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I am a retired school teacher who has always enjoyed reading and writing as well as; travel (my wife and I are touring NZ in a mobile home for a year or two) music (I play various instruments including the sitar) and family time (8 grandchildren to visit these days). I have written because I…
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Please meet the wonderful author and artist Keith Broad.  A lovely gentleman from Canada who’s surname I keep spelling wrong.  Shaking my head in disbelief that I did it again on my first post about meeting six of our wonderful authors. Back to Keith Broad.   Keith is a remarkable man with some fantastic children’s…
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Jim Adams Our first author is Jim Adams, from Rotorua, New Zealand.  A lovely comical fellow who most certainly has a few stories to tell you all.  We met in 2014 prior to Plaisted Publishing House been a Limited Company.  We met at the local Writers Group of which he is now President.   Jim…
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Yesterday I went back to school…Not for me this time.  I was there on behalf of my client, Calvin Mitchell, who has this wonderful fitness book called “Our Backyard, – Wild New Zealand.”  I’ll tell you a bit more about the story later. I had made arrangements to visit a local Intermediate School (year 8…
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Paul White Interviewed me about my Indie Publishing Business. I even added a short story for you to enjoy…

Kayleigh Broughton brings us a short blog about Blacksmiths and what they did

Plaisted Publishing House Sponsorship Program 2016 In conjunction with Limelight Literature and Fantasia Cover Design Are you a First time Author who is wanting to self-publish?  Are you in #Awethor, APC or Author 4 Author group on Facebook?  Then you may wish to enter into our sponsorship program which is open worldwide to anyone who is…
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Thriller Author and Overall Winner of #Awethors Book Cover Wars. What inspired your Book Cover? The original cover of A Game For Assassins was very different.  I was a self published author at first and I basically made do with what I thought was right and whatever I could get hold of. When I was…
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You want to read a fantastic Horror Novel.  Look at this Book Cover and discover the blurb by Suzi Albracht   What inspired your Book Cover? My books all deal with powerful emotions – fear, terror, death, desperation, helplessness, failure to protect those you love, extreme control.   So for each of my books, I chose…
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  Book Cover Wars continued…Winner C K Dawn What inspired your Book Cover? My character Abbey Thorne and her dark journey was my inspiration. I wanted an image that not only portrayed her youth, but also kept her mysterious and ‘Cloaked’ (haha) if you will. Also the hand holding the moon in the sky could…
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