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Midnight Grove
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Apr 25, 2011, 2:49 pm
I'm moving this blog to my own website and will be using wordpress from now on. If you are interested in what I have coming up then please follow me over there, I will be very glad to see you. I would say I have cookies just to tempt you but getting them to you may prove difficult *sigh* I guess I w... Comment - Like
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Mar 19, 2011, 10:58 am
I got a few different books by Japanese authors a while back and have started wading through them. This one won the World Fantasy Award in 2005 after the English release. It’s not my usual fare... Comment - Like
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Mar 15, 2011, 5:44 pm
I'm going to be closing this blog and moving it to my website. I've been cleaning it up so it looks a little more professional by using wordpress. So this blog is no longer required although I have to admit to liking Blogger a bit more than Wordpress simply because it's easier to use!
I thank... Comment - Like
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Mar 15, 2011, 4:41 pm
As people have probably noticed I’ve been playing around a lot with my website but came to the conclusion I just needed to keep it simple. That way it should hopefully be tidier looking and... Comment - Like
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Midnight Grove
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Feb 26, 2011, 6:03 am
Remember this guy? Well, I finished him a while back but as life happened I never got a chance to post him up. Not sure about his hat, I'm probably going to change it - or i should say I'm going to make the same one but better! : ) Comment - Like
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Feb 16, 2011, 9:52 am
I’ve come to the conclusion that I really must declutter and have decided to do the unthinkable – sell off some of my books! I know, I’m in a cold sweat just typing that! Trying to... Comment - Like
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Feb 16, 2011, 9:52 am
I've come to the conclusion that I really must declutter and have decided to do the unthinkable - sell off some of my books! I know, I'm in a cold sweat just typing that! Trying to look at it objectively, I realised that some of the books I've read once or twice and will probably never read again sh... Comment - Like
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Feb 16, 2011, 9:41 am
At least that's how it feels when we're almost at the end of February already!! I've not been doing very much lately to be honest with you - life got in the way, but now I've got the urge to blast away some of the winter cobwebs and get creating again!
So, for a start I've been photographing s... Comment - Like
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Dec 28, 2010, 5:22 am
This is a fan made mini movie - have to say I'm rather impressed! : )
The Hunt For Gollum (HD version)
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Dec 28, 2010, 5:22 am
>This is a fan made mini movie – have to say I’m rather impressed! : ) The Hunt For Gollum (HD version)Uploaded by HuntForGollum. – Check out other Film & TV videos. Comment - Like
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Nov 22, 2010, 6:21 am
While discussing the Karate Kid movie (original) as you do when you're bored I suddenly remembered another film the actor was in with this epic scene at the end! Must be feeling nostalgic! : ) Oh, and the film is called Crossroads btw. Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2010, 1:44 pm
Yes, the madness that is Nanowrimo begins today! I've decided this year to skip it as I've got a lot of work on just now but I'll be stopping by the website to offer support to those who are committed to the 50,000 words. To all you mad people out there - good luck! : ) Comment - Like
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Oct 10, 2010, 4:10 pm
It's occured to me that I show you things on here and then forget to show the finished item! Or show you something I've had an idea for that doesn't work out! So, this week I will be putting up some photos of things I've finished but in the meantime here's something I just got from the US!
I'm writ... Comment - Like
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Oct 2, 2010, 4:22 pm
Some of these books (make that a lot!) have been with me for many years! I remember 'Magician' by Raymond E Feist was one of the first books I bought when I was making my own money and it along with the dozen or so other books I had went with me as I moved several times.By the time I had finally set... Comment - Like
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Sep 30, 2010, 1:49 pm
A potentially habitable planet found just outside our galaxy! For the full article go here. Comment - Like
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Lost In Distant Worlds
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Sep 26, 2010, 11:26 am
Blurb from fantasticfiction.co.uk -
There stands a twisted tower.. hidden in the Windhome Mountains. Something is imprisoned there - the Sisterhood of Stars does not know precisely what, but something is bound tight with a wizard's spell so that it can never escape again. Kayl is one of the fe... Comment - Like
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Sep 26, 2010, 11:05 am
Blurb from website -
Cheerleader Isobel Lanley is horrified when she is paired with Varen Nethers for an English project, which is due—so unfair—on the day of the rival game. Cold and aloof, sardonic and sharp-tongued, Varen makes it clear he’d rather not have anything to do with her either.... Comment - Like
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Sep 26, 2010, 10:39 am
Blurb from Amazon -
In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of H... Comment - Like
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Sep 26, 2010, 10:16 am
Blurb from Amazon -
Quitting her husband's house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season. Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town. To top... Comment - Like
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Sep 26, 2010, 10:04 am
Blurb from Amazon -
Shale knows of no other world than the desert. He knows that his life - and the lives of his family - depend on one thing and one thing only: water. Water is life for all the citizens of the Quartern and it is the Stormlord who brings the rains to the desert. But the magic is ... Comment - Like
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Sep 26, 2010, 9:49 am
Blurb from Amazon -
Sassinak was 12 when the raiders came. Old enough to be used, young enough to be broken - or so they thought. But they reckoned without the girl's will forged into a steely resolve to revenge herself on the pirates who had killed her parents and friends. When the chance com... Comment - Like
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Sep 26, 2010, 9:26 am
Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing when you drop them. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, ... Comment - Like
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Sep 26, 2010, 8:58 am
I got sent an ecopy of this to review for Pill Hill Press and I was so excited to get a free book I thought I would post my review here as well as on my book review blog. Yes, getting free books is exciting for me! I should probably get out more!
ZERO GRAVITY released by Pill Hill Press
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Sep 26, 2010, 8:47 am
ZERO GRAVITY released by Pill Hill Press.
Blurb:
This short story collection features thirteen fantastic adventures set in the cold vacuum of space. Read about rogues, scoundrels, aliens, robots, heroes, junkers and priests as you explore the rich and creative diversity of the following st... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2010, 9:08 am
About two or three weeks ago I entered a competition on Kelly Creagh's blog. The prize was a signed copy of her debut novel, Nevermore, along with a few more goodies. I was very excited to learn that my name was picked first. I never win anything so this was great news! : )
So here's my goodie... Comment - Like
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Sep 7, 2010, 1:48 pm
I had an idea for something a bit fun instead of the usual so here's a sphinx cat! A long-necked, winged, grinning feline - I love him! I'm going to make a few different ones and put them in my Etsy shop!
I'm going to be making a few smaller things but of a darker nature so I've started ... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2010, 4:06 pm
Blurb from Amazon -
A mysterious foundling with unique red hair and strange god-given powers, Firethorn is condemned to life as a powerless servant--or so she believes, until one of King Thyrse's noblemen becomes her lover. But, as she accompanies Sire Galan to war, Firethorn discovers she ma... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2010, 3:47 pm
Blurb from Amazon -
This work includes two tales following the remarkable life of a girl in London in the tumultuous years of the Great Plague and the Great Fire. Hannah is excited as she is about to embark upon her first ever trip to London to help her sister in her shop 'The Sugared Plum'... Comment - Like
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Aug 31, 2010, 6:57 am
Now that the kids are back at school I can get back into my writing routine that was disrupted when they were off for weeks and weeks! I've realised that this is a luxury unpublished writers can enjoy. We don't have editors or publishers to answer to, no deadline to adhere to only or own personal de... Comment - Like
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Aug 23, 2010, 4:41 pm
Wasn't going to do a wizard but the clay had other ideas! : ) I've just got the sculpting part done, he's cooling at the moment. Then I will be doing a beard and some hair then a partial robe around the shoulders and, of course, a pointy hat! Comment - Like
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Aug 14, 2010, 5:54 am
It wasn’t that Colin was ineffectual as a vampire it was more that he was unexpected. Tall, dark and handsome? Try average, mousy brown and plain. Maybe plain was a little harsh. Colin had one of those faces that was neither handsome nor ugly, more like pleasant.
In school he was the bo... Comment - Like
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Aug 8, 2010, 8:09 am
This is my newest poseable fairy! She's up on Ebay just now if you look under seller ID midnight_grove. Comment - Like
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Aug 3, 2010, 1:35 pm
The Cheysuli books by Jennifer Roberson were first published back in the '80s and early '90s and I could never get a hold of all of them. I never read the first one at all so you can imagine how pleased I am to find all of them have been reissued in four omnibus editions with spiffy new covers! :)
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Jul 25, 2010, 5:10 pm
These lovely guys are made from cotton and hand painted. I've not quite finished as you can tell. They need their little legs stuffed and some more painting - highlighting stuff really - and I think I'll make them each a little black top hat!I've also got another fairy just needing her clothing done... Comment - Like
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Jul 25, 2010, 7:48 am
I was watching a programme on how even really fast flowing waterfalls can freeze up and thought I would post some pics of these marvellous natural ice sculptures that I found on the web! : ) I feel a story coming on! Comment - Like
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Jul 21, 2010, 4:22 am
This first link is to the Guardian and has writing rules from different authors including Neil Gaiman. You might not agree with all of them but it's interesting reading anyway Writing Rules
This one is from Nathan Bransford's blog and is about the Slush Pile
And this from Janet Reid ju... Comment - Like
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Jul 4, 2010, 10:43 am
I thought I would post this for anyone that might have missed it! : ) On Pratchett's site there is details of a writing competition he's judging.
From his site:-
Sir Terry Pratchett had this to say:
Anywhere but here, anywhen but now. Which means we are after stories set on Earth,... Comment - Like
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Jun 23, 2010, 7:59 am
The great thing about writing fantasy is you get to make things up. Every now and then though, you come across things here and now that are just so wonderfully fantastic! Like this living bridge in India made from the roots of a type of rubber tree. The tree produces secondary roots further up the t... Comment - Like
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Jun 23, 2010, 7:16 am
I had decided to cut back on my sculpting and concentrate on my writing but finally made a sale on Etsy. It was my Box of Lost Souls that a gentleman who does a magic act bought and now he would like several more! : ) How cool is that? My little box is in a magic act! I think this is going to be a l... Comment - Like
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Jun 20, 2010, 2:35 pm
I follow a few writing blogs and there has been two or three of them that have brought up an interesting subject. With the upsurge in ebook publishing and the ease of self publishing it's making it much easier for writers to publish their work without going through the usual channels of agents and t... Comment - Like
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Celtic Jackie
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Jun 20, 2010, 1:39 pm
This is my daughter's teddy bear. He started life as a fat fluffy beribboned bear brought to the hospital by my mother for her new grandaughter. For over a year he was just like all her other soft toys (she was a baby after all!) but when she was about 1 1/2 she decided this was going to be her ... Comment - Like
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Jun 7, 2010, 8:02 am
Sara Douglas, author of the Axis trilogy, was diagnosed some time ago with terminal cancer. I wasn't a big fan of her work but I did enjoy reading most of them. She has put a very heartfelt, thought-provoking post on her blog about how the dying are treated in todays society. I found it particularly... Comment - Like
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Jun 6, 2010, 10:41 am
Blurb from Amazon:-Alexia Tarabotti, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears - leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encampe... Comment - Like
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Jun 6, 2010, 10:13 am
Taran is desperate for adventure, something in short supply for a lowly assistant pig-keeper. When the famous oracular pig Hen Wen vanishes, Taran begins a perilous quest which demands all his courage and strength. Accompanied by his larger-than-life band of followers including hot-headed Eilonwy an... Comment - Like
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