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June 16, 2014
The Vow (Lady Quill Chronicles, #2): Book Trailer!
The Vow's book trailer is here!!!
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Synopsis
Dear Reader,
My next story begins with Velrek, where Lord Rafe and Lady Adele's arrival was cause for much celebration and rejoicing.
However Finan of Gourney, Rafe's foster brother and the captain of Valreks army, could not help a lingering feeling of worry.
Were Rafe and Adele truly safe from Lord Kyule's hate?
Adding to Finan's problems was the unsettling presence of Rafe's sister, Lady Esme. Used to keeping his distance from the woman of Valrek, Finan found that he could no longer escape as before.
As danger and treachery enveloped Valrek, Finan and Esme found themselves drawn together to fight the shadowy assailant that threatened the lives of those they loved.
What secrets would they unearth in their search for the enemy that taunted them?
Would they find that their stories were more closely linked than either of them ever knew?
Allow me please to answer these questions...
Lady Quill
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Synopsis
Dear Reader,
My next story begins with Velrek, where Lord Rafe and Lady Adele's arrival was cause for much celebration and rejoicing.
However Finan of Gourney, Rafe's foster brother and the captain of Valreks army, could not help a lingering feeling of worry.
Were Rafe and Adele truly safe from Lord Kyule's hate?
Adding to Finan's problems was the unsettling presence of Rafe's sister, Lady Esme. Used to keeping his distance from the woman of Valrek, Finan found that he could no longer escape as before.
As danger and treachery enveloped Valrek, Finan and Esme found themselves drawn together to fight the shadowy assailant that threatened the lives of those they loved.
What secrets would they unearth in their search for the enemy that taunted them?
Would they find that their stories were more closely linked than either of them ever knew?
Allow me please to answer these questions...
Lady Quill
June 8, 2014
Long Listed For The SpaSpa Awards!!!
I have some GREAT news!!!
Both Fracture and Claire and the haircut of Doom have been long listed into this years SpaSpa awards held by Indie Book Bargains!!!
I'm super dooper excited and so thrilled!!!
The Promise was a runner up in last year's HF category and I'm really hoping that I've have another cool badge to pin on my wall this year!!! ;-P
As it is I already have this one:
Isn't it pretty?!?!?
Short Listed For The SpaSpa Awards!!!
I have some GREAT news!!!
Both Fracture and Claire and the haircut of Doom have been short listed into this years SpaSpa awards held by Indie Book Bargains!!!
I'm super dooper excited and so thrilled!!!
The Promise was a runner up in last year's HF category and I'm really hoping that I've have another cool badge to pin on my wall this year!!! ;-P
As it is I already have this one:
Isn't it pretty?!?!?
May 25, 2014
Decisions, Decisions: Which Cover Do You Like Best???
Hi Everyone!
You may recall me telling you that a while ago my computer died and took all my files with it. All the covers for my Lady Quill Chronicles series were on it and I lost them, so now I'm having to start all over again!
I have two ideas that I'm TORN between.
Do I go with a picture of a pretty woman (Different Woman for each book!) or do I have a picture of a rose (a different colour rose for each book)?
I've done a few mock ups and I'd really love your opinion: which style do you like best???
Each book will have a different coloured background, here are the options:
One:
Or Two:
Lady or Rose???
The decision is yours!!!
DeeDee. ;-D
You may recall me telling you that a while ago my computer died and took all my files with it. All the covers for my Lady Quill Chronicles series were on it and I lost them, so now I'm having to start all over again!
I have two ideas that I'm TORN between.
Do I go with a picture of a pretty woman (Different Woman for each book!) or do I have a picture of a rose (a different colour rose for each book)?
I've done a few mock ups and I'd really love your opinion: which style do you like best???
Each book will have a different coloured background, here are the options:
One:
Or Two:
Lady or Rose???
The decision is yours!!!
DeeDee. ;-D
May 5, 2014
Book Stand At The Devon Show!!!
It's that time of the year again!
The Devon show opens 22nd, 23rd and 24th of May and Buy My Book and yours truly will have a stand in the craft tent!
Yay!!!
We're busily sorting things out: new cards to be ordered, a stall to sort out and some big signs to catch some attention! Last time we were famous for our HUGE toy sheep, I wonder what it will be this year!
I'm also look forward to indulging in some Tom's pies!!! ;-P
Joining me will be S.G. Alan, the YA author of The Sooner. The paperback version of her book is available here.
Also joining me will be M. Dawn, the children's author. Paperback copies of her books can be found here.
Our books will be discounted especially for the show, so come along and grab some bargains!!!
D.D. Chant.
The Devon show opens 22nd, 23rd and 24th of May and Buy My Book and yours truly will have a stand in the craft tent!
Yay!!!
We're busily sorting things out: new cards to be ordered, a stall to sort out and some big signs to catch some attention! Last time we were famous for our HUGE toy sheep, I wonder what it will be this year!
I'm also look forward to indulging in some Tom's pies!!! ;-P
Joining me will be S.G. Alan, the YA author of The Sooner. The paperback version of her book is available here.
Also joining me will be M. Dawn, the children's author. Paperback copies of her books can be found here.
Our books will be discounted especially for the show, so come along and grab some bargains!!!
D.D. Chant.
April 20, 2014
Guest Post!!!
A big thank you to Will Macmillan Jones for letting me loose on his blog today. He was very kind and said I could talk about anything I wanted to: even nails!!!
Instead of putting him through that torture I decided to write a 'how to' post.
Click on the link below to take you to Will's blog!
How To... Write A Villlan!!!
Instead of putting him through that torture I decided to write a 'how to' post.
Click on the link below to take you to Will's blog!
How To... Write A Villlan!!!
April 7, 2014
Days 24 & 25
Days 24 & 25
Just a quick update because its late and I'm reallllyyy tired! Day 24 and we drove from Florence to Eureka. The scenery was sooo beautiful even though it rained most of the day! We stopped off at Walmart for bread, lettuce and chicken and a huge order of Starbucks!
On a related side note, I may be addicted to snickerdoodles.
Day 25 we drove from Eureka to San Francisco, we took the scenic route (also known as the car sick route). It was worth it though, we have some incredible pickys to take home. We stopped on the way for dinner, drove THROUGH a tree! And saw a log cabin (made from a single log)
It's pretty late now, so I'm off to bed!
DeeDee
April 6, 2014
Canada: Days 21, 22 & 23
Yesterday we had to leave the cabin for good and travel to Victoria so that we could catch the ferry across to Seattle tomorrow. It was a 4 hour journey and we stopped to look at a lake or two on the way. Out of the three cars we hired when we arrived only two have sat nav.
Yep, you've guessed it! Ours was the one without!
This led to a few interesting occasions where we were completely lost. As we were making our way to the hotel in Victoria, a red light split us from the rest of the convoy. I can't lie: we had a hectic 20 minutes trying to find our way!
The hotel was really nice, there were tons of cherry trees blossoming everywhere (or as we like to call them: wedding trees!). We made plans to meet in the lobby early the next morning to see Butchant gardens.
The next morning didn't go quite to plan: some people seemed confused as to what time had been specified and as a result the lobby was surprisingly empty when we reached it.
Fortunately Starbucks was next door!
Finally we arrived at the gardens, they were beautiful! My favourite was the Japanese gardens, but the sunken garden was pretty spectacular too! :-)
We were still strolling around the gardens when we found out that we had the wrong time for the ferry and we were in danger of being late!!! So off we scurried and made it on time!
My uncle Graham had made a group booking with the ferry company and we had priority boarding because my uncle's in a wheelchair. We were sitting in the crowded waiting room and the lady was announcing over the speaker system the order of boarding. After all the announcements she said : but first would the Chant party come forward to board first.
So off we trotted! As we were passing everyone a little boy turned to his mother and asked in a hopeful tone: are we part of the Chant party, mommy?
The next day we picked up the RV, it was huge!!! Despite being out of the hotel by 9.30 am, somehow we didn't actually start the first leg of our journey until 3:00 pm! The first bit was all of 350 miles! Which meant that we accomplished the first stretch of our route 101 trip in darkness!
Very, very typical of us Chants!!!
We arrived at our first stop at 10:30 pm, crawled into our beds tiredly and fell asleep. All except my Dad who had steadily drunk coffee for most of the day, so he didn't sleep at all..DeeDeeDE
April 2, 2014
Canada: days 17, 18 & 19.
Okay so on day 17 we went to see English man falls:
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Very beautiful as you can see, we took the trail from the main falls down to the lower falls and did some exercise too! ;-P
The we went to the sea side and watched the sea lions playing in the bay!
On day 18 we went for a boat trip from Port Alberni to Bamfield on the Francis Barclay.
Today we've been packing because tomorrow we leave Canada and hop over the border in to America to start our trip down route 101. We're getting an RV and everything!!!
Sorry this is just a short post but I have to get back to packing... My clothes have been breeding and I'm short on room!!!
DeeDee ;-D
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Very beautiful as you can see, we took the trail from the main falls down to the lower falls and did some exercise too! ;-P
The we went to the sea side and watched the sea lions playing in the bay!
On day 18 we went for a boat trip from Port Alberni to Bamfield on the Francis Barclay.
Today we've been packing because tomorrow we leave Canada and hop over the border in to America to start our trip down route 101. We're getting an RV and everything!!!
Sorry this is just a short post but I have to get back to packing... My clothes have been breeding and I'm short on room!!!
DeeDee ;-D
March 30, 2014
Canada: days 15 & 16
Welcome to days 15 & 16 of the Chant family's adventure!
I'll be honest and tell you that yesterday I spent most of my time editing.
I got 5000 words done and I just introduced Leofric, Daegmund and Anlaf back in to the story. I have to say that Daegmund is my favourite character to write, he's just so inappropriate! He has a lot more page time in this book which is good, there's so much going wrong but he really lightens the mood. You gotta love a bit of Gradock arrogance!
The I spent the afternoon introducing my friend Kit to the world of Thor... Now that was a few well spent hours! I know what you're thinking: how had this chick managed to be my friend and yet not have watched Thor??? Well the truth is she didn't fess up to the crime until yesterday!
The good news is that she has been totally assimilated and so we can still be friends. :-PWe started the film and she was like: blondes don't really do it for me. I told her that until Thor I had been an aficionado of the dark side too, but Thor was in a class a of his own.By the end of the film she was singing a different tune! Tonight it's The Avengers and the day after Thor 2. At some point we'll have to watch Iron man 2&3 because she hasn't seen those either.
I know!!! Shocking, right???
Today we went to see more waterfalls, there is SO MUCH water in Canada!!! Waterfalls, rivers and lots and lots of rain! It's home away from home, know what I'm saying?
I'll be honest and tell you that yesterday I spent most of my time editing.
I got 5000 words done and I just introduced Leofric, Daegmund and Anlaf back in to the story. I have to say that Daegmund is my favourite character to write, he's just so inappropriate! He has a lot more page time in this book which is good, there's so much going wrong but he really lightens the mood. You gotta love a bit of Gradock arrogance!
The I spent the afternoon introducing my friend Kit to the world of Thor... Now that was a few well spent hours! I know what you're thinking: how had this chick managed to be my friend and yet not have watched Thor??? Well the truth is she didn't fess up to the crime until yesterday!
The good news is that she has been totally assimilated and so we can still be friends. :-PWe started the film and she was like: blondes don't really do it for me. I told her that until Thor I had been an aficionado of the dark side too, but Thor was in a class a of his own.By the end of the film she was singing a different tune! Tonight it's The Avengers and the day after Thor 2. At some point we'll have to watch Iron man 2&3 because she hasn't seen those either.
I know!!! Shocking, right???
Today we went to see more waterfalls, there is SO MUCH water in Canada!!! Waterfalls, rivers and lots and lots of rain! It's home away from home, know what I'm saying?
