn’t deal with that thought at all and I am delighted with the ending of the novel now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Writing a novel is hard work. The main thing for me, and every other writer I imagine, is determination. Never give up. </span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18.7px;">Q: Does writing energise you or is it exhausting, especially with such a passionate story as <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/FOX-HALT-FARM-Fields-Secrets-ebook/dp/B076HSP36C/" target="_blank">Fox Halt Farm</a>?</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.7px;">The writing is wonderful – breathing life into characters that you have fallen in love with - describing settings and plotting lives is exciting. The exhaustion comes from not letting go – it is easy to become consumed when you are on a roll. Living the emotions that characters themselves are experiencing can also stir up your own feelings. The housework never gets done and dinners get later so I do feel a little guilty for my ever-supportive husband having to fend for himself a little more!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Why have you chosen to publish <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/FOX-HALT-FARM-Fields-Secrets-ebook/dp/B076HSP36C/" target="_blank">Fox Halt Farm</a> independently? </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Put simply, creative control I think. This is my first novel and I had such a clear idea of the story I wanted to tell and how I wanted my characters to come alive in words. Of course, I still had a professional editor, who had extensive experience in the book world. Her help and advice were invaluable. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I gave my original manuscript to six people to read so that they could give me feedback. I wish I had listened to them more carefully but instead I toned their comments down to make them more palatable - I think I was too close to the story and it took a little while to be able to look at their suggestions more objectively and realise how useful their observations actually were. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: When you are not writing what can you be found doing? </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thinking about writing! I run (I am running the London Marathon in April 2018 and need to raise £2,500 for Macmillan Cancer Support. I love walking on Dartmoor, mountain biking on Haldon and enjoy spending time with my precious friends. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amelia Earheart – such a courageous and inspiring woman, I expect she would have some incredible stories to tell. Stephen Fry – it would be an education and who else could provide such witty anecdotes, perfect for a dinner party. James Martin from Saturday Kitchen – because someone needs to cook! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What is next for <a href="https://celiascosmos.com/" target="_blank">Celia Moore</a>? </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I need to keep finding time to write. I still have many characters in my head and I need to share their stories with the world. </span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18.7px;">Q: What are your thoughts on writing a book series around <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/FOX-HALT-FARM-Fields-Secrets-ebook/dp/B076HSP36C/" target="_blank">Fox Halt Farm</a>?</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.7px;">I have fallen in love with the people and the place and it will be wonderful to continue to develop the story. Everything I have written in this book will set me up for the next. I would like to be the next Jessica Fletcher, where everyone she meets has read all of her books and is a fan! Perhaps less suspicious murders though! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Ilfracombe based, Oliver Tooley is preparing to launch the sequel to “Children of the Wise Oak” which was published by Blue Poppy Publishing in 2016 after a successful crowdfunding campaign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Now we are preparing to launch the sequel “Women of the Wise Oak” which focuses on the journey of ‘Gwenn’ who featured in book one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Following the previous successful formula, we are taking advance orders via crowdfunding; to cover the initial cost of editing, cover art, graphic design, and printing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The whole project is based around using local suppliers. As was the case with the first book, the cover art will be by Iver Klingenberg, from Porlock in Somerset.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">For example; £3 for the digital book and £4 for both digital books, or £10 for the paperback and £15 for both paperbacks (includes digital books, and postage)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">For those with a bigger budget, £500 will get you the original fine artwork by Iver Klingenberg, in acrylic on canvas and approx. 50cm high, and if you have extra deep pockets and a wicked sense of humour, for £1000 Oliver has said he will dress up as a Victorian lady and hand out sweets in Ilfracombe High Street during Victorian Week. He is obviously confident that nobody will stump up that much money just to see him look foolish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">For more details, visit <i><a href="http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/women-of-the-wise-oak-book-2">Crowdfunder</a>.</i></span></div>
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<b>Q: Welcome to the Fossend Publishing blog Oliver. Can you give readers a brief overview of <a href="http://www.bluepoppypublishing.co.uk/"><i>Blue Poppy Publishing</i></a> and your books.</b></div>
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A: <a href="http://www.bluepoppypublishing.co.uk/"><i>Blue Poppy Publishing</i></a> is a new publishing imprint, created to give my first full novel an air of respectability. As such it is merely a concept at the moment. A logo, a corporate image, and a collection of ISBNs.</div>
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A: As previously alluded to, I was all ready to publish my first full novel “<i><a href="http://amzn.to/2jTK7JD">Children of the Wise Oak</a></i>” when I looked at other self-publishing authors, notably Liz Shakespeare who uses an image of a red letterbox for her imprint “Letterbox Books” I liked the idea of having a “publisher” that wasn’t just … me.</div>
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Almost as soon as I had come up with the idea of Blue Poppy, it occurred to me that it could become a sort of Self-publishing hub for local authors. A sort of collective or co-operative where each author would add their weight of social media reach, and their own expertise to the group. I had learned a lot about formatting for Createspace, Kindle, and short print runs. I had to learn about distribution, and had bought 100 ISBNs because it was only twice as much as the price for 10. So I needed to find other writers who wanted to be part of the Blue Poppy family.</div>
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The first author to come on board was Ben Blake, whose next book (his seventh to be published) will be a Blue Poppy publication. He is doing everything himself because he is already an old hand. All I am doing is providing the logo and ISBN. </div>
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A: Originally “<i><a href="http://amzn.to/2jTK7JD">Children of the Wise Oak</a></i>” came from three little glittery dragons that my kids bought from a souvenir shop. Each had their favourite colour; blue, red, and green. I imagined creating a story in which the heroes were my boys who had to go on a quest where they would face a fierce elemental dragon to gain a magical jewel. It would have been an almighty cheese-fest, with every fantasy cliché jostling for position. Thankfully I gave up on it and my kids grew too old for it anyway. All that remains of the original concept is three boys, and their sister who bear hardly any resemblance to my four children except their gender, and age gaps.</div>
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The other series “<i><a href="http://amzn.to/2kEjtsC">Time Tunnel to Londinium</a></i>” and others, was inspired by my youngest son who was bored in history classes. I set about trying to write a story which was fun but had real history as well. </div>
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<b>Q: Did any of your books<i> </i>involve research?</b></div>
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When I started the “<i><a href="http://amzn.to/2kEjtsC">Time Tunnel</a></i>” series I did loads of detailed research mostly on the internet, but occasionally finding specific books, and visiting the Museum of London, which features in the story. Later books involve trips to places that I have visited previously and wanted to highlight; e.g. Blists Hill Victorian village, and at some future point there will be a trip to Stanstead Mountfitchet castle. </div>
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My research is, like me, haphazard, and random, but I get there in the end. I hate getting basic facts wrong, so I was furious when I realised the first published version of “Time Tunnel to Londinium” featured the London Wall, at a time about fifty years before the wall had been built. </div>
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I had to rewrite large sections and release a new version. Perhaps decades from now; if I become famous, those early versions may be sought after collectors’ items. Ha-ha.</div>
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Similarly, I spent a day at a Celtic hill fort and met the Dumnonika re-enactors. I discovered that Celtic swords were always blunt tipped and only ever used for slashing. I realised I had made an error in “<i><a href="http://amzn.to/2jTK7JD">Children of the Wise Oak</a></i>” in which someone was stabbed through a wattle and daub wall with a sword. It had to be a spear.</div>
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I would dearly love to do more hands on research; well, I would call it research. What I really mean is sipping chianti near the colosseum, or snorkeling in the Aegean but, you know; looking at old monuments now and again. </div>
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<b>Q: What do you enjoy the most about writing?</b></div>
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A: Finishing.</div>
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Also getting excited by something I’ve just written, and seeing others react to the best bits. </div>
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A: I was going to say, starting, but actually, the worst thing is when you are actually in the zone and the words are flowing, but then you have to stop to check a fact, and the internet totally lets you down. </div>
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Do you know, it seems nobody actually knows the name of the wife of Nicomedes IV of Bithynia? I mean, how does the name of a queen of an important country in Roman times manage to go unrecorded? Mind you, that’s the homocentric misogynistic world of the Roman Empire for you. </div>
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<b>Q: Can you share a typical day in the life of Oliver Tooley as a writer?</b></div>
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A: Oh, a typical day involves me getting up and observing the wife getting the kids ready for school. I fully intend to get on with some writing most days although in reality I spend a lot more time looking at Facebook, Twitter, and checking to see if someone bought a book today. I am a terrible procrastinator although to be fair, I do have to promote my existing books and getting a few sales does motivate me to get cracking with a sequel. </div>
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I should perhaps explain that I am autistic (undiagnosed) two of my kids are diagnosed with autistic spectrum condition (as the professionals currently call it) and I am registered as my daughter’s carer.</div>
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Recently I introduced an autistic character to my “<i><a href="http://amzn.to/2kEjtsC">Time Tunnel</a></i>” series. Maarten appears in book 4 “Time Tunnel to West Leighton” in which they find themselves transported back to Anglo-Saxon times. He features heavily in book five which I am writing now. </div>
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A: Ooh yes. Well, we have written it already. ‘We’ refers to my son Morton, and me. The musical, called “Last Days” features the music of two of our favourite unsigned bands; <i><a href="https://allhailthebison.bandcamp.com/">Bison</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://tankusthehenge.com/">Tankus the Henge</a></i></div>
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We both agreed that the broad range of subject matter and the rock/ska/circus/showtunes-blend of both bands made them a really good candidate for being turned into a show. </div>
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The hardest part was having the strength of character to include only the songs which helped convey the story. I would argue that some of the best songs from both artists didn’t make the cut, although there are still stacks of incredible tunes. </div>
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The story centres around a circus troupe and an office and deals with themes of square pegs in round holes, and the different ways in which people find the right hole. </div>
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It is packed with laughs, and tears, but everyone will leave feeling good and singing “Smiling Makes the Day Go Quicker” which is what I want from a musical. </div>
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It is going to cost an absolute fortune to bring the musical to the stage, and we are starting easy by trying to record the soundtrack. </div>
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We will be doing a crowdfunder to finance that. </div>
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For more information, check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lastdaysmusical/">Facebook page</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/lastdaysmusical">Twitter account</a></div>
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A: I am currently well on the way to completing “Women of the Wise Oak” which follows the adventures of Gwenn, who was the guide to the boys in the first book. She is an interesting character in that she is both a warrior, and a fairly powerful mage. I decided from early on to make her mostly vegetarian, however, she surprised me by being a lesbian as well. This had not been part of the story arch, but when it happened it was really obvious and right. Besides, I certainly wasn’t about to tell her she couldn’t be. She’s six feet tall and knows how to use a sword. </div>
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I am also working on book five in the “<i><a href="http://amzn.to/2kEjtsC">Time Tunnel</a></i>” series, in which David is joined by his cousin Sarah (who also featured in book three) and his new friend, Maarten (who featured in book four) Maarten is the autistic character, and since he came into it, the books have got a lot better, in my humble opinion.</div>
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A little further into the future, I am working on a memoir of my great-grandmother and trying to turn that into a sort of Victorian novella, such as might have been written by a Bronte, or Dickens. (nothing like overarching ambition is there?) I am enlisting the help of my sister with that project, since she was an English teacher for many years, and she studied English literature to degree level. </div>
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"<i><a href="http://amzn.to/2jTK7JD">Children of the Wise Oak</a></i>” is ‘Historic Fantasy’ set in a (mostly) historically accurate Celtic Britain and Republican Rome, with fantasy elements overlaid. </div>
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It tells of three young brothers who are forced to flee their village among the Durotriges tribe and travel through Gaul, guided by Gwenn; a warrior mage. They spend some time learning Druid lore, but their destiny is tied up with that of an unknown Roman. </div>
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Gwenn takes the boys to Rome where they begin to comprehend the enormous task ahead of them. </div>
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Part ‘coming of age’, part ‘quest’, the book can be read as a stand-alone story, but it is also part of an epic nine-part series. The sequel, “Women of the Wise Oak” concentrates on the adventures of Gwenn as she tracks the man who is prophesied to be a threat to her way of life. </div>
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The “<i><a href="http://amzn.to/2kEjtsC">Time Tunnel</a></i>” series are short ‘time slip’ books for younger readers, featuring a ten-year-old boy called David who routinely stumbles across tunnels which take him back to a specific point in history. In the first two stories, he finds himself in Roman Londinium, then in later books, he visits wartime Devon, Anglo-Saxon Suffolk, and coming soon, Victorian Shropshire. </div>
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The idea of these books is to slip a bit of genuine social history into an otherwise fun story for children of junior school age. </div>
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Oliver absolutely hated writing in school. Holding a pen or pencil became painful after a very short time, and still does. He also found it really hard to write stories to order in half an hour. Yet now, being able to write when the mood takes him, he has written and published five books with at least two more due to be published in 2017. </div>
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He has worked in a variety of jobs, including, retail, removals, driving, office installation, sales, and even a stint at a well-known burger chain. He blames his undiagnosed autism for the fact that he has rarely held on to a job for longer than a few months. </div>
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He moved to Ilfracombe, Devon in 2011 where he now lives with his wife and four children, and divides his time between writing, stopping arguments, starting arguments, and correcting people’s grammar on Facebook.</div>
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To learn more about Blue Poppy Publishing visit the <a href="http://www.bluepoppypublishing.co.uk/">website</a>, or follow them on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bluepoppypublishing/">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/BluePoppyPub">Twitter</a>. </div>
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To learn more about Oliver’s books go to his <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Olli-Tooley/e/B018YHY056/?tag=geolinker-21">Amazon page</a>, or follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/OTooleyAuthor">Twitter</a>.</div>
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The Ashir people believe they are alone in the world - until strangers come. The invading Thrain have weapons of strange metal, and ride beasts never seen before.</div>
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They have come to conquer. Anyone who looses them is killed. The Ashir gather to fight, but it soon becomes clear that their only hope lies with one man.</div>
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Kai, the hamachi, living servant of the Teacher God.</div>
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Kai has never heard the voice of his god, as hamachi are supposed to do. He doubts himself, despite the adulation of the people. But now he and the only two men the trusts must stand up to lead the resistance, against a terrible enemy with no mercy in them.</div>
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<b>Q: Welcome to the Fossend Publishing blog Ben. Can you give readers a brief overview of your book <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ben-Blake/e/B00A44VYJ8/ref">Black Lord of Eagles</a></i>.</b></div>
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A: Hi Chrissie. <i>Black Lord </i>tells the story of a culture that has always believed they’re alone in the world. Their founder god taught them civilization and he didn’t teach anyone else. They’ve never questioned this, it underlies everything they believe – and then strangers appear and attack them.</div>
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<b>Q: What inspired you to write <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ben-Blake/e/B00A44VYJ8/ref">Black Lord of Eagles</a></i>?</b></div>
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A: The story is very loosely based on the Spanish attack on the Inca in the 1530’s. <i>Black Lord </i>isn’t a history, it tells a story that might have happened in a similar world where magic is real. But that’s the inspiration. The Inca created an empire which spanned seven climate zones and was thousands of miles from end to end, and they held it together with stone age tools. They nearly held it together in the face of roughly half their people dying of smallpox and an invasion by people they never dreamed existed. I don’t know of anything quite as incredible anywhere in history.</div>
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<b>Q: I understand that you created a Kickstarter campaign to enable publishing of <i>Black Lord of Eagles,</i> can you tell us a little more about it?</b></div>
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A: It didn’t work. But I’ll try again on GoFundMe or one of the other sites. I need the money for advertising and promotion. It’s tough being a struggling indie author!</div>
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<b>Q: Did writing <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ben-Blake/e/B00A44VYJ8/ref">Black Lord of Eagles</a> </i>involve any research?</b></div>
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A: Oh blimey, yes. I needed to know what Inca society was like before the Spanish arrived, which meant research on everything from priests to language to diet. Did you know the Inca drank <i>chicha </i>beer at roadside hostels called <i>machanas? </i>They lost crops to <i>atanqa </i>beetles and ate guinea pigs and squirrels. I produced reams of notes and used only about one item in twenty. You can’t drown the text in detail, but I did want to put in enough to give a flavor of what that world was like.</div>
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A: There are times when the research is done and the plot comes clear, and I’ll sit at the desk for an hour or two of writing. Then I feel a hunger pang, look at my watch and realise it’s 3am and I’ve been working for half the night. That feeling, when the words just flow with no effort or sense of passing time, is close to utopia.</div>
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<b>Q: What do you dislike the most about writing?</b></div>
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A: Editing. Ugh.</div>
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<b>Q: Can you share a typical day in the life of <i><a href="http://benblak5.wixsite.com/benblakeauthor">Ben Blake</a></i> as a writer?</b></div>
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A: I usually write in the evenings. That’s unusual for a writer, it seems, but it works for me. My day-to-day job is over, my daughter’s in bed, and there’s nothing left to distract me. I review yesterday’s work, correct the worst errors, but leave the rest and go on with the story. Corrections can wait for the edit. What matters is going on with the story, so I focus on that. I try to average 500 words a day, as a minimum. Any less means I risk losing touch with the story, so however late it is I try to reach that goal.</div>
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<b>Q: What’s next for <i><a href="http://benblak5.wixsite.com/benblakeauthor">Ben Blake</a></i>?</b></div>
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A: After the circus of the book launch for <i>Black Lord,</i> I hope to publish the sequel later in the year, around November. It’s called <i>Tales of Fanged Fish </i>and is currently in edit. After that, I have volume one of a new series finished, so I’ll probably focus on that for 2018.</div>
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<b>Beach or countryside </b>–<b> </b>I love the beach, but can’t beat the peace of a tent by a stream in an isolated wood somewhere. Countryside.</div>
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<b>EBook or paperback </b>–<b> </b>Oh, paperback. EBooks are wonderful, but I like the crackle and smell of paper.</div>
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<b>Classic or modern </b>–<b> </b>Either. Just do it right.</div>
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<b>Notebook and pen or computer </b>–<b> </b>Computer. My handwriting these days is appalling.</div>
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<b>Sun or Snow </b>– Sun.</div>
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A writer since childhood, <i><a href="http://benblak5.wixsite.com/benblakeauthor">Ben Blake</a></i> finished his first novel when he was ten. It was terrible. But it was also finished, and half of writing is sticking with a project to the end. </div>
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Fantasy has always been his preferred genre. In Fantasy you can do anything - invent a new people or species, create a world, make monsters and whatever else you like. Ben has published six novels on Amazon and other online sites. He lives in Devon with his wife and daughter.</div>
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To learn more about <a href="http://benblak5.wixsite.com/benblakeauthor"><i>Ben Blake</i></a> follow his <a href="http://benblake.blogspot.co.uk/">blog</a> or go to his <a href="http://benblak5.wixsite.com/benblakeauthor">website</a>. You can also <a href="mailto:benblakeauthor@gmail.com">email</a> him.</div>
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Chrissie Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05292685120330845123noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285664475169706799.post-21181098397582287662017-01-29T10:51:00.000-08:002017-01-29T10:51:25.830-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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In the Strange labyrinth of pipes on the planet called <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LZSHB40">Dark</a></i>, things are falling apart. Dun doesn’t want to be a hero, he just wants to find an answer to the terrifying dreams he’s been having. But the answers, the real answers, are going to take him places he’s never imagined and tear him from the only home he’s ever known. </div>
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With a only half made map from his missing father, he’ll need all the help he can get. With an old friend, a new friend and the mysterious Myrch to guide him, he journeys through parts of his world he’s never imagined.</div>
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Are his dreams real foretellings? Who can he trust to be who they say they are? What are the strange forces that seem to be literally pulling their world apart? As he travels through a work that is much bigger than he thought it was, he learns more about himself than he ever knew there was to know.</div>
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<b>Q: Welcome to the Fossend Publishing blog Paul. Can you give readers a brief overview of your book <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LZSHB40">Dark</a></i>.</b></div>
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A: It is the first book of an SFF trilogy set on an entirely lightless abandoned colony planet called ‘<i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LZSHB40">Dark</a></i>’, where tribes of creatures exist in the pipes and passages. It tells the story of Dun, a young Bridge-folk, who needs to find answers to his terrifying dreams. The answers will take him and his friends to the end of their world.</div>
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<b>Q: What inspired you to write <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LZSHB40">Dark</a></i>?</b></div>
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A: One evening doing a night feed of my youngest I imagined these creatures that weren’t quite human, but could speak, that lived on a world entirely in the darkness. I wondered could you still have heroes who have adventures in that kind of a world (turns out you can!)</div>
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<b>Q: Was writing a book set in the dark different to writing a book based on normal circumstances? </b></div>
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A: Definitely. Trying to write not using visual descriptors is tricksy at best. You don’t realise quite how much of a habit it is to refer to the world in that way. (You see? Looks like trouble? etc.) The characters can’t use any of that kind of language because it would mean nothing to them. The trouble is weeding them out of the text as spell checkers and grammar checkers don’t flag them up. </div>
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<b>Q: Did it influence or change your writing style?</b></div>
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A: Two main things. Firstly learning to paint a picture in smell, texture, sound and taste. I think that’s going to stay with me for a while yet.</div>
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Secondly, it steered me towards driving the plot with dialogue. The things that came out of the crazy world most clearly, were the voices.</div>
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<b>Q: Did writing <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LZSHB40">Dark</a> </i>involve any research?</b></div>
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A:<b> </b>Once I’d decided on the idea of a world that had no light, I had to work out if that was in any way viable or believable. I spent a load of time researching extremophile environments on earth where whole ecosystems exist that never have any light at all (subterranean caves, black smoker eco-systems in ocean trenches etc). Luckily it turned out that scientifically it was possible, I just had to work out some fun adventures for them to have.</div>
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<b>Q: What do you enjoy the most about writing?</b></div>
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A: As a discovery writer, the most fun is once you’ve made the world (and realised it works!) and created some characters, then you send them out for a walk and the story and the characters take on a life of their own.</div>
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<b>Q: What do you dislike the most about writing?</b></div>
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A: Editing. Very hard work. Deleting swathes of stuff is soul destroying. Necessary, but soul destroying.</div>
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<b>Q: Can you share a typical day in the life of <i>Paul Arvidson</i> as a writer?</b></div>
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A:<b> </b>Get up, make tea, get kids dressed, feed kids, put kids on the bus (with my wife Cheryl). Then coffee and maybe some yoga, check emails answer any urgents, then a good solid hour or two writing. </div>
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Make lunch, then tea, finish any outstanding stuff, start a line for the next chapter (never leave a blank page for the next day), then a couple of hours marketing. Twitter or FB stuff or whatever scheme I have to build up the readers club.</div>
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Kids home from school off bus, tea and homework, then chill out time & maybe TV or Netflix. Kids bath, bed and stories.</div>
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Assuming I’m not too knackered, some recording of audio stuff (book trailers, planning podcast serial of <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LZSHB40">Dark</a></i>, to go up on blog)</div>
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<b>Q: What’s next for <i>Paul Arvidson</i>?</b></div>
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A: Currently writing book 2 of trilogy, called ‘Darker’. Audio podcast of book one to follow this year. </div>
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Paul Arvidson is a forty-something ex lighting designer who lives in rural Somerset. He juggles his non-author time bringing up his children and fighting against being sucked into his wife’s chicken breeding business. Dark is his first novel.</div>
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To learn more about Paul Arvidson follow him on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/paularvidsonauthor/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/realarvo">Twitter</a>, or his blog <a href="http://www.intothedarkbook.blogspot.com/">Into the Dark Book</a>. You can also sign up to his <a href="http://eepurl.com/crnS-j">newsletter</a> for regular updates. <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LZSHB40"><i>Dark</i></a> is also available on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1195956841">iTunes</a>.</div>
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<b>Q: Welcome back to the Fossend Publishing blog Sylvia. Can you give readers a brief overview of your Book <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sylvia-Stein/e/B00EJT3FYQ/">The Diary of a Broken Father</a></i>.</b></div>
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In The Diary of a Broken Father, Garrison James shares his story from his own perspective of what his life is like now that he decided to go into AA in the hopes of changing his life. </div>
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He shares the accounts of his daily struggles since his daughter Sara has left his side and what it meant for him to lose her. </div>
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He is haunted by her loss and is also haunted by the memories of his beloved wife Lila whom he lost to cancer. </div>
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Garrison is one broken man who is battling his demons and is also fighting his demons. This includes with himself and God. </div>
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In this novella you will hear from Garrison James as he battles through being a better man all in the hopes of reconciling with his only daughter whom he has hurt so much. </div>
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Will he be able to do it? Is it too late for him? What will happen next? </div>
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<b>Q: What inspired you to write <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sylvia-Stein/e/B00EJT3FYQ/">The Diary of a Broken Father</a></i>?</b></div>
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A: The inspiration behind the <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sylvia-Stein/e/B00EJT3FYQ/">Diary of a Broken Father</a></i> came from wanting to tell Garrison’s story and his journey from an alcoholic man and how he works to try and rebuild himself and the demons he carries. I wanted to share this story to try to help others who have been there. I have known people who have done this within my own family and around me. I wanted to spread a message. </div>
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<b>Q: So, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sylvia-Stein/e/B00EJT3FYQ/">The Diary of a Broken Father</a></i>, is a prequel to your first novella <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Closure-Sylvia-Stein-ebook/dp/B00MAYXETI/">Closure</a></i>. Why did you feel it necessary to write a prequel?</b></div>
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A: Well when I wrote <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Closure-Sylvia-Stein-ebook/dp/B00MAYXETI/">Closure</a></i> I had many readers ask me more about Garrison and how they thought he should be able to tell his own side of things. Many thought they could like him if they knew his journey. This got me thinking. Then while at my last Semester at SNHU I created <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sylvia-Stein/e/B00EJT3FYQ/">The Diary of a Broken Father</a></i>. </div>
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<b>Q: Did writing <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sylvia-Stein/e/B00EJT3FYQ/">The Diary of a Broken Father</a></i> involve any research?</b></div>
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A: I am glad you asked this question. Yes, there was research involved in the diary of a broken Father. This was in regards to the 12 steps of AA. I wanted to get it right. </div>
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A: I love when an idea comes to me and I can jot it down in an outline. I love creating the stories and characters and watch it all come together. </div>
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A: One thing I really dislike about writing is editing. I never enjoy that part and having to go over it and re-read is not fun for me. I also dislike working on blurbs for my books. I do it but it is not fun for me. </div>
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A: A Typical day of Writing for me is when I can sit back for about 3-4 hours in the day and just write without any interruptions. I love it when I can place some movie scores/ or classical music on Spotify and just work on my stories. </div>
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A: Well the plan is to release <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sylvia-Stein/e/B00EJT3FYQ/">The Diary of a Broken Father</a></i> this coming month of February 2017. Then I have a book event coming this October 2017 in Kalamazoo Michigan I am excited about that. Also I am working on my first thriller coming out Next year 2018 and then hopefully continuing on more of my Podcasts and My Huff-Post blog. Not to mention spending time with my amazing Husband and children. </div>
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Sylvia Stein is an Indie published author with several anthologies with her Writer’s group 750 on linked in. Stein obtained a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing and English from Southern New Hampshire University this past July 2015. She is a mother of three beautiful children Paul 10, Michael 9 and Consuelo 6. She resides in the city of Fuquay Varina with her amazing husband Jeremy. Stein has also published two solo books one was her first novella <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Closure-Sylvia-Stein-ebook/dp/B00MAYXETI/">Closure</a></i> which she worked on while attending SNHU and published in July of 2014 and the other her first YA <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chasing-Clarity-Sylvia-Stein-2015-10-10/dp/B01A0BI6K4/">Chasing Clarity</a></i> was published this past October 2015 and it was created during National Novel Month (Nano) in 2013. When she is not writing she enjoys time with her children and husband. <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sylvia-Stein/e/B00EJT3FYQ/">The Diary of a Broken Father</a></i> will be out this February 2017. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"> </span></div>
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To learn more about Sylvia Stein follow her on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SylWriter07/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/sylvia_stein07">Twitter</a> or check out her <a href="https://ssteinwriting.wordpress.com/">website</a>. </div>
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<b>Q: Welcome to the Fossend Publishing blog Guy. Can you give readers a brief overview of your book <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NCK1X2I/">The Wrong Stuff</a></i>.</b></div>
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A: Hannah Meredith has always had a good eye and she's a veteran bargain hunter, but she isn't prepared, when she buys the box marked "Stuff" at a mysterious auction, for her world to suddenly unravel into a series of increasingly bizarre and terrifying events.</div>
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Soon on the run from a sinister cabal of vengeful corporate villains and their homicidal henchmen, Hannah must foil an evil plan to bring the world to the brink of global economic collapse, all the while keeping one step ahead of her pursuers.</div>
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A fast-moving thriller with a sci-fi twist, the plot stretches from chases through grimy backstreets of Victorian London back to the present day, where sudden violence shatters the tranquility of the English countryside. </div>
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<b>Q: What inspired you to write <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NCK1X2I/">The Wrong Stuff</a></i>?</b></div>
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A: I have been writing short stories on my <a href="http://www.diaryofaninternetnobody.com/">blog</a> for the last couple of years. I use writing prompts from other bloggers to inspire me and, in November of 2015 I began a story based on the single word, "Stuff". </div>
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After reaching the end of the initial post I thought the story was worth continuing, so I decided to use each subsequent prompt to write a new chapter, until to my surprise I had written over 50,000 words and appeared to have a book on my hands.</div>
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<b>Q: You have mentioned that <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NCK1X2I/">The Wrong Stuff</a></i> is an unusually composed accidental novel. Why did you choose this particular way of working? </b></div>
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A: It's how I always write; unplanned, improvised and with only the very vaguest idea of where it will end up.</div>
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<b>Q: Did writing <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NCK1X2I/">The Wrong Stuff</a> </i>involve any research?</b></div>
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A: Nope, none at all. It was written as part of "Stream of consciousness Saturday", a blogging feature I take part in and the rules preclude anything other than the barest minimum of advance planning.</div>
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<b>Q: What do you enjoy the most about writing?</b></div>
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A: I've always loved words and language, so making them tell stories is all part of the fun. Also, since I never plan anything, writing my stories is just as much of an adventure for me as it is for whoever ends up reading them.</div>
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A: I can't think of anything. My main problem is finding the time to write.</div>
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<b>Q: Can you share a typical day in the life of <i>Guy Thair</i> as a writer?</b></div>
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A: A typical day? Well, I have a family and a full time day job, so all my blogging/writing activities have to fit in around that. I try to get as much done at the weekend as possible, but I have a young daughter to keep entertained and that usually means the bulk of my work is crammed into a few hours each Sunday, when she's either out playing with her friends or glued to YouTube. With three of us living in a small flat, it's often difficult to find a quiet place where I can concentrate, so I make the most of any peace and quiet as and when I can get it.</div>
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<b>Q: What’s next for <i>Guy Thair</i>?</b></div>
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A: Well, my publisher has already asked for a sequel to <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NCK1X2I/">The Wrong Stuff</a></i>, so I shall have to begin work on that soon, but in the meantime I will continue blogging; making stuff up and writing it down for my own entertainment, just in case I write another novel by accident.</div>
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<b>EBook or paperback - </b>Paperback every time.</div>
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<b>Notebook and pen or computer - </b>Just my phone, I've never needed anything else</div>
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<b>Sun or Snow - </b>Oh, sun, definitely, I can't stand snow.</div>
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After growing up in Sussex, (in the hometown of AA Milne and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creators of Winnie the Pooh and Sherlock Holmes respectively) Guy Thair now lives in Devon, in the South West of England with his wife and daughter (who are American and whose story is documented in my blog; A Love Affair) and he has been blogging under the byline of "dalecooper57" for about five years. Guy's various blogs cover everything from fiction and photography to animation and music, all of which he has managed to achieve using just his smartphone. Guy work's for an American aerospace firm and most of his spare time is spent with his family or finding new writing projects to get involved in. </div>
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To learn more about Guy, follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/dalecooper57x">Twitter</a>, or <a href="https://m.facebook.com/accidentalnovelist/">Facebook</a>, or follow his blogs: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dalecooper57/">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.diaryofaninternetnobody.com/">Diary of an internet nobody</a>, <a href="https://trueromantic2014.wordpress.com/">A love Affair.</a> </div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’d like to welcome Devon author <a href="http://richarddeescifi.co.uk/">Richard Dee</a> to the Fossend Publish blog. Richard is releasing his next book Myra on March 15<sup>th</sup> 2017. In advance of the launch Richard is sharing his fantastic book cover, the book description and the first chapter of the book that is available to read on his website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>"I turned, and even though I didn’t immediately realise it, it was then that I fell in love.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Meet Dave Travise, at least that’s who his identity chip says he is. An ex-Navy man on the run; somehow he’s ended up in a dead man’s shoes; on a new ship and on the wrong side of the law. With no way to prove his innocence, he’s just got to play along and keep his head down if he’s going to survive. As if he doesn’t have enough problems, now he’s fallen for Myra, the engineer on his new home.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Pursued by criminal gangs and keeping one jump ahead of everyone, Dave and his new shipmates are going to need all the luck in the Galaxy just to stay alive.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Myra tells the story of how Finn Douglas, Naval Officer; became Dave Travise, Galactic Trader. And what happened before Freefall."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The first chapter is available now on Richard’s <a href="https://goo.gl/2t8Dsz">website</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Richard was born in Brixham in Devon in 1958. As a teenager, he left Devon and moved first to London and then to Maidstone in Kent. In 1975, after a spell working in a Safeway supermarket (Remember them?) Richard went to Sea and travelled the world in the Merchant Navy, qualifying as a Master Mariner in 1986.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In 1988 he gave up the four to five-month trips and came ashore to spend more time with his family. Richard used his sea-going knowledge in several jobs, including Dockmaster at Tilbury, Insurance Surveyor and Port Control Officer in both Sheerness and London,</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In 1994 Richard was head-hunted and offered a job as a Thames Estuary Pilot. In 1999 he transferred to the Thames River Pilots, where he regularly took vessels of all sizes through the Thames Barrier and upriver as far as H.M.S. Belfast and through Tower Bridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In all, Richard piloted over 3,500 vessels in a 22-year career with the Port of London Authority. Richard appeared on National Geographic “Megacities,” where he described the process of taking a sailing ship through Tower Bridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Richard was offered part time work in 2010, which allowed him to return to live in Brixham, where he took up writing and blogging. During this time, Richard also set up and ran a successful Organic bakery, supplying local shops and cafés with Sourdough and Spelt breads. The urge to write eventually overtook the urge to bake but Richard still makes bread for friends and family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Richard finally retired in 2015, by which time he had already self-published his first science-fiction novel “Freefall.” With more time on his hands, it was followed by “Ribbonworld” in 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">September 2016 saw the publication of Richard's Steampunk adventure “The Rocks of Aserol.” and “Flash Fiction,” a collection of Short Stories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Richard contributed a story to the “1066 Turned Upside Down” collection and he is currently working on prequels, sequels, and new projects. The prequel to “Freefall,” entitled “Myra,” will be published in March 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Richard publishes through his own imprint, 4Star Scifi, named in homage to his wife and daughters, his 4 Stars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">To learn more about Richard Dee, visit his <a href="http://richarddeescifi.co.uk/">website</a>, find his books on <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Dee/e/B00CN4TTCG/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1483710039&sr=8-2">Amazon</a>, or follow him on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RichardDeeAuthor/#">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardDockett1">Twitter</a>.</span></div>
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I always like to do a short post every year in December highlighting the books that I really enjoyed reading throughout the year. All of the below books were released this year and are a in variety of genres. </div>
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<b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Happened-Rose-helga-zeiner-ebook/dp/B01M21AKXZ/">What happened to Rose by Helga Zeiner</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Carola’s life is perfect – or so it seems. Her husband, her friends, her staff don’t see the emptiness of a loveless existence. Every day is the same, until the day when she has enough. Without warning she leaves her home country of Germany to start a new life in the Canadian wilderness. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>But she is not equipped to handle the hardships of a lonely existence in a remote cabin. A five-day snowstorm brings her close to her breaking point. Searching for means to survive, she discovers the written confession of the previous cabin owner who wants to clear his conscience by admitting to a terrible sin he committed involving a girl called Rose.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>When the storm subsides, Carola begins to ask questions but nobody is willing to talk. Nobody wants to tell what happened to Rose, but Carola becomes obsessed with finding out the truth.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Will Rose finally get justice? If you love mystery and suspense, with an added romance bonus, this new novel by an Amazon bestselling author will keep you turning the pages all night long.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">CP: I really loved this book, it was a great mystery that pulled you in right from the start and kept you hooked throughout. It had great characters and an interesting historical storyline that connected to present day. It was one of those books that I enjoyed so much that I suffered with book loss once I had finished reading it. I’m looking forward to reading more by Helga Zeiner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Summer Freeman returns to the waterside village of Willowbeck to rescue the Canal Boat Café, her late mother’s picturesque narrowboat, which has run into choppy waters. A family friend, Valerie, has been trying to keep things afloat, but the coffee machine is jammed, the cake offerings are paltry, and not all of the locals want to see the café succeed.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Help comes from the boat next door, in the shape of handsome wildlife photographer, Mason and his naughty Border Terrier, who are showing more than a passing interest in Summer and her adorable Bichon Frise, Latte. But is Mason being honest about himself? Or does he have something to hide?</i></span></div>
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CP: This book is available as one book, or as four separate novellas that make up a four book series. I live by a canal and the books appealed to me because of that. It’s an easy going story with relatable characters and heavily features life living on or by a canal, which is an interesting subject to read about. It's a nice cosy book/series to read.</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Call-Mount-Sumeru-Kelsey-Porter/dp/1530543789/">The Call of Mount Sumeru (book three of the Kelsey Porter series) by Elyse Salpeter</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Kelsey Porter returns to NYC with her world turned upside down. Her brother has betrayed her, her boyfriend is missing, and she’s left with a mysterious manuscript no one can decipher. It’s not until she goes searching for the elusive legend of Bigfoot at a Buddhist Monastery in Alaska that she finds herself, yet again, thrust into situations that are seemingly beyond her control. Why are children suddenly missing across the Pacific Northwest? Where is Desmond? Are these mysterious creatures in the woods really Yetis? It’s these questions she pursues and they bring her full circle back to Buddhist spiritual mysteries, and this time it’s not her life that hangs in the balance, but the lives of an entire civilization.</i></span></div>
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CP: My regulars will know how much I love the Kelsey Porter series and I was so excited when book three was released this year. It didn’t disappoint and it was great to catch up with Kelsey and the other regular characters and see what happened next for them. This is definitely another book that I recommend.</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Vacation-Sarah-Elle-Emm-ebook/dp/B01BB1ZRSQ/">Last Vacation by Sarah Elle Emm</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Seven days have passed since Naples real estate agent Megan MacKenna has heard from her twin sister, Madeline, who was vacationing on the beautiful, Caribbean island of St. Croix. Though authorities are not convinced there is a case to solve, Megan knows with all of her heart something happened to Maddy. When Megan receives a direct warning to leave the island or end up like her sister, she turns to the only person who has taken her seriously since she arrived, Gabe, a breakfast cook at a local diner. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Undercover DEA agent, Gabriel Walker has been building his cover for months, waiting for the opportunity to work his way into the infamous Torrez crime ring. When Megan shows up asking questions and Gabe realizes her twin’s disappearance might be linked to the Torrez men, he has to convince her to go back to Florida before she becomes their next victim. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>The closer Megan gets to the truth, the more Gabe begins to suspect he is missing a huge piece of the puzzle. And someone is closing in on Megan…</i></span></div>
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CP: I was a huge fan of Sarah’s YA <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Harmony-Run-4-Book-Series/dp/B016QAWUQ4/">Harmony Run</a> series and so I was interested to read Last Vacation, a crime/thriller. It was a fast paced read that kept me engaged, that I couldn’t put down. The characters were great and the descriptions of the setting St. Croix was fantastic. If you like this genre then it’s a great book to read. </div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Curl up with this gorgeously romantic tale and let the glistening snow and the roaring fires of Stardust Lake Hotel get you in the festive spirit this Christmas. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Piper Chesterfield lives a glamorous life travelling the world and reviewing the finest hotels. She calls nowhere home, she works alone and that’s how she likes it. For long ago Piper decided that to protect her heart she should lock it away. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>So when Piper’s next assignment brings her to the newly opened Stardust Lake Hotel for the festive season, the last person she expects to face is Gabe Whitaker, the man who broke her heart so completely she could never love again.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>But Piper isn’t the only one who has been frozen in time by heartbreak. Gabe hasn’t forgotten the golden-eyed girl who disappeared from his world without a trace. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Now fate has reunited them on Juniper island, can the magic of Christmas heal old wounds? And can this enchanting town be the one place Piper can finally call home?</i></span></div>
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CP: We finish up with a great Christmas book. You all know how much I love my Christmas books, and this one doesn’t disappoint. It has all the elements for a great Christmas book, snow, Christmas themes, ice sculptures, a great setting all wrapped up in nice romantic storyline. It all makes for perfect Christmas reading. </div>
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I hope you all had a great 2016. Here’s looking forward to a wonderful Christmas and New Year, and have 2017. Happy reading and the bog will be back soon with more great author interviews!</div>
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Emily has a secret; 30 years ago the choices she made changed her world forever. And now, it resonates in the present, threatening to reveal its truth.</div>
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When Georgia removes her son, Dylan, from a prominent Edinburgh school, she relocates to the family home on the Greek island of Corfu. The discovery of her late mother’s diary immerses Georgia in her parent's troubled marriage, a story of love and tragedy.</div>
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Adam’s life has become predictable, something is missing, and it has to change. When he answers an advert to home teach a boy with autism, he hopes his life will take on a new direction and meaning. But he hasn’t bargained on falling in love.</div>
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Nothing will prepare Georgia for the diaries final revelation which will force her to question everything she knew about her mother and everything she knows about herself.</div>
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The Boy Who Hugs Trees is an intimate, compelling and intensely moving love story that unfolds and reveals the profound impact of impossible choices. </div>
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<b>Q: Welcome back to the Fossend Publishing blog Dougie. Can you give the readers a brief overview of your book,<i> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Who-Hugs-Trees-ebook/dp/B01M33KW5J/">The Boy Who Hugs Trees</a></i>.</b></div>
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Georgia decides to remove Dylan from the school and home tutor him. The family has a house in Corfu. It belonged to Georgia’s parents and passed to her upon their deaths. Georgia is convinced that Dylan will benefit from spending some time there. She sets about the task of employing a tutor. At the same time, Stephen’s business interests have taken him to Majorca, Spain, where he will spend several months on and off. The proposed move to Corfu intensifies the cracks that have been festering in their marriage, and as tensions rise, their relationship is tested when Georgia hires a male tutor.</div>
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Adam is a university lecturer, specializing in autism. His life has become unbearably predictable and when he applies to an advert to tutor a boy with autism on the island of Corfu, he hopes his life will take on a new direction and meaning. But he hasn’t bargained on falling in love.</div>
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The discovery of Georgia’s late mother’s diary immerses Georgia in her parent's troubled marriage, a story of love and tragedy that feels very familiar to her own. Within the diary there is a secret her mother kept for thirty years and with each page Georgia reads it will soon resonate in the present and threaten to reveal its truth.</div>
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As life at the house in Corfu takes on routine and meaning and Adam blends into the lives of Georgia and Dylan, he finds his feelings for Georgia grow with each day, but unsure of how Georgia feels he tries to suppress them. Stephen visits when he can, but each time he does his intolerance of having another man live with his family has devastating effects for them all. </div>
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Can Georgia and Adam continue to resist the attraction that draws them closer?</div>
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Nothing will prepare Georgia for the diaries final revelation which will force her to question everything she knew about her mother and everything she knows about herself.</div>
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The Boy Who Hugs Trees is an intimate, compelling and intensely moving love story that unfolds and reveals the profound impact of impossible choices. </div>
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<b>Q: What inspired you to write <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Who-Hugs-Trees-ebook/dp/B01M33KW5J/">The Boy Who Hugs Trees</a></i>?</b></div>
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A: I wanted to write about a search for happiness and this is what the two main characters try to achieve. It’s a journey into the human heart that exposes the beauty and frailty of what it means to be human, to love, to hate, and to discover that the choices people make in the past can have devastating outcomes in the future. </div>
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A: There is that saying, you should write about what you know. As well as having a son who has autism, I am a children’s learning disability nurse with a postgraduate diploma in autism and I work with families who have children and young people with autism. I am also part of a team that diagnoses children and young people for autism. I didn’t want to portray the stereotypical image of autism that is often in the media. I wanted to show that people who have autism are individuals with their own personalities and characteristics who are not defined just by autism alone. So it was important to try and get over how someone with autism may experience the world around them, but equally Dylan, who is the young boy in the novel, has the same wants, and needs as every other person his age. </div>
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<b>Q: Like your first book<i> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Homecoming-Dougie-McHale-ebook/dp/B0144BKLH2/">The Homecoming</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Who-Hugs-Trees-ebook/dp/B01M33KW5J/">The Boy Who Hugs Trees</a></i> is set Greece. What made you choose to write about Greece again?</b></div>
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A: Although my books are standalone novels, they have a common theme, and that is they are mostly set in Greece and in particular, the Ionian Islands and that was a conscious choice I made right at the start when I was writing my first novel. I had the idea of writing a trilogy, but I didn’t want to be restricted to the same characters or story lines so the concept of making the books set on the same group of islands was formed. I haven’t marketed the novels as a trilogy, but in my head they are. I should call them ‘<i>The Ionian Trilogy.</i>’ </div>
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A: It did actually. Although I have been to Corfu, when it came to writing about the island I still had to research about the capital, Corfu Town and the island in general. Google is a lifesaver. During the novel, Georgia’s husband, Stephen, gets involved in drugs trafficking so I had to make myself familiar with the drugs trade in Greece, Spain, and the Balkans. Scary stuff. Also, as part of the novel is set in the early 1970’s I needed to make that period in the novel as authentic as possible so I researched that time period in Corfu as well. </div>
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A: I love the creative process. I get a lot of satisfaction from writing words that become sentences, paragraphs and finally chapters that have the potential to connect with the reader by conjuring images within their minds eye with the possibility to evoke potent emotions, laughter, sadness, empathy etc. I like to observe human behavior and mannerisms. I often listen to how people speak and watch the gestures they use to communicate with one another. It informs my writing and characterization. I love the feeling I get when I’m satisfied with a piece I’ve just written.</div>
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To know that people are actually reading my books, meeting the characters, and hopefully emotionally responding to them and their story is quite humbling actually.</div>
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A: My favourite classical instrument is the Cello.</div>
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<b>Q: What’s next for Dougie McHale? </b></div>
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A: Another book. A few years ago I saw a painting by an artist called Lena Sotskova. I knew that one day I would write a book with that painting as its inspiration. I have ideas forming in my head. I know it will have two time lines, one in the early 1900’s and modern day. Of course, it will be set in Greece on an Ionian island, but I’m not sure which one. The story will lead me to the particular island. Since it takes me about a year from start to finish, it won’t be published until late 2017. </div>
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In a past life Dougie has been a dockyard worker, student, musician and song writer, playing in several bands, performing live and recording music. He has a degree in Learning Disability nursing and a post graduate diploma in autism. Dougie lives in Dunfermline, Fife, with his wife, teenage daughter, older son and hyper active golden retriever. He is interested in identifying with a physical place and the feeling of belonging therefore Edinburgh and especially Greece are prominent in his writing. Dougie has written two novels, inspired by a love of all things Greek, her islands, people, landscapes, sea, light and ambience all of which are important themes and symbols in his writing.</div>
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<b><i>A mystery so shocking it needs to stay hidden</i></b></div>
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Carola’s life is perfect – or so it seems. Her husband, her friends, her staff don’t see the emptiness of a loveless existence. Every day is the same, until the day when she has enough. Without warning she leaves her home country of Germany to start a new life in the Canadian wilderness. </div>
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But she is not equipped to handle the hardships of a lonely existence in a remote cabin. A five-day snowstorm brings her close to her breaking point. Searching for means to survive, she discovers the written confession of the previous cabin owner who wants to clear his conscience by admitting to a terrible sin he committed involving a girl called Rose.</div>
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When the storm subsides, Carola begins to ask questions but nobody is willing to talk. Nobody wants to tell what happened to Rose, but Carola becomes obsessed with finding out the truth.</div>
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Will Rose finally get justice? If you love mystery and suspense, with an added romance bonus, this new novel by an Amazon bestselling author will keep you turning the pages all night long.</div>
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<b>Q: Welcome to the Fossend Publishing Blog Helga. Can you give the readers a brief overview of your Book, </b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Happened-Rose-Helga-Zeiner/dp/0995325405/ref">What Happened to Rose</a></b></span><b>.</b></div>
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A: Hello, and thank you for inviting me to this interview. My new novel is an intense mystery about a little girl called Rose stolen from her family and place into a new home deep in the Canadian wilderness. I don’t want to explain too much – the nature of a mystery is to keep things hidden as long as possible, right? </div>
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<b>Q: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself, and when your interest in writing began.</b></div>
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A: The day I read my first book – I was about nine, and my dad gave me the 80 volume collection of a German writer called Karl May – I fell in love with books, and with the idea of storytelling. Soon after, I began to experiment with words. My poor family suffered through exhausting times of having to listen to my literary trials and errors.</div>
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<b>Q: What prompted you to write </b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Happened-Rose-Helga-Zeiner/dp/0995325405/ref">What Happened to Rose</a></b></span><b>?</b></div>
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A: Believe it or not, but I had a vision of the incident of Rose’s disappearance while I walked along the shore of a picturesque lake in the Rocky Mountains. I saw it so clearly, I researched later on in newspapers and historic archives if such a crime actually happened. I found no reference, but like my protagonist Carola, I became obsessed with finding out Rose’s fate.</div>
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<b>Q: What challenges did you face when writing</b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><b> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Happened-Rose-Helga-Zeiner/dp/0995325405/ref">What Happened to Rose</a></b></span><b>? </b></div>
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A: To have the story so close and so clear in my mind became a bit overpowering. All my books have part of my life woven into the storyline, but none are as ‘autobiographic’ as Rose’s story. My challenge was to separate fiction from fact when I had to leave the computer and come back into this world.</div>
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A: Before I start, I count myself down from ten to zero. Then I imagine a door opening to my very private writing palace. I enter it, close the door, and voila – I’m in the zone.</div>
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A: Research is a major part of all my books. I research as much as possible in advance, usually locations, historic dates etc. I travel to all the places I write about. But while writing, my story often takes me to a place or date I’m not very familiar with, so I need to research as I write along.</div>
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A: Going into the editing stage of my next book, called ‘The Shadow Master’ … and building a new home for us. A cottage even deeper in the woods than our current home.</div>
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<a href="http://helgazeiner.com/en/">Helga Zeiner</a> is a German born Canadian author. She left her home town Augsburg at age eighteen to explore the world. In the following fourteen years she has lived and worked in Australia and Asia, writing in her spare time.</div>
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She now lives with her husband on a country estate in the wilderness of British Columbia, devoting all her time to writing.</div>
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<a href="http://helgazeiner.com/en/">Helga Zeiner</a> has published five novels in German and two in English. She is currently writing her third English thriller</div>
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<b>Q: Welcome to the Fossend Publishing blog Elle. Can you give the readers a brief overview of your book, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/author/ellehenry">Awaiting Bliss</a></i>.</b></div>
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A: The novel <a href="http://www.amazon.com/author/ellehenry"><i>Awaiting Bliss</i></a> is all about finding your inner happiness. Letting go of any drama in your life by living your best life and becoming your best self. The main character Allison Jacobs has endured many trying times in her romantic life. An atypical people pleaser—Allison realises she will never find that unexpected happiness until she becomes one in her own skin. For once she decides to forgo proper etiquette and live life.</div>
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A: Surprisingly, I’m very aloof and introverted. I may even come off as shy in some social settings. On the exterior I’m well put together, however, on the inside I’m a ball of nerves. A bit of a dork—I love anything Victorian. An avid bibliophile, I can spend hours in the day reading. It’s the best part of being an editor. I get to read get stories!</div>
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A: <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/author/ellehenry">Awaiting Bliss</a></i> is actually the very first manuscript I’ve ever drafted. The story itself is almost five years old. Allison was my very first character creation, and like many writers I was very protective of her story. I did introduce her in Pieces of Me; however, I wasn’t ready to tell her complete story yet. I needed to grow some more as a writer. </div>
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A: The sexual content was out of my comfort zone as a writer. I wanted a challenge with this novel. It’s very steamy and adult without being raunchy. At the end of the day the story is romantic and tasteful. </div>
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A: A little bit of both now. In the beginning, I would definitely say I was a pantser. I would grab a pen or my MacBook and let inspiration find me. Now, I see that having an outline is very important when it comes to the flow of a story. I don’t necessarily plot every scene, but I do have an idea of what the chapters will look like. Best of both worlds!</div>
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A: Yes, I ALWAYS write in pyjamas! I don’t why but it has become tradition. Every since the first book, I’ve written in pyjamas it’s sorta of a good luck thing for me. Also, I need my Twinings Earl Grey tea. </div>
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A: Manicures and pedicures are a must in my life. I like going to get pampered every couple of weeks—leaving all my real world problems; behind even if it’s own for a couple of hours<i>. </i></div>
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A: Going on the journey with your characters. You maybe the author; however, the characters drive the story. Awaiting Bliss started in a very different direction. I’m glad these characters forced me outside of my comfort zone. </div>
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A: Editing and Revision. Never edit your work, it’s the best advice I can give. </div>
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A: I’m planning on completing book two Awaiting Desire due out Valentine’s day and The Beautiful Ones, the follow up to More Than Words. </div>
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Elle Henry is an Amazon bestselling author, her works include two Poetry and Story Collections: Pieces of Me and Epiphany, novels More Than Words and Awaiting Bliss Anthologies Nightmarish Eve and Black, Blue and Purple Pain. Her education includes BA and MA in English and Creative Writing. Aside from her writing, she is a blogger for Hype Orlando “Candidly Elle”. She’s an Editor and writing consultant for self-publishing writers through her company Tres Chic Edits. Elle credits her inspiration from some of her favorite authors such as the Bronte sisters, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daphne Du Maurier, Sylvia Plath and Stephen King. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, reading and visiting museums. Originally from Orlando, Elle now lives with her family in Pennsylvania. </div>
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To learn more about Elle visit her <a href="http://authorellehenry.com/">website</a>, or follow her on <a href="http://twitter.com/candidly_elle">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/candidly_elle">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://pinterest.com/authorellehenry">Pinterest</a> or <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/authorellehenry">Goodreads</a>. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brynn Bancroft’s enjoyment at running her former husband’s winery is overcast by a rash of troubling burglaries and her inability to reconnect with her ex. When she receives an urgent phone call from an old college friend, she welcomes the interruption. Unfortunately, her friend’s business activities intrude on her routine. Then her ex-husband threatens her marriage hopes when he considers selling the winery. When the burglaries escalate, a sense of foreboding plagues her, hinting at trouble to come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Q: Welcome back to the Fossend Publishing blog Joyce. Can you give the readers a brief overview of your book, <a href="http://amzn.to/2ewI2pU"><i>Overcast Sunset: A Brynn Bancroft Mystery</i></a></b><span style="line-height: normal;"><b>.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A:<i> <a href="http://amzn.to/2ewI2pU">Overcast Sunset</a></i> is the third Brynn Bancroft mystery—a standalone with repeat characters. Brynn has left her job as chief financial officer of a Silicon Valley biotech firm to run her ex-husband’s winery. Unfortunately her enjoyment of her new life is overcast by a series of burglaries and her inability to reconnect with her ex-husband. When she receives an urgent phone call from a college friend, she welcomes the interruption. However, the burglaries escalate and her ex-husband threatens her marriage hopes when he considers selling the winery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: I headed corporate communications at several biotech and high-tech companies in California's Silicon Valley for more than 25 years—a career that required a considerable amount of writing marketing materials, including by-lined articles. I became interested in writing fiction following a layoff in 2008. My late husband remarked that I should write mysteries—since I read enough of them. It seemed like a good idea, especially when I encountered the ease of publishing offered by e-books and Amazon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I uncovered an interesting murder mystery in the news on which to base my first mystery and have turned to real crimes to plot all of my historical and current mysteries – although they are definitely fictionalized. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I live with my cat and collection of cow statuary in Southern California, and enjoy exploring and writing about the growing wine region in the Ramona Valley near San Diego, in addition to writing mysteries.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: <i><a href="http://amzn.to/2ewI2pU">Overcast Sunset: A Brynn Bancroft Mystery</a></i>, is the third book in The Brynn Bancroft Mystery series. What is it about Brynn as a character that made you want to write more than one book about her?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A:<b> </b>Brynn started out as an unlikeable character but because of her association with my initial heroine she participated in the early mysteries as a sub-character. The more I got to know her, the more interested I became in following her progress toward becoming an engaging character interested in more than making money. So when I finished the three Jillian Hillcrest mysteries, I turned to Brynn with enthusiasm. She developed into an able sleuth and an engrossing character—someone we can root for. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Did you face any challenges when writing <i><a href="http://amzn.to/2ewI2pU">Overcast Sunset: A Brynn Bancroft Mystery</a></i>? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: Crimes in wine country tend to be complex, such as, ponzi schemes of selling off high-end bottles multiple times; or investment in futures that never happen. To turn them into suspenseful mysteries was challenging. But the thriller occurs with the actions of the villains as the sleuth/hero tries to solve the crime. I enjoyed creating my villains and they helped make their crimes compelling.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: I have enjoyed reading about Brynn Bancroft and Jillian Hillcrest in their respective series. Are you planning any more series that will feature these characters?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: Although Jillian and Brynn might pop up in future books, they will not be featured sleuths. I plan to move on to a new location with a character that I will spin out of the Brynn Bancroft books – Emily Lazzaro. She is the daughter of the winemaker at Brynn’s winery and lives in the wine country in Ramona, Calif, near San Diego. Therefore we will continue to see wine as a part of the next mysteries, but we will move to southern California to explore a new setting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: When I am writing, as opposed to researching or marketing, I set a goal of 3,000 to 6,000 words a day and do not stop until I’ve reached a first draft or rewritten the second, third, or fourth. I typically set aside writing time and do not allow interruptions – smile! Sometimes it even works. I write the 3,000 to 6,000 words even if the writing is bad. Occasionally, my rewriting of poorly-written first drafts turns into my best prose. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: I love writing. It’s fulfilling to create a sentence, paragraph, page and turn it into a story. I enjoy exploring how my villain can best tantalize my heroine; and I like creating those flaws in my heroes that allow the villain to exploit them. And as a lover of mysteries I am enthusiastic about figuring out the puzzle and dropping little hints to lead and red herrings to mislead the reader. I even have fun rewriting the story to address my editors’ red pen markings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: As a writer of mysteries, I find endings the most challenging. I tend to want to wrap everything up in Agatha Christie style, with Hercule Poirot gathering everyone in the conservatory and explaining who did it and how. I have explored various ways to pull the strings of a mystery together and most recently solve it a clue at a time, some of the solving leading to other puzzles, so that over a few chapters we know the solution.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Writing can be hard work, what do you do to relax, or when you need to step away from the computer for a bit? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: I am fortunate in that I’m retired and have the days to write. Therefore, I usually stop writing between 5:00 and 6:00 o’clock and enjoy reading, watching TV, or going out to dinner or a play. The break helps me prepare for the next day’s writing. If I do need to work at night due to a deadline, I take a break of at least a half hour of exercise. It really helps stimulate me if I get away from writing if only for a half hour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: I research both my current and historical mysteries. For my current-day mysteries, I search for information about the crime on which I’m basing my plot; police procedural and jurisdictions; background information, such as winemaking; setting; and information on relevant criminals</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My historical mysteries require much more in-depth research. In current-day mysteries I know how my protagonist communicates by cell phone, travels to her nearby town, and conducts queries on the internet. In my historical mysteries, I have to learn all of the background information, such as the existence and use of telephones; travel by trolley or horse and buggy; and pouring through newspaper archives to uncover information. The historical setting frequently plays a role in creating the mystery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love doing research, particularly historical research. Figuring out how people lived in a different time adds another dimension to my writing pleasure.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What type of writer are you. Are you a plotter or Pantser? Do you work in a dedicated space? Do you need silence or listen to music?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: First, I am one of those people who needs silence when I write. When music is playing, I want to listen to it and it slows me down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do tend to work in the same place – on my favorite chair with my laptop. Sometimes moving to a different place will help me move on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For my current mysteries, I choose the crime around which I build the plot. Then I create biographies for the main characters, followed by a clear beginning and ending concept. Then I start to write and let the ideas come to my fingers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For my historical mysteries, I’m inclined to do much more of an outline due to the need to understand the background of the time period in which the book is based. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What’s next for <a href="http://joycestrand.com/">Joyce Strand</a>?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A: My next book will promote Emily Lazzaro to head sleuth. She will uncover a mystery in the town of Ramona, Calif. in the Ramona Valley wine country near San Diego. I plan to publish the book in November 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://joycestrand.com/">Joyce T. Strand</a> is the author of who-done-it contemporary and historical mysteries set in California. All of her published seven novels are inspired by actual events and/or real people, although they are definitely fictionalized.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Strand headed corporate communications at several biotech and high-tech companies in California's Silicon Valley for more than 25 years. Unlike her protagonist Jillian Hillcrest, however, she did not encounter murder in her career. Strand lives with her cat and collection of cow statuary in Southern California, and enjoys exploring and writing about the growing wine region in the Ramona Valley near San Diego. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To learn more about Joyce T. Strand go to her <a href="http://joycestrand.com/">website</a> or follow her on <a href="http://bit.ly/2e6AJ6g">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/joycetstrand">Twitter</a> or <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5385246.Joyce_T_Strand">Goodreads</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Q: Welcome to the Fossend Publishing blog Dee, and congratulations on your recent award wins in the Erotica category in the Summer Indie Book Awards. Second and third place, you must be so happy!</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A:Thank you...I am over the moon. I was more than a little blown away by how my readers embraced the competition and really seemed to push my books. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Q: Can you give the readers a brief overview of the books that were nominated.</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Never-Choice-Choices-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B00U2YDT5W/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8">Never a Choice (The Choices Trilogy Book One)</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A: This is the first book but can be read as a standalone. It’s a sexy story with a super hot rich alpha and a strong yet skeptical female that is just trying to get by...there is a good deal of suspense, and of course smoking hot sex scenes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A:The characters in this story first appear in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Choices-Trilogy-Plus-New-Novella-ebook/dp/B0192BGF7E/ref=la_B00VFRYOCW_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1476287110&sr=1-5">The Choices Trilogy</a> but here Sam and Jason have their very own tale. This is a little darker and dirtier and is edge of the seat suspense thrown in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A: Well, firstly I think mine is vanilla with spice...contemporary romance but because of the graphic scenes they do come under the erotica category and I’m ok with that. I read this genre mostly and I love writing it. I write about real relationships and sex is very much central to many relationships...if only it played out like some of the scenes ... sigh ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A: Mostly just promotion...with the over 18 nature of content advertising and visibility is hard. Also people assume its just porn...which oh my god...I can’t even go there...shakes head and walks away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A: Tiffany Reisz because her Original Sinners series rocked my world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A: I have Disgraceful Book2 in the Disgrace Trilogy coming out in November, Grace the 3rd book in January and a standalone...oh my word this book will knock your socks off it’s so hot...in March..title still in progress but I’m super excited about it :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dee Palmer hates talking about herself in the third person so I won't. My husband had my iPod engraved one Christmas with 'sing like no-one's listening' and I know my family actually wish they weren't listening because I am, in fact, tone deaf but it doesn't stop me and this gentle support has enabled me to fullfill a dream. This has been a truly brilliant experience. It has undoubtedly been made possible by my incredibly supportive family. I know this is very much another acknowledgment bit but I know I wouldn't be writing even this single paragraph if it wasn't for them so this is about who I am, I am because they let me be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">To learn more about Dee Palmer visit her <a href="https://deepalmerwriter.com/">website</a>, where you can also sign up to her newsletter. Or you can follow her on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DEEPALMERWRITER/?fref=nf">facebook</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/deepalmerwriter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">twitter</a>.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Q: Welcome to the Fossend Publishing blog <a href="http://www.nettymorgan.com/">Netty</a>. Can you give the readers a brief overview of your book,<i> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1530398568/">Puddles of Love</a></i>.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A: Madeline Kalvos was much loved, respected and admired on the island of Zakynthos. When she died and left her estate to a long lost niece, everyone was aghast. Helen Hardy, recently widowed, is shocked to discover the truth about her long, forgotten Aunt Maddie. A bizarre and watertight clause in the will instructs Helen to spend thirty days on Zakynthos. Join Helen and her ditzy friend Dotty as they land on the beautiful Ionian island and immerse themselves in the wonderful and often eccentric world of the Zakynthian animal lovers. Helen has just thirty days to make the most important decision of her life, with a few individuals determined to chase her off the island, it certainly won’t be all wine and roses. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Q: What inspired you to write <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1530398568/">Puddles of Love</a>?</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A: In October last year, I took my granddaughter over to Zakynthos to attend the annual ZAWF dog show. Idly chatting to a friend, I was gazing around at the busy scene, and a minor disturbance caught my eye. A tiny woman was being dragged through the crowds by a large, over-excited St Bernard. It really was a “light bulb” moment. The book that I’d always wanted to write was there in front of me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A: Puddles is real; he lives with my daughter and son-in-law. Sadly he is not as intelligent as Helen’s Puddles, but he is safe, happy and very much loved. The plight of the dogs and cats on the island is also very real, and I wanted to raise awareness of the incredible work the volunteers do throughout the year. I also wanted to let the tourists know how simple the process of adoption is. From a personal point of view, I have wanted to write a book for over thirty years, for no other reason than to prove to myself I could do it and tick off another item on my bucket list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A: Oh gosh, yes. Having adopted two dogs and a cat from the island I knew the process well, and visiting Zakynthos so many times meant I could describe the place well. That’s where my knowledge ended, and every day, as I wrote, I would be checking things. From the correct spelling of towns to the medical details of animal illnesses, and everything in between, involved a lot of research. I have so much respect for authors of bygone years. I was able to send an email, message a friend or trawl through the internet to gather my research very quickly. Past authors must have spent months, even years visiting people, places, and libraries to enable them to write.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A: I love reading books set in places I know. It was, therefore, an obvious choice for me to write about a place I know and love so well. Zakynthos has an aura that draws visitors back again and again. Often when I first meet other tourists, the first thing asked is “Have you been here before?” and always the answer is “Yes, many times.” I find it quite difficult to put into words that feeling of “coming home” when you first step off the plane. It’s a feeling that so many others understand, though, they feel it too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A:<b> </b>Oh, there are so many special memories. Two of my children have chosen to get married in Zakynthos. Both weddings were vastly different but both so very special. There was a moment on the day of my son's wedding in 2009 that sticks in my mind. We chose to spend the day by the pool as a family and as I watched my four children, granddaughter, and husband having so much fun I realised how very blessed I was to be surrounded by so much love and laughter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An overwhelming memory, which will never leave me is the day we drove away from the hotel towards the airport. That was the holiday that Puddles found us. He had followed us for a week, sleeping every night on our balcony. As we drove away, I glanced behind, and he was chasing the car up the road, barking furiously. I can’t recall ever being so heartbroken as I was at that moment. Luckily that story had a great happy ending!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A: That is such a difficult question and one that I guess many would answer in different ways. For me, it's not about the green mountains or golden beaches or even the glorious Ionian sea. It’s also not about the friendliness of the locals or the mouth-watering food. For me, it's all about that perfect moment when I step off the plane and Zakynthos wraps it’s arms around me in a warm embrace and whispers “Welcome home.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A: Yes. I am a prolific reader and cannot fall asleep unless I am reading. Apparently, I learnt to read aged 4, and I will be forever grateful to my mum for showering me with books and encouraging me to read. I don’t have a favourite genre when it comes to reading. I love romance, mystery, intrigue, historical, detective and autobiographies, in fact, as long as a book grips me in the first chapter, I will read it to the end. I do enjoy books that are part of a series. When a book ends, I want to know what happened next? What became of a particular character? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A: I have a few favourite authors. Patricia Cornwell, John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, Diane Chamberlain and Nicci French to name a few. Since the onset of the self-publishing world, I have discovered many less well-known authors. Jana Deleon’s books have me in stitches, well worth a read. My guilty pleasure though is Dick Francis novels. My mum used to get the Readers Digest Condensed books, and that’s where I discovered the famous ex-jockey. I was deeply saddened when he died but his son Felix is continuing to write in the same style as his famous father. I have the whole collection of his books and especially love delving into a Dick Francis when I’m travelling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A: I am currently working on the sequel to <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1530398568/">Puddles of Love</a></i>, “One Step Forward.” The book will continue Helen’s story but also introduce a couple of new characters including her twins James and Annabelle. The opening prologue describes the moment a body is found! As to who’s body? and how they died? Well, I’m afraid, that’s all your getting; my lips are sealed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It took me four months to write Puddles; the process took over my whole life and every waking moment was focused on telling Helen’s story. I learnt a valuable lesson from this, and I am taking my time writing the sequel. Life is very busy at the moment. My eldest daughter gets married in three weeks time, and I have been working hard on my allotment all summer. I have also recently taken on my perfect part time job managing our local community centre. All these things though are fueling my imagination for future novels. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nettymorgan.com/">Netty Morgan</a> is a happily married Mum to four wonderful grown-up children and “Nanny” to three gorgeous Grandchildren. Netty lives in Berkshire with her husband, cats, and dogs. Taking early retirement from a career in teaching Netty finally had the time to fulfill her lifelong wish to write a novel.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Two of Netty’s biggest passions are the beautiful Greek island of Zakynthos and the stray dogs and cats that relentlessly roam the streets. Going through the process of adopting two dogs and a kitten Netty has made many special friends who live on Zakynthos and devote themselves to rescuing, fostering and rehoming the strays.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a> is a place unlike any other. At the farthest south western tip of the UK <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a> is mix of amazing beaches, ancient history and enticing myth's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When writing my book <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Among-Olive-Groves-Chrissie-Parker-ebook/dp/B00M6XBYTK/ref">Among the Olive Groves</a> I wanted Kate's home town to be based in <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a>, somewhere that complimented the Greek island of Zakynthos, and Newquay was the perfect choice. It suited her character and the lifestyle she lead growing up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed writing about </span><a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cornwall</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, it is such an inspirational place, as well as being </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a great holiday destination. There is so much to see and do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is full of history, with amazing places such as </span><a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/pendennis-castle/?gclid=CPD4i8L-78sCFW8o0wodCx4I_w&gclsrc=aw.ds" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pendennis</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/restormel-castle/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Restormel</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Castles, </span><a href="http://www.cornwalls.co.uk/history/ancient/stones.htm" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stone Henges</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.cornwalls.co.uk/history/ancient/stones.htm" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Megaliths</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> dated to around 10,000 to 2,500 BC, and </span><a href="https://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mines</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> from Cornwall's past Industrial history. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my favourite historical places to visit is <a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/tintagel-castle/">Tintagel</a>. This fantastic castle is the fabled 'home' to the legend that is King Arthur, but it also has an interesting history stretching back to the Dark Ages. Perched on the edge of the cliffs, you climb up and down jagged rocks that lead to an isolated clifftop defensive settlement. Walls, ground works and even the ruins of an old church remain, and it is incredible to think that people lived on the top of this cliff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a> also has an interesting <a href="http://www.intocornwall.com/features/literature.asp">literary</a> link, many books have been set in the county, the most notable are Poldark by Winston Graham and the varied works of Daphne Du Maurier. One of those works Jamaica Inn, is one of my favourites. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bodminmoor.co.uk/">Bodmin Moor</a> where the Inn is situated, is a wild but beautiful place. A large unspoilt moor topped with granite Tors that overlook marshy bogs and valleys. <a href="http://www.jamaicainn.co.uk/">Jamaica Inn</a> itself is a step back in time to a bygone era that gives any visitor a brief impression of what <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a> would have been like in the days of highwaymen and smuggling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a> has one of the best and varied coastline's in the UK, with numerous <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/beaches">beaches</a> and coves. There are great places for surfing, watching the sunset or relaxing on the sand with friends and family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For surfing the north west coast is one of the best areas, and Fistral beach is one of Europe's top surfing destinations. There are also plenty of family <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/beaches">beaches</a> and many of them now operate seasonal dog bans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pretty harbours are also dotted around the Cornish coast, many of which are still filled with fishing boats; signs of a continuing fishing industry that is vital to the county. Fishing has been the main economical source of income for <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a> for many decades, something that remains important to Cornish residents. Some must-see <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/about-cornwall/blogging-cornwall/must-visit-harbours-cornwall">harbours</a> are St Ives, Padstow and Charlestown, but there are lots more to be explored.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally there is the industrial side of <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a>. A history of the county that lies abandoned, yet visible, throughout the county. These buildings are so iconic and I love seeing them pop up on the horizon. The minute I see them, I know I have finally arrived in <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a>. Tin was the mining industry of choice in <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a> and reminders of its history still remain. The <a href="http://www.poldarkmine.org.uk/">Poldark Mine</a> is a great place to visit. An underground tin mine that is open for visitors and it's a fascinating look into the past of an industry that was once so important to the county.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I absolutely love <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a>, it's a county like no other. It's beauty, heritage and tourist appeal are second to none. There are parts of <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a> that are so magical and timeless that you feel like you have stepped back in time. I highly recommend visiting <a href="https://www.visitcornwall.com/">Cornwall</a>, once you visit you will want to return again and again.</span></div>
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<br />Chrissie Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05292685120330845123noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285664475169706799.post-50847351776426201292016-02-21T10:01:00.000-08:002016-02-21T10:15:07.588-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>The beautiful island of Zakynthos</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sitting in the Ionian sea off the west coast of the Greek mainland is the island of Zakynthos. It is a place that has captured the hearts of thousands of tourists over the years, many of whom return year on year to enjoy a few weeks of good food, beautiful scenery and turquoise, sea-lined beaches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have visited the island, and it now holds a very special place in my heart, I have some great family and friends who live there, and I love it so much</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> that I chose to set a book there. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wanted to show others what a special place it is and why people should visit, that is a wonderful island filled with great hospitality, history and culture.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chrissie at Porto Limnioas</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, recent stories that describe Zakynthos as nothing more than a party island, or as a place is that is <i>only</i> geared towards the 18-30 crowd it's upsetting for all those who love the island, whether they be a resident or a tourist. Anyone who really knows Zakynthos, are aware that Laganas in the south is a draw for those who like to party. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">B</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ut Laganas is one resort. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Zakynthos is not a party island. Zakynthos is so much more, it is a family oriented island, it is an island where couples choose to get married, it is an island where people choose to visit so that they can relax, take in the scenery, and enjoy the many highlights it has to offer.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">View across the island towards Mt. Skopos</span></td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.zanteisland.com/en/history-zakynthos.php"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">History</span></b></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Zakynthos is renowned for its varied history. As well as having an interesting mythological history it has also been ruled by the Romans, Byzantines, Venetians, French and Russian-Turkish and British.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are some interesting historical sites on the island that are definitely worth visiting including A Venetian Castle at Bochali. The Argassi Bridge that dates to around 1800, and now sits half in the sea, half on the sand. A Venetian Tower at Exo Chora and a Venetian watchtower near Tsilivi. Sarakina House, in Mouzaki which is an old ruinous English residence of neo-classical style. And the Vrysakia Aqueduct near Argassi that is thought to be part of an old water system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are also many memorials on the island such at the Cross at Kampi and the Jewish Cemetery, as well as commemorative monuments to famous Zakynthos poets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Zakynthos has around fifteen churches and monasteries scattered throughout the island. At the top of Mount Skopos is the Virgin Skopiotissa Monastery that dates to around the 15th Century. In Zante town is the Venetian church of St. Nicholas of the Mole that was one of only three buildings to survive the 1953 earthquake. At the north of the island is St. George Krimnon monastery that was destroyed ground by pirates in 1553, it also has a tower that was used to defend the monastery from attack. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are seven Museums on Zakynthos, ranging from Natural History, Byzantine History and Naval history. The museums cover many aspects of the long and chequered history of the island and each one gives a unique insight into a certain period of time on the island. There is also an Exhibition Centre that highlights the excellent work undertaken on the island that helps protect and preserve the endangered loggerhead turtles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beaches are plentiful in Zakynthos, in fact there are so many that I don't have room to name them all! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the south there are fine sandy beaches and warm, clear sea. This area is also home to the endangered loggerhead turtles, so there are some restrictions at certain times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the west/north there are many inlets with crystal blue waters just perfect for swimming in, and Navagio (shipwreck) beach that is only accessible by boat. The boat trip out there is worth the trip though, and I would also recommend a boat trip to the many caves dotted around the coastline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The east coast of the island is filled with spacious, picture postcard beaches at some of the most popular resorts including Tsilivi, Alykanas and Alykes, that holidaymakers love, and flock to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Zakynthos is full of culture. Whether you are interested in Sculpture, Architecture, or Music, Theatre and Festivals, there is something for everyone. It's a great way to get involved and to immerse yourself into island life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, contrary to recent reports of Zakynthos being nothing more than a party island, you can see that there is so much more to this jewel of a Greek island. So please, tell everyone, show everyone, what an amazing place it is. Let's keep Zakynthos in the hearts of people everywhere, and continue to encourage people to visit this very special place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For more information about Zakynthos visit: <a href="http://www.gozakynthos.gr/">Go Zakynthos</a> or visit <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g189462-Zakynthos_Ionian_Islands-Vacations.html">TripAdvisor</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I have always had a passion for ancient history, I love reading about the Greeks, Romans and Nabataeans but my heart lies with Egypt. I love history so much, and it's something this been part of my life for a long time. History is important, it's how our ancestors shaped the world we live in today, and it's fascinating to look back at ancient life to see how people lived, worked and what they invented. We have a lot to thank the ancients for, and our lives would definitely be poorer without them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">For me Egypt is a place that not only fascinates me, but it also inspires me. So much so, that I have chosen to set my next book Wind Across the Nile there. I have been lucky to visit the country on a number of occasions, and those trips are in my top five of favourite places to visit. Leaving Egypt has always been hard for me, there is something about the country that gets under my skin, stays with me and makes me leave a small piece of my heart behind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Many people ask me what my favourite thing about Egypt is, and it's a tough choice, there are so many amazing things to see, be it the pyramids, one of the many temples or the fantastic museums. If I had to choose, it would probably be a trip along the Nile on a felucca. It is wonderful being out on the water watching the many sights of Egyptian life pass by, but for me sunset is the most magical time to be out on a felucca, as day turns to night and the colours of the day bleed across the sky giving way to inky skies filled with stars, you feel like you are the only person on earth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello everyone I am so happy to be able to reveal the cover to my upcoming book, “The Diary of a Broken Father.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a prequel to my novella Closure which was published in July 31, 2014. This details the story from Garrison James point of view and this story will deal with his struggles through AA and direct the story from his own eyes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The main reason I wanted to write his story is because I did have readers ask me about him and felt they wanted me to have expanded on him more. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is his story and all the laments he has for what he is done. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For now, I hope you enjoy the amazing cover designed by the awesome Natasha Brown. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This novella will be out June of 2016. Be sure to check out my updates on the links below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sylvia Stein is a published author with several anthologies with her Writer’s group 750 on linked </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stein obtained a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing and English from Southern New</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hampshire University this past July 2015. She is a mother of three beautiful children Paul 10, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Michael 9 and Consuelo 6.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She resides in the city of Fuquay Varina with her amazing husband</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jeremy. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stein has also published two solo books one was her first novella Closure which she</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">worked on while attending SNHU and published in July of 2014 and the other her first YA</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chasing Clarity was published this past October 2015 and it was created during National Novel </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Month (Nano) in 2013.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is currently working on her prequel to Closure which is due out in</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">April 2016.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When she is not writing she enjoys time with her children and husband.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her latest</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">work will be out this summer 2016. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Prequel to Closure entitled, “ The Diary of a Broken</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Father.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well another year is almost over and I have read many great books this year. I would love to be able to list them all but it's just not possible. So, I would like to share, in no particular order, my favourite reads of 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nacreous is book four of the Harmony Run Series. It is a series that I have avidly followed and I couldn't wait for the book's release in August. It was the final book in the series and it didn't disappoint. The series is extremely well written and the story very clever. A must for any YA/Fantasy fan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After two members of the Freedom Front are arrested and interrogated by the UZTA's tyrannical President Nicks, Rain Hawkins and her friends face the alarming reality that their plans to liberate the mixed zones across the United Zones of The Authority might not come to fruition. While the resistance movement is growing outside the walls of the zones, the president's forces are strengthening and putting citizens everywhere in more peril than ever. When Rain receives warnings that her cousin, Calista, has agreed to support plans to kill the mixed zones, and that her life could be in the line at the upcoming pure zone initiation ceremony, she must decide where her loyalties lie and if all of her allies can be trusted. As The Freedom Front use their abilities to unravel the mystery of the ceremony, The Authority captures some of their friends, forcing TFF to either go into hiding, or plan a rescue mission that could jeopardize everything they've been fighting for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A completely unexpected book set in Greece that draws you in and throws you straight into the complexity of Greek life. It is one of those books that you can't put down, it's definitely one for lovers of Greece! This is the first book by Rebecca A Hall and I really liked it. I can't wait to read more from her in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So with sunshine in mind, Rachel take a TEFL course and heads to Greece after securing a job teaching English in a remote village. She wasn't looking for love, but she found it in the lifestyle and history of the country, its culture and the enduring volatility of its people. Girl Gone Greek is a contemporary women's fiction novel. When Rachel moved to Greece to escape a life of social conformity, she found a country of unconventional characters and economic turmoil. The last thing she expected was to fall in love with the chaos that reigned about her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love Marian Keyes books and couldn't wait to read this one. The description intrigued me but didn't disappoint. It had me hooked from the beginning and even though I was desperate to finish it to find out what happened I felt a bit lost once I'd read the final page. A brilliant page turner as always!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One day, sitting in traffic, married Dublin mum Stella Sweeney attempts a good deed. The resulting car crash changes her life. For she meets a man who wants her telephone number (for the insurance, it turns out). That's okay. She doesn't really like him much anyway (his Range Rover totally banjaxed her car). But in this meeting is born the seed of something which will take Stella thousands of miles from her old life, turning an ordinary woman into a superstar, and, along the way, wrenching her whole family apart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I came across Eve of DeCONstruction on the internet. The story sounded very interesting so I thought I would read it. The story was excellent, with great characters and an even better twist at the end. Definitely an author I'd recommend, and another great book for those who love reading about Greece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A mystery set in wine country pitting financial exec Brynn Bancroft against a determined stalker, a troubled love interest, and career clashes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brynn Bancroft learns that a former employee who beat her nearly to death has returned to stalk her and her friend, Jillian hillcrest, also a former victim. Recently divorced, Brynn turns to a new love interest only to encounter additional unwelcome issues. Meanwhile, short-timer Brynn, who has resigned from her Silicon Valley company, becomes bored fulfilling her remaining responsibilities there. She begins to prefer supporting the launch of her ex-husband's new hilltop winery while waiting to move to her next position. Between her stalker and her new love interest, Brynn faces a series of life-threatening events. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have read so many great books in 2015, I wish I could list them all here but I just wouldn't have enough space or time. I do however recommend flicking back though my archive to see some reviews of books released over the last year. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Welcome to my blog Dougie. Can you give the readers a brief overview of your book,<i> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Homecoming-Dougie-McHale-ebook/dp/B0144BKLH2/ref">The Homecoming</a></i>.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Homecoming is about Louis Satriani’s discovery that the life he thought he lived and shared turned out to be a lie. He is forced into a journey of self-discovery. It also explores the theme that events and choices people make in the past can often resonate in the present and influence the future. At its essence The Homecoming is a love story where the two main characters try to overcome their conflicts in the face of adversity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In an attempt to escape his past Louis travels through Greece, an experience he hopes will help him reconstruct his life and rediscover a sense of normality. Gradually he feels himself connecting to the landscape, sea, culture and people of Greece which begin to shape and influence his life. When visiting Olympia, Louis meets Maria, a tour guide and she invites him to the island of Zakynthos where he hopes to erase the loss of the hopes and dreams that once galvanized his life? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The circumstances that have brought Louis and Maria together embroil them in conflicting emotions forcing them to face and confront their feelings for each other, opening old wounds that resonate in the present. The ghosts of Louis’ past are never far and a friend’s revelation leads to the discovery of an event that has powerful ramifications for both Louis and Maria forcing Louis to choose between his heart and head. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To sum it up, The homecoming encapsulates love, loss, identity, reconciliation and a quest to solve a secret, set against the backdrop of Edinburgh, the Greek mainland and the Ionian island of Zakynthos.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What inspired you to write <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Homecoming-Dougie-McHale-ebook/dp/B0144BKLH2/ref">The Homecoming</a>?</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wrote a travel journal/book of my visit to the island of Zakynthos many years ago. It was my first serious attempt at writing a book but it was never published. I didn’t know it at the time but it was to influence the writing of The Homecoming which has Zakynthos as its main backdrop. I used that piece of writing as my research when the story line of the novel moves to Zakynthos. The main backdrop in the novel was always going to be Greece that was never in doubt. I’m also inspired by what it means to be human, our thoughts, feelings, emotions and beliefs and how such things influence our relationships with others and our personal stories. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Why was it important for you to write <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Homecoming-Dougie-McHale-ebook/dp/B0144BKLH2/ref">The Homecoming</a>? </i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was the book I was always going to write and it grew with me. I wrote it over a period of a few years and during that time my writing developed and improved. Many years ago when I wrote my first ever song I thought it was good at the time, however, as I learned the art of song writing I realized that as a process it takes time and a lot of practice before you finally get it right. Learning to write a novel was the same. I revisited the plot and prose which involved lots of drafts and with each visit it was like getting acquainted with an old friend again. Initially its flaws and weakness were all to evident but with time its strengths and potential matured into a story that I really cared about as eventually my writing improved and I felt competent with my style. It became a potent part of my life. As my writing progressed, the characters developed into intricate individuals with private and personal sides, their hopes, motivation, dreams and conflicts drove the plot forward. They became like real people to me who I empathized with and who I had watched grow and develop.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Homecoming-Dougie-McHale-ebook/dp/B0144BKLH2/ref">The Homecoming</a></i> is set in a few locations, including Edinburgh, the Greek mainland and the Greek island of Zakynthos. What made you choose those locations?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m interested in identifying with a physical place and the feeling of belonging therefore Edinburgh and especially Greece are prominent in my writing. Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, it is rich in history, has amazing classical buildings, (the new town of Edinburgh is a world heritage site) and it also has vibrant restaurants and café bars, and last but not least, Hibernian football Club. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greece occupies my heart. Her history, culture, religion, people, landscape, light, colours and sea inspire me every day. There is almost a spiritual quality to it but then maybe that’s just me. Zakynthos is one of the main jewels in Greece’ crown and I’ve always been transfixed by its landscapes, light, sea and ambience. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the book Louis finds refuge in the character of the sea, it becomes a comfort to him and he feels connected to its constant presence. He becomes aware of an awakening in himself and this became an important symbol in the novel.<i> </i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Did writing <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Homecoming-Dougie-McHale-ebook/dp/B0144BKLH2/ref">The Homecoming</a></i> involve any research?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes it did. I researched Zakynthos’ history of occupation, the earthquake of 1953 and modern day Zakynthos. My time on the island, the places I visited and the people I met helped to inform my writing and hopefully make the parts of the novel set in Zakynthos feel authentic and real. I did some reading on classical Greece, as part of the novel is set in the village and ancient site of Olympia, the home of the original Olympics. <b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also had to make sure that the locations Louis visited in Greece were accessible and geographically correct. I also did a bit of research on the town of Nafplion and relied on my memory for Athens and Kyllini.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What do you enjoy the most about writing?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the creative process. I get a lot of satisfaction from writing words that become sentences, paragraphs and finally chapters that have the potential to connect with the reader by conjuring images within their minds eye with the possibility to evoke potent emotions, laughter, sadness, empathy etc. I like to observe human behavior and mannerisms. I often listen to how people speak and watch the gestures they use to communicate with one another. It informs my writing and characterization. I love the feeling I get when I’m satisfied with a piece I’ve just written.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To know that people are actually reading my book, meeting the characters and hopefully emotionally responding to them and their story is quite humbling actually.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m not one of those authors who can write a book in a few months. I can’t write every day, it doesn’t work like that for me. I often jot down bits and pieces but I need to be inspired to write, I can’t force it. I have lots of paper with ideas, dialogue and scenes prepared before I write on the lap top. I’d love to be able to write 1000 words a day or even 2000 a week but to do that I’d need to be a full time author; life has the habit of getting in the way. I don’t dislike anything about writing, how can I dislike something I love. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Do you read? If so what type of books do you read? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love books that have a sense of place and time, which draw you into the social and cultural complexities with ease. I like the characters to speak to me from the page, where I can identify with them, their hopes, fears, conflicts, loves and emotion, for me that is when a character becomes real and it’s at that point that I want to know what is going to happen to them, where is their life taking them in the story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I often read Sebastian Faulks, William Boyd, Anita Shreive and Carlos Ruiz Zafon. At the moment I’ve just finished Midnight in St Petersburg by Vanora Bennett. The common denominator is that they all write about what it really means to be human through our relationships with the world and each other. Most importantly they write good stories with beautiful prose. <b></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: You used to be a musician, does music influence your writing at all, and do you listen to music when you write?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually I do. I normally put music on while I write it has become an integral part of my writing routine, I have it on in the background. For me, it sets the right mood. I enjoy a wide and diverse range in musical taste but throughout the writing process of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Homecoming-Dougie-McHale-ebook/dp/B0144BKLH2/ref">The Homecoming</a> I listened to classical music from the Baroque period, especially composers like Corelli and Boccherini. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What’s next for Dougie McHale? Will you be writing more books and if so can you give us an idea of what they will be about?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I‘m writing my second book now but at the rate I write it won’t be finished anytime soon. I’m about a third of the way through. I originally had the idea of placing it in Edinburgh and Mallorca but now that I’ve published my first book I’m beginning to think that I should stick with Greece. It would mean some minor changes to the plot and location but it could still work. I’m open to suggestions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a past life Dougie has been a musician and song writer, playing in several bands, performing live and recording music. He has a degree in Learning Disability nursing and a post graduate diploma in autism. He is a children and young person’s learning disability nurse with a specialist interest in autism. Dougie lives in Dunfermline, Fife, with his wife, teenage daughter, older son and golden retriever. The Homecoming is his first novel, inspired by a love of all things Greek, her islands, people, landscapes, sea, light and ambience all of which are important themes and symbols in his writing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To learn more about Dougie you can follow him on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/www.dougiemchale?_rdr=p">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/dougiemchale">Twitter</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chippenham UK, present day. Eve Watkins is a fairly average modern woman in her early forties with two teenage kids, a loving husband with a steady job and career of her own. It looks like her average life is fairly uneventful, yet secure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Following the death of her mother she discovers things about her own past </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that come as a complete surprise to Eve. These lead her eventually out to a small village in mainland Greece, where developments soon lead to her life beginning to deconstruct before her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ought she have let sleeping dogs lie? Yet she knew she had to find out. She had to know who she really was. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Welcome to my blog John. Can you give the readers a brief overview of your book, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eve-DeCONstruction-John-Manuel-ebook/dp/B00TPKX1XO/ref">Eve of Deconstruction</a></i>.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a story about a British woman whose mother was Greek. When her mother dies she finds some perplexing documents that throw her whole past into doubt. Suddenly she's not sure who she is, but she must find out. In doing so her life begins to deconstruct around her.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What inspired you to write <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eve-DeCONstruction-John-Manuel-ebook/dp/B00TPKX1XO/ref">Eve of Deconstruction</a>?</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was agonising about whether to write a third novel, because I had no ideas for a good plot. Then I came across a story on the internet about a scandal that ran for several decades in Greece and was hit by the germ of the idea.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What challenges did you face when writing <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eve-DeCONstruction-John-Manuel-ebook/dp/B00TPKX1XO/ref">Eve of Deconstruction</a>? </i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I knew that there would be some historical facts about the Greece of the 1960's that I'd need to get right. I knew some stuff from my late Greek mother-in-law, but not nearly enough, so off I went Googling!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Why was it important for you to write <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eve-DeCONstruction-John-Manuel-ebook/dp/B00TPKX1XO/ref">Eve of Deconstruction</a>? </i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I needed the money!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Did writing <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eve-DeCONstruction-John-Manuel-ebook/dp/B00TPKX1XO/ref">Eve of Deconstruction</a></i> involve a lot of research?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A fair amount, yes. But I'm sure there are writers out there who've had to do a lot more than I did for “Eve”. Probably you for a start, when you wrote “Olive Groves”!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: You have now written seven books set in Greece. Is there a reason why Greece has become your favourite writing subject?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I suppose the fact that I live here is a major reason. One thing that I have learned is that you can't write with authority about things that you know very little about. Having Greek relatives and a wife with a Greek background also is a major factor. Plus there's a ready audience of readers who love the country and like to read books with a Greek theme.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: You live in Rhodes, was there a reason why this particular part of Greece captured your heart?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No, not really. We'd made the decision to move to Greece but were thinking of a smaller island to begin with. But then friends whom we'd introduced to the joys of Greek holidays some years ago decided to build a house in the South of Rhodes and one thing just led to another. We caretake for the owners, that's the arrangement. It suits us and we're actually now glad to be on a larger island. It's about convenience I suppose. If we need medical treatment, or just some wood for a new fence, it's easier on a larger island. Plus, we have Lidl!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Writing, as you'll know Chrissie, is a lonely occupation. I am a people-person by and large, but I also really enjoy those intimate moments alone when I'm immersed in what I'm writing. It is something creative and I've always (he said modestly) fancied myself as a creative person. It's why I've tried playing in a band and, many years ago, painting too. Watch out for my first book of poetry! (said with a wry smile).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Getting it done. Sometimes when everything's flowing I can't type fast enough. Plus, as I'm not a good typist, I'm forever correcting my errors and that frustrates me further when I'm in full flow. Once I have a story line I'm impatient to get it all down and frightened sometimes of losing something before I can get it on to the screen in front of me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Incessantly. Both my wife and I read a broad spectrum of stuff. We'll read, for example, a Clive Cussler, then a Jodi Picoult, then maybe a historical novel. I'm a Bill Bryson fan too, and although it probably sounds anything but humble, it was his stuff that inspired me to start the Ramblings From Rhodes series. One thing I've found and it's this: There is plenty of rubbish out there with a conventional publishing deal, whilst equally plenty of indie authors turn out excellent work. I am irritated by people who comment on Amazon that independent authors must be rubbish. Ignorance, pure and simple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, if you'd asked me that forty years ago I'd have said Thomas Hardy, because his work was always tinged with a healthy scepticism regarding established religion (he was way ahead of his time) and a dark humour. He also was superb at bringing his characters' early actions back to haunt them in later life. George Elliot I loved too. Nowadays? It's difficult, because I like different authors for different genre-related reasons.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What’s next for John Manuel? Will you be writing more books and if so can you give us an idea of what they will be about?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've begun work on “A Beginner's Guide to Greece” with my tongue firmly in my cheek! As for fiction, I won't even start anything if I don't think up a good plot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://johnphilipmanuel.wix.com/works">John Manuel</a> was born in Bath, UK during the 1950’s. He was educated at the City of Bath Boys’ School and primarily excelled in the arts. He has always maintained a deep interest in music and writing, whilst having pursued a career as a graphic designer after having attended Gloucester College of Art and Design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His wife’s mother was born in Athens and his own love affair with the country of Greece eventually blossomed into his first published work, “<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feta-Compli-Ramblings-Rhodes-Book-ebook/dp/B005FNQIR6/ref">Feta Compli!</a>” He wrote several articles for the now defunct “Greece” magazine and has also had a piece published in the in-flight magazine of EasyJet, the European budget airline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He now lives with his wife in a quiet area toward the south of the Greek island of Rhodes and, since the death of his mother in July 2013, only occasionally visits the UK. He has published four lighthearted books of Grecian memoirs under the series title "Ramblings From Rhodes", which is also the name of his popular blog about life on the island. He has also published three works of fiction, "<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/View-Kleoboulos-John-Manuel-ebook/dp/B00AXLLE5G/ref">The View From Kleoboulos</a>", "<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brief-Moment-Sunshine-prequel-Kleoboulos-ebook/dp/B00ILP07BS/ref">A Brief Moment of Sunshine</a>" and the latest, "<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eve-DeCONstruction-John-Manuel-ebook/dp/B00TPKX1XO/ref">Eve of Deconstruction</a>".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To learn more about John go to his <a href="http://johnphilipmanuel.wix.com/works">website</a> or his <a href="http://ramblingsfromrhodes.blogspot.gr/">blog "Ramblings from Rhodes"</a> or you can follow him on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/johnmanuelfiction">Facebook</a>. A full list of his book can also be found on his <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Manuel/e/B0040QB5EK/ref">Amazon Author page</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would like to welcome Sylvia back to my blog. She is releasing her second novel this week, a novel called <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chasing-Clarity-Sylvia-Stein-ebook/dp/B016AG2E56/ref">Chasing Clarity</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>About <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chasing-Clarity-Sylvia-Stein-ebook/dp/B016AG2E56/ref">Chasing Clarity</a></u></b></span></div>
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2013 for the National Novel Month but the idea for this book began in July of
this same year. You know it is amazing how one character from a show can impact
so much of my life and it did when I awoke to the tragic news of his
death. It was something so profound and for me it felt like losing
a part of my family. I
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Chasing Clarity was born. However I did
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about bringing the theme of love and loss and how my main character Mia will
try to overcome the tragic obstacles and be able to find a purpose and pursue
on her dreams. I know friends who are
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Author Sylvia Stein began her path to writing when she joined the Writer’s Group on Linked in 750 in 2012 and she also started to connect with other authors through the World Literary Café. She continued her journey by creating short stories, which were published, in the Giant tales Anthology series. While obtaining her Masters degree at Southern New Hampshire University online author Stein built a solid foundation with her colleagues who encouraged her to continue on her writing. That’s when Closure was born. With the help of her editor Closure grew from a short story to a full novella that Author Stein is excited to share. Her First Debut Novel came in July 31, 2014 entitled, Closure and now she has just released her first YA called <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chasing-Clarity-Sylvia-Stein-ebook/dp/B016AG2E56/ref">Chasing Clarity</a> out 5th October 2015. "This is the first of many to come."</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To learn more about Sylvia you can follow her on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SylWriter07">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/sylvia_stein07">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=156982275&trk=spm_pic">LinkedIn</a>. She also has a Blog called <a href="http://sylviasteinswritingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/">Sylvia Steins Writing Corner</a> as well as a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnNy2wZI6Uw">YouTube</a> page.</span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To find Sylvia's Books on Amazon, click <a href="http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00EJT3FYQ">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Closure by Sylvia Stein</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To read an excerpt of Sylvia's first Novella <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Closure-Sylvia-Stein-ebook/dp/B00MAYXETI/ref">Closure</a>, please click <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Closure-Sylvia-Stein-ebook/dp/B00MAYXETI/ref">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd like to welcome Ralph Lavelle to my blog to talk about his new book <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Greek-Island-Season-Zakynthos-ebook/dp/B0150FZ44G/ref">On a Greek Island: A Season in Zakynthos</a>. Welcome Ralph!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hailing from Ireland, but based in Australia with his family, web developer Ralph Lavelle was tired of office life in Brisbane. You know how it is. So he went to Zakynthos, the Greek island his wife Tina's parents come from, to see how he and his family would get on living there for a season before he had to face real life and get a job again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While they were there, however, it began to look like Greece could find itself out of the Eurozone any day the way things were going in Brussels between Syriza and the troika - oops, the "institutions". But the Greeks are resilient, and Zakynthos itself has seen off earthquakes and invaders over the centuries. It turned out to be an ideal base from which Ralph could launch a full-scale attack on the language, the music, and the culture in general, while his two kids were sequestered away in a village school. </span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Interview with Ralph Lavelle</b></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Q: Welcome to my blog Ralph. Can you give the readers a brief overview of
your book,</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Greek-Island-Season-Zakynthos-ebook/dp/B0150FZ44G/ref">On a Greek Island: A Season in Zakynthos</a></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The book is
about the three and a half months I spent on Zakynthos with my family from
April to July of this year; the things I did, the sights I saw, the people I
met. Every two years we come back from Australia to Europe, to see my family in
Ireland and to spend time in Zakynthos. This last time we thought we’d take
time off our jobs and take the kids out of school to spend a bit more time on
Zante: it seemed a shame to only ever spend two or three weeks there. So when
we got there I just wrote about the things I did from the moment we arrived at
the beginning of April, when it was cold, to the end of July, when it was warm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What inspired you to write <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Greek-Island-Season-Zakynthos-ebook/dp/B0150FZ44G/ref">On a Greek Island: A Season in Zakynthos</a>?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, we wanted
to spend more time on the island than we normally did, but I knew I’d need to
have something to occupy me. I can only stare at an olive tree for half a
morning before I start to get impatient, and I needed something to do for a whole
season. So that was the inspiration – I always wanted to write a book, and here
was my best chance. That, and the fact that no book in the travel memoir genre
seemed to exist for the island, that I could see anyway. You know, like ‘A Year
in Provence’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also wanted
to make myself learn Greek, and forcing myself to meet people, do stuff, and
write about it all seemed like as good a way as any.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What challenges did you face when writing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Greek-Island-Season-Zakynthos-ebook/dp/B0150FZ44G/ref">On a Greek Island: A Season in Zakynthos</a>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had to learn
how to write. I’d never written something book-length before. So I read books
about writing, but also books that are just good examples of ‘guy goes
somewhere nice and writes about it’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I also had to
learn how to read Greek. I could say some stuff in Greek, like ‘four’, ‘trousers’,
and ‘house’, and could even combine them to make sentences of dubious
rectitude. But I had to improve drastically. We all joined the library, and I
got a few books out, until I found one that was at the right level for me to
read. It was way beyond what I could read at the time, but it gave me something
to aim for. With all the time in the world to look up every second word, I
finished it. A huge milestone: my first ever Greek book. Then we heard about
this great new book about Zakynthos, ‘Το μυστικό του λεβάντε’ (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://stefivos.com/">http://stefivos.com/</a></span><span lang="EN-US">) which we got, and I read that. It was
a long slog – I probably wore out the library dictionary, but two days before
we left I finished it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Why was it important for you to write <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Greek-Island-Season-Zakynthos-ebook/dp/B0150FZ44G/ref">On a Greek Island: A Season in Zakynthos</a>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really wanted
to leave something behind, to give something to the island, if you like. I
can’t actually do anything useful myself; I’ve never learned to cook, put up shelves,
or do heart surgery, but I can at least write about people who can do useful
stuff – I have the patience to do that. Also, I wanted to help other people who
might be interested in coming to the island to see what it’s like. Most people
come to Zante for a week or two and don’t get a chance to experience what I
did. Maybe they’re not that interested, but some must be, and at least they can
have a four-month break there vicariously, through my eyes, the same way I’ve
travelled with some authors without actually leaving my sofa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Did writing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Greek-Island-Season-Zakynthos-ebook/dp/B0150FZ44G/ref">On a Greek Island: A Season in Zakynthos</a></i> involve a lot of research?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little, but
it’s not really that sort of book. You want to get the facts right about the
island, the dates of the Venetian occupation, etc. but my emphasis was more on
the people I met, especially as I got more into the book and began to realize
that’s where its strength lay.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like I say,
learning Greek was the most research I had to do with the book, because I’d
consider myself a fraud if I was writing a book about a place whose language I
couldn’t at least read a little and whose people I couldn’t understand a little.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: What’s the best memory you have from your time
on Zakynthos?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Playing music
with the mandolin and guitar group in Lithakiá. For the first time in all my
visits to the place I had the time to join in something that was authentic.
Normally, I’d never be able to do that – two or three weeks isn’t enough. But
this time I could, and I was accepted unhesitatingly. It helped that I knew it
was something I could write about, and in fact I became good friends with the
guy who organizes the group: he’s ‘the Maestro’ in the book. The songs are so
nice, it was such a pleasure learning them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: The book shows how much you know and love Zakynthos,
what makes the island so special?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Obviously,
Zante is a beautiful place, but so are most, if not all, Greek islands. The
people are wonderful, but again, I’ve no doubt that people are more or less the
same all over.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What makes
Zakynthos special for me, and it’s a funny kind of ‘special’, is probably the
tension between the traditional culture of the island, which is alive and
strong, and the package tourism on which it relies. A lot of people who come to
the island are ignorant of or uninterested in that culture, and that’s their
right. It’s hard to see, when you’re so used to the island, how strange the
language must seem, especially for people who don’t speak English, and how hard
it is to do much when your role is to be a ‘tourist’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m somewhere
in the middle, much closer to the tourist end of the spectrum than the local
end, but I’m walking across that bridge more with every trip, I suppose. Which
makes being there so interesting for me. (By the way, that spectrum/bridge
sentence is a horrible example of mixing your metaphors, which my books on ‘How
to Write’ told me not to do, but I’m not writing a book now.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span>If so what type of books do you read? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Science,
history, travel stuff. I especially love reading foreign language books. It’s
hard, but it’s a two-for-one: you enjoy the book, and you improve at the
language. Of course, it usually takes me three times as long, depending on the
language. I’ve just finished reading my first (for pleasure anyway, not
homework like when I was a kid) book in Irish, which was easier than I thought.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Q: Do you have a favorite author? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If so, who and why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m going
through a mad James Joyce phase at the moment. Ulysses is the Everest we all
have to climb. Or something. Why is he the man? Because he changed literature
by showing that ordinary people’s lives could be heroic, could be worth being
the subject of book. A book which is about nothing really. Like an episode of
Seinfeld, in fact, only ruder, and with more references to Dublin. And that’s
fine. We don’t have to have people caught up in international plots, or falling
in love, or wrongly accused, or involved in the Napoleonic wars for them to be
interesting and worth writing about. He showed us that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In science, Richard
Dawkins is a huge hero of mine. The poetry of his writing, but also the
directness, the clear-headed prose, has been a huge influence on me. Steven
Pinker too; same.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With travel,
Paddy Leigh Fermor was a big influence on the writing of ‘On a Greek Island’,
but he can be a bit much. Anyway, I write about him in the book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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about one particular subject, in this case Zakynthos. It’s not so easy to have
a bunch of chapters in your head with no overarching theme to wrap them up in,
which is what I find myself with now. But I’ll just keep writing, and I’ll see
what comes of it. I definitely have more books in me, but as to what they look
like when they come out, well, I have no idea. They probably won’t be cookery,
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To learn more about about Ralph Lavelle visit his <a href="http://kouklahouse.com/">Blog</a>, or follow him on <a href="https://plus.google.com/+RalphLavelle">Google+</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/RalphLavelle">Twitter</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd like to welcome Sarah Elle Emm to my blog to talk about her forthcoming release <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nacreous-Sarah-Elle-Emm/dp/1941058337/ref">Nacreous</a>, book four of the Harmony Run series. Most of you who follow my blog will know that I'm a huge fan of this incredible series.</span></div>
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two members of The Freedom Front are arrested and interrogated by the UZTA’s
tyrannical President Nicks, Rain Hawkins and her friends face the alarming
reality that their plans to liberate the mixed zones across the United Zones of
The Authority might not come to fruition. While the resistance movement is
growing outside the walls of the zones, the president’s forces are
strengthening and putting citizens everywhere in more peril than ever. When
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kill the mixed zones, and that her life could be on the line at the upcoming
pure zone initiation ceremony, she must decide where her loyalties lie and if
all of her allies can be trusted. As The Freedom Front use their abilities to
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dystopian series, released in May 2012 by Winter Goose Publishing. (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Prismatic-Harmony-Run-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0086I288A/ref">PRISMATIC</a>,
May 2012, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Opalescent-Harmony-Run-Book-2-ebook/dp/B00BKS3OJ0/ref">OPALESCENT</a>, February 2013, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chatoyant-Harmony-Run-Sarah-Elle/dp/1941058183/ref">CHATOYANT</a>, September
2014, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nacreous-Sarah-Elle-Emm/dp/1941058337/ref">NACREOUS</a>, August 2015) Her debut fiction novel, </span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #1b1040; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Missy-Sarah-Elle-Emm-ebook/dp/B005Y0EC4G/ref">MARRYING MISSY</a></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1b1040;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, was published by Bird
Brain Publishing in October 2011. Sarah is a graduate of The University of
Evansville, she has lived and worked in Mexico, Germany, England, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, and has traveled extensively beyond. Sarah lives in Naples,
Florida with her family. When she’s not walking the plank of her daughters’
imaginary pirate ship or snapping photos of Southwest Florida scenery, she is
writing.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hooray, it is finally release day for Nacreous!
Thanks for stopping by the fabulous Release Day Blitz, organized by Book R3vi3w
Tours. To kick off the blitz, here are a couple of “Fun Facts” about my writing
process… I hope you enjoy!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So…Music. Some authors swear by it. They
have their playlist set in the background while they pen their latest
manuscript. Me? Not exactly. Music is very important to me. I believe in dance
parties, and by dance parties I mean cranking up my I-pod to the music fitting
my mood, be this salsa, classic rock, blues, country, classical, whatever, and
dancing alone in my room or kitchen. (Yes, I said classical and country in the
same list). My kids may or may not be in attendance. They like to watch and
laugh. Sometimes, they join in. But as far as my writing process goes, the
music is sort of my warm up. So I might turn on some music that fits my mood
for parts of the story and listen to it in my car or at my desk before I write,
but not while I am actually writing. I need it to be quiet in the room, so I
can tell the story…(Ahem, hear what my characters are trying to tell me). ;)
While I wrote Nacreous, and the other books in the Harmony Run Series, my
favorite music warm-up to set the mood was Lorde. Specifically, the songs <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A World Alone</i>. In fact, if any of the books from my series could be
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can’t sit down and force myself to write
everyday because it begins to feel too mechanical, but I am definitely one of
those people who thinks about writing, story ideas, characters, scenarios all
of the time, awake or asleep. I love using my dreams in my writing and have
written a few of them into scenes in the Harmony Run Series. Back in college,
the good ol’ stone ages, I had one of the most terrifying dreams of my life
about a man with a triangular-shaped eye chasing me down a corridor, one door
after the other, with this woman’s voice echoing all around us, telling him to
kill me. When I got to the end of the corridor, I opened the last door, and he
was standing there facing me. I woke up sobbing…About a year later, a
psychology professor at my university asked some of us to share dreams with him
so he could demonstrate dream analysis. I bravely raised my hand, (this was
huge for me, since I am very shy in person), and shared my dream in vivid
detail. After I finished talking, the entire class got eerily quiet and the
professor told me I was dealing with issues beyond his realm of help, and went
on to the next student’s dream. That student shared a dream about not being
able to make a goal in a soccer match, and the professor dissected his dream in
depth for fifteen minutes. Years later, I incorporated that dream, adding on
some twists and turns of course, into book one from the Harmony Run Series,
Prismatic. </span></span></div>
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