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Books and Chocolate - the perfect combination
Today is release day for the 4th book in The Mind's Eye Series.
"Tales From The Cacao Tree" is a collection of short stories and poetry inspired by photographs. For this anthology, we set our photographers the task of taking interesting photographs of chocolate.
The gorgeous book cover was designed by Kat at Aeternum Designs (http://aeternumdesigns.com/) from a photograph taken by Helle Gade.
Interestingly, the Science Daily reported an important discovery about cacao trees last week. Their story says,
Cacao trees evolved around 10 million years ago, earlier than previously believed, new research shows. Considerable genetic variation might remain to be discovered among wild cacao populations, which could be crossbred with cultivated cacao for greater resistance to disease and climate change, and possibly new flavors.
Read the full story here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/...
That is great news for chocolate lovers.
Even better news is that you can purchase a copy of Tales From The Cacao Tree on Kindle today! :)
There are 3 new short stories from me in the anthology.
The book also contains stories from Darcia Helle, J. Michael Radcliffe, and Julie Elizabeth Powell. There are poems from Ben Ditmars, Helle Gade, and Richard Weatherly.
The photographs were contributed by Martin David Porter, Helle Gade, and Kim Stapf.
Considering chocolate is so sweet and all the writers love it, surprisingly there are lots of murder stories in this collection. This may have been caused by the frustration of staring at photos of chocolate but not being able to eat it... :)
I've read all the stories and poems and absolutely love them. Just like a box of chocolates, there's something for everyone in this collection: murder, mystery, love, romance, loss, revenge, fantasy, magic, and dragons.
I'd suggest you eat chocolate whilst reading it :)
The book is available free on Kindle Unlimited, or $3.99/£3.99
Here are the links:
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Cacao-T...
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Cacao-Tre...
Also available at Amazon stores worldwide.
Now I need to go and eat some chocolate :)
"Tales From The Cacao Tree" is a collection of short stories and poetry inspired by photographs. For this anthology, we set our photographers the task of taking interesting photographs of chocolate.
The gorgeous book cover was designed by Kat at Aeternum Designs (http://aeternumdesigns.com/) from a photograph taken by Helle Gade.
Interestingly, the Science Daily reported an important discovery about cacao trees last week. Their story says,
Cacao trees evolved around 10 million years ago, earlier than previously believed, new research shows. Considerable genetic variation might remain to be discovered among wild cacao populations, which could be crossbred with cultivated cacao for greater resistance to disease and climate change, and possibly new flavors.
Read the full story here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/...
That is great news for chocolate lovers.
Even better news is that you can purchase a copy of Tales From The Cacao Tree on Kindle today! :)
There are 3 new short stories from me in the anthology.
The book also contains stories from Darcia Helle, J. Michael Radcliffe, and Julie Elizabeth Powell. There are poems from Ben Ditmars, Helle Gade, and Richard Weatherly.
The photographs were contributed by Martin David Porter, Helle Gade, and Kim Stapf.
Considering chocolate is so sweet and all the writers love it, surprisingly there are lots of murder stories in this collection. This may have been caused by the frustration of staring at photos of chocolate but not being able to eat it... :)
I've read all the stories and poems and absolutely love them. Just like a box of chocolates, there's something for everyone in this collection: murder, mystery, love, romance, loss, revenge, fantasy, magic, and dragons.
I'd suggest you eat chocolate whilst reading it :)
The book is available free on Kindle Unlimited, or $3.99/£3.99
Here are the links:
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Cacao-T...
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Cacao-Tre...
Also available at Amazon stores worldwide.
Now I need to go and eat some chocolate :)
People Are Strange (Book 5 in the Mind's Eye Series) - Out Now!
I'm pleased to announce that book 5 in the Mind's Eye series has just been published on Amazon Kindle!
Book description:
We are more than what we say
And less than what we wish
Living together, separately,
United by division
Connected, disconnected
Oh, People Are Strange
*12 Stories and 7 poems, inspired by 19 photographs*
I have contributed 2 new short stories to the anthology, "Sand and Water" and "Somewhere In Time".
These two stories are among the 'strangest' I have ever written, which I think goes well with the title "People Are Strange" :)
As with all the books in the series, all the stories and poems in the anthology were inspired by photographs.
The photos for People Are Strange were provided by Martin David Porter and Helle Gade. The photo for the front cover is by Kim Stapf and there is a poem inspired by that photo also in the collection.
The cover design is by Julie Elizabeth Powell.
Other short stories in People Are Strange were contributed by Darcia Helle, J. Michael Radcliffe, Julie Elizabeth Powell (whose names you'll recognise from books 1-4 of the series). Two new writers joined us for People Are Strange: Maria Haskins and Thomma Lyn Grindstaff. I invited them because I love their writing!
The poems in this collection are by Helle Gade and Ben Ditmars.
I've read this book and have to say I think it's one of the best that we've published so far in the series. There's something magical about it. There are so many interesting stories and thought-provoking poems.
Get your copy on Amazon:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01L...
Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/...
Amazon FR: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B01L...
Amazon ES: https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B01L...
Amazon IT: https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01L...
Amazon DE: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01L...
Amazon NL: https://www.amazon.nl/gp/product/B01L...
Amazon IN: https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01L...
Amazon MX: https://www.amazon.com.mx/gp/product/...
Amazon JP: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B...
Amazon BR: https://www.amazon.com.br/gp/product/...
