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Melinda Szymanik
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in Auckland, New Zealand
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My Elephant is Blue
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2021
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A Winter's Day in 1939
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2013
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The Half Life of Ryan Davis
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2011
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Fuzzy Doodle
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2016
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The Were-Nana: Not a Bedtime Story.
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2008
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Jack The Viking
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2008
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Lucy and the Dark
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Sharing with Wolf
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Made With Love
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The Song of Kauri
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Getting through the (latest) doldrums, even if you only have a teaspoon to row with...part deux
I came across an old post from around ten years ago and discovered it was still relevant and might bear repeating. So here 'tis ...
While my poetry (both adults and childrens) is being picked up here and there ... it has been a little while since I last had a story (of any kind) accepted. I have had droughts before and they are never fun. As I quoted in a past post - it's a whole lot harder to sta Read more of this blog post »
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"Expect the unexpected is a handy mantra for anyone reading a Sarah Pinborough tale. The British bestseller often plays in the no-man’s lands between genre boundaries, rising to global notoriety thanks to a smash hit Netflix adaptation of her head-spi"
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"What is Truth Needs No Colour about?
The South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand has been deemed unlivable by the NZ government after a ferocious cyclone. A large corporation named Carapace has taken it over, building new cities, schools and transport lin" Read more of this review » |
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| Book Loving Kiwis: March/April Reading Challenges | 29 | 40 | Feb 23, 2012 06:14PM | |
| Book Loving Kiwis: February 2013 Nominations | 5 | 41 | Jan 17, 2013 08:48PM | |
| Book Loving Kiwis: February NZ Picture Books | 23 | 40 | Feb 23, 2013 05:41PM | |
| Book Loving Kiwis: The Half Life of Ryan Davis | 29 | 29 | Apr 06, 2013 07:37PM | |
| Book Loving Kiwis: A Winter's Day in 1939 | 16 | 21 | Feb 02, 2014 09:52PM | |
| Book Loving Kiwis: Storylines 2014 Notable Books List | 4 | 20 | Apr 05, 2014 03:04AM | |
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“We are our memories," Dodge said. "That's all we are. That's what makes us the person we are. The sum of all our memories from the day we were born. If you took a person and replaced his set of memories with another set, he'd be a different person. He'd think, act, and feel things differently.”
― Brainjack
― Brainjack
“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Because subjects like literature and art history have no obvious material pay-off, they tend to attract those who look askance at capitalist notions of utility. The idea of doing something purely for the delight of it has always rattled the grey-bearded guardians of the state. Sheer pointlessness has always been a deeply subversive affair.”
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Dear Lucindawow, I am so pleased you enjoyed The Half Life of Ryan Davis. I am writing new stories all the time and will keep my Goodreads profile updated to reflect what I have coming out in the future. If you ever have any questions about me or my books just ask :)
best wishes
Melinda
Dear Melinda,I would like to thank you for being my friend here on GoodReads. Your novel 'The half life of Ryan Davis was fantastic, and i concider myself extremely fortunate to have had the oportunity of reading it. I very much look forward to reading more of your work in the future.
Kind Regards
Lucinda x