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An Infinity Dreams Award

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1. Thank and follow the blog that nominated you.

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Firstly I want to thank the fabulous Emmanuel Muema who’s not only addicted to Lil ��Wayne, he was kind enough to nominate me for this award. Memes, models and– you’ve guessed it– music are just afew of the many categories on Emmanuel’s amazing blog. If there was one thing he could go back in time for it would be to tell a certain girl how he felt about her. AWWW. And he hopes to get�� good job, pay off his student loan and buy a house in the future.

2. Tell us 11 facts about yourself.

Ok..dudes, kin I get a word in? Thank you.

I have an old wall of mirrors in my garden.

I love trashy jewellery.

My mobile phone belongs in a museum. People often have accidents around me. Seriously there was even the day this woman got out of a car in front of me and got knocked down by��a cyclist….

I totally love roller skating.

3. Answer the questions that were set for you to answer.

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1. What is your biggest fear?

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2. Why did you start blogging?

Cos I had just landed a contract on my first book and you were expected to have an online presence.

3. What is your favourite song ?

Angels or Devils by Dishwalla. I just love it, especially this version,

4. What is your naughtiest fantasy?

5. If you had the chance to meet one celebrity, who would it be?

 

 

6. Who is your favourite blogger ?

 

 

7. Do you ever sing in the shower?

God no. I don’t sing. Period. (Well having said that I’ve taught people to put a song over and hit a couple of notes. )

8. How did you decide the name for your blog?

To begin with it was called Where Worlds Collide, but then an author pal Susan Arden did this feature on one of my books, the Unraveling of Lady Fury. She said, ‘Enter one smexy sea captain and we’re set’. So was I after that on the new name for the blog and also for my brand.

9. What is your favourite theme for your blog?

Obviously I can’t say hamsters here. Not when they’re under threat…..

Well, you ain’t exactly behaving…..

10. If you had to stay for one year without your phone or one year without having sex, what would you choose?

 

11. If you could commit a crime and get away with it, what would it be?

4. Nominate 11 bloggers and set questions for them.

Noelle Clark http://t.co/DQrHOLWJah

Antonia Van Zandt http://t.co/AIE1TeBnVL

Jane Hunt http://jolliffe01.com/blog

Incy Black http://incyblack.weebly.com/blog-into-the-black

Christy Birmingham http://poeticparfait.com/author/christybirmingham/

Aquileana https://aquileana.wordpress.com/author/aquileana/

Ellis Vidler http://t.co/0qOJ7VYCMU

Tonya R. Moore http://t.co/ScLSqtySzi

Carol Balawyder http://carolbalawyder.com/

Jane Austin http://t.co/giVRPcOGAN

Mishka Jenkins https://t.co/nn88fWVqqU

1 . Do you dream much?

2 How would you describe yourself?

3 Why did you start blogging?

4 If you could spend a year�� anywhere in the world where would it be?

5 Have you ever broken the law?

6�� How would you describe your year this far?

7�� What do you hope for most career-wise?

8 What’s your favourite alcoholic drink?

9 What are you most afraid of losing?

10 Who would you most like to dream of?

11 What’s your favourite karaoke number?

 

 

 

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Seeking Sorrow and the art of Zen

 

 

 

5 Inspirations Behind Seeking Sorrow by Zen Dipietro

Inspiration can come from so many places. A book is a tapestry of imaginings and inspirations, tossed together and stirred around. For every book ever written, I���d bet there is a completely different set of inspirations. Here���s a look at what inspired Seeking Sorrow.

Music.

The big, important scenes of this book each were written with a specific song in mind. Actually, the songs often played on a loop while I was writing.

Movies.

Beautiful imagery like the forest in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the Shire in Lord of the Rings served well for imagining Terath, which is lush and verdant. Also, the dark imagery of The Battle at Helm���s Deep in LOTR reminded me of the grimness I wanted to portray.

Other books.

Not in a copycat way, but imagination begets more imagination. When you let a story in, it can change you. You find some little bit of something that resonates and turn it around in your mind until it evolves into something unique. There���s a reason that writers are also avid readers.

Photos.

I found pictures that represented my characters and saved them as a background on my computer so I could look at them and really imagine them talking, laughing, and existing as real people.

Life.

The old adage is ���write what you know.��� Every single day is an opportunity to find some moment, some idea, that is the seed that can grow into something wonderful. There are pieces of things I love in this book, from a favorite childhood doll to a love of dance.

Inspirations can be inside a single moment, such as a gesture or a facial expression. What���s inspired you lately?

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An earth-like world of high-tech humans faces the reality that their world is not as safe as they thought it was. Five people are thrown together to quietly get to the bottom of an unfathomable mana event that must stay quiet. If the population of Terath becomes aware of the truth, it will spark a civil war. That war would pit the majority of the population against the powerful minority with the ability to harness and manipulate mana.The resulting cataclysmwould decimate the population and tear apart the foundation of society.

The five people chosen for this must reconsider everything they thought they knew about mana, even as they learn to trust one another���s abilities. They must embrace everything they never wanted in order to prevent the devastation of their world. One of them will be forever changed. Love will be denied, badassery will be unleashed, and Terath will never be the same.

Even success comes at a price.

Available for pre-order: March 18 (or sooner) 2015

Release date: March 25, 2015

 

Zen DiPietro is a lifelong bookworm, a fantasy/sci-fi writer, a dancer, and a mom of two. Also red-haired, left-handed, and a vegetarian geek. Absolutely terrible at conforming. Particular loves include badass heroines, Star Trek, British accents, baba ganoush, and the smell of Band-Aids. Writing reviews, author interviews, and fun stuff at www.womenofbadassery.com. Very active on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

 

Filed under: Author Interviews, blogging, book tour, Guest bloggers, writing Tagged: fantasy, Guardians of Terath, inspiration, sci-fi, Seeking Sorrow, Soul Mate Publishing, Zen Dipietro

Tempestuous Passion with Elyzabeth M. Valey

 

 

Hi everyone! I���m thrilled to be here today with my recent release, A Tempest of Passion.

“Back in 2013 an idea formed in my mind. Now, to be honest with you, I don���t quite remember how it happened. It could have been my Muse whispering in my ear, a picture I saw or a song I heard��� I���m not sure. What I do remember is that two elements stuck out in this idea: a wolf shifter named William and the time period, the regency era.

With those two items, I set my fingers on the keyboard and wrote 50.000 words, successfully completing Nanowrimo 2013. Soon after, in an email I sent to a friend, I told her: ���The story needs a lot, I repeat, a lot of editing. I���ve written like a maniac but I���m very aware that some of the things on there don���t make too much sense. It needs to be fixed.���

It wasn���t a pretty sight.

A few months later, I went into full editing mode, but alas, I was not happy with the result. There was something wrong with William and Emily���s story, which back then was titled Cry of the Lone Wolf.

I set the novel aside, upset that I could not figure out what was the problem. I spent several months working in other projects, trying to forget a shifter exiled from his pack and a woman that wanted nothing to with marriage. They were impossible to forget. I would see regency era pictures, pictures of women and wolves,

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men that resembled William, women that reminded me of Emily��� and they would come to mind, begging me to finish their story, to make things right.

Finally, a few months ago, inspiration struck. Chapters were rewritten and erased, names were changed, new characters were introduced��� and a story that started like a little summer drizzle became a full blown Tempest of Passion.

I hope you enjoy it!

A Tempest of Passion

Emily Bunsbury is most definitely not a fainter. She prefers to leave that sort of shenanigans to young debutants and to those desperate to land a husband. She is neither. Except last night she passed out and was rescued by none other than the town���s most eligible bachelor: William Dalton. ��Of course, she wants nothing to do with him, but her heart and body don���t seem to be in agreement��� Banished from his pack for a crime he did not commit, William Dalton does not have the desire or the time to court women, yet, when he meets Emily Bunsbury he is incapable of staying away. Certain that it is nothing more than a passing fancy and not the mating pull, he pursues her. However, as the unknown threat that expelled him from his pack strikes again, William realizes that Emily means much more and he must keep her safe. Now, if only she���d agree to his terms��� As danger grows with each passing day, will the couple learn to trust each other or will their love be nothing more than a temporary tempest of passion?

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Author Bio:

Considered weird by normal standards ��� what is normal anyway?- Elyzabeth M. VaLey enjoys making up songs about mundane things, doodling stars and flowers on any blank sheet of paper, talking to her Lab whenever he feigns interest and coming up with love stories to make readers dream.

From contemporary to historical or fantasy, she enjoys writing stories about good and evil, love and passion and all that comes in between happy ever after.

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Extract.

The melody having come to an end, Emily curtsied and turned to walk away from William Dalton. She���d barely removed herself from the center of the room, when he gripped her elbow. Emily bit back a gasp. Every time he touched her something inside her awoke with a hunger that could not be appeased. Tilting her head back so she could look him in the eyes, she chose to ignore the way her heart leapt.

���That was only one dance, Ms. Bunsbury. You promised me two.���

���Surely, you wouldn���t want to waste your good moments dancing another tune with me, Mr. Dalton.�����She made to leave but his fingers on her arm tightened. Anger flared in his eyes and his good-natured smile vanished.

���You think little of yourself, Ms. Bunsbury. I am surprised.���

���You are in the wrong, Sir,��� she said as politely as she could muster. ���I simply believe that another woman would enjoy your attentions much more than myself.���

Pulling her arm from his grasp, she veered around, desperate for some fresh air. Faster than she could muster, he stepped in front of her, blocking her path. Curling her hands into fists, she fought against the urge to shove him out of the way.

���Mr. Dalton���!���

���Ms. Bunsbury.���

Emily���s eyes flew to his face at the warning in his tone, her wroth vanishing and scattering into the wind as their gazes clashed.

���I don���t take kindly to broken promises,��� he whispered gruffly.

 

Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: A Tempest of Passion, Elyzabeth M. Valey, Evernight Publishing, Regency, Romance, Shifter

The February Author Interview-Deno…Deno. A certain Mr Sandz

Hey, hey, hey fellahs, can we just be a bit nicer here?

Ok..but you see that this here button….?

 

Okay…..Deno, firstly ��tell us a little about your good self?

Deno. My name is Deno Sandz, originally from Chicago, Illinois now residing in Ohio, a U.S. Army Veteran.

I���ve published horror novels such as: ���Miss Mary Weather: A Southern Nightmare���

(2000), ���Pen of Iniquity��� (2008), ���I,AM��� (2010), ���Blood Plantation��� (2011), ���Cry

Heaven Cry Hell���The Return of Miss Mary Weather(Sequel)���(2013), ���Icabob Shaw���

(2014),�� ���The House of Shangri-La��� (2014), and ���7even Dreams: A Dialogue with

Evil��� (2015), and�� have numerous unpublished novels in the works.�� I have

written articles on every aspect of society.��

My short stories transcend the heart, soul, and mind of the reader.�� For example, my story, ���Awakened��� is a teaching tool in the Oakland School District for the last five years.

I have other short stories published in the pages of magazines across the country.�� I

also write poetry/prose.�� I am the creator of Deno Sandz Productions/Six

Shortyes Films.

Shey….��Horror writers come in many types.�� How would you describe

your work?

Deno. I would describe my work as ���Soul Frightening,��� ���Consolidated Horror

Fiction,��� ���Thought beyond reality,��� and ���Optical Fear Provoking Entertainment.���

Shey. So? Scary Maries eh!��

What drew you to write and get into this ‘murderous’ business?

Deno.�� The love I had as a young person to read and

imagine propelled me to write, creating an acronym I call today: ���V.I.C.���: This

is Visualization, Imagination, and Creativity.

Shey.�� Who would you cite as your main influences?

Deno. I would have to say the Lord my God, then my grandparents

and parents.

Shey. ��Your grandparents must be very special to you Deno. Where does your actual inspiration come from?

Deno, My inspiration comes from the world���s mind, body, soul, and its parallel existence to another world that we cannot see, thrust upon us in our nightmares.

��Shey. ��Can you tell us a bit about your next release?

Deno. My next novel is entitled: ���Whorehouse on Penguin

Creek���

��It’s a paradise gone bad.��If you are ever driving, pass a sign that reads, ���Whorehouse on Penguin Creek��� next exit–keep driving����� Because not every pleasure is good for you. In the summer of July 1834 in Arkansas, during the time of the, ���Wild Man of the Woods,��� believed to be a Bigfoot���a gigantic hairy man-like creature with huge feet,�� six people of a secret cult�� brutally sacrificed themselves�� in the name of Satan. One by one their bodies fell and descended beneath the shallowly waters of Penguin Creek………�� Until they were reborn with a drop of human blood….

Shey. What is this King of Cleve biz?

Deno. ��It was an honor and privilege to receive a TOP AUTHOR AWARD from the Land of Cleve Achievement Awards: Raise the Glass Ceremony 2014.�� Cleveland has shown me true artist adoration.�� In addition, through these great accomplishments/awards bestowed upon me.�� I am humble and grateful to receive the accolades such as King, Acclaimed, Master, and Prolific from artistic enthusiasts, fans, and friends.

Shey.�� A lot of��aspiring authors follow this blog, any writing tips?

Deno.�� If you are not inspired to write on your own, why write. If you are not willing to be inspired, why write?�� Bad reviews should not discourage you from continuing

to write. In addition, remember: ���If a writer���s work is to be read, the writer

too must be read.���

Shey. That’s cos you ate it. Thank you Deno, for joining us today. Now I do believe Bobby Bub wants a word. Just let me press this button…….

 

Blurb:

A reinvention of the 19th Century Dime Novels

What happens when you curse God and touch a book of Dead Dreams written by the (Son of Satan)? This book makes the reader wonder if the Dialogue with Evil is a

distortion. Is the mirror reflection of reality without a mirror his (Omar

Small)?

Buy Link:

http://www.amazon.com/7even-Dreams-Dialogue-Horror-Novel/dp/1503307700/ref=la_B00JOF1TXO_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423768411&sr=1-4

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It’s Valentine’s Day…and a furious guestie with Jane Hunt

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An early Valentine���s�� treat for�� you all. By Jane HUNT.

After last week���s author interview with the fabulous Shehanne Moore, if you missed it you can read here, I have the redoubtable Lady Fury on my blog today. She allows us a rare glimpse into her complex life. Thankfully she isn���t aware Shehanne was here first , so don���t tell her will you?

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It���s lovely to welcome you to my blog�� Milady Fury.

Now forgive me for saying but anyone who has read your story; ���The Unraveling of Lady Fury��� knows you are a little obsessive about rules. Do you have any other obsessions/secrets you���re prepared to share?

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Moi? Obsessive? Oh not at all.

You have read my story; you know how awful Flint can be and that rules with him are a must. As for other obsessions? I have none. Have I shown you this picture of Flint? I
Keep it with me at All times.

��I can see�� the attraction.
Are you really the driven, often heartless woman you seem to be? If so what made you that way?

 

 

Not at all. Indeed, did you not say yourself, I was a delight???? I do admit that being dumped on a quay, in a strange city, without a penny to my name and a baby on the way, AND narrowly missing that trunk Flint flung at me, I may have become a little driven in terms of securing my future. Wouldn���t you?
When you put it like that I think I might be, which leads on to my next question. Would you consider Flint your weakness and if so why?

Oh���very well, Milady, you do drive a hard bargain. I think it is fair to say that Flint and I go back a long way. He was my first lover and there were times when we were very good together. I admit that I was younger then and a very different person from what I am now. So there were aspects of the not so good moments, I probably should have done differently and yes, these things can haunt. Like trying to bring that parakeet aboard the Calypso for example, which got me heaved off it. He is Storm���s father. I think women find it hard to walk away from that. I suppose he got under my skin and no-one else compared and not just because he���s good in bed. Flint���s not good at being humble and a cat probably had a better upbringing, so even when he���s bad, I can���t help but forgive him.

If you lived in the twenty- first century what type of woman would you be?
I���d like to be better educated. The opportunities for women that way are just so much better, although I suppose that being brought up in a brothel, had its uses. I���d hope to be less driven.
And of course, I���d be just as nice and amenable as I truly am.

Mmm , how insightful you are Milady.Who���s your favourite character in Shehanne���s other stories?
You mean apart from myself? Well, I do admit that her Black Wolf of Lochalpin, Callm McDunnagh the hero of His Judas Bride, is rather tasty. Yes. He is very ruthless and thinks nothing of taking the odd throat out, then there���s his appalling sarcasm every time he opens his mouth. But the lovely Milady Aimee Duffy said he ���is as terrifying as he is intriguing,��� while the equally lovely Milady Erin Moore summed him up by saying ���Callm is a tortured and twisted alpha male, yet underneath is a big marshmallow.��� And I think that���s it with Callm. He is prepared to lay down his life for Kara and I do not think it gets more romantic than that.

Kara is also a very damaged woman���let���s be clear, Shehanne wrote this���but he get totally gets that and knows he is going to have his work cut out with this woman.

So I do admit to something of a soft spot for Milord Wolf. Indeed I wish Shehanne had written him for me���..

 

 

 

How interesting���I promise not to tell Flint. Now for all the romantics amongst us. Do believe in love at first sight?
Well, it is that romantic time of year isn���t it? So I suppose I should say that when I looked at Milord Wolf���sorry, I may not believe but it is very clear to me that Flint does. I mean in his own way, when he first saw me on board the Calypso, wearing his dead lover���s dress, it was perfectly plain, it was love. He just found it hard to admit, as we all do, that such a heart stopping thing can happen. You can find your partner in a glance.
You���ve travelled all over the world with your ���book club���. Where in the world would you most like to live?
Hmm��� Really Milady, so long as it���s with Flint, and isn���t any of the places we are wanted, anywhere is good.
Apart from Flint? Do you have a favourite crew member?
Apart from you good self, Skipper Jane, I am very fond of Myrtle, probably because if there is one thing Flint loathes it is parrots.
SO she has her uses, although we do have to hide her from him quite a bit and pretend we are doing all the squawking.
Do you believe in ���Happy Ever After���?
I believe in ever after. Yes indeed. Any ���ever after��� requires working at in order to keep it happy. If you waltz off into the clouds with unrealistic expectations, it���s a long drop down.
Thank you�� for visiting me here today Milady its been an unforgettable experience.



Before you go, have you one of your wonderful recipes to share with us today?

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My favourite Valentine���s dish apart from Flint? Oh, indeed, I have a special Valentine���s Day���. Sugared Nuts.

 

Do serve with my cocktail.
MMmm both of those sound delicious. I will be making a red velvet creation, a cake of course, which I will share with you tomorrow Valentine���s Day
Filed under: blogging, book tour, Guest bloggers, heroes, heroines Tagged: His Judas Bride, Jane Hunt, Lady Fury, Shehanne Moore, The Dragon Legacy, The Revenge Masquerade, The Unraveling of Lady Fury

Love uninvited, love least expected, just who is Rolf?

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‘I���d like to introduce myself.’

‘My name is Merlin���yes, the Merlin of Arthurian legend.’

 

“In Rolf���s Quest, Aubrey Wynne���s first historical fantasy, you won���t find me at my height of popularity.”

“In Rolf���s Quest, Aubrey Wynne���s first historical fantasy, you won���t find me at my height of popularity.”

“I am trapped in a Hawthorne tree and getting desperate. You see the tree Vivien encased me in is dying. And when it does, I die. Hence, my distress.”

“My egotistical, self-seeking descendants have done little to aid my predicament.”

 

‘They either used magic to trick the woman (and by the gods, I know that doesn���t work) or did not see love staring them in the face until it was too late.”

“When I was down to one live branch, I decided to take matters into my own hands, er limbs. I told the latest failure I would take his first born under my own tutelage. His father ranted and then gave up, of course. God���s Blood, I raised a King. I can certainly educate a baron���s son.

Rolf was an excellent student.”

 

“He grew to respect me and I feel there is a strong affection between the two of us. He is a natural sorcerer though and his shape-shifting abilities are tremendous. He is a champion on the battlefield and is favored by the King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine.”

“But it ends with this boy. He has found the woman that is the key to our future.�� This is the last opportunity to end this curse. If he is not successful, I perish. Our future generations will never have the chance to find happiness. Rolf will take the defeat badly.”

“Wish us luck. I hope the next time we speak, you are able to shake my hand. And then the search for Vivien begins���”

Rolf’s Quest

Baron Rolf Arbrec, the royal wizard for King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, is burdened with a centuries-old quest to break the spell cast on his descendant, Merlin. To lift the enchantment, he must find true love without the use of magic or deceit, something that has eluded the men generations before him.

Finding genuine love is no easy task, even for a wizard, and time is running out not only to complete his Quest, but to give future generations a chance at happiness. When Melissa steps from his dreams and into his arms, he realizes his need for her love runs deeper than just a way to free Merlin.

Lady Melissa Garrick travels to London to meet her betrothed. Along the way, she encounters a man who haunts her dreams and makes her reconsider her destiny. Torn between loyalty to her family and her intense attraction to Rolf, she struggles to remain an obedient daughter. Though she desires him, will she defy her family and turn her back on her betrothed? Or will time run out and Rolf be doomed to a life of discontent and bitterness like his ancestors before him?

 

About the Author:

Aubrey Wynne���s first love is historical romance. Her current story, Rolf���s Quest, is set in the chivalrous 12th century court of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitane. Though she is an avid reader of historical fiction, her own works usually involve some level of fantasy.

 

Aubrey resides in the Midwest with her husband, dogs, horses, mule and barn cats. She is an elementary teacher by trade, champion of children and animals by conscience, and author by night. Obsessions include history, travel, trail riding and all things Christmas.

She is a proud member of the Coffee Talk Writers. Her debut story, Merry Christmas, Henry, was published in November 2013 by Melange Books, LLC and received Best Short Romance in the Editors and Predators Reader���s Choice of 2013. Her humorous shorts, Pete���s Mighty Purty Privies (Best Other Short Story 2014 and Goodreads Top 100 Laugh Out Loud List) and To Cast A Clich�� are published with AlfieFiction.com

Hook up with Aubrey:

http://aubreywynneauthor.wordpress.com https://www.facebook.com/aubrey.wynne.7 https://twitter.com/Aubreywynne51

Buy Links:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PMOM9NA/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-least-expected-meredith-bond/1120790265?ean=2940046296808

iBooks:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/love-least-expected/id942101190?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Filed under: blogging, book tour, Guest bloggers Tagged: Arthurian Legend, Aubrey Wynne, Isabella Harper, Katie Stephens, Kishan Paul, Kris Calvert, Love Least Expected, Magic, Meredith Bond, Merlin, Michaela Miles, Nessie Strange, Rolf's Quest, Romamce, Valentine's Day, Valerie Twombly

Choosing Freya with Antonia Van Zandt and the Widecombe Devil

The Devil Comes to Widecombe by Antonia Van Zandt

My new novel ��� Freya���s Choice ��� is set in the charming, picturesque and seemingly tranquil small town of Abbey St. Francis. Chocolate box thatched cottages sit alongside a meandering river. Birds of every hue sing and chirrup. The world moves at a slower place in communities like this, doesn���t it?

 

Well, don���t you believe it! In my small town ��� hardly much more than a village really ��� strange things happen within some of those cottages. Unnatural, spooky things. The river transforms into a raging torrent when it feels like it. A massive bird takes to the air and a new resident has moved in. One that will change everything for this peaceful little backwater.

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In England there are many places like Abbey St. Francis.

And some of them are well haunted. Scarily well in some cases.

Many of them hide deadly secrets. Oh yes, a lot can ��� and does ��� go on in the heart of rural England���

Take the charming village of Widecombe-In-The-Moor. It lies not far from Tavistock in Devon, in the heart of the dramatic Dartmoor National Park, and was immortalised in an old English folk song, Widdicombe Fair, which contains the oft quoted line ���…and Uncle Tom Cobley and all.���

In October,1638, a terrible thunderstorm struck its parish church of St Pancras, just as the congregation were worshipping on a Sunday. One of the four pinnacles of the church tower was struck by lightning and came crashing through the roof, killing four parishioners. Parts of the tower were found 400 yards away, so it must have been an incredible explosion. At least, that is the official version. There are others.

Legend has it that one day, a man dressed entirely in black stopped at a nearby inn for refreshment and to ask directions to the village of Widecombe. He must have presented a strange sight, as he had cloven feet.

He rode a jet black horse. He was offered a mug of ale which he accepted and, as he drank it, the other customers heard a hissing noise as the liquid went down his throat. When he returned the mug to the bar, it was so hot, it scorched the wood.

The dark stranger left, but all who remained knew they had been in the company of the devil. He then proceeded to Widecombe Church and collected the souls of the four who died there. They had been playing cards as the service progressed. One of them ��� Jan Reynolds ��� was actually asleep. Must have been a riveting sermon!

An account of this event in Wikipedia states that the devil, “… captured Jan Reynolds, and rode away into the storm. As they flew over nearby Birch Tor, the four aces from Jan’s pack of cards fell to the ground, and today, if you stand at Warren House Inn, you can still see four ancient field enclosures, each shaped like the symbols from a pack of cards.”

Another version of the Devil���s visit to Widecombe states:

���That the Devil came to Widecombe to claim the soul of a man who was playing cards in the back of the church. The Devil tied his horse to one of the pinnacles, grasped the person, and in his haste to gallop away forgot to untie the horse, this pulled the pinnacle over, resulting in it crashing through the roof. As he galloped away across Dartmoor the four ���aces��� fell out of the sleeve of the card player and landed on the ground and turned into four fields – they are visible today in the shape of a Heart, Diamond, Spade & Club.���

There are indeed four fields ��� part of an old tin mining project.

On old wall boards at the back of the church, a contemporary account of the Great Thunderstorm is given and reports:

���Men so perplexed were, they knew not one another’s faces. They all or most were stupified that with so strange a smell… One man was scorched so that he lived but fourteen days and died ���Some had their skin all over scorched, yet no harm in their clothes ���One man had money in his purse, which melted���

In 1980, the American actor, Daniel Stern, was on honeymoon with his wife and, on their way to Tavistock, they stopped in the village and were quite unnerved by what they saw.

On a TV programme called Celebrity Ghost Stories, they reported�� seeing 30-40 people, dressed in black, wandering around, silently. Stern and his wife needed directions, so they approached a woman outside the church. She had her back to them. They had the shock of their lives when she turned around. Her eyes were milky-white. She was very old and spoke in a foreign ��� or archaic ��� language they couldn���t understand.

 

By now, thoroughly spooked, they drove out of the village as fast as possible, but less than half a mile away, one of their tyres blew. Even though they could still see the spire of the church, they were too scared to return to the village. Their car limped the ten miles or so to Tavistock where, at the hotel, they were told they had visited the ���haunted village���.

Explanations? For a start, the people of Widecombe-In-The-Moor refute allegations that their village is haunted by a load of wandering zombies. In fact, as a close-knit community, where everyone knows everyone else, the villagers tend to wear black when one of their number has died. They usually know that person and come to pay their respects at their funeral. The old lady probably had a strong Devon accent, complete with local dialect, which could prove difficult to understand for someone from the USA, or even from somewhere else in Britain! As for the milky eyes, I would suggest cataracts and hope she has by now had the necessary operation to restore her sight.

As for the Great Thunderstorm ��� did the devil come to Widecombe that day? We will probably never know���

 

Freya���s Choice is published by Amber Quill Press. Here���s the blurb:

Nothing much happens in Abbey St. Francis, but Freya���s about to change all that…

Eve Lawson is no stranger to heartbreak. Three years ago, the man of her dreams betrayed her and left her unwilling to trust anyone ever again. So when gorgeous hunky farmer, Mark Latimer, starts to take more than a casual interest in her, she is cautious and nervous of committing either her mind or her body to him. But the attraction is there, and it���s growing. All Eve needs is just a little more time.

Abbey St. Francis���a sleepy, pretty village where nothing much happens and traditional values are held true���has been Eve���s home all her life. No one suspects that the beautiful young woman who has just moved into West Lodge is anything other than a wealthy and generous benefactor. But Freya Nordstrom is not what she appears to be.

Then the mysterious stranger takes more than a passing interest in Mark, and Eve knows she has a battle on her hands. But never in her wildest dreams could Eve have imagined the nature of the forces stacked against her…

 

And here���s a short extract:

…A loud flapping startled me. I looked up and couldn���t believe what I saw. The most massive bird I had ever seen flew past me and hovered, silhouetted against the moon. Then it flew directly toward West Lodge. I glanced back down at the cats. Their ears twitched, but nothing more. I searched the sky for the giant bird again, but it had disappeared. Could I have imagined it? Surely not. I certainly wasn���t imagining those cats or the malevolence in their eyes.

My knees buckled from my unaccustomed crouching position, but I was scared to make any rapid movement, and Freya���s cats continued to stare at me. Their eyes narrowed, as if at any moment they would pounce and tear me to shreds. But their hackles didn���t rise, they didn���t arch their backs, spit or make any of the warning gestures cats employ to let you know they���re about to strike. They just sat there, like statues. Waiting.

My knees ached and I had no choice or I would simply keel over. Slowly, I rose to my feet, wobbling with the effort, while I kept my eyes on the animals.

Their gaze traveled upward with my movement. A chill wound itself around my spine, spiraling the length of it, and I shivered.

Then, as if receiving some signal I couldn���t hear, they blinked in unison and turned away. They slunk down my path before jumping over the wall and out of sight. I continued to watch and, in the light of the streetlamp at the bottom of Freya���s drive, saw them emerge and pad slowly up her long drive. They matched each other step for step, their tails held high.

Then I saw a tall figure striding down Freya���s drive toward me. He passed the cats, apparently without acknowledging their presence. Too dark and far away to make out his features, my heart still lurched.

Mark. I could see the familiar long hair fanning his shoulders, the white shirt and dark pants. Tears pricked my eyes. At that moment, I wished with all my heart I hadn���t seen him. It couldn���t be happening again. Surely he wouldn���t betray me as John had. After all he���d said to me. And I���d believed every word.

So Freya had been telling the truth. Somewhere along the line she���d made his acquaintance, and now I knew why he hadn���t answered his phone. He���d been with her.

I told myself to calm down. There could be a hundred innocent explanations for his visit. But unless I asked him, I wouldn���t know. I hurried down my path and opened the gate.

���Mark! Hi!��� I hoped I sounded nonchalant, but a note of desperation had crept into my voice.

He reached the end of her drive and turned left. He was directly opposite me now, in shadows, on the other side of the lane. Any second and he would cross over.

���Mark!���

He must have heard me, but not a flicker. He never broke his stride. Just carried on walking, farther down the lane, away from me, while I stood and watched him, my insides turning to mush in dismayed disbelief…

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About Antonia:

 

Antonia van Zandt has been writing since someone stuck a pencil in her hand at the age of around five. Sick of finding their wallpaper covered in scribbles, her parents relented and bought her an exercise book. This was the beginning of a trend. At the age of nine she progressed to her first typewriter, and can now spend hours happily tapping away at her keyboard while all around her descends into chaos. She has recently made the transition from writing erotica to paranormal adventure, with some pretty heavyweight Norse gods thrown in for good measure. She adores cats, fine wine and dramatic scenery. ���Freya���s Choice��� is her first novel for Amber Quill.

 

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Catherine Cavendish, the Pendle Curse and the Witches of North Berwick

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The Witches of North Berwick by Catherine Cavendish.

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My new novel ��� The Pendle Curse ��� has some of its roots in a true story. In August 1612, ten men and women were convicted, in Lancaster, England, of crimes related to witchcraft and subsequently hanged on Gallows Hill. They became known to history as the Pendle Witches.

But they weren���t alone. Scotland was not short of witches ��� especially in East Lothian.

��When tourists come to Edinburgh Castle,

they often admire the pretty flowers at the well. They don���t generally notice the detail of the design on the wall, but if you take a close look:

��See it now? Witches and they are certainly not happy and sparkly. During the 17th and 18th centuries, more than 3800 so-called witches were killed in Scotland ��� by strangling, drowning, hanging or burned alive at the stake. This makes that country the biggest persecutor of witches in Europe.

The first major witch trial took place in 1590 and was presided over by the King of Scotland himself ��� James VI, later to become James I of England.

He believed witches were out to kill him. He based this reasoning on an incident that took place a couple of years earlier when his new bride ��� Anne of Denmark ��� was on her way from her home country to Scotland, following her proxy marriage to the king. Fierce storms blew up from nowhere, forcing her ship to put into a safe harbour in Norway. James did the gallant thing and set out to bring her back. The treacherous journey saw them buffeted by three consecutive storms, which nearly wrecked the ship.

If it had, it is almost certain the king and his new bride would have drowned.

At that time, James learned of a coven of witches operating at the Auld Kirk Green in North Berwick, East Lothian. He believed they had vowed to assassinate him and, in order to do so, had conjured the storms. The king was assisted and encouraged in his beliefs by his wife. She, her family and many members of the Danish nobility attributed the near death of a relative to witchcraft, while, in Denmark itself, witch-hunts were rife.

Now James was convinced he too was a victim. He set out on a holy crusade to rid the land of witches by any means – including barbarous torture.

Suspicion and fear became rife in North Berwick as the inhabitants speculated on who was and who wasn���t a witch. One man – David Seaton – reported his maid, Geillis Duncan. The poor woman had been rash enough to help sick people get well. She was arrested, but refused to confess. In jail, torturers discovered a witch���s mark ��� a mole or similar blemish which, when poked with a sharp implement, didn���t bleed.

Terrified out of her wits, Geillis accused a long list of others in the neighbourhood, totalling more than 70 men and women.

One of the accused ��� Agnes Sampson ��� was shackled to the wall of her cell. A witch���s, or ���scold���s���, bridle was secured to her head. This contained four sharp prongs which pierced her cheeks and tongue. Perhaps not surprisingly, the woman confessed to being a witch and implicated others. A lot of others. She said that around 200 witches had met with the devil at the coven on Auld Kirk Green and summoned the violent storms to kill the king.

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��For her co-operation, Agnes was granted the mercy of being strangled before being burnt as a witch.

James decided to make a further example of accused schoolmaster, James Fian, who had initially confessed, following hideous torture, including the infamous, bone-crushing boot, accompanied by having his fingernails pierced by needles and then torn out by pincers. Bloodied and maimed, he later retracted his confession, but James was having none of it. The schoolmaster was burned to death on the esplanade at Edinburgh Castle in January 1591.

In all, the trials of the North Berwick witches lasted two years, resulting in multiple executions ��� the exact number of which is unknown. We can probably assume that the overwhelming majority of those brought to trial would have been condemned to die.

James���s experiences led him to believe he was now an expert on witchcraft, He wrote his treatise, Daemonologie, which was published in 1597. The Scottish witch-hunts had begun in earnest.

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Now, here���s the blurb for The Pendle Curse:

Four hundred years ago, ten convicted witches were hanged on Gallows Hill. Now they are back���for vengeance.

Laura Phillips���s grief at her husband���s sudden death shows no sign of passing. Even sleep brings her no peace. She experiences vivid, disturbing dreams of a dark, brooding hill, and a man���somehow out of time���who seems to know her. She discovers that the place she has dreamed about exists. Pendle Hill. And she knows she must go there. But as soon as she arrives, the dream becomes a nightmare. She is caught up in a web of witchcraft and evil���and a curse that will not die.

Here���s a short extract from the beginning:

His spirit soared within him and flew up into the storm-clad sky as blackness descended and the rain became a tempest.

He flew. Lost in a maelstrom of swirling mists. Somewhere a baby cried until its sobs became distorted, tortured roars. Beyond, a black void loomed. He saw Alizon���s spirit just ahead and tried to call out to her, but his voice couldn���t reach her.

Beside him, another spirit cried out. His mother. He flinched at her screams before they were drowned in the mass���that terrible parody of some hideous child.

The blackness metamorphosed. An amorphous shape formed as his eyes struggled to see with their new vision���the gift of death. Small baby limbs flailed towards him. Eyes of fire flashed as a toothless mouth opened. Screeching, roaring and demanding to be fed. Demanding its mother.

His spirit reached out for his lover. Tried to pull her back. ���Alizon!���

She turned anguished eyes to him. ���It calls to me.���

He recognized it instantly. The blazing fire. The devil child. That cursed infant had come for them.

Again he reached out with arms that no longer felt connected to him, but he was powerless to stop Alizon being swept away, deep into the abomination���s maw.

���No!��� His cry reverberated around him���a wail of anguish in a sea of torment.

Then���silence. Only he remained, drifting in swirling gray mists of time.

���I will find you, sweet Alizon. One day I will find you. And I will find the one who betrayed us.���

From somewhere, he heard an echo���

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Catherine Cavendish – Cat to her friends – lives with her husband in a haunted 18th century building in North Wales. Fortunately for all concerned, the ghost is friendly and contents herself (she’s definitely female) with switching on lights, and attempting to discover how the TV and washing machine work (it’s a long story!).

Following a varied career in sales, advertising and career guidance, Cat is now the full time author of a number of paranormal, ghostly and Gothic horror novels, novellas and short stories. She is the 2013 joint winner of the Samhain Gothic Horror Anthology Competition, with Linden Manor, which features in the anthology What Waits In The Shadows.�� The Pendle Curse is her latest novel for Samhain; her first�� ��� Saving Grace Devine ��� was published in 2014.

Her daily walks have so far provided the inspiration for two short stories and a novella. As she says, ���It���s amazing what you see down by the river, as it flows through a sleepy rural community.��� Those with delicate constitutions are advised not to ask!

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The January Author interview. Revenge. A dish best served as masquerade

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SO….today we do indeed have a very special guest. Jane Hunt is not only a champion writer, she is a champion of other writers as you’ll see from her social media. She’s also refreshingly honest about the writing game.��Her new book, The Revenge Masquerade,�� is set in Venice.

Thank you�� I am sure she will really, really glad of that, turning cartwheels with the general in fact.

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So Jane,�� The Revenge Masquerade is your second book. And there’s this thing, isn’t there, about the ‘second album’ How hard did you find this second book?

Jane:��Once I’d decided on my setting and characters, the second book in the series was easier to write than the first. To be honest. I’d written two books in the interim – The Dangerous Gift, a romantic suspense, (now finished and looking for a publishing home) and Past Shadows my current work in progress, which is a historical romance, so The Revenge Masquerade was actually my fourth book.

 

My first chapter originally began in Venice, with Zane but my writing mentor suggested that new readers needed to know more about Jasmine and Zane’s relationship. So I wrote the prologue, which is the last scene between Jasmine and Zane from The Dragon Legacy #1 but this time written from Zane’s point of view. I think it works, although it does give my story a sexy, passionate beginning. Hopefully new readers won’t be scared off.

Shey Can we expect characters from the Dragon Legacy?

Not at all. The general represents law and order on this blog.

Jane The Revenge Masquerade is Jasmine’s (witch) and Zane’s (wolf shifter) romantic adventure. They were in the first book and often threatened to steal the show, so it was fitting they got their own story. Fleur, Lukas (dragon lord) and Grace (guardian witch) also make an appearance in The Revenge Masquerade. There are new characters too, notably we meet Lukas’ sexy dragon brother Lorenzo and party loving sister Larna.

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��Shey Venice? Why Venice?

 

Jane, The setting of my stories is very important to me. I write in a descriptive style so the surroundings need to be iconic and memorable. I love Italy and Venice has many attributes that are integral to my story. Firstly, water is an essential element of my dragon fantasy world and Venice has hundreds of canals. Venice is a vivid historical setting with its palazzo and piazza, I could easily visualise my paranormal characters there, living in plain sight among the tourists but part of a dangerous, secret world. Finally, Venice is the city of romance, many of my readers will have been there or want to go there for romantic breaks so it was a great setting for my fantasy, romantic adventure.

��Shey Tell us��a bit about your sumexy hero.

Jane�� Zane’s a wolf shifter his role in my fantasy world is as ambassador for the infant dragon. He’s spent the last year travelling the world, meeting with shifters, vampires and fae, letting them know that the infant dragon is a force for good and ensuring their allegiance.

Strongly attracted to the fiercely, independent Jasmine, who is destined to be the next guardian witch, he refuses to consider a relationship with her. Zane equates commitment with weakness but after their only passionate encounter he finds she is hard to forget. His athletic build and long blond hair and did I mention his silver blue eyes make him pretty memorable too.

 

Dark and powerful Lorenzo, Lukas’ dragon brother challenges Zane for Jasmine and threatens their romantic reunion, when he abducts the young witch as she embarks on her search for Zane

��Shey. Sum up your heroine in a few words.

Jane Jasmine is courageous Intelligent, loyal, powerful and magnet of attraction to alpha, paranormal males.

��Shey. How exciting has all this been for you?

Jane����Writing the story was very exciting. I planned very little and let the characters take me where they wanted to go. I also understood the editing process better this time around and hopefully the finished product will be an improvement on my debut novel.

��I’m not as optimistic about people buying the story though as I was. The market is ultra competitive and it’s so difficult to reach your potential readers. That’s why I appreciate my fellow writers and bloggers; they make the self promotion easier and more successful.

Shey�� Jane listen, it just takes time. The market is also ultra saturated.��I’ve heard it said this is a marathon not a sprint.

I know you will get there. SO just put down the stick you’re beating yourself with. Period. A lot of ‘new ‘ writers complain re the amount of social media they have to do. You have a lot of media including your First steps book reviews. Any advice?

Jane I enjoy blogging, book reviewing and Twitter. Promoting my books is much harder. Selling is an extrovert characteristic and I’m an introvert so it’s out of my comfort zone. I prefer to share the work of other writers and hope they like mine enough to do the same.

Zane Lupus, the wolf shifter who loved and left Jasmine broken-hearted, is in danger. Haunted by nightmares, Jasmine risks her fragile heart and travels to Venice to find her one-time friend and lover, hoping she can save him and rekindle their passion. Abducted by Lorenzo, a passionate dragon, Jasmine is tempted away from her quest to find her wolf.

Zane is confronted with what he suspects is an enemy from his past. He tries in vain to warn the dragon lord, Lukas, about the threat to the infant dragon. The horror beneath The Revenge Masquerade is ancient and terrible and determined to capture the infant dragon for its own ends.

The Dragon Legacy faces its greatest test. Is Jasmine, empowered by the guardian witch���s snake ring, strong enough to restore the natural balance? Or will the sacrifice she must endure destroy her before she embraces her destiny?

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Ian Probert, the ghostwriter and Johnny Nothing.

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Dudes……can we seriously, seriously stop this now…..Dudes……

Right…..that’s it….

 

Okay……so today, as you may have noticed we have the talented and amazing, author and journalist ��Ian Probert.

His first book, the best selling, Internet Spy was made into�� TV film.

Johnny Nothing is his latest book and I’m thrilled to have him here today to guest blog

So, without further ado…here he is….

Ghostwriter says Penguin should refund all those teenagers they ripped��off, by Ian Probert

“I have a teensy-weensy confession for you: I���m not actually writing this article.

I mean, I came up with the ideas for the content and whatnot��� The characters, is that what you call it? The story and all that��� But when it came to the actual business of letting my fingers press down on those little buttons on a keyboard I let someone else do it. I mean, I spend a lot of money on my nails, each cuticle has a different sponsor and I wouldn���t want to let them down by breaking a nail, would I? Dyknowhatimean?

Sure, my name���s at the top of this article. But then why wouldn���t it be? I mean everybody knows my name but even I don���t know the name of the person who did the donkeywork on this article. The actual WRITING if that���s what you call it. That���s not important, is it? What���s important is that as many people as possible buy this article so that my publishers make as much money from it as possible. I mean, they gave me a lot ��� and I mean a LOT, a simply DISGUSTING amount of money ��� for permission to use my name so they have every right to try to ��� what���s the word? RECOUP . That���s it. RECOUP the money.

The people who read this article don���t really care that I didn���t write it. Do they? I mean, the most important thing is that the article bears my name. In a way, I���m sponsoring the article. That���s a nice way of putting it, isn���t it?

I���m a sponsor. Just like all those people who sponsor ME for wearing their lipstick and mascara. I���m SPONSORING these words. Every single word is endorsed by ME. Especially that last word. ME. There, I���ve sponsored it again.

I mean it���s none of my business if an 11-year-old girl named Sofia walked into W H Smith two weekends ago and was shaking with anticipation when she saw my new book that I didn���t write. If you���ve not heard of it I think it���s called ���Grill Online��� and it���s about a girl who spends a lot of time online talking about make-up and boyfriends. I put a LOT of thought into that character. It;s nothing to do with me that Sofia pleaded with her parents for an advance on her pocket money so that she could give my publisher ��12 to help repay, sorry RECOUP, all that money the publisher gave me to use my name. I���m just pleased that Sofia was able to buy a book with my name on the spine. What was inside that book is merely incidental.

I mean, what���s so wrong with using a ghostwriter anyway? I mean, I���m pretty sure that Jordan must use a ghostwriter. She writes loads of books. What about Stephen King? Isn���t he a ghostwriter? Yes I know that I probably should have mentioned that someone else actually composed the sentences in whatchmacallit? ���Gull Ovine��� but no-one got hurt. Did they?

What do you mean that Sofia was really disappointed this morning when she read in the papers that her heroine and role model (role model? Don���t make me laugh. Even I wouldn���t have ME as a role model) didn���t actually write that expensive book that she wrote? What do you mean that Sofia simply assumed that a prestigious publisher such as Penguin would never consider deceiving hundreds of thousands of young girls all over the world simply to make money out of them?

Penguin would NEVER do that. They have integrity. They have a reputation. I mean, everyone���s heard of Penguin Classics. They���re simply the best books in the world, written by the very best writers. I mean, didn���t Morrissey write a Penguin Classic?

Anyhow, even if they have made a teensy bit of money out of ���Growl In Time��� it���s not such a bad thing. I mean everybody does it. Why only last night I had a Dixie Fried Chicken supper. It looked exactly like Kentucky Fried Chicken and the logo was almost identical. Why, it even tasted a little like KFC (I threw mine away in the end and got a Big Mack from Iceland). And what about Milli Vanilli? They were a pop group who didn���t even sing their songs and they won loads of awards! Grammys and all. There! Oh, hold on. They were stripped of all their awards and had to pay back loads of people who had bought their records thinking that they were singing their own songs. I mean, after all it did say ���Milli Vanilli��� on the label of the record. Oops. That could never happen to me. Could it?

I mean I came up with all the ideas and things for that book I didn���t write and then somebody else writ it down.

Maybe, come to think of it, would it have been that wrong for Penguin to simply have given the nice lady who wrote ���God! A Crime!��� a credit on the front of the book? I mean my name could still have been bigger than hers and maybe had a few sparkles on it but at least it would have been HONEST. And all those young girls like Sofia ��� I call them fans, which is a shorter way of spelling ���sucker��� ����� wouldn���t have been crying quite so much about wasting all their pocket money and having their hopes and dreams dashed and finding out that the world is just one big shop and that we���re all shoppers and individuality and originality is a CRIME.

I suppose that would have been the HONEST thing to do. I mean, I���m sure that people would still have bought that book I didn���t write. HONESTLY. Because isn���t writing all about honesty? Isn���t writing one of the few art forms that removes the distance between creator and consumer to create a level of intimacy that can probably never be matched by any other media?

 

Gosh! You can really tell that I didn���t write that last sentence.

I know what. What if Penguin were to simply REFUND the money that their wholly innocent and exploited teenage customers have been diddled out of? What if they simply give back all the money they���ve made trying to RECOUP all that money they gave to me? Wouldn���t that be the HONEST thing to do? Yes it would. I���m sure it would.

I���m going to call my agent right now��� Now where���s my ghost caller? You can never find her when you need her���…..”

 

REVIEWS

���Great new kids book alert! My two are in hysterics reading Johnny Nothing by Ian Probert (and I am too).��� Jane Bruton, Editor of Grazia

“Oh, Wow! Dark, sordid, grotesque and hilarious are only a few words I can conjure up to describe this hilarious book.” Lizzie Baldwin, mylittlebookblog

Critics are comparing Ian Probert to Roald Dahl. And Johnny Nothing we have a modern successor to Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

Johnny Nothing is best-selling author Ian Probert���s first ever children���s book ��� although adults are enjoying it too. The story of the poorest boy in the world and the nastiest mother in the universe, the book is earning rave reviews. Children and grown-ups are all laughing at this incredibly funny kids book.

Take a look for yourself:

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To celebrate the paperback launch of Johnny Nothing Ian Probert is�� offering a free Kindle copy of the book to the first 100 people who Tweet the following message:

@truth42 I���m reading Johnny Nothing by Ian Probert. http://geni.us/3oR8 #YA #Kindle #kidsbooks

The first ten readers who answer the following question will also receive a signed print of one of the book���s illustrations.

Q: What is the tattoo on Ben���s arm?

Send your answers to truth42@icloud.com

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Author biography

Ian Probert has been scribbling down words ever since he learned to spell the phrase: ‘Once upon a time…’. He is the author of Internet Spy, Rope Burns and a bunch of other titles. Internet Spy was a bestseller in the US and made into a TV film. Rope Burns is a book about why books shouldn’t be written about boxing. Ian has also written things for a shed load of newspapers and magazines. When Ian was a student he used to write lots of letters to the bank manager.

 

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