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New Release - "Must Have Faith", by Deborah Garland

New Release – “Must Have Faith”, by Deborah Garland

A Darling Cove Novel,  by Deborah Garland Released June 4, 2018

It’s easy to think the jilted groom is probably a jerk. But what if he’s not? What if he’s the good guy?   Faith Copeland has moved back home to the North Fork, where she has to live with stares and whispers behind her back. In Darling Cove, she’ll only ever be Greg Mallory’s runaway bride.  Darling Cove Police Officer, Gregory Mallory…

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The letter is - 'I'

The letter is – ‘I’

I am an IdIot. I ImagIned I’d be able to post somethIng for each letter of the alphabet, once a fortnIght.

But … ‘neIn’. It’s been ImpossIble for me to keep to the tImelIne.

Anyway, the challenge Is to wrIte a post, the fIrst word of the tItle to begIn wIth “I”.

Idleness. IdIocy. InIt(IatIve. IntImacy. Ireland. Islands. Itches. Icons. Ions, Iron, Ivy.

G’wan, have a go!

Tag or CategorIse your post…

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Homework - a sometimes subject of conflict

Homework – a sometimes subject of conflict

In NZ, schools at primary level are under a largely forgotten regulation that declares homework is not compulsory for pupils, and schools may not punish pupols for failing or choosing not to complete or even try it.

Sadly, many parents expect homework (and, also sadly, many parents do not care about it). Homework at primary school was, at ages five through c. seven, not given to us by teachers.…

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Poverty - this week's Mad Poets' theme

Poverty – this week’s Mad Poets’ theme

The child looked up through candlelight. “Mah, is there meat tonight?” From Mama, no word was said; Hiding a tear, she turned her head.

She melted fat in boiling grain. “Mah, will Dah be paid again?” She ladled out his bowl of gruel, And thought how poverty could be so cruel.

Papa that night would not come home. He tramped the roads for work, to roam From farm to farm, from town to town, But…

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Released Today – “Finding Granny”

Released Today – “Finding Granny”

“Finding Granny”, one of EK Books’ series of picture books, deals with the re-discovery of a grandparent who’s suffered a stroke, and has the person the child knew “locked in their own brain”.

Meeting a grandparent soon after the stroke can be scary for the child who has been close, and now sees their grandparent changed.

Within this wonderfully illustrated and written picture book, the authors…

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H challenge for ABC for 2019

H challenge for ABC for 2019

Here’s the next alphabet blogging challenge –H 

How will you interpret it? 

Horse-racing? Hair? Hares? House & Home? Happiness? Holidays? Hope? Heights? Hats? Heaven on earth? Hot Stuff? 

The topic is up to you… All that’s expected is a title starting with the challenge letter, and the Tag or Category “ABC For 2019”. Have fun! 

Pingbacks are welcome, as are Likes and Comments 

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Amazon Removing Reviews?

Here’s my take on it…

Amazon — like pother large conglomerates — pay to access your Facebook data.

Or maybe they employ real people to check author’s presence of FaceBook.

I’m betting they check on who are an Author’s Friends, and who are an Author’s Page Followers.

A review on Amazon by an author’s Friend may be targhetted and removed. A review on Amazon by an author’s Followers (which implies…

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Good Times

Good Times? These are a few of my best, from childhood on…

Spending time with aunty’s seven kids during school holidays – bike rides out to the river, spending the arvo at the local park…

Finishing a party at someone’s house by cooking a fry-up with whatever was in the pantry/fridge (despite cleaning their flat out of food for the week)!

Riding on the outside of Wellington’s Cable Car – heading…

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The Increasing Challenge of Reviews on Amazon

The Increasing Challenge of Reviews on Amazon

As an editor, and owner of this review site, This is where I choose to review my favourite reading books, and promoting the books I’ve edited. As I edit for two publishing houses, I’ve always “held off” on reviewing books I’ve edited on Amazon. They know I’ve not bought a copy via their site. My reviews and promos here get flicked to my facebook page and to my Twitter account, thus giving…

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Interviewing author Deborah Garland

Interviewing author Deborah Garland

Deborah Garland, author of Must Have Faith, agreed to the following interview. Welcome again, Deborah.

Red: Can you name and explain two books which inspired you to write in the romance genre?

Deborah: Thanks for having me, Lynne. I originally wrote Women’s Fiction with romantic elements. But often, there wasn’t a happy ever after between main hero and heroine. Which is the vital ingredient for…

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New Release: "Must Have Faith"

New Release: “Must Have Faith”

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO MUST HAVE FAITH! Must Have Faith – A Darling Cove Novel by Deborah Garland   It’s easy to think the jilted groom is probably a jerk. But what if he’s not? What if he’s the good guy?  Faith Copeland has moved back home to the North Fork, where she has to live with stares and whispers behind her back. In Darling Cove, she’ll only ever be Greg Mallory’s runaway bride. 

Dar…

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Releasing Today - "Trust Me" by G P Gadbois

Releasing Today – “Trust Me” by G P Gadbois

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO G.P. GADBOIS AND “TRUST ME”! Trust Me A Moment in Time Novel by G.P. Gadbois Release Date: May 7, 2018 Publisher: Roane Publishing  

The attraction Suzanne feels towards Bill is intense when their paths cross again. Because he is seeing someone else, she keeps her feelings bottled up and leaves. To heal from the heartache, she turns to family, her girlfriends, and her…

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Choosing your Editor

The following are questions for you, the author, to ask the freelance editor you are considering approaching. Originally by Jenny, for the website Writers Edit

Picture by Pexel, on Pixabay.com

What should I ask a prospective editor?

If they have any qualifications or memberships. You might prefer someone with the theoretical grounding of a degree or certificate, or someone who upholds the…

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F - for the fortnightly ABC For 2018 blog challenge

F – for the fortnightly ABC For 2018 blog challenge

Ready to Fire up your imagination? Use the Fuel of your dreams?

Choose a headline for your post to this challenge, in which the First word starts with ‘F’.

Anything – Fury, Friendship, Fun, Funky, Frenzy-making, Freebies, Fur-Babies, Feathered Friends, Fast movers, Fist Fights, Fiji, France, Frankenstein, Frankfurters, your First {whatever}, your Finest {whatever}…

All I’d like is [ Like] on…

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Trust, by Avery WOODS

Trust, by Avery WOODS

��Why does society treat you as an outcast when you’re single? Is it not bad enough that I have my two best friends pressuring me to date every chance they get. It’s probably because I still haven’t told them the reason I’ve avoided dating: The fact that I am HIV positive. It’s this dirty little secret I’ve been keeping to myself for the last two years. I’ve tried telling my friends and family…

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Employers’ Notices

Employers’ Notices on Smokers

“The following are [according to Cole’s Funny Picture Book No. One, page 202, published in 1879, and sold world-wide] actual notices to potential employees of the various establishments’ equivalent of the current Smoke-Free Policies in the Workplace.” A four-page section was included in that year’s issue – – Boy Smoking – Narcotics and Intoxicants – Pipes of the world

Multitudes of Employers,…

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E - is for the ABC for 2018 Challenge

E – is for the ABC for 2018 Challenge

Are you joining me in this fortnightly (two-weekly – sort of) challenge for tour blog too?

  Ideas to start you off? Think about… Eggs, Elevator pitch, Elementary school, Eternity (woah, that could be deep), Expressions, Effort, Epiphany … you get the idea.

The letter starter should have been posted  much earlier, and due two weeks later.But, as you know by now, I’ve not kept to my own schedule,…