tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55908685031292235982024-03-16T11:27:06.530-07:00Deirdra EdenAuthor, Artist, and Advocate.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger616125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-40866596607188973782024-03-16T11:26:00.000-07:002024-03-16T11:26:31.094-07:00The Lawnmonsters by Shannon Cooley<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48WJtDw" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1356" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EL-dYSy8JyQ4Kaxkm_K68kuk6iGvDQE92z5RSn8Tfz3nj4_NTiddjkvT5HhiDEci6RjJWUywTkKCIit_GSfh2palz8njAT-LR0uo5o8fv4IJ9n7GYUI4ulKXm1320gRf_JauzbTzisVnc2q9UQBAdW33wCHVpP8fPZCHZi1kD5mGop786LqFpZngRl8/w294-h444/431305906_372446275664083_5091881004933145711_n.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span class="a-text-bold"><b>Bryce has one summer to prove he’s responsible.</b></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><span class="a-text-bold"><b>Then he accidentally brings the lawnmower to
life.</b></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p>He tries to hide his mistake by starting a mowing business, but the hungry
lawnmower hasn’t learned “stay” yet, his employees are demanding benefits, and
if Dad finds out he’s been lying all summer, he might never trust Bryce again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Bryce’s new goal: get through the summer with his relationships – and his
mom’s rhododendron bushes – intact… and maybe prove he’s not just a little kid
anymore while he’s at it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Publisher: One Thousand Fables (February 9, 2024)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ISBN-13: 978-1957056005<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Print Length: 216 pages<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48WJtDw" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1291" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rXL1kPk4uaipPxptgN8TMbZsKptJpw3Fs4rhX9aNmnyOUQVUwM9zHXWb9ngpQ5AJ6r9DGzOclqj27O1GvAywBB5AIMhLIc8a1Tn6tbhc8bmqwg3x7DjWC2HqsL9e78l-_saZqJ_h0XJs7gZ6JUzZiNsMvZsHd4PEVuvTLcr3bY2NiycDiw0vkZAWLiU/s320/431191267_435455285647778_345315149733933223_n.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">About the Author: Shannon teaches nonfiction writing by day
and writes novels by night, sometimes under not-so-secret identities (like her
pen name, Shanna Delaney, who only writes sweet romance). She lives in Virginia
with her blacksmith husband, three kids, and 100 animals (mostly chickens).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-51958904906198196682024-03-12T14:52:00.000-07:002024-03-12T14:52:32.077-07:00Seven Conversation Starters for Deep Conversations.<p> </p><div class="gs" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; width: initial;"><div id=":ep"><div class="qQVYZb"></div><div class="utdU2e"></div><div class="lQs8Hd" jsaction="SN3rtf:rcuQ6b" jscontroller="i3Ohde"></div><div class="wl4W9b" jsaction="LNSvUb:.CLIENT;xSdBYb:.CLIENT;CDWmBe:.CLIENT;EtHLdc:.CLIENT;pQnh7:.CLIENT;pKHw7e:.CLIENT;Z03mxd:.CLIENT;NZLNxf:.CLIENT;bXglpe:.CLIENT;mzh2Bc:.CLIENT" style="display: flex;"></div></div><div class=""><div class="aHl" style="margin-left: -38px;"></div><div id=":7z" tabindex="-1"></div><div class="ii gt" id=":er" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6ci02MzI2OTU0Njc1NTk1Mjc4MzkwIl0.; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6ci0zNDk0OTQyMjkwMTI2NDQ0MzYxIl0." style="direction: ltr; font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 8px 0px 0px; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL " id=":eq" style="direction: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: auto hidden; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSOde3L47nTJMTa0q3KKuafrK50nJeNKFSTyI58iXiMYOFGoWoKMlA7h-MXytFECwJHGBfPoGl3sEyRYqNcd5brnPralDWljUdU2WRGOwwFRmjvUpK8O7AnEDQTY09UCYQMHcK17ltWFpII0veBQjZxXmvyNWL9v9IvblNHygq5claRhlrUGFZfQHWlg/s4800/mother-and-daughter-positively-engaging-with-camera-SBI-300731239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="4800" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSOde3L47nTJMTa0q3KKuafrK50nJeNKFSTyI58iXiMYOFGoWoKMlA7h-MXytFECwJHGBfPoGl3sEyRYqNcd5brnPralDWljUdU2WRGOwwFRmjvUpK8O7AnEDQTY09UCYQMHcK17ltWFpII0veBQjZxXmvyNWL9v9IvblNHygq5claRhlrUGFZfQHWlg/w397-h264/mother-and-daughter-positively-engaging-with-camera-SBI-300731239.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">To dispel awkward silence, help introverts open up, and have a more meaningful conversation try these:</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">1. If you were given 10 million dollars and 10 years, what would you do?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">2. If you found a magic lamp and were granted three wishes, what would you wish for?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">3. You just won your dream vacation. Where do you want to go and who would you take with you?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">4. You rescue a fairy from a spider's web and are given a change wand. This will allow you to change anything as long as it does not take away the agency of other people. What would you want to do?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">5. Where is your sacred grove/oasis/inner sanctum where you can go to be alone? When do you need to go there? What does it look like?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">6. You find a letter written by you 50 years in the future addressed to yourself. What do you think is in that letter? What would you write back?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">7. You have just been recruited to try out the very first time machine. Where would you want to go? What would you want to do? What would you want to learn? What would you want to change?</div><div dir="auto"><br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Another activity is to have a list of character traits. Have the person divide the traits up by those they think they have, those they want to have, and those they they want to discard. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-7563482123756666292024-03-06T22:00:00.000-08:002024-03-06T22:00:00.136-08:00Mercy and Grace by Anoop Judge<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3HV4Zxe" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="221" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnCPeMkVU10HE5j81lX7DsylphoYQ01Spg5ZRr5-2Vx4LCsjFFP_cdklr4RMvsZuoUGOw6I-kdJcIzs2QqZKngyM0NOYpB0s72daQA11j0tETLNH6bfflWRpuYD87_EgMImjuq63cnMLRqhoOmzv3lDm8Z3_EvIrPBJV7PtmakGkAIiTxPUS0-OAEujM/w290-h448/mercy%20and%20grace%20cover.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">At
twenty-one years old, Gia Kumari finally leaves the Delhi orphanage where she
was raised. With few prospects for the future, she receives an unexpected
invitation from a stranger named Sonia Shah, in San Francisco: an internship at
Sonia’s weddings and event company. Jia and America. It’s love at first sight
as she navigates an unfamiliar but irresistible new world of firsts.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gia’s first real job: her first meeting with her only known family, her uncle
Mohammed Khan, and her first romance, with Sonia’s quirky yet charming stepson,
Adi. But it might be too good to be true. Gia’s newfound happiness is unfolding
in the shadow of a terrible family secret, the impact of which is still being
felt in a place Gia now calls home. To save what matters most, Gia must come to
terms with a tragic past she’s only beginning to understand—and a lifetime of
lies she must learn to forgive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Lake Union Publishing (September 19, 2023)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Length: 283 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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and raised in New Delhi, Anoop is the author of four novels, THE RUMMY CLUB
which won the 2015 Beverly Hills Book Award, THE AWAKENING OF MEENA RAWAT, an
excerpt of which was nominated for the 2019 Pushcart Prize, NO ORDINARY
THURSDAY, and MERCY and GRACE. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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essays and short stories have appeared in Green Hills Literary Lantern,
Rigorous Journal, Lumiere Review, DoubleBack Review, and the Ornament
anthology, among others. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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calls herself a “recovering litigator” —she worked in state and federal courts
for many years before she replaced legal briefs with fictional tales. She holds
an MFA from St. Mary’s College of California and was the recipient of the 2021
Advisory Board Award and the 2023 Alumni Scholarship. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lives in Pleasanton, California, with her husband, and is the mother of two
admirable young adults.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2747" data-original-width="1864" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Jrdr-ApI-KztLLlbvhEI7i9qBwLO8486vA9i0TsrxlVVxrzJIBv9PKqL41JWPJPmW0WwBjCMrNvJJnYh34BvDHSkMxZ9LPay_vRuH0DS_-9nXbdRL7rtjQ_jxP54ok1y_eocryDpK2Hamt5sNzqzgsBAg9nfqsK49ojImEUrMkahyphenhyphenOv_cq0SwNF9STk/w272-h400/What%20Happens%20in%20Montana%20lightened%20cover.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Reminiscent of Big
Little Lies by Liane Moriarty…a quest for trust and forgiveness amongst four
women which tests the limits of the long friendships and marital bonds.” –
Peter Kiesners, author of <i>Scorpion Grass</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“…a real page turner. A
strong five stars!” – Diane Hawley Nagamoto, author of <i>The Butterfly Café<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“A poignant, realistic
story that will tug at your emotions.” – Regina Buttner, author of <i>Down a
Bad Road</i> and <i>Absolution</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“…well researched,
wonderfully written, and historically accurate, is a testament to the power of
women’s friendships across generations.” – Sara Fraser, author of <i>Just River</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">A ghost’s antics, a
harrowing moose chase, a hypnosis session, and smuggled booze lead to spilled
secrets and betrayal, but do they also lead to murder?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">At a hot springs retreat
in Montana, whiskey-swigging Maude, the nearly eighty-year-old chef, longs for
the glory days when the retreat hosted martini-sipping celebrities instead of
long-haired hippies who refuse to wear deodorant. Brooke, feisty, adventurous,
and a bit reckless, proposes a reunion at the retreat with her best friends to
get away from the chaos of her life with teenagers and the emotional aftermath
of her postponed wedding. One of those friends, Tracy, has devoted her life to
her children and her husband despite her excruciating boredom. But a long-held
secret could cost her the most important friendships in her life. Haunting the
place is a ghost who, in life, dealt with tragedy by turning to prostitution
which led to her murder over 100 years ago at the very place they all are
staying.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">What Happens in Montana</span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> explores
friendship, betrayal, and forgiveness with blunt truth and witty insights.
Together, these friends learn to navigate empty nests, infidelity, deception,
and poltergeists. Most importantly, they learn their friendship is strong
enough to get them through it all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Publisher: Life: Black
Rose Writing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">ISBN-13: 1685133606<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Print length: 335 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Purchase a copy of <i>What
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list. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><h2><span lang="EN-CA">Read an Excerpt<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I glanced at the
bird-like woman who sat across from him and wondered how she kissed him with
that facial hair. Didn’t it smell like whatever he ate? Or scratch her face?
Didn’t errant hair ever tickle her nose and make her sneeze? Maybe they had
been together so long that they didn’t really kiss much anymore. Just a peck
hello and goodbye. I supposed I could handle facial hair if that was my only
interaction with it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Hello, I’m Maude, and
I’ll be taking care of you tonight. Can I get you anything to drink besides
water?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Water is fine for me.
Dear, what would you like?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Oh, I’d like sparkling
water. One of those flavored ones, if you have it. Not one that has calories or
sugar or anything. Just the essence of lime or tangerine or whatever. Do you
know what I mean?” She looked at me with big, pleading eyes. I saw such hunger
in those eyes. Lord, this woman needed a huge steak and a baked potato with
butter and sour cream. Then she needed a good bottle of wine to go with it and
a German chocolate cake to finish it all. This woman didn’t look as though she
had been properly nourished and decades. But what I saw most in her eyes was
that she had not allowed herself to live. She imposed such restrictions on her
life – what to eat, what to wear, what friends to have, what church to attend,
what car to drive, what words to say – that she forgot what she wanted. She
forgot how to live. She was just going through the motions. She might as well
already be dead. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted to tell her to
forget calories, forget working out at least five days a week, forget always
needing to be a size zero, forget what others think, forget keeping her house
perfectly in order, for surely this woman’s house was always in order, and throw
all caution to the wind. Eat an entire gallon of ice cream while binge watching
Grace and Frankie. Stay in your pajamas till noon and dance to Uptown Funk with
the volume so loud the neighbors will call the police. Hike to the top of
Boulder peak at dawn to watch the sunrise regardless of the animals you might
encounter. Tell your husband to shave that nasty dead rat on his face and kiss
him like you did when you were a teen teenager. Just don’t live like life will
last forever.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Instead, I said, “Sure.
We have lime, grapefruit, and coconut sparkling water.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFWbg5KW4SChpJXkbYwVQFX3AXsF2Aj9fNnf3H_R1qlSX-mSOVfJYJ-64E7FcxYbQZy_iv3HgrdH8gW7dHvQxM_XHEc5BItE6K88cg6DDeh8Z1VQqlP-s3pSowi6hUFty8PNv4PA4W__rowEUBgjDNZLm0wB-DJ4HhvD4RkJdLXVTJ0x2Ogozi1lmIdQ/s1864/Kim%20McCollum.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1864" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFWbg5KW4SChpJXkbYwVQFX3AXsF2Aj9fNnf3H_R1qlSX-mSOVfJYJ-64E7FcxYbQZy_iv3HgrdH8gW7dHvQxM_XHEc5BItE6K88cg6DDeh8Z1VQqlP-s3pSowi6hUFty8PNv4PA4W__rowEUBgjDNZLm0wB-DJ4HhvD4RkJdLXVTJ0x2Ogozi1lmIdQ/s320/Kim%20McCollum.JPG" width="201" /></a><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span>About Author Kim McCollum</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Kim McCollum graduated
from Barnard College as a Japanese major and headed to work on Wall Street.
Many miserable all-nighters and the birth of her first child led her to stay
home to raise her children. Eventually, she pursued her passion for writing. An
excerpt from this novel appeared in The Copperfield Review
Quarterly and her short stories have appeared in The Dillydoun
Review, Beyond Solace, and Fiction on the Web. She lives in Bozeman, MT
with her husband, Brian, and their blended menagerie of five kids, two dogs,
and seven spoiled chickens. <i>What Happens in Montana</i> is her
first novel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Find Kim on her
website: </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://kim-mccollum.com/"><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Kim-mccollum.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kimberly.w.gunderson"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://www.facebook.com/kimberly.w.gunderson<o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Twitter/X: </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://twitter.com/KFMcCollum"><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-themecolor: accent1;">@KFMcCollum</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-37009540730237822682024-01-31T07:27:00.000-08:002024-01-31T07:27:48.518-08:00Homemade Ice-cream - Easy! <p> <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrrPOw439VK8KvvTP-5H1XT5H41ppxh1e9rRJgPBOLrvjo8U7Tzxw-M77a0BKUakZFgdFMd2Gs6HIaspJ8u3E1J7KMXtRBwBy-ZdiE2bCl9LVQp0JtbJags0Ph_VLfqrwdVNqiqTXLP3pqLxa3DMVjxsLzpanC-LSedXvXPLKprmdQZQOqrTmtIJSCCM/s4000/20240130_161626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrrPOw439VK8KvvTP-5H1XT5H41ppxh1e9rRJgPBOLrvjo8U7Tzxw-M77a0BKUakZFgdFMd2Gs6HIaspJ8u3E1J7KMXtRBwBy-ZdiE2bCl9LVQp0JtbJags0Ph_VLfqrwdVNqiqTXLP3pqLxa3DMVjxsLzpanC-LSedXvXPLKprmdQZQOqrTmtIJSCCM/w345-h259/20240130_161626.jpg" width="345" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KqToAkdK9gJw7AVVh50C63Gq1voB4fuMfu0BuNTgHNXc2CCpCvC0E9LMNNj3Qfgqns1gcch0nZScjh595x_b6T8ZUWzy6g0ET6tEhSRPvKvfA6kIzZRbpCDk5w27__cIubXdI0Cy_npDg88SFwj1RsnFEz4LQyWZahU6c7HQvjYxq5DnFOwNxNpHDzs/s4000/20240129_163012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KqToAkdK9gJw7AVVh50C63Gq1voB4fuMfu0BuNTgHNXc2CCpCvC0E9LMNNj3Qfgqns1gcch0nZScjh595x_b6T8ZUWzy6g0ET6tEhSRPvKvfA6kIzZRbpCDk5w27__cIubXdI0Cy_npDg88SFwj1RsnFEz4LQyWZahU6c7HQvjYxq5DnFOwNxNpHDzs/s320/20240129_163012.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>For those who love creamy ice-cream, but also hand scooped ice-cream. </p><p></p><p>You do not even need an ice-cream maker or the mess of the salt or ice. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ingredients:</b></p><p>5 and 1/4 cups of cream</p><p>3 and 3/4 cups whole milk</p><p>2 and 1/4 cups sugar</p><p>pinch of salt</p><p>3 tablespoons of vanilla extract (organic with no alcohol) or 3 vanilla split vanilla beans.</p><p>(optional) any other add-ins such as candy, cookie dough, brownies, cut strawberries or other fruit. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Directions:</b></p><p>In your large pot mix all ingredients except for the vanilla and add-ins.</p><p>Cook over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved and it comes to a low simmer.</p><p>Stir constantly. Don't play on your phone or run off the change the laundry. You have to stay right with it. If you are using vanilla bean I like to cook it in at this point to maximize the flavor.</p><p>Remove from heat and add the vanilla and any add-ins. </p><p>Pour into a freezer safe container. I just put the whole pot in the freezer to save on extra dishes.</p><p>Freeze overnight.</p><p>Enjoy.</p><p>See how easy!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-34038699213805392432024-01-19T22:00:00.000-08:002024-01-19T22:00:00.125-08:00The Way of Gratitude by Hannah Rowen Fry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/41MLDnm" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1294" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6nE2-4UJMFwHxmqnkXRIpRhwSYjs9HETgeQ5b9ptFI26xTqNb-58yNXCzdIN6FMQVIabxqKU6zVeqYWr6odGvA8Hmw9n_hqKGagwyKlfcJ9EQo1mh8Np1BoH_3Urg0HCZU2ZvOEtfNkSuVfqVK5l03F17-JaWJNgps0YFz3NyaHlR_ZYJn-Rd07mxuE/w278-h430/The%20Way%20of%20Gratitude.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“May
we rest in goodness, gratitude, and wonder all the days of our lives.” Hannah
Rowen Fry writes thoughtful reflections on Scripture, inviting you to marvel at
God’s character in </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Way of Gratitude</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Way of Gratitude</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
features:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">21
original devotionals based on Scripture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Space
to be curious and to be in awe of the Word of God<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Prompts
to reflect, pray, and journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Beautiful,
minimal design<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">21-day
tracking sheet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Additional
resources including more devotionals and accompanying music playlist are
available on www.hannahrowenfry.com. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Experience
greater joy in the present moment as you learn about gratitude as a lifestyle.
Allow the Holy Spirit to transform your life through reading Scripture and
responding to the Word of God without legalism, judgment, or guilt. Slow down
and choose simplicity; rest in God’s goodness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ISBN-10:
8988895411<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ISBN-13:
979-8988895411<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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B0CFD748BP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Length: 84 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHFsGqJt0MzOrilPOxFoF8nP6V249ne5bb864qJXcPW0P5NG5vX18xCUOOC0EvhVF86gUEczZ9xwpWCZ13RDElfkxviU4Cx2kfqaZxvIoVQcJbwYjgmZNk3RMEbhdJg7hcFYN-eUDm6TywuPbXD4DnjWUIGwmJgCl6OQ1mbygEDn2GJGFFEia_GsCLs0/s1200/Hannah_Rowen_Fry_Headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHFsGqJt0MzOrilPOxFoF8nP6V249ne5bb864qJXcPW0P5NG5vX18xCUOOC0EvhVF86gUEczZ9xwpWCZ13RDElfkxviU4Cx2kfqaZxvIoVQcJbwYjgmZNk3RMEbhdJg7hcFYN-eUDm6TywuPbXD4DnjWUIGwmJgCl6OQ1mbygEDn2GJGFFEia_GsCLs0/s320/Hannah_Rowen_Fry_Headshot.jpg" width="320" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hannah
Rowen Fry is a writer, speaker, and encourager. Her writing consists of
observations of daily life, and uses daily reflections to guide others to live
out their God-given purpose. Hannah's passion is to help others experience
greater joy in the present moment. She shares practical tips, helpful
resources, and clear purposeful steps to abide in Jesus daily without legalism,
judgment, or guilt. Her thoughtful reflections on Scripture invite those who
have felt overwhelmed with their lifestyle, thoughts, or schedule to slow down
and choose simplicity. Guided by encouragement, generosity, gratitude, and a
healthy dose of responsibility, readers are invited to experience freedom as
they find spiritual rhythms that cultivate faith and help them step into their
God-purpose. Hannah lives in Jacksonville Beach, Florida with her husband Matt,
and spends most of her free time walking on the beach, frolicking around Disney
World, and listening to Taylor Swift. Read more about her and her work at </span><span lang="EN"><a href="http://www.hannahrowenfry.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.hannahrowenfry.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Find
her online at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her
website: </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://www.hannahrowenfry.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.hannahrowenfry.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instagram:
</span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hannahrowenfry"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.Instagram.com/hannahrowenfry</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even those these ones didn't turn out I still like that they show me in my element.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQHqvQ0srtFGTNUrF_ZrXkZUZDkXpR7kXvSUmS-tzvFSBNv4fkkR8OV0MQA2EEwP-KKrXRl52VmgbzGO4fuIzjAgm2Dv8zTHet3vugcemVDDDfkuqGUfRyMKXRtIDODbbGbBOzApm6EWSL-A1ixdzv9frwUwJBGlTXvLr3JrB_u2XTTAbWHEETwfT5G8/s3408/20240102_120520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2556" data-original-width="3408" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQHqvQ0srtFGTNUrF_ZrXkZUZDkXpR7kXvSUmS-tzvFSBNv4fkkR8OV0MQA2EEwP-KKrXRl52VmgbzGO4fuIzjAgm2Dv8zTHet3vugcemVDDDfkuqGUfRyMKXRtIDODbbGbBOzApm6EWSL-A1ixdzv9frwUwJBGlTXvLr3JrB_u2XTTAbWHEETwfT5G8/s320/20240102_120520.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finding
Katya</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
is the inspiring and compelling story of one woman who ditches everything to
embark on an unconventional adventure through the former Soviet Union.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
her 35th birthday, Katie Aune was at a crossroads. Still reeling from a
difficult breakup and longing to find more meaning in her life, she hopped on a
one-way flight to start a year-long journey of discovery. Once a Russian and
East European Studies major in college, Aune plotted a course that would take
her through all 15 states of the former Soviet Union.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
a book that is part memoir, part travelogue, Aune takes readers along as she
discovers places that are far off the typical tourist track, from riding the
Trans-Siberian Railway across Russia and taking a cargo ferry from Ukraine to
Georgia, to volunteering in Tajikistan and camping in the desert of
Turkmenistan. Faced with the vulnerability of traveling solo through unfamiliar
lands, she shakes off her insecurities, embraces the unknown and realizes that
each journey is worthwhile, even if it doesn’t go as planned.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ISBN-13:
979-8988365907<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ASIN:
B0C5B6MR8Y<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Print
length: 286 Pages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Purchase
a copy of the book on </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://amzn.to/3t7HdKL"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amazon</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/finding-katya-katie-r-aune/1143489141"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Barnes and Noble</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/finding-katya-how-i-quit-everything-to-backpack-the-former-soviet-states-katie-r-aune/20095267?ean=9798988365907"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bookshop.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Make sure you add it to your </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123271141-finding-katya"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GoodReads reading list</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Praise
About <i>Finding Katya<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"[A]
candid recounting of a long journey with low and high points not presented as a
sugar-coated fantasy...This engaging travelogue illuminates a historically
significant part of the world that remains little known to many
Americans." — Kirkus Reviews<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Reading
Katie's book feels like traveling beside her to places both familiar and harder
to reach. With candor and insight, she captures the joys and challenges of
heading out alone into unfamiliar places and the unique experiences she had
along the way. A fun read and inspiration for your next adventure!" —
Audrey Murray, author of <i>Open Mic Night in Moscow</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Katie
is a trailblazing solo female traveler who made the former Soviet republics a
priority long before they were on anyone's radar. I admire her courage and
resourcefulness." — Lee Abbamonte, TV travel commentator who's been to
every country in the world<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Katie's
raw and honest voice puts you front and center into her travel adventures (and
misadventures!), making you feel like you are riding them right along with her.
Her story is a testament that travel isn't always perfect, but that the lessons
we take away from it change us completely." — Beth Santos, founder,
Wanderful<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About the Author<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://amzn.to/3t7HdKL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2530" data-original-width="2291" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgMbGrpHrKmxikRTvROpnZ4BYjFyiO9wEYGtaRilYrITfMfDjWvkFa2v3wJZTDEcq685C8mw3aX_FSY8SpdoM62ZBnGnJVHy9-87NOae5SkiIWBnUiBOY7j4hTqqcxWQPT7Jdxt_12SOEAAen91TsvG5Q-gDCaCQPGOQJ2pa1iwVVl8UMg2a1yVMAa7s/s320/Katie_1_Finalv2.jpg" width="290" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Katie
R. Aune is a recovering tax attorney who has worked in nonprofit and higher ed
fundraising for more than a decade while also dabbling in travel blogging and
writing. Despite not traveling overseas for the first time until she was 25,
she has been to nearly 70 countries and all seven continents. Born and raised
in Minnesota, Katie is currently based in Washington, D.C. and has a habit of
rooting for sports teams that find ways to lose in devastating fashion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You
can find her online at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Auriella</span> (Aura)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrjY1GHTWGKoFzEfQpyJYQ_rwfeHu8_UTXsgozpiiP_wuW9kBOd2PjmjNelcLeH2u5UzhRazpbkFzTmrFTZ6XZBdBaMAy7gDSrGfjZHBNbNP-svzqoM7DmWEfR5YOvCZrq5Gg70St4bd3caZnK8y2-Aw09X853EUzepWlNGjmdNMNspfS1ntaCG01MNA/s1024/output_4025439579_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrjY1GHTWGKoFzEfQpyJYQ_rwfeHu8_UTXsgozpiiP_wuW9kBOd2PjmjNelcLeH2u5UzhRazpbkFzTmrFTZ6XZBdBaMAy7gDSrGfjZHBNbNP-svzqoM7DmWEfR5YOvCZrq5Gg70St4bd3caZnK8y2-Aw09X853EUzepWlNGjmdNMNspfS1ntaCG01MNA/s320/output_4025439579_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrGoL_trEaWeJ26s59CTHUwWJqfdCuBECH2pS35UfyyBI-T77RIKh-Gb-p_ehIIT1-QL17J0NHWm8Fe0XFTeDWlN1KAqwD8yR-T55HTh6OllzBtXwPaiEpMoWG9oMVuT8ORInRfADGm2bxUx-eZym7570cRS-PCUHHx_ygkpGQW-_1weWzVm7txx0BZs/s1024/output_3903920164_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">In Book 3 readers are not sure what to think. Is he a villain? Is he a love interest? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Is he a good guy doing the wrong things or a bad guy doing the right things?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He is introverted yet the commander of a ship of ruthless pirates.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You don't always agree with what Alamar is doing yet, you agree with why he is doing it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alamar loves the mysterious part of himself and is entertained by others reactions to the slight of hand outcomes when horrible situations suddenly turn out as if he had control of the chaos the whole time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He loves the "shock value".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He is highly romantic, intimately cautious, and connects deeply once he finally does connect with someone special.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Expect the unexpected with Alamar. Always... You never know what will happen with this man who is deep and unconventional. Clear until the very last page of the series he unpredictable, yet everyone (including the reader) learns to trust him while still being frustrated by his methods yet loving how it all works out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alamar has a strong sense of justice, and understands pain and abandonment. This combination along with his massive strength has developed his character into someone who often sacrifices and pushes through pain, sometimes near to death, if it will help someone else.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7U73gfTkS5qcZ1jqKQ56VuE8FBGrqMCx1mGBLxdO7N2W-A-dgcKdqayfGXT_6b1kDgyUdM0ub7s5mObcd6YgdxWuK9c1IiuoBRveeErfiJy0n6eK_YPEtJzjVFwFDehyphenhyphenbaC_CLOELviOy3bmSnJeRxJLeVRMv18NSjPJxP3e9Ksxes-DPV56pRp9jdM/s1024/output_474208333_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7U73gfTkS5qcZ1jqKQ56VuE8FBGrqMCx1mGBLxdO7N2W-A-dgcKdqayfGXT_6b1kDgyUdM0ub7s5mObcd6YgdxWuK9c1IiuoBRveeErfiJy0n6eK_YPEtJzjVFwFDehyphenhyphenbaC_CLOELviOy3bmSnJeRxJLeVRMv18NSjPJxP3e9Ksxes-DPV56pRp9jdM/s320/output_474208333_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM8ignnmsAwYrbgmhUXitHfuMhAatLr-yddoDj_TFtDi79vtY3xTbjmFqfjcAwTVws_85Sh8U_E-eIKP0wo9n44YTjhGUFogfFovuAK8S0mBydDtpgrIe8MdXXL85AqA_Howui24ylEp2T6CCfUUHwetu0uOS02UawYLSHFqL47gQmsy1_YlkFQ1JdgXQ/s320/output_619133885_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Immortal Eva is described as being soft, warm, and lovely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Her powers are material in nature as she can telepathically connect with her posterity. After almost a thousand years she becomes vital in the modern day war when communications are shut down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She becomes a mother figure for Aura and a mentor to help her understand her culture and heritage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She saved Azrael's life by delivering the Flaming Sword to him during the Scottish War of Independence and protected the Stone of Destiney. She also makes very good cookies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNg6QbvRea0X_B41NdwDzhlSHnGpK3vxjwTT1bPGBv6hQFhGAFT-vxh3_HgX8mehePWhtub8GuTC2sOYGuQ6L-1L295gq_pDN24yQd5OnQHm7Uc2lKofn9HiZzoQz_HFrqjd8e7EZ44tWgci5iG77ssghpLpBpNZrv8bKq_P8Cs6JA2AuSp58auw4p4YI/s1024/output_2722112159_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNg6QbvRea0X_B41NdwDzhlSHnGpK3vxjwTT1bPGBv6hQFhGAFT-vxh3_HgX8mehePWhtub8GuTC2sOYGuQ6L-1L295gq_pDN24yQd5OnQHm7Uc2lKofn9HiZzoQz_HFrqjd8e7EZ44tWgci5iG77ssghpLpBpNZrv8bKq_P8Cs6JA2AuSp58auw4p4YI/s320/output_2722112159_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In contrast to Eva is Zacaris. Aura says he is an icy, cold man who melts into spring when he sees Eva. He is butter in her warm hands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My kids said they imagined this immortal looking more grumpy and critical.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He takes on difficult protection jobs and is to protect vital sanctuaries as well as train new Watchers who are often reckless and accident prone. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His life is full of tragedy, which has made him logical and strategic. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">However, you can see his character arch and he starts to soften and become more compassionate, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">especially after his and Eva's daughter was killed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Power couple Andromeda and Orion. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6q0ols0VsYbXs_LCEnWpmE8gYWkoUJYpIoU-VDlwJSrhPuPc7G8o1ypUfKZmORCZQCjH0l6lmfaXKgxwcz-O82hBgOFbsghu9aHKfQFoOtVVMPHqYuRmLmcsrJBA_l2JmYyeUjaHlxNGR-D8MD54gibx51oEx5QEoIpltLQx8osVtwvi5xM36vQwwnVQ/s1024/output_36349000_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6q0ols0VsYbXs_LCEnWpmE8gYWkoUJYpIoU-VDlwJSrhPuPc7G8o1ypUfKZmORCZQCjH0l6lmfaXKgxwcz-O82hBgOFbsghu9aHKfQFoOtVVMPHqYuRmLmcsrJBA_l2JmYyeUjaHlxNGR-D8MD54gibx51oEx5QEoIpltLQx8osVtwvi5xM36vQwwnVQ/s320/output_36349000_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Well.... not a couple yet. Its amazing how a warrior like Orion can be so terrified of the woman he loves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She plans to purpose to him next year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Orion fought in the wars of Scottish independence and at the Battle of Lake Poyang where he met Andromeda, a former Irish slave turned warrior with the strength of many men. She is a chain breaker and freedom fighter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Orion in modern day now works with Scotland Yard law enforcement and secret service. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Andromeda is a military Airforce pilot. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Andromeda is an important Watcher in book 7 as she co-leads a mission with Alamar and both have their own ideas about how things should go. </div></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcavlsYejK8oZKRRiuj9eIz1wPsMAPYK8-u_AkNEM9sr2WGHN2kwO6YC7Wx5XVBkLtXSD7ICx3pS0t498kntXcUkR7BLSEL-fFkfI5p-Lc_Xj27VQYR0yrzM5uS8xJhoVJxf0uhLAdhJ4g-2QbVwJsVQIpwA-mj2otvQ1ehM3LzttQKf1B2m2OxGuMvo/s1024/output_435092567_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcavlsYejK8oZKRRiuj9eIz1wPsMAPYK8-u_AkNEM9sr2WGHN2kwO6YC7Wx5XVBkLtXSD7ICx3pS0t498kntXcUkR7BLSEL-fFkfI5p-Lc_Xj27VQYR0yrzM5uS8xJhoVJxf0uhLAdhJ4g-2QbVwJsVQIpwA-mj2otvQ1ehM3LzttQKf1B2m2OxGuMvo/s320/output_435092567_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Favorite Andromeda quote from Book 7:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“That is how warriors act
before they die,” Andromeda said, pointing back to the room where the young
ones were. “I have seen it too many times. The Hundred Years’ War, Livonian
War, French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, American Civil War, World War One and
freaking Two, Nam, Kosovo, Iraq!” Her eyes were intense, but I knew nothing of
these wars. “I was there and fought in each one!” Her eyes brimmed with
moisture as her skin flushed with angry heat. “I know what people look like
before they die.”</span></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8e5nE2wDSnoQDPQrxO-fQNeLFZ3HGzbDCmIPPXXFJ-kSg7JTaQnUkEyZaJUOyQBJDmgapVzAsO5RYVkDvLE4qvxgRE4mHndi3USyKGOr4C6hIiPF1hOmaL4uF49Opk7d6wf1IU_-8TDHs7DbtE91quv3eyRwOowg64z2lRyk-bGawA1LHZwMVmPftVEE/s1024/output_3700388339_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8e5nE2wDSnoQDPQrxO-fQNeLFZ3HGzbDCmIPPXXFJ-kSg7JTaQnUkEyZaJUOyQBJDmgapVzAsO5RYVkDvLE4qvxgRE4mHndi3USyKGOr4C6hIiPF1hOmaL4uF49Opk7d6wf1IU_-8TDHs7DbtE91quv3eyRwOowg64z2lRyk-bGawA1LHZwMVmPftVEE/s320/output_3700388339_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>BOOK 7</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Modern Day Watchers</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have our lovely Auriella returned.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVVI8n2QlGpqMdTsjPiBSNluwcfiUnA0MAh9xebxoUJ5NJmddntzJQ7I5mRG6tjvMUGvecRKe6PQQfBOBenvIyehketmx6cuywqGAG0vtXm7Mw0YsoFLI0tUT0sqOPk-u3iT1OxRNfxn-VlIIMWrXNMhGDB2DGxooI90GmOShz56WTOvKvfJZmdZaNP8/s1024/output_292133567_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVVI8n2QlGpqMdTsjPiBSNluwcfiUnA0MAh9xebxoUJ5NJmddntzJQ7I5mRG6tjvMUGvecRKe6PQQfBOBenvIyehketmx6cuywqGAG0vtXm7Mw0YsoFLI0tUT0sqOPk-u3iT1OxRNfxn-VlIIMWrXNMhGDB2DGxooI90GmOShz56WTOvKvfJZmdZaNP8/s320/output_292133567_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHetWxpm6zqMY7PLDqmfa96MhO109HE4qHBrRINAtwGOi1QQKjuBQKttVx5ZG2R6XwTRmT5_gGm-pXYH4hxIEC259o3vy5ceRI4_Uwvsz8YLyhpcwOqB6ZlJAeT-saPAc9wJT4HzuqvzeC-MDyxYgOQPFeYNQVTJHbrYQE-7MrLKP_yodloUmP9-Beq3c/s1024/output_1690627440_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHetWxpm6zqMY7PLDqmfa96MhO109HE4qHBrRINAtwGOi1QQKjuBQKttVx5ZG2R6XwTRmT5_gGm-pXYH4hxIEC259o3vy5ceRI4_Uwvsz8YLyhpcwOqB6ZlJAeT-saPAc9wJT4HzuqvzeC-MDyxYgOQPFeYNQVTJHbrYQE-7MrLKP_yodloUmP9-Beq3c/s320/output_1690627440_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaAdpatLInf4kk0CZsnkJX32t8QIsUEWE5nhj1Sru4h4m7vB9vI8hipBJoTrR7Fz2kpqDIKBTrr13SiLTKU2tOhAEvWnUmF4sIlLEEFahHry51eJ6crwnLti0VsYEwt8FREDG314pBWGVG1BWo8PbHxgVosVW52RnVG76ZOtcsTRepc38loADsbbjMFw/s1024/output_3797775098_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaAdpatLInf4kk0CZsnkJX32t8QIsUEWE5nhj1Sru4h4m7vB9vI8hipBJoTrR7Fz2kpqDIKBTrr13SiLTKU2tOhAEvWnUmF4sIlLEEFahHry51eJ6crwnLti0VsYEwt8FREDG314pBWGVG1BWo8PbHxgVosVW52RnVG76ZOtcsTRepc38loADsbbjMFw/s320/output_3797775098_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; text-align: left;"> I had played along and wore all their modern
clothing and kevlar armor, but I was not going to wear their tiny underwear.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDoseaVtQsGPZSn9R4jfDF2VxlGolSvezEnXg1rkqrWY7iTHCt_I2yn3GDyQzpmU3RyWU5F9SCctZuiqp_Wk0fsUrgdAkK2Za-N_SxG-6agvomeHG5LPRIbV9Ik4d9HNnjfGhXFsZS6fUiZaZneJzRYodofz-Zup5-WqjlJtG6X-SAQZNvL0N-klD_94/s1024/output_860226494_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDoseaVtQsGPZSn9R4jfDF2VxlGolSvezEnXg1rkqrWY7iTHCt_I2yn3GDyQzpmU3RyWU5F9SCctZuiqp_Wk0fsUrgdAkK2Za-N_SxG-6agvomeHG5LPRIbV9Ik4d9HNnjfGhXFsZS6fUiZaZneJzRYodofz-Zup5-WqjlJtG6X-SAQZNvL0N-klD_94/s320/output_860226494_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Alamar </b>on his new fancy ship.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">“Yes, but just so
you know, I’m not under oath.” Alamar flashed me a smug smile that made me
wonder if all the pirates of the old world are just the lawyers of the new
world. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_6jk9QcPNbX2xrY31YbHY30-4LR_FC83Lrmp4aXRkjlfDI__p-wuDukzo8FBlxidaAgvDUYVZ7PB4hPK41NY6NjTKyKzzYs0lV7bzbnaQiuOWg3Rr4Cxbu82Cjs4lIcClX6gsMKnHSqV6yI8UUtq8amTxKwZ0T9NkhHFziQyxhlMvsx0ChczVz8O1S8/s1024/output_938717176_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_6jk9QcPNbX2xrY31YbHY30-4LR_FC83Lrmp4aXRkjlfDI__p-wuDukzo8FBlxidaAgvDUYVZ7PB4hPK41NY6NjTKyKzzYs0lV7bzbnaQiuOWg3Rr4Cxbu82Cjs4lIcClX6gsMKnHSqV6yI8UUtq8amTxKwZ0T9NkhHFziQyxhlMvsx0ChczVz8O1S8/s320/output_938717176_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Ryder</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Ryder is from
the Sioux Nation in Canada. He is the Wunderkind who will aid you in navigation
and logistics.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Working for the
Watchers is my internship,” Ryder explained like he was getting the opportunity
of a lifetime.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-----</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ryder had everyone’s attention as he
explained, “Back at home on the reservation the Elders had stories about the
Legion. Only they were not called ‘The Legion’ but were known by other names.” </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As Ryder spoke I imagined him as a
young child sitting at a fireside in the evening with his family as the grandparents
told stories. In every culture of the world the role of the storyteller has
been sacred. They were teachers, historians, and spiritual leaders in their
community that preserved the past while preparing the next generation for the
future.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOtcqxPZOL-NQcTUHaYzSMmxnuxGbhZ51KclNCHBu3cAlVBWXD_h974ejZz_5qVAJJ1b1O2YstgyNtEy3YtE7-vhHxkIZzyAXd3w-CYEbwoNbZXKu3tuFfdEhvhZDoRzFkmcr1jMqS3uWJMsddEjfyScO3e_Srw64t_w1_VyuhzZK5nOh5dCOpNLIXzU/s1024/output_1331664193_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOtcqxPZOL-NQcTUHaYzSMmxnuxGbhZ51KclNCHBu3cAlVBWXD_h974ejZz_5qVAJJ1b1O2YstgyNtEy3YtE7-vhHxkIZzyAXd3w-CYEbwoNbZXKu3tuFfdEhvhZDoRzFkmcr1jMqS3uWJMsddEjfyScO3e_Srw64t_w1_VyuhzZK5nOh5dCOpNLIXzU/s320/output_1331664193_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Jameson</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Jameson is the mission medic.
He is from Birmingham, just north of here, and graduated from Oxford. Even with
all his impressive credentials, he is not just any medic, but a Watcher Wunderkind
with the power of healing.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I didn’t understand what was happening and why
Jameson was dependent on these bottles and needles to heal Kade. We couldn’t
let the venom reach Kade’s heart.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> “Jameson,
do something! You’re a healer,” I shouted at him. “Just heal him.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Jameson
stopped fumbling with his medical supplies, took off his sterile rubber gloves,
and tightly grasped Kade’s arm. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWw5zdWP3Kb_3FaQzG72iTr3nrtn861bWRGhEi91tdlxBe779H40xD3NB1_TLE5hfaFgKrhq87Rl70q6Z2g_kWyn3cOhd-iy6eMeey-kH3vSHCULasehQxvvcWCFt_nTjh9el2_IKPVs3klqa-llBbAV6ANiUljQEDLlANZMqSJc06ZtvuJDJMnifS4g/s1024/output_3912587204_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWw5zdWP3Kb_3FaQzG72iTr3nrtn861bWRGhEi91tdlxBe779H40xD3NB1_TLE5hfaFgKrhq87Rl70q6Z2g_kWyn3cOhd-iy6eMeey-kH3vSHCULasehQxvvcWCFt_nTjh9el2_IKPVs3klqa-llBbAV6ANiUljQEDLlANZMqSJc06ZtvuJDJMnifS4g/s320/output_3912587204_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b>Jaxton</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> “This is Jaxton, a Wunderkind who will be
aiding in your Astronomy work. He is a native of the country of Ghana. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Do you see
anything in the stars?” I asked Jaxton and briefly glanced at his notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“It’s been hard
to see with all the smoke in the sky,” he said apologetically. “I wish I could
give the druids more information or perhaps a warning about the falling stars.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamOadBUS56aXlaBM6RgKIVBo7hYZjHsr7_SZPpch7Blf7ws4xe0trctu0TeMrXte_gWxZCLjRJ76dn14J1FIvK2Rfo2Vphi5HZKyCz4I8Tv-qAWwLAE4xeqBajidK2Ieze_hifxyqC-qGCZ4C3HzGT0NHytASyLsmkYMZfEU9Sr8pbpvdU5f2606-LKc/s1024/output_1512033845_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamOadBUS56aXlaBM6RgKIVBo7hYZjHsr7_SZPpch7Blf7ws4xe0trctu0TeMrXte_gWxZCLjRJ76dn14J1FIvK2Rfo2Vphi5HZKyCz4I8Tv-qAWwLAE4xeqBajidK2Ieze_hifxyqC-qGCZ4C3HzGT0NHytASyLsmkYMZfEU9Sr8pbpvdU5f2606-LKc/s320/output_1512033845_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Huxley</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Huxley
is a chemist,” Zacaris said in a way that made the boy sound like an educated
genius. Instead of taking it as a compliment Huxley discarded the chemist title
and relabeled himself as someone who ‘just likes to blow things up’.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Did you see how
Aura and Andromeda busted through the gates? Whoowee!” Huxley cheered, his
American accent so thick I expected his next words to be “Yee Haw!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">-----</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“But I’m
American,” Huxley said in his thick Texan accent. “Ain’t no one gonna believe
for a doggone minute that I’m from Europe.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;">“Just keep your
mouth shut,” Alamar said with a double meaning.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxj4O3ztzgHAmdDKrCPLX5vmFSI6BHHoRvruYPJXh5FeAy99IUZdnysasS6ulmSnP3EIH8JQw8hOmpIamouRqATy26SEy0-zlqkPy0vu2lDTXQMNE7wBK-DTXpPbBsdniN1OeS4NLzFtQTG5SbNnrsf35fhCMxthyphenhyphennqytIoMRIwcemM-A6MAP12XepEY/s1024/output_3864991767_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxj4O3ztzgHAmdDKrCPLX5vmFSI6BHHoRvruYPJXh5FeAy99IUZdnysasS6ulmSnP3EIH8JQw8hOmpIamouRqATy26SEy0-zlqkPy0vu2lDTXQMNE7wBK-DTXpPbBsdniN1OeS4NLzFtQTG5SbNnrsf35fhCMxthyphenhyphennqytIoMRIwcemM-A6MAP12XepEY/s320/output_3864991767_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Harper</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">“She is from a place called Sincelejo, Colombia and has chosen her career working as an atmospheric scientist.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">I must have looked confused as to what this was so Harper explained, “I study the weather.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">I nodded showing that I understood, but I didn’t understand how this was now considered a science. We all used to watch the weather hundreds of years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIoNRpIoCjWXl7fSB2H5D5qcfseHpx2GVf8R5s5dPwgmYqO6Wpssjj4diEr3436vr8aTdZzVkz2KFnoEUIvUiSaTqvRPVkc6oSPr6CSoxPLczV6pbw8Z3I11tzwzxPzfDb8_5-KXkKr9jx1Mh9tY7GIcvkeuRjXij6KetiftMY2WpAttpbmJr2w1pzrM/s1024/output_1895066663_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIoNRpIoCjWXl7fSB2H5D5qcfseHpx2GVf8R5s5dPwgmYqO6Wpssjj4diEr3436vr8aTdZzVkz2KFnoEUIvUiSaTqvRPVkc6oSPr6CSoxPLczV6pbw8Z3I11tzwzxPzfDb8_5-KXkKr9jx1Mh9tY7GIcvkeuRjXij6KetiftMY2WpAttpbmJr2w1pzrM/s320/output_1895066663_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Kade</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Kade is your
technology specialist,” Zacarias explained. “He comes to us from Sweden and has
extensive skills in programming and hardware. He helped to engineer our
underground shields.” I had no idea what most of this meant, but I could tell
it was important. Zacaris probably noted my confusion because he turned to Kade
and instructed, “Since Lady Auriella is unfamiliar with much of our tech you
will need to cater to her like you would your grandmother.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“My grandma at least knows how to cook with a
microwave,” Kade mumbled under his breath......</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Bad Guys</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cueLEXP9Y9jD-IoIxZuuYSnYKZQ8tPaCY7qp2rgiYul08pP6dzQkpQ5vBvivrtbCS98htJxfVNN0cSvAZmX1itEzynMUZ0zDwLZPwM4qgvu0Rsmrp4npBpi0L2ufDxx2YbjlR7Rb2nnJ8_soAgGgSLAW7BTJCPNgGfHuNiTnYY9o6dlVYCzlk4Uy49g/s1024/output_162593105_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cueLEXP9Y9jD-IoIxZuuYSnYKZQ8tPaCY7qp2rgiYul08pP6dzQkpQ5vBvivrtbCS98htJxfVNN0cSvAZmX1itEzynMUZ0zDwLZPwM4qgvu0Rsmrp4npBpi0L2ufDxx2YbjlR7Rb2nnJ8_soAgGgSLAW7BTJCPNgGfHuNiTnYY9o6dlVYCzlk4Uy49g/s320/output_162593105_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dalia and Sam did this amazing art piece of Aura from The Watchers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3x0MjQfcrf89vqTbIZB1LmMt07tfjh2JNtX41Itb0VKlcMVj1OzsfRZZJ-58S9ZStwYvul920592CtdMU_5ZV5EGkXqAzaJaXaQFSYkzSRNDuCRQ2lwR3GJh2jk8MMPo0-_6KJcdlqZHkASadpkIhFVbzDEXRS6eYR_jL_UzjU4YpY0LGOHYesCqTAr0/s5753/img-231220121556-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5753" data-original-width="3888" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3x0MjQfcrf89vqTbIZB1LmMt07tfjh2JNtX41Itb0VKlcMVj1OzsfRZZJ-58S9ZStwYvul920592CtdMU_5ZV5EGkXqAzaJaXaQFSYkzSRNDuCRQ2lwR3GJh2jk8MMPo0-_6KJcdlqZHkASadpkIhFVbzDEXRS6eYR_jL_UzjU4YpY0LGOHYesCqTAr0/w360-h534/img-231220121556-001.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-15484757381803114842023-12-19T07:39:00.000-08:002023-12-19T07:39:59.020-08:00Sundogs<p> <span style="white-space: pre;">The first time I saw a sundog I thought the Second Coming of Christ was here.</span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre;"> I had never seen or heard of this phenomenon where the air freezes and basically</span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre;"> turns the sky into a chandelier. </span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='396' height='329' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxTH3dUcI97ZI27yYA-S4Z83-2iTOK64ZY9cA6rFNl4sG2hVEMwUGNdoOEuTRRUgdA2MXJlK3j3Hrsdg1HIdA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-28503590036690595162023-12-18T19:45:00.000-08:002023-12-18T19:45:15.962-08:00Attendance at Comicon - Compared to my County<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='440' height='366' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzMIGvMOfbzX7EIGP71mRGfS6dMtoJr-LjqYSqCnoi8DApy5HhwqJ_9_ZMehJszgeyfacNBjFC6HH1O_xL0ow' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-67260683353612271482023-12-13T06:18:00.000-08:002023-12-13T06:18:10.460-08:00Vlog 26 is now up!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="351" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cum4yEYPci4" width="423" youtube-src-id="cum4yEYPci4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hey friends, I know its been a while since I've done a video. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is Vlog 26. You can see how busy we have been. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During the summer in the cold northlands, everyone works 12 to 16 hour days in order to prepare for winter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even though most indoor work in done in the winter and outdoor in the summer we had some indoor work the was vital to complete in order to survive the winter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>One of the best parts of this featured project was finding the names written on the walls behind the paneling. It was almost 40 years ago when these men worked on the church and hung this paneling. <p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">You know how ever old house has that dark scary corner, well that has gotta go in the church. The dark scary corning of the church was near the furnace where there were still footprints of the old coal shaft and chimney.</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-14486706425700224072023-12-05T22:00:00.020-08:002023-12-05T22:00:00.145-08:00Homecoming Chaos by D.W. Brooks<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/47d6iCK" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DdWxXkfR2VBx5k7bXn_aA0mVLEnnpfEI7baTDUV3DS5V9CIq4LdTCxeREbQfbRAYJBplqruEbKIBfrQWTv4sbMj_s6gfgWVBByZhYCTTWQqyFkWu6Sk1cU6hiFT3zUptWbE-5k5eAvtRKdfsCNTVDmE-t-fPSKFHSz27sThJo-f3ymTkRP3gqyCLZ4A/w253-h405/homecoming_chaos_v2.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">Welcome to the blog tour for </span><i style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">Homecoming Chaos</i><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">! This
romantic suspense by D.W. Brooks is perfect for readers who enjoy some witty
dialogue and family issues mixed with a little romance and mystery.</span></div><p></p>
<h2><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The blog tour starts November 20th and lasts through
December 17th. You'll have a chance to read reviews and interviews as well as
enter our giveaway. Check out the full tour schedule below.<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2><span lang="EN-CA">About the Book<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A dead body
in the parking lot of her family’s business, a killer on the loose, and a
handsome detective asking a lot of questions…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Jamie
Scott’s life fell apart four years ago when she broke off her engagement,
turned down a dream job, and went overseas to run away from her life. Now she’s
back, but the reunion is not without problems. She arrives home just in time to
attend the soiree her mother planned, but she’s not prepared for what she
finds—a dead employee in the parking lot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Detective
Nick Marshall is assigned to the murder case at the forensics lab owned by
Jamie’s family. He meets the headstrong Jamie, but he has a job to do. And his
attraction to her… well, he’s a professional.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Jamie knows
the stakes are high. She has to face the past and save her parents’ business
while dealing with her family drama and an uncertain future. She also has to
deal with Nick, who wants her out of the way of his investigation. But fate
keeps throwing them in one another’s paths… and into chaos that they both want
to avoid, but neither can seem to escape.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Publisher:
Life: The Reboot, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ISBN-13:
979-8218150501<br />
Print length: 449 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Purchase a
copy of <i>Homecoming Chaos</i> by visiting </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://amzn.to/47d6iCK"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amazon</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book/1144277742"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Barnes
and Noble</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, or </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/homecoming-chaos"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kobo</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. Make sure
you also add <i>Homecoming Chaos</i> to your </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199499710-homecoming-chaos"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Goodreads reading list</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p>
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<h2><span lang="EN-CA">About Author D.W. Brooks<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">D.W. Brooks lives in Texas with her husband and children. She enjoys
trying to stay in shape, sporadically cooking, reading (still), writing, and
working on her blog. She is eternally grateful to the woman who donated a
kidney to her over 5 years ago and continues to advocate for organ donation as
much as she can.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<h2><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Twitter: </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://twitter.com/lifethereboot"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4472c4; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent1;">https://twitter.com/lifethereboot</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #4472c4; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></h2>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-22280249561906812952023-12-05T22:00:00.019-08:002023-12-05T22:00:00.146-08:00Party Like It’s 2044 by Joni B. Cole<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3u8xFPL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmTT65QefPPeceQM5EjjxQ1eO5wulXDAZAJsJHhtsP1K96NCxiJ0IQnvSNcNex1Ofj1-zisC4L65lcY55mDCHlu3aipBOElnMi9NCESr9xWoV58egNUBeIHB2vWkTe1rlfxwOJic0PQKOz7tv-wLZeWWkgmB94Mfy1-0KX9QoNc4qB66AyvvJ_C3kRJc/w289-h434/PARTY%20LIKE%20IT'S%202044%20COVER.jpeg" width="289" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">Author Joni B. Cole worries that Vlad the
Impaler may be a distant cousin. She feuds with a dead medium. She thinks (or overthinks)
about insulting birthday cards, power trips, and the real reasons writers hate
Amazon. And she wishes, really wishes, all those well-meaning people would stop
talking about Guatemala. At once irreverent and thought provoking, Cole offers
a joy ride through this collection of eclectic essays that lands smack on the
sweet spot between soul searching and social commentary, between humor and
heft. Writes author and national book reviewer Joan Frank, </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">“Here is a
voice giving us a welcome break: vibrant, provocative, funny and
flavorful...Cole’s deep and generous thinking makes room and fresh air: worth
breathing deeply.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Publisher:
University of New Mexico Press<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ISBN-10:
0826365566<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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978-0826365569<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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length: 240 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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essay collection, <i>Party Like it's 2044</i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://amzn.to/3u8xFPL" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3637" data-original-width="3418" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3Gu9c39wYRt3-Sj78dQP2DSXOsBq3ZCMh1jKKTJQjSJ5j5D5kC3KzWv7rqJQeRIYVvyhF-aQYS_ftIaHWKu0FKLG6GIK25gFo3mACN5YQt3nAAfnfw0gI0AVoQGRNiWhrrUWMovv4tq0_0eAV-ePaVcrb4m-sVDyf7-MNfknJ4LJLHxX-tMvgDtZamc/s320/Joni14Mar22aaCROP.jpg" width="301" /></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About the Author<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Joni B. Cole is a writing instructor and
author of seven books, including the acclaimed new essay collection </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Party
Like It’s 2044</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">, described by scholar and humorist Gina Barreca as,
“Fabulously readable and thoroughly engaging, it is Cole’s voice that makes her
stories sing. Whether she’s leading us into laughter, or holding our hand
through dazzling moments of emotional recognition, Cole takes writing seriously
while taking herself lightly, and thereby illuminating the world with these
memorable essays.” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Joni also has authored two books for
writers: <i>Good Naked: How to Write More, Write Better, and Be Happier</i> (listed
as one of the "Best Books for Writers" by Poets & Writers
magazine); and <i>Toxic Feedback: Helping Writers Survive and Thrive</i> (“strongly
recommended” for students and teachers by Library Journal). Nominated for a US
Fellowship Award and Pushcart Prize, she created the three-volume “This Day”
series that shares a day in the life of hundreds of women across America
(“fascinating and eye-opening,” Publisher's Weekly). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For twenty-five years, Joni has taught
online and in-person creative writing to adults through her own Writer's Center
in White River Junction, Vermont, as well as at academic programs and
conferences around the country. She lives in Vermont and has two daughters. For
more info, email </span><span lang="EN"><a href="mailto:jonibethcole@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">jonibethcole@gmail.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.
Or visit: </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://jonibcole.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">jonibcole.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> or </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://thewriterscenterwrj.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">thewriterscenterwrj.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-82963832706974747972023-11-22T21:13:00.000-08:002023-11-22T21:13:13.207-08:00Road Trip - Columbia Gorge<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Playing in the Columbia Gorge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxD1sog6UqjqZyvMu_skGBYAX1GI7ES947R3131ulhIFIeLCHRGC_77pAFYVgcGTV6OZjV7-N_K-i0-cptnHV-IOKlAxrQrmZCAZuLzUsspxs4cE8dIiAHCBsDjATEbHLHky9bkxchejsr9Y0zrPOAe_nbvUc4oFBHAYo58IZSkCewoNASmHTZ25E7LC8/s1050/20210409_182049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="788" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxD1sog6UqjqZyvMu_skGBYAX1GI7ES947R3131ulhIFIeLCHRGC_77pAFYVgcGTV6OZjV7-N_K-i0-cptnHV-IOKlAxrQrmZCAZuLzUsspxs4cE8dIiAHCBsDjATEbHLHky9bkxchejsr9Y0zrPOAe_nbvUc4oFBHAYo58IZSkCewoNASmHTZ25E7LC8/s320/20210409_182049.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In this picture Leif is explaining to me a really complex science theory</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> about how some force in space works.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The gorge is one of my favorite places to drive, hike, take pictures, and explore.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love all the bridges and Leif and I would hop back and forth from Washington to Oregon. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQxshx31OOgKrd2kdCC_8CrFI2cQ1ItiRm6jAa3L_wOTEEUKVzJw0tQUEcF1a7oUOAlZVPh6SG48jBkRgr3yzNZqVN6-OSo68X1-0O4DYTV1tCOEUWubuZD_WDg5PmKUdx3f-eioag5TOQXQEUntKStg_HHSQ_mDeHQD_z1CNHt8D1E9eHCir7TSYunw/s1050/20210409_142850_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="788" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQxshx31OOgKrd2kdCC_8CrFI2cQ1ItiRm6jAa3L_wOTEEUKVzJw0tQUEcF1a7oUOAlZVPh6SG48jBkRgr3yzNZqVN6-OSo68X1-0O4DYTV1tCOEUWubuZD_WDg5PmKUdx3f-eioag5TOQXQEUntKStg_HHSQ_mDeHQD_z1CNHt8D1E9eHCir7TSYunw/s320/20210409_142850_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stopped at this cute little café. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got two drinks because I wanted both hot chocolate and a cool smoothie.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4aeV7o9yCWpnDvdhIeJJFtUDg-fz3Ui2EzzMJqx0Ba3_SvR3hXb-I76jkT-HYbLc6nlJdQ2mYFf33Yn63SUiFVJPfjgqaKwElvvIZC8JbnWT1YBBPvSm7qlPXwpu6UjqVIHxPFs9fPIxlJCbtOmb2DbL-e6hBzyQ2E44yBznZyLKN5CAnlvky6R3lIc/s1050/20210409_141233_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="788" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4aeV7o9yCWpnDvdhIeJJFtUDg-fz3Ui2EzzMJqx0Ba3_SvR3hXb-I76jkT-HYbLc6nlJdQ2mYFf33Yn63SUiFVJPfjgqaKwElvvIZC8JbnWT1YBBPvSm7qlPXwpu6UjqVIHxPFs9fPIxlJCbtOmb2DbL-e6hBzyQ2E44yBznZyLKN5CAnlvky6R3lIc/s320/20210409_141233_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In college I took a Hiking and Backpacking class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For real, that's a thing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was one of my favorite classes and a great stress relief.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Many of our class sessions were spent going on local hikes around the Portland area. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For a very urban city there are many places close by that make you feel like you are in the deep woods. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For our final, we took a road trip and hiked into Marion Lake. It can only be reached on foot so only the most dedicated outdoor enthusiast venture here. (Sorry to use only twice in one sentence).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The picture above I took while on the shore were I slept.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm enjoying my time in the prairie right now, but I really miss the deep woods.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm glad I have all these pictures to look back on and thanks for allowing me to reminisce.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Below is the clear water of the lake. 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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Welcome to the blog tour for <i>A Delicate Marriage</i>!
This historical novel by Margarita Barresi is perfect for readers who enjoy
20th century historical fiction and/or Latinx stories. <o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The blog tour starts November 10th and runs until December
7th. You'll have a chance to read reviews and interviews as well as enter our
giveaway. Check out the full tour schedule below.<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2><span lang="EN-CA">About the Book<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">From
glittering ballrooms to verdant mountains to poverty-stricken slums, <i>A
Delicate Marriage</i> takes the reader on a vivid tour of Puerto Rico forty
years after becoming a U.S. colony, a time of great change and political
turmoil on the island.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Isabela, a
wealthy woman, sacrifices her artistic aspirations to marry Marco, a penniless
man dedicated to improving conditions on the island. As the island's insular
government enacts pro-U.S. policies, Marco builds a real estate empire while
struggling to maintain his populist principles. Meanwhile, Isabela feels
unfulfilled in her traditional role as a wife and mother and becomes
disillusioned with Marco's shifting moral compass. She begins to identify with
anti-U.S. factions, leading a dangerous double life that puts her family in
peril.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As
political violence threatens their paradise, Isabela and Marco question whether
their marriage, like the island's relationship with the U.S., should continue.
Margarita Barresi's debut novel celebrates Puerto Rican culture while delving
into themes of class, oppression, and the effects of colonialism through the
lens of a marriage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Publisher: Atmosphere Press<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ISBN-10: 1639889302<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ISBN-13: 978-1639889303<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Print length: 352 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Purchase a copy of the book at </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-delicate-marriage-margarita-barresi/1143742097?ean=9781639889303"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Barnes & Noble</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://amzn.to/3sh5yxf"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amazon</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-delicate-marriage-margarita-barresi/20244003?ean=9781639889303"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bookshop.org</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and add it to your </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/183316742-a-delicate-marriage"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Goodreads reading list</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2><span lang="EN-CA">Praise for A Delicate Marriage<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Margarita Barresi’s A Delicate Marriage
is an electrifying debut … smart, heartfelt and timely… a trenchant portrait of
an island and a marriage pushed to the breaking point.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">— Junot Diaz, author of This
is When You Lose Her<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Immersive and interesting, empathetic,
and expansive, Barresi skillfully interweaves a love story with the history of
Puerto Rico politics. An impressive debut!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">— Susie Orman Schnall, author of We Came
Here to Shine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Barresi is a naturally gifted storyteller
with a talent for narrative structure…What emerges is a fully three-dimensional
portrait of a couple trying to find a way forward in a time of political and
social upheaval…An absorbing and deeply nuanced romance.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> —Kirkus Reviews<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Barresi expertly weaves captivating
details of Puerto Rican history into this gripping love story.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">— Independent Book Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“A Delicate Marriage, with its blend of
glamour, charm, and a nostalgic nod to a bygone era, promises to uplift
readers’ spirits on even the dreariest of days, inviting them to revisit the
tempestuous yet enchanting landscape of Puerto Rico.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">— Literary Titan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2><a href="https://amzn.to/3sh5yxf" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="359" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBgwDrQ2Rr2CN62zzk80TRp1-zULINp88BWWfwcfDmcHZsrBIYZoeSwTIqkLc0AnGULa5T-auOj2bgaCYtkr0Yzvompx41fAL7iuj4zvXn5qVzGq13nZvwGTk1kgx4dnfnkczdsIsd0L9FFPV3EJJ8qDSwQoUFF_TWcET7zN8Cxt4yrARO1y-B1gYFyw/s320/IMG_2058.jpeg" width="180" /></a><span lang="EN-CA"></span></h2><h2>About Author Margarita Barresi</h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Raised in Puerto Rico by her grandparents, Margarita
Barresi grew up hearing stories about the “good old days”—the genesis for this,
her first novel. She studied public relations at Boston University, and after<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">a successful career in marketing communications, now
devotes her time to writing. Her essays have been published in several literary
magazines and compilations. Margarita lives in the suburbs north of Boston with
her husband and two Puerto Rican cats, Luna and Rico.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Learn more at </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.margaritabarresi.com/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.margaritabarresi.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.<br />
Instagram: @margaritabarresi </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/margaritabarresi/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.instagram.com/margaritabarresi/<br />
</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">X/Twitter: @Barresi_Writes </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://twitter.com/Barresi_Writes"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://twitter.com/Barresi_Writes<br />
</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Facebook: Margarita Barresi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-58324536016493062562023-11-16T10:37:00.000-08:002023-11-16T10:37:09.403-08:00New Banners for The Watchers<p> This was my project today. I updated all my banners to include all SEVEN books instead of six. Its surreal.</p><p>I am a very slow writer. I also have life, family, service, etc. </p><p>While writing these books I had three babies, moved more times than I want to count, worked a full time job, got a a couple of degrees, including a Master's Degree, volunteered for twelve non-profits, helped MANY other authors get their books published, worked in legislation, advocated for children's rights, saved so many animals you might think I'm related to Noah, survived Covid, and remodeled nine historical buildings.</p><p>For some authors, they can pump out a book every year. I don't know how they do it. </p><p>I told myself I would finish the last book after the Second Coming or when I got a movie deal... Well, Jesus isn't here yet, and my agent is still working on the movie deal, but I had a very encouraging and supportive publisher and my husband who helped to support me so I could make it happen. </p><p>Its been decades, but here it is, all of them together.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwJRAOEALEx9wHoV1H1SCkLGIlKe0EgpDha3N0P8Tqx2kKp7Xff29v7fo2Q2UydJIyqQYIQjnVQNIBFxDNScLoZWbk1yzNTbYUB3eb7q3SCa1Qj_DdKcFFXBDwEdTDWSRr7sjFtyxJnW9ShvfWTv1U2G1VVSqYXkP3mtPRKpA4lqz7tXhpnpO91XkHV8/s2100/add%202%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="2100" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwJRAOEALEx9wHoV1H1SCkLGIlKe0EgpDha3N0P8Tqx2kKp7Xff29v7fo2Q2UydJIyqQYIQjnVQNIBFxDNScLoZWbk1yzNTbYUB3eb7q3SCa1Qj_DdKcFFXBDwEdTDWSRr7sjFtyxJnW9ShvfWTv1U2G1VVSqYXkP3mtPRKpA4lqz7tXhpnpO91XkHV8/s320/add%202%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-27196812763736667002023-11-15T13:45:00.000-08:002023-11-16T09:47:40.659-08:00The Watchers Book 7 - Night of Light<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Available on Amazon December 1, 2023</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid-b0jAFCiZejMstf3CrLIGsYO_G5mrlNX0Gkx7ILxqIKhoHLw_odcKob9lkSBkIa1B6VfQO_izKO_UcGuLdrRt-ONl0W3PhKi08t-mMMMegZqiSpzmwcUL7I09169qCjOseng0mj6l0IzvnROlvuwjbMNPBUzGxbCUu6-2PPCgXKWvvqjrTzRGT0390/s2700/book%207%20front%20only.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid-b0jAFCiZejMstf3CrLIGsYO_G5mrlNX0Gkx7ILxqIKhoHLw_odcKob9lkSBkIa1B6VfQO_izKO_UcGuLdrRt-ONl0W3PhKi08t-mMMMegZqiSpzmwcUL7I09169qCjOseng0mj6l0IzvnROlvuwjbMNPBUzGxbCUu6-2PPCgXKWvvqjrTzRGT0390/w208-h313/book%207%20front%20only.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Watchers is an epic fairytale about finding hope and light during dark times. The story introduces you to a cast of engaging, down-to-earth, yet supernatural characters. There is someone for everyone to identify with and come to love, hate, and recognize in our own modern-day life. The story line leads the audience through epic adventures, young love, challenges, heartache, and very human experiences by otherworldly and apocryphal beings of legend. The mythology of the story is deep, yet easy to understand as it incorporates real historical events, places you can find on Google maps, and documented paranormal encounters from cultures and religions from all over the world.</span></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Amazon affiliate link: <a href="https://amzn.to/3sx3Ckt " target="_blank"><span style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation;">https://amzn.to/3sx3Ckt</span> </a><br /></span><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;">Deirdra's Blog: </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.astorybookworld.com/">https://www.astorybookworld.com/</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;">Deirdra's Website: </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505;"><a href="https://www.deirdraeden.com/">https://www.deirdraeden.com/</a><br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;">Goodreads: </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/deirdraeden">https://www.goodreads.com/deirdraeden</a><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;">Facebook: </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DeirdraEdenWatchers/">https://www.facebook.com/DeirdraEdenWatchers/</a><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;">Instagram: </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/deirdraeden/">https://www.instagram.com/deirdraeden/</a></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #050505; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">About the Author</span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdlzWnFewPGYbYEVk6S9ajIV76Jff1upBEV_eA13araA6AeVcjMixIwcEVKjn3E6lvP6jJyS1-k8P3lxPamF39NXIfz_MhjIRlnbbn6K2gSGWqpoTJ3plGaGYjUubdRkUFdKHn_WYqvEJINhzl7jfbjErFJjup2CwvlH4iQsnQLynPx5x6DDe89nrxIw/s548/Untitled.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="426" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdlzWnFewPGYbYEVk6S9ajIV76Jff1upBEV_eA13araA6AeVcjMixIwcEVKjn3E6lvP6jJyS1-k8P3lxPamF39NXIfz_MhjIRlnbbn6K2gSGWqpoTJ3plGaGYjUubdRkUFdKHn_WYqvEJINhzl7jfbjErFJjup2CwvlH4iQsnQLynPx5x6DDe89nrxIw/w341-h451/Untitled.jpg" width="341" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit;"><span class="C9DxTc" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I am passionate about empowering people and helping them to reach their goals and overcome trials. </span></span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit;"><span class="C9DxTc" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I believe that we are all meant to be the hero of our own stories.</span></span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: inherit; text-indent: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="C9DxTc" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;">I earned my</span><span class="C9DxTc" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> undergrad in Social and Behavioral Science and a Master's Degree in Pastoral Counseling with a specialty in Community Chaplaincy</span><span class="C9DxTc" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;">. I joined the </span><span class="C9DxTc" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">American Association for Christian Counselors</span><span class="C9DxTc" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;">, and received certifications through the Department of Justice. </span><span class="C9DxTc" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I pioneered a profiling system for creative people and created a successful time management program for creators</span><span class="C9DxTc" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: inherit; text-indent: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="C9DxTc" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Combining </span><span class="C9DxTc" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;">my </span><span class="C9DxTc" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">love </span><span class="C9DxTc" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;">for</span><span class="C9DxTc" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> people, adventures, and storytelling, I've created allegorical and epic stories for you. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: inherit; text-indent: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="C9DxTc" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;">I invite you </span><span class="C9DxTc" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">on a journey with engaging, down-to-earth, yet supernatural characters. There is someone for everyone to identify with and come to love, hate, and recognize in our own modern-day life through the victories and heartache of our human experiences.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: inherit; text-indent: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="C9DxTc" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline;">My </span><span class="C9DxTc" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">self-help books uplift, teach, and encourage self-discovery and self-care while catering to </span><span class="C9DxTc" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">your individual </span><span class="C9DxTc" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">creativity.</span></span></p></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590868503129223598.post-2590974780892376172023-11-08T22:00:00.016-08:002023-11-08T22:00:00.138-08:00Time to Write by Emily Winslow<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3RT0iKM" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="600" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7b06lhTIh0rcsceQy9j835yKguJkBpMM2995c_ng1LmNTXb_DjpcNkUl4KcDrR2rWg8pwX7WR0QD3lhhVQIDSWxvxn-i9ezwswzhuTkd8EHY0utpTEBgmtxhZBymnxyOqs280pzXkYGdVDoPablWsXZ94iPrvSqrvBGLKc1x30X9ZLEznpsymJXG3iGk/w284-h431/TimeToWrite_b%20(1).jpg" width="284" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">Welcome to the </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">Time
to Write</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"> blog tour! This writing guide by Emily Winslow is perfect for
anyone who wants to write a novel and could use support. The tour runs until
November 12th. Don't forget to check out all the stops below.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">You'll have the chance
to learn more about Time to Write and the author, Emily Winslow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Join us as we celebrate
this book and this inspiring author.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">About
the Book<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Have you always wanted
to write a novel?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Emily Winslow will help
you develop the mindset and skills to get you started, keep you going, and see
you through. Time to Write is a creative writing guide aimed at anyone who
wants to write a novel and could use some support.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">It contains 49 lessons,
each easy to read and packed with insights based on experience. Emily has taken
her own work to high levels with major publishers, and has learned from
teaching at Cambridge University what makes students light up and what makes
their work drastically, excitingly improve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">This book is full of
encouragement, recognizing and affirming different work styles. It's a total
handbook, teaching a broad range of specific writing skills with insight and
clarity as well as covering topics around writing in-depth, such as how to give
and take critique and how to evaluate publishers and agents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">It's time to write the
stories inside you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Print length: 275 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">About
the Author, Emily Winslow</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJOKiYAQ8uyvE88mtnhX6yR0-ipZPWXEvVThU5l3OSgXMuuf2Q1Y2hH6UJ4oVGEn5T-dlRDS5xL3lxbKCcBTdCL4mBlqDGbVd6EwqmikrJ8XdK7I10PrIY7yhwToFa8r3kJ9ALzNhZEYZ_tm1OgsiAmnwnFeJ61QkXQDUZtvLOVVI__YME02bOdsUI7g/s843/emilywinslow_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJOKiYAQ8uyvE88mtnhX6yR0-ipZPWXEvVThU5l3OSgXMuuf2Q1Y2hH6UJ4oVGEn5T-dlRDS5xL3lxbKCcBTdCL4mBlqDGbVd6EwqmikrJ8XdK7I10PrIY7yhwToFa8r3kJ9ALzNhZEYZ_tm1OgsiAmnwnFeJ61QkXQDUZtvLOVVI__YME02bOdsUI7g/s320/emilywinslow_b.jpg" width="228" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Emily Winslow is the
author of a series of crime novels and a memoir. Her books have been published
by Random House, HarperCollins, Allison & Busby, and Shanghai Translation
Publishing House.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Her novels (<i>The Whole
World, The Start of Everything, The Red House</i>, and <i>Look For Her</i>)
have been called “brilliant” (<i>The Washington Post</i>), “vivid” (<i>Parade</i>
magazine) and “dazzling” (Shelf Awareness). Her memoir, <i>Jane Doe January</i>,
is “meticulously constructed and ultimately terrifying” (<i>The New York Times</i>),
“potent” (Kirkus), and “compelling” (<i>Bustle</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">She grew up in the U.S.
and now lives in Cambridge, England teaching for the University of Cambridge
and for Cambridge Creative Writing Company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Find Emily online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.emilywinslow.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">www.EmilyWinslow.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cambridgecreativewritingcompany.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">www.CambridgeCreativeWritingCompany.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Facebook: </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/emilywinslow.author/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">emilywinslow.author</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Instagram: </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/emilycwinslow/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">emilycwinslow</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Praise
for <i>Time to Write</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Acclaimed,
multi-published authors love Emily’s teaching.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Emily Winslow is a uniquely brilliant teacher. I
would highly recommend that anyone who cares about improving their writing
follow her advice.” Sophie Hannah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">"Emily has taught a range of students of all
ages, nationalities, and experiences, from first timers to those already in the
early stages of a writing career. Students blossom with the confidence she
provides." Elizabeth Speller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“This book is packed full of fantastic insights to
ignite and stoke creative inspiration. Every teacher and student of creative
writing will want it on their shelves.” Menna Van Praag<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Popular life and
business coach Kristen King recognizes the value of creative writing on mental
health and self image:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 58.5pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Emily’s insights skillfully draw out not just words
and stories, but also self-awareness, perspective, and connection. Whether you're
working on a book-length project, dabbling in personal essay, or just trying to
figure out who the hell you are, this book is a must-have for anyone who thinks
their words and stories aren't enough.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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