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February 10, 2020
Phyllis Zimbler Miller – Learning From History
In my initial post last month for my re-appearance on Joylene Butler’s blog, I wrote about movies as a way to learn history wrapped up in entertainment, discussing both the new WWII movie 1917 and the Norwegian WWII film THE 12TH MAN.
This month I want to discuss using nonfiction to create compelling connections to what has happened in the past as a caution against what can happen now or in the future.
First, a little backstory:
My husband, an Army officer, and I were stationed in Munich, Germany, from September 1970 to May 1972. As Jews living in Germany only 25 years after the end of WWII, it was an eye-opening experience.
Upon our return to the U.S. I became an editor and reporter of the monthly Friday Forum literary supplement of the weekly Jewish Exponent newspaper in Philadelphia. I published firsthand accounts of Holocaust survivors and saviors.
The THIN EDGE OF THE WEDGE play project:
One and a half years ago I said to my friend and frequent writing project collaborator Susan Chodakiewitz that I felt badly that these particular accounts were lost to history because they were published before the internet. Susan said, “Why not write a play of these accounts?”
And that’s what I did – rewriting and rewriting, choosing which firsthand accounts fit into a timeline of the historic events leading up to Nazi Germany invading Poland on September 1, 1939, and the actions of the Nazi regime intent on murdering every Jewish man, woman and child in all Nazi-occupied territories along with murdering other “undesirables.”
Susan worked alongside me to craft compelling sequences in the play and to develop free content (selected reading list, discussion questions, etc.) to accompany this project. As we worked – and as the rise of anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. and elsewhere increased dramatically – we realized that this play should be a free theater project for middle and high school students.
In contrast, for example, to elementary and high schools in Germany, where education on WWII and the Holocaust starts at a young age (7 or 8 years old according to one friend of mine in Germany), Holocaust education for high schools is only mandated in a very few states in the U.S. This means that the majority of young Americans have no idea of how one step led to the next step led to the next step until it was too late to stop.
This understanding of how name calling can lead to beatings to concentration camps to murder is particularly important now. Young people need to learn to be aware of what can happen if, instead of standing up, they allow things such as bullying on school playgrounds to escalate until it is too late.
To this end of educating our young people, I’m asking the readers of this blog post to go to www.ThinEdgeOFTheWedgeProject.com and check out the free resources available for schools. Then, if you know of educators who might be interested in this free project, do share the resources with these educators.
As Americans concerned about the present and the future, we need educated youth who understand what can happen if they remain bystanders. As the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles teaches, bystanders are NOT innocent.
Phyllis Zimbler Miller is an author and screenwriter in Los Angeles. She can be reached through her website at www.PhyllisZimblerMiller.com
Phyllis Zimbler Miller
Screenwriter * Author
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February 5, 2020
IWSG – February 2020 – Looking forward…
IWSG was created by Ninja Captain Alex J Cavanaugh — because Alex understands we need a safe place to congregate, insecurity is part of our creative nature, and together we’re stronger.
On the first Wednesday of each month, you can write on any subject related to your writing journey or adopt the option of answering the month’s question. Either way, you’re in safe territory.
If this sounds like a good place to be, sign up here.
IWSG’s Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG.
Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say.
Remember, the question is optional!
February 5 question – Has a single photo or work of art ever inspired a story? What was it and did you finish it?
The awesome co-hosts for the February 5 posting of the IWSG are Lee Lowery, Ronel Janse van Vuuren, Jennifer Hawes, Cathrina Constantine, and Tyrean Martinson!
I thought long and hard about this month’s question and, while it reminded me of music I’ve listened to for inspiration, Dire Straits, Etta James, Jann Arden, to name a few, my ideas generally come from a question or a dream or simply a conversation that never finished.
I’m looking forward to hearing your answers though.
This is my second post in 18 months, and so all day Monday and Tuesday I found myself staring at a blank screen fighting for something to write. Not because I’m empty. On the contrary, so much has happened that I don’t know where to begin.
2019 was the happiest and most fulfilled I’d felt since… I can’t remember.
By next IWSG Wednesday, I’ll gather my thoughts and share with you about driving from Vancouver to Charlottetown, the 5 months I spent camping by myself in the Maritimes, my solo trip from New Brunswick to Manitoba, and finally my trip to the Philippines and Indonesia (by myself). I wasn’t kidding, 2019 changed me in ways I’ve yet to discern.
My hope is that by sharing how the above events changed me forever, something might spark a new idea for you, or prompt you to leave your comfort zone, or who knows what. If it doesn’t that’s okay. Not everything written has to spur a magical event or create a transformation. I’m learning that.
Please, leave a comment and I’ll be sure to visit your blog.
5258 km
In 2018, on our first cross-country trip, my husband and I drove Highway 16 straight from BC to NB. Then, in the spring of 2019, I left BC, picked up my cousins in Manitoba, drove south through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and back up into Ontario, then onward to NB. What a fabulous trip! On the way back I drove from NB to Manitoba alone because, although a few friends offered to come with me, I couldn’t fit another thing in my car. From Manitoba, I flew to the little blue dot just above the 5258 km caption, Bucerias, Nayarit, where I am now with dear hubby until I fly back to get my car in late April, then onward to BC in May. Then back here to Bucerias in November, 2020.
Thank goodness for vacuum storage bags!
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January 20, 2020
Hank Quense writes satirical fantasy and sci-fi!
It’s my great pleasure to welcome back Hank Quense and to announce he’ll be a regular on my blog. Hank’s got a ticklish sense of humour, he knows plenty about marketing, fiction writing and what sells. Please check out his book and his blog. You’ll be treated to a delightful and crazy twist on all sorts of life’s adventures. Plus you’ll learn a whole lot about publishing.
Take it away, Hank (drumroll…)
After my book How to Self-publish and Market a Book became available in print and ebook editions, I considered working on an audiobook edition. After all, audiobooks sell well according to the web. Upon reflection, I decide an audiobook would be wrong for my book. The main reason was the content: it had graphics and a lot of lists with sub-lists. With the graphics, I was reminded of the old adage a picture is worth a thousand words. As for the lists, I didn’t see how I could talk about a bunch of bullet items with boring or confusing the listener.
After gnawing my fingernails for a while, I came up with a solution. Instead of an audiobook, I would combine video with the audio creating a lecture format. I already had several Udemy classes so this would supplement my portfolio on the Udemy site.
Getting this project done took a lot longer than I originally anticipated. It took me three months (working off and on) to create a total of sixteen lectures (and a trailer) along with twenty-three downloadable resources. The lectures span a total of 90 minutes.
The format of the lecture series follows the book’s format: publishing and marketing tasks to be done each month for six months leading up to the book launch. Followed by a few more lectures covering the post-launch period.
My next chore on this project will be to solicit authors and others to view the lectures and write a review. If you’re interested, leave a comment with your email address and I’ll tell you how to enroll free.
The book can be found on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Zbrx54 and the Udemy lectures here: https://bit.ly/2EhIfqz
Bio: Hank Quense writes satirical fantasy and sci-fi. Early in his writing career, he was strongly influenced by two authors: Douglas Adams and his Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. Happily, Hank has never quite recovered from those experiences.
He lives with his wife in northern New Jersey, a mere 20 miles from Manhattan, the center of the galaxy (according to those who live in Manhattan). They have two daughters and five grandchildren all of whom live nearby.
For vacations, Hank and Pat usually visit distant parts of the galaxy. Occasionally, they also time-travel.
Besides writing novels, Hank lectures on fiction writing, publishing and book marketing. He is most proud of his talk showing grammar school kids how to create a short story. He used these lectures to create an advanced ebook with embedded videos to coach the students on how to create characters, plots and settings. The target audience is 4th to 7th graders. The book’s title is Fiction Writing Workshop for Kids.
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January 10, 2020
Returning to Joylene Butler’s Blog With an Expanded Purview
Although the title of this new blog post for 2020 might be somewhat pompous, I am excited both to return to Joylene Butler’s orbit and to expand the scope of my posts for her from book marketing to a range of my own concerns (my purview).
And one of my main concerns is the interlocking of history and the future – what we can learn from the past to improve our future. Another main concern of mine is social issues, including how as writers we can impact social issues.
For this first “return” post and for the start of 2020, I’d like to discuss history. Or rather movies as a way to learn history wrapped up in entertainment.
The new World War I movie 1917 opened in Los Angeles on December 25, 2019, and I saw it that day. It is an excellent portrayal of the miserable trench warfare of what was then called the Great War. The film, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, includes recognition in the end credits of Mendes’ grandfather who served in this war. (My husband’s paternal grandfather, serving with the British, was gassed by the Germans in this war and never completely recovered.)
WWI started in Europe on July 28, 1914 and ended with the armistice between the Allies and Germany on November 11, 1918. The United States did not enter the war until President Wilson called for war on Germany on April 2, 1917, which the U.S. Congress declared four days later. The story of the movie 1917 takes place on April 6, 1917, focusing on two British lance corporals with no mention of the U.S. entry.
WWI in Europe is known for trench warfare – and Sam Mendes has done a brilliant job of conveying the miserable conditions of such warfare as the two young protagonists struggle to make their way through the crowded British trenches and then through the empty trenches of the Germans and on into no-man’s land.
This is an important movie to see in order to better understand the utter uselessness of a war that to this day most people have a hard time explaining who started what and for what reasons. WWI often gets overlooked by Americans (we tend to focus on WWII), and for this reason alone we should see the movie. Yet be prepared to be disheartened as to why human beings would stage such a senseless conflict using trench warfare.
Later the same day I watched on Hulu the 2017-released World War II Norwegian film THE 12TH MAN directed by Harald Zwart and written by Petter Skavlan (as Alex Boe). The film primarily takes place starting at the end of March 1943 in Nazi-occupied Norway. (Nazi occupation of Norway began on April 9, 1940 with occupation ending on Victory in Europe day on May 8, 1945.)
The film tells the true account of Jan Baalsrud, the one surviving member of a 12-person Norwegian resistance operation. His struggle for survival in extreme cold with help from ordinary Norwegians – who would have been killed if discovered helping him – is very uplifting.
Why are these two historically inspired films important to see now?
All of us should know more about our recent history so that we can stand up for what is right today when we have the opportunity to do so. In a later blog post I will write about my Holocaust-related project www.ThinEdgeOfTheWedge.com with its intention of reminding all of us of what can happen when we don’t speak up until it is too late.
For now, in this new year of 2020, it is incumbent on all of us, especially if we are writers with the power of the pen at our command, to know as much as possible about our recent past so that we can “look out” for our near future.
If you have seen either of these films, do let us know in the comments below.
(Link to the true history behind the movie 1917 – https://time.com/5751665/1917-movie-history/)
(Read more about the true account of THE 12TH MAN at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Baalsrud)
Phyllis Zimbler Miller is an author and screenwriter in Los Angeles. She can be reached through her website at www.PhyllisZimblerMiller.com
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January 8, 2020
IWSG – January 2020 – I’m Back
IWSG was created by Ninja Captain Alex J Cavanaugh — because Alex understood we needed a safe place to congregate, insecurity is part of our creative nature, and together we’re stronger.
On the first Wednesday of each month, you can either write on any subject related to your writing journey or adopt the option of answering the month’s question. Either way, you’re in safe territory.
If this sounds like a good place to be, sign up here.
IWSG’s Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG.
The awesome co-hosts for January 8 are T. Powell Coltrin, Victoria Marie Lees, Stephen Tremp, Renee Scattergood, and J.H. Moncrieff! Thanks for your time, Co-Hosts!
If you don’t know me, you may be wondering about the title: I’m Back. It’s a long story, which I will get to eventually, but I left IWSG in Feb. 2018 to sort my life out. I didn’t expect it would take this long. At Christmas, I promised myself I’d start the New Year off right. ♥ I’m so happy to be back.
I ‘d like to honour my father by answering this month’s question via an old story.
What Started You On Your Writing Journey?May 31, 1983, Charles Murray Nowell was my dad. He was 56. One moment he was here, smiling, laughing, singing, being, and the next…
May 25, 1983
Eight months after he died, from what we suspect was sleep apnea, I was coping badly. Because I had sons and a husband who needed me, I knew I had to change that.
In 1984, there was no World Wide Web. I couldn’t do an online search on the 12 steps of grief. I don’t think anyone, at least not anyone I knew, even realized there were 12 steps. The books I found at the library were clinical and provided little comfort.
One day, I was writing in my journal when a thought occurred to me, “I’ll write my dad’s story so he can live forever.”
A week later, the same blank sheet of paper was sticking out of my typewriter. I knew nothing about him. What was I going to do? I wish I could remember now who said this, but the conversation went something like, “You may not know his story, but he was your dad. Write that story.”
So I did.
Seven years later, 1991, after hundreds of late nights and early mornings, hammering away on an old IBM typewriter every chance I got, I finished Always Father’s Child. Without a doubt, it was the worst manuscript ever written.
But I felt hopeful.
More importantly, I was hooked on writing.
Two full-length manuscripts, one published collaboration, and three published novels later…
I’m a bonafide writer.
Dad at the top left-hand corner
P.S. My father had a tattoo done on his forearm while he was serving overseas during the Korean War. When I was old enough to understand that the funny marks were our names, I’d often stare at his arm. What I couldn’t articulate was that looking at Joylene made my heart feel as if it were glowing inside my chest. The irony: to me my name written on his arm meant that not only was I special, like everyone else in my family, I was also real. Writing made it so.
Gabrielle
Charlie
Robin
Greg
Joylene
* Always Father’s Child, editting for evermore, perhaps *
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August 20, 2018
Book Review: TOMORROW by Merilyn Ruth Liddell
Jake, a cab driver, seeks to learn the identity of his biological mother so as to better understood where he comes from and who he is. He doesn’t think twice about risking his life for the safety of others.
Martha, a geneticist, suspects her father is the creator of the virus that killed millions, and jeopardies her mental and physical health to reverse the damage.
Sophie, abused and pregnant, with a history of neglect, is braver than men twice her size and willing to do whatever it takes to protect her unborn child.
These three uniquely courageous characters, coveting their secrets, come together with all their flaws, fears, and misconceptions to forge an alliance that will either destroy them or save them. While failing to trust people they can actually trust, their resiliency embodies what it means to rise above the horrors man can inflict upon man.
Liddell’s Tomorrow takes place in a dystopian world that is frightfully realistic. Her setting is dark and oppressive; her antagonists are ruthless and sinister. But the inhabitants of Tomorrow never lose their compassion.
I was drawn into the story immediately and compelled to read on because I wanted these characters to prevail. They could easily be my neighbours and friends. I wanted them to succeed, but I understood why they might not. If you’re looking for a story of depth and intelligence, where the characters surprise you, I highly recommend Tomorrow by Merilyn Ruth Liddell. I gave it five-stars on Amazon.
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May 27, 2018
SOME VERY MESSY MEDIEVAL MAGIC
SOME VERY MESSY MEDIEVAL MAGICBy C. Lee McKenziePete’s stuck in medieval England!Pete and his friend Weasel thought they’d closed the Time Lock. But a young page from medieval times, Peter of Bramwell, goes missing. His absence during a critical moment will forever alter history unless he’s found.There’s only one solution – fledgling wizard Pete must take the page’s place. Accompanied by Weasel and Fanon, Pete’s alligator familiar, they travel to 1173 England.But what if the page remains lost – will Pete know what to do when the critical moment arrives? Toss in a grumpy Fanon, the duke’s curious niece, a talking horse, and the Circle of Stones and Pete realizes he’s in over his young wizard head yet again…Release date – May 15, 2018Juvenile Fiction – Fantasy & Magic/Boys & Men$13.95 Print ISBN 9781939844460$3.99 EBook ISBN 9781939844477C. Lee McKenzie has a background in Linguistics and Inter-Cultural Communication, but these days her greatest passion is writing for young readers. When she’s not writing she’s hiking or traveling or practicing yoga or asking a lot questions about things she still doesn’t understand. http://cleemckenziebooks.com
Links:
Barnes & Noble – https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/some-very-messy-medieval-magic-c-lee-mckenzie/1127622061?ean=2940154648575
Kobo – https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/some-very-messy-medieval-magic
iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/some-very-messy-medieval-magic/id1324257652?mt=11Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/Some-Very-Messy-Medieval-Magic/dp/1939844460/Kindle – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079V72G8RFoyles – http://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/childrens/some-very-messy-medieval-magic,c-lee-mckenzie-9781939844460Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37537343-some-very-messy-medieval-magicAvailable now – Some Very Messy Medieval Magic by @cleemckenzie Barnes & Noble https://tinyurl.com/y8lessr9 iTunes https://tinyurl.com/yaz4sqb6 Amazon https://tinyurl.com/y92g67q5 #middlegrade #magic
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March 16, 2018
Cover Reveal – BLUE SLUDGE BLUES
Title: Blue Sludge Blues & Other AbominationsAuthor: Shannon LawrenceBook Description: A collection of frights, from the psychological to the monstrous. These tales are a reminder of how much we have to fear: a creature lurking in the blue, sludgy depths of a rest area toilet; a friendly neighbor with a dark secret hidden in his basement; a woman with nothing more to lose hellbent on vengeance; a hike gone terribly wrong for three friends; a man cursed to clean up the bodies left behind by an inhuman force. These and other stories prowl the pages of this short story collection.Release Date: March 15, 2018Excerpt from The Tourist: “When the first light died, he pulled his leather briefcase closer to his leg. As he often found happening, almost without his will, his right hand slid inside, pressing deeper into its depths to feel the materials the bag hid. The leather of his gloves slid smoothly over the metal of the blades, the polished surface of the hilts.”Available for sale at the following locations:Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079WKB7PWA... UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079WKB7P... Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B079WKB7PWAm... Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B079WKB7... https://www.smashwords.com/books/view... & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blue... https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/blue... available from Apple and other countries through Amazon.Bio: A fan of all things fantastical and frightening, Shannon Lawrence writes primarily horror and fantasy. Her stories can be found in magazines and anthologies, including Space and Time Magazine, Dark Moon Digest, and Spinetingler. Though she often misses the ocean, the majestic and rugged Rockies are a sight she could never part with. Besides, in Colorado there’s always a place to hide a body or birth a monster. What more could she ask for?
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February 7, 2018
IWSG: February, 2018
It’s time for another group posting of the IWSG: Insecure Writer’s Support Group! Time to release our fears to the world – or offer encouragement to those who are feeling neurotic. If you’d like to join, click on the tab above and sign up. Post the first Wednesday of every month and visit at least a dozen new blogs and leave a comment. Your words might be the encouragement someone needs.
Be sure to link to IWSG and display the badge in your post.
IWSG is the brainchild of our noble Ninja Captain and leader Alex J. Cavanaugh!
Every month, a question is offered that members can answer in their IWSG Day post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say. Remember, the question is optional.
February 7 question – What do you love about the genre you write in most often?
Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG
Aex’s awesome co-hosts for the Stephen Tremp, Pat Garcia, Angela Wooldridge, Victoria Marie Lees, and Madeline Mora-Summonte! Be sure to visit the
Insecure Writer’s Support Group Website!!!
The need to overcome hardships drives the themes in my suspense novels. I believe life throws obstacles at you for specific reasons that aren’t meant to be clear at the time. Writing stories centred around certain fears drives me to weaken their influences in my life.
Most of the people who know me are perplexed by my dark plots. By nature I’m a happy-go-lucky person who is quick to smile. I look for the good in everything, sometimes foolishly. Not because I’m naive, but because I’ve learned that if things aren’t going well, it’s better to fake it and pretend they are.
In 2017 I faced struggle after struggle, and for the first time in my life I couldn’t bounce back. So, for an entire year, I faked it. Situations don’t change on a certain date, yet, sometimes, in order to survive, we set time limits. Such is the reason so many of us were happy to see 2017 end. A New Year meant hope.
I’m pleased to say 2018 has started off well. I’m not free of pain, but each morning I wake feeling blessed. And while this year may or may not be perfect, I’ll continue to write suspense thrillers about characters facing tragedy, overcoming fears, and finding hope in the end.
Please, no matter how bad your life is, never give up believing it’ll be better tomorrow. Show the universe you believe in your right to be happy. And if the day throws you a curve ball — swing hard!
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January 22, 2018
Hank Quense’s QUEEN MOXIE – Giveaway!
Today it’s my great pleasure to introduce Hank Quense’s latest novel QUEEN MOXIE. Hank has been a guest host on this blog many times, so I hope you’re aware of his ticklish humour. Hank’s stories make me laugh, and as far as I’m concerned, there’s not enough laughter in the world. We need writers like Hank.
Please check out his book and his blog, and know that you will be treated to a delightful and crazy take on all sorts of life’s adventures. Be sure to enter the raffle for a free copy.
https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/019b32f8334/?
UPDATE:The giveaway will consist of 5 eBook copies of
QUEEN MOXIE
, 2 eBook copies of
PRINCESS MOXIE
, a 2-book boxed set.Come join in the fun and enter to win one of the wonderful prizes being given away by Hank Quense. File Size: 4861 KBPrint Length: 85 pagesPublisher: Strange Worlds Publishing (February 1, 2018)Publication Date: February 1, 2018Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLCLanguage: EnglishASIN: B0775W1NWPIn this humorous tale, it is now ten years since Moxie became Queen of Usca in south-west Britain. A tribe of Picts shatters her peaceful reign by migrating from the north and occupying territory just outside her border.Moxie decides to build a fort to help control the wild Picts. To her surprise, she discovers that the fort has been built on land claimed by the forest fairies. Oberon, the King of the fairies, destroys the fort using magic.Moxie threatens Oberon with military might. Oberon threatens Moxie with magic. To counter Oberon, Moxie asks Camelot to send Merlin to help her out and Arthur agrees.Once Merlin arrives, Moxie demands that he confront Oberon and use magic spells to defeat the Fairy King. Merlin isn’t thrilled by the request. Moxie wants him to cast field magic spells, a type of spell casting that Merlin has never been able to master.The Picts hear about the fort and decide Moxie has become hostile. They determine to attack rather than wait for Moxie to attack them.Meanwhile, Moxie’s only child, the ten-year-old daughter, Aethelwine, decides she won’t be the next queen, leaving Moxie without an heir.Tristan, a Knight of the Round Table, has been exiled by Arthur for insulting all the nobles with his songs and is staying in Moxie’s castle. He is working on a play to be staged in Stonehenge. Tristan hopes the play will end his exile since it praises King Arthur and CamelotFaced with threats from the fairies and the Picts, Moxie decides to take on the fairies. Merlin tells Moxie and Oberon they are both idiots for fighting each other when the real threat comes from the Picts who will be able to conquer both after they fight a battle and are weakened by casualties.Moxie and Oberon agree to a treaty and combine forces to confront the Picts who have been reinforced by boatloads of warriors.Can Moxie and Oberon convince the Picts to back down?And what about Aethelwine?
Is Tristan’s play any good?For those who aren’t familiar with Hank, here’s some background:Hank Quense writes humorous and satiric sci-fi and fantasy stories. He also writes and lectures about fiction writing and self-publishing. He has published 19 books and 50 short stories along with dozens of articles. He often lectures on fiction writing and publishing and has a series of guides covering the basics on each subject. He is currently working on a third Moxie novel that takes place in the Camelot era.He and his wife, Pat, usually vacation in another galaxy or parallel universe. They also time travel occasionally when Hank is searching for new story ideas.For more on Hank and his writing, visit his Amazon Author Page.Now for the giveaway. The giveaway will consist of 5 eBook copies of QUEEN MOXIE , 3 eBook copies of PRINCESS MOXIE , and a 2-book boxed set of the previous MOXIE novels in eBook format. Click on the Rafflecopter widget below to enter or click here.Thanks for stopping by during Hank’s visit. Would you want to be the next heir to a kingdom?
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Have you checked out Hank’s writer’s guide yet?
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