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January 5, 2020
2020 Motivation
In the UK, our shortest day of the year happened on December 21st (with less than eight hours between sunrise and sunset). The woods outside my window are quiet and full of bare branches. However, as demonstrated by this photo from New Year's Eve, there is still life alongside the hibernation. Nature never stops creating, no matter how inhospitable the climate might be ☺.We're a few days into a new decade and new beginnings. Today's blog post contains some quotes that describe this time of year and the way it makes our hopes and dreams seem a little more accessible.
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.”— Nido Qubein
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
— C.S. Lewis
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
— Carl Bard
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, "It will be happier.”
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
My only resolutions for 2020 are to (somehow!) find more time for reading and writing, and music, and being outdoors. I'm not going to be too prescriptive this year in terms of the number of books I hope to release because I want to enjoy the writing without worrying too much about the deadline. But I've already started the second book in the Beyond Androva series, and it will hopefully be released in the summer of 2020. Art is telling the story this time. He's going to pick it up at the exact moment Matched in Magic ended. I'm going to finish with one last quote that explains why I love reading so much. Thank you for visiting my blog today, and I hope the New Year brings you good health, happiness, and lots of memorable moments ✨.
“Stories have power. They delight, enchant, touch, teach, recall, inspire, motivate, challenge. They help us understand.”— Janet Litherland
2020 Motivation
In the UK, our shortest day of the year happened on December 21st (with less than eight hours between sunrise and sunset). The woods outside my window are quiet and full of bare branches. However, as demonstrated by this photo from New Year's Eve, there is still life alongside the hibernation. Nature never stops creating, no matter how inhospitable the climate might be ☺.We're a few days into a new decade and new beginnings. Today's blog post contains some quotes that describe this time of year and the way it makes our hopes and dreams seem a little more accessible.
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.”— Nido Qubein
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
— C.S. Lewis
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
— Carl Bard
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, "It will be happier.”
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
My only resolutions for 2020 are to (somehow!) find more time for reading and writing, and music, and being outdoors. I'm not going to be too prescriptive this year in terms of the number of books I hope to release because I want to enjoy the writing without worrying too much about the deadline. But I've already started the second book in the Beyond Androva series, and it will hopefully be released in the summer of 2020. Art is telling the story this time. He's going to pick it up at the exact moment Matched in Magic ended. I'm going to finish with one last quote that explains why I love reading so much. Thank you for visiting my blog today, and I hope the New Year brings you good health, happiness, and lots of memorable moments ✨.
“Stories have power. They delight, enchant, touch, teach, recall, inspire, motivate, challenge. They help us understand.”— Janet Litherland
2020 Motivation
In the UK, our shortest day of the year happened on December 21st (with less than eight hours between sunrise and sunset). The woods outside my window are quiet and full of bare branches. However, as demonstrated by this photo from New Year's Eve, there is still life alongside the hibernation. Nature never stops creating, no matter how inhospitable the climate might be ☺.We're a few days into a new decade and new beginnings. Today's blog post contains some quotes that describe this time of year and the way it makes our hopes and dreams seem a little more accessible.
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.”— Nido Qubein
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
— C.S. Lewis
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
— Carl Bard
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, "It will be happier.”
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
My only resolutions for 2020 are to (somehow!) find more time for reading and writing, and music, and being outdoors. I'm not going to be too prescriptive this year in terms of the number of books I hope to release because I want to enjoy the writing without worrying too much about the deadline. But I've already started the second book in the Beyond Androva series, and it will hopefully be released in the summer of 2020. Art is telling the story this time. He's going to pick it up at the exact moment Matched in Magic ended. I'm going to finish with one last quote that explains why I love reading so much. Thank you for visiting my blog today, and I hope the New Year brings you good health, happiness, and lots of memorable moments ✨.
“Stories have power. They delight, enchant, touch, teach, recall, inspire, motivate, challenge. They help us understand.”— Janet Litherland
2020 Motivation
In the UK, our shortest day of the year happened on December 21st (with less than eight hours between sunrise and sunset). The woods outside my window are quiet and full of bare branches. However, as demonstrated by this photo from New Year's Eve, there is still life alongside the hibernation. Nature never stops creating, no matter how inhospitable the climate might be ☺.We're a few days into a new decade and new beginnings. Today's blog post contains some quotes that describe this time of year and the way it makes our hopes and dreams seem a little more accessible.
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.”— Nido Qubein
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
— C.S. Lewis
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
— Carl Bard
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, "It will be happier.”
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
My only resolutions for 2020 are to (somehow!) find more time for reading and writing, and music, and being outdoors. I'm not going to be too prescriptive this year in terms of the number of books I hope to release because I want to enjoy the writing without worrying too much about the deadline. But I've already started the second book in the Beyond Androva series, and it will hopefully be released in the summer of 2020. Art is telling the story this time. He's going to pick it up at the exact moment Matched in Magic ended. I'm going to finish with one last quote that explains why I love reading so much. Thank you for visiting my blog today, and I hope the New Year brings you good health, happiness, and lots of memorable moments ✨.
“Stories have power. They delight, enchant, touch, teach, recall, inspire, motivate, challenge. They help us understand.”— Janet Litherland
2020 Motivation
In the UK, our shortest day of the year happened on December 21st (with less than eight hours between sunrise and sunset). The woods outside my window are quiet and full of bare branches. However, as demonstrated by this photo from New Year's Eve, there is still life alongside the hibernation. Nature never stops creating, no matter how inhospitable the climate might be ☺.We're a few days into a new decade and new beginnings. Today's blog post contains some quotes that describe this time of year and the way it makes our hopes and dreams seem a little more accessible.
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.”— Nido Qubein
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
— C.S. Lewis
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
— Carl Bard
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, "It will be happier.”
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
My only resolutions for 2020 are to (somehow!) find more time for reading and writing, and music, and being outdoors. I'm not going to be too prescriptive this year in terms of the number of books I hope to release because I want to enjoy the writing without worrying too much about the deadline. But I've already started the second book in the Beyond Androva series, and it will hopefully be released in the summer of 2020. Art is telling the story this time. He's going to pick it up at the exact moment Matched in Magic ended. I'm going to finish with one last quote that explains why I love reading so much. Thank you for visiting my blog today, and I hope the New Year brings you good health, happiness, and lots of memorable moments ✨.
“Stories have power. They delight, enchant, touch, teach, recall, inspire, motivate, challenge. They help us understand.”— Janet Litherland
2020 Motivation
In the UK, our shortest day of the year happened on December 21st (with less than eight hours between sunrise and sunset). The woods outside my window are quiet and full of bare branches. However, as demonstrated by this photo from New Year's Eve, there is still life alongside the hibernation. Nature never stops creating, no matter how inhospitable the climate might be ☺.We're a few days into a new decade and new beginnings. Today's blog post contains some quotes that describe this time of year and the way it makes our hopes and dreams seem a little more accessible.
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.”— Nido Qubein
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
— C.S. Lewis
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
— Carl Bard
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, "It will be happier.”
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
My only resolutions for 2020 are to (somehow!) find more time for reading and writing, and music, and being outdoors. I'm not going to be too prescriptive this year in terms of the number of books I hope to release because I want to enjoy the writing without worrying too much about the deadline. But I've already started the second book in the Beyond Androva series, and it will hopefully be released in the summer of 2020. Art is telling the story this time. He's going to pick it up at the exact moment Matched in Magic ended. I'm going to finish with one last quote that explains why I love reading so much. Thank you for visiting my blog today, and I hope the New Year brings you good health, happiness, and lots of memorable moments ✨.
“Stories have power. They delight, enchant, touch, teach, recall, inspire, motivate, challenge. They help us understand.”— Janet Litherland
December 30, 2019
New Year's Eve Author Interview
For my final blog post of 2019, I'm very happy to be able to share an interview with my friend and fellow writer, Anke Schönle. Her first book, A Brighter World, has recently been released, and I was lucky enough to be able to read it before everyone else ☺.A Brighter World is a contemporary novella-length story for adult readers. I've included the description below, but the Look Inside feature on Amazon (here) is a great way to discover the first three chapters for yourself
December 26, 2019
Free Books Promotion ✨
Up to and including Monday 30th December 2019, the Legacy of Androva series will be at a special price on Amazon! Stealing Magic, Capturing Magic, and Seeking Magic will be FREE and the other four books in the series will be priced at $0.99/£0.99 on Amazon US and UK.
You can find The Legacy of Androva: Books 1 -3 here:
Amazon UK The Legacy of Androva: Books 1 - 3
Amazon US The Legacy of Androva: Books 1 - 3
And the series here:
Amazon UK The Legacy of Androva
Amazon US The Legacy of Androva
Spell Tracker is still free to read on this blog under the New series label. Just go to the end of the page for Chapter One and scroll up ☺
December 14, 2019
Androva Christmas Epilogue
Happy December! ☃ Today's blog post is a new short story in the Legacy of Androva series. I've been so busy finishing Matched in Magic that it's been a while since I had time to create any bonus content. But I miss the characters, and I jumped at the chance to write about them again as soon as I could ☺.The question I get asked more often than any other is: What happens to everyone after the series finishes? I am certain that the answer wouldn't be "a quiet life"! I was curious about what I might find if I visited Jax and Shannon a few months after the end of Connecting Magic. It turned into a Christmas short story.
You can access other Androva bonus content here, including an earlier Christmas short story that was set after Seeking Magic. I hope you enjoy the new story, and thank you very much for visiting my blog today!
Androva Christmas Epilogue
Happy December! ☃ Today's blog post is a new short story in the Legacy of Androva series. I've been so busy finishing Matched in Magic that it's been a while since I had time to create any bonus content. But I miss the characters, and I jumped at the chance to write about them again as soon as I could ☺.The question I get asked more often than any other is: What happens to everyone after the series finishes? I am certain that the answer wouldn't be "a quiet life"! I was curious about what I might find if I visited Jax and Shannon a few months after the end of Connecting Magic. It turned into a Christmas short story.
You can access other Androva bonus content here, including an earlier Christmas short story that was set after Seeking Magic. I hope you enjoy the new story, and thank you very much for visiting my blog today!
