tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826874604732443972024-03-19T02:23:27.042-07:00Author Katie M. John & Kate JohnThe Official Blog of Katie M. John. Author of YA Fantasy and Upper YA Romancekatie M Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607147343013281524noreply@blogger.comBlogger386125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882687460473244397.post-47802878374737030722020-05-04T13:00:00.001-07:002020-05-04T13:00:10.342-07:00Let's play Midnight Sun Cover Twins. So here's a funny story... or not so funny... or maybe awesome---I'm still deciding. I think it's awesome! And I'm taking it as a huge thumbs up from the universe.<br />
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Back in July 2019 I had a series cover designed Books 1-4 for a series with the working title Dark Descendants.
Last week that series cover design was finalized with the final title Dark Origins.<br />
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Book 1 'Vampire Hearts' is due to go on pre-order from today (Hurry up Amazon processing files) and the other three books throughout the rest of the year. They are already written.<br />
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Here is the Design mock ups from the file time stamp July 26th 2019
Notice anything similar?<br />
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Here is the polished final cover as of last week..<br />
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Yeah, I'm like wow.... followed by hysterical laughter.
Last night Stephanie Meyer's publisher released the never seen before cover for her surprise release Midnight Sun.... I AM SOOOOOO EXCITED!!
But imagine my surprise when I saw this.<br />
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And here is Stephanie Meyer's surprise book reveal as of midnight last night...<br />
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Yes of course I'm going to change my design for Book 4 of my series! Stephanie Meyer is one of my book heroes. The very first book I wrote a decade ago, The Forest of Adventures (Book 1 of the Knight Trilogy) is dedicated to S--which stands for Stephanie because she unlocked a passion for storytelling in this dusty old literary scholar.<br />
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So I just thought I'd share this bizzare little twist of strange book world fate and coincidence because sometimes great minds really do think alike, and the universe likes a giggle.<br />
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Also I wonder if her publisher knows I'd have made her cover for her at half the price of their designer HAHHAHAHAH!<br />
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In the meantime, if you can't wait for August and are looking for a fabulous vampire fix, Book 1 of Dark Origins is now available for pre-order on Amazon Kindle and will be released JUNE 2nd<br />
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Vampire Hearts. Book One of the DARK ORIGINS series<br />
75k full length YA novel<br />
Released June 2nd 2020<br />
Desert Bloom Press<br />
Kindle ebook $2.99 for pre-order and launch month.<br />
Available on all ebook platforms from September 2nd 2020<br />
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Alexander Augustine had loved his girlfriend, then he'd nearly killed her. That was his curse; his dark origin.<br />
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On the run from the human world, he finds himself at Bathory Academy, home to the children of the world's most infamous vampires.<br />
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But with the rising vampire powers of students comes the brutal race to see who will be crowned the next king or queen of the vampire world. And some of them will stop at nothing to claim the throne... or their own immortality.<br />
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But Alexander isn't interested in crowns and thrones. All he wants to know is whether he still has a heart.<br />
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You can pre-order your copy here for the special pre-order and launch month price of $2.99<br />
Amazon UK <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0881XMMG8">https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0881XMMG8</a> <br />
Amazon USA <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0881XMMG8">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0881XMMG8</a><br />
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For curious souls, here is the screen shot of me reworking the covers for the series formerly known as Bathory Academy. Vampire Hearts had been a novella that was part of the Bathory Academy novella series. That novella was then reworked into a fully extended 75k novel along with the other in the series with plans to relaunch under WIP title Dark Descendants / then final Dark Origins series title. The design for this cover was done on July 26th -ridiculously early in the morning HAHAHA<br />
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<br />katie M Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607147343013281524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882687460473244397.post-45931647852862995092019-02-01T02:55:00.000-08:002019-02-01T02:55:34.386-08:00<span style="background-color: #351c75; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", Arial, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", "MS PGothic"; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">STRANGE BEAUTIES is the new name for the original novel 'Beautiful Freaks' and this weekend I'm celebrating the relaunch of this very special story. I've been waiting to share the beautiful new cover with you for weeks. It's so pretty and magical. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; color: white;"><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The mysterious Evangeline Valentine likes to collect magical supernatural creatures; but her desire to find unique acts for her unique theatre show has grown into a dangerous obsession. </span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Now, her attention has turned to Kaspian Blackthorne, a handsome and poetic young man, who having just celebrated his eighteenth birthday in a hedonistic journey into the bohemian labyrinth of London’s theatre land, has discovered a devastating secret about his own identity. </span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It is a secret Evangeline Valentine is happy to kill for. </span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">And when a series of terrifying paranormal murders takes place in London’s West End, Kaspian is not the only one who finds himself entangled in Evangeline’s wicked web of cruel intentions. </span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">‘Strange Beauties’ promises an enchanting and darkling adventure back in time to the bohemian and gothic world of Victorian London; with echoes of the works of Wilde, Shelley, Doyle and Stoker, the story of Kaspian and Evangeline is just one of many captivating strands in this 120k word paranormal mystery romance. </span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">***</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">STRANGE BEAUTIES was PREVIOUSLY TITLED ‘BEAUTIFUL FREAKS’</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Katie M. John is the award winning and internationally bestselling author of ‘The Knight Trilogy’ and ‘The Meadowsweet Chronicles’. She has won numerous accolades such as Critic’s Choice at the Kindle Book Review, and Reader’s favourite at UTOPiA. She was also recently shortlisted for Book of The Year at Books Go Social. </span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Known for her enchanting, darkling worlds and loveable antiheroes, Katie’s works are ideal for readers of Cassandra Clare, Holly Black, CJ Redwine and Sarah J. Maas. </span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">Kidnapped from the real world and gifted to a cursed prince in a strange fairy-tale realm, seventeen-year-old Neve soon discovers wickedness has no bounds, and desperate people will go to any lengths to ensure their own survival.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">Held prisoner in a castle, surrounded by wolf infested woods, and a population grown cold hearted with the endless winter, Neve must find a way to escape back to her own world before she is drawn deeper into Queen Morag's dark web of evil intentions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">There is only one person who can possibly help her find her way home. Stag, the Queen's Woodsman, and expert wolf slayer. But can Neve trust him when the line between monsters and men is so fine?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">Book 5 of The Meadowsweet Chronicles is coming at the end of January. I'm so excited to share this world with you. It's taken some crazy turns and you've all been so patient waiting for the next instalment and I thank you for that, from the bottom of my heart.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">Lucia Chase had just wanted a safe place to run to. She thought Coldstone House was the answer. Little did she know about it's dark and bloody history. A history that refuses to stay in the past. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">With her brother Jeremiah, increasingly concerned about the state of her sanity, Lucia seeks reassurance from the devastatingly handsome priest, Nathanial Abaddon, sent to Heargton to initiate the purge and rid the village of Witches and supernaturals once and for all. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">But who is Nathanial Abaddon? And are his plans really in the name of God and good, or is there some other selfish motivation for his desire to rid the Portal of The Ancient Ones of its guardians,The Meadowsweet Sisters. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">In Book 5 of the Meadowsweet Chronicles, the Stygian project begins to reach its terrifying, apocalyptic potential, family loyalties are torn apart, unlikely allegiances struck, and the choice between love and power needs to be made. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">With its epic scope of folklore and mythology, The Meadowsweet Chronicles takes the reader on a magical, darkling journey from the sleepy English village of Heargton, to Mexico, Haiti, Salem, Egypt and Italy as deities and supernaturals are forced to choose their side. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">P.S For lovers of my other series, The Knight Trilogy, you are in for a very special surprise. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #351c75;">It's out today. 'Wolf Winter' part of The Bathory Academy Universe.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #351c75;">ASTRID NORDSKOV: VIKING. VAMPIRESS. WOLF-PRINCESS. WARRIOR.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #351c75;">Disobeying my father, our Chief, was not something I wanted to do, but what choice did I have? An innocent man is condemned to die and I have the power to stop it. I think. I hope.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #351c75;">With my powers rising, with my world expanding, and my heart teaching my head that love is also a weapon, I am preparing to prove myself worthy, and save our clan from a terrible darkness that might destroy us once and for all.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #351c75;">But first, I have to discover the true extent of my powers, and my time at Bathory Academy, School of Vampires, is providing me with the perfect education, even if I don't exactly like what I'm learning.</span></div>
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*<br />In this second companion novella series to Bathory Academy, Astrid Nordskov finds herself caught between the worlds of Bathory Academy and all its magical revelations, and the duty of home, back in the wilds of Denmark.</div>
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With northern magic, Norse folklore, Vikings, shifters and vampires, The Wolf Princess series can be read as a series in its own right or alternated with the books of Bathory Academy for a fully immersive experience.</div>
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Vampire Hearts (Book 1 of Bathory Academy)<br />Wolf Princess (Book 1 of Astrid: Bathory Universe)<br />Vampire Masks (Book 2 of Bathory Academy)<br />Wolf Winter (Book 2 of Astrid: Bathory Universe)<br />Vampire Kiss (Book 3 of Bathory Academy) OUT FEB 2019</div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">It's the season of giving, and so here is a list of Katie M. John Books that you can download for FREE and which make the perfect winter reads. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">"Katie M. John is the UK and USA best selling Young Adult author of the award winning, list busting 'The Knight Trilogy' and 'The Meadowsweet Chronicles'."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">If you've yet to discover my series, the first in these series are FREE to download on all ebook platforms, and if you're in Kindle Unlimited, you can also download the Seasons' Fairy Tale Collection for FREE, too. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">Follow seventeen year old Mina singer into the enchanted ancient forest where legends still live in a magical Arthurian world that was thought lost forever.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">For college student, Mina Singer, falling for the handsome new boy was never part of the life plan. Especially not one as odd and mysterious, if not ridiculously handsome, as Blake Beldevier. With his out of time chivalry and his over-serious face, Mina finds herself inexplicably drawn to him, and his deadly secrets.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">The further she ventures into the forest to discover more about Blake’s true identity, the deeper she is pulled into a world she thought only existed in fairy tales. A world where magic and evil still co-exist, and where a terrible game of hearts with Morgan Le Fay is about to begin.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">In the Realm, life and death are all a matter of the choices that are made.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Seventeen-year-old Fox Meadowsweet is an outsider, just like her sisters, just like all the other women in her family before her. That's what comes of being born a witch. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">When a college girl is discovered ritually murdered, ancient superstitions and long buried secrets rise to the surface and many eyes turn to the beautiful, mysterious Meadowsweet sisters. After all, they do come from a long line of infamous witches. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Or maybe the strange, handsome new American arrival, Jeremiah Chase, an Exiled New York bad boy has something to do with it. His family history is more than a little shady; suicides, murders, and whispers of occult activity are all linked to the grand house he now stays in with his aunt. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Held prisoner in a castle, surrounded by wolf infested woods, and a population grown cold hearted with the endless winter, Neve must find a way to escape back to her own world before she is drawn deeper into Queen Morag's dark web of evil intentions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">There is only one person who can possibly help her find her way home. Stag, the Queen's Woodsman, and expert wolf slayer. But can Neve trust him when the line between monsters and men is so fine?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">When she wakes up badly injured in lavish but unfamiliar surroundings, she begins to understand that nothing is once what it was - and sometimes, as beautiful as the snow can be, it can be cruel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I'd woken up to find myself in a different world and a different time. If this wasn't confusing enough, there was now a stupidly handsome, half-naked guy standing before me, barely covered by a tartan blanket. A minute ago, he had been a stag running for his life. </span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Glen McGarrick is a cheeky Jacobite rebel from 1745. He's also cursed by a fairy queen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Bound by their shared secrets, Skye and Glen embark on a mission to get Skye home before the evil English Duke ensnares Skye along with all his other pretty little creatures. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; color: white;">***RELEASE DAY*** I am super excited to let you know that 'Wolf Princess' (Part of the Bathory Academy Universe) is now live on Amazon.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; color: white;">The Wolf Princess novella series can be read as either a series in its own right or alternate them with the Bathory Academy series for a universe reading experience.</span></div>
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ASTRID NORDSKOV: VIKING. VAMPIRESS. WOLF-PRINCESS. WARRIOR.</div>
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When there are so many elements to your identity, it’s hard to know who you really are; especially when everybody has a very clear idea of who they think you SHOULD be.</div>
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After being left for dead on the boundary of our settlement, having been attacked by Jeorge, the only boy I have ever loved, my father sent me, and my protective pack of wolfboys, to Scotland, to the safety of Bathory Academy, school for vampires.</div>
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I’m meant to learn what it is to be a warrior, a leader, a chief of my clan. I’m meant to learn never to repeat the same foolish mistake of falling in love with an unsuitable boy again…</div>
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But the gods have another path for me and so I’m ever connected to the land of ice and granite, to the forests and the sea.</div>
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In this companion novella series to Bathory Academy, Astrid Nordskov is forced to face the brutal reality behind her attack and comes to understand that the old gods have a very new vision for the princess of the last Viking clan.</div>
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With northern magic, Norse folklore, Vikings, shifters and vampires, The Wolf Princess series can be read as a series in its own right or alternated with the books of Bathory Academy for a fully immersive experience.</div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">My A-level day wasn't great. I'd been a high achiever all my life, aced my GCSE and had a conditional offer from Cambrige University, which coming from a Northern comprehensive school and from a disadvantaged background was quite something.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d; color: white;">The two years of my A-Level studies were hard. I was studying 5 A-LEVELS and my father was in and out of a psychiatric unit because his bi-polar and medication made him frequently suicidal and when he was home, life was incredibly difficult.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">I was working part time as well as studying because it was the only way I would have any money, and because Friday and Saturday nights were party night--a chance to completely forget all the shit going on at home. I had a very unhealthy gin and red wine habit, but it was the 1990s and most of us from the age of 16 had unhealthy alcohol habits.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">I was also in a really messed up relationship (or maybe a couple of messed up relationships) in that first year of studies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">And amongst all that, I had taken it upon myself to apply for Cambridge, get an interview that no one prepped me for and get a conditional offer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">The day of my English Lit A-Level was the day after my father had a serious psychotic episode that resulted in hospital admission. I'd been up until past midnight as the services were dealing with him and I was a mess.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">It wasn't a time that schools really got that whole student well-being stuff, and it certainly wasn't a time that people knew how to handle discussions about mental health. I was ignored by the staff because they didn't know what to say. There were no allowances, no care, no special circumstances.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">When the results came, I got a B. I'd been predicted a top grade in English, just like 3 of the other A-Levels. It didn't matter in the end, apart from pride, because all my other grades were Bs and Cs too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">I wasn't going to Cambridge.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">I wasn't even going to a 'top university'.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">To be honest. It felt like the world had stopped spinning for a day or two.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">I took my fourth choice of St. Mary's University in Twickenham, and convinced myself that it was going to be fabulous to be so near to London... and it was.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">St. Mary's was exactly what I needed in my life at that moment. It was small, caring, faith based (not my own but nevertheless) I was a big fish in a small pond. I aced my first term assignments, I became head of the literature society, I built great relationships with my tutors, who restored my esteem and faith in myself, I roomed on the small campus with a room mate and it was a village where I could start to rebuild and discover myself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">I will be eternally grateful for not getting the grades to Cambridge, which I honestly believe would have further destroyed me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">Today, I travel the world as an author and small publisher, I go on the most incredible adventures, I hang with the most amazing people.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">I'm married to the guy I got together with in the second year of A-LEVELS and who stood by all the crazy. I have two beautiful daughters and live close by the university, where I now hold a residential conference for writers every two years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">What this tells you is that things happen for a reason. If you didn't get the grades you needed, or wanted, then maybe there's a bigger picture for you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">Life isn't all about grades, but it is about doing the very most you can with the resources that you have, about not settling in the same place, to always believe you can do better, attain your dreams, even if it's not in the way you've been raised to believe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">I was a secondary school English teacher, in charge of GCSE English for many years. In the end, I left partly because I couldn't reconcile my soul and ethics to the exam and grade culture we are enforcing on our students. It's destructive and it isn't true.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">IT ISN'T TRUE. I promise you that your grades are merely an advantage, not the answer. They don't guarantee you anything in life. They make getting through some doors a little easier, but once inside that room, they're like ether.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">It's your personality, your values, your work ethic, your confidence, your belief, your integrity, being well-read, being well-travelled, culturally aware, business savvy, good with money, knowing when to risk it all and when to protect it all that will make you a success.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">It's your ability to truly love and accept yourself that will allow others to love you and for you to build up relationships that make you happy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">And honestly, happiness is the ultimate goal, and no one needs top grades for that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;">Be strong. Good luck and always reach for your dreams </span></span><span class="_47e3 _5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="heart emoticon"><span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial;"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/fed/2/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /></span><span aria-hidden="true" class="_7oe" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;"><3 span=""></3></span> </span></span><span class="_47e3 _5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="heart emoticon"><span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial;"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/fed/2/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /></span><span aria-hidden="true" class="_7oe" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;"><3 span=""></3></span> </span></span><span class="_47e3 _5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="heart emoticon"><span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/fed/2/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /></span></span><span aria-hidden="true" class="_7oe" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;"><3 span=""></3></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">HE'S A NEWLY EMERGED VAMPIRE. SHE'S THE DESCENDANT OF THE MOST PREDATORY VAMPIRESS IN HISTORY...</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">We are delighted to announce the official launch of Katie M. John's brand new vampire series, 'Bathory Academy'. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">"It's like Hogwarts grew up and got vamped! Can't wait for Book 2 - 5 STARS" (ARC REVIEW) </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Bathory Academy, home to the next generation some of the world's most notorious vampire families, is a college like no other. It offers Alexander both sanctuary and a very different kind of education; a place where he can truly be.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">As Alexander begins to slowly accept his supernatural life, and all the needs that go with it, he’s drawn towards the beautiful, but potentially deadly, Scarlett Bathory, soon discovering their history is as tightly knotted as their present.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">With revolution, bloodlust, and desire for vampire world domination taking hold, Alexander starts to fear he’s nothing but a pawn in a very dangerous game.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">To accompany the Bathory Academy series, there will also be a series of companion novellas, which can be read as a series in their own right or for a truly immersive reading exprience, alternated with the reading of Bathory Academy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">THE COMPANION SERIES: 'THE WOLF PRINCESS'</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">ASTRID NORDSKOV: VIKING. VAMPIRESS. WOLF-PRINCESS. WARRIOR.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">When there are so many elements to your identity, it’s hard to know who you really are, especially when everybody has a very clear idea of who they think you should be.</span></div>
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After being left for dead on the boundary of our settlement, having been attacked by Jeorge, the only boy I have ever loved, my father sent me, and my protective pack of wolfboys, to Scotland, to the safety of Bathory Academy, school for vampires.</div>
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I’m meant to learn what it is to be a warrior, a leader, a chief of my clan. I’m meant to learn never to repeat the same foolish mistake of falling in love with an unsuitable boy again…</div>
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But the gods have another path for me and so I’m ever connected to the land of ice and granite, to the forests and the sea.</div>
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In this companion novella series to Bathory Academy, Astrid Nordskov is forced to face the brutal reality behind her attack and comes to understand that the old gods have a very new vision for the princess of the last Viking clan.</div>
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With northern magic, Norse folklore, Vikings, shifters and vampires, The Wolf Princess series can be read as a series in its own right or alternated with the books of Bathory Academy for a fully immersive experience.</div>
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<span style="color: white;">PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF 'VAMPIRE HEARTS' BOOK 1 of Bathory Academy HERE:</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF 'THE WOLF PRINCESS' Novella 1 of Bathory Academy World companion novellas HERE: </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The cover reveal for 'Emeline' is officially here, and isn't it gorgeous. Another beauty from designer Regina Wamba.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">'Emeline' is part of the shared world project of Havenwood Falls, for which over 50 award winning and USA TODAY and NY TIMES bestselling authors write stories set in one supernatural town called Havenwood Falls. There are several audience strands to the project. Havenwood Falls High, Havenwood Falls, Havenwood Falls Legends, Havenwood Falls Sin & Silk.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">With shared locations, events and characters, Havenwood Falls is a completely immersive reading experience, offering you a whole world to explore and discover.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">In April of this year, my Havenwood Falls High (YA) came out and told the story of Harry Lewis, a new boy to Havenwood Falls, who soon came to realise that Havenwood Falls was a little bit special. When tragedy strikes, Harry befriends the ghost of Emeline Fairchild, the beautiful Fae who haunts the Fairchild Mansion his family have moved into.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">This October sees the release of 'Emeline' (General / Wide Audience) as part of the Havenwood Falls Legends series. 'Emeline' is set between the years 1850s-1913 and tells the love story of Emeline Fairchild and Drayan Bishop. It explores the founding of the town and the early days of the founding families.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">As Emeline approaches her wedding day, terrible revelations shock her world as she discovers the terrible price that has been paid to break her family curse and save her from an eternal sleep.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">When the handsome art master arrives, brining light and good into her darkening world, terrible jealousies surface and soon everything takes a tragic turn.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">FOREVER EMELINE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Series: Havenwood Falls High<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Genre: Young Adult Supernatural Suspense<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: white;">Welcome to Havenwood Falls, a small town in the majestic mountains of
Colorado. A town where legacies began centuries ago, bloodlines run deep, and
dark secrets abound. A town where nobody is what you think, where truths pose
as lies, and where myths blend with reality. A place where everyone has a
story. Including the high schoolers. This is only but one…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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New York and London art circles with his otherworldly and haunting fairy-tale
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the ghost of the fae-blooded Emeline Fairchild makes her presence known, Harry
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paranormal tale in the Havenwood Falls High series of Young Adult fantasy
stories featuring a variety of supernatural creatures. The series is a
collaborative effort by multiple authors. Each book is generally a stand-alone,
so you can read them in any order, although some authors will be writing
sequels to their own stories. Please be aware when you choose your next read. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Happy weekend. I'm running a really lovely giveaway over on Facebook and I wanted to share it here with you so you also have a chance to win it, and also to introduce you to the Havenwood Falls Bookclub, where you can discover more about the incredibly rich and paranormal world of Havenwood Falls.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: large;">TO ENTER THIS COMPETITION, HEAD TO </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/HavenwoodFallsBookClub/permalink/864997963686730/" style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/HavenwoodFallsBookClub/permalink/864997963686730/</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Yesterday evening saw the official reveal of 'Emeline' from the Havenwood Falls Legends Series. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">To celebrate, I'm giving away this pretty Victorian style cameo brooch. When I saw it, I thought it was just the kind of thing that Emeline Fairchild would have in her jewel box. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">a) post a screenshot of your copy of 'Forever Emeline' which came out in April as part of the 'Havenwood Falls High series.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">b) post a screenshot of your pre-order copy of 'Emeline' which is coming out in October as part of the Havenwood Falls Legends Series. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">c) Share the official cover reveal post, which is linked here:</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">IMPORTANT NOTES: If you are seeing this post as a share then please note you must head to the original post over at The HAvenwood Falls Bookclub. </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/group.php?id=678072325712629&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A678072325712629%2C%22dti%22%3A678072325712629%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D&ref=gs" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/HavenwoodFallsBookClub/?ref=gs&fref=gs&dti=678072325712629&hc_location=group" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/HavenwoodFallsBookClub</span></a><br />
<span style="color: white;">Giveaway not in association with FB.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">One random winner from comments will be selected in 1 week.</span><br />
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When I started writing I had a very demanding full time job, a new baby and a home to run because my husband commutes and was also doing the last stages of night school. It was tough. I can't remember how I did it, but somehow I did, and I wrote and published at least 5 novels over a 6 year period. </div>
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Part of the reason was because despite being at home all day whilst the children were at school, somehow the house becoming a ridiculously demanding mistress, and because I was home there was an expectation (90% self imposed) that the house had to be perfect and that like a good 1950's housewife, everybody nurtured cared and catered for. </div>
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I tried running away to coffee shops. It sort of worked. It cost a lot. I wasted money. </div>
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I wasn't prepared to compromise my home and family ideals. I wasn't prepared to make my family compromise for my writing by hiding away in an office, by making them eat off paper plates, by leaving them to fend for themselves. </div>
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This is what I did, and it works - mostly. Family life is mercurial and chaotic by its very nature. Kids get sick, the dishwasher breaks, building work needs to be done, your pre-teen has a melt down every 5 minutes, family visit... but honestly, this has worked for us and we are happier, healthier, more connected, more content. </div>
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This has been the gruelling bit, but stuff equals clutter, equals disorganisation, equals more hours of cleaning and tidying. We started at the top with our eldest's bedroom and worked down. </div>
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We labelled the childrens' clothes draws and invested in storage boxes. We got rid of lots of stuff and rearranged the furniture for streamline hoovering and dusting - also making it easier for her to take more responsibility. </div>
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The idea was that by eliminating unnecessary stuff, firstly it looked tidier and cleaner already without doing anything and secondly, it meant that everything had space to have a place and that meant if it had a place, it could be tidied by anyone and quickly. </div>
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I reduced everyone (still a process in motion) to capsule wardrobes. How many t-shirts, jumpers and jeans do they actually need? How many 'smart' outfits. This saved money and washing time. The eldest has her own laundry basket and a weekend chore to bring it down. </div>
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Careful planning and doubling up means you can batch cook on a Sunday afternoon for a good part of the week. By doubling the quantities and freezing down you save huge amounts of time and mental energy. Good dishes for this are lasagna, casseroles, fish pies, stews, pies, chilli con carne, spaghetti Bolognese, curries etc. </div>
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This ties to the previous point. Menu planning and shopping lists enable really efficient online food shops which are not only much more efficient but they're a really good way of controlling your budget and your health. </div>
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Our kids are very reluctant chore doers. However, the sight of money is motivating. I've made them chore charts with clear plastic wallets underneath that physically contain the money. When they've done the chore they get to put the money into the moneybox on the shelf next to the chart. Rosie is 10. Her chores are Recycling 1 Sunday (50p) Recycling 2 Wednesday (50p) Room tidy on Wednesday (£1) Make mum and dad a cup of tea in bed at weekend (50p each morning) and bring her washing down, sort into white and dark piles. Place in machine (£1) </div>
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Betty is 5. She has make her bed every morning (10p a day) Hang her coat, shoes, bags etc on hook every day (10p a day)</div>
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Ten minutes - and we put it on the clock timer like big kids and that's how we approach it. A race against the clock. In that 10 minutes we straighten the front room, load the dishwasher, take dry laundry upstairs, feed the cats and do a quick mess sweep. When the clock stops, so do we. </div>
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This means we're already massively up on the day when we wake up. This means there is rarely more than 30 mins of tidying and cleaning which done after the school run, means I'm totally clear from 9.30am-3.30pm </div>
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One night a week the girls stay at school until 4.30pm doing Creative Writing and Cookery. This makes a huge difference on a Wednesday. I know I have 7 hours of uninterrupted writing and business time. </div>
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<span style="color: white;">I'm so happy to be releasing Book 4 of The Meadowsweet Chronicles this March. 'Angelicus' is out soon. I love working on this series so much, it's a complete passion project full of all the things that I love reading. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">With their ancestral reputation of magic and witchcraft, eyes turn towards the three beautiful Meadowsweets sisters… including the eyes of Jeremiah Chase, who finds himself inexplicably drawn to the quirky wild-beauty of the middle sister, Fox. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">But as Jeremiah learns the history of her bloodline, he also unearths the dark and tangled story of his own family, giving him knowledge of a terrible and diabolical legacy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">There’s no light without the dark. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Fox Meadowsweet is a Witch. Jeremiah Chase is a Witch Hunter. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #351c75; color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Meadowsweet bloodline has lived in the sleepy English village of Heargton for thousands of years. Jeremiah Chase is a New York boy in exile. </span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #351c75;"><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Neither of them asked for their past but now it’s the only thing that can save their future as dark and ancient paranormal forces threaten to obliterate the world. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #351c75;"><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When a local college girl is discovered ritually murdered and covered in strange symbols, old suspicions rise, ancient fears manifest, and centuries-spanning blood feuds reignite between ancient households of the village.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #351c75;"><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">With their ancestral reputation of magic and witchcraft, eyes turn towards the three beautiful Meadowsweets sisters… including the eyes of Jeremiah Chase, who finds himself inexplicably drawn to the quirky wild-beauty of the middle sister, Fox. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #351c75;"><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">But as Jeremiah learns the history of her bloodline, he also unearths the dark and tangled story of his own family, giving him knowledge of a terrible and diabolical legacy. </span></span><br />
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***FOREVER EMELINE IS COMING IN JUST 6 WEEKS***<br /><br />I am so incredibly excited and proud to be part of The Havenwood Falls author community and soon to be reader community. I can't tell you how nervous I am about this release, not because I don't believe in the story with a full heart but because of the awesome that has gone before this story in the series.<br /><br />There is something incredibly special wor<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">king in a shared creative world, tapping into one another's imaginations and muses. I love how knitted together the world is, how the sense of community is a living thing inside the books.<br /><br />Our characters eat at the same places, hang out at the same spots, share lessons, bump into one another shopping, hide from one another at the Medical Centre, fall in love and have the usual community fall outs. </span></div>
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Forever Emeline, which is a 3/4 length novel, is coming in 6 weeks for the launch price of $2.99 and its on pre-order now.<br /><br />By Katie M. John<br /><br />Series: Havenwood Falls High<br />Genre: Young Adult Supernatural Suspense<br />Release Date: April 6, 2018<br />Cover Design: Regina Wamba, <a data-lynx-mode="origin" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FMaeIDesign.com%2F&h=ATM1CwBU1yq1oGZkrm_182DLEKB4FIUR6FK18TRiqPYSEdA96DSmS-NUBi9jBdB9ByIAi7dgDu5wmOBK7Gw4ISR-nEJj847igRw5oJCQTK9zeCrQ34QjB46UA7zYYWNVquHE1qcnHf41KQWP8d8S6kfQshfgU6qtc-pkpIJZKjTT1a1aV32MZgPd1rxyCmZxRHCEEkSSSajdT7YGtlCqeiEi6_uu_znBC99LOb4-Zab9tAo" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">MaeIDesign.com</a><br /><br />Preorder on<br />iBooks: <a data-lynx-mode="origin" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhavenwoodfalls.com%2Ffe-ib&h=ATOm-jMFyn4pmkTtvNybwc-Z5ejxwuQ8UHyw9fXjYX-00W7_VVxSi4WchLSaC1e35oa7elWi97LJXR5mHUOupwOAyEsyayL67xvtXVCjmpaSDTF4LZR3FrFYbcCqOK4eM5js59tCtPrW-8Mu6QKiBlGYMtFPufUImY8xbnE8U6PeiZ14m2mWHBYWAAr2-rtxTEqaEJVoo9RDwh-F0est1upYUBGVOsUOX-ELK2MH1HU2zQc" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">http://havenwoodfalls.com/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;"></span>fe-ib</a><br />Amazon US: <a data-lynx-mode="origin" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhavenwoodfalls.com%2Ffe-zon&h=ATOVXu7sjYPZBJxzNQ9HHugnVSz_99b9ifaq9f3SsObeIWENd_Xd09tDAI0iPhB12QaX8bhkqUrSVOo4eam6Jzh0LJVi7tDgTjK2OU56rqE2E4DuwShYdKZRNeFsczUO5jnrBR6fllIkuJLRzWSM90fy1Q9VoFaS5-2TxDugjv4MgF22OD_CstcurfKUlGzIrvSuhKnNZsFN7UqAgBJm9nUGRKdBFHJQuP8xOFL-XAzWo6U" href="http://havenwoodfalls.com/fe-zon" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">http://havenwoodfalls.com/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;"></span>fe-zon</a><br />Amazon UK: <a data-lynx-mode="origin" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhavenwoodfalls.com%2Ffe-zonuk&h=ATN-15ZfsOOQoy-PhsbRLevo3DdaGzruML5X6ThWAznmPgytCiQ2YQv8k8LXY0JTb3QTBzwLVb9xqWD5INojdJlKrgB74ExKSotXVKK4xQR4wpDlJR7h83aNPrhSj_N0JkXM_ugBcwcErnxNQu1VHIMMncQeiyki28a2CaVt5Wd2DXFNwY5JefbsCoh7z5hdt4XH4Y3LQ5N6Zqpw_8oCLGKwBCPwCFUOruAjO9GjaLRu2g8" href="http://havenwoodfalls.com/fe-zonuk" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">http://havenwoodfalls.com/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;"></span>fe-zonuk</a><br /><br />Coming soon to Kobo | Barnes & Noble</span></div>
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katie M Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607147343013281524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882687460473244397.post-12717984119110993192018-02-02T05:55:00.000-08:002018-02-02T05:55:27.198-08:00Haven wood Falls Cover Reveal for 'Forever Emeline'.
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By Katie M. John<o:p></o:p></div>
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Series: Havenwood Falls High<o:p></o:p></div>
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Genre: Young Adult Supernatural Suspense<o:p></o:p></div>
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Release Date: April 6, 2018<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cover Design: Regina Wamba, MaeIDesign.com<o:p></o:p></div>
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Preorder on<o:p></o:p></div>
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iBooks: <a href="http://havenwoodfalls.com/fe-ib">http://havenwoodfalls.com/fe-ib</a>
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Amazon US: <a href="http://havenwoodfalls.com/fe-zon">http://havenwoodfalls.com/fe-zon</a>
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Amazon UK: <a href="http://havenwoodfalls.com/fe-zonuk">http://havenwoodfalls.com/fe-zonuk</a>
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Coming soon to Kobo | Barnes & Noble<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i>Welcome to Havenwood Falls, a small town in the majestic mountains of
Colorado. A town where legacies began centuries ago, bloodlines run deep, and
dark secrets abound. A town where nobody is what you think, where truths pose
as lies, and where myths blend with reality. A place where everyone has a
story. Including the high schoolers. This is only but one…<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">At barely
eighteen, London-born Harry has already been making a name for himself in the
New York and London art circles with his otherworldly and haunting fairy-tale
paintings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When he relocates
to New York to be with his mother and his new stepdad, the world-renowned Dr.
Lewis, his life takes an extraordinary turn of events that brings the family to
the derelict Fairchild mansion in the strange little town of Havenwood Falls. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Harry soon
discovers the history of Havenwood Falls doesn’t always remain in the past. When
the ghost of the fae-blooded Emeline Fairchild makes her presence known, Harry
begins to fear he’s losing his mind. He’s heard stories of the greats going mad
with their creativity and believes he might be following in their footsteps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The truth
is even more tragic. Not even out of high school, Harry is set to blaze a trail
of light with his precocious talent, but fate has another terrible future in
store. One that even the supernaturally talented Dr. Lewis can’t fix. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">As Harry
finds love in the present, he has to look toward a future where the past is his
only hope.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>This is a Young Adult
paranormal tale in the Havenwood Falls High series of Young Adult fantasy
stories featuring a variety of supernatural creatures. The series is a
collaborative effort by multiple authors. Each book is generally a stand-alone,
so you can read them in any order, although some authors will be writing
sequels to their own stories. Please be aware when you choose your next read. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>Books in the
Havenwood Falls High YA series:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><i>Written in
the Stars</i> by Kallie Ross<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><i>Reawakened
</i>by Morgan Wylie<o:p></o:p></div>
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by Kristen Yard<o:p></o:p></div>
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Within </i>by Amy Hale<o:p></o:p></div>
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katie M Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607147343013281524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882687460473244397.post-64496648794907959392018-01-10T02:36:00.002-08:002018-01-10T02:36:54.449-08:00New Year Brain Explosion: Perils of Creative Living.So I love Christmas, I mean Elf has nothing on me, but as soon as Boxing Day arrives, I could tear it all down because I'm so excited about starting the New Year.<br />
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It fills me with the same excitement as the first page of a brand new note book. The possibility, the intention, the creative energy are all streaming through me; it's almost like a physical high.<br />
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Last year was really clear and I had a real sense of direction, my word was TEND and I was going to look after my creative garden, do some weeding, cut back dead wood and really nurture what I had already planted. It worked better than I could have hoped. My brand and my books are in a place I am really happy with.<br />
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This year, the word is GROWTH and as if this word has a mind of its own, it's caused an almost insane burst of mental growth and inspiration in the last few weeks that has left me somewhat paralysed.<br />
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By now, I had visions of having my intentions all written up, my resolutions in print to be held for future accountability, my journal several days full, my business plan all colour coded and my diary all organised ... instead, it's day 10 and I'm still not sure entirely where to start -- there's just too much awesome I need to do - and so, like many occasions in life, the days are starting to pass by and I'm still not actuating my planning plan.<br />
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It's all there in my heart. My ambition, my targets, my objectives, my intentions, my passions, my will-power, but they're refusing at this stage to be confined to paper and lists and declarations.<br />
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What we have done is start our family resolution of 'Healthy Us, Healthy Planet, Healthy Piggy Bank' and as a result of that, I have refuelled my poor abandoned food blog called The Frugal Snob. The focus is slightly different in that it now about one woman's quest to save the planet, save her bank account, and save her expanding waist line, but the principle is the same. Learn to live more consciously and more conscientiously and then enjoy the abundance that comes from that.<br />
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My hubby and I have also dramatically cut down our alcohol consumption to just one treat night a week, which for folks that drank a bottle of wine with dinner every evening, is proving to be an interesting trip in our life journey. It's much much easier than I anticipated and I'm trying to ignore the subtle shifts in energy, motivation and well-being for fear that it's slightly psychosomatic and maybe a stark realisation of all the years we have abused our bodies and our time... One of the big incentives other than 'feeling better' is that by making this change (and it's quite a big one for us) we will save almost £1500 a year! Isn't that incredible. I've already spent it ten times over in my head - and it's all about travel and experiences, about truly living.<br />
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So I guess that even if I haven't written and planned and journaled my 2018 plans, at least we've started living them.<br />
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Who else here is slightly overwhelmed by the possibility and opportunities of 2018?katie M Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607147343013281524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882687460473244397.post-40070726081882749062018-01-09T04:47:00.000-08:002018-01-09T04:47:16.502-08:00Cover Reveal & inside info for Book 4 of The Meadowsweets. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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It's finally coming. I know it's taken some time and I know that many of you have been waiting patiently (very patiently) for me to get it finished.<br />
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The thing is, Book 4 of 7 has proven to be a very tricky beast and I wasn't prepared to rush something out that would cause a pickle in Books 5-7.<br />
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However, it's done and it's going through the editorial process so I can finally announce that the pre-order is now live for Book 4 'Angelicus' on Amazon Kindle and the cover reveal is here.<br />
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Not only that, but to celebrate the new year & the new book, the whole series has had a beautiful rebrand and cover refresh. So I'm delighted to share all of that with you guys.<br />
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As ever, thank you all for your support, love and encouragement. I love how you guys love this weird, adventurous, folklore filled world of The Meadowsweets as much as I do.<br />
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And without further ado, introducing you to the the cover of Book 4.<br />
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WHAT'S BOOK 4 ALL ABOUT? NO SPOILERS & This is not a blurb ;)<br />
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Book 4 begins with a flash back, and not just any flash back but one that takes The Meadowsweet Story back to 745BC, to the founding of the first settlement in Heargton. For one of the characters, it's where their story begins and it knits into the present day story.<br />
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The dark forces and energies have charged Heargton up like a super charged supernatural battery and as a result, spirits, ghouls, demons, poltergeists, angels, and all manner of supernatural beings are coming to the fore. The whole village is cloaked in fear and suspicion and the talks of the ancient Heargton Witches curse is rife.<br />
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For Jeremiah, his brush with the weird and otherworldly continues, and the arrival of two unexpected guests is cause for further stress and concern; especially the arrival of the mysterious Father Abandon, who has been sent as The Church's answer to the Heargton paranormal problem - only Jeremiah is far from convinced that the handsome and charming priest is who and what he claims to be.<br />
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The village is descending into hysteria, with an embracing of old customs, old rituals and old worship. The sacred circle, the village pagan group who have been practicing since the 70s in the back of The Green Man pub, finds itself gaining new members and a whole brand new location at The Rookeries, as a young and persuasive man introduces himself to the circle and begins to lead them into a more shady version of their belief system.<br />
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The Ravenhearts are still galavanting around the globe looking for allies in their quest to usurp the Guardians of the Heargton Portal so they can reign over it with ultimate power, but they soon discover that there are many people in the Witch community that have their own agenda and desire for world domination.<br />
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Meanwhile, Fox continues to battle more domestic issues with her relationship with Will Harrington and her best friend Carmen.<br />
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And for other Meadowsweet sisters, they discover that, "the path of true love never did run smooth."<br />
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ANGELICUS is NOW AVAILABLE for Pre-Order on Amazon worldwide<br />
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Amazon US: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078N34MBP">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078N34MBP</a><br />
Amazon UK: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B078N34MBP">https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B078N34MBP</a><br />
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I have had the amazing privilege of working with Helen on launching this series and have come to hold true affection for the world and characters that she has created.<br />
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Not only that, but my 10 year old, avid YA reading daughter also loves the series, not least because she has met Helen in 'real life' and has been completely charmed by her.<br />
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The series a perfect Parent / Daughter read and throws up issues surrounding bullying, abuse, growing up, first love, and family difficulties in a really safe way. More challenging topics are touched upon with a lightness of touch that really respects the sensitivities of younger readers who may pick up the series.<br />
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There's enough young teen action to keep curious readers occupied, but the series also harks back to a slightly more innocent and magical time.<br />
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With strong messages about friendship, adversity, personal acceptance, The Glow series is an absolutely perfect Christmas present for daughters and nieces.<br />
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Book three is available in Kindle this Wednesday and is currently on pre-order, and it is out in paperback middle of next week, just in time for last minute Christmas order from Amazon. It will be going out to iBooks, Nook and other eBook platforms in the New Year.<br />
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You can get hold of Book One of the series in paperback and eBook here: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glow-Book-One-Helen-Whapshott-ebook/dp/B00IX2EI9Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1512992102&sr=1-1" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glow-Book-One-Helen-Whapshott-ebook/dp/B00IX2EI9Q</a><br />
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<span style="color: white;">When Vicky Dean finds herself drowning in the ocean of cool that is the London indie music scene, she soon learns that if she's to survive, it's time to change the record.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">It's one of 10 short novels published in WaWa Productions' '10 Things I Love About You' collection and it's out TODAY. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">BLURB: The 90s: The decade of AOL, Grunge music, the Gulf War, OJ Simpson trial, Friends, Seinfeld, Britney and Christina, tattoos and belly button piercings, Monica Lewinsky, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Tarantino movies. It was a decade of polarities and hilarity.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Those who reached adulthood in the Nineties were branded Generation X, and were labeled apathetic slackers and cynics. But, ultimately, this generation was called on to bridge the gap between old ideals and new technologies and ways of living. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">These new adults had to find jobs, find themselves, and find love amidst rapidly changing landscapes online and off.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">TEN THINGS I LOVE ABOUT YOU is a collection of ten contemporary romance, new adult, stand-alone stories set in the 1990s.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The title of each love story will be a hit song from the year that the novella represents, and are written, respectively, by award-winning and bestselling authors.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">1990: "Nothing Compares 2 U" -- Michele G Miller + Mindy Hayes</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Can one weekend erase a first love's betrayal?</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">1991: "More Than Words" -- Christina Benjamin</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">It takes more than words to make it in love and music.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">1992: "Jump" -- Micalea Smeltzer</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Jenna's shy, quiet, and a bookworm. Caleb is wild, sarcastic, and an adrenaline junkie. One trip will bring their worlds together in ways they never expected.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">1993: “Can't Help Falling in Love” -- L.A. Fiore</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Emma doesn’t put much stock in fairy tales and happily ever afters, but finding herself stranded in some unknown town, in a diner late at night, dripping cheeseburger juice on her wedding gown is so not how she saw her big day ending. But when the town’s sexy mechanic comes riding to her rescue, maybe her fairy godmother is onto something.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">1994: “The Sign” -- Carey Heywood</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Are personalized mix tapes, Ferris Wheel rides, and ice cream-flavored kisses signs that I'm falling in love with my best friend?</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">1995: “Who Will Save Your Soul” -- Skye Warren</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Emily's a pathological liar. When her life is at stake, will anyone believe her?</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">1996: “Always Be My Baby” -- Mary Ting</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Lucas' words might have begun to sew me back up, but Grayson's love would heal the wound and ensure there were no scars.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">1997: “Lovefool” -- Katie M John</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">When Vicky Dean finds herself drowning in the ocean of cool that is the London indie music scene, she soon learns that if she's to survive, it's time to change the record.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">1998: "My Heart Will Go On" -- Tia Silverthorne Bach</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">After a tragic car accident, Kerry After a tragic car accident, Kerry struggles to put the pieces of her life back together. Until Jase walks into her life, and a spark of hope ignites. Can her heart go on? </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">1999: "Genie in a Bottle" -- Elise Kova</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">When high school senior Erin Williams discovers that an N64 game she picked up at a yard sale contains a real (and really hot) genie, she gains three wishes and a much-needed confidant. However, the final wish may cost her more than she wants to give.</span></div>
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When you're a creative, busy... creating, it's super hard to keep all the social media plates spinning. There aren't endless hours in the day, and as our visibility online grows, as we connect with new readers, investors, patrons, et al, we find ourselves joining even more social media platforms and online communities in order to create even more visibility and success.<br />
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It can be exhausting, and it can also be damaging if you let some of those platforms drift creating a footprint of earlier branding that may not fully reflect where you are now at.<br />
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In oder to keep a fresh, cohesive brand across the internet and social media world, I have created a process of consciously 'quick checking'. It can be really easy to be sucked into a sparkly new social media platform, plough all your current work, concepts, branding and time into it - but the danger is that the others lag behind and the connections you have worked so hard to build, start to grow stale.<br />
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Here is a quick 5 point check which can be done in just one or two hours of your time a month.<br />
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Before you begin, write a list of all the social-media platforms, forums and other places you have at some point made a profile for. (You'll be amazed, especially as like me, you've probably jumped on every up and coming subject related platform over the years. You may need to google yourself.)<br />
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1: YOU. Make sure all your profile pictures are a) relevant to the audience for that particular social platform, b) make it one of your more recent photos, and c) good quality, which means properly lit, properly cropped, and appropriate context. <em style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: georgia, 'source serif pro', serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(It's really good practice to try and get photos of you taken on a regular basis and build up a folder on your desktop so you can just grab one - a good selfie has its place, too so don't be afraid to get in front of the camera) </em><br />
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2: BANNERS. Don't underestimate the power of banners to be an effective advertising space. Does your banner demonstrate fully a) What you do? b) What's fresh and new in your world? c) Have either an explicit or implicit call to action depending on the platform.<br />
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3: POST. Write a single post (it can be a copy & paste on each of the platforms if time is really squeezed) but it should include where you've been, what you've been doing, what your currently excited about and will show you've not been inactive, just really creatively busy. It will also show you're still willing to engage, and your not abandoning your fan / reader / patron base. If people stumble across your page, it also shows that you aren't missing in the ether and no longer relevant.<br />
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4: ENGAGE. Spend 5 minutes engaging with 10 other people on that platform. Leave a comment on their post, ask a question, share a post - demonstrate that as well as swinging by to broadcast, you're willing to engage and connect. It gives the impression that you are a lot more active than you actually are.<br />
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5: DELETE. Ask yourself what each particular profile is doing for you. If it's not working, if you know in your heart that you don't have the time or inclination to invest in it, then delete it. It's better to have 3 or 4 really engaging, exciting, fresh and live platforms where people know where to find you than having a load of dead or dying fish in the water. Poorly managed social media platforms can do more damage than not having one in the first place.<br />
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If you do each of these 5 small tasks once a month - maybe allocated a specific day (such as the first or last of the month to make it memorable) then you'll soon find that your social media platforms are all up to date, relevant and creating more engagement. Good luck, and remember the trick with social media is little and often.</div>
katie M Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607147343013281524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882687460473244397.post-76795151326662661292017-10-13T04:02:00.001-07:002017-10-13T04:02:33.644-07:00The tricky issue of disposing of a murdered body. #OCTOBERFRIGHTS DAY 4.<br />
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Whilst writing my novel 'Beautiful Freaks' I had to undertake a serious amount of research into effective, although somewhat weird, ways of both killing people and disposing of their body. If there really is a Big Brother watching us from Cyber Space, I am possibly now a flag on the UK Intelligence radar - and after this interactive post, you may be, too.<br />
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This led to some highly inventive methods of both murder and body disposal - and let me tell you, the disposal is the trickiest part of it all. It's one thing killing someone - you can sort of take your pick from the gazillion ways you'd like to do it - a sort of personal expression of your own creativity - but trust me when I say, that disposing of the body is not only difficult, but to do it properly, is almost impossible. </div>
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You'd be amazed a how fragile a living body can be, and how very stubborn and resilient a dead one can be. It's been the unsticking of many a genius murderer in the past. </div>
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In Beautiful Freaks there are a range of approaches to the subject of the murdered body. Some are intent on eradicating all evidence of their crimes and others seem to take an almost aesthetic and poetic approach to displaying the bodies as a kind of statement about human vice. </div>
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Having been an inspector involved on the fringes of the Jack the Ripper case just over a decade beforehand, William Steptree believes that he has seen the very limits of murder - that is until he discovers the murder scenes that litter the London streets like some macabre art gallery. For all the blood and guts of the Ripper case, there is something about these 'beautiful' murders that disturbs him far more - something deeply unsettling about the way that the murders are crafted into something almost profound. </div>
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But aside from these, there is another shadowy force exercising experimentations of the dead kind, and there is no attempt to display this particular art form, in fact, it's so on the cusp of all things inhumane that there is no other desire than to eradicate the bodies completely. To remove all trace of both their fate and the man behind it. </div>
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I have always had a fascination with the detective genre and in particular the dark psychological detective stories written by the likes of Karen Slaughter and Patricia Cornwall. In a way, Beautiful Freaks is an extension of my love for that kind of literature, if not mashed up with my own love of paranormal fantasy. I have always found it captivating to consider what the mind of a killer must be like, and how hard or easy it is to step over that moral line. I think because it is so far removed from my own life philosophy that I find it a puzzle to wonder why anybody would want to commit such destruction - and of course, most sane people do not. </div>
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The idea that the way in which murderers both murder and dispose of bodies acts as a signature and a narrative is not only something that clearly captivates me but thousands of writers and millions of writer's too. </div>
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So, let's take this post to the comfort zone and beyond. If you were to set about murdering someone, how would you do it and what would you do with the body? Let's really discover who you all are.... Leave your ideas in the comment box - who knows, I might even steal them for a novel and credit you in the acknowledgements. </div>
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<i>This blog post introduces you to my latest novel, 'The Crow Man' and there is a chance to win a signed paperback copy at the end of this post. </i><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHreCSKrF_i93vEYyBAh1RnLOErqyDvSOKHMXvSKQ6WRZ1a8cKH2E8z_3aFDy3o0eMFh3f-m8DcUyOHc8QZRzhPeOn5X1L8lVvhJUaYgXWLf_E-5limZS8j-_QMUHFb-AnY21XmGNrL54/s1600/crowmancollection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="1133" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHreCSKrF_i93vEYyBAh1RnLOErqyDvSOKHMXvSKQ6WRZ1a8cKH2E8z_3aFDy3o0eMFh3f-m8DcUyOHc8QZRzhPeOn5X1L8lVvhJUaYgXWLf_E-5limZS8j-_QMUHFb-AnY21XmGNrL54/s400/crowmancollection.jpg" width="400" /></a>This month has seen the release of my first adult horror novel, 'The Crow Man' and it marks the end of a labour of love that has seen me invest 5 years into this novel.<br />
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Horror has always been my favourite genre of literature right from my earliest reading habits; Dracula, Frankenstein, Point Horror, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Lovecraft, Poe - we're all the foundations of my love of the written word.<br />
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Despite having found a comfortable flow in the writing of paranormal and occult, I had yet to make that final leap into writing a 'pure' horror novel because the responsibilities that come with writing horror are immense.<br />
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To me, good horror is one of the most moral, political vehicles there is. In my very personal opinion, for horror to be elevated from gratuitous pornography it has to have some kind of exploration of the human condition, of moral structures, and of state constructs. It is an incredible vehicle for exploring the ills of society and the wrongs of mankind - of course done in a way that excites, entices, scares, and thrills the reader.<br />
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There are conventions in horror that are long established and which work, but traditionally, mainstream horror in both literature and film have tended to be dominated by male influence and the male gaze. I knew when I finally plucked up enough courage to write a horror novel, I wanted to both work within a long tradition and to challenge some of the constructs that had been established. I wanted to write a horror from a very female point of view.<br />
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Hence the premise of The Crow Man - as most women will testify, one of the most horrific things that can happen to you as a woman is to be labelled mad or insane - to have every word and action questioned; to stand accused of crimes you have not committed and for the whole social structure to come bearing down on you.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkAkG850AsAcvgmZw8B5lX-j7pNpIL7j4A59Dil5PmEfvQRkz7SSi1T-NxQC_Z99MdYVzQt0E5kS2adoxgz30IfxI_XJPAOJ1A0P0Jb4DGYwTIWF4HOeFQ6Q68ZQP7Dhr_8cMBBTr4Myc/s1600/crowman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1035" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkAkG850AsAcvgmZw8B5lX-j7pNpIL7j4A59Dil5PmEfvQRkz7SSi1T-NxQC_Z99MdYVzQt0E5kS2adoxgz30IfxI_XJPAOJ1A0P0Jb4DGYwTIWF4HOeFQ6Q68ZQP7Dhr_8cMBBTr4Myc/s320/crowman.jpg" width="206" /></a>One of the very worst nightmares I have ever had was that I had hit an intruder and that 'boy' had died. I was arrested and was facing a long time in prison. I wouldn't last two minutes in prison - or only in the way that Tyrion Lancaster might by a thread come out bruised and abused but still living. The very worst of that dream was no one believing my version of the story. Of everybody, the courts and eventually even my own husband swaying to the social constructs that surround female voice and behaviour. I woke shouting, tears streaming down my face. Never had I felt so afraid - and so the beginnings of The Crow Man were birthed.<br />
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To call it feminist horror does not mean that it is horror written for women and women alone - I would hope that the readership of this novel is a 50 / 50 split. Just because it is a story about women doesn't mean that all horror readers can't access and enjoy it, just as I have read hundreds upon hundreds of horror books with very male focused protagonist and stories.<br />
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It was important to me with both of my female characters, Grace Waters and Camille to try and defy some of the tropes and stereotypes that female characters often fall into in horror novels - but it wasn't easy. I rewrote the ending several times as I discovered that I had fallen into established models that didn't sit right with me - but which were a form of horror convention. I wanted to move beyond those sometime two dimensional offerings of female motivation and experience that is so often portrayed in horror and offer, what I hope is a more 'real' more true conclusion to these events.<br />
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The writing go The Crow Man took me to some pretty dark places when I was writing it. For me, there are elements that are extreme and cross my comfort zone, or at least they did when I was in the depths of writing certain scenes. Looking back, I know that by modern standards of gore horror and psychosexual horror, these scenes are perfectly within the mainstream - but in the way that a creaking door or a shadow is more terrifying than a body being carved up by a circular saw, the scenes in The Crow Man got under my skin and were a manifestation of my own worst fears.<br />
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I decided to set The Crow Man in the 50's purely because some of the issues that the women face were amplified, and because, as a form of historical piece exploring the progress of psychiatric care and practice, the 1950s were a radical time of change and advancement.<br />
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In the author notes at the beginning of The Crow Man, I have acknowledged that other great horror piece written about the pioneering advancements of the medical profession and where that placed humans and doctors in terms of gods and monsters - Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus'. Perhaps, if I were being arrogant, I could have named my novel, 'The Crow Man: The postmodern Prometheus' LOL. The Crow Man is very much in the tradition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and I hope that my humble little offering does that text and that heritage some justice.<br />
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Nestled in the woods on the outskirts of a small English market town is The Rookeries Asylum - an imposing Victorian building that is a mishmash of redbrick, wood clad and concrete blocks (which came later)<br />
complete with turrets and many unblinking soulless windows.<br />
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The drive way up to it is pretty much overgrown, meaning that the only real way to access is it is a traipse through the woods, which isn't easy when you're carrying a heavy load of paranormal investigation equipment - not that me, being a guest as part of the ghost hunting crew who charmingly call themselves <i>Ectoplasm, </i>had to carry anything<i>. </i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the side entrances of The Rookeries. Despite<br />
being boarded up, people have still managed to get<br />
in and vandalise the inside.</td></tr>
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I'm here because of a friend of a friend who also happens to be as completely captivated by the idea of life after death and haunted spaces as I am. I'm beginning to think this is all a rather ridiculous idea, although I'm feeling smug that I have layered up and brought plenty of hot-chocolate. It's going to be a long bleak night.<br />
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The Rookeries Asylum was a philanthropic project established by one of the local wealthy families. Built on the far edges of their grounds, it was originally established as a maternity ward and hospital to help young women of the town and neighbouring villages in 1855. Just five years later, it was completely burned out, and over 20 women and young children died. By 1865, it had been rebuilt, extended and had become a hospital for the insane and morally dissolute.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The quarters that were most likely reserved for the<br />
Doctors and visitors is now overrun with damp and<br />
graffiti. It's weird to think of such beautiful spaces<br />
contrasting with the other bleaker areas of the<br />
hospital. </td></tr>
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Today, there are many locals in Heargton village who testify to hearing the sounds of crying on the wind as it weaves through the imposing pine trees. There are other locals who will not set foot in the woods, not alone the old abandoned asylum for fear of either things they have witnessed with their own eyes or because of stories that have been passed down from generation to generation.<br />
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Some of the legends that surround the Rookeries are, aside from the usual hauntings, that there were some very dodgy medical experimentations that took place within he walls, and that as a 'private' hospital, being under the radar, it attracted several doctors who used both the quiet location and mental state of the patients to their advantage. More wild claims include the urban legend that Satanists used the newly empty building (The hospital closed in 1958, having been used as an emergency Hospital for soldiers suffering from shell shock and other mental disturbances) to create a portal to Hell.<br />
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As much as that fantasy doesn't capture my imagination, it is very easy to still sense the sorrow and loss of the many souls who were 'cared for' in this place.<br />
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Dave is our guide for the evening. He is a seasoned ghost hunter and he's been wanting to get into The Rookeries for years, although gaining permission has been a little challenging. Heargton has a very protective attitude to its town and doesn't really welcome investigations such as these, despite its other numerous haunted buildings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some parts of the building are truly<br />
beautiful even though they are in<br />
ruins. It's easy to imagine patients<br />
being walked down this light and airy<br />
corridor with the idea of exercising<br />
their body and spirit. There was<br />
a real sense of peace in this space. </td></tr>
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Dave is 52 and spends a large chunk of the year working in the US with an American team. He is unashamedly obsessed by paranormal investigation and has visited literally hundreds of supposedly haunted sites. It doesn't help my over active imagination any when he stops as soon he enters the building and rubs his arms vigorously. "Oh," he says. "This is going to be a good one."<br />
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I'm not sure exactly what that means - is it 'good' if we're about to be subjected to twelve hours of terrifying ghostly activity? I'm not so sure.<br />
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We start our 'hunt' by doing a little exploring. I've had to sign a disclaimer in case of personal injury. The rooms are littered with debris and other dangers. I could easily break a limb. The setting is suitably freaky and my author mind is literally going overboard. Hell, I can't wait to get home and hit the keyboard. AT this point, I will not be disappointed if nothing more supernatural than a bat appears. This whole place is fuelling my creativity.<br />
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I laugh to myself, knowing that I am literally enacting the start of a cheesy horror film - you know the kind where some really stupid people decide to to go and taunt the devil and then are surprised when he rises and disembowels them. Dave is good company as he leads me through, giving me a running commentary of all the various atmospherics and details he is recording. As we travel, he tells me how he is less about ghost hunting and more about disproving, although when I ask him if he has had inexplicable experiences, he chuckles and says, "More than explicable ones."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other spaces felt very oppressive and there was a<br />
definite sense of trauma and pain still residual in<br />
the room. Remnants of equipment like this sent<br />
shivers up my spine. It's all too easy to visualise the poor<br />
women who stayed in this place and were subjected<br />
to terrible indignities and painful procedures. </td></tr>
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Night falls fast and it's going to make taking photos more difficult. I snap away, wanting to capture as many of the spaces as I can to add to my scrap book. Little do I know at that point that many of them will disappear as a result of the files corrupting during transfer to my laptop - something that has never happened before, and hasn't happened since.<br />
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The further into the asylum, the more wild things get. It is clear that people have got in and gone wild with their own creative flair. Graffiti, tags and scrawled quotes are everywhere. Sacrilege and yet, in a way, an understandable response to such a space. There is a lot of dark humour present, although Dave is less than amused by some of the symbols and iconography that has been painted on some of the walls. It always makes him uneasy.<br />
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People come to these places and they don't know what energy they are stirring up. They think they're being funny - some even think they are being serious - but either way, the energy in the place doesn't like to be mocked. This kind of 'play' attracts the demons.</blockquote>
'Demons!' I scoff in my head. In the short time I have known and spoken with Dave, I am surprised by this sudden turn in tone and subject matter. Surely Dave doesn't believe in demons?<br />
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I've done hundreds of investigations and most involve long nights of tedium, but then some places just have this really dark vibe. Several times, I have seen mysterious scratches raise on fellow investigators. It's all pretty convincing when you see those kind of marks literally emerging out of someone's skin. </blockquote>
Suddenly, this little adventure doesn't seem quite so fun. I have a deep respect for the idea of positive and negative energies in the world. I guess there is part of me that believes in true evil and that it can manifest - although as for actual demons, the jury is still out.<br />
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One of our last stops before heading back to the HQ we have established in one of the old doctor's rooms, is the records office. Nobody has bothered to clear these out and archive them, and it feels criminal. This is history - real history, about people who lived and suffered. The mould and dust sets off my allergies, despite having taken an unhealthy amount of antihistamine. Rot. That's the overall word of this whole place. I leaf through a few of the remaining files, which mostly date back from the 50s and 60s. In some ways, it's amazing that they still exist. I vow to find a way to get them recovered and properly stored. It feels perhaps why I am here, doing this ridiculous thing.<br />
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Night settles and I have to admit, I am absolutely running on adrenaline. Every sound travels through me and is amplified in my imagination. As much as I want to chase after Dave as he goes around 'hunting' there is part of me that wants to stay in the relative safety of HQ.<br />
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Generally, it's a pretty quiet night, although the sudden burst of barking dogs does nothing for the health of my heart. I'm unnerved by the sound, which is clearly a pack of dogs in the woods nearby. Packs of dogs is not a neutral sound and immediately I feel very uncomfortable. Steve, the techie doesn't help matters by telling me the local tale of the ghostly hunt. Susie, who is Dave's right hand woman is quick to shut him down when she sees the look on my face. She tells me that almost all legends of ghostly hunts have been debunked.<br />
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Dave returns and he's so pale, he looks as if he has seen a ghost - which he tells us he has; well sort of. He's out of breath and it's clear that he has been running from something.<br />
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There's some dark shit out there, guys. A lot of bad energy.</blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are a few remaining relics of its days as a<br />
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He tells us how he was lying on one of the old hospital beds (as you would) and he felt something pressing down on him and then a growl in his ear. Steve's attention is suddenly captured by the site of a nasty red mark on Dave's neck. He investigates, pulling the neck of Dave's t-shirt down. Sure enough, three red scratches run down his skin. Part of me is sad that I missed this incident, the other isn't, which is why I'm not sure what I should do when Suzie and Dave both agreed that they need to head back to the same room and spend more time there. My instinct says no, but nevertheless, I find myself travelling behind them. It's the same room I took a photo of earlier. <br />
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I sit on the edge of the bed, encouraged by Dave. I refuse to lie down - I'm not crazy. I can hear the reassuring breaths of both Dave and Suzie. This is why I'm here. To face my own fears, to discover and experience for myself. Nothing happens for about twenty minutes and we're about to go when strong hands push me back and I find myself on my back, a terrible weight over me. I hear Dave and Suzie shout out to me but it's honestly as if they are a whole world away. There's a voice at my ear. I can't move. It's a deep voice, full of menace and I am in no doubt that I am in serious danger - although from what exactly, I can't tell. I'm trying to scream but nothing is coming out.<br />
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In that moment, seriously, there's a belief that I might die. Suddenly from the other side of the room, there is a deep barrelling voice that travels across the room. There is no doubt in my mind that it is not the voice of a human. "I'm right here," it growls before this whooshing sweeps right over me and finally, the scream can escape. Whatever it is, it's gone and the whole atmosphere changes. I'm shaking and laughing and crying all at the same time.<br />
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Suzie has me wrapped in her arms, reassuring me that I'm safe and that this wasn't an unusual incident for an investigation. I had come looking for a paranormal experience and I'd had one. Perhaps the moral of this story is be careful what you wish for.<br />
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<!-- end InLinkz script --> katie M Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607147343013281524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882687460473244397.post-66463878035485641432017-09-05T01:20:00.000-07:002017-09-05T01:28:48.371-07:00The Crow Man Chapter One. Exclusive Pre-Release viewing. <span style="color: white;">The Crow Man, my adult horror novel, comes out on October 3rd 2017. 5 Years in the writing, it has been a labour of love and torment. It is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "sf optimized" , , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;">It can be pre-ordered on Amazon</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">UK: </span><a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="origin" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fdp%2FB0758JMKZ1&h=ATO0DNYGdracXGOrtUQPsOAm1a2Gc7zgmPGz4VT-z7WwEWqCGL1rMAn000Ffk3ml0Irkd6ds9nJNtLncdUrnEi3wjzhuxDcQEYB2Q9sd-y2nbsJLbXqnlr1Z5wcAsonyQpEYjoT3X3rF5zuyvfBNt68aVH7lp-LE2Zh9Ys0mA4Sk_1-9Do_0JKiaboTkCra1o5R1cqdCROqQ12wI3MszNbPadSwtywYqeZQZRosw8gCrKq5HBYhPAXitS5zoe2lnCHwvE7m96MMUafHlIGEBRVra8vz1CGJk3XnuqwHFY7qIVWYsDPCmp3A" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0758JMKZ1" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0758JMKZ1</a><br />
<span style="color: white;">US: </span><a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="origin" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB0758JMKZ1&h=ATMaGxZzEw-d4Cx2AnuZeOLTkxSZmaGeAS3a2tS-3ourZDxKe4FFBRGBQBWRr_PIhLD_vn4n3rGA6IO_f8T9SLktG8ZdRf2_8jrZSSR7X8opbBd77qeDp95bNDYZGizEiH5nOgjWVayl1a2i0Fk1tr12k-vnuv84sPLysVxw2NNS4E7zmO_iBPED0Ks-sYPQKr9V7kdMw8ud0QvuTQ37NOO_rKAFrO5Obj4rKk_HY2CxK9EhJ611gDlQACmFg6BaHwuP21IkYQmCRyldu4O-VUqvQ3TERMjH4YsSIiXU8NaXzafvFHYtGH9JGtvEgA" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0758JMKZ1" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0758JMKZ1</a><br />
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<span style="color: white;">In the meantime, if you're curious about this project, here is the blurb and the first part of Chapter One.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">BLURB</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">When your worst fear is your own mind.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Grace Waters lost a baby and now stands amidst the ruins of her marriage. Trapped within the loneliness of grief, her perfect and beautiful life as a GP’s wife begins to quickly unravel around her. With her husband increasingly concerned about her state of mind, she begins to doubt her own sanity – especially when she begins to see the terrifying figure of The Crow Man.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Referred to psychiatrist, Doctor Daniel Rose, Grace dares to hope for healing and recovery, but what she finds is an unending nightmare in which those pretending to be the voice of reason are the most dangerously insane of them all.</span><span style="color: #1d2129;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Doctor Rose believes he has found the cure for insanity, for fixing the broken. And in his noble and ambitious mind, it doesn't matter that the methods are barbaric because the result is something perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">A terrifying Frankenstein of the psychological age. An exploration into the dark recesses of the human mind and the terrifying psychological experimentations of the 1950s.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Readers' Note:</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">This is a horror novel with strong themes of female disempowerment and empowerment. It contains scenes that are violent and sinister. Some readers may find these distressing and triggering. It is recommended 18+ reading. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It was the kind of hour, in the kind of
day, where the sky bled grey into the ground. The mist circled the base of the
tree trunks. The grasses of the fields beyond the garden, looked like shards
of cruel glass spiking the earth. From behind her, Grace heard the ticking of
the kitchen clock. It was a heavy sound for a heavy time of year. Aside from
this, the house appeared silent, although she knew it was only a trick of
distance. Two stories up, the twins were playing in the attic playroom. It
would be far from quiet there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">She paid little attention to the dishes
she was washing in the sink. She was too busy staring out onto the grey
swirling light. It reminded her of her marriage. The bare trees like the
skeletal bones of affection she now held for her husband. She sighed heavily
and broke her stare away from the distant fields to take the tumbler of gin and
tonic from the worktop. She allowed herself ‘just the one’ at lunch time,
although the measures had been getting more generous of late.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">By the time her eyes travelled back to
the space beyond the garden, the figure was there, standing ominously under the
ancient oak tree. The glass slipped from her hand, either from shock, or from
the soap suds on her hand. Her chest heaved. She blinked, hoping the sight of
the freakish figure was nothing more than a figment of her imagination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">He still stood there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Instinctively, she glanced towards the
back door, praying it was locked. She wasn't sure she'd make it in time if it
wasn't. There was a supernatural quality to the figure that made her think all
efforts to out-run him would be futile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The figure was a tall man, dressed in a
well-tailored suit. Even though he was far away, she could see the cut of the
suit was well tailored – sharp and expensive. The kind her husband, Doctor Paul
Waters, wore. The figure was neither tall nor short. Neither fat nor thin. He
was entirely non-descript; except for his head, which was covered by an old
hessian sack, tied at the neck by a piece of worsted thread. Eye-holes had been
cut crudely into it, giving the impression of two gapping mouths instead of
eyes. The contrast between the rough-cut sack and the suit was startling. Fear
beat hard wings in Grace’s chest and she thought for a moment that she might
faint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">“Muuuum,” James called as he ran
towards her, “I'm hungry!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Momentarily, she turned, automatically
responding, “Just a minute, sweetie.” By the time she looked back towards the
monster in the garden, it was gone. Instinct told her that just because she
couldn't see him, it didn't mean he wasn't there. Her breath was ragged and
sharp in her throat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">He was hiding. Amongst the shadows. In
the folds of the mist. Watching.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">She wiped a stray piece of her straight,
greying-blonde hair from her forehead with the back of her hand. She'd like to
cry but her husband had told her it was damaging for the children to see her in
an emotional state. Crying was poor form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">She retrieved the pieces of crystal
tumbler from the bowl of washing-up water, half-hoping a glass slither might
find its way onto her husband's dinner plate, and then his stomach. It was an
unusually horrid thought for such a gentle woman. She'd been brought up to
believe gentility was a strength, but there were a lot of things about her
up-bringing she had started to question. The bin-lid clanged unnaturally loudly
in the otherwise quiet house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Satisfied the tumbler had only cracked
into three, she drained the bowl and wiped her hands on her wool A-line skirt.
She'd chosen it to go with the beige cashmere roll-neck her husband had brought
her for Christmas. She hated it, it reminded her of his mother. Wearing it was
a silent act of revenge against him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">“Do you want me to make you some toast?”
she asked James, who was hopping from foot to foot with excited energy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">“Yes, please. Can I have jam?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">She smiled and ruffled his hair. “Yes,
you can have jam,” she said bending over and whispering conspiratorially. “Just
don't tell daddy. You know how he disapproves of sweet things. Does your
brother want some?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">James shrugged as if the needs of his
brother were the furthest care from his mind. As she watched James run around
the kitchen doing an impression of a fighter plane, she smiled, suddenly
feeling very foolish she should have let her imagination get the better of her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">At this time of year, the isolated
landscape joined hands with the eerie weather and made her prone to flights of
fancy. She had always had a vivid imagination. In another life, she might have
been an artist. But art was too messy for their perfect existence; too full of
feelings and chaos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">When they had moved into the Old
Vicarage, she had sworn the house was haunted. An idea Paul had told her was, “Quite
ludicrous.” Of course, he had been right. </span><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">He
was always right</i><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">, she thought bitterly. The spooky banging and clattering
had been the antiquated hot water system. The cold draughts of air on the
stairs, the fault of a loose window latch. The sound of a baby crying in the
night ... her grief at having lost her infant daughter. Never their grief, but </span><i style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">hers</i><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">A botched job of the after-care ensured
there was no hope of Grace Waters ever having a daughter. The knowledge was
like a constant blade in her heart, which dug a little deeper each time she
walked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">She busied herself making toast for her
two blond-haired, blue-eyed boys. They were handsome and wholesome. Peas in a
pod. Even she had difficulty telling them apart, and they constantly took great
delight in playing tricks on their relatives, swapping jumpers and names. From
the day they were born, they had been happy children. Grace knew she was
blessed, and she knew she should be more grateful for what she had. But
sometimes, the human heart doesn’t understand that as it should.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Grace opened the state-of-the-art
refrigerator, (a Christmas gift from Paul) and pulled out the home-made jam.
Her mother-in-law, Millicent, continually scorned this 'modern' approach to
food storage, and the last time she had visited, there had almost been
blood-shed over Millicent's precious jam being held prisoner by such a wicked
contraption. The memory of it made Grace smile. Millicent was a total bitch but
at least she made decent jam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Catching the toast just in time before
it welded itself to the AGA, she proceeded to spread butter and jam like the
automaton mother she had become. George, the eldest by five minutes, came
galloping into the kitchen on the back of his hobby horse and Grace startled. He
was wearing a pillow case as an impromptu helmet, and looked unnervingly
reminiscent of the figure she'd conjured in her mind just quarter of an hour
before. She pushed the haunted feeling aside and cheerily handed out the plates
of hot buttery, jammy toast. The smell of it was enticing. It would be easy
enough to make another couple of slices, but instead, she reached for her
silver cigarette case and lit one of the French menthol cigarettes. Paul Waters
hated overweight women in a way only a true chauvinist pig could.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Grace watched her boys eat and bicker,
and play games they didn't think she could see. She smoked the cigarette and
crushed the tip into the heavy glass ash-tray. She looked at the clock. It was
four o'clock in the afternoon. It was a long time until bed – longer still
until Paul would arrive home after a day at the surgery. She ought to start
preparing his dinner. She ought to hoover the rug in the hallway, and refresh
the vase of flowers, but increasingly, these things didn’t seem to matter,
especially as Paul often arrived late and too drink-soft to notice such
details.</span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Grace
put it down to the stresses of being a GP. People now waited until the evening
before calling for the doctor. It was a sign of the times. Or at least this was
what Grace reasoned in order to stop the wild and dangerous allegations of him
possibly having an affair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">She knew in her heart that he was; but
she wasn't going to admit it. What would be the point? She could hardly leave
him. She had nowhere to go. She owned nothing. It was all his. She had no home
to return to. As Paul often reminded her, he had dragged her from some dump of
an industrial town and made her into, “The lady you are today. A woman fit to
be a doctor's wife.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">He had given her a clothes allowance,
furnished their home with solid wood furniture, and all the latest technology.
She wore enough diamonds to remind her of his respect for her as the mother of
his children (although he failed to mention the word, “love”) and he allowed
her to pursue her own hobbies, as long as they didn't interfere in the smooth
running of the household or make a mess.</span></div>
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<i style="text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">'Yes,
I am truly blessed,'</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 14.2pt;"> she
said sharply inside her head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The boys requested their leave from the
table with mouths still stuffed with toast and jam. She smiled and waved them
away, hoping she might get at least a half-hour nap on the settee before one of
them tried to grievously harm the other. If she could get some rest, she might
be able to face the horror of the bath and bedtime routine without the need for
another stiff gin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">She walked over to the sink and slipped
the plates into the water. Part of her was curious to look back over the garden
towards the grey space of fantasy where her mind had conjured such a terrifying
figure, and part of her feared the monster might still be standing there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The grey had inked to a darker light,
making it impossible to make reality out from the distant shadows. Her view was
further distorted by the emerging reflection in the window of a once very
beautiful woman who, over the course of six cruel months, had morphed into the
very mask of sorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">“Something needs to change,” she
whispered. “Or else I'll go mad.”</span></div>
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