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GIVEAWAY - You too can have a Red Slipper

Launching this book into the wild, cold world has been an adventure, and one I'm not quite ready to have end yet. The launch party and the games and giveaways were great fun, so I'd like to run another one! One of my favourite authors did something similar, so imitation being the sincerest flattery, allow me to introduce the Red Slipper Giveaway. Prizes 1 of 2 custom painted and decorated pointe shoes - specially commissioned for this competition. They are hand-painted, and themed for this story. One prize for each category as they are too powerful to be kept together. Categories: For the influencers Have a booklr, a book review blog, or just enjoy recommending and reviewing on GoodReads? This category is for you. Post a review, give it some stars or recommend Five Poisoned Apples in general (and particularly Snowbird and the Red Slippers) on your platform of choice, then send me a link via one of my social media platforms and you're in the draw. For the
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#FourDreamProjects

Like so many before it, #FourDreamProjects passed like a comet across my twitter feed. And since I delight in being a Master of Foolhardy Plans, why not dream a little? #FourDreamProjects 1. Be a guest on a Star Wars podcast. Especially one looking at the #medstarduology . 2. #rebellegion approved Jaina Solo pilot cosplay. 3. Finish and publish the military/detective scifi duology + the historic fantasy. 4. Be an awesome #mumfriend + one day mum. — Rach the angrylittlebear (@Ewokshoutsfurst) June 3, 2018  A Face Made for Radio I'm going to pretend that as a child who avidly listened to weekly serialized audio plays, I was an early adopter of podcasts. Through my college years, I followed a few edu-casts in the emergency medicine field, and even recorded a single episode cast of my grad research project.  Now, they make my gym workout and house cleaning enjoyable with interesting stories (looking at you wolf359 , and  critical role ), interactivity (not only bec

welcome to my world

Early Works I still have one of my first pieces of writing. It was ambitious - self illustrated, and featured a character interacting with a younger version of themselves. It was also less than a page long, with letters at least an inch tall. I was four. You have to start somewhere.  I have always loved words. The tooth fairy understood that, dropping off a copy of Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden in lieu of payment for my first missing tooth. I grew up with Jim Hawkins, the Railway Children, Marcus Aquila and Esca.  AND then I got old enough that my library card wasn't locked to the children's section. The two biggest transformative finds for me were Meghan Whalen Turners's The Queen's Thief series (you should be able to carbon date me by the fact that there were only two books in the series at the time - love you Meghan!) and the multitudes of perspectives that made up the Star Wars Expanded Universe (now dubbed "Legends" by Disney).