tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41526093978038790172024-03-13T07:09:09.155-06:00The Flowering ValesErudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-13076634412772276572019-10-20T23:36:00.000-06:002019-10-23T18:55:29.491-06:00Dark is the Night by Mirriam Neal ~ Book Spotlight + Review<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Skata has only one goal in life--to seek out the vampire who turned his wife and kill it. When he finally tracks the vampire to the small nowhere town of Salvation, South Carolina, he realizes he has stepped foot into something bigger than himself. He's going to need help--and that help may come in many forms. Between the vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters and an unusual preacher, Skata may be in over his head.</div>
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Of all the vampire books I've read - which don't number many - this is my favorite. It's the perfect mixture of sweetness, snark, sass and adventure with incredible wisdom and a few touches of sadness thrown in. My favorite character was <i>not</i> a werewolf, but the above mentioned, Angel, a vampire. But it's from a lack of werewolves, not because my loyalties are shifting. Yes, pun intended.</div>
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I honestly loved everything about this book...okay, not true, there was something I very much disliked, but more about that later. The characters were well written and connectable for the most part, the plot never dragged or bored me, the descriptions were vivid and realistic and the whole thing captivated and enthralled, leaving me with begging for more...literally.<br />
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If it wasn't for Angel's just pure awesomeness, the Preacher Man would have been my favorite. I mean you've got to read this book just for him! The gems that fall from this man's lip are honestly mind blowing at times, and most definitely thought provoking. A problem I constantly run into is finding novels that incorporate God and Christianity without being 'preachy', thankfully, that was not a problem with <i>Dark is the Night</i>!<br />
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The Girl in this novel and her relationship with the men was refreshingly different and I adored the way in which Ms. Neal handled the usual "Guy reveals something, Girl gets mad and can never forgive him but then she comes to realize something so she goes to him" trope, was perfect. Actually, she twisted a lot of old tropes new ways and that is one of the things that makes this book such a delightful read.<br />
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Also, I can't say much about him because of spoilers, but Gideon is so cool. I know, I know, I keep saying they're all awesome, but Gideon is really fascinating. He's very much not my type though, rather an intimidating fellow, which is why he is not my favorite. No, precious sweet Angel with his very ironic name is way more my type.<br />
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Ms. Neal packs in plenty of suspense and action, I was so on edge and engrossed that I didn't even know when I finished a chapter. I literally went from chapter 14 to 30 without even realizing chapter 14 had ended. Honestly! </div>
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There's just so much to love and enjoy that it's hard for me to find the words to tell you about it. And who wants to go poke around in a South Carolina swamp with me? Well stocked on Wolfsbane and Vervain of course, because as much as I like them, I have no desire to become a werewolf!<br />
I also had the distinct pleasure of ARC-ing this with my dear VampKat, only I finished it before she did and spent several hours gleefully tormenting her. I actually had her thinking that someone we loved was going to die. It was so much fun!! Yes, yes, I'm a mean person. </div>
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Someone dies. Well, many someones die, but there was one death in particular that I really, <i>really</i> didn't like. I wanted to see the person kicking butt with everyone else, but he can't do that if he's dead!! I must admit though, his death <i>was</i> a good plot point.</div>
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I didn't connect with Skata very well and he felt rather vague at times. I don't know if that was just me or if that was the writing of his character.<br />
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I know that quite a few of my blog readers don't read vampire novels, so why should you read this one? The best answer I have is that in this novel, so many questions that everyone asks are answered in a new way that can be greatly enlightening and comforting. I'd describe it more as a good novel that has some vampires in it, than a vampire novel with a good plot. Plus Ms. Neal doesn't shy from truth or reality no matter how uncomfortable it might be. So I ask you, please trust me and even if you don't usually read this type of story, hold your skepticism and give <i>Dark is the Night</i> a shot.<br />
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MIRRIAM NEAL is an author frequently masquerading as an artist. When she's not scrubbing paint off her hands, she's thinking about writing (actually, if she's being honest, she's always thinking about writing). A discovery writer, she tends to start novels and figure them out as she goes along and likes to work on several books at the same time--while drinking black coffee. She's a sucker for monsters, unlikely friendships, redemption arcs, and underdog protagonists. When not painting fantasy art or writing genre-bending novels, she likes to argue the existence of Bigfoot, rave about Guillermo del Toro, and write passionate defenses of misunderstood characters.</div>
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<br />Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-74247842373632421442019-09-27T16:49:00.002-06:002019-09-27T16:49:47.989-06:00Tolkein Party 2019 ~ The Genius of Tolkien<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The more of his works I read, the more amazed I am at the genius of this man. He invented his own languages, he wrote the most epic saga to come out of the 1900's (book saga) and every piece of his work breathes with a mystical something that I have no words to describe.<br />
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I recently read three of his smaller works.<b> </b><i><b>Roverandom</b>, <b>Smith of Wootton Major</b></i> and <i><b>Farmer Giles of Ham</b>.</i> Some would think of them as 'kids stories', but I found them as enjoyable now as I would have at seven! And though they have no where <i>near</i> the depth and intricacy of <b><i>Lord of the Rings</i></b> or <b><i>The Silmarillion</i></b>, they still have this magical quality that almost transforms them into living breathing <i>reality</i>. <br />
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But besides the magical and mystical beauty of his stories, there is a sturdy wholesomeness to them that benefits every reader who can see it. He said <b><i>Lord of the Rings</i></b> wasn't an allegory and it isn't really, but there is so much truth, righteousness and so many life lessons that you can learn from those pages. He was a truly amazing man and I am eternally grateful that I have had the privilage of reading the stories he wrote.<br />
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I hope that this bumbling attempt to express my thoughts makes sense to you all. I took me three days to write and i nearly wore the delete key out!<br />
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<br />Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-1344720003124297062019-09-23T12:53:00.000-06:002019-09-25T12:58:05.264-06:00Tolkien Party 2019: Would You Rather...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Well, I'd say the Fellowship because of Sam and Pippin and all the other awesome ones, but then again, the Company is a total hoot! I still think I'll join the Fellowship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2. ...ride Shadowfax or an eagle?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Seriously?! Okay, this is a tougher one to answer. I love horses and Shadowfax is absolutely amazing, but it's an <i>eagle</i>! I think I'd have to go for the eagle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Mirkwood, definitely Mirkwood. I mean yes, there are creepy spiders, but it's a forest and I love forests. Plus there are some really cool elves!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Oooooo, I don't know, 'cause either could be really good at saving my life. But I think it would have to be the mithril chainmail because I think it would probably come in handy more often. I think.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">5. ...try to outwit Smaug or Saruman?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Yeah I'm gonna go with Smaug. I'm pretty good at flattery, but I would never be able to outwit Saruman, not in a million years!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Denethor. He's a ass, Grima is a creep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">7. ...attend Faramir's wedding or Samwise's wedding?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> <b><i>HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME?!?!?! CHOSE SAM AND ROSIE OR FARAMIR OR EOWYN?!?!</i></b> That's just wrong. But since I <i>have</i> to chose, Faramir and Eowyn because more of the people I want to meet are there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">8. ...have to care for the One Ring or the Arkenstone for a day?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> The Arkenstone! *shudders* Keep the One Ring far away from me please, I'm pretty sure it would ruin me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Hmmmmm. Well, if I had tea with Frodo, then Sam would probably show up, but depending on <i>when </i>I had tea with Bilbo, I might get to see Frodo <i>and</i> Sam. So I'll say Bilbo because I also get the feeling that Bilbo is a better cook than Frodo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Honestly?! Wow, you sure know how to ask some hard questions! I gotta say Eomer, 'cause the Rohirrim are just awesome. But then again, depending on where and when I was fighting alongside Boromir, Faramir might be there too. So yep, don't know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Well that was a ton of fun! I hope you all enjoyed my answers as much as I enjoyed answering.</span>Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-85187776355181787472019-09-22T22:56:00.000-06:002019-09-22T22:56:12.085-06:00Well...Hello So, I've been absent for a rather long time. Life just picked me up and swept me away and jeepers, it's been a very interesting year!<br />
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In the seven months of my absence, some pretty big changes have happened!<br />
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To begin with...I moved! Not far, simply 40 miles north of my previous location, but I did move from the country to a 55,000 pop. town. That's been an adjustment!! And for the first time in 14 years, there will be no horde or gaggle (which ever term you prefer) of children perched at a fence, or a window on the rainy years, to watch the cows come down from summer pasture this weekend.<br />
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I also attended the nearby State Fair for the first time in 11 years. It was amazing! Even more so because most of my younger siblings had either never experienced it before, or were too young to remember. Plus we had my niece and nephew with us. Also, you can see something on a food vendor menu and when you eat it, find that it's a disappointment. Corndogs though, they never disappoint.<br />
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I've been hanging out with The Munchkins aka my niece and nephew, a
lot. I went down to babysit at their house twice and then they've been
at are house several days out of the week, every week for a while. I'd somewhat
forgotten how amusing little, little kids can be. <br />
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I've also made amazing new friends and grown much closer to old ones. <br />
My dear friend, <a href="http://keturahskorner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Keturah Lamb</a>, came to visit before she
went off to Germany. It actually happened before we moved, and we went
on a little hike up through a gorgeous mountain gap nearby.<br />
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I am also looking forward to hopefully receiving a visit from two more
dear friends, <a href="https://tearoomtime.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">PioneerGirl</a> and <a href="http://moviesmeetmatch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">MovieCritic</a>. If all goes well, they will
pop by and be the first of my friends to visit me in the new house!<br />
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Back in March, my oldest girlfriend returned from her mission in
Canada and we got to catch up after 18 months. She took me out for
lunch and it was so good to just sit and talk again.<br />
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And the lovely <a href="http://meanwhileinrivendell.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Olivia</a> and I were able to squeeze in a movie night - er - afternoon, where we watched a bit of a TV show we both love. We need to do that again, Olivia!<br />
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Oh, I did get to go see three movies in theatre, <i>Avengers: Endgame, Aladdin </i>and <i>Spiderman: Far From Home. </i>Loved all three, though there were a few irritating moments in both Marvel movies, but <i>Aladdin</i> was the absolute best!<br />
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And that's pretty much a wrap on what I've been doing. Tomorrow I will join in <a href="https://theedgeoftheprecipice.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hamlette</a>'s Tolkien Party and maybe do the Classic's tag that Keturah tagged me for. <br />
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And I'm back! Let's see which heroines made it onto today's list.</div>
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Also, don't forget to check out <a href="http://jesusnbooks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rebekah's</a> post.</div>
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Okay, who <i>doesn't</i> love this woman! I mean, wow, she's a total badass and I love every single thing about her. And it breaks my heart that she is gone now, not just the character, but the actress as well.</div>
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"No one's ever really gone."</div>
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Now so far, Rose is the only companion I really know, but I just love her! She's smart, spunky, sassy and sweet as can be. And that little thing she does with her tongue is totally adorable!!</div>
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Katie lives on a little Scottish island taking care of her terminally ill mum and writing travel guides for the island. Then this fancy celebrity couple (played by David Tennant and Alice Eve) come to the island to be married, and when the paparazzi catches on, Katie is hired to act as a decoy. Of course, things don't go right ans shenanigans and high-jinks ensue. It's one of the most hilarious movies I've ever seen and I love it!! Kelly MacDonald is a very good actress and I love this role of hers!</div>
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Now, I originally told myself that I wasn't going to do any heroines from the the same movies/shows I did heroes from, but I just had to put Young Shin on here.</div>
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Like Healer, this girl has been through a lot of rough stuff, but it only shaped and hardened the diamond she is. A reporter for an online gossip magazine, she's the funniest, bubbliest little thing and runs smack dab into trouble without looking either way. Her father is a lawyer who takes cases for those with little funds, and he often defended criminals. When they were released from jail, he would find them jobs and help them start down a new road. Therefore, they often hung out at his coffee shop a lot, and taught Young Shin their various skills at a young age. She can pick locks and pockets like the veriest street rat and her skills cause a rather funny scene once.</div>
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Jung Soo takes her to a private place of his and he always gets there by picking a lock. He starts to pick it, but then remembers she is with him (she doesn't know who he really is at this point, she thinks he just the new intern at the office) and says that he forgot the key. She waves him aside and nonchalantly picks the lock with a hairpin...and then realizes what she just did. It's absolutely hilarious. </div>
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<u><b>Cinderella ~ Disney's Cinderella (2015)</b></u></div>
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Cinderella was never my favorite fairytale, and I found the animated Disney movie to be completely boring, but the live-action, was fantastic!</div>
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Cinderella has actual <i>character</i> and emotions and Lily James was absolutely the perfect person to play her! So yes, this is a version of Cinderella that I <i>love</i>.</div>
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See you all later!</div>
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Today I have five books heroes I <i>enjoy</i>, <i>not</i> my favorites!</div>
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<u><b>Dr. Robin McRae ~ Dear Enemy - Jean Webster</b></u></div>
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Dr. McRae - or Sandy - is the taciturn, curmudgeonly Scotch doctor on call for the John Grier Home, an Orphanage in New England that is the setting for this epistolary style novel. Sandy is the best because - while he is grumpy, grouchy and often fights with and then ignores the heroine - he is an absolute sweetheart and the glimpses of his behavior with the children are so beautiful. He really loves them and his dedication to his work is amazing. </div>
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<u><b>Chip Bennett ~ Chip, of the Flying U - B.M. Bower</b></u></div>
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Ah, Chip Bennett, the best rider on the Flying U and such a sweetheart. A man of few words, he has a heart of gold and is very talented not only at making the Little Doctor's heart beat fast, but also with a brush and paint and the wildest horses on the place.</div>
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<u><b>Daniel Pickett ~ Kiss of the Spindle - Nancy Campbell Allen</b></u></div>
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What I love the most about the hero from this Steampunk Sleeping Beauty retelling, is that he's not all swoony the first time he meets the girl, on the contrary, she blackmails her way onto his ship, and he is mad as can be! But as you get to know him, you find a kind, caring young man suffering greatly from PTSD and doing his best to help those persecuted unjustly make new lives elsewhere. And his jealous moments are an absolute hoot!</div>
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<u><b>Devin the Pooka ~ MBRC series - K.M. Shea</b></u></div>
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I imagine Devin looking something like this, he is tall, dark and handsome and a total rouge! A shapeshifter and a flirt he annoys the heroine to no end...and he's not technically the hero of the series, but then again, it doesn't really have a hero.</div>
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<u><b>Dawsey Adams ~ The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer</b></u></div>
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Though this is a picture of Dawsey from the movie, I would like you all to know from the very start that....I DO NOT LIKE THIS MOVIE.</div>
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Now don't get me wrong, the actors and actresses were fantastic and Lily James and Matthew Goode were just the best not to mention Kit was adorable, (oh, and the totally got Mark's "American Arrogance" down pat!), but it just wasn't as good as the book! They cut out way too many things and changed other things merely for the sake of drama and I hate it when they do that!</div>
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Dawsey Adams was a farmer on Guernsey Island during it's occupation by the Germans in WWII and the horrors he endured are more then just heart-wrenching, they are out right sickening! But he didn't let the atrocities committed by some (Germans) blind him to the good in others. And when her parents were arrested, he took the child of his good friends an raised the little darling with the help of other friends. He is just one of the best fictional heroes I have ever read the story of!</div>
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Well, that's all for tonight, be sure to check out Rebekah's post and tell us what you think!</div>
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The lovely <a href="http://jesusnbooks.blogspot.com/2019/02/fab-five-top-five-favorite-movietv.html" target="_blank">Rebekah</a> and I have begun a new blog series, that - as you can see above - is called Fab Five. On Tuesdays and Fridays we will be talking about five characters, scenes, settings, etc. that we enjoy from different books, movies and TV shows. Movies/TV will be Tuesday and Books will be Friday.</div>
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I hope you enjoy these posts and feel free to join in if you want! If you want to use the graphics I created, just shoot me an email at (fromtheashes2931[at]gmail[dot]com) and I'll send them over!</div>
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<u><b>Soo Jung Hoo - Healer (South Korean TV drama)</b></u></div>
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So first of all, I think I've mentioned before that I am extremely partial to Irish actors? Well I am, but that is only a small part of why I like this Merlin. ;) There is something very compelling about the tale of this young man full of magic who comes to a place where it is absolutely forbidden and watching him struggle to not only survive there, but to save those around him from the darkness. And Colin Morgan is just plain awesome! I just wish they had ended the show differently.</div>
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Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-16271893125476882542019-02-05T15:13:00.000-07:002019-02-05T15:13:10.542-07:00Hello<div style="text-align: center;">
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Since last I posted I have (in no particular order):</div>
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Cut my hair. It used to be waist length and I got a layered, just below the shoulder, cut. Taking off all that length really brought out the curl and having such short hair took some getting used to!</div>
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Put up a Christmas tree for the first time in many, many long years.</div>
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Set up a bookstagram. You can follow me @frosty.dragonfly.reads<br />
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Completed all 50,000 words of NaNoWriMo in less than 30 days! I'm still really surprised that I actually did it. My novel is a steampunk fantasy Beauty and the Beast with bits of The Snow Queen and East of the Sun, West of the Moon thrown in. Never before have I had a story flow as smoothly as that one did!<br />
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I have met many new people, lost touch with others and had a few angry discussions with life. But on the whole I am doing very well and am looking forward to posting on here more regularly.<br />
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Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-85639678013242421362018-09-05T11:48:00.002-06:002018-09-05T11:48:42.787-06:00Dancing & Doughnuts ~ Interview<div style="text-align: center;">
I am absolutely delighted to bring you all an interview with the lovely Rachel Kovaciny today. But first I would like to apologize for the lateness of this post and if anything shows up weird or doesn't come through. I've been having internet issues.</div>
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<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":td.co" style="text-align: left;">Hello, Rachel! Very glad to have you here today!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":td.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":ta.co" style="text-align: left;">I'm very glad to be here!</span> </span></span></div>
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<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":td.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":t5.co" style="text-align: left;">I greatly enjoyed <i>Dancing & Doughnuts</i> and I'm glad I have the chance to ask you a few questions about it.</span> </span></div>
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<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:15:55 PM UTC-6" id=":t2.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":t2.co" style="text-align: left;">Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😀 <span class="Pt tGvGdc" data-emo="🙂"><span style="display: inline-block; opacity: 0.0; position: absolute; width: 0;">🙂</span></span> I had a ton of fun writing it.</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:15:55 PM UTC-6" id=":t2.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":t2.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:15:55 PM UTC-6" id=":t2.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":t2.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sx.co" style="text-align: left;">First question. What "got you started" with writing fairytale re-tellings?</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:15:55 PM UTC-6" id=":t2.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":t2.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sx.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:15:55 PM UTC-6" id=":t2.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":t2.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sx.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":su.co" style="text-align: left;">I
actually had the idea for a western retelling of "The Twelve Dancing
Princesses" six or seven years ago. But I wasn't sure anyone would be
interested in fairy tales retold to feature cowboys.</span></span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:18:59 PM UTC-6" id=":st.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":st.co" style="text-align: left;">But
then Elisabeth Grace Foley wrote "Corral Nocturne," her version of
Cinderella, and it was such fun to read. And when a writer I know,
Hayden Wand, won the "Five Enchanted Roses" contest from Rooglewood
Press, I thought, "Hey, I could enter the next contest of theirs."</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:19:37 PM UTC-6" id=":ss.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":ss.co" style="text-align: left;">But
when they announced the next fairy tale contest would be for retellings
of "Sleeping Beauty," I was like, "Oh. Never mind." Because I've just
got a lot of issues with that fairy tale.</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:20:22 PM UTC-6" id=":sr.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sr.co" style="text-align: left;">But...
I got an idea for a western version of it, and I realized I could FIX a
lot of the things that bug me about that fairy tale, so I wrote my own
version, which eventually became "The Man on the Buckskin Horse," which
won the contest and got included in their "Five Magic Spindles"
anthology.</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:20:32 PM UTC-6" id=":sq.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sq.co" style="text-align: left;">(There, I'm done. Sorry, that got long!)</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:20:32 PM UTC-6" id=":sq.ma">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sq.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:20:32 PM UTC-6" id=":sq.ma">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sq.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sk.co" style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: black;">As a lover of Westerns <i>and</i> fairytales, I'm glad you decided to give it a whirl!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:20:32 PM UTC-6" id=":sq.ma">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sq.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sk.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:20:32 PM UTC-6" id=":sq.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sq.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sk.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sh.co" style="text-align: left;">Thanks!</span> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:20:32 PM UTC-6" id=":sq.ma">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sq.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sk.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:20:32 PM UTC-6" id=":sq.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sq.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sk.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sc.co" style="text-align: left;">You're welcome.</span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:21:56 PM UTC-6" id=":sb.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sb.co" style="text-align: left;">I was wondering though, <i>why</i> westerns?</span></div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sq.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sk.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:20:32 PM UTC-6" id=":sq.ma">
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<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:22:28 PM UTC-6" id=":s8.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:22:28 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":s8.co" style="text-align: left;">Ahhhhh, why westerns specifically.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":s8.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:22:28 PM UTC-6" id=":s8.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:22:28 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":s8.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":s3.co" style="text-align: left;">Yes.</span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sq.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sk.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:20:32 PM UTC-6" id=":sq.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sq.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sk.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":s0.co" style="text-align: left;">Because
I love them. I grew up watching old cowboy movies and TV shows with my
dad, and I used to dream of owning my own ranch in Texas. Westerns are
absolutely my favorite genre to watch, and I love learning about the
history of that era. So in 2012, I started writing a YA western, my
first western story in probably a decade. And it felt like HOME.
Everything about writing that book just felt RIGHT. By the time I was
finished with the first draft, I realized I didn't want to write
anything but westerns. And I basically haven't.</span></span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:25:09 PM UTC-6" id=":rz.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rz.co" style="text-align: left;">I feel that westerns are America's mythology, and they really fit with fairy tales in a neat way. </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:25:37 PM UTC-6" id=":ry.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:25:37 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":ry.co" style="text-align: left;">Both westerns and fairy tales tend to teach the audience lessons about life, morality, and human nature. </span></span></div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sq.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sk.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:20:32 PM UTC-6" id=":sq.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sq.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":sk.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rt.co" style="text-align: left;">I couldn't agree more! I've actually wanted to write western fairytale re-tellings myself.</span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rs.co" style="text-align: left;">I had the idea of a town where there both fairytale re-tellings and Jane Austen re-tellings.</span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rs.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rs.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rp.co" style="text-align: left;">I LOVE THAT.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #783f04;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rs.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rp.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #783f04;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rs.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rp.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rk.co" style="text-align: left;">Thank you!</span> </span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #783f04;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rs.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rp.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rs.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":rp.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18p.co" style="text-align: left;">I think Jane Austen retellings in the old west would work superbly. </span></span></span></span><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18o.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Actually, Cloaked has a bit of a Northanger Abbey vibe to it. 😉</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18o.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18o.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18j.co" style="text-align: left;">You just make all the large land owners into large ranchers!</span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
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<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:28:23 PM UTC-6" id=":18b.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18b.co" style="text-align: left;">I have yet to read that story. Is that your Red Ridinghood re-telling?</span></div>
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<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18o.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18j.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18o.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18j.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18o.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18j.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18g.co" style="text-align: left;">Precisely!</span> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18o.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18j.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":188.co" style="text-align: left;">The eras aren't that different -- only about 70 years apart -- so a lot of the mores and conventions would be so similar.</span></span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:28:48 PM UTC-6" id=":187.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":187.co" style="text-align: left;">Yup! That's the Little Red Riding Hood one.</span></span></div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18o.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":18j.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6" id=":rs.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:26:39 PM UTC-6">
<div class="PD IF">
<div class="JL" id=":17z.co">
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:28:53 PM UTC-6" id=":182.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":182.co" style="text-align: left;">Very true.</span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:29:18 PM UTC-6" id=":181.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":181.co" style="text-align: left;">Is there a specific event or story that you can point to as the inspiration for <i>D&D</i>?</span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:29:18 PM UTC-6" id=":181.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":181.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:29:18 PM UTC-6" id=":181.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":181.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17y.co" style="text-align: left;">Hmmmmmmm.</span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:30:20 PM UTC-6" id=":17x.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17x.co" style="text-align: left;">Well,
like I said, I got the idea for it probably in 2012 or 2013. It's been
a while. I do know that just the idea of the main character being a
soldier home from the war is what first made me think, "Hey, this could
be a Civil War veteran! This could be a western!"</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:31:24 PM UTC-6" id=":17w.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17w.co" style="text-align: left;">But
more recently, sometime in the spring or summer of 2017, I read
something about dance halls that taught me that dance halls were NOT
brothels, but were places where respectable people could meet and dance,
and that really made me go, "Oh! Twelve dancing sisters could work at a
dance hall!"</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:31:52 PM UTC-6" id=":17v.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:31:52 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17v.co" style="text-align: left;">And
the story kind of snowballed from there. Unfortunately, I no longer
remember how I decided to add doughnuts to the mix, other than that
"Dancing and Doughnuts" sounded like a fun title.</span></span></div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":181.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:29:18 PM UTC-6" id=":181.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":181.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17q.co" style="text-align: left;">It
is a cool title and I love the premise. And yes, it is a bit annoying
how few people know the difference between dance halls and brothels.</span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;">While we are on the subject of the girls, will they appear in later re-tellings?</span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17m.co" style="text-align: left;">Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Um, well, probably not.</span></span></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17l.co" style="text-align: left;"> Not in another book, anyway. However!</span></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17m.co" style="text-align: left;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17k.co" style="text-align: left;"> Just
like I wrote a short-story tag to "The Man on the Buckskin Horse," I am
open to ideas for short stories that add on to the books.</span></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:35:08 PM UTC-6" id=":17j.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17j.co" style="text-align: left;">In
fact, I have an idea for a prequel to this book, though it hasn't
totally gelled. But it would be a short story, something I'd offer for
free somehow.</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:35:40 PM UTC-6" id=":17i.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:35:40 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17i.co" style="text-align: left;">But
the Once Upon a Western series is an anthology series of stand-alone
books, so the next book will have all-new characters again.</span></span></div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;">Interesting. I <i>was</i> hoping that some of the younger girls would be featured in their own story. </span></span><br /><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":174.co" style="text-align: left;">But I can understand why you would do it that way.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17a.co" style="text-align: left;">I will not say it can't happen, because it could.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":179.co" style="text-align: left;"> But I'd need an idea to hit me.</span></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17a.co" style="text-align: left;"></span></span></span></span><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":171.co" style="text-align: left;">It
lets me explore different regions and eras -- like, Cloaked took place
in the 1880s, but Dancing and Doughnuts takes place in the 1860s.</span></span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:37:18 PM UTC-6" id=":170.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":170.co" style="text-align: left;">I was very tempted to stick Mr. Palmer from "The Man on the Buckskin Horse" in this somehow, but he never quite fit.</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:37:31 PM UTC-6" id=":16z.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:37:31 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16z.co" style="text-align: left;">But I could see kind of having cross-overs in some short stories somewhere.</span></span></div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16u.co" style="text-align: left;">*nods* That makes a lot of sense.</span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:37:50 PM UTC-6" id=":16t.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16t.co" style="text-align: left;">Which character was your favorite to write?</span></div>
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16p.co" style="text-align: left;">Shhhhh, don't tell any of my other characters this,</span></span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:38:40 PM UTC-6" id=":16o.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16o.co" style="text-align: left;">but
Jedediah Jones was more fun to write than any other original character I
have ever written. I LOVED writing him. He basically wrote himself. I
just took dictation.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16j.co" style="text-align: left;">I noticed that one was quite talkative!</span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:39:47 PM UTC-6" id=":16i.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16i.co" style="text-align: left;">My favorite characters to read were the Sheriff, Mr. Kitteridge, Clara and Felicity.</span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:39:47 PM UTC-6" id=":16i.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16i.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:39:47 PM UTC-6" id=":16i.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16i.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16f.co" style="text-align: left;">Awww! I absolutely love Sheriff Walbridge and Mr. Kittredge. I would happily marry either of them.</span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:17 PM UTC-6" id=":16e.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16e.co" style="text-align: left;">You know, if they weren't fictional and I wasn't already married.</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:22 PM UTC-6" id=":16d.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16d.co" style="text-align: left;">Um, and if they weren't married/engaged.</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:25 PM UTC-6" id=":16c.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16c.co" style="text-align: left;">You know what I mean.</span></span></div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16i.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:39:47 PM UTC-6" id=":16i.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16i.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":167.co" style="text-align: left;">Funny, I was thinking that myself!</span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;">Exactly!</span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;">😀</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;">😉</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15v.co" style="text-align: left;">Clara and Felicity were superbly fun too. Clara in particular just tickles me.</span></span><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15u.co" style="text-align: left;"> She's so snappy!</span><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15v.co" style="text-align: left;"></span></span><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15p.co" style="text-align: left;">Aye, that she is! </span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:42:04 PM UTC-6" id=":15o.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15o.co" style="text-align: left;">If you do wind up writing any short sequels, I hope we see more of Trouble and More Trouble!</span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:42:15 PM UTC-6" id=":15n.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15n.co" style="text-align: left;">They were an absolute hoot!</span></div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<div class="PD IF">
<div class="JL" id=":15d.co">
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:42:59 PM UTC-6" id=":15k.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15k.co" style="text-align: left;">Awwwww, those two. I love those two!</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:43:23 PM UTC-6" id=":15j.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15j.co" style="text-align: left;">I honestly meant to give them actual names, originally, and just stuck Trouble and More Trouble in there as placeholders.</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:43:33 PM UTC-6" id=":15i.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15i.co" style="text-align: left;">And then I realized that nope, those were exactly what they needed to be called.</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:43:33 PM UTC-6" id=":15i.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15i.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15i.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:44:15 PM UTC-6" id=":15c.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15c.co" style="text-align: left;">That's amusing. If I were to learn their real names, I would <i>never</i> call them that!</span></div>
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15i.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:43:56 PM UTC-6" id=":15h.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15h.co" style="text-align: left;">I had to stop them from running away with the whole story a couple of times because they really do have a great energy to them.</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<div class="PD IF">
<div class="JL" id=":159.co">
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:44:19 PM UTC-6" id=":15b.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":15b.co" style="text-align: left;">Yes, they do!</span></div>
</div>
</div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":158.co" style="text-align: left;">They never did confess their real names to me. And I'm okay with that.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":158.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":158.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":153.co" style="text-align: left;">I think most of your readers will be too!</span> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":158.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:40:31 PM UTC-6" id=":166.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":166.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":158.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":150.co" style="text-align: left;">They'll have to be!</span> </span> </span></span></div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16i.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:39:47 PM UTC-6" id=":16i.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16i.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14v.co" style="text-align: left;">This next question is one of my favorites to ask in author interviews. Were any of the characters based on real life people?</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:39:47 PM UTC-6" id=":16i.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16i.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14v.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:39:47 PM UTC-6" id=":16i.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16i.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14v.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14s.co" style="text-align: left;">Actually, yes!</span></span></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:48:49 PM UTC-6" id=":14r.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14r.co" style="text-align: left;">I
don't normally base characters on people I know in real life, but I
made an exception this time. My mom belongs to a book club at the
church I grew up in, and last year, they invited me to come talk to them
about my book Cloaked.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14r.co" style="text-align: left;"></span></span><div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:49:19 PM UTC-6" id=":14q.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:49:19 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14q.co" style="text-align: left;">During
our discussions, they announced that I needed to put them all in my
next book. I've known most of these ladies since I was 12, and they're
like aunts and cousins to me at this point.</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:49:19 PM UTC-6" id=":14q.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:49:19 PM UTC-6">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14q.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:49:19 PM UTC-6" id=":14q.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:49:19 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14q.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14l.co" style="text-align: left;">Ah! The Quilting Ladies!</span></span><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14k.co" style="text-align: left;"> The ones who <i>don't</i> gossip!</span><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14q.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14l.co" style="text-align: left;"></span></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14q.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16i.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14v.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:49:19 PM UTC-6" id=":14q.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:49:19 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":16i.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14v.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="PD IF">
<div class="JL" id=":14c.co">
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:49:55 PM UTC-6" id=":14h.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14h.co" style="text-align: left;">I
kind of laughed about it, but as I was writing this, I got to the part
with the sewing circle, and I realized that I could TOTALLY name all
those lovely ladies after the Salem Book Bunch.</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:49:59 PM UTC-6" id=":14g.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14g.co" style="text-align: left;">Precisely.</span></span></div>
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</div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":14b.co" style="text-align: left;">That's sweet!</span> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6" id=":17p.ma" title="August 29, 2018 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-6">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17p.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":17d.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":148.co" style="text-align: left;">So that's why they all get first names. Those are all people I know for real. And I can't WAIT for them to read this!</span> </span></span> </span></div>
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":181.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:29:18 PM UTC-6" id=":181.ma">
<div class="PD IF">
<div class="JL" id=":141.co">
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:50:42 PM UTC-6" id=":143.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":143.co" style="text-align: left;">I'm sure they'll love it!</span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:50:42 PM UTC-6" id=":143.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":143.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:50:42 PM UTC-6" id=":143.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":143.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":140.co" style="text-align: left;">I hope so!</span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:50:42 PM UTC-6" id=":143.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":143.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":140.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:50:42 PM UTC-6" id=":143.ma">
<div class="PD IF">
<div class="JL" id=":13t.co">
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:55:29 PM UTC-6" id=":13v.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":13v.co" style="text-align: left;">Well, this has been a delightful chat, but I'm afraid I must go now. Supper calls.</span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:55:29 PM UTC-6" id=":13v.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":13v.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:55:29 PM UTC-6" id=":13v.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":13v.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":13s.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">And my kids just returned from the pool, so I'd better pop them all into the showers! </span> </span></span></div>
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<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":143.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":140.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:50:42 PM UTC-6" id=":143.ma">
<div class="PD IF">
<div class="JL" id=":13l.co">
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:56:40 PM UTC-6" id=":13n.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":13n.co" style="text-align: left;">But thank you for allowing me to ARC for you and for doing this little interview.</span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:56:40 PM UTC-6" id=":13n.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":13n.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:56:40 PM UTC-6" id=":13n.ma">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":13n.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":13k.co" style="text-align: left;">Thanks so much for the fun conversation! </span></span></span><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":13n.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":13k.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":125.co" style="text-align: left;">You're welcome! </span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":143.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":140.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:50:42 PM UTC-6" id=":143.ma">
<div class="PD IF">
<div class="JL" id=":126.co">
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:57:13 PM UTC-6" id=":128.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":128.co" style="text-align: left;">I look forward to reading the rest of this series! Happy Writing!</span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:57:13 PM UTC-6" id=":128.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":128.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:57:13 PM UTC-6" id=":128.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":128.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":12d.co" style="text-align: left;">Thanks! Have a good night!</span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:57:13 PM UTC-6" id=":128.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":128.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":12d.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:57:13 PM UTC-6" id=":128.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":128.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":12d.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":12g.co" style="text-align: left;">You too!</span> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:57:13 PM UTC-6" id=":128.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":128.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":12d.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:57:13 PM UTC-6" id=":128.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":128.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":12d.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":128.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":12d.co" style="text-align: left;">✯✯✯✯✯✯✯</span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:57:13 PM UTC-6" id=":128.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":128.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":12d.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:57:13 PM UTC-6" id=":128.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":128.co" style="text-align: left;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":12d.co" style="text-align: left;">Be sure to look up this story on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Doughnuts-Once-Upon-Western/dp/1725196808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536169460&sr=8-1&keywords=dancing+and+doughnuts+rachel+kovaciny" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40200640-dancing-and-doughnuts?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> and you should check out Rachel's <a href="https://theedgeoftheprecipice.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a>, too! </span> </span></div>
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<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":143.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":140.co" style="text-align: left;"> </span> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:50:42 PM UTC-6" id=":143.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":143.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="Mu SP" data-tooltip="August 29, 2018 at 5:50:42 PM UTC-6" id=":143.ma">
<span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":143.co" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></span></div>
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Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-75081761684137654422018-09-03T19:46:00.000-06:002018-09-03T19:46:27.301-06:00Waiting For Isaac ~ Cover Reveal<div style="text-align: center;">
Today I am privileged to bring to you the cover for <a href="http://www.jessicagreyson.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Greyson's</a> new book. <i>Waiting For Isaac</i>, a non-fiction work, is a collection of essays on singlehood and waiting for a husband. It sounds intriguing and I look forward to reading it.</div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Anne</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;"> Shirley</span><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">, in </span><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Anne of Avonlea,</span></i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;"> talks about Jonah Days—those days where nothing goes right, you </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">are pestered</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;"> with bad moods and unwanted ills or aches…and you feel just as if </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">your life was swallowed by a whale</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">. And yes, we have them, but we also have something else: Jonah Boats.</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">The
more people I talk to, the more I realize that Jonah wasn’t the only
one with this idea. Life starts getting hard, and you begin to build a
backup plan, a place to go, something to do, a fallback, plan B…that
thing you’re going to do if God doesn’t come through in exactly the way
you <i>think</i> He should.</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Jonah Boats often come with red ribbons, golden wrapping paper, and the jingle of all your dreams about to come to fruition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Minion Pro",serif;"> </span>Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-71936639206173287952018-09-01T05:00:00.000-06:002018-09-01T05:00:04.251-06:00Dancing & Doughnuts: Book Release ~ Book Revew Today, I bring you my review of Rachel Kovaciny's Twelve Dancing Princesses re-telling, <i>Dancing & Doughnuts</i>!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I received a free copy
of this book in exchange for my honest review.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I very much enjoyed this
story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a light and easy read,
amusing, and even a bit thought provoking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love westerns and fairytales so I am always delighted when someone
mixes them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I liked how Ms. Kovaciny
wove in the themes from the original Twelve Dancing Princesses tale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mixing fairytale aspects into a non-magical
world isn't <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">always an easy thing to
achieve</span>, but she did a very good job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My favorite element was the silver and gold forest.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I felt the characters
could have been more well rounded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sheriff Walbridge, Mr.
Kitteridge, Clara and Felicity were my favorite characters and I wish we would
have gotten more of Trouble and More Trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Though not my favorite
character, the mental processes of the hero (the book is portrayed through his
first person POV) brought me the most laughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Especially when he is facing down twelve pretty girls. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I also wish we could
have gotten to know the girls a little more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But maybe they will appear in later books.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It is a clean read and a
good book that I will definitely recommend and will gladly turn over to my
younger siblings when it is released.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I give it 3 of 5 stars
(according to the Goodreads rating system) because there were a few times when
it seemed needlessly wordy and a bit rambling. </span></span></div>
Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-11403695886524330342018-08-09T21:05:00.001-06:002018-08-09T21:05:18.284-06:00A Few Photos<div style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y_pxSCasF6Y/W2z4rl-sU8I/AAAAAAAADvo/DUUI7zdRdNgH4LXi1K4HmJpTjpdSVo3QgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Barbed%2BField.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y_pxSCasF6Y/W2z4rl-sU8I/AAAAAAAADvo/DUUI7zdRdNgH4LXi1K4HmJpTjpdSVo3QgCEwYBhgL/s400/Barbed%2BField.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the colors in this one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DkGUdDEMbxY/W2z4raBRPNI/AAAAAAAADvk/kne2jtjFVLYPzuydKo4gI1mioEgrvKKMgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Barbed%2BSunrise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DkGUdDEMbxY/W2z4raBRPNI/AAAAAAAADvk/kne2jtjFVLYPzuydKo4gI1mioEgrvKKMgCEwYBhgL/s400/Barbed%2BSunrise.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite part of this, is how the barbs are see through.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sunset taken through a piece of glass that I sprayed water on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise through the wheat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"All God's creatures got a place in the choir, some sing low and some sing higher some sing out loud on the telephone wire..." A Western Kingbird against a smoky sky.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The moon is such an amazing thing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see the craters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And when it is in shadow...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"A red sun rises, blood has been spilled this night." Only it was setting. And it was made red by the smoke from wildfires.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the pivot lines near our house was drizzling. The sun on the water had a very cool effect.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The quintessential fairytale rainbow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this one. A bird flew in front of the camera JUST as I clicked the shutter!! So cool!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And it's all misty. Can't you just see a fairytale castle tucked away on that mountain in the mist?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Orange Moon. I thought it was orange from the smoke. It was, but it had also just come out of eclipse.</td></tr>
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Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-3520011125487794632018-05-22T16:34:00.002-06:002018-05-22T16:34:42.197-06:00A Tale of Two Cities<div style="text-align: center;">
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All right. <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i> has been sitting on my bookshelf for over six months, but I was stalling about reading it because I thought that it was going to be boring.......<i>WRONG!!!!</i> </div>
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I knew the basic story line of <i>ATTC</i> - Mel told me a couple of years ago - but it was so much more then just two guys falling in love with the same girl and one guy sacrificing himself for the other and a lot of long boring stuff mixed in.. (Which yes, is what I thought it was.)</div>
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So Mr. Lorry was, well, an old dear. The way that he takes care of, and is so fatherly to Lucie, is really, really sweet.</div>
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Doctor Manette's story was <i>fascinating</i>!!</div>
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Charles Darnay was.....you know, I can't quite find the words!!</div>
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And Sydney Carton. The way that man perseveres.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Searching through my draft posts, I found this one that I wrote a long time ago. Like <i>ages</i> ago! I have not read the book since, but whenever it comes to mind, I still think "Wow, what an amazing story!" How many of you have read it, and what did you think?</span></span></div>
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Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-89009926161781022022018-05-15T12:01:00.003-06:002018-05-15T12:01:50.659-06:00Always There ~ Celtic Thunder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I'm less than I should be<br />
And I just can't face the day<br />
When darkness falls around me<br />
And I just can't find my way<br />
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When my eyes don't clearly see<br />
And I stumble through it all<br />
You, I lean upon, you keep me strong<br />
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You are there when I most need you<br />
You are there so constantly<br />
You come shining through, you always do<br />
You are always there for me<br />
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When life brings me to my knees<br />
When my back's against the wall<br />
You are standing there right with me<br />
Just to keep me standing tall<br />
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Though a burden, I may be<br />
You don't weary, you don't rest<br />
You are reaching out to carry me<br />
And I know I'm heaven blessed<br />
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You are there when I most need you<br />
You are there so constantly<br />
You come shining through, you always do<br />
You are always there for me<br />
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You come shining through, you always do<br />
You are always there for me
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Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there.</div>
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There is but one and only one,</div>
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Whose love with fail you never.</div>
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One who lives from sun to sun,</div>
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With constant fond endeavor.</div>
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On earth there is no other.</div>
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When God gave us a Mother.</div>
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Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-55923862479952152942018-05-11T08:00:00.000-06:002018-05-11T08:00:00.393-06:00Why?<div style="text-align: center;">
That is the question I ask myself as I write this post. Why am I writing it? There's not really anything to write about. I actually do know the answer., I'm doing it to humor my little sister who wanted me to write a random post. But no, I don't know why I decided to humor her this time.</div>
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However, when I start thinking about it, there are things I've been meaning to tell you all about.</div>
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That's right, I won!! I'm really excited about it because not only have I never won anything like this before, but it was also my first Camp NaNo.</div>
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I was in a fantastic cabin with great people and it was so much fun. At first I was apprehensive about joining that cabin, because I'm shy and I only knew one person there. But then others I knew joined and I made friends with those I didn't know. I very much enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next Camp.</div>
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My sweet little puppy, isn't so little anymore! She is almost six months old and is growing like a weed. Dog Bath time was a bit more exciting this year since we had three dogs to bathe instead of one. Of course, none of them liked the baths, but we managed to keep them in the tub.</div>
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We had company over!! <a href="https://modern-daypioneer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">PioneerGirl</a>, <a href="https://moviesmeetmatch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Movie Critic</a>, their younger sister and their mom stopped by on Monday. It was great to see them again, it had been a year, but <i>man</i> those girls have gotten tall! Movie Critic towers above me now. <span style="font-size: large;">😒</span></div>
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AND CELTIC THUNDER DID <i>THE WILD ROVER</i>!!!!!</div>
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Oh, first the first time ever, the horse that I predicted would win the Kentucky Derby, won!</div>
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And...I watched <i>The Quiet Man</i>. I don't like it.</div>
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Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-21465588158455635672018-05-08T13:27:00.000-06:002018-05-08T13:27:03.296-06:00Bring the Rain ~ MercyMe<div style="text-align: center;">
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I can count a million times<br />
People asking me how I<br />
Can praise You with all that I've gone through<br />
The question just amazes me<br />
Can circumstances possibly<br />
Change who I forever am in You<br />
Maybe since my life was changed<br />
Long before these rainy days<br />
It's never really ever crossed my mind<br />
To turn my back on you, oh Lord<br />
My only shelter from the storm<br />
But instead I draw closer through these times<br />
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Bring me joy, bring me peace<br />
Bring the chance to be free<br />
Bring me anything that brings You glory<br />
And I know there'll be days<br />
When this life brings me pain<br />
But if that's what it takes to praise You<br />
Jesus, bring the rain<br />
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I am Yours regardless of<br />
The clouds that may loom above<br />
Because You are much greater than my pain<br />
You who made a way for me<br />
By suffering Your destiny<br />
So tell me what's a little rain<br />
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Bring me joy, bring me peace<br />
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When this life brings me pain<br />
But if that's what it takes to praise You<br />
Jesus, bring the rain</div>
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Holy, holy, holy,</div>
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Is the Lord God Almighty</div>
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Today readers, I bring you the cover of the newest <i>Legends of Light </i>novella, <i>The Stealthmaster's Shadow</i>. It is a <i>Twelve Dancing Princesses</i> retelling and I am super excited about it. Not only do I love Hope Ann's work, but lately I have become quite fond of The Twelve Dancing Princesses and I can't wait to see how Hope Ann retold it.</div>
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Ladies and gents, this is the moment you've all been waiting for...</div>
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The actual cover, designed by <a href="https://kateeverythingwriting.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Kate Flourney</a></div>
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It’s ten confounded years since the war ended.<br />Ten years since the Prince won the war and pardoned the rebels.<br />And left.<br />The Prince left, but lasting peace never had a chance to begin.<br />As a Stealthmaster, Verus is determined to complete the task the Prince left, whatever the cost.<br />Traitors, needlessly vague governors, and threatening rumors are all part of a standard mission.<br />Verus will bring peace to what is left of the world, one city and village at a time. According to<br />the governor’s daughter, the war was never about a physical peace in the first place, but what<br />does she or any of the other Followers know? They weren’t there during the war.<br />They didn’t see the horrors Tauscher spread over the land or the scars that will never fade.<br />Commandeering the task of a former soldier, Verus presents himself to the governor of Nerva.<br />Eventually he’ll need to undermine the man, but even Stealthmasters need money, and a mission<br />to discover the owner of a misshapen slipper shouldn’t be difficult.<br />Until the ambassador from Zahavia appears.<br />Suddenly face to face with nightmares from the past, Verus struggles to help those plunged into<br />danger, from the governor’s newest prisoner to a serving lad to an infuriating woman he’s taken<br />to calling princess. Fleeing will only make the enemy stronger. But staying…<br />Staying could doom them all.</div>
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So what do you all think? To be honest, that is not what I was expecting the cover to look like! It makes me think of Southwestern Native American Cave Dwellers.</div>
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<i>(And now I want to write a Native American TDP)</i> Anyway, this cover definitely feels different from her other covers, but the synopsis sounds 'in tune' with the rest of the series. I look forward to reading this tale.</div>
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<b>Coming June 1, 2018<br />Click <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C4TLWSN" target="_blank">here</a> to preorder now!</b></div>
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Hope Ann uses chocolate to bribe a wide ring of spies, from the realm leapers of Aslaria to the<br />double agents of Elkbend, for their stories. Based in Indiana, she is the self-published author of<br />the Legends of Light series, personal writing coach, and the Communications Coordinator for<br />Story Embers. You can find out more about her at authorhopeann.com</div>
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Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-81724682697787852632018-03-08T14:06:00.000-07:002018-03-08T20:44:28.652-07:00Randomosity<div style="text-align: center;">
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So here is a post about random me.</div>
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When I listen to certain songs that I haven't heard in years, but I <i>loved</i> as a naïve teenager. Naïve.</div>
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The last couple of mornings when I've just woken up and I'm lying there in bed, my brain thinks dreamily of the nice balmy March morning and how it will be the perfect day for working in my gardens and playing on the lawn with my dog........then I come upstairs.</div>
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But on a happier note, can I just say....</div>
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Okay, I haven't actually seen the movie, but I've been listening to the songs (and watching the scenes that the songs are part of) and OH MY GOLDFISH it's amazing!!! I can listen to the music for hours. And especially these three songs.</div>
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Grrrrrrrrr. It's refusing to let me put videos on here. <span style="font-size: large;">😠</span></div>
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Anyway, the three songs below.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07V2AK_kSFs" target="_blank"><u><i>Rewrite the Stars </i></u></a><br />
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Oh and this song. I love it a LOT. I've been listening to it like everyday for the last couple of weeks.<br />
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I absolutely love the kdrama that it's from and I really should watch it again, but my computer hates the drama sites. <span style="font-size: large;"> 😞</span></div>
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Okay, so for a few years now, I've had the idea of (someday) writing fairytale and Jane Austen retellings that are set in an Old West town (think Louis L'Amour). Just the other day, I had the thought that Mrs. Gardiner from <i>Pride & Prejudice </i>would make the perfect Fairy Godmother for Cinderella. Then I thought, what about this:</div>
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Cinderella is Mr. Bingley's young step-sister </div>
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And that 'tis all for this day.<br />
May the sun shine upon you and the wind blow warm upon your face.<br />
See you later, alligators!<br />
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Soooooo....I was tagged by my friend <a href="http://keturahskorner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Keturah</a> ages ago (I think it's actually only been a month) and I just remembered it. Oops, my bad. Anyway, here we go.</div>
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<u><b>1. Chocolate Cake (a Dark Book you absolutely love).</b></u></div>
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<b>Death Be Not Proud</b> - Suzannah Rowntree</div>
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It's a very interesting story, a Snow White retelling actually, set in New Zealand in the early 1900's telling the tale of a cabaret singer who is mistaken for a young woman who was murdered years before. Of course, since the bad guys think Ruby is the girl, they come after her and she is almost murdered. It was much darker then I usually read, definitely <i>not</i> my normal cup of tea, but I loved it. I recently included it in my <a href="http://thefloweringvales.blogspot.com/2018/02/no-one-is-too-old-for-fairytales.html" target="_blank">Fairytale Post</a>.</div>
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<b>Chip, of the Flying U</b> by B.M. Bower</div>
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This is the book I turn to when I need a good laugh but something that doesn't take much brain power (and it takes even less now that I've read it like five times or more).</div>
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The cowboys of the Flying U Ranch believe there are only two types of women.</div>
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A) "There’s the Sweet Young Things, that faint away at sight of a
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But which ever one she is, they all believe their boss's sister is an Old Maid Doctor with 3 chins and 2 stomachs and will make their lives miserable with doses and potions and bossing. Ehehehehehehe. Then in waltzes the Little Doctor, a 5 ft. something maverick with brown hair, blue eyes (I think), lots of spunk and sass, and those poor boys don't know what hit them. It's absolutely hilarious. You can find it <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9267" target="_blank">HERE</a> and either download it (it's free in the public domain) or read it online. You'll love it. </div>
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<u><b>3. Red Velvet (a book that gave you Mixed Emotions).</b></u></div>
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<b>The Royal Ranger</b> by John Flanagan</div>
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While I loved seeing grown up Will with an apprentice of his own and even <i>who</i> he had for an apprentice......I HATE IT!!!! John Flanagan is cruel and mean and HORRIBLE to do that to us!!! IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WROOOOOOONNNNGGGG!!!! And that's all I can say without spoiling it for those who haven't read it. For those who have a wish to commiserate with me, <u><i>DON'T</i></u> give spoilers in the comments!</div>
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Oh this is superb. Not only is Cheesecake my favorite cake but <i>THE BOOK</i> I would recommend to anyone is like my favorite book ever. Okay, that's not quite true, but it's a totally amazing story, it's a re-telling of my favorite fairytale and it's my favorite re-telling of said fairytale (and y'all probably could have figured out the last part without me saying it!). Anyway.....</div>
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<b>Beauty and the Beast</b> by K.M. Shea</div>
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I won't sigh and swoon over it anymore (though I definitely could!), y'all can just hop right over to <a href="http://thefloweringvales.blogspot.com/2018/02/no-one-is-too-old-for-fairytales.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> to read about it if you want to know more. I would recommend this book to <i>anyone</i> and I do recommend it to <i>EVERYONE</i>. At first I was going to answer this question with Lord of the Rings, but I wouldn't recommend that to certain ages. B&tB however is okay for all ages.<br />
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<b>The Warden</b> by Anthony Trollope<br />
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I started this book one time when I was sick and couldn't sleep. I think I got half a chapter in before putting it down and I haven't picked it up since. That was at least 3 years ago.<br />
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<u><b>6. Carrot Cake (a book with Great Writing).</b></u></div>
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<b>The Scorpio Races</b> by Maggie Stiefvater</div>
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This book was very unique and absolutely mind blowingly amazing. Like WOWO!!!</div>
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<u><b>7. Tiramisu (a book that left you Wanting More).</b></u></div>
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Well besides every single one of my older sister's stories... Seriously, every time I read one of hers I WANT MORE!! But today we'll go with one of her bestfriend's books.</div>
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<b>Paper Crowns</b> by Mirriam Neal</div>
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I NEED MORE!!!!! This book is awesome and I know some stuff about book two and I WANT IT!!!!! And I just sounded like a 2-year-old.</div>
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Ummmmm...crumpadoodles, that series only has 3 books. Rats. Okay, I found one.</div>
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<b>The Squire's Tales</b> by Gerald Morris</div>
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I don't know how many books are in this series, but I know it's a lot more then 4! It is an Arthurian re-telling focusing mainly on the exploits of Terence, squire to Sir Gawaine. They are a lot of fun, though I wouldn't recommend them to anyone under 16.</div>
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<u><b>9. Fruit Cake (a book that wasn't What You Anticipated).</b></u></div>
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This is a rather easy one. Hangs head and mumbles,<br />
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*glares at Mel for snickering and giving me an 'I told you so' look*</div>
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I procrastinated for 3 years about reading this book. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">I did enjoy it.</span></div>
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<u><b>10. Lamington (favorite Australian Book).</b></u></div>
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<b>Ranger's Apprentice</b> by John Flanagan</div>
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Or more accurately, the first eleven books in the Ranger's Apprentice series. *scowls at Mr. Flanagan again* IT. WAS. WRONG. And stupid. And dumb. AND IDIOTIC!!!! *pounds fists on desk* WHY DID YOU DO IT?!?!?!?!<br />
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I wasn't exactly sure what was meant by an 'Australian' book. For my first choice I used a series written by an Australian author. If that doesn't count then...<br />
<b>The Golden Wolf</b> by Mary Elwyn Patchett<br />
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This is a story we borrowed from the library and the only reason I read it was because I was proofing it, however, it was a good story that I enjoyed. When Mary's dog is stolen for a circus, she dresses as a boy to get him back. She runs away and meets up with an old teamster who takes her under his wing and helps her out. It was really sweet. And it <i>is</i> set in Australia.<br />
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All right folks, there are my answers! I'm going to tag:</div>
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<a href="http://bryceswritingcorner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bryce</a><br />
<a href="http://lydiasbloggingcorner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lydia</a></div>
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<a href="http://moviesmeetmatch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">MovieCritic</a></div>
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<a href="http://thisinkwell.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lisa</a> <br />
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<a href="http://thesplendorfalls.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Melody</a></div>
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(Now Melody, I know you don't normally answer tags, but I really want to see your answers for this one.) </div>
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I love fairytales. A lot. I didn't really grow up on them, though I did know the basic stories of several. I was first introduced to them through mild exposure to the Disney versions (i.e. I snuck looks at the books at the library when I was 4-5 and then at thrift stores when we no longer went to a library). One of those stories always fascinated me and has stuck with me as I grew up. As I began reading the fairytales, I was delighted to learn more about it and it is still my favorite. That tale, is <i>Beauty and the Beast.</i> </div>
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I can't exactly tell <i>why</i> that story speaks to me (it's one of those things I can't put into words), but it is just so <i>right</i>. Beauty is willing to sacrifice herself for love of her father and she learns to love a Beast. Okay, she really learns to love the person he really is, but it's a excellent example of 'true beauty comes from within'. I love it. I also happen to be a lot like her.</div>
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I recently read a <i>Rumplestiltskin</i> retelling and it became my new favorite version of that story. I began thinking of all the different fairytale retellings I've read, and decided to make a post listing my top three favorite retellings of various fairytales. I planned to post it today, and then discovered that today is 'Tell A Fairytale Day' or 'National Fairytale Day' as some call it. So here goes folks!<br />
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<u><i>Beauty and the Beast</i> by K.M. Shea</u></div>
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<i><span id="freeText16171226744261685902">Once upon a time Elle
made a mistake. A small miscalculation sends her through the roof of an
enchanted chateau. Stranded until her broken leg mends, Elle is forced
to rely on the good will of the sour chateau owner —the cursed Prince
Severin. <br /><br />Prince Severin—the commanding general and staunch
supporter of his brother the crown prince—is cursed to look like a beast
until a maiden falls in love with him. However, he has given up all
hope of shattering the curse after several painful and failed attempts
to break it. As such he has only disdain for Elle, leaving her to the
devices of his bossy servants. This suits Elle perfectly as she dislikes
the entire royal family, Severin included. <br /><br />Unfortunately for
the unsuspecting pair, the chateau servants are determined to break the
curse and spend the majority of their time pushing Elle and Severin
together. After bonding over gardens, animals, and terrifying squirrels
Elle and Severin show signs of friendship, and perhaps something more… <br /><br />But
not all love stories can end that easily. After all, Elle is not what
she seems, and Severin’s life is placed in danger when hostilities flare
between his brother and the monarchs of a neighboring country. <br /><br />If
they really want the love of a lifetime Elle, a loyal liar, and
Severin, an indifferent beast, will have to use every trick they know to
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I absolutely <b>adore</b> K.M. Shea's work. It's incredible. Unique, but holding true to the theme and basic outline of the original fairytale, and full of humor and heart. And they are clean. Lots of points for that! Before I read this version, my favorite BatB was the story that is now in third place.<br />
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<u><i>Queen Beauty and the Beasts</i> by Arielle Bailey</u></div>
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<i>Though too poor to afford a teacher, Belleza still dreams of becoming
a singing star under gleaming lights. When the masked lead singer of a
popular band offers to tutor her, she eagerly accepts, too caught in
the spell of his voice and her dream to heed the warnings of those who
tell her he's dangerous.</i><br />
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<i> A rash choice of her father's
shatters her budding happiness, and she sacrifices herself for him,
becoming an inmate of the Mansion of the Beasts. Amid the turmoil of
preparing for her first concert, a web of brooding secrets from every
corner of her new home threatens to choke her as a bizarre curse takes
shape before her eyes, terrifying her with its reality in a world where
it shouldn't be possible. </i><br />
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<i> Torn between brilliant, passionate
light and fiery, alluring darkness, impelled to find the truth in a sea
of masks, held captive by her own code of duty... if Belleza does not
make a choice, she'll doom not only her life, but her soul.</i><br />
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Beauty and the Beast meets Phantom of the Opera under the stage lights
of modern music in this tale of love, sacrifice, lust, and
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This, is an - as yet- unpublished work written by none other then my darling older sister. It's fantastic and I really can't wait 'til it's published you all can read it for yourselves! However, it is NA (New Adult, a category I didn't know existed until I was writing this), and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone under 18.<br />
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<u><i>The Enchanted Rose</i> by R.M. ArceJaeger</u></div>
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<i><span id="freeText10541325801419197065">~THE PRINCESS WHO CANNOT DIE~ </span></i></div>
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cursed, then kidnapped, Princess Aurea is not your average heir to the
throne. But how is she to prevent the destruction of her kingdom if she
doesn't even know who she is?</i><br />
<i> <br /><br /> ~THE PRINCE WHO CANNOT LIVE~ <br />Twisted
by enchantment and abandoned by his friends, Prince Ari doubts he will
ever get to go home again. When a chance arises for companionship, he
seizes it, not realizing the girl he has imprisoned is the one person
who can set him free.<br />
<br /><br /> ~THE CURSE THAT BINDS THEIR FATES TOGETHER~ <br />Rose
will do anything to save her father's life, even offer herself up as
captive to a Beast whose true intentions she fears to discover. Yet the
Beast is nothing compared to the terrible creature that haunts her
dreams. Can Rose break the spell on the Beast before the creature can
find her, or will she—and the kingdom—fall victim to a plan so cunning
and horrific, it will change the fate of the land forever?</i><br />
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This is actually a <i>Beauty and the Beast/Sleeping Beauty</i> retelling and is <b>very</b> interesting! It also has some mature elements, but it was fascinating how she wove the two stories together.<br />
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<u><i>Cinderella and the Colonel</i> by K.M. Shea</u></div>
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<i><span id="freeText11101097333817438271">Scratching out a living
in a land recovering from war and a hostile takeover, Cinderella—an
orphaned, destitute duchess—is desperate to save her lands and servants
in spite of the terrible taxes placed upon her by the Erlauf queen, even
if it means she must don servants’ clothes and work like a commoner.<br /><br />Her
sacrifices aren’t enough, and when a mountain of debt is levied against
her, she is given one season to produce the funds. Cinderella realizes
it is only a matter of time before she loses everything she has
struggled to protect, and it seems that all is lost until she is
befriended by the debonair Colonel Friedrich—a member of the Erlauf
military and a citizen of the oppressing country that rules her
homeland.<br /><br />From helping her break into the royal library to saving
her from a rogue mage, Friedrich draws her closer and challenges her
mindset of the queen and the war.<br /><br />Cinderella knows Friedrich is not all he appears to be, but can she trust him with her country and her heart?</span></i></div>
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Yes, K.M. Shea once again! It's <b>sooooooo</b> good!! Totally hilarious, and very different! The hero is a complete crack up and not a namby-pamby prince. Arrogant, but a total sweetheart. And Cinderella is a fiery little thing!<br />
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<i><span id="freeText10279238681937657853">It’s a dangerous life,
yet Elsa wouldn’t trade this opportunity to work at Tremaine Station,
mining cendrillon from the seething surface of planet Aschen.
Nevertheless, when a famous deep space explorer and his handsome son
dock their starcraft at the space station, Elsa finds herself dreaming
of far galaxies beyond Aschen's blistering heat. There is no time for
dreaming, however, when danger threatens the space station, and Elsa and
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This is a story from Rooglewood Press's <i>Five Glass Slippers</i> collection. It's short, but sweet and totally fantastic. I don't normally like sci-fi retellings (I don't like Marissa Meyer's) but I <b>really</b> liked this one!<br />
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<span id="freeText12258210938251761005"><br /><i>At birth, Ella is
inadvertently cursed by an imprudent young fairy named Lucinda, who
bestows on her the "gift" of obedience. Anything anyone tells her to do,
Ella must obey. Another girl might have been cowed by this affliction,
but not feisty Ella: "Instead of making me docile, Lucinda's curse made a
rebel of me. Or perhaps I was that way naturally." When her beloved
mother dies, leaving her in the care of a mostly absent and avaricious
father, and later, a loathsome stepmother and two treacherous
stepsisters, Ella's life and well-being seem to be in grave peril. But
her intelligence and saucy nature keep her in good stead as she sets out
on a quest for freedom and self-discovery as she tries to track down
Lucinda to undo the curse, fending off ogres, befriending elves, and
falling in love with a prince along the way. Yes, there is a pumpkin
coach, a glass slipper, and a happily ever after, but this is the most
remarkable, delightful, and profound version of Cinderella you'll ever
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Okay, who <i>doesn't</i> love this one? Like seriously? I'm still annoyed that they don't have Char and Ella sliding down the banisters in the movie.<br />
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<i><span id="freeText6835214262452106366">When Arthur's parents
were lost at sea, his Uncle Mordreth became the regent for the young
boy. Yet now that he's of age, Mordreth seems to have no intentions of
relinquishing the throne. It looks as though Arthur will have to fight
for his throne. If only he had more than just his two servants and the
old man he met in the woods for friends. So the old man takes things
into his own hands and whisks Arthur off to the wedding of a fellow
prince, with the intention of finding him some allies.<br /><br />All is not
right at the wedding, however. The groom is missing and the bride had
called quits. Where's the groom? Well, he's found a new bride. Now if he
can just get her home ...</span></i></div>
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Okay, I know it doesn't sound like a Sleeping Beauty, but trust me, it is. Partly. It's also partly an Arthurian Legend retelling. It's complicated. But it's good!<br />
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<u><i>Guardian of Our Beauty</i> by <span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer2124197365"><span id="freeText11855131736365276160">Kathryn McConaughy</span></span></u></div>
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<i><span id="freeText6303127886101152909">Palli, the prophesied daughter of a king, is fated to rescue her people from the destruction called forth by a vengeful priest.</span></i></div>
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Rather a short synopsis, but the only one I could find. This is the second story in Rooglewood Press's <i>Five Magic Spindles</i> collection. Very unique. You'll have to read it for yourself, 'cause I don't have the words to describe it.<br />
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<u><i>The Healer's Apprentice</i> by Melanie Dickerson</u></div>
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<span id="freeText2283980752992923025">Two Hearts. One Hope<i>.</i><br /><br /><i>Rose
has been appointed as a healer's apprentice at Hagenheim Castle, a rare
opportunity for a woodcutter's daughter like her. While she often feels
uneasy at the sight of blood, Rose is determined to prove herself
capable. Failure will mean returning home to marry the aging bachelor
her mother has chosen for her—a bloated, disgusting merchant who makes
Rose feel ill.<br /><br />When Lord Hamlin, the future duke, is injured, it
is Rose who must tend to him. As she works to heal his wound, she begins
to understand emotions she's never felt before and wonders if he feels
the same. But falling in love is forbidden, as Lord Hamlin is betrothed
to a mysterious young woman in hiding. As Rose's life spins toward
confusion, she must take the first steps on a journey to discover her
own destiny.</i></span></div>
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This was interesting. (I know, I'm using that word a lot.) It's actually a historical fiction retelling (most of the ones I read are fantasy), but I liked it. It's actually my favorite in the series.</div>
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And an honourable mention to <u><i>Beauty Sleep</i> by Cameron Dokey</u><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Snow White</b></u></span></div>
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<u><i>Death Be Not Proud</i> by Suzannah Rowntree</u></div>
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<span id="freeText10340334379061666925"><i>Moonshine liquor,
jazz-fuelled dancing, and the risk of a police raid—these are all in a
night's work for cabaret singer Ruby Black. But when a rugby star
mistakes her for a dead girl, Ruby's life threatens to become briefer
and more exciting than she bargained for.<br /><br />Two years ago,
schoolgirl Wu Xue Bai was brutally murdered. Now, Ruby herself is in
danger. Who killed Xue Bai? What lies behind Max Moran's obsession with
the dead girl? And will Ruby learn the truth before secrets from her own
past catch up with her?<br /><br />A fairytale retelling set in Jazz Age
New Zealand, inspired by the thrillers of Mary Stewart and Alfred
Hitchcock.</i> </span></div>
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Now this book is <b>not</b> in any way at <b>all</b> my normal cup of tea...but I liked it. But yeah, don't read it unless you like murder mysteries. (I don't, this was an exception).<br />
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<u><i>The Fairest Beauty</i> by Melanie Dickerson</u><br />
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<i><span id="freeText15325492896048821942">Sophie desperately
wants to get away from her stepmother's jealousy, and believes escape is
her only chance to be happy. Then a young man named Gabe arrives from
Hagenheim Castle, claiming she is betrothed to his older brother, and
everything twists upside down. This could be Sophie's one chance at
freedom—but can she trust another person to keep her safe? <br /><br />Gabe
defied his parents Rose and Wilhelm by going to find Sophie, and now he
believes they had a right to worry: the girl's inner and outer beauty
has enchanted him. Though romance is impossible—she is his brother's
future wife, and Gabe himself is betrothed to someone else—he promises
himself he will see the mission through, no matter what. <br /><br />When
the pair flee to the Cottage of the Seven, they find help—but also find
their feelings for each other have grown. Now both must not only protect
each other from the dangers around them—they must also protect their
hearts.</span></i></div>
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This is I think the third book in Melanie's Hagenheim Castle series. It's an okay retelling, definitely not my favorite of hers. I actually haven't read very many Snow White retellings. 5 all told. I really need to find more!<br />
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<u><i>Seven Drawers</i> by Kendra E. Ardnek</u></div>
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<i><span class="tL8wMe EMoHub" dir="ltr" id=":6e.co" style="text-align: left;">Jennifer's
life has been absolute misery for the last two months. Her father died,
she was written out of the will, her stepmother kicked her out of the
house, and, in that time, she's not heard a word from her boyfriend of
five years. <br />And she might be suffering from insanity. A chest of
drawers just appeared at the foot of her bed, and as she opens each
drawer, she's spirited away to another realm where she finds herself in
increasingly bizarre prisons, each the fault of her stepmother. <br />Can she win back her life - and kingdoms? - from her stepmother? Or will Editha win?</span></i></div>
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This is another unpublished work. And a submission for the last Rooglewood Press Fairytale Contest, <i>Five Poisoned Apples</i>. I was privileged to beta read this and it's quirky and fun, like all of Kendra's retellings.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Rapunzel</b></u></span></div>
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<u><i>With Blossoms Gold</i> by Hayden Wand</u></div>
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<i><span id="freeText15434999297377243828">Nella has lived quietly
in her tower in the woods for over a decade. After dangerous
accusations drove her and her grandmother away from their village, they
escaped deep into the forest where no one would try to harm them. Now,
after her grandmother's death, Nella is alone, and she is determined to
stay that way. She has no patience for a world she deems judgmental and
ignorant.<br /><br /> Or so she tells herself. In reality, her paralyzing fear prevents her from stepping foot outside of the tower.<br /><br />
Prince Benedict Allesandro is an adventurer- a rescuer who prides
himself on saving the weak and unfortunate. When he hears rumors of a
beautiful damsel trapped in a tower, he rushes to her rescue...only to
find a woman who most definitely does not wish to be saved.<br /><br /> But
when war breaks out, this reckless prince and reclusive maiden are faced
with overcoming their deepest fears in order to determine not only
their own fate, but that of their entire country.</span></i></div>
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Ah! This is a swell story! I've read one other story of Ms. Wand's, but I didn't really like it. This is set in an Italy-ish country and plot was unlike any I've read before.<br />
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<u><i>Song of the Sword</i> by Hope Ann</u></div>
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<i><span id="freeText8250279924695975035">A glittering sword.<br /><br />An ancient oath.<br /><br />A blackened rose.<br /><br />And a melody which ties it all together.<br /><br />When
Evrard and Roinette, twins separated at birth, are overtaken by events
swirling from centuries past, they are forced into a battle beyond their
own limited powers. With their ability to walk in the melody realm,
catching glimpses of the light and darkness underlying Aslaria, comes
even more danger.<br /><br />Deadly mistbenders. Writhing walls of
blankness. Hateful drumbeats. As a warrior in the Melody, Evrard has
seen it all. But his own ability in the melody realm pales in comparison
to the Prince’s melody, the legendary prowess of past Wingmasters, and
even the depth of his sister’s song.<br /><br />To rescue Roinette and
evade the trap almost certainly set for him by those who want his power,
Evrard knows he’ll have to be careful. But even if he can find the
Wingmaster’s sword, there’s no assurance he’ll be able to defeat a
mistbender on his own. And, in the end, will his and Roinette’s efforts
matter if the Prince brings an ancient oath to fulfillment, shaking the
very foundation of Aslaria?</span></i></div>
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I don't normally like allegorical stories. Usually I find them to be preachy. This series however I enjoy.<br />
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<u><i>Rescuing Rapunzel</i> by Tarrah Montgomery</u></div>
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<i><span id="freeText9239199840285930483">Two princess cousins,
Rapunzel and Snow White, are raised as best friends in the magical
kingdom of Fenmore Falls—until Rapunzel is kidnapped at the age of six.
Ten years later, Snow is forced to flee the castle when her own safety
is threatened. Meanwhile, Rapunzel, who has been secretly locked in a
tower all this time, escapes with the help of two unlikely friends. <br /><br />Both
princesses find themselves in a mysterious place called Idaho, where
they happily reunite. A woman called Aunt Em takes the two girls into
her house, which is already filled to the brim with seven teenage
brothers and their little sister Dorothy. Some of the brothers aren’t so
sure about Rapunzel and Snow White, and the feeling is definitely
mutual. But when villains—including a ship full of pirates—threaten the
princesses’ lives, the seven brothers come to the rescue. </span></i></div>
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This is the third book in the series and though they are not my favorite fairytale retellings, they are a lot of fun. They are set in two worlds, Fairytale world (Fenmore Falls) and this world, in Idaho. So it's portal (which I love), plus it's Idaho, which is very special to me as well and she mixes and matches the fairytales in ways I never would have thought of. You all totally need to read them.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Rumplestiltskin</b></u> </span></div>
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<u><i>Rumplestiltskin</i> by K.M. Shea</u><br />
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<i><span id="freeText13599243588672403486">When 17-year-old Gemma,
a seamstress, is ordered by the insane King Torgen to spin straw into
gold or be put to death, she knows her life is forfeit. Unwilling to
give up, Gemma tries to escape her prison, earning her the respect of
the mysterious mage, Stil. Stil offers to complete the impossible
task…for a price.<br /><br />Greedy and unsatisfied, King Torgen demands
more and more straw to be spun into gold, and decrees that he will
“reward” Gemma by marrying her. With death or marriage to a crazed king
clouding her future, Stil offers Gemma a bargain that seems too good to
be true.<br /><br />Will Gemma’s trust in Stil be her downfall, or will he defy the entire country to save her?</span></i><br />
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This is the story that prompted this post. And this is Rumple told in a way I never imagined! Ms. Shea is truly a wonder. I laughed, smiled and growled (at the bad guy) my way through this and loved every word.<br />
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<u><i>The Crimson Thread</i> by Suzanne Weyn</u> <br />
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<i><span id="freeText17020856128867382962">The year is 1880, and
Bertie, having just arrived in New York with her family, is grateful to
be given work as a seamstress in the home of textile tycoon J. P.
Wellington. When the Wellington family fortune is threatened, Bertie's
father boasts that Bertie will save the business, that she is so
skillful she can "practically spin straw into gold."<br /><br />Amazingly,
in the course of one night, Bertie creates exquisite evening gowns--with
the help of Ray Stalls, a man from her tenement who uses an old
spinning wheel to create dresses that are woven with crimson thread and
look as though they are spun with real gold. Indebted to Ray, Bertie
asks how she can repay him. When Ray asks for her firstborn child,
Bertie agrees, never dreaming that he is serious...</span></i><br />
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<span id="freeText17020856128867382962">An Irish Lassie in New York City in the 1880's? Yes please!! This was my favorite retelling until I read Ms. Shea's. Her stories tend to rise to the top every time!</span><br />
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<span id="freeText17020856128867382962"><u><i>Spinner of Secrets</i> by Annie Louise Twitchell</u></span><br />
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<span id="freeText17020856128867382962"><i><span id="freeText43645663461862329">Where will the journey for love take you? Will it be worth the fight?<br /><br />Letta
is a peasant girl, whose father was outlawed and killed when she was
small. Though her name means truthful one, she finds herself submitting
to her step-father's will, and complying with his lies and trickery.<br /><br />Prince Kyle is her reluctant husband. His mind is focused on one thing: avenging the murder of his childhood sweetheart.<br /><br />They
must learn to trust each other when a strange little man forces them to
fight for what is important to them, in a desperate race to save their
child's life.<br /><br />In this retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, Annie Louise Twitchell weaves an enchanting tale of love, longing, and thread.</span></i> </span><br />
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Another story written by a friend. This one is closer to the original tale with Rumple being the villain instead of the hero as he is the other two stories I listed.<br />
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So that wraps it up folks! Happy National Fairytale Day!<br />
But I do have one more thing. For those of you interested in reading <i>Cinderella and the Colonel</i> for yourself, it is free on e-book for today only. You can nab it <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LNGEXCQ/" target="_blank">HERE</a> and trust me guys, you want to!<br />
Have a good day and Happy Reading!<br />
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Erudessa Arandurielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994694800443851115noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152609397803879017.post-48698253249263522792018-02-22T11:48:00.001-07:002018-02-22T11:48:48.238-07:00My Beautiful Baby Who isn't so little anymore! I realized this morning while washing the dishes, that I never told everyone on here <b><i>that I got to keep Rosie!!!!!</i></b> I am a very happy dog mamma and she is a rascal, but a sweetheart. And HUGE!! 3 months and 5 days old and it's like you can see her growing!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She used to be able to curl up on <i>one</i> of my hands!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now the only place she can curl up is my lap, but she's getting too big for that even.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And it takes both hands to cradle her head.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And look at those paws! They're huge!</td></tr>
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And at various times in the last month, there were amusing formations in the clouds. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Kendra
E. Ardnek loves fairytales and twisting them in new and exciting ways. She's
been or acting them on her dozen plus cousins and siblings for years.
"Finish your story, Kendra," is frequently heard at family
gatherings. Her sole life goal has always been to grow up and be an author of
fantasy and children's tales that glorify God and His Word.<br />
<i>Find her online at: </i></span><a href="http://kendraeardnek.weebly.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Website</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> || </span><a href="http://knittedbygodsplan.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Blog</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> || </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5321999.Kendra_E_Ardnek"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Goodreads</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> || </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KendraE.Ardnek"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> || </span><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/KendraEArdnek"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> || </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kendra-E.-Ardnek/e/B005GGULBQ/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Amazon</span></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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And here a snippet from the book.<br />
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One evening when Adrian was, as usual, in the library hoping for a chance to meet with his sister, he heard giggling.<span></span></div>
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This
wasn’t terribly unusual. The library was popular for stolen trysts
between lovers. Yet Adrian was bored and the couple wasn’t being quiet,
so he unconsciously wandered towards the giggling.<span></span></div>
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As
he expected, he found a young couple just a few shelves down. They
appeared to be about Adrian’s age, and both wore expensive clothing. He
also wore a number of finely-crafted weapons, and she an array of
jewelry that didn’t strictly go together. He was whispering in her ear,
hands trailing through her long, frizzy, brown hair. Apparently, he was
being very amusing for she was the one giggling. <span></span></div>
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Adrian
was going to back away and leave them to it, but her head shot up and
her amber eyes locked with his. All mirth instantly vanished, and her
lover even removed his hands and backed away.<span></span></div>
There was no guilt in either of them, however, as Adrian was accustomed to seeing in the couples that he had previously caught.<br />
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And here is a Pinterest Inspiration picture.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>Showing her something that was always special to him as a child?</span></td></tr>
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So, yes, this scene happened. Ended up being a turning point in Adrian and Obsidia's relationship.</div>
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And now, I need to go eat breakfast. See y'all later! </div>
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