I’ve decided to take a break for a week, so no post today. Should be back to normal next week.
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The Wolf pack is Free
From tomorrow, Book 1 of The Wolves of Vimar is FREE until 28th December.
This fantasy tale brings together a group of disparate people. They set off on a quest to find the long, lost sword of the legendary king, Sauvern, in response to a prophecy found in an ancient book.
They meet with dire adventures on the way, and come near to death, only to be rescued by unexpected sources.
On the journey they each have to face their greatest fears and not one of them returns unchanged.
But they learn that, despite their different backgrounds, what really matters is friendship and loyalty.
Click on the link here to go to Amazon where you are in order to get your free copy.
Don’t forget that Vengeance of a Slave is due to be released on Thursday. Pre-order your copy now from here.
Be Yourself
Here is a valuable post giving food for thought. Do you know the difference between an idol and a role model?
via Be Yourself
MEN ARE HUMANS TOO
Turmeric Milk for Coughs and ColdsSource
Just in time for winter!
My grandma had some recipes for coughs and colds. One was whiskey in hot water with a little sugar added. This was to stop coughing.
I’m not sure what coldsource is though and wonder if he meant coldsores.
It worked. It’s a book
a new book from CS Boyack. It sounds interesting. Go over to his site and take a look.
Special Offer
Today, and for the next 5 days, Book 2 of The Wolves of Vimar series, The Never-Dying Man, will be available for a mere $0.99, £0.99. If you got The Wolf Pack in the last offer, take the opportunity to get Book 2 now. Click on this link to go to Amazon where you are. http://myBook.to/TheNeverDyingMan
If you missed The Wolf Pack, you can get it from Amazon using this link. http://myBook.to/TheWolfPack
Here’s a bit about The Never-Dying Man
After finding Sauvern’s Sword, the companions set off to help a friend rescue his child from kidnappers. Instead, they stray into Erian and find preparations for war. They are drafted into the Erian army but are recognized by an old enemy, who arrests some of them and takes them to Frelli, the capital of Erian, where they are put in jail.
The Master of Erian frees them and offers them work. Meanwhile, Carthinal has to face some unpleasant truths about himself. Is his desire to further his magical career more important than his friends and country? After they discover terrible truths about the Master and his magical research, they will need to escape in order to tell the leaders of Grosmer about the plans for war.
Eating Meat to become illegal?
I’ve just read an article suggesting that meat-eating should be made illegal and a new crime of ecocide be put on the UN books.
Now, I’m not against that. The rearing of meat, especially in intensive conditions, no doubt does impact greatly on the environment. Not only on climate change, either.
These intensive farms are purely for economic reasons. The owners can argue all they like about how they aren’t impacting the welfare of the animals, but I saw, last night, a programme that mentioned the rising cost of pork in China. It showed a clip of pigs in what was described, in the case of veal, as crates. The animals would be able to lie and stand, but not turn around. Each crate housed only 1 animal.
Quite apart from the cruelty of this, surely in such intensive conditions, disease must be much easier to transmit. This will mean an increase in the use of antibiotics to alleviate this
Confused Words
The other day I was listening to the radio when I heard someone say “The FA is loathe to act on this.”
It struck me that she actually meant ‘loth’.
Loathe is to dislike intensely.
Loth is to be reluctant to do something.
There are many words that people mix up. Often they sound similar. Here are a few more I’ve heard recently.
Cowed/Cowered/Coward.
Cowed: Intimidated.
Cowered: Crouched in fear.
Coward: Someone who lacks bravery. Faint-hearted.
Averse/Adverse.
Averse: Opposed, disinclined or unwilling.
Adverse: Contrary. Hostile
Procedure/Proceedings
Procedure: Mode of conducting business.
Proceedings: An action or conduct.
I would be interested to hear any other word confusions you have heard recently. Please post your comments in the comments box
News
In preparation for the re-release of Vengeance of a Slave by Next Chapter (Date as yet unknown) I have unpublished it on Amazon. I will let you know as soon as I have a release date for the new version, with a brand new cover that I agreed on the other day.
Dragons Rule OK. V.M.Sang (author) 