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Follow Me: Scotland - Edinburgh

5 April 2018 (22h06, UK time)Edinburgh was an experience today that I had not planned on. Yes, we went to see the castle and the Old Town, we did some shopping and had lunch. Sound normal, doesn't it? The unplanned part came in because we did the whole thing on foot. Yep, it took in the order of 5 hours, the majority of which we spent walking.
Here are my stats of that exercise: 22700 (plus a few more) steps, covering in the order of 16.5km.
Yes, I was tired. My legs are still a touch stiff (6...

Follow Me: Travelling from South Africa to Scotland

3 April 2018 @ 19h29 (SA time)
The time has come! At the airport In Johannesburg, taking a breather in the Slow Lounge. Long queues, lots of people rushing because they are almost too late for their flights. When will they learn? Okay, enough whining.
There was a bout of rain on our way to the airport (thanks, Pa Piet for dropping us) and according to my weather app, it is still pouring outside. Fun and games ahead during take-off if this storm continues.
I took a picture of Francois (he re...

Follow Me: T-zero is approaching...fast!

Linzé's travel journalIt is a matter of hours before we leave for the airport for our holiday. Our boarding passes have taken up residence on our mobile phones. I love this new way of doing things; it saves time and a few trees. Although I have to mention that applying for our visas we had to generate a tree-load of paper. Definitely counteracting the attempt to save paper by the airlines, that's for sure.We are remarkably relaxed, I have to say. Francois had to sort out a problem with our fo...

It is a matter a days before we leave home for a well-des...

It is a matter a days before we leave home for a well-deserved vacation in the land of kilts and whiskey, and to be frank I can barely sleep with the anticipation blasting through my veins. I weighed my suitcase this morning. With wide eyes I eyeballed the scale, 13 kg. I was like, seriously? The thing is stuffed to the gills with warm clothes and the necessaries, and it weighs only 13 kg?Well, that leaves me with another 10 kg available for shopping. LOL! If only the space will mag...

Book Feature: CURSE OF A DRAGON'S CLAIM by Ciara Lake

About the Book:

 The flame within a dragon warrior's heart awakens Arianna's passion as she begins a journey in which she will discover she's something more than she ever imagined possible.
The realm of the dragons is a world of magic, danger, and mystery. For centuries they've been at war with the vampires, but now the two enemies must work together to save all immortals, and the mortals they co-exist with, from an ancient evil. In order to do so, they need the help of the Forsaken, desce...

The bucket is empty...or will be soon

Pen drawing of a bucket (from Linzé's journal)Two days ago my husband mentioned that it is a month to go before we go on our annual vacation. It has long been a contentious issue between us because of the cost to visit the UK. The South African currency is horrible when compared to the pound, and Francois has always used that point to counter any argument I had in the past. We finally sat down and did a budget and realised that this year we could afford to go. 
Then we started p...

A booty of music to celebrate

What do you do when you have met all your targets for one day? I mean after three hours of painting, writing enough words to exceed my daily target four times, and then also managing to make my watch ping that I have achieved my exercise target for the day.
My word count target for the year
Now the exercise target is a tricky one on the best of days, that is I why I now have a personal trainer to put me through my paces. However, that only happens tomorrow. Today, however, I made it by accident...

Cover Reveal: WAITING FOR ADRIAN by Linzé Brandon

Life was perfect for young  Erin Ville.Her days were busy with normal teenager things, while her nights were filled with the romantic dreams of a young woman in love.Until those dreams became so much more than the wishes of her heart.
Who was she really?Where did Adrian fit into all of this?
Premonitions of war.Prophecies of the future.In the middle of it all a young woman too fragile to save the Nations of Peace, and yet they didn't stand a chance of survival without her.
Would Adrian be t...

StoryCubes Short Story Writing Competition 2018

The Competition1. Write a short story using the nine story cubes in the graphic (see HOW TO ENTER below).2. The cubes must be used in the way they are laid out, ie. the opening 3 must be in the opening scene of the story, the middle 3 in the middle, and the last 3 in the ending of the story. The order of the use of the three cubes in every part of the story, is left up to the author.3. Each story must have a single author.4. No changes are allowed to stories already submitted.5. By entering t...

Guest post and a new release from Charles Yallowitz

Thank you to Linzé Brandon for hosting me on her blog to help promote Legends of Windemere: Warlord of the Forgotten Age . This is the final book of my fantasy adventure series, which has spanned 15 volumes. After working on it for so long, I’ve found that one of my favorite parts of writing is to create and evolve characters. My heroes drove the story, traveled to reveal the world, and took whatever I threw at them without voicing too many complaints.Many people have told me that they think i...