tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88706898193318019332024-02-19T05:52:44.933-07:00Magic of the MusesEileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.comBlogger410125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-57250521793737615912023-02-03T14:28:00.000-07:002023-02-03T14:28:03.445-07:00But What Are They Eating?: FOODFIC: Please Welcome Eileen Schuh, Author of Pr...<a href="https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2023/02/foodfic-please-welcome-eileen-schuh.html?spref=bl">But What Are They Eating?: FOODFIC: Please Welcome Eileen Schuh, Author of Pr...</a>: Nothing makes a stronger romantic impression, perhaps, than offering up a home-cooked meal. But that cooking has to be taken up a notch to w...Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-30178596260212165402021-09-15T21:23:00.000-06:002021-09-15T21:23:01.891-06:00Schizophrenic writer tells crazy story<div>Despite what my headline infers, author Kenna Mckinnon has not let mental illness define her. As a child and teen she led a 'normal' life and had ambitious dreams. However, life abruptly changed when as a young adult she developed schizophrenia. She remembers the day her doctor told her she must accept that she would never have the life of which she was dreaming, that she must accept the limitations of her disease. Of course, she didn't.</div><div><br /></div><div>As a female entrepreneur with a very successful business and as a mother, a writer, an author of many published books, she's led a life of successes that far exceeds most. Not all her books are about mental health, but she has done much writing to promote understanding of her disease.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mybook.to/bscoma?fbclid=IwAR0GnjrBB_b7EYQUdipGi7xJRr8BDKsBTXppqV7gFZT1riwNdjWO7JmG2qM" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="http://mybook.to/bscoma?fbclid=IwAR0GnjrBB_b7EYQUdipGi7xJRr8BDKsBTXppqV7gFZT1riwNdjWO7JmG2qM" border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDLZkLmOCSSQONoKgzA2HZjxn7RNGWsPVfnFnHz3syQrf_AVbx_YzcI5VxD7lmqA1Q8bqjFj3Y64afudSlp80PYvoP4Mb-aq9EsQYH_73Y6BQXa_fqiUilq71pLWR6fZDrRr7y4Tm_ak/s16000/batshit.png" /></a></div>I look forward to reading her new release, <i>Batshit Crazy on Murder Island</i> to not only be entertained but to learn more about schizophrenia...and the people who have it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tell us about your new release, Kenna...</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Batshit Crazy on Murder Island</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Annie’s back! </div><div><br /></div><div>Batshit Crazy on Murder Island is out, the 2nd in the Annie Hansen Mysteries
series.</div><div><br /></div><div><i> “…a good dose of suspense and action throughout and I also liked the
growing romance between Mark and Annie!”</i> ~ Judith Holmes, Fort Steele, Canada </div><div><br /></div><div><i>“What happens when a gang of vicious drug dealers hit the sleepy Canadian town
of Serendipity? Annie wakes up to the sound of gunshots…If you enjoy a
fast-paced, easy read, with a good dose of suspense and action and
unforgettable characters, Batshit Crazy is for you! Pick up Annie’s latest
adventure today!” ~</i> Sean Robins, author of The Crimson Deathbringer series of
thriller sci-fi space operas! </div><div><br /></div><div>Things have been quiet on Serendipity Island, Canada for two years. But this morning, Annie awakens with a start at the sound of gunfire and a jetboat getting away. The golden retriever, Chuckles, and the sleeping Mark heard nothing but Annie is on the job. </div><div><br /></div><div>There are a large number of perpetrators and a lot of action as Annie Hansen, a twenty-six year
old female private eye and her partner, Mark Snow, an RCMP detective track down the trouble. </div><div><br /></div><div>Annie and her partner were instrumental in solving two gruesome murders on Serendipity in the previous book,<i> <a href="http://mybook.to/BloodSister%20" target="_blank">Blood Sister</a></i>, which led to the epithet ‘Murder Island’ by the local media.</div><div><br /></div><div>Annie
suffers from schizophrenia and throughout the book her hallucinations play a
small part. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you enjoyed <a href="http://mybook.to/BloodSister%20" target="_blank">Blood Sister</a> (Book 1 in the Annie Hansen
Mysteries series), you’ll love <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8870689819331801933/3017859626021216540#" target="_blank">Batshit Crazy on Murder Island</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSzK3zT1EEehegajsJaknveko6o-DhZdoklvjVqS_4mxpfZeW4LMF3S0eVOTmz9PQauzDSkXkTFJZSl2SjgX1CzWNIFvQFRzdnbEJYCaYnhZ5vhhgrvYGtxHwRx-l6eyZQN7iyMiYpsY/s205/Kenna.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="168" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSzK3zT1EEehegajsJaknveko6o-DhZdoklvjVqS_4mxpfZeW4LMF3S0eVOTmz9PQauzDSkXkTFJZSl2SjgX1CzWNIFvQFRzdnbEJYCaYnhZ5vhhgrvYGtxHwRx-l6eyZQN7iyMiYpsY/w164-h200/Kenna.jpg" title="Kenna McKinnon, Author" width="164" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kenna McKinnon, Author<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Kenna is a Canadian senior woman
who owns a medical / academic transcription business. She lives and works in
the Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta. Her spare time is spent reading,
writing, walking in a nearby park and the scenic neighborhood in which she
lives, and volunteering. Her most memorable years were spent at the University
of Alberta, where she graduated with Distinction with a degree in Anthropology.
She has lived symptom-free with chronic schizophrenia for many years. She has a
beautiful daughter and three wonderful grandsons. </div><div><br /></div><div>Books may be autographed by
texting 780-318-7269 or email at: contact@KennaMcKinnon.info </div><div><br /></div><div>So many friends
and family have contributed to the genesis and final execution of this second in
the mystery series of Annie Hansen, who suffers from a grander yet more gentle
version of the illness that Kenna knows so well. </div><div><br /></div><div>This book is dedicated to her
daughter, Diane, and her late son Steve with treasured memories and all her
love. The Annie Hansen series is also dedicated to all who are touched by
mental illness, in its many ramifications, and the possibility of love, career
satisfaction, and self-actualization for those previously marginalized and
ignored by “mainstream” society. </div><div><br /></div><div>As well as those friends and family members
often injured by our random and sometimes thoughtless acts. If you enjoyed
either or both books in the Annie Hansen Mysteries series the author and
publisher would be grateful for a short yet honest review. Have fun with it and
happy reading, dear friends!</div><div>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://mybook.to/bscoma " target="_blank"><i>Batshit Crazy on Murder Island</i></a></p></div><div><i><a href="http://mybook.to/BloodSister " target="_blank">Blood Sister</a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href="www.KennaMcKinnon.info " target="_blank">Kenna McKinnon, Author</a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kenna.mckinnon " target="_blank">Find Kenna on Facebook</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennamckinnon/ " target="_blank">Find Kenna on LinkedIn</a></div><div><br /></div><div><i><b>Crazy Story</b></i> has been brought to you by <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Project-W-Olf-Complete-Eileen-Schuh/dp/1942450737/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Project+W.Olf&qid=1631761735&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">The W.Olf Project</a> </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Eileen-Schuh/e/B005C1ZHZU/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1321" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMRkH80nyMAQP-_STQF4L94EqbIGTN7sBaYf0iP3VIazlCo4AwefSYXxpTFFX5TtBEakixdDNJjpHI84OpsuM4K1wL6VTiJ9O-Y0Mrt8f1CqOfs2FsmEa7BFYK3fUhhsft5JUOemNSWE/w165-h257/Complete+Trilogy+FCover.jpg" width="165" /></a></div></i></div></blockquote><div><i><br />"</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Absolutely nothing, though, can prepare them for the stark truth."</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div class="ydp4d343827signature" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.eileenschuh.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">Eileen Schuh, Author</a><br /><a href="http://mybook.to/firewalls" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">FIREWALLS</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #00bf60;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Error-BackTracker-book-ebook/dp/B009P593YU/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">FATAL ERROR</a></span></span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Schr%C3%B6dingers-Cat-Eileen-Schuh/dp/1936099128/ref%3dsr_1_5?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1328810408&amp;sr=1-5" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">Schrödinger's Cat</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Traz-Book-1-BackTracker/dp/0986938823/ref%3dsr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1328810367&amp;sr=1-2" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">THE TRAZ</a><br />Web site: <a href="http://www.eileenschuh.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">http://www.eileenschuh.com</a><br />Blog: <a href="http://eileenschuh.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">http://eileenschuh.blogspot.com</a></span></div></div></div>Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-56256683341288872622021-09-06T17:35:00.002-06:002021-09-06T17:35:08.475-06:00Pauline Barclay : Between the Sun and the Rainbow<a href="https://paulinembarclay.blogspot.com/2021/09/between-sun-and-rainbow.html?spref=bl">Pauline Barclay : Between the Sun and the Rainbow</a>: Written as a tribute to her ancestors, Eileen Schuh’s novel Between the Sun and the Rainbow is a read that will appeal to many. Eileen ha...<div><br /><div>I invite you to read my guest post on Pauline Barclay's blog</div></div>Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-45665732643577482792021-08-16T21:45:00.002-06:002021-08-16T21:45:47.384-06:00Serendipity: ser·en·dip·i·ty "A fortunate stroke of chance"<div><p class="MsoNormal">The pandemic has been wickedly hard on so many of us. Just when we most needed the support systems we had worked so hard to develop, they were ripped away from us by lockdowns, quarantines, isolation, stay-at-home orders, masks...</p><p class="MsoNormal">Now as we try to emerge from the clutches of Covid, we face not only terrifying variants but all those deep seated fears that have been ground into our consciousness over the past 18 months--fear of others, fear of getting the virus, giving the virus, fear of travel, of laughter. Fear of 'normal'.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Artists, musicians and writers struggle with their own fears as they attempt to do their job of helping the world cope, offering hope, keeping us sane.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Sometimes the only way out, is escaping reality...with a 'cosy mystery'. I'd say it was rather serendipitous that my friend and British writer Pauline Barclay dropped me an email and offered to take me and my friends, family and fans on a journey.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">Pauline
Barclay - Post for Eileen - 130821</span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3P97xppBru_zmASzuvvw5ufve4-cowFX06oAwiDTw2EFN3Qb2cMbMP1aATFHQqlNHhCdc5-pL7EFgQ9Eqffvv4rAdUEb9FwF_gXFZRluWpJCek1OpmDPXCo9eyTz4UPhf4X8klUh5Kf0/s1420/Pauline+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3P97xppBru_zmASzuvvw5ufve4-cowFX06oAwiDTw2EFN3Qb2cMbMP1aATFHQqlNHhCdc5-pL7EFgQ9Eqffvv4rAdUEb9FwF_gXFZRluWpJCek1OpmDPXCo9eyTz4UPhf4X8klUh5Kf0/s320/Pauline+3.JPG" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pauline Barclay</td></tr></tbody></table></span>A huge
thank you Eileen for having me back on your wonderful Blog to talk about my
latest publication, Serendipity.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lockdown
and restriction have been tough for everyone. Mentally, people are exhausted
and for some life will never be the same again. I would be lying if I said I don’t
have dark days. I enjoy running, I love photography and writing has always been
one of my escapisms. At the end of last year, with lockdown imminent again, I
decided to write a novella that would have feel good factor. With the two main characters
already developing in my head, I decided to write a cosy mystery. For several
months I escaped with these two wonderful characters, Craig Gardner, ex-police
detective inspector and nineteen year old Roo Chattaway. The three of us went
on a journey to find answers!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Whilst developing
their characters it brought back memories of when my husband and I were members
of artistic roller-skating club. With these thoughts, I decided young Roo would
be an artistic skater thereby adding a new dimension to her personality.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Serendipity
is as much about the main characters as it is about them trying to find answers
to questions. The little dog on the cover is not only the series logo, but he has
a role in the story too. And of course, a cosy mystery wouldn’t be quite the
same without a little romance.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Serendipity
is a light read with a warm cosy feel that I hope will leave readers with a
smile and, hopefully, wanting more.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Serendipity-Pauline-Barclay/dp/1916907806/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=pauline+barclay&qid=1626948053&s=books&sr=1-1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="645" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1a23rNrRiUEBFQnmbPS5msObTYNCW_EkVL6B-MqRzRInmKYWS3HzhR9GFFyeJW-mV6jaWbA3ZADVbNz6-0p8UD-woWe6XAxmgecrnVZBXZ0WMCGPUPSLeKeM7pL_2q41Fqjk39hQWe4/w396-h205/image.png" width="396" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Serendipity </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">A Gardner
& Chattaway Cosy Mystery</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Book 1</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Craig
Gardner, Private Investigator and his young Assistant, Roo Chattaway, find
themselves searching for answers to other people’s questions, but is everything
what it seems?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Why has
Mark Cooper not returned home? Is a prominent surgeon having an affair? Could
there be a connection between shoes being stolen and the untying of a
houseboat? And, how did a body, found by a dog walker, end up in Robinson Glen?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Serendipity,
is the first in a new series of cosy, feel good, mystery novellas and is
available in Kindle and paperback (from all good book shops).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Serendipity-Pauline-Barclay/dp/1916907806/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=pauline+barclay&qid=1626948053&s=books&sr=1-1">Amazon
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p></div>Eileen Schuh,
Canadian writer
<a href="http://www.eileenschuh.com">www.eileenschuh.com</a>Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-14354427639773468482020-12-10T18:20:00.000-07:002020-12-10T18:20:03.670-07:00New Release!So excited to announce the release of my new scifi, <i><b>Project W.Olf</b></i>. It comes as a trilogy of quick-read eBooks as well a paperback with the complete story.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVE05oyviuuIFu4m4Hj3lqUiIZUSo0e_Qau3O3uEFRBKMC_4835pE3H4EhitaOvoMquzscxJt3w5bnQqnxSkdWE7nUjAZ07AvgrTQr_h7TgXBqVimjdEKikUtj6X_jofoLKsD3oko_i6E/s2048/Complete+Trilogy+FCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1321" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVE05oyviuuIFu4m4Hj3lqUiIZUSo0e_Qau3O3uEFRBKMC_4835pE3H4EhitaOvoMquzscxJt3w5bnQqnxSkdWE7nUjAZ07AvgrTQr_h7TgXBqVimjdEKikUtj6X_jofoLKsD3oko_i6E/s320/Complete+Trilogy+FCover.jpg" /></a></div> “An astonishing science fiction adventure that seizes your attention from page one!” Laurence St. John, best-selling author of the <i>Metatron Series</i></div><div><br /></div><div>“The characters, odd as they seem to be, have souls that transcend the ordinary definition of love and life itself." ~Kenna Mary McKinnon, Author of <i>Blood Sister</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br />“If you want a story with suspense, mystery, a bit of romance and some science-fiction thrown in... I'd highly recommend this series!” ~Cheryllynn Dyess, Author of <i>The Chronicles of Elizabeth Fairbairn</i> series </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0xs8LI7FSAtC0OZyGON9oyinG7TflC_YRDQGz0oizXHkrnAV9RyZnCJvNuAdgQDU5ny1-sg4jZMe36YfgdHCJeIeZMS9qifornaGSzqsxdN698K8ACDkiKKr9XpJgWgYeZoMMw33uEo/s2048/PWBook_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1321" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0xs8LI7FSAtC0OZyGON9oyinG7TflC_YRDQGz0oizXHkrnAV9RyZnCJvNuAdgQDU5ny1-sg4jZMe36YfgdHCJeIeZMS9qifornaGSzqsxdN698K8ACDkiKKr9XpJgWgYeZoMMw33uEo/w129-h200/PWBook_1.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wmMxs5bIU810wvXWHcWO0zIgjMLKYKXDqqbJfcRujNechR5sEa42qI42FHAJYlfZnqZUW8zW6mHckk3-f2DS90Ex4HiLh04kPU4fho4BrOy_EbO-84qTtGMu93ggr4A3xAMRDhEV_yI/s2048/PWBook_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1321" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wmMxs5bIU810wvXWHcWO0zIgjMLKYKXDqqbJfcRujNechR5sEa42qI42FHAJYlfZnqZUW8zW6mHckk3-f2DS90Ex4HiLh04kPU4fho4BrOy_EbO-84qTtGMu93ggr4A3xAMRDhEV_yI/w129-h200/PWBook_2.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRO6Hlfo_AzjhIEfqphK4VwJN4_B9l2NXgobfA330vMKn81NvCsoxBM9KvTNcMnz84_Wqsxauq7p5bSnJ4DEEytyvVBjuKoQHOsJ_OSWK1eOgHrAP79kRiqeFqTUIyQ3De-6swQvWDvk/s2048/PWBook_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1321" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRO6Hlfo_AzjhIEfqphK4VwJN4_B9l2NXgobfA330vMKn81NvCsoxBM9KvTNcMnz84_Wqsxauq7p5bSnJ4DEEytyvVBjuKoQHOsJ_OSWK1eOgHrAP79kRiqeFqTUIyQ3De-6swQvWDvk/w129-h200/PWBook_3.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Available from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eileen-Schuh/e/B005C1ZHZU?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1607643804&sr=1-3" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/EileenSchuh">Smashwords</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Eileen Schuh</div><div>Canadian writer
<a href="http://www.eileenschuh.com">www.eileenschuh.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-35946180816972299862020-07-15T08:30:00.000-06:002020-07-15T08:30:06.468-06:00Amazing New Cover!<b><i>Buried Treasure </i></b>looks amazing with its new cover! Congratulations to<a href="http://gilliallan.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Gilli Allan</a>!<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/review/R2AE802GV6W4WA/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">Here's a link to my review of the novel</a><br />
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Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-40263714451082887282020-07-14T15:39:00.000-06:002020-07-14T17:14:57.951-06:00Cover Reveal, Covid-styleShe was almost killed, now she writes novels...<br />
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<b>Interview with Gilli by Gilli Allan</b><br />
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You know you're in a pandemic when your author friends interview themselves for your blog.<br />
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With the Covid19 crisis taken an emotional toll on me and robbing me of a good percentage of my stamina and sanity, my good friend Gilli Allan prodded me to help her promote her novel,<i> <a href="http://mybook.to/BURIEDTREASURE" target="_blank">Buried Treasure,</a> </i>re-released with a brand new cover.<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/review/R2AE802GV6W4WA/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">Click here for my Amazon review of <b><i>Buried Treasure</i></b></a><br />
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Feeling less than able myself to muster up an appropriate congratulatory blog, I let her go it alone. She's a great writer. I love her books. I love her attitude. Take a listen to what she wants to tell you, not about her book but about herself:<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>Gilli Allan: </b>Thank you for the invitation to your blog. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i><b>When and where were you born?</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>Gilli: </b>I’ll tell you the where but not the
when.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Orpington, in Kent, in the United
Kingdom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i><b>Where do you live now? </b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In Gloucestershire in the West of England,
in an area known as the Cotswold Hills. But not the posh and sedate part,
beloved of Tory grandees, but in a village near the far more counter-culture
and alternative town of Stroud. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i><b>Have you ever been in a life or death
situation? </b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">During the summer of my thirteenth year, I
was crossing the road outside my house and was hit by a van. It was a
serious accident; I was thrown about fifteen feet and landed on my face, and apparently
there was a lot of blood. Fortunately, I’ve never had any memory of it although
still suffer from mild PTSD if I have any kind of a shock. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Luckily a police car happened to be
cruising the area and alerted emergency services. I was carted off to hospital
very swiftly and actually made a fairly swift recovery (although I still blame
my creaky knees on being hit by that van, and the dis-function of my thought
processes is obviously due to undetected brain damage!). </span> </div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i><b>What is your favourite colour?</b></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It’s got be yellow, the colour of sunshine,
daffodils and baby chicks. When PVC was all the rage, I had a yellow oilskin (a
proper sea-going garment).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i><b>You didn’t go to university.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not?</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">My performance at school was indifferent.
The only subject I was good at was art. (I have belatedly come to the
conclusion that I’m dyslexic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tick
nearly all the pointers.) I left to go to art school at sixteen but dropped out
after 2 years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i><b>When did you first start writing? </b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I first decided to write a book when I was
around ten, but the urge to create was soon blighted by the difficulty of
dreaming-up a coherent story. I resurrected the hobby in my young teenage years
and carried on writing – beginning but never finishing – a number of ‘books’. I
did it to please myself, never considering it a serious ambition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i><b>What were you doing when the idea ‘to take
writing seriously’ occurred to you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was doing the ironing, while listening to
the radio. I had a three-year-old son, and was unenthusiastic about the idea of
trying to resume work as an illustrator in advertising.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What else could I do that would enable me to
stay at home?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What else was I good at? A
radio programme came on about Mills and Boon, and the light bulb went on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i><b>But you say you are unable to write a
category romance, what do you mean?</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I fully intended to try to write this kind
of book but found I couldn’t do it. Once I’d put pen to paper the plot
instantly took a very non-M&B direction. I am not dissing the genre, but in
giving myself permission, as it were, to try writing seriously, I was instantly
gripped by the magic and potential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
knew I HAD to finish the book that was unfolding before my eyes, whether or not
it proved a commercial prospect. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i><b>How have you been coping in the Covid 19
emergency?</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I am well aware of our good fortune. I can
only imagine the desperation of those with young children who are financially
insecure, and are forced to live cooped-up in a high-rise block!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I have always been pretty self-reliant and
self-sufficient. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the current bizarre
situation, it probably helps that I don’t have grandchildren and not many close
friends. All the people I am most deeply attached to live several hours drive
away, so at the best of times, we don’t meet-up that often. Living in
London, my son and his wife are hyper aware of hygiene, and are probably the
most unlikely people to catch the virus. I’d love to see them, of course,
and also my best friend and my brother and sister and their partners, but life
is what it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t spend time
fretting about what I can’t do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just
get on with what is possible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I am fairly fatalistic about life. My
accident is a case in point. Had the van been travelling faster, had I not been
a fairly resilient, strong-boned individual, had the police car not been
cruising the area, who knows? I have a code I live by which could broadly be
described as Christian, but I am more political than religious. I don’t take my
skepticism about the super-natural as far as Richard Dawkins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His certainty about the materiality of life
annoys me, as his position discounts many people’s mystical and paranormal
experiences. My own experience and that of members of my family, leads me to
the sense (I wouldn’t put it as strongly as belief) that there is more to life
than meets the eye. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i><b>Have you achieved what you wanted to
achieve in life?</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The trouble with ambitions is that they are
either unreached or if they are, you don’t notice and fix your sights on
something further off in the distance. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">As a child I wanted to be rich and
famous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As art was the career I seemed
to be heading for, a famous artist was the goal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I then decided I wanted to go out with and
ultimately marry a pop star.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every girl
at school would envy me. The fame would come vicariously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or I could be a famous fashion model.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was forever pulling ‘the face’ in mirrors,
and wishing other people would see what I could see. Any flaws could be overcome
by dieting, a growth spurt and good lighting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-3706576777017244962020-04-28T20:24:00.000-06:002020-04-28T20:24:19.550-06:00Most exciting thing that happened to me during lockdownYes, lockdown, or 'sheltering in place' as some say, rather euphemistically, or self-isolation as the Public Health edicts call it is difficult.<br />
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For those of us without children at home, and not working from home...well, let's just say I had a very pleasant one hour conversation earlier today with a telemarketer. What else is there to do?<br />
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I've asked my social media friends to share what the most exciting thing is that has happened to them since the pandemic struck.<br />
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For me, I can't think of many exciting moments to consider and rate.<br />
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Perhaps the most exciting thing happened yesterday when I played hide-and-go-seek with the grandchildren. I'd forgotten how dark closets are when the door is closed. Remember the tiny crack of light under the door? I can't say I actually saw that crack. I mostly just saw the ceiling, being as I was simply a face and voice on an iPhone. Diminishing this experience, however, was despite the fact I was hundreds of miles away I repeatedly got blamed for making too much noise and giving away the hiding spot.<br />
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Although that was a fun event, perhaps for an exciting event I should consider my social distancing visit with four close friends around a roaring campfire the other night. The fact that we couldn't share food or drink or photos did't stop us from sharing a few good laughs. Especially when we enacted our perspectives on tele-medicine and our annual physical exams.<br />
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But as far as the type of excitement that gets one's heart racing, the number one event since being in self isolation has to be the day I exploded the hot tub.<br />
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Now, I am ever so grateful to have my very own hot tub, outdoors. A place I can go and soak away my worries and woes. But like I hinted at before, boredom does strange things to people. It seems it caused me to believe at some point that I might have plumbing abilities.<br />
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In any event, I decided to fix that control knob that leaked. It had been leaking for months but it only leaked when the jets were on and the tiny trickle just ran back into the tub so nothing had been done about it. But for pandemic-induced reasons, I decided I should and could fix this issue.<br />
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Well about two minutes into my repair job, complete with the explosive sound effects, a frothing four foot pillar of angry water torpedoed the knob and its leaky innards a good fourteen feet into the air. Myriad plastic pieces fell back from the sky, burying themselves into the surrounding snow banks as the geyser kept rising, writhing and roaring from the hole where the control knob had once been.<br />
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Keep in mind it is -10C , I'm soaking wet, in a bathing suit and the water in the tub in dipping dangerously low. I'm jabbing at the control panel to turn off the jets but nothing is happening. The pool of water outside the tub is beginning to freeze.<br />
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Luckily, a few more jabs and I finally got the jets turned off. I stared around me. I couldn't believe my misfortune. I'd entered the tub fearful and anxious, intent on giving up my stress to the warmth of the water massage as I'd done almost every day since Covid-19 stay-at-home orders were issued. Now, I was more anxious than ever and had apparently disabled one of my life's few remaining pleasures.<br />
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But, being me (and being cold), I didn't stand there long. My robe, which had been carefully hung on the rail was dripping wet. My slippers were wet, too, but they were my plastic sandals so I slipped them on and, mostly naked I raced around the deck, digging into the snow to retrieve washers and rings and various other pieces of plastic that looked like they may belong to a hot tub control knob.<br />
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Still fancying myself somewhat of a plumber I pieced things together as best I could and then closed the tub lid, too frightened to turn on the jets to see if my fix job worked.<br />
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As I climbed down from my hot tub, I realized with horror that the steps were covered in a smelly, brown mess. As were my sandals! Apparently in my dash about the deck to recover pieces, I'd uncovered the winter's stash of doggy do-do.<br />
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I now had to rush about (still in my bathing suit), scrubbing, cleaning, rinsing, disinfecting the steps, my shoes, the deck, itself. <br />
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I was not a happy camper when hubby showed up. But bless his soul. In less than an hour he had my tub up and running again.<br />
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I'm am so very happy that each day, I can still slip out there and soak. The snow is now gone, the stash of doggy-do gone, and overhead the Canada geese fly, robins flirt in the nearby trees and around the pond below, my beloved red winged blackbirds trill.<br />
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Yes, the day the tub exploded was the most exciting thing that has happened to me since lockdown began.<br />
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<br />Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-8787453853009575852020-04-18T15:36:00.000-06:002020-04-18T20:41:37.441-06:00Schrödinger's Lockdown Covid--19<a href="https://eileenschuh.blogspot.com/2020/03/disclaimer.html" target="_blank">Disclosure</a><br />
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The mandated self-isolation required to prevent the unfettered spread of the novel coronavirus is proving very difficult. It is more than just the inconvenience and more than just the loss of freedom.<br />
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Yes, we are social creatures and socializing is etched into our genes--but it is more than that.<br />
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The effects of the lock-down reach deep into our psyche, disturbing our dreams and wearing on our emotions. Warping our sense of reality.<br />
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For those not familiar with <span style="font-family: inherit;">the </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Schr</span>ö<span style="line-height: 115%;">dinger's<span style="font-family: inherit;"> cat </span></span>thought experiment, the take away is that according to some interpretations of quantum theories, reality doesn't actually exist in our space time until it is observed.<br />
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Physicists are coming to realize that our entire reality, from subatomic particles on up through our world and out into the universe beyond, exists only in relation to other things. Much like 'up' is meaningless and can't exist without there being a 'down', things like electrons owe their existence to their interaction with other particles. The basic building blocks of energy and matter exist only in a state of possibility and probability until interacting with the space-time reality in which we exist. Only with that interaction, do they condense into a set time and place in our world.<br />
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I think we intrinsically know about this nature of our reality and it perhaps terrifies us to think that withdrawing from our society threatens it's very existence. Without interaction with our world, we fear it will fade away. We fear <i>we </i>will fade away. We fear reality will collapse into nothing, into a black hole, sucking us and all we know into non-existence.<br />
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This may not be a valid fear, but it is a primordial one, one that visits us at nighttime in dream messages, tapping into our subconscious knowledge. Beyond what we can express in words, we know reality needs our participation to exist.<br />
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As weeks of isolation turn into months of isolation, we feel ourselves fading away.<br />
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For Therapy, for Posterity, write your life</h4>
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I gave a little teaser on Facebook today about what I was going to blog about on my daily Covid19 Mental Health series. I wrote a little poem about #GrandmaInLockdown.<br />
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<i>The toys are all a-scatter<br />
Not that it even matters<br />
There won't be any knocks upon the door.<br />
No visitors will visit<br />
No kids will come to play<br />
No one will ask for ice cream<br />
Or beg their mom to stay...<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/grandmainlockdown?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG">#GrandmaInLockDown</a></i></blockquote>
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My blog was going to be about how therapeutic writing is, about scientific studies that show the act of writing helps people deal with fears, stress and anxiety. I was going to encourage my fellow writers to use their words in public ways to help the world. To record this massively historic event so the generations to come will have a clear picture of what we went through. So we can be viewed as great adventurers, achievers, fighters. Strong.<br />
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I was going to tell those of my readers who are shy about writing, to pick up the pen anyway and keep a diary. Lock it if you want. For now.<br />
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When we're long gone, our descendants will be interested in "the Pandemic of 2020". They'll want to read about our lives, our feelings, our fears, our governments. Our homes, our clothes, our food and technology. Our culture. They'll be intrigued with even just short accounts of firing up our i phones and logging onto Facebook, fascinated to discover how strange it felt for so many to work from home. They'll wonder at the quaint custom of 'buffets' and roll their eyes at our stories of toilet paper hoarding and maybe laugh at the government videos showing us how to wash our hands.<br />
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I was going to write all that until I wrote that poem. When I hit 'post' the life drained out of me. My spirit died. Hope, vanished. My desire to be useful left. I no longer wanted to write about writing. How could I tell people it was therapeutic to write, when it had decimated me?<br />
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I was going to tell you all that my latest novel written for middle grade children, <b><a href="http://mybook.to/betweenthesunandthera" target="_blank">BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE RAINBOW </a></b>starts off with a mother admonishing her children to consider the turn in their lives an "adventure."<br />
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Danielle cannot believe she's embarking on an adventure. Her parents are fighting and divorcing and her mother has moved them from their city home to a rundown shack on the prairies.<br />
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Danielle must have felt much like we do--life as she'd always known it was over. She had no electricity, no inside toilet. No running water. Her friends, her school, and her father are thousands of kilometers away. And...like us, she has no idea how or when it's all going to end. She knows, it will never be the same again.<br />
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Adventure indeed.<br />
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Well, come to think of it, now that I've written about my novel, I've cheered up a bit. I love talking about my books, reconnecting with the characters I've lived with and slept with and dreamed about for months (and some of them, years) as I worked to tell their stories.<br />
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Perhaps this idea of writing for therapy has some truth to it...<br />
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she doesn’t think things can get any worse—but they definitely don’t seem to be
getting any better, either.<br />
Her mother takes her and her older brother, Jayson, thousands of kilometers
from their Toronto home to the old family homestead on the Alberta prairie.
Inside and outside of the rundown shack that is now home, everything is strange
and frightening.<br />
Her mother says they will connect with nature on the farm and begin to heal but
to Danielle, it seems a very painful way to heal.<br />
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I want us all to be gentle with ourselves. Don't feel unworthy, dejected or abnormal if you're not anywhere near following my advice. Or if you want to skip the first two steps and dive into this one. Or if you're still back on step one trying to find the words for your fears.</div>
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Forgive yourself if all you can do is watch the news, even if you know you shouldn't. Or if you refuse to watch the news, though you know you should. If you're eating too much, or too little. Sleeping too much or not at all. If you don't want to talk to anyone, or if you can't shut up. If you'd rather finish that crochet project but are instead memorized by Candy Crush. </div>
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We will also forgive all others within our circle for behaving in ways we may wish to judge negatively.</div>
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Our bodies, our minds, our spirits know exactly what we need to be doing right now to make it safely through our troubles. Let's allow that part of us that resides beyond words and thoughts, judgments, edicts and decrees--let that part of us take control. It will do a fine job. </div>
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There's no charted course for dealing with this global stress. We're all in different circumstances. We have arrived here on different paths. We see things differently, feel things different. Behave different. </div>
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Today I want us to focus on the here and now. Because no one, not the politicians, nor the health experts nor the psychiatrists, economists or historians. Not the scientists nor the media. No one can tell us much at all about what our future will be like.</div>
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But there are some things we do know. The sun will set tonight and rise tomorrow. Our winter season will flow steadily into spring and then summer (or autumn into winter, if we're south of the equator.) The breezes will blow, the birds chirp, gardens grow. Once in a while there will be a rainbow.</div>
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For most of us, the here and now is a warm place, familiar and fairly comfortable. We are fed. We have a pillow and bed. If you're reading this, you have some kind of electronic device and connection to the internet. In the here and now there is no immediate danger. At all. Bombs are not exploding around us. We have water in our taps. It's quiet outside. People are 'sheltering in place'--a warm and cozy phrase. Sheltering...</div>
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Over all, here and now is a safe place to be.</div>
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Relax into it. Own it. Make it yours.</div>
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In my novel <a href="http://mybook.to/OperationMaxTrackerPB" target="_blank">OPERATION MAXTRACKER</a> , the world is on the verge of collapse, not from a virus, well not a Corona-kind of virus. In this fourth novel in my BackTracker series, my characters know the world may never be the same again because criminals have hijacked cyberspace, robbed the banks, collapsed the stock market, wiped out justice and democracy. Rewrote history.</div>
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One of my favourite characters in my BackTracker series, cyber security expert, Cst. Donald Hayes aka Shrug, is trying to work with his cohorts down east, in the big city capital of the nation. Shrug is a prairie boy born and bred and doesn't fit in well with the city folk, with the politics. The rituals. He complains to his boss.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>"We’re
spendin’ millions on this cyberspace shit because in the plush high-rise office
towers in the metropolis, they really think the world will end without it.
F**k! Ask a farm boy how the world will end and he’ll tell you it’ll end when
the sun don’t shine and the rain don’t fall. If the eastern cities were to wake
up hungry, think anyone would care who’s inhabitin’ cyberspace?”</i> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">OPERATION BACKTRACKER ~Eileen Schuh</span></div>
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The tremendous power of the defensive system the team is
creating and the potential for its abuse, has computer guru, Katrina Buckhold,
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everything safe, but based on her past experiences with him, she's not
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Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-86286804904443004142020-03-23T17:19:00.000-06:002020-03-23T21:15:18.070-06:00COVID19 Second Step to Mental Health<h3>
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Yesterday I blogged about the importance of assigning words to one's emotions, one's fears, how to take step one in our journey through this crisis. It's only when we are able to put words to what we're feeling that we can communicate.</div>
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Being able to share our feelings enables us to understand we are not alone, that we are normal, that we are part of what is going on around us. It allows us to connect with others, receive their support and encouragement, and offer them ours.</div>
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It also allows us to research the issues frightening us, and tentatively start planning creative solutions to deal with our anxiety and eventually move past it.</div>
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As I searched for my own words, I realized much of my anxiety was arising from the stories I heard from parents as a child. Stories about the 1918 pandemic, the 1929 stock market crash and the Dirty 30s. Once I put words to the source of my anxiety, I was able to go online and research those events. I came to understand the similarities and differences between now and then. </div>
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I read about what governments, health care services, and society in general learned from those past tragedies. I began realizing that governments around the world, and my own government in particular, were implementing the lessons learned long ago and my fears eased. That would not have happened if I'd not taken the time to sort through my feelings and put words to them. </div>
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We're all fearing different things. Some are concerned about food supply, some about the illness itself. Some are focused on financial worries. Many are fearful of the future. Some wonder about civil unrest, justice... I won't mention all the worries because some of us will grab onto them and acquire an entire new set of worries.</div>
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Do take the time to study your own fears and as they change, find new words to describe them. Put those words to use by sharing them with trusted others. Ask questions of experts about the things you are fearing. Research reputable online sites. If you are worried about finances, find out what public assistance may be available to you and how to access that help. Share what you find out with others who have the same worries. </div>
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If you're worried about contracting the illness, check your government public health websites. There is lots of information on how to stay safe.</div>
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If you're worried about others, share with them what you learn about what they must do to keep safe.</div>
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With the knowledge you gain, will come power and with that power will come the ability to cope with both your emotions and the situations from which they are arising.</div>
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It's a very easy second step on our way to coping with COVID19.</div>
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We'll move beyond words on my next blog and search out some activities that can calm us and help others.<br />
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Find the words</h2>
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The overwhelming response to my casual mention on facebook that I was considering using my writing skills and psychiatric nursing training to blog about mental health issues caught me by surprise.</div>
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Social media had been next to silent on the crisis since the magnitude of the pandemic became apparent. I assumed most, like me, were glued to news channels, unable to comprehend what was happening.</div>
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When one did speak, one used words like 'surreal'. We were numb, felt detached. Had difficulty connecting the world we were hearing about with the one we were experiencing, connecting the past we knew to the future that was looming.</div>
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However, the response to my post led me to realize we were emerging from the numbness but had no idea what we should do next, what to feel next or worry about next.</div>
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We will all handle this crisis in our own unique way, much as we handle grief. There is no right and wrong way to feel. No right or wrong time to do what we want to do. No correct way to proceed.</div>
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And that, in itself, is frightening.</div>
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But let's take a tiny first step out of our numbness and see where it leads us. It's not an easy step, but it's manageable. </div>
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<span style="color: red;">Step 1: find the words for what you're feeling. Put words to your fears.</span></h4>
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In <i><a href="http://mybook.to/FatalError" target="_blank">FATAL ERROR</a></i>, my young heroine is being interrogated by the police about a murder she witnessed. She's never talked to anyone about what she saw. She'd been hoping she could just forget about and thus make it go away. She's not even sure she did see anything, or what exactly she saw or did...because she'd never put words to it.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">“Dark
secrets are bad things,” [Constable] Debra said. “They can grow into monsters if you don’t
put them into words.”</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.3in;">“There
are no words,” Katrina protested.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.3in;"> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“You’ve
never talked about it, have you?” Debra asked. “I can tell by the way you
flinch every time someone says ‘murder’.” </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Words
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I don’t
think so. If you have the word ‘murder’ you can have suspects, evidence,
motive, opportunity. You can have trials and convictions and jail terms, tangible
things to chase down and handle. If you just have a bunch of horrible feelings
floating around, how do you do anything with them?” </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Words
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“It’s not words that make it real.” [Cst.]Chad zeroed
his eyes in on hers. “With or without your words, the murder was real. I can
show you the crime scene photos. You can see how ‘real’ it was.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"> <i>~Fatal Error</i></span></blockquote>
It's vital we find the words to express what we are going through. Only by being able to communicate will we be able to connect with others. With words, we can climb out of our solitude and share our fears and feelings.<br />
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Yes, words will definitely 'make it real'. Words will knock us upside the head with the harshness of the reality, the 'new normal'.<br />
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However, with words we can proceed, start making plans, research solutions, create solutions. Words will enable us to analyze. Words will empower us to take control of our emotions.<br />
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In a scientific <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/08/13/study_of_passengers_from_air_transat_neardisaster_aids_understanding_of_ptsd.html" target="_blank">study</a> on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), survivors of a near-crash involving a passenger flight were interviewed by researchers. Some interesting data emerged. (<a href="https://eileenschuh.blogspot.com/2014/08/new-study-aids-understanding-of-ptsd.html" target="_blank">see my previous blog about this</a>)<br />
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Researchers simply asked survivors to describe what had happened. Those who had words for the terror they experienced, those who could focus on and share the event and the feelings they had during that event were less likely to suffer PTSD. Whereas those passengers with evasive or convoluted narratives, focusing on extraneous things had more trouble dealing with the terror of the experience down the road.<br />
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While researchers suggested this was useful data for those training first responders, soldiers, or others who are likely to encounter trauma during their work, it is also information we can use to face the Covid19 crisis.<br />
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Don't pretend it's not happening. Don't think that putting words to it will make it real, make it worse. Don't think not talking about it will make it go away.<br />
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Putting words to that undefined <i>'</i><i>it</i>' is a vital first step.<br />
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Feel free to share your feelings, fears, hopes in the comment section below or on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eileen.schuh" target="_blank">facebook page</a>, where I'm hosting a running commentary on mental health issues. And if you're still at that 'surreal' stage and can't find the words, share that to. Reading others' words may help you find your own.<br />
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Take care.<br />
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For reliable, accurate and timely health and safety information on dealing with the Covid19 pandemic visit this <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/awareness-resources.html" target="_blank">Canadian Government</a> website.<br />
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<br />Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-54043048825981214072020-03-22T11:25:00.000-06:002020-04-01T19:46:18.498-06:00Disclosure<div class="MsoNormal">
After being asked by the Public Health Agency of Canada to
help spread their vital information, I decided to take it a step further and use
my skills as a writer and my training as a psychiatric nurse to address mental
health issues arising from the Covid19 crises.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I will be mentioning my various books during my blogging and
I’ll leave it to you to judge my motives. But let me say, storytelling is one
of mankind’s oldest and most effective ways of teaching. From the parables in
the Bible, to Grimm’s fairy tales, to ancient Greek legends and Native American
tales, our society has learned about ourselves, our morals, our history. We’ve
learned of tragedy and learned to hope.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s always been my desire as an author to continue that
honorable tradition. It is sometimes much easier for humans to grasp an insight
when it is wrapped in powerful words and portrayed by characters we love. We
can talk all we want about hope and its importance to mental health, but when
we live alongside a character in a story, when we move with them through their
tragedy, when we see them overcome their weakness and reach their goals, that’s
when we begin to really understand hope.</div>
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in the coming days are insights that I’ve already shared with readers of my
novels. My interest in the human mind and emotions is obvious in my novels. And
sometimes, I have to admit, my characters can get a point across much more
effectively than I can. So, yes, I will be quoting from these characters and
referring to episodes in their lives as they pertain to the issues I will be
addressing. Whether or not you follow up by reading their stories is your
choice, but I do suggest that reading stories, whether mine or others, is one
of the best, cheapest, most fun mental health therapies in the world!<o:p></o:p></div>
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It takes a woman an average of twenty attempts to break free
of an abusive relationship, according to information provided by the local
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RIDERS, it should come as no surprise that getting out from under his control
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society at large, many readers put the onus on Allie to break free and are
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It has bothered me for a long time that people blame women
in abusive relationships for their troubles, their pain, their murders. “Why
didn’t she just leave?” <o:p></o:p></div>
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My intent in writing SHADOW RIDERS was to explore the ties
that keep women in violent relationships. In the SHADOW RIDERS’ <i>Afterword</i> I
write, “It’s my hope Allie’s story helps both the victims of domestic violence and
their communities understand the mental and emotional processes involved in the
bonding between abused and abuser. May this understanding empower victims to
break free and encourage us all to support them until they find the strength to
do so.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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that circumnavigates the globe, involves biker gangs, murders, espionage, drug trafficking,
and the maligning of Canadian justice...among other things. <o:p></o:p></div>
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'But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.'</div>
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Many entered but there can only be ONE Grand Prize Winner! </div>
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Drum roll.... Our Grand Prize of $75 USD via PayPal and 19 eBooks goes to...</div>
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The Second Prize winners are listed below next to the title of the book they've won: </div>
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<span class="_4yxp" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">A Bit of Magic </span>by Mae Baum - <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=1616059812&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1616059812&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBVXdW2x3Q9NcWXVgQybosfnU0Y_9FlhsvauR5zgVptVmZWK6wc8pptr5pl6Ogpo2OLLTMqZNPtznUF%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/michael.christofield?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARBVXdW2x3Q9NcWXVgQybosfnU0Y_9FlhsvauR5zgVptVmZWK6wc8pptr5pl6Ogpo2OLLTMqZNPtznUF&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Michael Christofield">Michael Christofield</a> and <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=100000048157139&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000048157139&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBuSzKQNgwG3fsrCFf5heqHGQuvtWWEOPiiKd3L0uqiplSK1kKFV-W1Kfeq9e3_J2kvoKDBadA35fXS%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/kgrube12?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARBuSzKQNgwG3fsrCFf5heqHGQuvtWWEOPiiKd3L0uqiplSK1kKFV-W1Kfeq9e3_J2kvoKDBadA35fXS&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Kimberly Grube">Kimberly Grube</a> </div>
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<span class="_4yxp" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">Azimuth </span>by Rennie St James - <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=100010319049355&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100010319049355&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARAOlY6ad2fiXkm4yfn1zzmIpueDdYL-jU7EdEXce6A5tCNIxRoFspUzadnn4ZLgEqyKSXOgk2p6EJ6I%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/mrsaewillis?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARAOlY6ad2fiXkm4yfn1zzmIpueDdYL-jU7EdEXce6A5tCNIxRoFspUzadnn4ZLgEqyKSXOgk2p6EJ6I&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Amanda Willis">Amanda Willis</a> and <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=100003754691427&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100003754691427&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARAv6r28-CqHgIp9lsX9G3lvLKanBFCvAFYohwJ_RcXTV1aZ7_MwtZE9iujy1ClvXUlWcAzqRYBUwFHz%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/jessica.walters.39750?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARAv6r28-CqHgIp9lsX9G3lvLKanBFCvAFYohwJ_RcXTV1aZ7_MwtZE9iujy1ClvXUlWcAzqRYBUwFHz&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jessica Walters">Jessica Walters</a></div>
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<span class="_4yxp" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">Bonded </span>by Cheryllynn Dyess - <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=100009402984393&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100009402984393&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARA9WQ08R96caBSf3RFrZzOH2euQwg0ufxne9dN4Rem8Au9c8g1mKy2fjKCPgJ6Z38w4XPiVkA4FHU8J%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009402984393&fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARA9WQ08R96caBSf3RFrZzOH2euQwg0ufxne9dN4Rem8Au9c8g1mKy2fjKCPgJ6Z38w4XPiVkA4FHU8J&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Becky Lynn">Becky Lynn</a> and <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=100000128541502&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000128541502&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARDBHjqjjeQqX7Iesq3nLvd2QoqrGlFr--cgOWuYnElkDxbMolqFuQXKiQGVWSQXRyQg6PqUECeRnGHi%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/leonie.townsend?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARDBHjqjjeQqX7Iesq3nLvd2QoqrGlFr--cgOWuYnElkDxbMolqFuQXKiQGVWSQXRyQg6PqUECeRnGHi&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Leonie Townsend">Leonie Townsend</a></div>
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<span class="_4yxp" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">Curse Breaker: Enchanted </span>by <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=680710916&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=680710916&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARC4NYIYpjun4nADtRaEAW0f1tY6bE5tjUjsdyG0eEMDGU1WhhkFrb6kJMoqxCp3-veh4bhf2tbe66jT%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/melinda.kucsera?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARC4NYIYpjun4nADtRaEAW0f1tY6bE5tjUjsdyG0eEMDGU1WhhkFrb6kJMoqxCp3-veh4bhf2tbe66jT&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Melinda Kucsera">Melinda Kucsera</a> - Emmaline <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=100032844533212&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100032844533212&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARD3JTvKGiruPwmImZO3K0Xj_lFtoI2w_RwDLHWAWzKsTfeNhDRgX6yl4MPX-FCiKV2-GkNfVGDSTRRs%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/lavender.periwinkle.75?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARD3JTvKGiruPwmImZO3K0Xj_lFtoI2w_RwDLHWAWzKsTfeNhDRgX6yl4MPX-FCiKV2-GkNfVGDSTRRs&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Emmaline Lavender Fields">Emmaline Lavender Fields</a> and Nicole <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=505240528&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=505240528&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBUfc_eNNwu39NCPGC0CUiWrKAbsUAOdse8f17AgK264LMIHyNna5o0IgTQF-XFWOZFm4PnvyIdQykb%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/NicoleDunton?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARBUfc_eNNwu39NCPGC0CUiWrKAbsUAOdse8f17AgK264LMIHyNna5o0IgTQF-XFWOZFm4PnvyIdQykb&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Nicole Evan Dunton">Nicole Evan Dunton</a></div>
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<span class="_4yxp" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">Dragon Blood </span>by <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=100029427462078&ref=floc167" aria-describedby="u_2p_1" aria-owns="" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100029427462078&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARB3FeKTmBXxR5NNiFo1q5iVfjVbqRDls5ZEzEGIGXyU2XR23iw1zvexi7Zh4amYJD5hOgVPH16hBHdL%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/author.katiecherry.1?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARB3FeKTmBXxR5NNiFo1q5iVfjVbqRDls5ZEzEGIGXyU2XR23iw1zvexi7Zh4amYJD5hOgVPH16hBHdL&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" id="js_61j" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Author Katie Cherry">Author Katie Cherry</a> - <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=525695655&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=525695655&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARA06s5JU6TTgCTskEggtp2YXlUN8iC8rl-QQUp86bK_5dpl9muiEO50UiJDrY6OqF1gmvpr3cx7Q0tK%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/CapriciousCilantro?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARA06s5JU6TTgCTskEggtp2YXlUN8iC8rl-QQUp86bK_5dpl9muiEO50UiJDrY6OqF1gmvpr3cx7Q0tK&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Dustyn Brown">Dustyn Brown</a> and <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=100000566170260&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000566170260&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARDLbVTPaYiSO8L5BW0dzf65iVzFR0LxG3R1qe9IE7T8_OSNgWGbzszha3cR_iUXkzX_SxWUX9EbBTIj%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/lszymoniak?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARDLbVTPaYiSO8L5BW0dzf65iVzFR0LxG3R1qe9IE7T8_OSNgWGbzszha3cR_iUXkzX_SxWUX9EbBTIj&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Linda Szymoniak">Linda Szymoniak</a></div>
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<span class="_4yxp" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">Tattoos </span>by <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=632184270&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=632184270&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCSfh_yo4KovNCDYoqFjymsYY3xsViFFW19rjhlM2sz_Xv27RLF2F9GltZcQTo5gxf6GyYlbErg7PQZ%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/stacy.overby.9?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCSfh_yo4KovNCDYoqFjymsYY3xsViFFW19rjhlM2sz_Xv27RLF2F9GltZcQTo5gxf6GyYlbErg7PQZ&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Stacy Overby">Stacy Overby</a> - <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=515112806&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=515112806&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCmzpablWo5PINA1Z-7Z0rU3KYs1gfcuxDN7IMSyYX6YchMNmeeX7uT_mxxYw8bKyW3vRRNIiHY76K5%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/jaime.mintercollum?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCmzpablWo5PINA1Z-7Z0rU3KYs1gfcuxDN7IMSyYX6YchMNmeeX7uT_mxxYw8bKyW3vRRNIiHY76K5&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jaime Lynn Minter Collum">Jaime Lynn Minter Collum</a> and <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=1184192271&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1184192271&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARC72gXyPPT1WRyzpHtMmZn9HcY97qTSdEfElM-F13CmqmFMrLwMyMJQIyPZD7ZVUKBGQjqZWSE-Zn7r%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/paula.riccobono?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARC72gXyPPT1WRyzpHtMmZn9HcY97qTSdEfElM-F13CmqmFMrLwMyMJQIyPZD7ZVUKBGQjqZWSE-Zn7r&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Paula Riccobono">Paula Riccobono</a></div>
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<span class="_4yxp" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Fox and The Hunter </span>by <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=574485318&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=574485318&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARD8ZODWM5T6w0mjSrBk4IxqwTQUuowKKhXWjTYocva6nIjyNlgFLI5-Np-kWUQ-tZFeyynBLrrMFMCy%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/linn.h.stokke?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARD8ZODWM5T6w0mjSrBk4IxqwTQUuowKKhXWjTYocva6nIjyNlgFLI5-Np-kWUQ-tZFeyynBLrrMFMCy&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Linn Tesli Lønaas">Linn Tesli</a> - <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=12920145&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=12920145&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARAbSS5PYkTjrn-W2AQiFY1KhGib55I00xzpZJrXYDZVa90FvEFGTCPFVR282d_iD_Sveht-WxAach3Z%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/areck2?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARAbSS5PYkTjrn-W2AQiFY1KhGib55I00xzpZJrXYDZVa90FvEFGTCPFVR282d_iD_Sveht-WxAach3Z&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Aaron Reck">Aaron Reck</a> and <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=1832315732&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1832315732&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARDq4_OPN8Q4t_YYvK-SUXjkt9WuL-8LfUaMji_odJ0P-GZ69OW_UosPftN_ZEtDq47308OC3W9GgekR%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.murphy.980?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARDq4_OPN8Q4t_YYvK-SUXjkt9WuL-8LfUaMji_odJ0P-GZ69OW_UosPftN_ZEtDq47308OC3W9GgekR&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Jennifer Murphy">Jennifer Murphy</a></div>
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<span class="_4yxp" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Glass Gargoyle </span>by <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=1256476666&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1256476666&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCVSkJxPXbftZ1Rd54voNUWAoguhndQGQsmwUkPeb9G5l94OpW4Pg1eInhS4zmyP6FbL7uYe_R65OuL%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/marie.andreas3?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCVSkJxPXbftZ1Rd54voNUWAoguhndQGQsmwUkPeb9G5l94OpW4Pg1eInhS4zmyP6FbL7uYe_R65OuL&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Marie Andreas">Marie Andreas</a> - <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=830280797&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=830280797&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARAs13TA6kj4R_iZvc9bfKhoOTw2O9gieHNE6KKcLNed5DlyGzNTpr7xNiriSo3uXvwwC39gTaSX76VQ%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/harvester5905?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARAs13TA6kj4R_iZvc9bfKhoOTw2O9gieHNE6KKcLNed5DlyGzNTpr7xNiriSo3uXvwwC39gTaSX76VQ&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Joy Flynn">Joy Flynn</a> and <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=100000162603943&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000162603943&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARD4cxlCWPyR4CpJvERDWeZXi30Spsn00iRAXGqFk8og03baUxgrcyiansb6hcIO9O2S_NvFunyL-Zx-%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/catmedal?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARD4cxlCWPyR4CpJvERDWeZXi30Spsn00iRAXGqFk8og03baUxgrcyiansb6hcIO9O2S_NvFunyL-Zx-&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Catherine Medal">Catherine Medal</a></div>
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<span class="_4yxp" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Hand of Atua </span>by Charity Bradford - <a ajaxify="/groups/member_bio/bio_dialog/?group_id=2043978469031165&member_id=612873500&ref=floc167" class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=612873500&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCWw4hcy8U8XTrrr_S6P21g96tsdiiUsTZe47qGbAyyaVBY5Rc-UVEmqwROVJ_Am73c9rLxhXBLifTf%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/angelangie5625?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCWw4hcy8U8XTrrr_S6P21g96tsdiiUsTZe47qGbAyyaVBY5Rc-UVEmqwROVJ_Am73c9rLxhXBLifTf&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Angie Peterson">Angie Peterson</a> and <a class="_2u0z" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1498935528&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARAPbTdWbLw_tEEw3OKznFIkSjSopw2T3ap9Xz3HVYaoaCy1wuiQyUDqTJU0-mglyB_dkMqjw_t_Q7OK%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22fref%22%3A%22gs%22%2C%22dti%22%3A2043978469031165%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22group%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/deissy.avila.9?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARAPbTdWbLw_tEEw3OKznFIkSjSopw2T3ap9Xz3HVYaoaCy1wuiQyUDqTJU0-mglyB_dkMqjw_t_Q7OK&dti=2043978469031165&hc_location=group" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Deissy Rubi Hermunslie">Deissy Rubi Hermunslie</a></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>e are born to believe in magic</b>...and fairies and dragons.
For everything about ourselves and world is fantastical from a child’s eyes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s nothing but magical that tiny seeds should become
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That the children we are will become doctors, parents...perhaps
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Woe to all adults who lose touch with their sense of magic.</blockquote>
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I invite you to join with me and a group of fellow science
fiction and fantasy authors as we celebrate the summer solstice and all things
magical. Romp through our social media platforms to find secrets words hidden
in the sun graphic that when all collected
and deciphered will spell out a quotation from a famous speculative fiction
novel.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Solve the quotation and it could win you books...and money—$75.00
in hard U.S. currency, fact.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But better than that, more magical than that, it will
introduce you to some great books by some awesome authors.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We ask that you connect with us not only by entering the
contest, but if you like our blogs, follow us (there’s a button to the right of
this posting that says ‘follow’), so we can continue to talk our magic to you
through the words we post. Or, sign up for our newsletters, link to us through
our twitter or facebook accounts, find us on Instagram.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our dream is to share our magic with others and your secret
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FSF Readers Lounge Presents its first ever<b> Solstice Scavenger Hunt</b></h4>
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Running from June 16th to June 29th.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Nineteen authors have joined forces to offer readers a chance at $75.00 USD cash via PayPal and 19 eBooks as
a Grand Prize! Thirty-eight secondary prizes (an eBook from one of our participating
authors) will be given to randomly chosen participants with the correct answer to the scavenger hunt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To play for a chance to win you must go to
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unscramble them, and then enter to win! Enter <span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><a href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/3d87297f10/?">Here</a></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You have the option to choose who to subscribe to and who to follow - the only
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giveaway, but I hope you choose to follow the wonderful authors participating
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Bit of Magic<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Azimuth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bonded<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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People<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ian's
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Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-59665747818883403562019-06-10T10:00:00.000-06:002019-06-10T17:37:10.574-06:00Buried Treasure<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://mybook.to/BURIEDTREASURE" target="_blank">Buried Treasure</a>. </i>What a great name for a book. Oh, yes. The mystery, the intrigue...the riches.Who among us wouldn't rather unearth a hidden treasure than win a lottery? Marry rich? Or write a New York Times Best Seller? Well, okay then--forget that last example. </div>
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Today, author Gilli Allan shares her family's folklore regarding a genuine, historic treasure and introduces us to her most recent novel, <a href="http://mybook.to/BURIEDTREASURE" target="_blank">BURIED TREASURE</a>.</div>
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I've read Allan's previous novels and love her writing. Her style is unique, free from genre constraints. Her plots are always compelling. Her characters, to die for. </div>
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Take it away, Gilli!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Author, Gilli Allen</td></tr>
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<b>Not many people dig up treasure, but my
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<span lang="EN-GB">My childish imagination was very inspired
by the idea of archaeology – the closest science there is to
treasure-hunting. I was probably influenced
by the fact that my great uncle, Sydney Ford, ‘discovered’ the hoard of Roman silver
tableware, named the Mildenhall Treasure, on his Suffolk farm during WW2.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I put <i>discovered </i>in inverted commas because
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<span lang="EN-GB">I admit to plundering Syd’s story when I
began to write <a href="http://mybook.to/BURIEDTREASURE" target="_blank">BURIED TREASURE</a>, a book with an archaeological theme. In his account (which I heard from his own
lips), he was driving the tractor and plough which turned up the hoard from one
of his fields. He took it home and cleaned it up. At the time, he thought it
was pewter. He tried to declare the find and took a piece to London - to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reputed treasure-finder, Sydney Ford</td></tr>
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the British Museum was closed, so he kept it. What else could he do? At
Christmas he kept his fruit and nuts in the great dish. But a nosy
neighbour tipped off the police and the hoard was taken away from him after the
war, so he never got any credit for finding it, nor any recompense.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In more recent years I’ve learned more
about the ‘official account’. It was not Sydney but his farm worker,
Gordon Butcher, who turned up the treasure. It wasn’t even found on my uncle’s
farm at all, but on neighbouring land that he was looking after. He was unable
or unwilling to be clear about the specific location where it was unearthed,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ford's Great Great-nephew, Tom Williams, poses with the Mildenhall Treasure</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Partly because of this vagueness, there has
even been doubt cast over the fact the hoard originated in the Mildenhall area
at all. Roman villas have been found around
that location, but nothing of sufficient grandeur to have owned such a service
has ever been excavated in the environs.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Other suggestions I’ve read, linked to the
previous point, is that it was stolen (from whom or from where?) and had been
hidden by twentieth century villains or by airman flying from Italy into the
airfield at Mildenhall during the war. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The treasure wasn’t snatched from him
unexpectedly, as Syd would have it later. He did know in advance he was going
to be relieved of his fruit bowl and the rest, apparently, and (because he knew
they were coming) rumour has it he was able to keep back a cache of coins or
some other choice artifact from the hoard.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Declared 'treasure trove', the Mildenhall Treasure can now be seen in the
British Museum. Contrary to Uncle Syd’s claim,
he was recompensed - £2,000 divided between Sydney and his ploughman, Mr
Butcher – but he never did get any credit.You won’t see his name attached to the treasure at the British Museum.
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<span lang="EN-GB">Great Uncle Syd, was a favourite. We always
loved seeing him. He was mischievous and rascally and had a definite
twinkle in his eye which, looking back, I suspect was something to do with the
fact he knew he was fibbing. But when I was young, I took on board the story as
he recounted it. Of course it was true. Now,
though? I can quite believe him capable
of a degree of roguery, but I don’t suppose we will ever know the real story;
Syd is long gone and unable to provide any answers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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apart, their expectations in life more different. And there is nothing in the
first meeting between the conference planner and the university lecturer which
suggests they should expect or even want to connect again.</b></span></span></div>
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in common than they could ever have imagined. </b></span></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both have unresolved issues from
the past which have marked them; both have an archaeological puzzle they want
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i>Gilli Allan began to write in childhood - a
hobby pursued throughout her teenage years. Writing was only abandoned when she left
home, and real life supplanted the fiction. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Geoff, Gilli is still a keen artist. She draws and paints and has now moved
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of her books, TORN, LIFE CLASS and FLY or FALL has won a ‘Chill with a Book’
award. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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William Collins, is ‘Viking Britain’. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<br />Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-13321814353949252162019-06-04T21:48:00.000-06:002019-06-04T21:48:48.168-06:00When the bough breaks...Today I welcome Author, <a href="https://www.authorlukemurphy.com/" target="_blank">Luke Murphy</a> to Magic of the Muses, in celebration of his upcoming release, <i>Rock-A-Bye Baby</i>. This is Luke's third guest appearance on my blog. He first visited here in <a href="http://eileenschuh.blogspot.ca/2012/06/rink-rat-to-writer.html" target="_blank">June 2012</a> to introduce us to his debut novel, <i>Dead Man's Hand. </i>And in <a href="http://eileenschuh.blogspot.com/2015/07/oh-babylets-kiss-tell.html" target="_blank">July 2015 </a>he presented,<i> Kiss and Tell.</i><br />
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Yep, I think he has a crime series going here....take it away, Luke!<br />
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<a href="http://mybook.to/RABB" target="_blank">Click here to purchase Rock-A-Bye Baby</a><br />
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This is my second go at writing a sequel, but it always
feels like a new experience for me. ROCK-A-BYE BABY is the second book in my
Charlene Taylor series. I have no plans, no idea how many books I’ll write with
these characters. I’ll just write, and see where the characters take me. Who
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There are definitely some benefits to writing a sequel.<br />
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Readers are familiar with the main characters in the series, and there is no
need for a lot of backstory to get readers caught up, or a lot of explicit
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small fan base and readership who are earnestly awaiting my next novel. I won’t
have to worry about reaching those readers, as they are returning customers,
and will already be searching out my books.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Because KISS & TELL garnered so much attention and success,
now there is a level of expectation that comes with my next book. With so much
praise and five-star reviews, readers have a high expectation of what they are
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book than it is to write it. Readers are expecting another book as soon as they
finish reading the previous one. It took me four years to write the sequel to
KISS & TELL (sandwiching another book in between), and once readers have
finished ROCK-A-BYE BABY, they will be expecting another Charlene Taylor adventure.
I might not have time to breathe LOL<o:p></o:p></div>
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the sequel to KISS & TELL, and I look forward to possibly writing more
Charlene Taylor adventures in the future.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://mybook.to/RABB" target="_blank">Rock-A-Bye Baby</a></span></b></i><br />
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<i>An aunt’s worst nightmare…</i></div>
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In the city of Denver, a series of baby kidnappings has the town devastated. With no ransom demands and no contact from the perpetrators, local law enforcement is at a dead end. No motive equals no answers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>“<i>Rock a Bye Baby</i> has everything—a haunted protagonist,
heartfelt emotion, and a twisty, thrilling plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A scorcher of a follow-up in a promising
series.”</b>—David Ellis, NYT bestselling author of <i>The Last Alibi</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>"Murphy has cleverly crafted a riveting crime thriller,
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<b>“<i>Rock a Bye Baby </i>is an exquisitely told thriller, full of
surprises and terrifying moments. Murphy is a gifted storyteller who keeps the
tension crackling throughout. Charlene Taylor drives the story to a very
satisfying and unexpected ending.”</b>—Kristina Stanley, bestselling author of the
<i>Stone Mountain</i> series.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Luke Murphy is the International bestselling author of <i>Dead Man’s Hand</i> , <i>Kiss and Tell,</i> and <i>Wild Card.</i></div>
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Prior to becoming a novelist, Murphy played six years of professional hockey, retiring in 2006. His sports column, <i>Overtime</i> (Pontiac Equity), won the 2009 Best Sports Page in Quebec Award and was nominated for this award in 2007. Murphy also worked as a radio journalist at CHIP FM 101.</div>
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For more information on Luke and his books, visit his <a href="http://www.authorlukemurphy.com/" target="_blank">website</a>, ‘like’ his <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AuthorLukeMurphy" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> and follow him on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/AuthorLMurphy" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</div>
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Eileen Schuh:http://www.blogger.com/profile/08239393851824941591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870689819331801933.post-25138208600436746812019-04-09T13:53:00.000-06:002019-04-09T13:53:55.991-06:00Who partied in the woods?<br />
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What follows are the most amazing photos I’ve ever captured
on my trail cameras—well, at least a close second to the picture of the doe
birthing...or the twin speckled fawns...or the woodpecker. The lynx. Anyways,
they are amazing—and were snapped over the course of half an hour, just minutes before I showed up. (I was close
to crashing the party!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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My camera is set to take three quick pictures in a row once the motion sensor
is tripped, so it’s almost like watching a video. For the sake of space and reducing redundancy, I've edited out many of the stills, but these that I've chosen--well, I’ll let these two brothers tell you the rest of the story. </div>
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I do not know where these bears came from, where their den was, where they were last year. Nor can I say if they’ll hang
around my place throughout the summer. I surmise they are siblings, from their size and their play. They look
like cubs facing their third spring (which is when mama kicks them out to be on
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I believe they were playing, not fighting over the potato
peels as neither did much eating plus they approached and left together. It did
not end with one chasing the other off, as would likely happen in a fight. Although,
if I hadn’t shown up when I did, who knows? I visited that spot halfway through
my walk, so they probably heard me out there about the time they took off. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve never before caught a blond cub on my cameras. The black cub that showed up last year on my trails<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> was </span>one of a set of twins, both
black, who appeared with their mom for two years. Last year, year #3, mom
disappeared after mating in the spring and only one cub was captured on camera after that.
Perhaps his sibling didn’t survive the winter, or perhaps he took off elsewhere
to establish his territory while mama went mating <o:p></o:p></div>
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My husband has frequently seen a huge blond bear near here,
and it showed up on the cameras during last year’s mating season. (In this
area, black bears mate in the spring but the embryos don’t start developing
until the fall. Sometime over winter, while the sow is hibernating, the cubs
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Black, brown, white, cinnamon, blond, blue...no matter the
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colour is hereditary, but it’s quite plausible (to me) that big blondie, one
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Unless bears are sows with cubs or are breeding, they are usually solitary creatures, and very territorial so it's not likely these two will stay together. If by chance the resident sow or her older cub wake up from hibernation near here and reclaim their land, these two will probably have to move on and find a different place to party.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A footprint in the snow on my walk this morning, set my head
abuzz. There was a story in that single print, a reminder to be concise in my
own writing, to show not tell. To weave the past into the future. To build
suspense. Yes, all of that from just one
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lone bear print I found in the snow</td></tr>
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It was a fresh a print. I could tell because this was Monday
and on Saturday we had received a lot of rain, which would have wiped out the
print, or at the very least smudged the edges. But it was a sharp, clear print—showing
no signs of having faced rain, yesterday’s melt or this morning’s bright April
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It was a bear print—and there my story begins.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I immediately knew three things: The resident bears had finally
woken from hibernations, the bear had been heading the same direction I was—very
recently, and thirdly, it was a small bear. <o:p></o:p></div>
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All bears are heavy animals but have such padded feet they
seldom leave footprints. This bear had just happened to set his foot down on
some soft, melting snow or his story would not have been mine to tell. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The resident sow had bred last spring, and would have woken
from the den with cubs, likely two but in the past she’d been known to have three. However,
this print was too big for a spring cub, I imagined. Had a new sow and her
two-year old, moved in? There is still a lot of snow on parts of my trails, so I scanned the snowy areas, looking for more prints. Should I be concerned about a hungry, protective mother
bear, fresh out of hibernation?</div>
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I could find no bigger prints, only a couple more of the
same size. I began wondering about the sow. Had she not made it through the
winter? I hadn’t caught her on my trail cameras since last spring when she was
being wooed by several hefty males. After that, I’d only seen evidence of her
black cub, which in that, its third spring, she would have chased off in order to
mate again. Had she found new territory and left my neck of the woods to her
cub?</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 3-year old cub caught on camera last summer</td></tr>
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It seemed like a likely scenario. I wondered if it was a
female or male cub. If it were male, I’d likely find less evidence of bears on
my trails over the next few years. Males don’t have cubs around to set the
cameras clicking. They are loners except during breeding season. There would be
no more cubs on the cams. I wouldn’t have to be so scared of being attacked by
a mother bear for inadvertently getting between her and her cubs. On the other
hand, male bears can get a heck of a lot bigger than females. On the other
hand, even a small bear can exert deadly force should it decide to attack, so
size was perhaps irrelevant to my safety--although seeing a huge bear is scarier
than seeing a bear cub.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was thinking this as I made my way along the trails. There
were no more tracks on the snowy parts of the trail, and no exposed mud yet to
tell more of the story, or confirm the parts I had surmised. As I got close to
the camera that oversees a favorite feeding spot for the deer and rabbits, and
a travel route for coyotes, I noticed the snowy trail was all churned up.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I couldn’t make out any defined prints, though. I know my
dogs like visiting this place because the coyotes usually leave ‘calling cards’,
scat and urine, and the dogs like leaving their own pee-mail in return. Sometimes
the neighbour’s big Mountain dog also visits and sniffs. The tracks were hard
to decipher, though. Perhaps coyotes and dogs, but so many!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The camera showed there had been a coyote around, but only one.</td></tr>
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I didn’t think the chaos was caused by deer, because deer
would’ve left sharp little indents in the soft snow. Moose often churn up my
trails, but they are so heavy, there’s no confusing their hoof-prints, and
there weren’t any noticeable. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Then I spotted it, just one. One more bear print. That didn’t
tell me what happened here, though. I mean, bears don’t churn up trails. In
fact, they often put their back foot on the same place as their front foot,
leaving a very narrow trail. They don’t bound about. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Rabbits might have been attracted here, as some old potato and
carrot peelings I’d tossed out for the deer over the winter had melted through
the snow. But rabbits tend to pack the snow down, leaving small bum-like
prints. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My story had started out pretty good, I’d tied up all the loose
regarding the bear. All there was to do now, was take down that trail cam and
see if I’d correctly identified that one bear print to confirm my story about
the resident sow giving her territory to her cub. I expected to see a small
four-year old black bear on the cam.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And satisfy my curiosity about who had been partying in the
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Come back tomorrow to see the absolutely astounding photos
regarding that soiree. <o:p></o:p></div>
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