Rochelle Carlton's Blog, page 10
January 17, 2015
ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT!
The Quilt
January 15, 2015
"POO TO PUBLISHED"
The engineer and I sat in a small bay surrounded by a comfortable silence. Apart from the seabirds, and the gentle sound of water on the boat’s hull, we were alone with our thoughts. The harsh New Zealand sun beat down on our backs, and kayaks sat like fat slugs on the white sand of a crescent shaped bay. I watched the nylon sitting neglected on the mirrored surface of the water, and I wondered how long a lamb chop would take to defrost. I looked at the vines silhouetted against a cloudless blue sky, and the bush clad hills that formed folds like a fat ladies belly before they kissed the granite coloured cliffs.
“I think I will write a book.”
“Uh ha” sighed the engineer. That sound by definition means, “oh no here we go again!”
“About what?” He sighed and slumped, already resigned to the news.
“A romance”. The engineer struggled to stifle a groan. I tried to regain his interest.
“Waiheke Island and the New Zealand high country. Relationships and their dynamics. A real story, perhaps including my Joanne.”
A frown played across his face. “Uh ha.” He shook his head and his glazed focus returned to the unmoving nylon of his fishing line.
So begun two years of stolen moments on the keyboard, travelling the path of Twin Pines Station, Marinella Vineyard and the Clarke Family. I explored through my characters the heartbreak of loss, and the healing power of love, the dynamics of family and the constraints imposed by our upbringing.
Don’t get me wrong, my motivation for writing a novel cannot be completely attributed to a sunny day, when the fishing was hard, and the lamb chops were frozen. It was also born through a need to immerse myself in a new project.
Years of driving an archaic truck and watching my daughter compete in various countries, on various horses, of picking up endless piles of poo, from endless species of animals had left me a busy, but just functioning zombie. It was time to think, to be selfish, to do what no mother can do until their children reach that special age, the age when parents are seen as little more than a hindrance. I did something for myself. I began the story of The Quilt, Unravelled and with it came a new life. One of cold meals, paddocks piled high with smelly heaps of poo and a mind that wandered off with a complicated family that had a story to tell.
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January 14, 2015
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Transport yourself to high country New Zealand and the deserted bays of Waiheke Island with The Quilt, Unravelled.
Behind the journey of a pioneering family is a romance complicated by circumstances A friendship pushed to the very edge and series of events that will tie together to form a story of love, loss and healing.
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Goodreads average rating 4.92
Transport yourself!
The Quilt, Unravelled
ESCAPE FOR 0.99c
Behind the journey of a pioneering family is a romance complicated by circumstances A friendship pushed to the very edge and series of events that will tie together to form a story of love, loss and healing.
Available for the low price of 0.99 until the 18th of January. Download your little piece of New Zealand.
http://goo.gl/yrnj5L
Goodreads average rating 4.92
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January 13, 2015
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Excerpt from The Quilt, Unravelled. “The sun had welcomed in the new day with a spectacular display of orange and gold as it erupted over the horizon. Paul watched the long tentacles of colour finger their way across the velvet surface of inky water. He sipped at a strong, rich cup of coffee and reflected on his conversation with his father the previous evening. Of course, it was history, etched in stone and unmoveable.”
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The Quilt
Moving, rousing and beautifully written. 5# review by Jackie Parry.
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January 12, 2015
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to the winners of the Goodreads competition. Look for your paperback copies of The Quilt, Unravelled around the 23rd of January. I hope you enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it.
I will run another competition in the future. Next time the entries will be open to more countries, stay posted!
If you have The Quilt, Unravelled on your “to read” list, or want to download the story of the Clarke family I have now reduced the price! It is the 13th in my little part of the world. Follow the link to buy at just 0.99c. Offer open until the 18th of January.
Congratulations!
For anyone that would like to download on kindle I have now reduced the price (it is the 13th in our part of the world.) I will keep The Quilt, Unravelled at 0.99 until the 18th EST. Happy reading. Thank you for your interest and taking the time to enter the competition for my book.
In the future I will run another giveaway and open it to readers from other countries!
