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Review: Jeweler's Apprentice by Elizabeth Kaiser

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

 Rating: PG (for mild violence, thematic elements)

 Currently only available on the Kindle









 In this age of ghosts, blood-drinking, and voodoo monkeys, it’s encouraging to find a YA novel that’s actually appropriate for kids. Jeweler’s Apprentice has an introductory feel, both as the first book in a projected series and as the author’s first publication, but holds interest and is free of offensive elements. The story is for teens, but younger kids w...

Weekend Memories

This post is from early April, but since I've switched to Blogger, I'm reposting it.

This Easter was really fun and special. We weren't able to take pictures or hang out much as a family last year (it was a long, tough set of months.) This time we all wanted to take pictures, so we dressed up and went out in the evening. Our plan was to drive around the fields and take pics in the lush, flowered roadsides--but as soon as we set off it started raining! The gray skies with dark rolling clouds we...

A New Beginning

I sent this post earlier, but since I've had to switch to Blogger, I'm reposting it.

It's been awhile since I blogged. I've had five blogs over the years, but for one reason or another I had to abandon them. Partly I was simply not interested in blogging. Blogging is essentially mandatory for a writer these days, but early in my career I viewed this as a dull burden. I did not follow blogs and wrote on mine as a required chore. Perhaps it was no surprise I couldn't keep my blog going!

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