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Mike Crowl

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The fourth children's book in the Grimhilderness series - The Counterfeit Queen- has now been published (July 2023) on Amazon in both Kindle and paperback formats.

The Counterfeit Queen reintroduces the two main characters from Grimhilda! now both a couple of years older. Polly turns out to be far more than a rag doll that became a real live girl, and within days of knowing this she has to try and take back her throne in a land she's never heard of. Toby manages to go along for the ride and gets himself into considerable danger - again.

I've been writing for most of my life. I began publishing on a casual basis back in the 1990s with various magazines and newspapers, and soon was writing a weekly column for a local newspaper. This column su
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Abuse

First published in Column 8 on the 22.7.1992

One of the side-benefits of feminism has been the exposingof a once much hidden area.

In just one day I came across the following –

A couple of articles in the newspaper Crosslinkdiscussing sexual abuse by counsellors and ministers.  A radio documentary in which women talk aboutbeing sexually abused (in some cases by their fathers), and being freed fr

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I found the science a bit mystifying at times, but the overall concept is good, as are the cartoons that are littered throughout. Unfortunately it didn't grab my attention enough not to be overtaken by the next book in line. ...more
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For whatever reason it akes Scammell quite some time to explain what she means by 5D, and when you does it seems not that remarkable. The book has an important message but it's couched in such a way that it never quite seems to be getting to the poin ...more
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A much bigger book than the first version, and with vastly more useful information. I've been reading it in all sorts of ways as the fancy takes me, using the ideas, and gaining real ground in my current language learning, something that didn't reall ...more
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This one starts off well, but then it slides back again into the same formula as The Martian but without as much suspense. The underlying concept, scientifically (if it's actually any sort of possibility) is intriguing and is maintained well, but the ...more
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I read Thomas Allin's book, Christ Triumphant, back in 2015. It focuses on the theology of Universalism, and shows how it was a common way of thinking back in the days of the early Church Fathers, and beyond. But it was quite hard going because of it ...more
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“She looked Toby straight in the eye and said very distinctly, ‘My mother always told me there are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
Mike Crowl, Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents

“One of the women leaped up from her chair. She seemed to grow taller as she stood. Her long diamond earrings not only caught the sun and blinded you, but jangled and knocked against her cheekbones with a sharp tapping sound. ‘Curse those who cursed it!’ she cried, flinging her arms wildly about her, in a way that didn’t at all suit her formal attire.”
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“More important than our health?’ she replied. ‘Hasthma, Mr Map! That’s what being stuck in that cupboard’ll lead to: Hasthma with a capital H!”
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“I have always been a lover of the sun, even if, through spending a lifetime in Ireland, I have had little personal connection with it.”
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“Controlling people do not like to be controlled. Controlling people do not like to have their agendas obstructed.”
Traci Lawrence

“She looked Toby straight in the eye and said very distinctly, ‘My mother always told me there are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
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“We are not all born at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later... Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.”
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Mike Thanks, Majenta!


Majenta Hello, Mike! Thank you for contacting me. Happy Monday, I hope you're having a great week. Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!
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