tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73363558928510185592024-03-13T01:55:27.134-07:00Romance, Adventure & Random MomentsD.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805626495635807169noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-20687442392532540942016-09-09T10:16:00.001-07:002016-09-09T10:17:47.838-07:00The Assurance Now Has A Cover!!!<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Hello everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So I have news!!! Not only does The Assurance now have a cover AND a synopsis, it also has a <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31929674-the-assurance">Goodreads page</a>!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The Assurance will also be the first of my books to come out in paperback form and ebook form at the same time. I do want to prepare you though: as I've mentioned before Leofric's book is on the long side. This means that the Paperback version is going to be a little bit expensive because Createspace sets the minimum price of the book and I can't do anything about it. It think it's going to be at about the $20 price point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sorry. :-(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On the up side I'm sooo pleased with how the cover turned out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I want to be all cool about it but I can't be so I'm gonna point out that it's red.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Red, people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As in Leofric's red hair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Yep, you've got it: I've been saving this cover for four years to tie in with Leofric's curls. It's sad that I've given it that much thought, isn't it? That I've been excited for this moment to reveal my brilliance to you all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">*Shakes Head*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Moving swiftly on, we also have a synopsis to reveal:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><span id="freeText3807256964300590803" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">Gifted with a cheerful and open nature, Leofric of Drogand was held to be the most charming man in all of Wessex. Yet there were depths to his character that few understood. Forced to keep secrets from his earliest years, Leofric had become highly skilled when it came to intrigue and subterfuge.</span><span id="freeText3807256964300590803" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">It was his taste for adventure that led him to take up a position in Kent's royal court, but spying on the royal household on behalf of Wessex soon ceased to amuse him.</span><span id="freeText3807256964300590803" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">Would the dangerous web of lies he found himself surrounded by prove to be his undoing?</span><span id="freeText3807256964300590803" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">Or would he find, in the most unlikely of places, the new beginning he never imagined could be his?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"> </span></span></h4>
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Hello people!<br />
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I am pleased to be able to announce that I have just finished the last edit of The Assurance!!! Now I just have to send it to be proofread and hand it over to my beta readers and it will be ready for launch!!!<br />
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I can hardly believe how long it's taken me, but life has been steadily encroaching on my writing time for months now. It didn't help that Leofric, having found himself centre stage, would not behave and kept on throwing me curve balls. Long story short (only in this post though, 'cos Leofric's book is really, really long), The Assurance came in at 149.000 words.<br />
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Yeah, I know.<br />
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Couldn't shut Fricka up once I let him loose in his own book.<br />
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Despite being unexpectedly lengthy, I'm pleased with how the book went; Leofric is such a great character to write with his effervescent attitude and the sadness it hides. It was hard walking the line between exploring the misery in his past, and yet still focusing on the cheerful, mischievous knave we know and love.<br />
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One of the most daunting things about writing The Assurance was that so many readers have told me that Leofric is their favourite character! It's very nerve-wracking and I just hope that I've done Leofric justice!<br />
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Do you agree with popular opinion, or do you have a different favourite? Let me know in the comments section!<br />
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Until next time: read on, bookworms!!!<br />
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DeeDee xxxD.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-11093211024027537282016-05-11T07:59:00.000-07:002016-05-11T12:31:44.346-07:00Update! The Assurance and More!!!<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;">Hi everyone! Long time no post!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;">I cannot BELIEVE how long it's been! I have news though: I finished The Assurance and I'm half you through the 1st edit!!! Topped out at about 130.000 words, which is utterly ridiculous but I guess I should have expected as much from Leofric!!! ;-P</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;">I've also managed to find time to set up a Book Sprout page: Book Sprout is an app that lets you follow your favourite authors and receive notifications when they release a new book or have an offer on! So if you sign up and follow me you'll get a notification through the second The Assurance goes live. You'll also get price drop notifications on all my books when they are discounted! ;-P</span><br />
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Read on, bookworms!<br />
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DeeDee xxxD.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-9748324337710442322015-11-10T14:26:00.000-08:002015-11-10T14:26:31.125-08:00Time For Something Random: How To... Make Butter!!!<br />
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So it's been a busy few months for me and I've been sadly neglecting my blog again. I've kind of embroiled myself in a new obsession. I know, I know; I'm supposed to be writing every spare moment I get, not indulging in other hobbies.<br />
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Unfortunately it's too late.<br />
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I've always loved cooking but recently I've become somewhat more hardcore. I guess it all started when I watched Victorian Farm:<br />
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First I was inspired to make chutney, (this has divided the Chant household into two camps: one favours Summer Fruit Chutney above all others, the other Spiced Apple Chutney.) and Piccalilli (which I'm completely obsessed with!)<br />
Then I progressed to more exotic jams (Banana Jam is the current craze.) Butter was next on the list, (as a result we no longer buy butter: I make it every week!!!)<br />
From there it seemed the tiniest step to learn how to make cheese, (so far I've made soft cheese, mozzarella, and cheddar) and then it seemed a little like 'cheating' to use a bought culture so I found out how to make a self perpetuating 'mother culture' (worked beautifully!!!)<br />
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Then I started on Baked Beans (LOTS of trial and error there.) HP sauce (known in the Chant household as FS sauce: the perfect accompaniment to sausages.) and Salad Cream (a true staple!)<br />
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Last weekend (with great trepidation!) I worked up the nerve to cure and smoke a pork belly and wet cure a shoulder of lamb, which I can now report worked very well indeed! Though this too has divided the Chant household into two camps, each a staunch supporter of the one meat over the other. I fear breakfasts are never to be the same again...<br />
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Anyway: the butter...<br />
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The thing I noticed when I started googling recipes was that a lot seemed as though their whole purpose was to convince me that it was far too hard to try, and that my tiny mind wasn't capable enough to make any of these things.<br />
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Now, that just isn't something you imply to a Chant!!!<br />
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I found that most recipes weren't really 'difficult' as such: they might take some forethought and be a little time consuming, but for the most part they were things that you could leave with a timer on and get on with something else.<br />
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Butter is one of the things that is easy as pie, but takes a little time. However, it's fun and very rewarding! My cousins both love to get stuck in and help.<br />
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So, without further ado, here's what you'll need:<br />
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Double cream (extra points if you got it on sale!!!)<br />
An electric hand whisk. (You can use a Kitchenaid mixer instead, but make sure that the cream on the bottom of the bowl is mixed in well. I've used both and I always seem to come back to the hand whisk: it just gives me a higher yield)<br />
A large bowl. (I use a plastic washing up bowl.)<br />
Salt. (If you want salted butter.)<br />
Cold water out of the tap (Cold hands are useful too!)<br />
Greaseproof paper.<br />
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I use seven pints of cream and that yields 5lb of butter and 1 1/2 litres of buttermilk.<br />
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Okay, so first just pour the cream into your bowl and start whisking.<br />
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You should whisk passed the soft whip stage:<br />
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Through the cream cake stage:<br />
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Your cream will start to look over whipped and bread crumb like, but carry on going:<br />
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Until finally your cream starts to take on a buttery yellow colour and clumps together and no longer sticks to the whisks.<br />
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You should also hear the buttermilk sloshing about in the bottom of the bowl:<br />
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Now it's just a matter of squeezing handfuls in to lumps.<br />
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And 'washing' it in the washing up bowl of cold water. Just squish it in the water and the water will start to go opaque as the remainder of the buttermilk is washed out. This prevents the butter going rancid. Tip the water away and wash the butter in a new lot until the water stays clear.<br />
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Now it's time to add the salt. How much salt you add is down to personal preference, just make sure you kneed the salt all the way through the butter. Then have a little taste to see if you've added enough. If you add too much salt, don't panic: just wash the butter again and it will wash the salt out.<br />
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I can hardly believe it but tomorrow is THE day!!!<br />
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Broken Pride, book three in the Broken City series, will go live to the mass hysteria of millions around the globe...<br />
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Well; my mum will be hysterical anyway! :-)<br />
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Broken Pride's tour has been rescheduled for next month and all three books in the series are available for review, so if you're interested just fill <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fb_lADT18W5dHh4B6GVes4DrOymUnm3UgTK3mINg5Uk/viewform?c=0&w=1">out this sign up form.</a> <span id="goog_414075475"></span><span id="goog_414075476"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><br />
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In other news The Promise just made it to a hundred ratings on Goodreads! How cool is that?!?!?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">In a future filled with warring factions, one young woman must risk everything to be reunited with the man she loves.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Despised for the name she bears, and trapped behind enemy lines, she knows that her life and the lives of those she loves rests on her choosing her allies wisely.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Yet in a world where greed is rampant and only the strong survive, how can she find the courage to trust again?</span></span><br />
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So it's been a while since I last updated (bad DeeDee!).<br />
I've been superduper busy with book stuff: Broken Pride is coming out on the 20th of this month and I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am!!! Unfortunately I've had to push back the tour until next month, but that just means that there's plenty of time for you to sign up if you want to take part! Just click on <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fb_lADT18W5dHh4B6GVes4DrOymUnm3UgTK3mINg5Uk/viewform?c=0&w=1">this link</a> to sign up! If you haven't read the first two books in the series, don't worry: they're available to read and review too!<br />
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I've also managed to knuckle down and get some work done on 'The Assurance' (The Lady Quill Chronicles, #3) and I'm now 20.000 words in!!!<br />
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This book is shaping up to be quite different to the previous books in the series, mostly because Leofric is a very different kind of hero to Rafe, Rand, or Finan. I'm enjoying the shift and getting to know Leofric better, and I can't wait to see where his story is going to take me. He's very playful and mischievous, not so serious as his foster brothers. And of course, we'll get to see his legendary way with women!!!<br />
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Also we'll be hearing a lot from the rest of the gang: Rafe and Adele, Finan and Esme, Aisley, Daegmund and Anlaf... I promise we'll hear from them all!<br />
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DeeDee xxxD.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-31191439810398580072015-08-13T14:06:00.000-07:002015-08-13T14:06:21.821-07:00Broken Pride Tour!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So it's almost that time!!! Pretty soon now Broken Pride will be ready to launch and I'm getting it's book tour under way. So if anyone's interested in taking part please click on the link below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Just a bit of a foreword. ;-P</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know Jim quite well; we both belong to the same <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/51445-uk-amazon-kindle-forum">Goodreads group</a> and have exchanged thoughts on many subjects from the particularities of livestock, to who makes the best cider.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As a fellow goodreader he's always a pleasure to talk to and have a laugh with. As a fellow, though traditionally published (I promise I don't hold it against you, Jim!!!), author he's always very supportive to his indie cousins. ;-D</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Having sampled his work myself I can tell you that Jim writes with a certain subtle humour that I find extremely appealing. His 'voice' is perhaps my favourite part of reading his books; it makes you feel warm and cosy, putting you in the perfect mood to immerse yourself in his world.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm actually half way through <b>Flotsam or Jetsam</b>, and I'm enjoying it immensely! I can't wait to find out 'who done it'!!!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But that's enough of me!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ladies and gentlemen: I give you Jim Webster, writer and all around nice chap. :-)</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Now there are folk who claim that as a writer of Fantasy and SF I shouldn’t really claim to be an artist. But even if this is true, art can creep up and bite you.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">This year I had a cunning plan. My publisher had decided to put my fantasy novels into paperback so I had to proofread them again before they were trapped into the written word. (This I’ve done, they’ll be available come the 1st August.)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">But I had a bright idea. Rather than another novel, I’d do a series of linked short detective stories set in my fantasy world with one of my characters as the detective. They’d be a bit like the Sherlock Holmes stories. Yes I wrote them in a particular order but you can read them in any order.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Not only that I’d get half a dozen done and they’d come out at regular intervals.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">So I did, and the series ‘The Port Naain Intelligencer’ is ready to roll. The first book, ‘Flotsam or Jetsam’ is released and is available for the discerning at:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">But whilst working on this series, art intervened. It so happens that Mike Rose-Steel, my editor, is, amongst other things, a Poet. (Notice the capital P)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">My protagonist in these stories stays with his friend and landlord, Tallis Steelyard, and Tallis is also a poet. When he speaks he’s been know to quote a line or drop a literary allusion into conversation. Mike emailed me and asked if he could borrow Tallis.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well it seemed like fun, and Mike came back with ten poems by Tallis Steelyard. So I had my character, Benor, write the background and historical context to them, and Mike produced another poet, Lancet Foredeck to write the literary criticism which is so much a valued part of this genre. Given that Lancet was obviously somewhat put out that it wasn’t his work that was being published he might not have been an entirely appropriate choice.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Finally, there are footnotes added by the printer, checking on various details and making comments, which were meant for the editor but somehow ended up in the publication.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">So there we have it; great art for your delectation and delight.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">So what to do with it? Because of a tradition amongst poets in the UK, (and elsewhere for all I know) a number of hand-sewn pamphlets have been produced which are available for purchase. But more importantly it is also on Kindle.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Even more importantly, it’s going to be free from the 31st July to the 4th August. So fill your boots. Make sure you get a copy, lest others, with more eruditely filled kindles, look down on you. Not only that but you then get a chance to drop lines of verse into conversation in the sure and certain knowledge that people will realise immediately that you are an individual of both wit and discernment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So just a quick update!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First I wanted to let you know that Broken Pride now has a <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25989182-broken-pride">Goodreads page</a>! It would be superduper awesome if you could add it to you 'to read' shelf. Remember that the first book in the Broken City series is currently FREE on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Broken-City-D-D-Chant-ebook/dp/B005GHMH8A/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/87326">Smashwords</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/broken-city-dd-chant/1030010082;jsessionid=D4D8DDC46AEA8BEFC6D0B3447F8E09AF.prodny_store01-2?ean=9781456774387">Barnes and Noble</a> and <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebook/broken-city">Kobo</a>. So if you're looking for some post-apocalyptic romance and adventure be sure to check it out!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also on 1st August 2015 Jim Webster, author of the '</span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18626343-justice-4-1?from_search=true&search_version=service" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tsarina Sector</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">' series, will be visiting Romance, Adventure and Random Moments to tell us about his new book </span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flotsam-Jetsam-Jim-Webster-ebook/dp/B011VHS21Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1437993921&sr=1-1&keywords=flotsam+or+jetsam" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Foltsam or Jetsam</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, a murder mystery set in the Tsarina world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until then, read on fellow bookworms!!!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deeta Richards has never seen the outside world. Before she was born a banking crisis brought civilisation to an end and now no one leaves the safety of the compounds unless they need to, but Deeta still dreams of seeing more than the building she was born in. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tom is in the guard, this group are the only people that the tribal elders allow to leave the compound and Tom knows only too well that Deeta could never survive the harshness that exists outside. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Then tragedy strikes and Deeta and her sister Jan find themselves captured by a hostile tribe. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why does Tom know so much about these people? </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And why do they know so much about him? </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As this mystery draws to a climax, they discover that their friend Tom is not quite what he seems...</span></span>D.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-45518635158801466262015-06-08T14:37:00.000-07:002015-06-08T14:37:04.781-07:00Broken Pride Is Completed!!! (But Not Finished!)Hi everyone!<br />
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I'm sooooo pleased to anounce that I've just completed Broken Pride, the third book in the Broken City series!!! I still have to edit and format but I'm so excited to have finished another installment in Deeta's story.<br />
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There were a lot of surprises for me in this book, Deeta took some turns I didn't expect and the story deviated from what I'd planned several times.<br />
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We get to catch up with the whole gang and meet some new characters too. Broken Pride also answers a lot of questions from the first book, not the least of which is: WHY DOES MAX HATE TOM???<br />
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I've just heard from my cover artist and she's currently on the tenth draft of the cover! She thinks she's getting closer to the idea that we've decided on for this book though. ;-P<br />
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DeeDee.D.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-45923910876420023502015-03-25T14:13:00.000-07:002015-03-25T14:13:03.814-07:00Battle of the Bakers!!! <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So today I had THAT moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My cousin Jak Jak is an utter sweety pie, but she is every inch the Chant. Most little girls think small: not so my Jak Jak!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today she wanted to bake some cakes. You will notice the plural; she is nothing if not ambitious. S<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;">he decided half way through that what she *really* wanted to do was watch Paddington with her brother and do the *fun* decorating stuff at the end...</span></span><br />
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D.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-33070040168286443662015-03-07T07:02:00.000-08:002015-03-07T07:02:52.301-08:00Spam In The Morning!<br />
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So today's blog post is a warning to all the writers out there looking to self publish, or in the process of searching for someone to print your paperback copies. I'm returning to old ground here, as anyone who knows me will know that I self published my first book, Broken City, through Authorhouse. It was NOT a mistake I made with my next five books.<br />
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Authorhouse have, deservedly, one of the worst reputations around in self publishing. They promise the moon but only ever deliver more and more bills for you, the struggling writer, to pay. I have waxed lyrical on the subject of avoiding them sooooo many times, but they appeared to have sunk to ever deeper depths and I think it's only right that people be informed just how deep the black hole they suck you into goes.<br />
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I self published with Authorhouse several years ago, it cost me almost £2000. I haven't even made a pound in royalties in all that time, so were talking less than six books sold. In contrast Broken City has been downloaded as an ebook THOUSANDS of times. I receive the SAME royalty from a 99.c ebook as I do from a (wait for it) $20.47 paperback.<br />
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Now we'll ignore the fact that NO ONE is going to pay $20.47 for a book they've never heard of, and concentrate on the fact that Createspace offer the same service for a fraction of the price ($399). I have just started to produce copies of all my books through Createspace. If you are willing to put in the time and effort, watch a few youtube tutorials on how to formate your book for Createspace (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FzvtxK686c">I used this one</a>), you can publish them for FREE. Createspace take their cut from each sale of your book. If you want to price your books at their lowest possible price (mine was $14.39) then you'll get the same .20p royalties. Amazon will sometimes drop the list price further, but that comes out of their cut, not yours. Amazon has dropped the price on my book The Promise and it is now available for $11.93, almost HALF what Authorhouse would be charging!<br />
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Now I realised quite quickly, but not quickly enough, that Authorhouse had no intention of selling my books. You see; potential readers are NOT their customers. Selling books is NOT what their business is built on.<br />
YOU, the author, are their customer.<br />
YOU, the author, are their client base.<br />
Their business begins and ends with YOU, the author.<br />
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Every few months I get calls for them offering me a new, fantastic, once in a life time deals that are going to sell me shed loads of books.<br />
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ALL with a hefty price tag.<br />
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The email below is the latest in a long line of spammy phone calls and emails. This one is so bad I've felt the need to write the blog post. So here you are, ladies and gentleman, have some spam for breakfast. I should probably mention that he rang me first telling me<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> this once in a lifetime offer, and then demanded I make a decision then and there. I asked for the email so that I could post it here and warn others and he agreed to it only if I got back to him within half an hour.</span><br />
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The title of the email: <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6000003814697px;">HOLLYWOOD MOVIE ADAPTATION GUARANTEED!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hollywood already accepted your story , and guarantees they will make a film as soon as we give them the cinematic format called Hollywood Treatment. There is already a professional screenwriter from Hollywood tailor-fit for your story, and you will receive the draft 3 months after and you can suggest your creativity in how you would like your story to be presented as a film. The film executives will be in touch with you then to discuss offers for the full rights of the book.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<u></u><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Legally-Blonde-Amanda-Brown/dp/0759640181/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306336591&sr=1-1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">Legally Blonde</span></b></a> by<i> Amanda Brown</i><br />A blockbuster movie sequel </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Long-March-Freedom-Colombian-Kidnapping/dp/1585446327/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1306336560&sr=1-2-fkmr0" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">Long March to Freedom</span></b></a> by <i>Tom Hargrove</i><br />This was turned into a blockbuster movie,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black;">Proof of Life,</span></i><span style="color: black;"> with Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000230522" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">September Dawn</span></b></a> by<i> Carole Whang Schutter</i><br />Directed by Christopher Cain and starring</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">John Voight. This was released in August 2007<i>.</i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Growing-Up-Laughing-Eddie-Murphy/dp/1410706680/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306315321&sr=1-1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">Growing up Laughing with Eddie Murphy</span></b></a> by <i>Harris Haith</i></span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Optioned movie rights</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000304052" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">Rugaroo</span></b></a> by <i>John S. Myerchin</i><br />The author optioned movie rights to the former executive</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">producer of <i>The Exorcist</i>.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000287273" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">Doctor Lopez</span></b></a> by <i>Elliott Baker</i><br />The author optioned movie rights with role for</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Dustin Hoffman for the movie</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000352470" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">A Fine Madness</span></b></a> by <i>Elliott Baker</i><br />The author optioned movie rights.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">This inspired a 1966 movie with Sean Conner.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Vishnus-Love-Handles-Novel/dp/0743271483/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1306316654&sr=1-1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">Lord Vishnu’s Love Handles</span></b></a> by <i>Will Clarke</i><br />Film rights have been sold to Paramount.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Undercover-White-Trash-David-Kilpatrick/dp/0759648964/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306316742&sr=1-1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">Undercover White Trash</span></b></a> by <i>David L. Kilpatrick</i><br /><i>M</i>ovie rights have been optioned to producer</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Beth Grossbard</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000304227" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">The Climbers</span></b></a> by <i>George R. Robey</i><br />The book is a corporate thriller optioned to Hollywood-based</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Rafelson Media Consulting, Inc. for a future large-scale<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000284110" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">Better Off Dead</span></b></a> by <i>John Paul Carinci</i><br />The author optioned movie rights to Charles Addessi,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000294680" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">How Can An Angel Take My Heart?</span></b></a> by <i>Regina Knox</i><br />The author optioned movie rights to Warner Brothers.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Matari-Luke-Rhinehart/dp/0246108118/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306317001&sr=1-1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">Matari</span></b></a> by <i>Luke Rhinehart</i><br />The author sold movie rights to a Hollywood production</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000309887" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black;">Whim</span></b></a> by <i>Luke Rhinehart</i><br />This is currently being shopped by Paramount for movie production.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">As mentioned, the first thing that we need to do is to transform your book in a material that can be understood by Hollywood executives since they said YES already to make a movie out of your book.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">A treatment is a thoroughly developed guide that outlines how a screenwriter would adapt your book into a fully developed blueprint for a movie. As the framework used to transform your work into another medium, Hollywood Treatment is the final step of making a movie. Not only does it provide the structure for the movie adaptation, but it also ensures that you and your screenwriter are on the same page regarding the direction your story is taking.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">By defining exactly how a screenwriter is going to approach the adaption of your book, you eliminate work for agents, studios and producers. By giving them a shortcut to the essence of your book, you can clearly demonstrate that your book has what it takes to succeed on the silver screen.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Your professional screenwriter will provide a thorough five to ten-page treatment detailing how he or she plans to adapt your book’s manuscript into a film and/or television screenplay<u></u><u></u></span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">* These are the 3 elements they found in your book which was given a 5 star rating:</span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.deadline.com/?s=Thruline+Entertainment" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">FRESH CONTENT, EXCITING PLOT, STRONG AND WELL DEVELOPED CHARACTER.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I would just like to make it clear that you will still have the final say of how much you are selling the full rights of the book starting £30,000 and you can even go higher because of the quality your story has. This is already guaranteed, and with this being said, you’ve got nothing to lose. It’s a win-win situation for you, you get a professional screenwriter from Hollywood make a screenplay of your book at a very fair price, plus you get back your investment 6-8 months, so for this materialize since it’s already guaranteed, let’s not give Hollywood the impression we’re neglecting their offer. This is a big breakthrough for you as an author, and your book will be a legacy. I’m sure when you wrote the book you imagined this one day to be filmed and not just a mediocre material unnoticed and gather dust. Please do understand Ivan that I have very well intentions to the route your book is taking. After all I am your personal senior marketing Consultant. I’m the only one and the best person to talk to about this project. And as a season marketing consultant I am with full conviction encouraging you to do this. Let’s step up the game, and elevate the esteem of your book. Let’s put your book forward and make a difference. The movie itself will become a highly specialized marketing tool for the book, and you will still earn high royalties for that respect. Please do email me for any concerns or queries at all. Always direct your concerns to me as I’m the best person to walk you through with this guaranteed project. Thank you. I’ll be waiting for your response.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">THE BELOW MUST BE READ TO THE AUTHOR CLEARLY AND WE MUST RECEIVE A VERBAL <b>“I AGREE” </b>TO PROCEED WITH PLACING THE ORDER (Rev 1.18.11)</span><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Take a deep breath, people, I know it's hard to swallow that much hard sell all in one go. I have to say that I'm pretty impressed by the level of fake excitement this guy managed to dredge up for a book he was trying to pretend he'd read. I'm also pretty astonished that he managed to get the whole of Hollywood on side and salivating over the rights to my book!<br />
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I would also like to point out that<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> he intimated to me that a number of films had been made from this process he was offering, but the list of films he has sent through seem to be random films based on books, like Legally Blonde and Proof of Life which do not appear to have ANYTHING to do with Authorhouse at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>It was late in delivery, when I received the screenplay it was very poor didn't describe my book at all. Not options to update or provide feedback.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>This Hollywood Database they promised, doesn't exist. I got a Film Produce friend of mine to contact them to ask for the details of the author and they didn't even respond.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>I am English and have filled a complaint with the local District Attorney it's the only way to get them stopped. Watch-out this is a big scam, just use Amazon Create Space instead it does everything you need.</b></span></div>
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So, people, hopefully my experience with Authorhouse can be of use to you. I wouldn't want anyone to go through all that I have with them. Pass the message along and maybe, just maybe, we'll be able to raise awareness in those new to the self publishing game. I wish that I had found someone to tell me what a joke Authorhouse 'services' were before I gave them my money.</div>
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I've got to say that it hurts my pride to think I was stupid enough to believe in them. They prey on peoples hopes and dreams, and take them for every penny they can get. Stay out of their clutches if you can.</div>
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D.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-67246112577122075142015-03-02T04:07:00.002-08:002015-03-02T04:07:42.577-08:00Interview on The Voice FM!!!Hi everyone!<br />
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I'm super duper pleased to be able to announce that I have my first radio interview today! I'm really excited and a little nervous too. There will be lots of book talk about all my series, and hopefully good fun will be had by all. ;-P<br />
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The Voice has an online radio player and it would be great if you could listen in. The link is below!<br />
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<a href="http://thevoicefm.co.uk/radioplayer/">The Voice</a><br />
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DeeDee :-)D.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-70880093498695311112015-02-27T08:45:00.002-08:002015-02-27T08:45:49.455-08:00The Lady Quill Series Now Available As Paperbacks!!!They're finally here!!!<br />
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The Promise and The Vow are now available as trade paperbacks!!! WoooHooo!<br />
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I'm so pleased with them; the covers are just GORGEOUS and the quality is lovely. Is it bad that just holding them makes me feel like a better person??? ;-P<br />
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If you'd like to add The Promise and The Vow to your dead tree book collection the links are below!<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vow-Lady-Quill-Chronicles-Book-ebook/dp/B00M74XIDS/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8">The Vow (Amazon UK)</a><br />
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DeeDeeD.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-80598684102373738352015-02-20T04:07:00.001-08:002015-02-20T04:07:28.820-08:00Fracture (The Chronicles of Discord, #1): Now Available As A Paperback!!!<br />
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So my big news is that Fracture is finally available to purchase as a paperback through Amazon!!!<br />
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I'm so pleased that everything is finally coming together, and I'm hopping to have Severance available soon as well.<br />
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I would like thank everyone who has read my books and supported me this far: every review, every person you make a recommendation too, MAKES A DIFFERENCE!!!<br />
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<br />D.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-35916366915107251162015-02-06T05:22:00.003-08:002015-02-06T05:22:44.869-08:00Lady Quill Chronicles Giveaway Announced!!!For more information, click on the link below.<br />
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Lady Quill now has her own Google+ page and will be updating with news on her series, book tours, and Giveaways!<br />
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<a href="https://plus.google.com/u/1/108220763482778121885/posts">Lady Quill</a>D.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-90277352604614863632015-02-02T13:19:00.001-08:002015-02-02T13:19:18.863-08:00Lady Quill is now on Google+!!!<br />
Lady Quill is now on Google+!!!<br />
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Add her now for news on the Lady Quill Chronicles: new releases, book tours, and giveaways.<br />
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On the subject of giveaways: I have a pretty awesome giveaway coming up soon... ;-P<br />
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D.D. ChantD.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805626495635807169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-67743259440384136222015-01-31T07:48:00.003-08:002015-01-31T07:48:45.749-08:00Long Time, No Speak.Hi everyone!<br />
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So yet again it's been FAR too long since I updated my blog. Soooo much stuff has been happening and 'real life' has been messing with me a lot lately. I'm finally back to work on Broken City 3 and approaching the 20.000 word mark!!!<br />
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My biggest of big news is that I'm currently working on getting all my books formatted and ready for Createspace.<br />
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That's right, folks!<br />
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Hard copies of the Broken City, Lady Quill, and Chronicle of Discords series will be available VERY soon!!!<br />
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*Pompom Dance*<br />
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I've also decided on a title for Broken City 3 (drum roll please):<br />
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<b>Broken Pride</b><br />
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Hopefully me and Kate (from Laycee Art Design) will be getting together soon to start work on the cover. We've already been throwing ideas back and forth, and I'm really excited to see where our ideas will end up.<br />
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It's all very exciting, and I can't wait to show you the finished product!<br />
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DeeDee :-)<br />
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If you haven't read the first in the Broken City series, get over to Amazon now and download your FREE copy.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Hi everyone!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">IT'S ALIVE!!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Dystopia - Futuristic - Adventure - Mystery - Romance</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Blurb:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The Head Families are at war, those who oppose Elder Headman Amajit view Astra's acceptance into the house of Singh as an abomination, a pollution of the pure Una bloodlines. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Duty and honour ought to be clear, still Kai and Astra must learn to overcome their past and rely on each other, or face death. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Senator Burton remains trapped in the Tula strongholds with no word of his son. Should he compromise, or seize the chance to stop Ladron? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Ben seems safe under Amajit's protection, but time is running out and a man once accustomed to influence, finds himself a pawn in a play for power. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The separation has begun...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The first book in the series, Fracture, is FREE on Amazon at the moment, so grab your copy now!!!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fracture-The-Chronicles-Discord-Book-ebook/dp/B00BO1AMN4/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_3">amazon.co.uk</a><br />
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Thanks for reading!!!<br />
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DeeDee ;-)D.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805626495635807169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-53739834520694365722014-12-13T15:36:00.005-08:002014-12-13T15:36:57.733-08:00Behind The Scenes: Gentian's First Photoshoot!!!<br />
Hi everyone!<br />
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So here it is: Gentian's second vlog!<br />
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This was filmed just before and during our photoshoot. We had fun even though we were soooo nervous!!! Now we just hope that the photos turn out okay!!!<br />
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The images that we're having done will be our album cover, so it was quite important that we didn't make a mess of it!!!<br />
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Hope find it interesting!!!<br />
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DeeDee ;-)<br />
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<br />D.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-87775315311225309192014-12-13T15:31:00.001-08:002014-12-13T15:31:20.976-08:00Dress Up With Gentian!!!<br />
Hi everyone!<br />
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so I'm pretty sure that you all know by now that as well as writing, I'm in a band with my sister. In January we're going to <a href="http://www.residentstudios.com/">Resident Studios</a> in London to record our first EP!!! <a href="http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-rugg/87/478/178">Andy Rugg</a> (who worked as a sound engineer for Coldplay from 2009-2012!!!) will be working on our EP which is AWESOME!!!<br />
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My sister, Jingle, is the driving force behind the band and it's through her hard work in getting our music out there that we've come this far with God's help.<br />
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Below is our very first Band vlog, all about our preparations for the photo shoot. Hopefully you'll enjoy getting to know us a bit better! ;-)<br />
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DeeDee ;-)D.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471682100326556613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-54070116176837257152014-11-17T03:26:00.002-08:002014-11-17T03:26:39.314-08:00Fracture: Book Tour!!!<br />
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DeeDee ;-)D.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805626495635807169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-8506182726294485212014-11-13T04:35:00.000-08:002014-11-13T04:35:13.209-08:00The Promise: Free Book Alert!!!Hi everyone!<br />
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Just to let everyone know that <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Promise-Lady-Quill-Chronicles-Book-ebook/dp/B007GNOVY0/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_1">The Promise (The Lady Quill Chronicles, #1)</a> is now available to download for FREE from Amazon and Smashwords.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Orphaned as a child, Adele of Berron found herself betrothed to a stranger and hidden from the outside world until the day of her marriage. Forced to leave her home and those who have cared for her since infancy, Adele is thrust into the adventure of her life. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Rafe of Valrek, her companion through the dangerous web of intrigue she faces, has been promised to Adele since the battle for Calis destroyed both of their lives. His reckless decision to conceal his identity from her may destroy all he holds dear. Or maybe in each other they will find the ally neither ever dreamed existed.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Claire is invited on a weekend getaway by her best friend Bunny. Staying in a Scottish Castle sounds like fun and Claire is willing to overlook the fact that Bunny's almost sister-in-law, Snotty Lottie, has also been invited. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">However Bunny hasn't been entirely honest. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Fresh air, kilts and Snotty Lottie... what could possible go wrong? </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is a 7.900 word short story, #3 book in the 'Claire' series of short stories.</span><br />
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<u>Also in this series:</u><br />
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<u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Claire-Party-D-D-Chant-ebook/dp/B00BAHAX1S/ref=la_B005H6H2P8_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415016309&sr=1-4">Claire and the Party</a></u><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Claire-Haircut-Doom-D-D-Chant-ebook/dp/B00BAF47EE/ref=la_B005H6H2P8_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415016309&sr=1-3">Claire and the Haircut of Doom</a><br />
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DeeDee ;-DD.D. Chanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805626495635807169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336355892851018559.post-92205704693091895822014-10-28T03:09:00.003-07:002014-10-28T03:09:56.505-07:00Broken City: FREE on Amazon and Smashwords!!!Hi everyone,<br />
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Broken City is now free on both Amazon and smashwors: grab your copy now!!!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In a Broken City, filled with warring tribes, lives: </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A girl with no future </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A man with no past </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A little lost boy </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And those who seek to find him.... </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">....Welcome to Deeta's world. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Deeta Richards has never seen the outside world. Before she was born a banking crisis brought civilization to an end and now no one leaves the safety of the compounds unless they need to, but Deeta still dreams of seeing more than the building she was born in. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tom is in the guard, this group are the only people that the tribal elders allow to leave the compound and Tom knows only too well that Deeta could never survive the harshness that exists outside. Then tragedy strikes and Deeta and her Sister Jan find themselves captured by a hostile tribe. Why does Tom know so much about these people? And why do they know so much about him? As this mystery draws to a climax, they discover that their friend Tom is not quite what he seems...</span><br />
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