tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8105579531299307872024-03-13T10:13:33.088-07:00Em's BlogA blog of waffles.Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-71543378500356771852017-10-01T14:40:00.000-07:002017-10-01T14:43:21.501-07:00Some of my Characters are Dicks<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I have been told I do characters well. I tend to think that
used to be true but I've lost the power somewhere along the line and now
struggle a little. I've heard a few times recently that a couple of my
characters are unlikeable and that makes me a little sad and a little happy at
the same time. I mean, the characters in question <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">are</i> a bit dickish. And I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">like
</i>writing characters like that! Sometimes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">people</i>
are a bit dickish. And I don't mean the character's a dick as in, they're just
a nasty douchebag – I mean, they're mostly a good person but have moments of
twattishness.</div>
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And I think I've always done that. It's not published (yet)
but I've had a couple of beta readers tell me that my vain manchild, Ambrose,
in The Beautiful Man, is a bit of a tool. And he is, but he's a good guy
beneath the swagger. Another beta told me how much she loved him and characters
like him, so it may be more of a case of clashing personalities (between
character and reader) rather than him being a shitty character.</div>
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Same thing with Liam in <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Otherworld-Emma-Jane-ebook/dp/B01MZ7O87V" target="_blank">Otherworld</a>. Some readers adore him.
Others think he's a dick. And he is a bit of a dick.</div>
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See also Rowan, in <a href="https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/shuttered-by-emma-jane-970-b" target="_blank">Shuttered</a>.</div>
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Most recently I've been hearing a couple of 'I just don't like
him's from readers about Noah in <a href="https://ninestarpress.com/product/whitecott-manor/" target="_blank">Whitecott Manor</a>. In fact, I was even warned by
my editor that he was coming over as unlikeable in a couple of instances and I refuted
the fact and carried on. Thing is, Noah is young – I don't mention his age but
I imagine him to be early twenties – and he's probably been babied by his
parents. He's been in a toxic controlling relationship and when he comes out of
that, he does tend to act a bit bratty because he's free and he wants to do his
own thing finally. He probably is a bit selfish, and high maintenance, and because
we don't get to read anything from his POV we don't see any of his inner
workings. But ultimately, he is a nice guy. He wouldn't hurt anybody and when
he grows up, and he's <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">allowed</i> to grow
up, he'll make a very good partner. Should I have toned him down? I'm not sure.</div>
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Then I have the characters who are dicks in the bad way.
They're team evil. Like Max in the not-yet-published-I've-not-even-finished-writing-it-yet
Locke & Co. He's a dick and he knows it. He's a demon so it's kinda his raison
d'etre. But he has moments where he's almost, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">almost</i>, a nice guy. I wonder what the reaction to him will be like –
I've already had one beta warn me he's possibly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">too</i> creepy. </div>
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Of course I want all my characters to be liked, even the ones
who are meant to be bad guys, but when a character I thought was reasonably likeable
is disliked by readers it can be a little disheartening. I mean, I know they're
a dick, but why can't you see their cuddly inner core? This character's a good
person, liiiiike them, pleeeease! *ahem* And there's the writer angst. Am I
just not doing this as well as I thought I was? </div>
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Still, to get an emotional response from a reader, whether that
emotion is love or hate, is pretty good anyway so I'll take it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm a little bit happy and a little bit sad.
And I'll carry on writing the dicks anyway.</div>
Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-55063928507707655912016-07-13T03:11:00.000-07:002016-07-13T03:12:04.973-07:00Real-life PokemonGoI don't think PokemonGo is in the UK yet (or is it?) but I've been hearing lots about it and to be honest... I just don't get it. Don't get me wrong, I <i>love</i> Pokemon. I used to watch it on SMTV every Saturday back in the 90s (was it the 90s?) and cracked up at Ant & Dec's Pokerap and Pokefight sketches (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0AaK9Br5Jw" target="_blank">Watch!</a>). I even painted Pokemon onto my bedroom wall, and of course I played Pokemon (I had the red version) on my original GameBoy.<br />
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But wandering around outside, staring at your phone while looking for wild Pokemon? Erm... I've been doing that for the past two years. But what I do is real. Only it's not Pokemon I'm looking for, it's butterflies. And it's not my phone in my hand, it's my camera.<br />
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And it's not just me doing this. Along with my fellow lepidoterists, there's the Twitchers and the odonata...erm...ites, and the ladybirders...<br />
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There's 59 species of butterfly in the UK, and okay, that may not be as exciting as the 150 (or however many there is nowadays!) Pokemon, but I've gotta catch 'em all too. Although instead of catching them in a Pokeball, I catch them with my camera.<br />
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It gets you outside. It gets you interacting with other people (I can always spot a fellow butterfly-nerd - they'll be the ones staring into the undergrowth with a camera in hand). It takes skill - certain species are only found in certain areas, at certain times of the year, and they only eat certain things. Some are common. Some are rare. Even if you do have your camera on you, you're not guaranteed a shot. There may involve running and scrambling through undergrowth and close encounters with spiders.<br />
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It can lead to good things - I now volunteer for the Butterfly Conservation. Is there a Pokemon Conservation? <br />
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Getting outside is good. Interacting with other people is good (I suppose!). Getting involved in conservation is brilliant. Surely real-life wildlife is more rewarding than pixels? You can even do both, why not? Play PokemonGo <i>and</i> gain an interest in the real world. We have some fascinating creatures on this planet. They really exist. And you can really see them with your own eyes.<br />
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Now, I can't think of any in books that I like <i>that</i> much. You know, the couple that you route for. The one you "ship". Apart from maybe Darian and Ash from <i>Glitterland</i>. And there are definitely none in films. But TV shows... TV does good with the couples. I guess it's because it can be stretched out more than in films, explored more, unless of course the film is a romance (which, to be honest, I don't tend to watch). A good couple has a will they/won't they on/off thing going on. I also have to like both characters. But there has to be something more. Some chemistry. Something that'll suddenly get me on board that ship.<br />
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1. Ste and Brendan from Hollyoaks. Hollyoaks is pretty good at having couples I like - Darren & Nancy, Dennis & Blessing (that moleman speech?), Paul & Mercedes, Carmel & Jim, Grace & Esther... But Stendan are the best. Ok, I'm not good with the whole domestic violence thing, but Brendan's tragic past and Ste's acceptance... I just love them. They were tragic and romantic and funny. Stendan in Dublin still makes me blub. The couple had a tragic ending with Brendan taking the wrap for his sister's murder of their nasty peodophile dad and ending up in prison, but the ride was great.<br />
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2. John and Aeryn from Farscape. He's a human. She's an alien. He's a scientist. She's a soldier. Farscape is probably my favourite TV show of all time anyway - it's <i>full</i> of strong female characters and I absolutely adore Aeryn. They were on and off. Lots of tragic little moments and will they/won't they. But they get a happy ending. Complete with baby.<br />
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3. Seth and Summer from The O.C. AKA Summereth or Sethummer (according to Seth!) He's a nerd. She's one of the popular kids. It's classic. The O.C., like Farscape, is chock full of strong women and Summer is one of the best. She has brilliant character growth throughout the series, and she's also hilarious. They will they/won't they throughout but end up married and have baby bunnies. It's all good.<br />
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4. Percival and Gwaine from Merlin. AKA Perwaine. I'm cheating with this one because they weren't shown as being a couple, but we all knew they were totally doing it. I watched the whole series of Merlin for that one forehead touch moment, I swear. Tragic end, poor Percival was brokenhearted.<br />
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5. The newest one! Sienna and Trevor from Hollyoaks. I said Hollyoaks did good couples didn't I? They get two in my top five. Their story is still ongoing, but already we've had on/off will they/won't they moments, and lots of chemistry. He's a bad boy with PTSD. She's posh, with a tragic backstory and mental health issues. I don't know how their story's going to end. But I'm onboard the ship for the ride.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40gMmLqSUXI" target="_blank">Trienna</a><br />
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A good couple has to be worthy of a montage. I can just about envisage one for Rowan and Daniel from my own <i>Shuttered</i>. I can definitely imagine one for Liam and Jimmy from mine and Liz Powell's <i>Otherworld</i> - they have all the hallmarks - on/off, will they/won't they, chemistry and tragedy. I'm not sure about my current WiP, but I'm working on it.<br />
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(You can buy both Shuttered and Otherworld from Amazon, plus various other online bookstores, or direct from the publishers.)Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-18151056564019485892016-03-11T14:59:00.000-08:002016-03-11T14:59:20.084-08:00PaintingI was chatting to a friend of mine about her paintings and she convinced me to have a go. I'd not painted anything before (other than walls!) so had a quick Google of what's a good medium for a beginner to get started with. I even did a little quiz. (<a href="http://painting.about.com/library/quiz/blquizpersonality1.htm" target="_blank">This one</a>) Which told me I should try acrylics.<br />
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I bought a 20 piece painting set of acrylics from <a href="http://www.theworks.co.uk/p/acrylic-paints/wooden-acrylic-painting-set---20-pieces/5052089186347" target="_blank">The Works</a> for a fiver. Bargain. I figured, if it turns out I'm crap, I've not really lost anything. I bought a sketchpad and waited for it all to arrive.<br />
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Now, I hate being crap at stuff, and it turns out... I'm actually alright at this painting lark.<br />
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Um... so this is my dog Beau. As a farmer. Just because. <br />
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A lovely lady I know crocheted me a gorgeous moomin as a house warming present, and some excellent ninja snails for Christmas. I know she likes long tailed tits, so I painted one for her. (Check out her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Pretty-Little-Needful-Things-440770519296382/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>) <br />
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I bought a couple of teeny tiny canvases from The Works for £1 each. What else to paint on a teeny canvas than a teeny bird? This is a wren. Painting on canvas is quite hard because the canvas soaks up the paint. <br />
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I love hares. This is actually a gift for someone. I think he's probably my best one so far. The more I do, the better I should get, right? I'm currently working on a commission (if anybody wants to commission me, feel free to drop me a line <a href="http://ejtett.weebly.com/contact.html" target="_blank">via my website</a>) I can only do animals though. Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-76432694462052493642015-11-11T13:17:00.000-08:002015-11-11T13:17:50.251-08:002015 Rainbow AwardsShuttered has received an 'Honorable Mention' in the 2015 Rainbow Awards. Very pleased. :)<br />
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<a href="http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org/4669333.html" target="_blank">Take a look.</a>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-40089614720500579532015-09-11T02:49:00.001-07:002015-09-11T02:49:50.100-07:00777 Writer's GameI was tagged by two writers, <a href="http://danieljones6.wix.com/dgjonesonline#!The-777-Chain/c1q8z/55f158bd0cf2de902a82afc2" target="_blank">DG Jones</a>, and <a href="http://teresaedgertoneditor.com/the-777-game/" target="_blank">Teresa Edgerton</a>, to do the 777 challenge. That's where the tagged person must take 7 paragraphs from a page ending in 7 from a work in progress, and post them in a blog for all to see. Then I have to tag 7 more writers to do the same. Unfortunately, all the writers I would've tagged have already done this! So, you'll just have to put up with my paras. These are from my (neglected) WiP "Locke & Co".<br />
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I've wanted to be a published author since I was at primary
school. I finished my first novel (one about unicorns, called 'Waterfall
Mountain'!) when I was in my early teens. It was a portal fantasy involving,
well, unicorns. Anyway… I wrote a lot of animal stories. I blame the late,
great, Brian Jacques and his fantastic Redwall books. The first novel I wrote
(and finished) about <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">people</i> was
called The Kingdom of Malinas.</div>
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I was sixteen. At that age, you think everything you do is
awesome. I wanted this book published.</div>
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Bear in mind, the internet wasn't really a thing when <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I</i> was sixteen. All I could do was go to
the library and read the Writers' and Artists' Yearbook. </div>
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First thing to do now when you want to self-publish? Get on
the internet. Join forums. Check out Absolute Write. Do not send your MS to
every vaguely accepting-sounding publisher you can find and then give up when
you get an endless stream of rejections.</div>
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I self-published because I was young and impatient and I was
lured in by all the vanity presses telling me that all the best authors of old are
self-published, and it's cheap! And easy! And you will earn millions!</div>
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I ended up in contact with Minerva Press (they no longer
exist) but, luckily for me, quickly realised they were a vanity press. While
looking for real self-publishing companies, I came across Trafford. </div>
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The Kingdom of Malinas was published by Trafford Press first
of all. I did all the editing, the layout, the design – my brother did my front
cover. I paid Trafford money. I made <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nothing</i>.
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My second bit of advice? Do NOT pay a publishing company
anything to publish your book. Just don't. Pay an editor, yes. Pay to get
copies of your book, of course. But don't fork out money just because you're
eager to be an author. Research. A lot.</div>
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After a few years (and TKoM is no longer published by
Trafford), I chose Lulu. I rewrote my novel to the best of my ability at the
time, and, this time round, hired a professional artist to design the cover.</div>
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This is my third bit of advice. HIRE AN ARTIST. Unless
you're an artist yourself. In which case, I'm very jealous. I found my artist
through DeviantArt. She was fantastic, and her cover is the one I still use.
You must find an artist who is good at design, too, one who'll know how to give
you a good font.</div>
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Font is what lets a lot of self-published books down. The titles
and author names often look terrible and, to me, are usually the biggest giveaway
that the book is self-published (not a bad thing, but will put some people
off). </div>
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Do not let your little brother do your cover art. Unless – same
as above – he is an artist.</div>
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If you're not confident of your editing abilities, or if you
just want one, hire an editor. Get beta readers too.</div>
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A couple of years ago, I finally decided to rewrite TKoM
again. For the final time. And this time, I published through Smashwords and
Amazon as an ebook only. This is great because you don't have to pay <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">anything</i>. You don't need to buy proof
copies, you see. </div>
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I also published the remaining two books in the trilogy –
The Empress Graves and The Barbarians' Key. You can find details of these, as
well as links to buy, here: http://ejtett.weebly.com/young-adult.html</div>
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My final bit of advice? Unless you want some of your
royalties going to Mr American Taxman, you need to get an ITIN. This is
extremely easy – please don't panic about it because it sounds more complicated
than it is. There is a very simple and easy to follow guide, here: https://scarlettparrish.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/how-this-uk-author-got-her-itin/</div>
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To recap:</div>
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1. Research. Don't rush into anything.</div>
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2. Don't pay a publishing company.</div>
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3. Hire an artist and editor.</div>
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4. Get an ITIN.</div>
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To follow other posts in this series visit:</div>
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7 August: <a href="http://thaddeuswhite.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Thaddeus White</a>- nuts and bolts on how to self-publish</div>
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14 August: Me - pitfalls to avoid</div>
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21 August: <a href="http://jozebwrites.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jo Zebedee</a> - marketability and why some books suit self-publishing rather than the traditional route</div>
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28 August: <a href="http://teresaedgertoneditor.com/" target="_blank">Teresa Edgerton</a> - advantages of self-publishing when reprinting a back catalogue [initially traditionally published].</div>
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Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-33524442637879456602015-07-01T06:51:00.002-07:002015-07-01T06:51:29.723-07:00Rowan's ConThis is the very first of my video blogs. May also be the last, we'll see! But I promised my editors of Shuttered that I'd film myself doing the trick that the character Rowan does. It's taken me a while to get round to it, because I had neither a sherry glass, nor a brandy glass, but I found some in a charity shop the other week and bought both for about 75p. Bargain!
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Please excuse the sound blip, I think I got a text. ;)
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lKa3a0I5blQ" width="459"></iframe>Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-11581581800054812602015-06-24T03:42:00.001-07:002015-06-24T03:45:27.194-07:00Coeliac DiseaseI have recently been diagnosed with coeliac disease. Sounds awful because "disease" equals "ew!" But it's not that bad, all things considered.<br />
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It started with an awful feeling in my throat - as if something was stuck or someone permanently had their hands around my throat. This was November 2014. I figured it was probably just tonsillitis or stress. Though I didn't particularly feel stressed, my first solo book was coming out (Shuttered, published by Dreamspinner Press) and I was buying my very first home.<br />
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I'm not one for making a fuss or going to see a doctor. It got to March before I finally thought this feeling isn't right.<br />
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The doctor thought it was acid reflux, despite me having zero other symptoms of that, and put me on Omeprazole. She also thought maybe my thyroid felt a little enlarged so off I went to the hospital to have an ultrasound scan. I also had blood tests.<br />
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Tablets did nothing. Scan came back normal. Bloods were fine except... I was anaemic.<br />
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Because I'm female, doctors instantly think anaemia has something to do with your menstrual cycle. I told the doc there was nothing wrong with me in that respect, thank you very much, and was just told to eat more iron in my diet. I don't eat a lot of meat, so I figured, ok that probably is the reason.<br />
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I upped my iron intake and started taking Spatone iron supplements. Back for a blood test and my iron levels had dropped.<br />
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I was put on a three month course of iron tablets - ferrous fumerate. I was also sent back to the hospital for an endoscopy to see why my body wasn't absorbing iron properly.<br />
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Now, let me tell you about the endoscopy. I find it difficult to swallow tablets and I have a very sensitive gag reflex. However, I'd read so much about how the endoscopy is easy and you don't feel a thing, that I figured I'd go in there, have no sedation, and just get on with it. Even when I was sitting in the waiting room, after I'd been tagged and weighed, and a young woman came in all red-faced with streaming eyes, I thought it'll be easy.<br />
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So in I went, no sedation. The nurse sprayed my throat with numbing spray, which despite burning and then making you feel like your throat's closed up, really does nothing. It was pretty horrific. Lots of gagging involved. Your instinct is to push the nurse away but you can't so they just hold your hand tight. The nurses were all lovely actually.<br />
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They take biopsies from your small intestines and then send you on your way. <br />
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A few days later, I got a letter. I have coeliac disease and must go gluten free straight away.<br />
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Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disorder. It's not an allergy or an intolerance. Basically my immune system is so nuts (I also have hayfever - pollen is a threat! destroy! destroy!) that it goes into overdrive when I eat gluten and damages the lining of my small intestines, meaning I then can't absorb nutrients properly.<br />
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There's no cure, but sticking to a strict gluten-free diet will help my body heal and prevent the long-term consequences of the disease (of which there are many grim ones, including cancer). <br />
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Now, I didn't get many of the symptoms of CD. No toilet trouble, pain or farting! I was (still am at the moment, I'm very early into my new GF lifestyle) horribly tired. To the point of almost falling asleep at my desk at work. I've got what I call 'an old lady hip' which could be a symptom (I have to go back to hospital to have a DEXA scan on my bones!) and I had rashes on my arms, which I always put down to eczema.<br />
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If I think about it now, it was silly to think the tiredness and achy bones was just me getting old! I'm only in my early thirties. I'm hoping my dodgy memory will improve too.<br />
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Going gluten-free, so far, has been... okay. I realised yesterday that I'd never get to eat Ferrero Rocher again. GF food is much, much more expensive than "normal" food, and it's half the size. I had to buy toaster bags and separate butter to use in the office at work, because I have to be aware of cross-contamination. No gluteny crumbs in my butter, please!<br />
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I do, however, get food on prescription now. But it's "staple" food like bread and pasta and not, unfortunately, biscuits and Ferrero Rochers. <br />
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*sigh*<br />
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So there we are! I'm diseased. But looking forward to feeling young again, hopefully very soon.<br />
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Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-51707495934576430552015-06-10T11:49:00.000-07:002015-06-10T11:50:51.974-07:00Win Goodies!I've been extremely lax on my blog. I've been very busy in my life - just moved into my very own places, got pet snails, got diagnosed as a coeliac. More on all this later! I'm planning on doing some vid-blogs, so you'll get to see (and hear) me.
But just a quickie for now...
Visit: <a href="http://joyfullyjay.com/2015/06/giveaway-guest-post-shuttered-by-emma-jane/">Joyfully Jay's blog</a> leave a comment on the post before midnight on the 11th of June, and you could not only win a copy of Shuttered, but also a KINDLE and a load of other goodies.
:)Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-38539285191990034902015-03-20T07:48:00.000-07:002015-03-20T07:48:18.864-07:00Ray of Sunlight by Brynn Stein - Guest Post<!--[if !mso]>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thanks so much for having me on your blog
today, Emma.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is the last actual blog stop on my
tour. Tomorrow will be a blog take over at Harmony Ink and Friday wraps up the
tour as a Facebook takeover at Harmony Ink's FB page. Thanks to everyone who has
followed the tour so far. Feel free to drop by the takeovers.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I tried something new with this book and
had a book trailer made by Lex Valentine at Winterheart Designs. I love it. Go
check it out if you get a chance <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ctr82RV_j0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ctr82RV_j0</a>
and let me know what you think of it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ray of Sunlight comes out today. I’m so
excited. This is probably one of my favorite books so far of the ones I’ve
written. Living Again will always be toward the top of the list, and Through
the Years was fun because it spanned five decades. Haunted will always have a
special place in my heart because it was my first. But something about CJ and
Russ just grabbed my heartstrings and won’t let go.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I do have a couple more books coming up.
For Mac will be out in May. It’s about Branson, who was raised by his
homophobic brother, Mac. He has tried his whole life to deny that part of
himself. When he meets Liam, he fights his own nature tooth and nail until love
wins out and Liam helps him have the courage to be comfortable enough to live
life for himself and not for Mac.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">What No One Else Can Hear is coming in
July. Jesse McKinnon is called (mentally) by a young empath who has been
misdiagnosed with Autism and is living in a residential facility. Jesse travels
across the country in search of Jimmy, but helping him proves to be more
complicated than just showing up. Fate and a disgruntled ex-employee at the
residential facility where Jesse now works combine to keep them apart and both
would have been much worse off if it wasn’t for Drew Ferguson, another employee
at the center and best friend (and eventually more) to Jesse.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Comment below for a chance to win.<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Here’s how the giveaway will work. Visit as
many sites as you want, as often as you want. Each comment will enter you to
win one of the following prizes: 1<sup>st</sup>) An autographed paperback copy
of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ray of Sunlight</i>, 2<sup>nd</sup>)
An electronic copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ray of Sunlight</i>,
3<sup>rd</sup>) Your choice of audio or electronic copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Living Again</i>, 4<sup>th</sup>) An electronic copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Through the Years</i>, and 5<sup>th</sup>)
an electronic copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Haunted</i>. The
takeovers for Harmony Ink’s blog and Facebook page will be part of the tour, so
comments on there will count. I will draw the winners during the FB takeover and
will announce them then, but will come back and announce it to all the sites
too. So, you don’t have to leave your email address here if you don’t want to,
just remember to check back. You’re also welcome to leave your email in the
comments if you’d rather or email me at <a href="mailto:brynnstein2@gmail.com">brynnstein2@gmail.com</a>
with the subject heading of “just in case”, so I can contact you if you win, if
you don’t want to have to stop back by the blog sites. You don’t have to be
present at the FB takeover to win.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Blog
Tour Stops</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/3/2015</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bike Books Review</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://bikebookreviews.blogspot.com/">http://bikebookreviews.blogspot.com/</a>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/4/2015</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Grace Duncan</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.grace-duncan.com/guest-author-brynn-stein-3/">http://www.grace-duncan.com/guest-author-brynn-stein-3/</a>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/5/2015</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Susan Laine</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/7982063-guest-post-brynn-stein">https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/7982063-guest-post-brynn-stein</a>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.joramsey.com/blog/">http://www.joramsey.com/blog/</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/7/2015</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.7pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://ciasstories.blogspot.com/2015/03/visiting-author-brynn-stein-with-ray-of.html" target="_blank">http://ciasstories.blogspot.com/2015/03/visiting-author-brynn-stein-with-ray-of.html</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/8/2015</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.7pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US">Jana Denardo</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://jana-denardo.livejournal.com/" target="_blank">http://jana-denardo.livejournal.com/</a> </span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.4pt;" valign="top" width="102"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US">3/9/2015</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.7pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://lexchase.com/blog/author/megs/">http://lexchase.com/blog/author/megs/</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/10/2015</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.7pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US">Sean Michael</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://seanmichaelwrites.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">http://seanmichaelwrites.blogspot.ca/</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/11/2015</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.7pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US">Charley Descoteaux</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://cdescoteauxwrites.com/">http://cdescoteauxwrites.com/</a>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3/12/2015</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Anne Barwell</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span lang="EN-US">3/13/2015</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.7pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US">Karenna Colcroft</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://karennacolcroft.com/special-guest-brynn-stein/">http://karennacolcroft.com/special-guest-brynn-stein/</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/14/2015</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.7pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US">Anna Butler</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://annabutlerfiction.com/2015/03/14/" target="_blank">http://annabutlerfiction.com/2015/03/14/</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/15/2015</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.7pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US">Nic Starr</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://becausetwomenarebetterthanone.com/2015/03/15/guest-post-ray-of-sunlight-by-brynn-stein/">http://becausetwomenarebetterthanone.com/2015/03/15/guest-post-ray-of-sunlight-by-brynn-stein/</a>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/16/2015</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.7pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US">Shae Conner</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://shaeconnorwrites.com/" target="_blank">http://shaeconnorwrites.com</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/17/2015</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.7pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US">Jessica Davies</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://jessicaskyedavies.blogspot.com/">http://jessicaskyedavies.blogspot.com/</a>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/18/2015</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.7pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US">Aidee Ladnier</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/19/2015</span></div>
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 134.7pt;" valign="top" width="180"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<td style="background: #FFC000; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://emmy-j.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://emmy-j.blogspot.co.uk/</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3/20/2015</span></div>
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write. Fan fiction, original fiction, whatever. While Brynn wrote in numerous
genres—everything from mystery, to contemporary, to supernatural—she had always
tended toward strong male characters. And then she discovered “slash,”
male/male romance, and all those strong male characters were finally allowed to
express their love for one another. It seems that there are always at least two
characters clamoring to tell Brynn their story.<br />
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Brynn lives in Virginia near her two grown daughters who encourage her writing
and provide a sounding board for fledgling stories. When she isn’t writing,
Brynn teaches children with special needs. In free time, when such a thing
exists, she reads anything she can get her hands on, and haunts bookstores. She
draws and paints, and enjoys the outdoors—especially if she can get to the
beach—and is always thinking about her next story.<br />
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Please feel free to contact Brynn at any of the following:<br />
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Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-29620984414636649622015-01-10T08:32:00.000-08:002015-01-10T08:33:31.037-08:00OdonataAs well as butterflies and moths, I really like dragonflies and damselflies, though I find them much harder to photograph. I saw lots of types in 2014, and got hardly any photos at all. One of my goals in 2015 is to photograph more species, particularly the <a href="http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/beautiful-demoiselle" target="_blank">beautiful damoiselle</a> - which I saw several times but couldn't catch. <br />
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On the left a cute little common blue damselfly. Loads and loads of these around. Very small and very pretty.<br />
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On the right is a female common darter. Females are green/gold/bronze and the males are red (red-green when young, then deep red when mature). Common, as the name suggests!<br />
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A migrant hawker on the right. I saw this one at Hestercombe gardens sitting on a grape vine.<br />
<br />Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-21794132510443725932014-11-22T08:22:00.003-08:002014-11-22T13:22:01.651-08:00Fungi ForayA couple of weekends ago I signed up to go on a fungi foraging trip with the foraging expert from <a href="http://www.rivercottage.net/" target="_blank">River Cottage</a>. I love fungi anyway - one of my obsessions is taking photographs of the stuff. Plus mushrooms are tasty and foraging for free food interests me. <br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--EcHf0veQWk/VHCz7SzbJEI/AAAAAAAAAOk/YU1VaYv34CU/s1600/IMG_20141109_104850794_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--EcHf0veQWk/VHCz7SzbJEI/AAAAAAAAAOk/YU1VaYv34CU/s1600/IMG_20141109_104850794_HDR.jpg" height="320" width="179" /></a>So we all met up at Kingcombe in Dorset and headed out into the countryside.Our guide, <a href="http://www.wild-food.net/" target="_blank">John Wright</a>, would stop to show us interesting fungi and tell us all about it - how to identify things and whether or not it was edible. <br />
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This is him on the right telling us about, I think, honey fungus. I have a friend who is a gardener who'll tell me how evil honey fungus is so I was already familiar with that particular one! It kills trees, so not good. And I think it's quite hard to get rid of.<br />
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It was quite cold out - no rain but lots of mud so we all had our wellies on. We wandered all over the place looking for fungi and putting specimens in our baskets. Then we came to a really boggy area and was warned that we might get stuck so to be careful. I headed off and took a few photographs of various fungi - bracket fungi and a couple of others that I can't actually remember the name of. I decided not to follow my friend as the way she was heading looked really boggy, so I set off on my own.<br />
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Big mistake. It wasn't long before I was stuck fast and sinking. There was bog inside one of my wellies and I could not get out. Luckily, another member of the group spotted me and called for help. The photo on the left is one my friend took (she was too busy laughing and taking the photo to help!) of John Wright and several others hauling me out of the bog.<br />
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Once rescued, I spent the rest of the day wandering around with a squelchy, boggy welly! Oh, and shortly after this, I then fell in a badger set and had to be pulled out of that, too.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">CHRISTMAS!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">(Ha! You all thought I was going to talk
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">The Christmas season is almost
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As far as the retailers are
concerned it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i> here; they’re already
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">And I'm not ashamed to say it: I love Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look forward to it all year, and when it
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Now you can be sure that the minute I
announce that I love Christmas, someone, somewhere is thinking, "I don't </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">do</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">
Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's just too <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">commercial</i>."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if I state my love of Christmas on a
forum or at a large gathering, there will be two or three people who feel
obliged to tell me this with weary cynicism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">But this is how I look at the weeks
before Christmas:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either I can see shops
and stores preparing to lure me across their thresholds with every nefarious
wile at their disposal. Or I can think, "This is the time of year when I
go out searching for treasures and delights to give my loved ones."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I find that second way of looking at it
far more rewarding.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">To be honest, it doesn't always work out
that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There have been years when I
could hardly afford to buy gifts for anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Years when I couldn't scrape together money for Christmas presents until
practically the last minute ... and had to fight the crowds the last few days
... and then stayed up long after midnight wrapping presents on Christmas Eve
... and then had to get up again at some ghastly early hour because the
children were bouncing around in their beds eager to race to the tree and see
what Santa had brought to them ... and then I spent the whole day utterly
exhausted ... and then—</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Well, I didn't say it was </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">easy</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">
to keep up the Christmas spirit, did I?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But that doesn't mean that it's not worth the effort.</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7V0L6oVEh4U/VF0j6D-BhXI/AAAAAAAAAN0/nHucrXTiB6o/s1600/Christmas%2B2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7V0L6oVEh4U/VF0j6D-BhXI/AAAAAAAAAN0/nHucrXTiB6o/s1600/Christmas%2B2.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">The same years when the money was short
and circumstances were difficult have provided me with some of my best
Christmas memories:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like the first year
we were married, when my husband and I could barely afford a tree, much less
decorations, so we bought the smallest and cheapest fir we could find and
adorned it with tangerines and paper snowflakes that I cut out of typing
paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or the year when my husband wept
for joy because Gwyneth, just one-year-old, was filled with wonder at the
discovery that she could put her hand inside a stocking and bring out ... a
tiny Raggedy Ann doll.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or the year when
we spent many happy weeks secretly making gifts for the children
ourselves:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>puppets from me, and a puppet
theater and a castle from John.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or the
year when there was no money for presents at all, but we could at least put up
the decorations we had been collecting over the years, and Daisy (cynical,
unsentimental Daisy) walked into the house, looked around, and exclaimed,
"I love Christmas!" </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Christmas, I believe, has this wonderful
habit of becoming what we choose to make of it, what we are willing to take the
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">time</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">
to make of it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">I've had relatives say to me, "We
aren't having Christmas this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
can't afford it."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But for me, I
can't afford </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">not</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">
to have Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the time of
year when I feel most alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There have
been years when it lifted me above poverty, sickness, and grief.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Some of the same people who have no time
for Christmas have no time for fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(OK, I'm going to talk about writing after all.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They think it's simple escapism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day at an SFF convention I heard someone
say dismissively, "It's easy to write a fantasy novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All you have to do is make everything
up."</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Yes,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">
all </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">you have to do is make up a world (it
may be a world that bears a close resemblance to our own but it isn't quite, or
it may be a world completely new that didn't exist until you thought of it), a
world with mountains and seas, cities and towns, laws and customs, penalties
and pleasures, and then breathe life into it all, and write a story that will
delight you, whether it delights anyone else or not, and do all that with love
and care and every last bit of imagination you can put it into it.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">As writers of fantasy, we can write
escapism and/or we can write something that tips the world on its head and
provides a clearer vision of the way things really are. (The two are not
mutually exclusive.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Remember when you were a child playing
in the grass and you tumbled over and looked at the world upside-down?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How different it all looked, how fresh and
new!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet it was the same old world,
nothing had actually changed; you were just seeing it all with fresh eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then you rolled back over and everything
looked ordinary again ... but there had been that </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">moment</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">
when the grass was greener and the air brighter, and the people hung downwards
with their feet on the ground and their heads in the sky.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">And we can take that moment with us and
remember it for the rest of our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">As we grow older, we spend a lot of time
looking down at our feet, so that we can keep them firmly on the ground where
we’re told they belong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But sometimes we
need to be reminded that we also live with our heads in the sky, and take a
long breath of that fresher, brighter air. That's what fantasy can do for
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iG6QJO-W-1U/VF0kBw_TWII/AAAAAAAAAOI/i7vZPsrOkqU/s1600/rackgrim30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iG6QJO-W-1U/VF0kBw_TWII/AAAAAAAAAOI/i7vZPsrOkqU/s1600/rackgrim30.jpg" height="200" width="150" /></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Fantasy is another one of those things
that has a habit of being whatever we are willing to make of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be complex and subtle and filled with
mysteries much deeper than magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
is one kind of fantasy. Or it can be slick and gaudy and not mysterious at all.
When we come across that kind of fantasy we </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">could</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">
say, "I don't like this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's too
commercial."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But what has that to
do with anything?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it gives someone
joy to write it and someone else joy to read it, then what is wrong with
that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">As for escapism, if something gives us a
few hours respite from the dull realities of our everyday world, restores our
true vision of that brighter world that exists all around us, and refreshes our
spirits however briefly, then why should anyone quarrel with that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Joy is a strange thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all find it in different places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes we have to hunt for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes it takes us by surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes we have to create it for
ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it isn't always
easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But why should it be? </span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pIFR3mvIWSw/VF0hreNXP5I/AAAAAAAAANo/ddTSLNE9U7g/s1600/cover-queen-big-194x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pIFR3mvIWSw/VF0hreNXP5I/AAAAAAAAANo/ddTSLNE9U7g/s1600/cover-queen-big-194x300.jpg" height="200" width="129" /></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><i>Teresa Edgerton is the author of eleven novels and numerous short
stories spanning the fantasy genre, writing under her own name and her
pseudonym, Madeline Howard. She divides her time between writing her own
fiction and freelance developmental editing, helping new writers to
polish their manuscripts and improve their skills.
Her epic fantasy series The Rune of Unmaking (writing as Madeline
Howard), and the genre-bending <a href="http://shop.ticketyboopress.co.uk/index.php?id_product=13&controller=product" target="_blank">Goblin Moon</a> (writing as Teresa Edgerton)
are available at Amazon and through other online outlets</i> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">I'm very grumpy about certain holidays - Halloween and Guy Fawkes night in particular, but I <i>love</i> Christmas. Love it! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Today I'm joined by my Dreamspinner sister, Katherine Halle. Like me, Katherine is a novella author!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">~ </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Hi everyone!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I want to
thank Emma for having me here today. This is my first novella with Dreamspinner
so I'm pretty excited.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">One of my MC's
is Riley. Riley is twenty-eight, owns his own business and lives with his
father. (It's cheaper and his father needs a bit of looking after – or so Riley
thinks!). Riley is a bit of a chatterbox and basically would not keep his mouth
shut. It was loads of fun to write him and he and Steve (the other main MC) got
along like two peas in pod. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Steve is a
lawyer and his best friend Dale says he only talks when he's in court. Except
Steve doesn't go to court a whole lot. Like ever. Riley talks enough for both
of them though and Steve is surprised to find it charming instead of annoying.
It doesn't take long for him to imagine evenings at home, sitting in the living
room, listening to Riley chatter on about the events of his day.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It's funny, it
took me a while to realize it, but Riley reminds me of my kid. My kid is a
total chatterbox. Could talk the leg off a dog! Flits from one subject to the
next and really does not stop talking from the moment he wakes up to the moment
he goes to sleep. At times, it can be exhausting. There are many times I say to
my husband, "My ears are full." Or I tease my kid, "You've used
up your allotted words for the day. If you speak anymore you will be using
tomorrow's words and therefore will have to remain silent tomorrow."</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Despite all
that and despite the fact that I really cannot write with all that chatter in
the background? The house is almost too quiet when he is at school. So go
figure. Anyway, writing Riley turned out to be a joy and I hope these two
characters give me more of their story down the road because I would love to
see what they're up to in about a year. And find out if Steve's ears eventually
filled up.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thanks again
to Emma for having me today!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Katherine</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Blurb:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heavy rains and strong winds
slammed an uprooted tree through Steve Crowell’s roof, leaving a gaping hole to
match the one in his heart. After his ex left him for a younger man, Steve’s
not sure he’s ready to handle another disaster. His best friend highly
recommended the contractor, but the man’s already late, and when he shows up
with his music thumping, Steve isn’t impressed—until Riley steps out of his pickup
truck. Personable, gorgeous Riley talks a mile a minute, which Steve finds both
ridiculously endearing and terrifying. Piecing together a heart isn’t as easy
as fixing a roof, but Riley might just be the right man for the job.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">I was just about to look at my
watch again when I heard a pickup truck come rattling up the driveway, loud pop
music blaring from the open window.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">Silence reigned when the engine
cut off. I watched as a wiry young man opened the door and stepped out. I
looked him over and took in the muscular legs shaped by a tight pair of jeans.
My gaze roved over muscles barely contained by a fitted, army green Henley,
finally landing on bright green eyes set in a young face under a military-style
buzz cut of brown hair.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">"Hi." The young man
strode forward, his hand outstretched. "I'm Riley Jones and you must be
Steven Crowell. Sorry for being late. My dad tried to convince me to make him
eggs and bacon instead of the oatmeal he should be eating for his heart, and he
wouldn't let up until I promised to make him a big breakfast this
weekend."</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">Confused by this outpouring of
information, I found myself stupidly saying, "Breakfast?"</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt;">"Yeah, my mom died when
I was in junior high, so it's been the two of us for so long that I just never
moved out. I mean, I was gone during college, but then I came back, started my
contracting business and it was just cheaper to live with him than get my own
place. Then he had some heart trouble and if I don't make him eat right, he'll
just eat burgers and fries or those god-awful frozen dinners all the time. And
wow, sorry, I just keep talking, don't I? Why don't you show me what you need
done, Mr. Crowell?"</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Buy Links: </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5646" target="_blank">Dreamspinner</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fixing-Hole-Katherine-Halle-ebook/dp/B00P53QQ1E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1415194320&sr=8-2&keywords=katherine+halle" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Amazon</span></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bio:</span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Katherine Halle is known as the
“Queen of Happy Endings.” She firmly believes that no matter what the
obstacles, what the struggles, or how much angst is involved in the journey,
that the ending should always be a happy one.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Katherine’s love of the
written word started at a very early age with repeated demands of “read to me”
to any who would listen. It was only natural that writing would follow. As a
child, she could often be found daydreaming, thinking up fanciful stories and
writing them down. Now she does it on a laptop. Much faster.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Katherine’s favorite animal
is her dog. She likes books, movies, and quirky television shows, such as <i><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Buffy
the Vampire Slayer</span></i> and <i><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hart of Dixie</span></i>. She loves
cooking and watching cooking shows. She has lived in both Europe and the United
States and loved both. When she’s not writing or plotting, Katherine enjoys
spending her time listening to music, reading books written by other people,
and being with her family.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">You can find
Katherine here:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/KatherineHalle">https://twitter.com/KatherineHalle</a>
</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Blog:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="http://katherinehalle.wordpress.com/">http://katherinehalle.wordpress.com/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or <a href="http://thraceadams.dreamwidth.org/">http://thraceadams.dreamwidth.org/</a>
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<span lang="EN-US">Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5761673.Katherine_Halle">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5761673.Katherine_Halle</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Email: <a href="mailto:katherinehalle@yahoo.com">katherinehalle@yahoo.com</a> </span></div>
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So, <i>Otherworld</i> by me and Liz Powell, is released from Torquere Press today!</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;">Archetypal English toff William
"Liam" Barnes is in big trouble. He's borrowed money from Irish
gangster Davey McGrath with one simple proviso: get the prism from Matthew
Luttrell - seducing him if he has to - and bring it back to him. But the prism
isn't with Matthew, and Liam makes a decision he can't undo, meaning he's now
twenty thousand pounds in debt to a vicious gangster and has no idea where to
find the prism.<br />
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That is, until he meets stoic Irishman Jim Henvey, the real owner of the prism,
who has a cruel demi-goddess of a mother on the warpath for him. Liam and Jim
quickly find themselves tied up in each other's messes, and with more than just
the mortal world out to get them, is there any way they can find their way out
of a battle between dimensions together and still have time to figure out their
feelings for each other? Or will they sink deeper into trouble?</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">I'm going to talk about locations used in the novel.
There are a few different settings we used, some real, some not.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Liam's hometown, Charham, is
fictional. It's set in Devon, which is a county in England's West Country,
where I'm from. It's loosely based on my hometown - the market scene near the
beginning of the novel takes place in my town's High Street where they have
market day every Saturday. Then there's Ramsgate, in Kent - which is south east
England. Ramsgate is real. It's a picturesque seaside town with a thriving
fishing industry - perfect for Jim and his family.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Cork, where Jim hails from, is
also real. It's the name of a town and county in the south of the Republic of
Ireland. I have an Irish friend (though he's from Donegal, not Cork) who helped
me with a lot of the Irishisms in the novel. The little Irish village of
Ballinbrook in Cork, is fictional.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">And then there's the Otherworld.
The "in-between." Fictional? I guess we won't know until we get
there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">~</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Morning came and went. Liam woke late and cursed
himself, knowing Jim had probably already gone out with his father on the boat.
He'd just have to catch him on the way back, that was all, so he walked to a
supermarket, brought himself a packet of cigarettes, a pasta salad, and a
newspaper and strolled back to the seafront.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">He peered into an arcade and watched two young lads
kicking a penny drop machine until they set the alarm off, then they barged
past him as they raced away from the owner and ran down the street, laughing.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">He walked a little farther and sat down on a bench
overlooking the sandy beach. The harbor was to his right, and he gazed at it
for a little while until the wind caught at his newspaper and he had to snatch
it up before it lost pages. He folded it in his lap and weighed it down with
the pasta salad, cracking open the lid and pulling a face at the ridiculous
little plastic fork.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">He ate, watched people go by, smoked a cigarette, and
looked up at the time on the town's clock tower, too lazy to pull back his
sleeve and look at his watch. It was 1:30 p.m. and he had no idea if fishermen
returned to harbor to eat their lunch.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The local paper was
vaguely amusing if only to see how the other half lived. An article on oiling
seagull eggs from the previous edition had apparently sparked letters to the
editor in this one. Mrs. R. Fisher seemed to think it barbaric and actively encouraged
the gulls to her garden, while Mr. V. Langley said the birds were a menace and
needed to be shot. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Otherworld
is published by Torquere Press. Buy it </span><a href="http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=96&products_id=4290"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">here</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">You can
follow me on Twitter: @emizzy. Or visit my website: ejtett.weebly.com</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Also by
Emma Jane:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=79_93&products_id=4187"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Queen's Guard</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> - a short story published in
Torquere's Men in Uniform anthology</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Compulsion
- a short story published in Dreamspinner's </span><a href="http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5672"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Hot off the Press</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> anthology due for release November
2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Shuttered -
a novel published by Dreamspinner Press, due for release December 2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Also by Liz
Powell:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.manifoldpress.co.uk/2014/07/hunted/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Hunted</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> - a novel published by Manifold Press</span></div>
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Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-77484560748407891672014-10-19T15:11:00.002-07:002014-10-19T15:11:24.739-07:00Clouded YellowAnd I thought the painted lady would be my last of the year! Nope, the clouded yellows are still around and finally, I have a photo! Not a very good one, but I wasn't expecting to see anything. I spotted this one out of the corner of my eye while I was walking Beau at Ham Hill. Only had my mobile phone on me, so I let Beau off the lead and ran after this one. Luckily, she was quite happy to land for me. I also saw another clouded yellow this morning just walking the dog over the park - a male too, which I've not seen before.<br />
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Bonus pics this time will be of moth caterpillars. I love these things too. <br />
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So, on the left is a buff-tip moth caterpillar. Kinda similar to large white caterpillars. I saw this one at Wych Lodge and I'm pretty pleased with the way the photo turned out with a nice clean background.<br />
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On the right is, I think, a fox moth caterpillar. I say think, because other photos I've seen of them have shown them being much hairier, unless this is a really young one! I'm not sure what else it would be.<br />
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This is unmistakable. The most amazing caterpillar. Very big! Elephant hawk moth caterpillar. The actual moths are stunning. I saw this one at Thurlbear Wood. <br />
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Just came across this one while on my usual daily walk with Beau. This is a pale tussock moth caterpillar. Very odd looking - like a toothbrush! Also known as hop dogs because they're found on hops.Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-73620526958906418562014-10-10T08:49:00.000-07:002014-10-10T08:49:45.827-07:00Through the Years by Brynn Stein<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">Today, I'm joined once again by author Brynn Stein.</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Blog Tour
for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Through the Years</i></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thanks Emma, for hosting me today. This is
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<span lang="EN-US">On my last stop, I mentioned Nick. Nick is one of those
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with him, being an integral part of his life, being “Uncle Gene” to his girls.
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intensity, he surprised me as well. Up until this story, I hadn’t really
written ‘hot sex scenes’. Nick insisted that a ‘fade to black’ just wouldn’t
work here. There is one scene in particular that is the absolute hottest sex
scene I’ve ever written. Nick is a passionate creature and insisted that I let
the readers know that.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Writers, how do you handle sex scenes
involving a main character and someone other than the other main character?
Readers, how do you feel about other relationships for the main characters
before they get together with each other?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Comment below to be entered into the
raffle.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Here’s
how the raffle works:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’ve listed the tour stops below and have
given either the link to the blog in general or to my post specifically. Feel
free to stop by as many as you want. For each stop that you comment on, you
will receive one entry to the giveaway. I’ll check all the stops numerous times
throughout the tour and will draw five winners on Thanksgiving Day, so even if
you come in late to the tour, you can go back through the list and comment on
past stops.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m giving away five prizes. 1) a signed
paperback copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Through the Years</i>;
2 and 3) electronic copies of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Through the
Years, </i>4)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>your choice of either a
signed paperback copy or an audiobook of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Living
Again </i>(the audiobook won’t be available until December)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,</i> and 5) an electronic copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Haunted.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Blog
Tour Stops for Through the Years</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Blog Stop</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Date</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Blog Owner</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Blog Address</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">October 6</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Anne Barwell</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://annebarwell.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://annebarwell.wordpress.com</span></a>
</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">2</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 7</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Grace Duncan</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.grace-duncan.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.grace-duncan.com/</span></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 8</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Jessica Skye Davies</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://jessicaskyedavies.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://jessicaskyedavies.blogspot.com</span></a>
</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">4</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">October 9</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Shira Anthony</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.shiraanthony.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">www.shiraanthony.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">5</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">October 10</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Emma Tett</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://emmy-j.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="color: blue;">http://emmy-j.blogspot.co.uk</span></a>
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<span lang="EN-US">6</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">October 11</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Kim Fieldings</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">7</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">October 12</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bike Books Reviews</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://bikebookreviews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #427fed; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">bikebookreviews.blogspot.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">8</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">October 13</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Tempest O’Riley</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://tempesteoriley.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://tempesteoriley.com</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">9</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 14</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Sean Michael</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216.25pt;" valign="top" width="288"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://seanmichaelwrites.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://seanmichaelwrites.blogspot.ca/</span></a></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.25pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">10</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 15</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Allison Cassatta</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216.25pt;" valign="top" width="288"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://allisoncassatta.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Allisoncassatta.blogspot.com</span></a></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.25pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">11</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 16</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Jana Denardo</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216.25pt;" valign="top" width="288"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://jana-denardo.livejournal.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">http://jana-denardo.livejournal.com/</span></a></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.25pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">12</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 17</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Louise Lyons</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216.25pt;" valign="top" width="288"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://louiselyonsauthor.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">http://louiselyonsauthor.wordpress.com</span></a></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.25pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">13</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 18</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">PD Singer</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216.25pt;" valign="top" width="288"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://pdsinger.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">http://pdsinger.com</span></a></span></div>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.25pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">14</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 20</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Shae Connor</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216.25pt;" valign="top" width="288"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://shaeconnorwrites.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://shaeconnorwrites.com</span></a></span></div>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.25pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">15</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 21</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Suki Fleet</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216.25pt;" valign="top" width="288"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://sukifleet.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://sukifleet.wordpress.com</span></a>
</span></div>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.25pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">16</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 27</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Charlie Cochet</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216.25pt;" valign="top" width="288"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://purpleroseteahouse.charliecochet.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://purpleroseteahouse.charliecochet.com</span></a>
</span></div>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.25pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">17</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 28</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Elizabeth Noble</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216.25pt;" valign="top" width="288"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.elizabeth-noble.com/my-blog"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.elizabeth-noble.com/my-blog</span></a></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.25pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">18</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 29</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Tara Lain</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216.25pt;" valign="top" width="288"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://taralain.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://taralain.com</span></a>
</span></div>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.25pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">19</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">October 31</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 121.0pt;" valign="top" width="161"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Sophie Bonaste</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 216.25pt;" valign="top" width="288"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://sophiebonaste.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://sophiebonaste.blogspot.com</span></a></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 20;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 40.25pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">20</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 90.0pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">November 4</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Edward and Gene were instantly drawn to
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Gene always thought he was asexual. He had never been attracted to anyone...
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college, but he knew Edward would not welcome that kind of attention. So Gene
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Edward's graduation. He was surprised when Edward moved to Florida and had
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girl. Gene gladly accepts the role of "Uncle Gene," happy to have
Edward in his life in any capacity. Together, they face all the trials and
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each grows and matures, their life views change. The relationship they've
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always tended toward strong male characters. And then she discovered ‘slash’,
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with special needs. In free time, when such a thing exists, she reads anything
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Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-36593243322283362272014-09-27T04:30:00.002-07:002014-09-27T04:30:48.325-07:00Painted LadyI finally saw my painted lady! I think this is the last (new to me) species of butterfly I'll see this year. It's coming to the end of the season and all I see lately is speckled woods, commas, small coppers, and small and large whites. I'd still like to get a better photo of a small heath, small white and large white. You'd think the whites would be easy as they're so common, but they never seem to land for very long for me!<br />
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Anyway, so I happened to stumble across two painted ladies while out walking Beau. Again, no camera, but as I was waiting for a phone call, I had my mobile phone on me. So while the quality isn't great, I do have record shots.<br />
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First up, the brown argus. Spotted this one at Ham Hill in Somerset, it just came and landed on the ground right in front of me. I knew straight away it was a brown argus, even though they can be quite similar to female common blues. Managed to get some good shots before my dog Beau charged over and it flew away.<br />
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A small copper - just what I wanted to see! I hadn't expected to see this - I just came across it feeding on this plant and it stayed for a very long time, allowing me to take lots of photos. I hadn't realised how small they are. Super pretty. <br />
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This is a small heath on the right - just took this photo today actually, and as the weather's quite poor, I didn't even have my camera on me as I wasn't expecting to see butterflies. Luckily, I had my mobile phone. So the picture quality isn't great, but at least I do have a picture.<br />
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This is a holly blue. Bit of a scraggy one! Small blue butterflies with black around the edges of their wings. Photo taken at Thurlbear wood, Somerset.<br />
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Heart and dart moth on the left. Big-ish. Has heart and dart markings on the wings, hence the name. You can just see the darts in this pic.<br />
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<br />Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-70879550661301971192014-08-19T07:46:00.002-07:002014-08-19T07:53:38.635-07:00The World is Made up of Boxes I Don't Fit In.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I've just been out on a walk with my dog and, as dog walkers
know, you usually see the same few fellow dog walkers and you have to stop and
have a chat and let your dogs have a play. There's one guy with several Jack
Russells who I often see and the dogs have to sprint over to say hello (and
they're adorable). I saw him just now and we were having a chat and got talking
about work and he said to me, "I can't place you." Meaning, he
couldn't work out what I did for a job. I get this a lot - people not being
able to place me, as if everybody fits neatly into a box. I've had a similar
comment from another old dog walker. I guess it's because I'm (reasonably)
young, I rarely wear make-up, I don't mind looking like a scruff or bellowing
across the field for the dog, I don't mind wearing wellies and getting wet. I
don't have children, I'm clearly not pregnant and I'm always on my own. I'm
reasonably intelligent, yet I have a farmer's accent (not that farmers aren't
intelligent, but whenever books/film/TV wants to portray a stupid, working
class person, they usually get given a<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ng3fG1u4Xg" target="_blank"> west country accent</a>). </div>
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When I say I work in an office, it surprises people. I don't
know if they were expecting 'kennel worker' (done that) or 'house keeper' (done
that, too) or, I don't know. Farmer. Horsey person. I have no idea what's
expected of me.</div>
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And it got me thinking about other things. How I am and what
I like in general often surprises people. I don't fit with people's
perceptions. I remember having <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ydp-1c9xY" target="_blank">The Shanklin Freakshow</a> playing quite loudly in
my car, pulling up to park and, when I turned the engine off and got out, having
a guy come up to me to ask for a light. When I said I didn't smoke and had no
light, he accused me of lying and said, "You can't listen to music like
that and not have a light." I'm not sure what the implication was!</div>
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I watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmRd3T7F2yQ" target="_blank">Hollyoaks</a>. Apparently, that surprises people. I have
tattoos - again, something that's given people pause. I loved the OC. I hate
horror films but love Most Haunted, or documentaries about autopsies. I listen
to opera and classical music. And I bloody love Robbie Williams's '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtOV7bp-gys" target="_blank">Candy</a>' song.</div>
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I have been to watch Shakespeare plays and cheesy musicals
and The Circus of Horrors.</div>
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Psychics can't read me, Derren Brown can't fool me. I've got
green eyes, along with the other 1-2% of the entire human population. I'm <a href="http://www.16personalities.com/infj-personality" target="_blank">INFJ</a>,
says Myers-Briggs. I'm a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster" target="_blank">supertaster</a>, and I'm immune to the common cold. My
surname is so rare that there's apparently <a href="http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/surname/tett/stats" target="_blank">one Tett per million people in the UK</a>. </div>
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I don't smoke, I don't drink. I'm agnostic, anti-social,
too-honest and too-angry. I love making people laugh. And I'm a blue belt in
karate.</div>
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I have been called weird. And quirky. And "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Not like anybody else I've ever met,</i>"
but doesn't everybody think they're different? We're all special snowflakes.</div>
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<i>The world is made up of boxes that I don't fit in</i> ~ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYB1Q_6WJMw" target="_blank">I Keep Myself to Myself</a> by The Boy Least Likely To </div>
Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-65053156084217598312014-08-11T08:33:00.001-07:002014-09-03T11:50:17.684-07:00ButterfliesThis year so far has been amazing for butterflies. I've even seen my first ever <a href="http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=croceus" target="_blank">clouded yellow</a>! I made the decision to try to document all the different butterflies I'd seen by taking photos of them. I'm doing okay so far, but didn't do so well with the clouded yellow (more later!) and have yet to see another comma (usually they're pretty common here) to take a photo of it.<br />
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It's turned me into a bit of a butterfly geek. I can ID them, and in some cases, sex them. If you're interested in spotting butterflies in the south west, the best places I have been so far are Wych Lodge, near Staple Fitzpane (near Taunton) and Ham Hill (near Yeovil). Wayford Woods (near Chard) is also pretty good.<br />
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So, photos!<br />
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This is a brimstone butterfly. Photo taken at Wych Lodge. I just saw a flash of yellow and had to chase it for a bit before it would land. Apparently they're more attracted to purple/blue flowers. Their wings look just like leaves.<br />
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To the right we have a five-spot burnet. Which is actually a moth, not a butterfly, but they're so pretty I'm including it anyway. This photo was taken at Ham Hill. I'm fairly confident this is a five-spot and not a six-spot... <br />
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A common blue (male). I think this is my favourite butterfly - they're so small and really pretty. The males are this lovely blue colour and although the females are brown, they're just as nice, often having blue on them as well as the orange patches at the edges of their wings. Also, the undersides of the wings on these guys are super pretty too. Pic taken at Ham Hill.<br />
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Now I'm hoping this is an Essex skipper and not a small skipper. I've had a couple butterfly geeks agree with me on the ID. Super similar to the small skipper, but these guys have a splodge of black right at the tips of their antennae. Ham Hill, I think.<br />
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This is a male silver-washed fritilary. Pic taken at Wych Lodge. Really easy to spot as they're quite big and bright orange. Females aren't quite as bright and have slightly different markings on their wings - more spotty, less stripy. Both have a silvery sheen on the underwings.<br />
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On the right - a female gatekeeper. Females are prettier than the males, I think. They're more orange - males have brown marks on their wings (I think they're scent marks?) I don't actually remember where I took this photo. Possibly Wayford Woods. I also have a pic of a male gatekeeper with extra wing spots. So that's exciting.<br />
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This is a male large skipper, on the right. Bigger than the small skipper and they have patterned wings, rather than plain. Also, their antennae are hooked. This photo was taken at Powerstock, Dorset.<br />
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Female small white. Again, super common and responsible for eating my cauliflowers. (Also known as cabbage whites). Females are better looking than the males as they have these nice black wing spots. This one was trapped in our conservatory, so I took her photo before sticking her back outside to have another munch on my caulis.<br />
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A marbled white. Another fave. Look how pretty!! More common in the south west, apparently, so we're lucky. This one was taken at Ham Hill.<br />
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A boring old meadow brown. These are really common, along with the whites and the gatekeepers and ringlets. Brown mostly, but with orange patches on their wings. Females are prettier because they have a touch more orange on them. I do like this photo though. Taken in Ham Hill.<br />
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On the right is a peacock butterfly. Big and blousy, you can't miss them! Unmistakable. Very pretty, but quite dull (and very well camouflaged) when they have their wings shut. I think males and females are pretty similar, the females aren't quite as bright. There have been an absolute ton of these around this year. Pic taken at Wych Lodge.<br />
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A red admiral on the left. Also pretty unmistakable. Nice looking butterflies, fairly common. This one decided to wander around next to me on the ground for a bit, so I took about a hundred photos of it at Wych Lodge.<br />
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A ringlet. Plain brown butterflies, but they do have nice eye spots on the wings. Very common, not very exciting but I think they have a nice shape. I don't remember where I took this photo as I have a lot of ringlet pics!<br />
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Not sure if you can see this little one! A small skipper. Tiny and super cute. These little dudes have really sweet faces too.<br />
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Small tortoiseshell on the right. Very recognisable, garden butterflies. Will probably be all over your buddleia, next to the peacocks. Pretty. I have no idea how to sex these.<br />
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A speckled wood. Again, I can't sex these, they all look the same to me. Brown and spotty. Lots around this year - I see them all the time when walking the dog. This photo was actually taken in Boscastle, in Cornwall. <br />
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I chased this bloody butterfly all over the field, even ran through a bog, but couldn't get close to it. In the end I randomly fired the camera while it was flying away and managed to at least get the butterfly in the shot! The day after, I saw one sitting in a hedge just where I walk the dog - it even let me pick it up and then just sat calmly on the leaf again - and I didn't have my camera with me. Grr.<br />
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So, that's all I've seen so far. I'd like to get a better clouded yellow photo. I'd like to get a comma pic. And I'd love to see small coppers, any of the hairstreaks, pearl-bordered fritilary and painted lady. We'll see...Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-30726164615668642882014-07-31T09:00:00.000-07:002014-08-01T14:31:54.508-07:00The Angler Fish, or, Sometimes Ladies are LargerI watched the film John Carter recently, and was quite pleased with the
female alien characters because they didn't have boobs. (Boobs are
great, but bear with me...)<br />
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But, my mind was wandering and I was thinking about it and yeah, it did annoy me that these female <i>aliens</i> were still weaker than the males. <br />
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When I went to BristolCon last year, I attended a panel called Humans
are Weird. The woman running the panel (a doctor) spoke about all the
ways that humans are biologically different from animals and was
discussing the ways we could apply this to fantasy races or sci-fi
creatures, but said that often, we as writers, still base our non-human
characters on humans. So the females will still have boobs, the males
will still be bigger and stronger. <br />
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I wish more writers
would stop thinking 'human'.<br />
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There are loads of animal species on Earth where the female is the big, strong one. So even all these 'but it's <i>realistic</i> for the women to be smaller and weaker!' arguments I hear are just lazy nonsense. <br />
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One of my favourite animals is the angler fish. You know the big
deep-water fish with the scary teeth and the light dangling over the
front of its face like bait? Yeah. <i>That's</i> the female. Male angler
fish are teeny tiny. They're basically just a pair of testicles. A male
angler fish will attach itself to a female and she'll basically absorb
it and just use it to make babies. <br />
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Hyenas are interesting too, if we want a mammalian example. It's
difficult to tell males and females apart because the females have
psuedo-penises (which they give birth through, ouch!), and they're as
aggressive and nasty as the males. Hyenas are matriarchal animals - like elephants and bonobos..<br />
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So, next time you write a non-human fantasy character, or
an alien, please be aware that even on our planet, there are species
where the female is the big scary one.Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-5059382539606979252014-07-15T07:16:00.000-07:002014-07-15T07:16:50.057-07:00Blog HopThese questions are hopping over to my blog from the gorgeous and sexy (she told me to say that) <a href="http://jozebwrites.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jo Zebedee</a> who answered them just last week on her blog. Jo's represented by <a href="http://www.thebentagency.com/agent_molly_ker_hawn.php" target="_blank">Molly Ker Hawn</a> of the Bent Agency and her first novel is out in Autumn from <a href="http://www.ticketyboopress.co.uk/" target="_blank">Tickety Boo Press</a>. Go check it out.<br />
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<b>What am I working on?</b><br />
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I'm currently working on an urban fantasy which is possibly the most complex thing I've ever written. So it's slow going! Lots of angst and real-life problems mixed in with the supernatural.<br />
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<b>How does my work differ from
others in its genre?</b><br />
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Well, the MC is an immortal lesbian, for a start. It's like Hollyoaks meets Lost meets Buffy, I guess. My style of writing is easily read and I'm hoping to get some humour in there too, I don't want everything to be all dark and depressing. <br />
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<b>Why do I write what I do?</b><br />
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I write lots of supernatural and paranormal stories because I love that sort of thing! As you can see from my blog, I go on ghost hunts quite a lot. I'm not necessarily a believer, but I'm open minded and would love to see something for myself. My cousin's a medium too, and a few years ago now I used to sit with a group and we'd all learn about tarot and crystal healing and various things that I wasn't very good at. <br />
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<b>How does my writing
process work?</b><br />
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I usually get a feel for a character come into my mind and then I just sit down and start writing. I don't plot. I might scribble down ideas for future scenes in my notebook though. I have to have silence when I'm writing - no music, and the dog has to be asleep! <br />
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<b>Who's next on the blog hop?</b><br />
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<a href="http://emmy-j.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Stephen Palmer </a>is the author of eight novels: <i>Memory Seed</i> (Orbit 1996),<i> Glass</i> (Orbit 1997), <i>Flowercrash</i> (Wildside 2002), <i>Muezzinland</i> (Wildside 2003), <i>Hallucinating</i> (Wildside 2004) and <i>The Rat And The Serpent</i> (Prime Books 2005). In 2010 PS Publishing published <i>Urbis Morpheos.</i> In 2014 Infinity Plus Press published his surreal slipstream steampunk novel<i> Hairy London. </i>Ebooks of <i>Muezzinland</i>, <i>Hallucinating</i> and <i>The Rat And The Serpent</i> are available from Infinity Plus, who also recently acquired the ebooks of <i>Memory Seed, Glass</i> and <i>Flowercrash</i>.
His short stories have been published by Wildside Press, Spectrum SF,
NewCon Press, Mutation Press, Eibonvale Press, Solaris, TFQ and Unspoken
Water. Further short stories will appear in 2014. <br />
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<a href="http://thaddeuswhite.weebly.com/writing-blog" target="_blank">Thaddeus White</a> is the author of fantasy novels <i>Bane of Souls </i>and <i>Journey to Altmortis, </i>as well the fantasy comedy <i>Sir Edric's Temple.</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.hunterfrost.net/honorablemention/" target="_blank">Hunter Frost</a> is the author of<i> What Can Brown Do For You? </i>which features in Torquere Press's Men in Uniform anthology. Visit her site to see what else she's up to.Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942072543674605751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810557953129930787.post-15211348252563092092014-07-11T14:00:00.000-07:002014-07-11T14:34:16.855-07:00Living Again by Brynn SteinToday I'm joined on my blog by writer, Brynn Stein. She's busy doing a tour to promote her novel <i>Living Again</i>, and I'm lucky enough to play host today.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Blog Tour
for Living Again</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=810557953129930787" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LWd91718NMA/U8BWIA-SDvI/AAAAAAAAAFg/n1TPsztaBh4/s1600/LivingAgain_FBThumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LWd91718NMA/U8BWIA-SDvI/AAAAAAAAAFg/n1TPsztaBh4/s1600/LivingAgain_FBThumb.jpg" /></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Hi all,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thanks for visiting the next stop on my
blog tour.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I wanted to talk about one of my lead
characters, Jonah Thacker, from my newest book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Living Again.</i> Jonah is a private nurse with a bit more medical
training than most. He went through medical school to be a doctor, but before
he could start his residency, his sister had a severely handicapped baby, and
her husband left her to fend for herself. Jonah stepped up and tried to help
raise the boy, only to have tragedy strike again when his sister died while the
boy was still young. Now he’s raising Ethan by himself and needed a more
flexible schedule than he could get as a resident.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">His newest client is Daniel Larson, a
single amputee who subsequently broke his one remaining leg. Since Daniel also
has other injuries, he’s going to needed help getting around for a while.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The problem is, Daniel is gorgeous and
Jonah is instantly attracted. He’s a professional, however, and he knows he
cannot pursue a relationship with Daniel while he is his client. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Jonah is hired by Daniel’s Uncle Lawrence,
with whom Jonah is originally impressed, until he actually met him.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jonah was so glad Daniel had someone taking care of the
financial and logistical side of things. When he had gotten the call from the
agency and had gone to the hospital to meet his new client, he’d been shocked
to find that Daniel had just been admitted about four hours before. Usually,
clients or family called the agency closer to their exit from the hospital, not
the entrance. As soon as Mr. Thompson had found out that his nephew had broken
his one remaining leg, not to mention his arm and ribs, he had set right out to
find help for him. He had told the agency that the provider should start right
away and call him when Daniel woke up.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A couple of hours after Daniel had gotten the gauze removed
from his eyes, his uncle showed up at the hospital, having been called by the
nurses.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Hello, Daniel,” the uncle had said.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Uncle Lawrence,” Daniel had answered.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jonah was shocked by the lack of affection in the men’s
voices. From the way the uncle had taken charge of all the paperwork and hired
private help, he would have guessed that the two men were close. But thinking
back, it had been unusual for an uncle who was close to his nephew not to show
up even once during the two days Daniel had been unconscious.</span></i></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=810557953129930787" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=810557953129930787" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Thanks for… all this.” Daniel gestured to include Jonah and
the newly arrived power chair. “You didn’t have to do that.”</span></i></div>
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haven’t been close, but I couldn’t let you fend for yourself. The missing leg
is bad enough—God alone knows how you take care of yourself each day—but now
this?”</span></i></div>
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more like Mr. Thompson’s usual attitude. The distance in their voices made a
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m having fun with my blog tour so far,
though I’m still kind of learning how to do all this.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I want to raffle off a signed paperback
copy of the book, as well as an electronic copy to two different people. The
way it will work is this: Comment below and follow the tour to the other stops.
Comment there too. Your name will be entered one time for each different blog
you comment on. At the end of August, I will announce the winners.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Blog
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<span lang="EN-US">Address of Blog</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">7/8/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Jessica Davies</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">http://taralain.com/blog/</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">2</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.65pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">7/10/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Grace Duncan</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.grace-duncan.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background: #F1F1F1; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">http://www.grace-duncan.com/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #FFFBCC; color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">guest-author-brynn-stein</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F1F1F1; color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">/</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.65pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">7/11/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Emma Tett</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8210368085"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">http://emmy-j.blogspot.co.uk/</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F1F1F1; color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">4</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">7/14/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Tara Lain </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">http://taralain.com/blog/</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">5</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.65pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">7/16/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Charlie Cochet's Tea House</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>http://www.charliecochet.com/blog/
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<span lang="EN-US">6</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.65pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">7/18/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Lex Chase</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">7</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.65pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">7/21/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Anne Barwell</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">http://anne-barwell.livejournal.com/</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">8</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.65pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">7/22/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Suki</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">http://sukifleet.wordpress.com/</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">9</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.65pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">7/24/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">JP Barnaby</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">http://www.jpbarnaby.com/</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">10</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">7/28/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Tempest O’Riley</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">http://tempesteoriley.com/blog/</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">11</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">8/4/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Kit Moss</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">http://rupured.com. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">12</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">8/7/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Michael Rupured</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">http://shaeconnorwrites.com</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">13</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">8/11/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Shae Connor</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">14</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">8/14/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Charley Descateaux</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">http://cdescoteauxwrites.com/blog/</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">15</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">8/18/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elizabeth Noble</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">http://www.elizabeth- noble.com/my-blog</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">16</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">8/21/2014</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Grace Duncan</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.grace-duncan.com/graces-blog" target="_blank">http://www.grace-duncan.com/graces-blog</a></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Topic for blog tour stop 4: Spotlight on Ethan Thacker</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Blurb of Living Again:</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=810557953129930787" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=810557953129930787" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=810557953129930787" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=810557953129930787" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=810557953129930787" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=810557953129930787" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=810557953129930787" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=810557953129930787" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span lang="EN-US">Daniel Larson has walled himself off from
any possibility of romance since his lover died violently five years ago in
Afghanistan. The same bomb that ended his partner’s life took the lower part of
Daniel’s left leg. The only support Daniel has, his Uncle Lawrence, is dead-set
against anything homosexual, including Daniel. <br />
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Now, a popular language teacher at the local university, Daniel's suffering
from a car accident that broke his one good leg. His uncle, who is much better
at throwing money at things than offering emotional support, provides a rented
power chair and a private in-home nurse. Unbeknownst to his uncle, the nurse
comes in the form of a man named Jonah Thacker. <br />
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Instantly attracted, Daniel and Jonah fight their mutual feelings in favor of
professionalism. They become friends anyway, and Jonah shares his life with
Daniel, including his handicapped son, Ethan. As Jonah and Daniel grow closer,
Daniel becomes more involved in Jonah and his son’s lives, even being there for
Ethan when his medical conditions worsen. But when Daniel’s uncle finds out the
nurse he's hired is male, he uses all of his resources to keep Jonah and Daniel
apart.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Buy Links:</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Brynn’s Bio:</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Brynn
Stein has always loved to write. Fan fiction, original fiction, whatever. While
Brynn wrote in numerous genres—everything from mystery, to contemporary, to
supernatural—she had always tended toward strong male characters. And then she
discovered “slash,” male/male romance, and all those strong male characters
were finally allowed to express their love for one another. It seems that there
are always at least two characters clamoring to tell Brynn their story.<br />
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Brynn lives in Virginia with one of her two two-legged children, and two
four-legged ones. Her supportive family encourages her writing and provides a
sounding board for fledgling stories. When she isn’t writing, Brynn teaches
children with special needs. In free time, when such a thing exists, she reads
anything she can get her hands on, and haunts bookstores. She draws and paints,
and enjoys the outdoors—especially if she can get to the beach—and is always
thinking about her next story.<br />
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Please feel free to contact Brynn at any of the following:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://brynnstein2.wix.com/books-and-thoughts">http://brynnstein2.wix.com/books-and-thoughts</a>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/BrynnStein" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/BrynnStein</a><br />
<a href="http://brynnstein2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://brynnstein2.wordpress.com</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/</a><br />
<a href="mailto:brynnstein2@gmail.com">brynnstein2@gmail.com</a></span></div>
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