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I have recently uploaded a few books to Google Books with more to follow. I feel this gives a worldwide sales platform for my books as other online retailers do not cover the same amount of countries as Google.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the link &lt;a href=&quot;https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Sue_Perkins_Blue_Silver_Caishel?id=_vHMEAAAQBAJ&quot;&gt;Google Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below is an excerpt from Blue and Silver: Caishel - the first of the Cloud Kingdoms series.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ardon&lt;br /&gt;The pile of glossy fruge tempted Caishel. A quick movement of her hand and the red fruit lay safely tucked between her fingers.&lt;br /&gt;“Stop thief!”&lt;br /&gt;Experience had taught Caishel to run first at any shout and only stop and plead innocence if nothing else worked. She flew through the market, and a quick glance over her shoulder revealed the stallholder chasing her, his chubby face glowing as he tried to match her speed.&lt;br /&gt;Anybody would think I’d taken his life’s savings instead of one fruge. The old potbelly’s got no chance of catching me. &lt;br /&gt;Laughter bubbled up inside her, but an immovable object in the form of a body stopped flight and mirth. A tall aristocrat blocked her way, his feet planted wide to take the impact. The air whooshed from the man’s lungs as her head collided with his chest. Caishel attempted to get free, but strong hands grabbed her skinny arms then held on tight. Her desperate struggles only resulted in the loss of the fruge.&lt;br /&gt;“Let I go!”&lt;br /&gt;Ominous ripping noises came from her shirt and Caishel kicked frantically at the boot clad shins, but her bare feet had no effect. Unable to escape, her next stop would be Duke Robard’s law courts.&lt;br /&gt;First I got caught, now I’m going to be arrested. Great! &lt;br /&gt;“Hold him, Ailan.” The Duke’s voice rose above the marketplace noise.&lt;br /&gt;An eager crowd gathered in anticipation of a free show as the Duke stepped up beside the noble he’d called Ailan. “Now then my good people, who calls this boy a thief?”&lt;br /&gt;“It’s me, your lordship.” The stallholder whined as he nervously approached the Duke.&lt;br /&gt;Caishel carefully watched the face of the noble holding her, hoping for a chance to escape. On his cloak, above the house emblem of a silver dragon, were the rank marks of a Sire. A look of disgust crossed the man’s face. His nose lifted haughtily and he took shallow breaths as the stallholder came closer. &lt;br /&gt;Arrogant man. Who does he think he is? We have no choice but to live like this. Downside only the strongest survive. Let the lofty Sire try living in the filthy streets of Ardville and see if he can keep himself clean.&lt;br /&gt;“It’s not exactly a major crime, is it?” Duke Robard said dismissively and Caishel silently chuckled with glee. The Duke had lost interest. “Ailan, attend to this, would you?”&lt;br /&gt;With a negligent wave of his hand, Robard gathered his entourage around him and left the market, heading for the sky port.&lt;br /&gt;“How much?” Sire Ailan asked the stallholder.&lt;br /&gt;“Three d’jars, your lordship.”&lt;br /&gt;“For one fruge?” Caishel saw the greed in the stallholder’s eyes. Apparently so had the Sire. “I’ll give you half a d’jar. It’s not worth any more.”&lt;br /&gt;Sire Ailan tossed the stallholder a coin with his free hand and the man snatched it out of the air, checked its authenticity with his teeth, and hurried back to his stall. Now that the show had finished, the crowd lost interest and wandered off.&lt;br /&gt;Caishel tried to free herself while Sire Ailan negotiated with the stallholder, but the noble had kept a tight grip on her arm the whole time.&lt;br /&gt;“Going so soon, boy?” Ailan asked. &lt;br /&gt;Caishel saw his lips twitch with humor and anger boiled up inside her, followed quickly by relief. At least he hadn’t discovered her true identity.&lt;br /&gt;“Let I go.” Thankfully, her voice sounded young, not frightened. The Sire frowned and took a closer look at her. Her body shrank as far away as his hold would allow.&lt;br /&gt;“I’ll release you if you repay me for the fruge.” The laughter in his voice lay below the surface.&lt;br /&gt;“You stupid? Why I steal fruit if I could pay? Where you think I get money for you?”&lt;br /&gt;For a moment, Caishel thought she’d gone too far. He didn’t look like he would release her. What would happen if he discovered her secret? &lt;br /&gt;“I’m going to let you go now. Make sure you don’t get caught thieving again.” Ailan released her arm and Caishel stepped away from him, rubbing the sore spot on her skin.&lt;br /&gt;“I not get caught.” Her voice could barely be heard. “Your fault I got caught this time.”&lt;br /&gt;Caishel quickly disappeared into the crowd before he changed his mind. &lt;br /&gt;Best to take some of the back streets in case he decides to follow. Must stay low for a while. So much trouble for nothing. I didn’t even get the fruge.&lt;br /&gt;Using the back alleys, she headed for the artifact shop selling relics from the ancients. Looking in the shop window reminded Caishel of her father, and thoughts of him always calmed her down. The next corner brought her to her destination, but a muttered oath escaped her lips. Sire Ailan walked down the narrow street ahead of her. Caishel quickly ducked back into the alley. Cautiously peering round the corner, her teeth ground in frustration. &lt;br /&gt;Stupid man. Why did he have to stop outside the artifact shop?&lt;br /&gt;Her head pulled back round the corner, but a flicker of movement overhead caught her attention.&lt;br /&gt;High above the street, a pedestrian bridge spanned the space between the upper stories of the buildings. A misty figure flickered into existence out of nowhere and Caishel’s stomach dropped in horror as it pushed a large urn from its pedestal. Once the urn left the pedestal and tumbled toward the ground, the figure vanished as abruptly as it had appeared.&lt;br /&gt;The urn hurtled toward the unsuspecting Sire and Caishel desperately flung herself from her hiding place. With her head low, her body rammed Ailan’s again, knocking him sideways to the ground where they ended up in a tangle of legs.&lt;br /&gt;“What the…” Ailan struggled to get to his feet, but blinked in shock as the urn smashed noisily in the exact spot where he’d been standing.&lt;br /&gt;“Saw it coming. Didn’t want you to get hurt,” Caishel muttered.&lt;br /&gt;Sire Ailan slowly looked up at the empty bridge then dropped his gaze to her face. Recognition dawned in his deep brown eyes and her heart sank. Her safety depended on her anonymity and keeping a low profile on the streets. &lt;br /&gt;“What are you doing here?” Ailan asked as he brushed down his clothes and straightened his dark brown hair. “Why did you push me out of the way?”&lt;br /&gt;“I owed you one. Don’t owe nothing now.”&lt;br /&gt;“You really thought you owed me?” Ailan raised an eyebrow in surprise. “Now you’ve saved me from disaster, perhaps I should tell you my name. I’m Sire Ailan of Lan, part of Duke Robard’s court. What do they call you, boy?”&lt;br /&gt;“What’s it to you?”&lt;br /&gt;“I’d like to talk to you, and it would be easier if I knew your name.”&lt;br /&gt;“Cai--Cail.” &lt;br /&gt;Idiot, don’t tell him your real name.&lt;br /&gt;“Pardon?”&lt;br /&gt;“Name’s Cail. What you want to talk about?” Her voice came out low and gruff.&lt;br /&gt;“Let’s eat while we talk, shall we?” Ailan led the way back to the market and approached a hot food stall where he purchased two babbit pies and mugs of kee.&lt;br /&gt;Caishel picked up her pie and, aware of Ailan’s gaze on her, made a desperate attempt to restrain her hunger. Soon, only an empty cup remained, and the rich gravy dribbling down her chin.&lt;br /&gt;“I don’t think I’m hungry after all,” Ailan pushed his own food away. “I’ll drink my kee. It seems a shame to waste this. Would you like it?”&lt;br /&gt;The words had barely left his mouth when Caishel seized and devoured the hot pie.&lt;br /&gt;“You said you wanted to speak to me.” Her hands caught the last of the gravy from her chin. Her tongue savored every drop as she licked her fingers clean. To her horror, her street cant had disappeared and the next words came out abruptly. “What you want to talk about?”&lt;br /&gt;“I’m in your debt for saving me from serious injury, maybe even death. I’d like to thank you. How would you feel about being my page? You look about the right age, and a job would be better than stealing.”&lt;br /&gt;“A page! Up there?” Caishel’s finger jabbed skyward at Ardon Castle floating high above the town. The Sire must be joking. Nobles didn’t give scruffy urchins important jobs.&lt;br /&gt;“Yes. Up there.”&lt;br /&gt;“Me. A page! Don’t be daft. I live on the streets. Why you want me for your page?” Despite her astonishment and excitement, Caishel remembered to keep talking like an urchin.&lt;br /&gt;“Do you want the job or not?”&lt;br /&gt;“What do I get out of it?” Suspicion filled her voice. Men in Ardville never did anything without expecting a favor in return.&lt;br /&gt;“Food. A bed. Education. If we suit one another, I’d pay you a small wage.”&lt;br /&gt;“Would I have a room of my own?”&lt;br /&gt;Caishel tried to hide her interest. It wouldn’t be possible for her to share a dormitory with the other pages. In such close proximity, they’d soon discover the truth about her.&lt;br /&gt;“You’d have a small closet off my rooms, and yes, it would be entirely yours.”&lt;br /&gt;Her body relaxed with relief. A room of her own would ensure her safety. The job would give her a chance to get away from the dirt and grime of the streets.&lt;br /&gt;“Okay.” Caishel tried to stop the happiness showing on her face.&lt;br /&gt;“Do you mean yes?”&lt;br /&gt;“You’ve got deal. I be your page.” Her hand extended to offer the Sire a handshake to seal the deal. Ailan hesitated, but a glare from Caishel dared him to withdraw his offer. He shook her hand.&lt;br /&gt;“Fine. I’ve got a few matters to attend to. Can you be ready in an hour?” Caishel nodded. “Meet me at the sky port and I’ll take you up to the castle.”&lt;br /&gt;“See you at the port then.” Caishel turned to leave.&lt;br /&gt;“Cail. You will turn up, won’t you? I don’t think you’d like the consequences if I had to come looking for you.”&lt;br /&gt;Caishel turned, glancing warily at him. Sire Ailan stared piercingly at her without speaking then he turned and hurried away, disappearing quickly into the crowd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/feeds/2106737877177122960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4559149563059754839&amp;postID=2106737877177122960' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/2106737877177122960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/2106737877177122960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/2023/07/books-available-on-google-books.html' title='Books Available on Google Books'/><author><name>Sue Perkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18068163331037548390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559149563059754839.post-4982854302377651170</id><published>2023-07-04T16:00:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2023-07-04T16:00:34.436-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#ebooks and paperback"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Fantasy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#fantasy romance"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Magic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#NyriaFey"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#payhip"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#specfic"/><title type='text'>Fantasy and Science Fiction books</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqdAETAfj9C8Kq18QwdKNjJqhoS4jRq9uGiWzSSVgzoEuR4LHMGb__FEodmnRXCekRqy5Ei0rl0o7iLbjdkdNuo1w1GJ41hZtzmxbPYlKeiK8HPxcchXl78LWygAbL4LQWYJCdHVd98A0_yiZlZPht5QyUHTlgs9MknS4lrsl5fd_8YuaYXinxWuqnsWN/s1880/Screenshot%202023-07-05%20at%2010.46.52.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;634&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1880&quot; height=&quot;169&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqdAETAfj9C8Kq18QwdKNjJqhoS4jRq9uGiWzSSVgzoEuR4LHMGb__FEodmnRXCekRqy5Ei0rl0o7iLbjdkdNuo1w1GJ41hZtzmxbPYlKeiK8HPxcchXl78LWygAbL4LQWYJCdHVd98A0_yiZlZPht5QyUHTlgs9MknS4lrsl5fd_8YuaYXinxWuqnsWN/w502-h169/Screenshot%202023-07-05%20at%2010.46.52.png&quot; width=&quot;502&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Look what I found! 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font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Do you like fantasy with a touch of romance?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;f85e1-0-0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot;&gt;Visit this page with free books to give away on BookFunnel.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;f85e1-0-0&quot; 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Click on the link below and download to start reading.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://BookHip.com/SDNBMLW&quot;&gt;Book Funnel&lt;/a&gt; (https://BookHip.com/SDNBMLW)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://BookHip.com/SDNBMLW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/feeds/2210514362357915294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4559149563059754839&amp;postID=2210514362357915294' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/2210514362357915294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/2210514362357915294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/2023/03/cloud-kingdom-series-free-book.html' title='Cloud Kingdom Series - Free Book'/><author><name>Sue Perkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18068163331037548390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8MvSdZZgu-2lto5Y2uKwgDaZAQr7Dz8TbkNYAS8CSs4-BRHoDlKKvn2ZIlVl2uTb9ruZtX6tjJtJx-fPs04ZCS_uQabxjIJPnEx6X1SrNKHlvN-kLyl3I-pzhXvjQ8XX_TMUUQm4POSEbUVMEe9Cvcb3WOtsA6rfpzs79KHvYZ8gtyU4kegvGEp7qA/s72-c/Blue%20and%20silver%20sgle%20cover.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559149563059754839.post-1075103701263031419</id><published>2023-01-25T22:19:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2023-01-25T22:19:43.666-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Blitz"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ditty Box"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="history of Plymouth"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Plymouth Devon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Hoe"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="World Wars"/><title type='text'>Plymouth</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;My novels Ditty Box and Blitz are mainly situated in Plymouth,
  4. Devon. Many of my readers may not know much about Plymouth so I decided
  5. to write a brief article concerning the city of my birth.&lt;br /&gt;Plymouth sits on the Devon side of the border with Cornwall (or Kernow as it’s know in the Cornish language).&lt;br /&gt;It
  6. has always been a port city since the Bronze Age settlement of what is
  7. now known as Mount Batten. The area of Sutton superseded this in the 9th
  8. century and became the start of the modern city Plymouth. Most British
  9. people have heard of Sir Francis Drake who insisted on finishing his
  10. game of bowls before he took the English fleet out to defeat the Spanish
  11. Armada. There is still a bowling green on The Hoe which is purported to
  12. be where he played, but I’m not sure if this is the actual green or
  13. just in the general location. The Mayflower also set out from Plymouth
  14. to take the Pilgrims to the New World (now the United States of
  15. America). &lt;br /&gt;The nearby town of Devonport has always been a place for
  16. the Royal Navy and in 1914 Devonport, Plymouth and East Stonehouse
  17. merged to become the County Borough of Plymouth. &lt;br /&gt;Over the years
  18. Plymouth has grown and is now the second largest city in the area.
  19. Devonport Dockyard which serves the Royal Navy is the largest
  20. operational navy base in Western Europe and still employs a lot of the
  21. work force of Plymouth. &lt;br /&gt;Entering the city from the English Channel a
  22. ship passes around the breakwater and lighthouse. Next ships pass
  23. Drakes Island which over the years has had various uses. The land
  24. looking out over the sea is The Hoe, a place for Plymothians (or Janners
  25. as they are often called. There are many different explanations as to
  26. why they are called by this name). On the Hoe is Smeaton’s Tower which
  27. used to be the Eddystone Lighthouse, until it was replaced and the old
  28. tower resurrected looking over Plymouth Sound.&lt;br /&gt;The River Tamar
  29. separates Devon from Cornwall to the left of The Hoe while to the right
  30. if the Barbican where the fishing industry of Plymouth has been settled
  31. for a long time.&lt;br /&gt;The city centre sits down the hill behind The Hoe.
  32. Most of the area has been built since it was destroyed by the blitz
  33. during World War II, but there have been ongoing updates and renovations
  34. during all the years since then. The city spreads out behind the shops
  35. and buildings of the city centre until it reaches the countryside which
  36. is the beginning of Dartmoor. &lt;br /&gt;This article may not be completely
  37. historically correct, as most of it is from my memories of growing up in
  38. Plymouth and stories from the older members of my family. Hope you
  39. enjoy reading about Plymouth and it helps you to interact more with my
  40. novels.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/feeds/1075103701263031419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4559149563059754839&amp;postID=1075103701263031419' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/1075103701263031419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/1075103701263031419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/2023/01/plymouth.html' title='Plymouth'/><author><name>Sue Perkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18068163331037548390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559149563059754839.post-4168715583208292538</id><published>2022-12-30T15:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2022-12-30T15:20:12.189-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="All the best for 2023"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Happy New Year 2023"/><title type='text'>Happy New Year</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuMtoA0WeBR9rIk0Fq4wxAzBJzVM-F2PF6L2rdxroES8AOftfuts0r5GZ0XxiUQC7Ka9uXcmoEtYhGMll0SIbLQNcNj4fKgQuI-wbQBFSrTnn_vJfyOFkoaUZaEuL6kcxTmNLlvMzvcnkHoI772B_lgm6KmwPZ-gO-C9JYJnH4sKEu61VoLTmgrrAbg/s300/HNY22023.gif&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;300&quot; data-original-width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuMtoA0WeBR9rIk0Fq4wxAzBJzVM-F2PF6L2rdxroES8AOftfuts0r5GZ0XxiUQC7Ka9uXcmoEtYhGMll0SIbLQNcNj4fKgQuI-wbQBFSrTnn_vJfyOFkoaUZaEuL6kcxTmNLlvMzvcnkHoI772B_lgm6KmwPZ-gO-C9JYJnH4sKEu61VoLTmgrrAbg/s1600/HNY22023.gif&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Background copyright: www.123rf.com/profile_captainvector&#39;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/feeds/4168715583208292538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4559149563059754839&amp;postID=4168715583208292538' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/4168715583208292538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/4168715583208292538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/2022/12/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year'/><author><name>Sue Perkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18068163331037548390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuMtoA0WeBR9rIk0Fq4wxAzBJzVM-F2PF6L2rdxroES8AOftfuts0r5GZ0XxiUQC7Ka9uXcmoEtYhGMll0SIbLQNcNj4fKgQuI-wbQBFSrTnn_vJfyOFkoaUZaEuL6kcxTmNLlvMzvcnkHoI772B_lgm6KmwPZ-gO-C9JYJnH4sKEu61VoLTmgrrAbg/s72-c/HNY22023.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559149563059754839.post-8653143186209282308</id><published>2022-12-15T18:27:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2022-12-17T18:40:07.815-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Discounted ebooks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="free ebooks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Smashwords End of Year Sale"/><title type='text'>Merry Christmas 2022</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Looking for ebooks as Christmas presents? 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It appears summer 2022/2023 is going to be a scorcher. Good in some ways – not in others.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lovely summer days mean going to the beach and enjoying the warm weather. However, in New Zealand we have to be careful as the ozone layer is quite thin above us and this means sunburn and heatstroke. A lot of houses have heatpumps which give us warmth in winter and coolness in summer so that&#39;s good, but&amp;nbsp; when the humidity is high we suffer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;During the winter and autumn I have been writing, editing and preparing the prequel to Blitz for publication. Ditty Box is the fictionalised story of my grandparents love story. They both died before I was born so I only have the stories told to me by my mother as a reference but I hope I have done them justice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What on earth is a Ditty Box I hear you say? It&#39;s a box sailors, in particular Royal Navy sailors, used to take to sea with them to keep their precious documents and other special things with them. Letters from wives or sweethearts would be kept in these boxes and sometimes special items such as a lock of hair.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both books are available in ebook and print from Amazon and ebook only from other online bookstores. I hope to have another book out before Christmas but it really depends on how much life interferes with writing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To all of you in New Zealand I hope you have a good Labour Weekend and to those overseas I hope you have a good celebration for your country&#39;s national holidays.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHymIYIMxi0Qx2nj9A2NDhOft2GNX-v_HcIaU_i45h678nwsrXtwIBoDgiZqK79CQJPq9Tbyse6WizBxgROw9V2jeAjhhAsG3dEpYvyZ87dSsBJyj8j0V8hkNf00F23ic62jMwT6pDhXfCN3wYuDCA35_DSuYgAeBcGaVCqDO9fQQCdEnb526wjE6Hw/s2400/ditty%20%20second%20Aug%202022.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1500&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHymIYIMxi0Qx2nj9A2NDhOft2GNX-v_HcIaU_i45h678nwsrXtwIBoDgiZqK79CQJPq9Tbyse6WizBxgROw9V2jeAjhhAsG3dEpYvyZ87dSsBJyj8j0V8hkNf00F23ic62jMwT6pDhXfCN3wYuDCA35_DSuYgAeBcGaVCqDO9fQQCdEnb526wjE6Hw/s320/ditty%20%20second%20Aug%202022.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Phil is left unemployed when his boss sells his fishing boat. He
  41. attempts to drown his sorrows with alcohol, but he is attacked and left
  42. unconscious on the side of the road.&lt;br /&gt;Enid wonders why no one ever ask her out on a date? How do other women find the men in their lives?&lt;br /&gt;She
  43. finds Phil unconscious on the side of the road, and takes him to her
  44. nearby flat where he recovers. They meet occasionally as friends until
  45. Phil joins the Royal Navy. Enid agrees to write to him and keep him
  46. company when he’s home. Although Phil is pleased he doesn&#39;t realize Enid
  47. has She pushes her feelings to the back of her mind, and enjoys the
  48. time they spend together, but World War 1 casts a shadow over their
  49. relationship. Will Enid reveal her love for Phil before he goes off to
  50. war?&lt;br /&gt;This story is loosely based on my grandparents love story,
  51. although names have been changed. The boxes sailors took to sea for
  52. their personal belongings was a ditty box, hence the title.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nrPZKUSHl1FwavRA-rOmryhklsOJQaukRdzU1hMF27VE1EVJBWesihAolNUWNg6P7QEJEdCzqCHQbFrlFbUTdmUdIY-Jwkkcx_9XnBlCP0d1GrEN3pWceRVb0elHRGXgbJuhbCZ8rDPLTvJFYZoh4GbdeZDtBaszHIY_IlgU9iRrXI99iBR0rHK7Pg/s2400/blitz%20cover.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2400&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1500&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nrPZKUSHl1FwavRA-rOmryhklsOJQaukRdzU1hMF27VE1EVJBWesihAolNUWNg6P7QEJEdCzqCHQbFrlFbUTdmUdIY-Jwkkcx_9XnBlCP0d1GrEN3pWceRVb0elHRGXgbJuhbCZ8rDPLTvJFYZoh4GbdeZDtBaszHIY_IlgU9iRrXI99iBR0rHK7Pg/s320/blitz%20cover.png&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Twenty-four-year-old Velma longs to be treated as an adult, but
  53. her older sisters insist they know what is best for her future. Tall,
  54. dark, and handsome, Jack is a soldier distantly connected to Velma&#39;s
  55. family. He sweeps Velma off her feet and asks her to marry him. War
  56. looms on the horizon and Jack must go to face the enemy. Will their love
  57. survive the family and the war –or will their parting be forever?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/feeds/560712004844072286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4559149563059754839&amp;postID=560712004844072286' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/560712004844072286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/560712004844072286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/2022/10/change-of-seasons.html' title='Change of Seasons'/><author><name>Sue Perkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18068163331037548390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHymIYIMxi0Qx2nj9A2NDhOft2GNX-v_HcIaU_i45h678nwsrXtwIBoDgiZqK79CQJPq9Tbyse6WizBxgROw9V2jeAjhhAsG3dEpYvyZ87dSsBJyj8j0V8hkNf00F23ic62jMwT6pDhXfCN3wYuDCA35_DSuYgAeBcGaVCqDO9fQQCdEnb526wjE6Hw/s72-c/ditty%20%20second%20Aug%202022.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559149563059754839.post-2813569790442731373</id><published>2022-08-30T17:03:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2022-08-31T19:32:06.147-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Arthurs Pass"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="snow"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Trans Alpine train"/><title type='text'>Surprise!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Surprise. This post is the same month as the last one so I&#39;m definitely
  58. getting better at this. This post is about what I&#39;ve been doing since
  59. the last one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We had family from overseas come to visit and
  60. decided to have trip on the Trans Alpine train. For those of you who
  61. don&#39;t know New Zealand, the South Island has a range of mountains down
  62. the middle which are called the Southern Alps. The Trans Alpine train
  63. goes from Christchurch on the East Coast to Greymouth on the West Coast and back again.
  64. In the middle is Arthurs Pass.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our family took the train from
  65. Greymouth and it rained all the way to the tunnel through the mountains.
  66. The tunnel comes out at Arthurs Pass Station and when we emerged it was
  67. snowing! Almost a blizzard but a bit gentler. On the way back the next
  68. day the sun shone and the snow was thick on the ground. It was a
  69. wonderful experience and I would recommend this journey to anyone,
  70. especially if you&#39;re a tourist.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Attached are some photos of the snow.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully I&#39;ll keep this blog up to date in future.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIryU69XtX6_XA9JIKTxO-1PbXWTAHe9BgKKU17Zq29C_GjAnbr79W681rHORNc7XZ3cvKPu0Km9MhbpQQOyp7vEUor5NMz9RQ4RdG3pS9fyVhlz_uegnlpA-vaxJDOUPtpUdcpsLq2osFz4aAN-yEbh9UOTjkUtmhj8epaMKQetGPhnQiNaVD3hW3kQ/s4000/20220731_112909.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1800&quot; data-original-width=&quot;4000&quot; height=&quot;144&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIryU69XtX6_XA9JIKTxO-1PbXWTAHe9BgKKU17Zq29C_GjAnbr79W681rHORNc7XZ3cvKPu0Km9MhbpQQOyp7vEUor5NMz9RQ4RdG3pS9fyVhlz_uegnlpA-vaxJDOUPtpUdcpsLq2osFz4aAN-yEbh9UOTjkUtmhj8epaMKQetGPhnQiNaVD3hW3kQ/s320/20220731_112909.jpg&quot; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHhL4buSXrPQ0Fht36ApiLiEg4xE01PlUm6nb0ZsQPg4UzpS0dZJN8cM6cvVhhEhQT22co8RnHFs0SGxwTI2-SImLOGx5PL86MxUqWiTgLCWul0dq8mb0TM_LNcj8LdX___tDEZ4y2_uRNs9fGy6halctzrGW6f9DEIre22At3BIhlZOwhxLGTxEFOw/s2362/9780473462079.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;People often ask me how I get my ideas for books. I have to tell you there is no one way. For instance once I saw an unusual name on a boat and it brought to mind a fantasy story of moons linked together by the Moon Goddess. I enjoyed writing the book but immediately after it was released I found I&#39;d misread the boat&#39;s name. The book was obviously meant to be written, hence my not reading the name properly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Photos often play a part in my book ideas. Going through photos of my
  71. parents I suddenly thought - why not write their love story. I knew the
  72. basics of the story but had to fictionalise a lot of it. I also found if
  73. I called them by their real names I couldn&#39;t get the story to flow.
  74. Changing them to fictitious names made the work flow much faster.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Often a work in progress will stir the mind with ideas for a second,
  75. third or even fourth book, but there I have to be careful. I must finish
  76. the work in progress first and get it ready for release before I
  77. attempt the next volume. If I don&#39;t I end up with a lot of unfinished
  78. manuscripts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Writers block can often still the writer&#39;s muse. The best way I find to
  79. get around this problem is to jump the hole in the story. Ignore it
  80. completely and go on to a part of the book where you know what happens.
  81. Often the filling for the part I&#39;ve missed will pop into my mind before I
  82. go too far forward. Although I enjoy writing all my books, I also enjoy
  83. editing them. It&#39;s surprising how your brain fills in gaps with words
  84. you wouldn&#39;t normally dream of using. Plus there&#39;s the aspect of you
  85. mentioning something that hasn&#39;t actually happened. Quick backtrack to
  86. mention this in the appropriate part of the novel.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;If the novel is a first for you, remember the first attempt is only a draft. The hard
  87. work comes once you&#39;ve finished the first draft. Now you have to put it
  88. all together and make sense of all those words. Good luck! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/feeds/7264434762624013616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4559149563059754839&amp;postID=7264434762624013616' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/7264434762624013616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/7264434762624013616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/2022/08/crafting-novel.html' title='Crafting a Novel'/><author><name>Sue Perkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18068163331037548390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559149563059754839.post-4852287980976017403</id><published>2022-06-30T15:52:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2022-06-30T15:52:54.484-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ghostly"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="library"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Middle Grade Reader"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spirit characters"/><title type='text'>Spirit Stealer - Ghosts in the Library</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDECspe14Ruo2JTxt97ryscTTjUcKbzlWzdqT9bryivAp-nhm97EgqED9GGp22nXAUysPc7EcOOQlZGH-xmveDbbRloyamm_kniM-mpjVojT5jlmbgka6NjtSML3ZQN4yPx-xaXVWbJM_e/s1600/SpiritStealer_FrontCover.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1600&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1040&quot; height=&quot;298&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDECspe14Ruo2JTxt97ryscTTjUcKbzlWzdqT9bryivAp-nhm97EgqED9GGp22nXAUysPc7EcOOQlZGH-xmveDbbRloyamm_kniM-mpjVojT5jlmbgka6NjtSML3ZQN4yPx-xaXVWbJM_e/w194-h298/SpiritStealer_FrontCover.jpg&quot; width=&quot;194&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Spirit Stealer: Ghosts in the Library&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;In 1908, Fader, a street urchin, takes shelter in the newly opened library to escape the cold winter. Months pass and the book characters emerge as playful phantoms in the nighttime library – all except for the green Spirit Stealer. This evil phantom steals the spirits of children who are accidentally locked in the library at night. Fader has to dodge the Spirit Stealer or his spirit will be taken.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;A century later, Tyler is trapped by accident and tries to help a wraith called Amelia who still has half her spirit. Will they succeed in getting rid of the Spirit Stealer? If they do what will happen to the girl with half a spirit?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Available in ebook from&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Stealer-Library-Sue-Perkins-ebook/dp/B00POTFKVQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1544405493&amp;amp;sr=8-1&amp;amp;keywords=spirit+stealer+by+sue+perkins&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and various other online outlets&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Available in paperback from&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.realnzbooks.co.nz/shopn/spi//books&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Copy Press, Nelson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Review by Alyahna (aged 10 years)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&quot;I loved the book!&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;I thought it was very believable. I liked how you never knew what would happen next ... spirit stealer with his ugly soul and menacing character. I was so not ready for it to finish. ... The book was AMAZING!&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/feeds/4852287980976017403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4559149563059754839&amp;postID=4852287980976017403' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/4852287980976017403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/4852287980976017403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/2022/06/spirit-stealer-ghosts-in-library-in.html' title='Spirit Stealer - Ghosts in the Library'/><author><name>Sue Perkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18068163331037548390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDECspe14Ruo2JTxt97ryscTTjUcKbzlWzdqT9bryivAp-nhm97EgqED9GGp22nXAUysPc7EcOOQlZGH-xmveDbbRloyamm_kniM-mpjVojT5jlmbgka6NjtSML3ZQN4yPx-xaXVWbJM_e/s72-w194-h298-c/SpiritStealer_FrontCover.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559149563059754839.post-1127302092339605932</id><published>2022-06-30T15:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2022-06-30T15:46:12.464-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fantasy book"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ghost story"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Nelson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="New Zealand"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="teenage"/><title type='text'>Fury&#39;s Island - A fantasy book suitable for teenagers</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2QBU1mO8Oys3o_VG3wn0wLuCZ8GdO_eaj46otwdsnIG5wTF27iim6I91IiAm7NDv92Wf-cKzOydGa3hB9o_XpbOxi4RoEqN8t84z-F3zDeyqjWIXGZhfwLBiIjtGhTQkqotjfa1dccpQtORV8G9stnq2vuThbBVz-8SETEY0TVjDWm6XV6hBNCZYqg/s2048/Fury&#39;sIsland_FrontCover.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2048&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1332&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2QBU1mO8Oys3o_VG3wn0wLuCZ8GdO_eaj46otwdsnIG5wTF27iim6I91IiAm7NDv92Wf-cKzOydGa3hB9o_XpbOxi4RoEqN8t84z-F3zDeyqjWIXGZhfwLBiIjtGhTQkqotjfa1dccpQtORV8G9stnq2vuThbBVz-8SETEY0TVjDWm6XV6hBNCZYqg/s320/Fury&#39;sIsland_FrontCover.jpg&quot; width=&quot;208&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fury&#39;s Island&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;On holiday in Nelson, New Zealand, Fury meets Eion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;who offers to teach her to paddle board. Immediately attracted to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;him, she accepts. After basic instruction, he takes her out&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;to Skull Island, a creepy looking rock some distance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;from the beach. No one has ever discovered a way up to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;the caves which look like eyes, but Fury finds a secret&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;entrance and convinces Eion they should investigate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;Their excitement rises as they discover tunnels and caves&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;hidden beneath the ground, but neither is prepared for the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;arrival of ghostly pirates bringing their treasure chests to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 21px;&quot;&gt;bury in one of the underground caves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Review by Chrissie W&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just finished &#39;Fury&#39;s Island&#39; and really enjoyed it, despite being (a lot!) older than the target readership. The plot is intriguing, Fury is a very likeable heroine, and the teen romance is nicely handled. It&#39;s always interesting to read a story set somewhere one knows well, and Sue Perkins does Nelson and environs proud. 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dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a&quot; data-ad-comet-preview=&quot;message&quot; data-ad-preview=&quot;message&quot; id=&quot;jsc_c_lk&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m&quot; dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;text-align: start;&quot;&gt;Earlier this year I decided to write a prequel to Blitz. The prequel, which is now the Blitz Series book 1 is called Ditty Box. What on earth is a Ditty Box? It&#39;s what sailors in the Royal Navy used to take with them on their journeys to keep their personal, letters, writing paper and pens, toothbrush and anything else that they wanted to keep near them. The story revolves around my grandparents, although it&#39;s a fiction book inspired by their story. Ditty Box takes place at the end of the 19th century and goes through the years to the First World War. The ebook can be pre-ordered from Amazon and many other online retailers, actual release is Sunday 10th April. 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dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;This year has raced past and here we are at Christmas again. I hoped to release the prequel to Blitz in time for the festive season, but unfortunately I ran out of time so I&#39;ve re-released a novella Santa&#39;s Present set at Christmas time the year before World War II starts. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m&quot; dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q&quot;&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;auto&quot; style=&quot;text-align: start;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;To see the full list of Sue Perkins books please visit my website&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx&quot; 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width=&quot;240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;This novelette is from the World War II Blitz&amp;nbsp;series.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;
  89. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s Christmas 1938 and Velma&#39;s family is determined to enjoy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;
  90. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;the festive season, but Jack cannot get leave to join them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;
  91. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;
  92. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Velma&#39;s young nephew declares that Santa brings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;
  93. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;the best presents, but all Velma wants is to be with Jack.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;
  94. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;
  95. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NS6LDPJ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Santa%27s+Present+by+Sue+Perkins&amp;amp;qid=1639793975&amp;amp;sr=8-1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://books2read.com/u/3n2vo5&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Other online stores:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/feeds/1198426371644879188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4559149563059754839&amp;postID=1198426371644879188' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/1198426371644879188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/1198426371644879188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/2021/12/christmas-in-1938.html' title='Christmas in 1938'/><author><name>Sue Perkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18068163331037548390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDuPDoL0RWzRMt_Mk60PSTqH2KrlRpr3o98KVs__kuM4sdSRCdvL0OI2QfZo7M1s7z7S2fofR-tPF4j9_GMfyVuaPF_Yosj3AhxKQPAXyH5xjs3ZVaEhgBL31pZh-r7u5-9LH9rEY93kGPhQbYE9l0n-ZKrzHVB1iHl4Jc0jjgcla508RUi5827-x75g=s72-c" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559149563059754839.post-1023951126989674436</id><published>2021-11-22T18:10:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2021-11-22T18:15:26.355-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Australian writers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Belinda Mellor"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fantasy Down Under"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="New Zealand writers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Silvana The Greening"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Silvana The Turning"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wendy Scott"/><title type='text'>New blog for Wendy Scott - Guest Belinda Mellor</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div data-contents=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;div data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;a4m08&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;4jddt-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;4jddt-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;4jddt-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot;&gt;My writing buddy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;diy96o5h&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;4jddt-1-0&quot; spellcheck=&quot;false&quot; start=&quot;17&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;4jddt-1-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot;&gt;Belinda Mellor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;4jddt-2-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot;&gt; is on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;diy96o5h&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;4jddt-3-0&quot; spellcheck=&quot;false&quot; start=&quot;38&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;4jddt-3-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot;&gt;Wendy Scott&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;4jddt-4-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&#39;s new blog today. Drop by and see what she has to say.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;a4m08&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;8ubne-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;8ubne-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;8ubne-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;br data-text=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;a4m08&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;37et5-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;37et5-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;py34i1dx&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;37et5-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot;&gt;https://authorwendyscott.mysites.io/author-belinda-mellor/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;37et5-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;py34i1dx&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;37et5-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; 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imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1114&quot; data-original-width=&quot;840&quot; height=&quot;402&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfEMTxc2SxaelLxSfSrHvPjaqBC-j_jS_Y-yqh2cupeQJ1HWjI6csGAvn66pTbq9cjUIbxTWsaZ0DkbqEpf_NbLdZjWlYVrO6WTR4Sjt8j-u5qHn8F_l26n-PUjU36MOBILZlG8iAWz_I/w303-h402/Screenshot+2021-11-23+at+15.13.12.png&quot; width=&quot;303&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/feeds/1023951126989674436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4559149563059754839&amp;postID=1023951126989674436' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/1023951126989674436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4559149563059754839/posts/default/1023951126989674436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/2021/11/new-blog-for-wendy-scott-guest-belinda.html' title='New blog for Wendy Scott - Guest Belinda Mellor'/><author><name>Sue Perkins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18068163331037548390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfEMTxc2SxaelLxSfSrHvPjaqBC-j_jS_Y-yqh2cupeQJ1HWjI6csGAvn66pTbq9cjUIbxTWsaZ0DkbqEpf_NbLdZjWlYVrO6WTR4Sjt8j-u5qHn8F_l26n-PUjU36MOBILZlG8iAWz_I/s72-w303-h402-c/Screenshot+2021-11-23+at+15.13.12.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559149563059754839.post-6813888007171428371</id><published>2021-05-31T22:49:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2021-05-31T22:49:44.957-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Magic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Rak Shoma Series"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="alternate planet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Quest"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sue Perkins - Author"/><title type='text'>New Release</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;b0uag-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot;&gt;Journey&#39;s End, the final book in the Rak Shoma Series is now available. Ash and Orm reach the last stop on the carriageway, but the surface is dangerous and shows no sign of Ash&#39;s people. 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