tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46238063806458877472024-03-18T14:21:25.526+00:00Pauline Barclay Pure EscapismPauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.comBlogger942125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-6009512089051839192024-03-17T14:56:00.004+00:002024-03-18T09:54:02.636+00:00Tormentors - Royalties to Charity<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Now in Paperback!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8h_C9UJryrEToVrNiAgb8kwfS9UcYBM3djj2K-DoMwqdTsf0ceMjU7vMxHp3KpuQIJFDvYqhHTNVJI0gXun_7Gf7gaoIvPdO4NZpggHPQ3eea8qjTQ4ubZETZdd0cfEeIr3PBwVx3RpYqkeYb2H5DlPy9FCnXEeoNJHccTGPJITL1xLSGfJj34SXIICY/s1105/3D-book%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="900" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8h_C9UJryrEToVrNiAgb8kwfS9UcYBM3djj2K-DoMwqdTsf0ceMjU7vMxHp3KpuQIJFDvYqhHTNVJI0gXun_7Gf7gaoIvPdO4NZpggHPQ3eea8qjTQ4ubZETZdd0cfEeIr3PBwVx3RpYqkeYb2H5DlPy9FCnXEeoNJHccTGPJITL1xLSGfJj34SXIICY/w372-h456/3D-book%20.jpg" width="372" /></a></b></div><b><br /> </b>Whilst Tormentors is a short story, 12,000 words, 60 pages
in total, the price is £4.99.<p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p>For those familiar with using Amazon to publish your work, you
will know they set a minimum price for your book. This is because they take over
40% from sales. To ensure I get at least £1 royalty (royalties will go to
charity) from the sale of paperback copies and Kindle downloads, I have set the
price as £4.90 for paperback and £1.80 for Kindle.</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">This means the charity Red Balloon, Norwich will receive at
least £1 per copy sold.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">I will also be selling signed copies local to where I live
with any profit going to the charity.</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p>However, it is not just about raising funds, but to help
create as much awareness as possible about the evilness of bullying and its
consequences.</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Bullying can be life changing or worse; life ending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tormentors </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">is fiction - a short story of 12,000 words, but some of what happened to
Dillan happened to Sam, a real victim. You can read Sam’s posts by scrolling
down through the pages or clicking the links at the bottom of this post.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b>Tormentors is a gripping, </b><b>utterly heartbreaking page turner</b>.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">Dillan Mortimer, a happy intelligent thirteen-year-old,</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>suddenly finds his life is about
to change when a new boy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Connor Brooks, joins their class.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Connor instantly befriends
Dillan’s classmate,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bradley Jenkins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Bullying will What follows will change Dillan’s life forever.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tormentors-Pauline-Barclay-ebook/dp/B0CXNF5D6P/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1F6VF26YTA2N4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hypTtA_Cdtwsy33MM2v8qcqbbwEDgvyZywwBS3piViiLql01-ZNUDMqIQf_PwFPn.9vdYBJltg30xjRYsGP-UDJ-EC5dmD2-tMp08ax1BTSk&dib_tag=se&keywords=pauline+barclay&qid=1710680505&s=digital-text&sprefix=%2Cdigital-text%2C55&sr=1-1"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Kindle – Amazon UK is £1.80</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tormentors-Pauline-Barclay/dp/1916907849/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hypTtA_Cdtwsy33MM2v8qcqbbwEDgvyZywwBS3piViiLql01-ZNUDMqIQf_PwFPn.9vdYBJltg30xjRYsGP-UDJ-EC5dmD2-tMp08ax1BTSk&qid=1710680505&sr=1-1">Paperback
– Amazon UK is £4.99</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">All royalties from the sale of Tormentors</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">All royalties from the sale of Tormentors<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"> will go to <a href="https://www.redballoonlearner.org/locations/red-balloon-norwich/"><b>RedBalloon, Norwich, England.</b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">Links to Sam' posts</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://paulinembarclay.blogspot.com/2024/01/bullying-life-threatening-life-ending.html"><b>Bullying, life threatening, life ending</b></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://paulinembarclay.blogspot.com/2024/02/bullying-what-does-it-mean-to-you.html"><b>Bullying! What does it mean to you?</b></a></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-27186483653084198062024-03-13T13:43:00.000+00:002024-03-13T13:43:12.715+00:00Tormentors Now in Kindle<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Available in Kindle!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">(paperback very soon!)<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHf9l0V8KmRUwbexRdt3VAZSIkfZTkVkJcvrB78mAwBhHi8YhV74Czsb-pLTMfsatIKWAeB0LLQWO4pE8z_slGhnxm8viEOE21nQMGf80B2SA2icl0eWGzPUW858_LiQVF2HT10bSKo8fqDdJ3me5Z4qip6cH-0OYqU48bJjUQHYNf1VMD1rsXaJp-kA0/s2550/Book%20Cover%20for%20Kindle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHf9l0V8KmRUwbexRdt3VAZSIkfZTkVkJcvrB78mAwBhHi8YhV74Czsb-pLTMfsatIKWAeB0LLQWO4pE8z_slGhnxm8viEOE21nQMGf80B2SA2icl0eWGzPUW858_LiQVF2HT10bSKo8fqDdJ3me5Z4qip6cH-0OYqU48bJjUQHYNf1VMD1rsXaJp-kA0/w270-h417/Book%20Cover%20for%20Kindle.jpg" width="270" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><b><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bullying can be life changing or worse, life ending!</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b>Tormentors </b>is fiction - a short story of 12,000 words.</p></b><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"> Written in the hope it will help
create,<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"> as wide as possible an awareness
of bullying<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"> helping to understand the signs
and the consequences<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"> and to stop it before it damages
lives.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b>Tormentors is a gripping,</b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b> utterly heartbreaking page turner</b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">Dillan Mortimer, a happy intelligent thirteen-year-old,</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"> suddenly finds his life is about
to change when a new boy,<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Connor Brooks, joins their class.</div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"> Connor instantly befriends
Dillan’s classmate,<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"> Bradley Jenkins.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"> What follows will change Dillan’s
life forever.<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">Kindle price – Amazon UK is £1.80<o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">All royalties from the sale of Tormentors<o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: center;">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"> will go to <a href="https://www.redballoonlearner.org/locations/red-balloon-norwich/">Red Balloon, Norwich,England.</a><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tormentors-Pauline-Barclay-ebook/dp/B0CXNF5D6P/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LCEGS4J8F2H5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2Tr-j4waaue81P8jGkmGZw.4fBNbcA3fzLfCC0eHuNn949OR19xiPpBh6cDJtjjoyM&dib_tag=se&keywords=pauline+barclay&qid=1710336837&s=digital-text&sprefix=%2Cdigital-text%2C106&sr=1-1">Kindle Amazon UK</a></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-18761889530905856882024-03-06T13:50:00.000+00:002024-03-06T13:50:51.510+00:00March - NEWSLETTER<p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjva0C8yfgPSIduyLCI8rjzhV-B4Wo8lZhwfT8mHsICCATNCAhhUsqK-aNV1wQfdFxrxIlhTpsik9aD7P3PVH6yxIPLecUg0DhRmJQ8Yq0KTv9XOtVRbAmYXjzEQL3yfaYXMjT1rMFuWtrfl7aZ-l6NgyAvZhyphenhyphendna2UJBQMWi3TNYp6XfjIVx24f7ClFGE/s768/Newsletter%20Feb%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjva0C8yfgPSIduyLCI8rjzhV-B4Wo8lZhwfT8mHsICCATNCAhhUsqK-aNV1wQfdFxrxIlhTpsik9aD7P3PVH6yxIPLecUg0DhRmJQ8Yq0KTv9XOtVRbAmYXjzEQL3yfaYXMjT1rMFuWtrfl7aZ-l6NgyAvZhyphenhyphendna2UJBQMWi3TNYp6XfjIVx24f7ClFGE/w445-h445/Newsletter%20Feb%202024.jpg" width="445" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Created using AI prompts and Photoshop</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p><h3 data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; outline: none; text-align: center;">Hello and a warm welcome to my March newsletter.</h3><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">A BIG thank you to all of you who have agreed to receive notification when published. Also special thank you for popping along and catching up with me.</p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">Isn't the bird song just wonderful this time of the year? A fantastic morning chorus.</p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">For nearly two decades we have been out early each morning to walk our dogs - the bird song is at its best then! These days we only have one little doggy, Barney. Barney will be fifteen in July and whilst he looks young, his steps are slow and he'd rather be at home or travelling in his buggy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2UXU0M7zai4hMHp1c8mMzBxKT6Z_aPsDq3jFBEdsVjkbsMblh9QcFqr30ZKy5AMXc-mIkFNO4NFu9kp6aHL6riNymi1djmwy-Ge7QjdvkZycexTQgoYMlA3T2C7JVlEUda2duG3gStFh0-pOsPPuGQ3juOKEXPO30SSXiprgkxPR6eSb2ePR5KW8Za8/s1522/Barney%20030324%20cut.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="1334" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2UXU0M7zai4hMHp1c8mMzBxKT6Z_aPsDq3jFBEdsVjkbsMblh9QcFqr30ZKy5AMXc-mIkFNO4NFu9kp6aHL6riNymi1djmwy-Ge7QjdvkZycexTQgoYMlA3T2C7JVlEUda2duG3gStFh0-pOsPPuGQ3juOKEXPO30SSXiprgkxPR6eSb2ePR5KW8Za8/w368-h421/Barney%20030324%20cut.JPG" width="368" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWwtivIIx4kFJ3a-L4sFuV6to6ObJZUNhIhwY4PMM6K6r64N3poNLxY44p2auAzQ2nMjgvCHu-GuRlaHg5FjZEzLzwXlwvrHZeY8DLvyAo5TqUNYViOQeQ7i1sLylW3FSjM95er2e2d6WmgcgGWLaB0ZxXNn3o7cc2AgjuXsyPNaXudCB-nyWwgA6nwY/s4080/Barney%20in%20his%20buggy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWwtivIIx4kFJ3a-L4sFuV6to6ObJZUNhIhwY4PMM6K6r64N3poNLxY44p2auAzQ2nMjgvCHu-GuRlaHg5FjZEzLzwXlwvrHZeY8DLvyAo5TqUNYViOQeQ7i1sLylW3FSjM95er2e2d6WmgcgGWLaB0ZxXNn3o7cc2AgjuXsyPNaXudCB-nyWwgA6nwY/w284-h379/Barney%20in%20his%20buggy.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Inter, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-size: 16px;">---------------------</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Inter, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">Last month I bought myself a new pair of glasses. I admit to loving ones that make a statement - I think I've managed it! *laugh*</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5161WilwVKeMLvFrOR_3O8De1jsfBi6aDvQwNcrNl93CZj5Ny5EmIVp9bctUwNeuaR3AFV_I0Xr0ZT8O3ZdqmnrBf-7TlrmphZb1oeF5Qo_9A21oR0KomJVwL133WWbNgJq_MMehXIjgiBWjRyQFwmD9wqedsz2cfSgQJJ5SPn480ql3eZtP5HKQ5y8/s3264/New%20glasses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5161WilwVKeMLvFrOR_3O8De1jsfBi6aDvQwNcrNl93CZj5Ny5EmIVp9bctUwNeuaR3AFV_I0Xr0ZT8O3ZdqmnrBf-7TlrmphZb1oeF5Qo_9A21oR0KomJVwL133WWbNgJq_MMehXIjgiBWjRyQFwmD9wqedsz2cfSgQJJ5SPn480ql3eZtP5HKQ5y8/w299-h399/New%20glasses.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br /><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">--------------------------</p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><br /></p><h3 data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;">For many months, I have been sharing a small selection of the many photos I take. Here are a few taken recently.</h3><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uQg-em7Upl5wMLWOfIe1IWmW2cJArlAHFGOoxly0WoDT90k71gdWThTck5Bi-mu25efkVavH1Po_fhyphenhyphenoBxgX3LAxSWPF8NmkYuKig9Ut7qP8Ms_39APVr-xUCqBIc3kcxCIsGAwSWzoasn0UZXm89Ua0o0OQLVVP_bXdjTlcSAGgOdl06X3nURO-dvc/s2816/EG%20chic%20030324.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uQg-em7Upl5wMLWOfIe1IWmW2cJArlAHFGOoxly0WoDT90k71gdWThTck5Bi-mu25efkVavH1Po_fhyphenhyphenoBxgX3LAxSWPF8NmkYuKig9Ut7qP8Ms_39APVr-xUCqBIc3kcxCIsGAwSWzoasn0UZXm89Ua0o0OQLVVP_bXdjTlcSAGgOdl06X3nURO-dvc/w367-h275/EG%20chic%20030324.JPG" width="367" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First brood of Egyptian Geese. Photo taken on 030324</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijeFw9pkQfDYjDI7c68ylYtEND0i41v5ePzPgH92zl3-i_ZhoiXRfABMFZnZTgzu3aFFU9Eyj4tCIUcdr3kt76d9k3pmOcpSoKarqMwwxxvQn-rS8XHKakr1eBxR_YUKffOy-J-evkGbRVXdRiiSHa-43B3M8y1ep4-WXo0wjtkxASE2UxrrEQURUExk/s2304/EG%20with%20chics%20030324.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2304" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijeFw9pkQfDYjDI7c68ylYtEND0i41v5ePzPgH92zl3-i_ZhoiXRfABMFZnZTgzu3aFFU9Eyj4tCIUcdr3kt76d9k3pmOcpSoKarqMwwxxvQn-rS8XHKakr1eBxR_YUKffOy-J-evkGbRVXdRiiSHa-43B3M8y1ep4-WXo0wjtkxASE2UxrrEQURUExk/w374-h281/EG%20with%20chics%20030324.JPG" width="374" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mum with her first brood of 2024</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Mp07JG1WS-U5ePf1zwEeAB-9XW9MCBkgHqmTs2GA-DLIz5mOLBktNbn5UgEvZgHY5jX0iZU3-ujjsfZqTU1dKi46uOz7f5qdsiU37BjykOmMsYzyCJYjHXAES7ALElO8lIDyXRwmsiHKNjKSfKVsjSUS_ui4-uKHKX_FE9OBru0Lg86reu__eXDDTsQ/s2040/Helibors.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2040" data-original-width="1530" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Mp07JG1WS-U5ePf1zwEeAB-9XW9MCBkgHqmTs2GA-DLIz5mOLBktNbn5UgEvZgHY5jX0iZU3-ujjsfZqTU1dKi46uOz7f5qdsiU37BjykOmMsYzyCJYjHXAES7ALElO8lIDyXRwmsiHKNjKSfKVsjSUS_ui4-uKHKX_FE9OBru0Lg86reu__eXDDTsQ/w330-h440/Helibors.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUwGdnGWlxHmrvcHSwnqEFqUYMUqZn8iXP5VVZ6nDuKmf6JL-NOVqPYugnWuJ4a79JOmqvFWEBzoJWN0p8caBTX-KGhTOpDqXVJrTBFxMn1AfOSL7m3Y28mXQlvCXR6tHirmFtCghisy2iW2pP63T6ozDHf4qakbK26QRKEnrrf_5n9DT-RRfHH47HQI/s2581/Goose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2581" data-original-width="2370" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUwGdnGWlxHmrvcHSwnqEFqUYMUqZn8iXP5VVZ6nDuKmf6JL-NOVqPYugnWuJ4a79JOmqvFWEBzoJWN0p8caBTX-KGhTOpDqXVJrTBFxMn1AfOSL7m3Y28mXQlvCXR6tHirmFtCghisy2iW2pP63T6ozDHf4qakbK26QRKEnrrf_5n9DT-RRfHH47HQI/w323-h351/Goose.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">--------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In last month's newsletter, I talked about Sam Ridge-Ward who was horrifically bullied when he was a young teen. If you missed any of the posts and podcast click<a href="https://paulinembarclay.blogspot.com/2024/02/february-newsletter.html"> HERE</a> to catch up on Feb's newsletter and Sam with all the links.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Following on from last month, we have a new post about bullying from Sam. Click <a href="https://paulinembarclay.blogspot.com/2024/02/bullying-what-does-it-mean-to-you.html">HERE</a> to read.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Along with adding a post each month to my Blog about bullying, I have written a short story which I plan to publish in the coming weeks. More details to follow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> In the meantime, here is the cover and blub.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What do you think?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20NSqwDMKTaZRdX1Wed_Lmucmh-hTL0xSX_Aq3Op9pTUIiR8JHr7d3h6-EKU53l6ulCCIQTzbMhSVQRf0K_va0doZbGwsWH7sow8HSPCx_HuOMRDV6RcdVKW0otMfPWweWoTNYrOuBVZ0XUoGiPY9w4_X_HpgZr6q4e3cxcjrpoFhKDNTpflwsvPJhpQ/s2550/Idea%201%20B%20300dpi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20NSqwDMKTaZRdX1Wed_Lmucmh-hTL0xSX_Aq3Op9pTUIiR8JHr7d3h6-EKU53l6ulCCIQTzbMhSVQRf0K_va0doZbGwsWH7sow8HSPCx_HuOMRDV6RcdVKW0otMfPWweWoTNYrOuBVZ0XUoGiPY9w4_X_HpgZr6q4e3cxcjrpoFhKDNTpflwsvPJhpQ/w329-h508/Idea%201%20B%20300dpi.jpg" width="329" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Tormentors is a gripping,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US"> utterly heartbreaking page turner</span></b><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Dillan Mortimer, a happy intelligent
thirteen-year-old,</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> suddenly finds his life is about to change when
a new boy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> Connor Brooks, joins their class.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> Connor instantly befriends Dillan’s classmate,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> Bradley Jenkins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> What follows will change Dillan’s life
forever.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b>Tormentors</b> is fiction - a short
story of 12,000 words.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> It is written in the hope it will help create,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> as wide as possible, an awareness of bullying,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> helping to understand the signs and the consequences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> and to stop it before it damages lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">All royalties from the sale of
<b>Tormentors</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> will go to Red Balloon, Norwich, England.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">--------------------</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIcO0ht1Rmy85CS9Oej8LV4hr9arnQUePcEn8sLsriZtmeg-egnGd0EqAat3lKdsbRmHfEVAxDbFze1bLEhBZRiHhCcGnUI1v1MnNqHG0QUm6-68cUumIQrap40ggew5ulEmY6zKa5AoRvgyeBZgpB_zFHbBkHIQy_2FZMKr40NiMepV7UIYPRjCX84G8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1084" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIcO0ht1Rmy85CS9Oej8LV4hr9arnQUePcEn8sLsriZtmeg-egnGd0EqAat3lKdsbRmHfEVAxDbFze1bLEhBZRiHhCcGnUI1v1MnNqHG0QUm6-68cUumIQrap40ggew5ulEmY6zKa5AoRvgyeBZgpB_zFHbBkHIQy_2FZMKr40NiMepV7UIYPRjCX84G8" width="237" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;">With regard to my newsletter, if you do agree to allow me to send a link to your email address to let you know it is out, I want to reassure you that you can unsubscribe at any time, just email me and say remove me. Also I will NEVER use your email other than if I need to email you. I will never share with anyone else.</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: start;">As to the content, it is designed to be fun with me sharing: my photos, snippets of information, offers or free books from award winning authors, a design or two I have created using my Photoshop and anything else that I think might interest you. It is not about my opinion on any matter. I want my newsletter to make you smile and leave you with a warm feeling.</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;">--------------------</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPfKqWMbj6_qaR2i1kIaDw17aA9XQbJhkozsSol2aP2Y1G-dGMrVZZcEjQMM9i3KJAI532gZW2Do5xpcf3_IFrkZSJA0PP5-W3aBJVDNRo6NTeoG3eQ6ZBjnJ5ydm0ZVb2yTQNn1T14X2G03fWxwoaoEJURxy-1sOd01pLx0IY3H87NBilTkvEAPtyy64" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPfKqWMbj6_qaR2i1kIaDw17aA9XQbJhkozsSol2aP2Y1G-dGMrVZZcEjQMM9i3KJAI532gZW2Do5xpcf3_IFrkZSJA0PP5-W3aBJVDNRo6NTeoG3eQ6ZBjnJ5ydm0ZVb2yTQNn1T14X2G03fWxwoaoEJURxy-1sOd01pLx0IY3H87NBilTkvEAPtyy64" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><strong style="outline: none;">Celebrating Success – My Podcasts</strong></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Celebrating Success this month I talked to Jessica Turner. Jessica played, the Door Mouse in Rackheath's Players production of Alice in Wonderful in February.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;">
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlFbIVBHVH1-3vOzAUfbLGW6pdV6_56z1zuBCpL6Iql1m8KZ0IftD7yiT08t-c-HxQ5dY-FYgpLhvbU_ihqAEzoDRT5b7au0xV38jIJd8D1qOVE4WQQtZYV0Qn9TY-sZ1MKq25Z6Vv03g5HExAnXweZxBk0OGQQgYMlxKDMhYemh2cM3cWFn-1ZXucw0/s1900/Jessica%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1900" data-original-width="1900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlFbIVBHVH1-3vOzAUfbLGW6pdV6_56z1zuBCpL6Iql1m8KZ0IftD7yiT08t-c-HxQ5dY-FYgpLhvbU_ihqAEzoDRT5b7au0xV38jIJd8D1qOVE4WQQtZYV0Qn9TY-sZ1MKq25Z6Vv03g5HExAnXweZxBk0OGQQgYMlxKDMhYemh2cM3cWFn-1ZXucw0/s320/Jessica%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span face="Inter, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">So please sit back and enjoy meeting my wonderful guest.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;">Click<strong style="outline: none;"> <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper" data-redactor-span="true" style="outline: none;"><a href=" https://paulinembarclay.blogspot.com/2024/02/podcast-jessica-turner-in-alice-in.html" style="color: #2cb191; outline: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;">HERE</a></span></strong> to listen</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;">If you have missed any of the many podcasts, you can catch up at <a data-link-id="1208425663" href="https://click.mailerlite.com/link/c/YT0yMzA3NDMyODY1MDc3NDAxNjUyJmM9bTdmOCZiPTEyMDg0MjU2NjMmZD1wOG42djln.RpeyujwJpqyEid0JRFn35G6z_dknHoNbjwfI4B8ijvE" style="color: #2cb191; outline: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://paulinebarclay.podbean...</a><br style="outline: none;" /></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;">You can also listen to ALL my podcast on<strong style="outline: none;"> SPOTIFY!</strong></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;"><strong style="outline: none;"><br /></strong></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><b>--------------------</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="outline: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirrrIJ0XW1V6mK3In-c8psapi0uaRUe40jqF97jK1hrLDLJkhlogEgpi0j_RkPx6sZGJ6A39emyLgauMIi67EUtKkML0ek67YLLpeIpAs0uEiJ8LNPxiucSIsdQ0nFfxSsWHYatT9u7Kd7ATOaReVpLcoCu_LK5w85KROWImLnQDox5lwxoB-A5oXdr-A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1120" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirrrIJ0XW1V6mK3In-c8psapi0uaRUe40jqF97jK1hrLDLJkhlogEgpi0j_RkPx6sZGJ6A39emyLgauMIi67EUtKkML0ek67YLLpeIpAs0uEiJ8LNPxiucSIsdQ0nFfxSsWHYatT9u7Kd7ATOaReVpLcoCu_LK5w85KROWImLnQDox5lwxoB-A5oXdr-A" width="240" /></a></strong></div><strong style="outline: none;"><br /></strong><p></p><h3 style="background-color: #e8f9f9; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; outline: none; text-align: center;">Yes, I am still editing!</h3><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">I have finished the first edits from book 3 in my Gardner & Chattaway cosy mystery series. The working title is: Dare! My wonderful editor, Julie Dexter has agreed to work on this book too!</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;">--------------------</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin-5z8UsDFpR22AcwXTWTv7B6u_KlT8xrYwHa7eJhXlsNOoFl6KTr7UxXbqo0t5qSzAwDBnXuiogkK0-LtzeB8t2NWTW9pKfWts5S2cXrvc5L9Ia4MkRIDWcOlEj0bFpnNEMGhzKJnyy_PKEN0DxdkGiMZtpX2XyYvDlj1hI92tQQgtCsJqE5Ew2rcuA/s2332/Serendipity-3D-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2332" data-original-width="1900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin-5z8UsDFpR22AcwXTWTv7B6u_KlT8xrYwHa7eJhXlsNOoFl6KTr7UxXbqo0t5qSzAwDBnXuiogkK0-LtzeB8t2NWTW9pKfWts5S2cXrvc5L9Ia4MkRIDWcOlEj0bFpnNEMGhzKJnyy_PKEN0DxdkGiMZtpX2XyYvDlj1hI92tQQgtCsJqE5Ew2rcuA/s320/Serendipity-3D-1.png" width="261" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span>A Gardner
& Chattaway Cosy Mystery – Book 1</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span>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"><span lang="EN-US"> </span>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"><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Serendipity,
is the first in a series of cosy, feel good, mystery novellas.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Past
Secrets and Lies</span></i><span lang="EN-US">,
is the second book in a series of cosy, feel good, mystery novellas.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Both available in Kindle and paperback</span></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;">--------------------</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ51-Ek8O5kfXeAFltJ81c1ljwpDwjOP2uxQTbrYNPRdojRA9epLXsTLCFqd75Xy1zcZWCVCr-JcKVSdi76e1h5eXo6teRbbxTw-3sj1STzwp0lgwOEctMaWO_DE2ZEz-mRA2neWDY_-cEHKxxGHTZmyq0Wdf9Ax7WHfJ8lB31IqiXP2NMM39SMavP0S8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ51-Ek8O5kfXeAFltJ81c1ljwpDwjOP2uxQTbrYNPRdojRA9epLXsTLCFqd75Xy1zcZWCVCr-JcKVSdi76e1h5eXo6teRbbxTw-3sj1STzwp0lgwOEctMaWO_DE2ZEz-mRA2neWDY_-cEHKxxGHTZmyq0Wdf9Ax7WHfJ8lB31IqiXP2NMM39SMavP0S8" width="185" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h2 data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">This month's author give away!</strong></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg27gkkDIvIWdvOqrTWq1S7oSXhSErvvTeBVfuK-hrItXy2mNeiXOFUO7RiML8ktf3UyaLzqvqwz_7KlNebeA-0kFDfOPbP2gFgq5w4UefkimdXkbGJgux0EqBaYer7zdvqlT2qc4WF2Ku7rQ0XLc2QDsOD4kqEzlYB_YSmoPEantvvqgyy_esXE7aBtw/s320/Short%20Story%20Collection%20Book%201%20-%20ruth%20enright.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="206" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg27gkkDIvIWdvOqrTWq1S7oSXhSErvvTeBVfuK-hrItXy2mNeiXOFUO7RiML8ktf3UyaLzqvqwz_7KlNebeA-0kFDfOPbP2gFgq5w4UefkimdXkbGJgux0EqBaYer7zdvqlT2qc4WF2Ku7rQ0XLc2QDsOD4kqEzlYB_YSmoPEantvvqgyy_esXE7aBtw/s1600/Short%20Story%20Collection%20Book%201%20-%20ruth%20enright.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">Click <a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/ojxvu19h7c">HERE</a> to download your copy of Ruth's short stories.</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">The link will take you to Bookfunnel. It will ask for your email address. You can then read on-line or download to your e-reader</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><strong style="outline: none;">--------------------</strong></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><b>I have, once again, signed up to do the 10km Norwich run in September.</b></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><b>This year I hope to be able to raise funds for Red Balloon, Norwich. Details to follow.</b></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">Pic taken as I headed to the finishing line July 2023</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGz8IqV8X87e-eiRRiKxgdS_IKaSWxftCg9opV_qik8iLjK29iBCmn_ouilfWAiWGlo-HanHGFAwNz6IXmFGueTbMVcvCIs9cbXvg8dn1mNoaaE67EFLpqUTOirDgWIypk9nzkF5AvxIlUQic9n995Gp6A8sefHJTpDhvyjN0TDyXvbivf6Qrv68xi5Y/s3360/EAI_RN10K_160723_TW_06426.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3360" data-original-width="2240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGz8IqV8X87e-eiRRiKxgdS_IKaSWxftCg9opV_qik8iLjK29iBCmn_ouilfWAiWGlo-HanHGFAwNz6IXmFGueTbMVcvCIs9cbXvg8dn1mNoaaE67EFLpqUTOirDgWIypk9nzkF5AvxIlUQic9n995Gp6A8sefHJTpDhvyjN0TDyXvbivf6Qrv68xi5Y/s320/EAI_RN10K_160723_TW_06426.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><b>That's it for this newsletter. It's another </b><strong style="outline: none;">bumper one and I hope you enjoyed it.</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">Once again, thank you for taking the time to read it.</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;"> P</strong><strong style="outline: none;">lease share with your friends </strong></strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">If you would like me to email you with the a link to the next newsletter, please email me using the contact form in the right hand column.</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">Until next time, I hope the sun is shining on your face</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">and in your heart.</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none; text-align: start;">T</strong><strong style="outline: none; text-align: start;">ake care. Look after yourself and each other.</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">Hugs</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;"></strong></p><h2 data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 107%;">Pauline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><br /></h2></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-63178535650680154182024-02-28T14:11:00.003+00:002024-02-28T14:11:54.133+00:00Cover Reveal!<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8kxk70S_A7g5L6PI5AEIgAkHxp-OmzpPOJAD_igiqIBjg3JM4Gg4z47uB_b80BH5DdQBPAivsRkPqvfS4recSNYViIpDQr42SCb5qSGoysd61EAyz14JUC6oUx3xfi5zvuZKFQbu42jSZ-eEeB7NToaeKyjToTd0Kozk7t2fPEH41QnXlwfUF2N6Des/s2550/Idea%201%20B%20300dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8kxk70S_A7g5L6PI5AEIgAkHxp-OmzpPOJAD_igiqIBjg3JM4Gg4z47uB_b80BH5DdQBPAivsRkPqvfS4recSNYViIpDQr42SCb5qSGoysd61EAyz14JUC6oUx3xfi5zvuZKFQbu42jSZ-eEeB7NToaeKyjToTd0Kozk7t2fPEH41QnXlwfUF2N6Des/w314-h485/Idea%201%20B%20300dpi.jpg" width="314" /></a><br /><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cover Reveal!</span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tormentors is a gripping, </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> utterly heartbreaking
page turner</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dillan Mortimer, a happy intelligent
thirteen-year-old,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> suddenly finds his life is about to change when a
new boy,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Connor Brooks, joins their class.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Connor instantly befriends Dillan’s classmate,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Bradley Jenkins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> What follows will change Dillan’s life
forever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Tormentors </b>is fiction - a short
story of 12,000 words.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> It is written in the hope it will help create,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> as wide as possible, an awareness of bullying,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> helping to understand the signs and the consequences<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> and to stop it before it damages lives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">All royalties from the sale of
<b>Tormentors</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> will go to <a href="https://www.redballoonlearner.org/locations/red-balloon-norwich/"><b>Red Balloon, Norwich, England.</b></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"> <br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQ_PcRvIEAP1xy9eCjZFwRiw-S1pD4W-pjOKxJjiu2KFSc4iUzZnFabfmdDiUmm3yN9tS0afxvPzVXW6bQ6LmWPpCygVWyyhyphenhyphenmNi7ocit_9bNKWqChJmbc7s-lHRocHIArBh4COUWXMGzZAzZCE2eO_xT8pOqC0sj-NyqNJvB3YuFo6rGIItlwOy3cgU/s2550/Blurb%20cover%202%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQ_PcRvIEAP1xy9eCjZFwRiw-S1pD4W-pjOKxJjiu2KFSc4iUzZnFabfmdDiUmm3yN9tS0afxvPzVXW6bQ6LmWPpCygVWyyhyphenhyphenmNi7ocit_9bNKWqChJmbc7s-lHRocHIArBh4COUWXMGzZAzZCE2eO_xT8pOqC0sj-NyqNJvB3YuFo6rGIItlwOy3cgU/s320/Blurb%20cover%202%20copy.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><o:p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Tormentors will be available soon!</b></p><br /></o:p><p></p><p></p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-3437801656896161672024-02-24T10:51:00.000+00:002024-02-24T10:51:14.450+00:00Bullying What Does It Mean To You?<p> As mentioned in my post last month, Bullying – Life Threating,
Life Ending, throughout 2024, I will be posting monthly posts from an amazing
young man whose life was almost destroyed to the point of coming to an end by
unbelievable bullying.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>This month, Samuel talks about the word bullying and its interpretation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmP32LESmpvWHLtgULX2h5x5-ez5CVX1LGSGhJJsTJiMPs2Z1h90hec0Hr67_S5aZVF7cY-eU-R6k0q-mRFW5J1o-La1Mxxbie687T2_CIuRqJ8040QhzSlxSECmq_RMHmBLb25HkG_hyqwCunmNqX9j39oRfxyF5RbyFuMEw922wogUIvcWvUAegK5C0/s1080/Sam.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmP32LESmpvWHLtgULX2h5x5-ez5CVX1LGSGhJJsTJiMPs2Z1h90hec0Hr67_S5aZVF7cY-eU-R6k0q-mRFW5J1o-La1Mxxbie687T2_CIuRqJ8040QhzSlxSECmq_RMHmBLb25HkG_hyqwCunmNqX9j39oRfxyF5RbyFuMEw922wogUIvcWvUAegK5C0/w263-h263/Sam.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>"I'm sure I've mentioned at some point before, I think
bullying is a very nebulous term; it can be used quite accurately to describe
anything from light teasing to physical assault. Everyone will have had an
experience with bullying at one point or another, none of which was deserved,
but the range of experiences the word can cover I think makes it difficult for
us to communicate exactly how bad any given instance of bullying is and what
the appropriate response, or help, is.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>The same goes for the word "bully". Children who
make jokes at someone else's expense because of the colour of their lunchbox,
or something equally as trivial, are bullies. But so too are the children who
wait until a teacher steps out of the classroom to walk down the line of desks
and strike other children on the backside of the head with a bundle of
textbooks, those who wait until their victims are in changing rooms (Where it
wouldn't be appropriate for a teacher to be) and undressed before attacking them.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>It's difficult as responsible adults to know exactly how to
respond to an accusation of bullying. Especially considering that a lot of it
will happen very deliberately out of our sight, and the victims may not be
inclined to fully divulge their experiences for any number of understandable
reasons (Embarrassment, fear of retribution etc.). I think in any case, the
more aware we are of bullying and how bad it can be the better prepared we are
to address it when it appears in our lives, or in the lives of our loved ones.</p><p class="MsoNormal">And regrettably should the worse come to pass, we have Red
Balloon to help <span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">🙂</span>"<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Red
Balloon</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelLmvElBuTb2kPPcFu14v3C3NM2Fdm-w2UcyrueDlMfM5nhgLU7L_ASHFuTD6dZzRtFrRPYm_6pv_TJood2VHpYtKQw7b1ITV_jY1D9pEDDnPYmWc3__LDyaWt0yJ9qzXUvrj0ODruCb1nZSdaYDc8WXuSx-LL9lwuujlQ5KceNITbDEzTt91zHPvp7M/s172/red-balloon-logo-x2.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="158" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelLmvElBuTb2kPPcFu14v3C3NM2Fdm-w2UcyrueDlMfM5nhgLU7L_ASHFuTD6dZzRtFrRPYm_6pv_TJood2VHpYtKQw7b1ITV_jY1D9pEDDnPYmWc3__LDyaWt0yJ9qzXUvrj0ODruCb1nZSdaYDc8WXuSx-LL9lwuujlQ5KceNITbDEzTt91zHPvp7M/w291-h318/red-balloon-logo-x2.png" width="291" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>“… bullying, abuse, mental
health problems or life-long conditions are among the most common causes that
lead young people to hide in their bedrooms. There, they isolate themselves
from the company of others, from school and from society.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>This causes a downward spiral
of social isolation, marginalisation, missed education and deteriorating mental
ill-health. They become ‘hidden’ at home and their voices are ignored. They
risk not finding their place in the adult world.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>What we do</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>Red Balloon is an alternative
to school which enables young people to re-engage with education. We have both
‘physical’ and virtual Centres to best meet students’ needs…”<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">You can find out all about <b><span style="color: red;">Red Balloon</span></b>, Norwich, UK by visiting their web
site. Click <b><span style="color: red;">HERE</span> </b>to learn about this
amazing charity.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Click<a href="https://paulinembarclay.blogspot.com/2024/01/bullying-life-threatening-life-ending.html"> <b>HERE</b></a> to read last month's post, Life Threating, Life Ending.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Click <b><a href="https://paulinembarclay.blogspot.com/2024/01/podcast-victim-of-horrific-bullying.html">HERE</a></b> to listen to Samuel talking to me on my podcast.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Over the next twelve months I will be adding posts about
Samuel’s journey and the wonderful work of Red Balloon, please come back and join
us on our journey. The more we all understand the more we can all help and
stop this evil behaviour.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: center;">As always, thank you
for visiting. I hope the sun is shining in your heart and on your face.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Take care and see you soon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 107%;">Pauline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And regrettably should the worse come to pass, we have Red
Balloon to help <span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">🙂</span>"<o:p></o:p></p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-77321123602026388842024-02-20T11:57:00.003+00:002024-02-21T11:19:07.776+00:00Podcast - Jessica Turner in Alice in Wonderland<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGW0Lxne9r65Tz2iknctKguNHdtw-9XBtnhnNj1jLfQgz5EPc8npwnaPrMj8s7a96Xe_qvxDI6eZjltLrTmedLfJSvx3YeqWwLICk814xqHLLSEzG0w_QWmd0KY9XXFA0vLu59cz8QjoRZfyozzrP7Ww1kgs1vE8Fdhwk8nvUwgMkK37lWnxG0zgLF354/s1400/Podcast%20Logo%20for%20Podbean%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGW0Lxne9r65Tz2iknctKguNHdtw-9XBtnhnNj1jLfQgz5EPc8npwnaPrMj8s7a96Xe_qvxDI6eZjltLrTmedLfJSvx3YeqWwLICk814xqHLLSEzG0w_QWmd0KY9XXFA0vLu59cz8QjoRZfyozzrP7Ww1kgs1vE8Fdhwk8nvUwgMkK37lWnxG0zgLF354/s320/Podcast%20Logo%20for%20Podbean%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Today, on my podcast, Celebrating Success,
I am so pleased to be talking to Jessica
Turner. Jessica’s love is acting on the stage and today she’s talking about her
role in the Rackheath players pantomime, Alice in Wonderland.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">So, without further ado, please sit
back and meet my lovely guest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHEvHIl2eNmIVfYssvLH98BqPx0Pksavkx6N_Fbu8J-1NHpUGf46oyaElpj23nFQS_rD7qxZOhrm8b5ZJx-CYpKKZvDBv7G1nxHyVO4aK9luLx7L9C9n2RoMgfx3AeFX3oN63i2r64i8wOCkMsXOwJMsy8veQDHJMaEANvw5YtHWyOsbNSdKEBoMAnJ0/s1536/Jessica%20pic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="1536" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHEvHIl2eNmIVfYssvLH98BqPx0Pksavkx6N_Fbu8J-1NHpUGf46oyaElpj23nFQS_rD7qxZOhrm8b5ZJx-CYpKKZvDBv7G1nxHyVO4aK9luLx7L9C9n2RoMgfx3AeFX3oN63i2r64i8wOCkMsXOwJMsy8veQDHJMaEANvw5YtHWyOsbNSdKEBoMAnJ0/s320/Jessica%20pic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-Kf9QsVd7Aiqg54AuyOjHc2u6agR1qpw1p9CzHQyTiVIr7ijgGX0HBc3PXLdQEexzB3S5uHXb_sGqeBYqu6EwdO3c_bV6l3JD1jv32Vt-YOwFn0N8Rn2HVKWogtzDeJdjd-ilS54AfnEnEDvrZb5s3gshkAnhz67AOzI94aDVE8p1kA9ISAvpLVINkU/s1900/Jessica%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1900" data-original-width="1900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-Kf9QsVd7Aiqg54AuyOjHc2u6agR1qpw1p9CzHQyTiVIr7ijgGX0HBc3PXLdQEexzB3S5uHXb_sGqeBYqu6EwdO3c_bV6l3JD1jv32Vt-YOwFn0N8Rn2HVKWogtzDeJdjd-ilS54AfnEnEDvrZb5s3gshkAnhz67AOzI94aDVE8p1kA9ISAvpLVINkU/s320/Jessica%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">
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</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>You can find out more about Rackheath Players by visiting
their web site <a href="https://www.rackheathplayers.co.uk">https://www.rackheathplayers.co.uk</a>/</b><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> As always, a huge thank you for joining me on this week’s podcast
and I can’t wait to share your company again very soon. And of course you can
listen to all my podcasts at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4623806380645887747/1392499125811350330"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">https://paulinebarclay.podbean.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> - or on
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with your family and friends…. I hope you will.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Until next time, I hope the sun is shining on your face and in your heart</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Hugs</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36pt;">Pauline</span></b><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">
</p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-85757946111188093332024-02-02T11:56:00.000+00:002024-02-02T11:56:37.068+00:00February - Newsletter<p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjva0C8yfgPSIduyLCI8rjzhV-B4Wo8lZhwfT8mHsICCATNCAhhUsqK-aNV1wQfdFxrxIlhTpsik9aD7P3PVH6yxIPLecUg0DhRmJQ8Yq0KTv9XOtVRbAmYXjzEQL3yfaYXMjT1rMFuWtrfl7aZ-l6NgyAvZhyphenhyphendna2UJBQMWi3TNYp6XfjIVx24f7ClFGE/s768/Newsletter%20Feb%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjva0C8yfgPSIduyLCI8rjzhV-B4Wo8lZhwfT8mHsICCATNCAhhUsqK-aNV1wQfdFxrxIlhTpsik9aD7P3PVH6yxIPLecUg0DhRmJQ8Yq0KTv9XOtVRbAmYXjzEQL3yfaYXMjT1rMFuWtrfl7aZ-l6NgyAvZhyphenhyphendna2UJBQMWi3TNYp6XfjIVx24f7ClFGE/w445-h445/Newsletter%20Feb%202024.jpg" width="445" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Created using AI prompts and Photoshop</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p><h3 data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; outline: none; text-align: center;">Hello and a warm welcome to my February newsletter.</h3><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">I hope my latest newsletter finds you well and that life is treating you kindly.</p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">My newsletter has moved!</p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">The last couple of years, I have used Mailerlite to send my news letters, however, their recent policy that certain email addresses are no longer permitted to send newsletters, means I have decided to move my newsletter back to my Blog. It will still be the same fun packed read to make you smile. *fingers crossed*</p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">As I write, I find it hard to believe we have come to the end of January and now marching into February! At least the days are growing lighter. 😊</p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">This last month I met an amazing young man who survived horrific bullying. It was the unbending support from his mum and a wonderful charity in Norfolk, Red Balloon, that changed everything; from a terrified young boy to an amazing young man, Sam is an inspiration to everyone. His journey over the last fifteen years has been one from the darkest of days to a bright future. Sam has agreed to share his journey. We plan to do this with regular posts and podcasts throughout 2024. By doing so, we hope we can help others who find themselves in a similar situation. We will also highlight the fantastic work Red Balloon, Norwich, Norfolk, UK does to help young people like Sam. You can read our first post by clicking <a href="https://paulinembarclay.blogspot.com/2024/01/bullying-life-threatening-life-ending.html"><b>here</b></a> and to listen to our first podcast by clicking <a href="https://paulinebarclay.podbean.com/e/bullying-life-threatening-life-ending/"><b>here</b></a></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: white; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">---------------------</p><h3 data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;">For many months, I have been sharing a few of the many photos I take. Here are a few taken this last month</h3><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wMumzoiF1y2k0dpj7bjksir88GjUFZBBQ1R84YFAaOH33k1RQGq0L-VLNPZcB58z9SsTlEAUCk1X1S3OrUGzkl2MqazGE1emuaU_-HykDbG8wNa2cVLQIQL4UQS32BH7dIepgAs36W2Hm3cR6uBPjrTJApRYJtQ8icZYJHFi2QPGFrr-j4Yz3NcKjB0/s2272/Coromant%20in%20tree.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wMumzoiF1y2k0dpj7bjksir88GjUFZBBQ1R84YFAaOH33k1RQGq0L-VLNPZcB58z9SsTlEAUCk1X1S3OrUGzkl2MqazGE1emuaU_-HykDbG8wNa2cVLQIQL4UQS32BH7dIepgAs36W2Hm3cR6uBPjrTJApRYJtQ8icZYJHFi2QPGFrr-j4Yz3NcKjB0/s320/Coromant%20in%20tree.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcsPNp4KmGmZitAE24fMvdJ_hdDsVwSgee8_AvOjG0n1rm0VWj4lPnk6IDR2YWIJpJWujX0cJXTBHXyH4NTarNvsMrz1_s0O5LSi2jWQt0mdWEFWWN0-SEKROe8zPqFfVDFc_uQyMcAya0vHfm8NJzuEKZMisEmV-EJtPdJ3HvuhJuwteerwpUXFTnWg/s2040/Sunrise.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2040" data-original-width="1530" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcsPNp4KmGmZitAE24fMvdJ_hdDsVwSgee8_AvOjG0n1rm0VWj4lPnk6IDR2YWIJpJWujX0cJXTBHXyH4NTarNvsMrz1_s0O5LSi2jWQt0mdWEFWWN0-SEKROe8zPqFfVDFc_uQyMcAya0vHfm8NJzuEKZMisEmV-EJtPdJ3HvuhJuwteerwpUXFTnWg/s320/Sunrise.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i6byHDOZsHt-U05p1zFs0xRlR-_r3nMTemmecoyxobMqEWF3-4tSvz41OehCfDKI0-0l3NYwiMv2en9av2s8PnJGdaW58dFl_hKpqLrEdjlhLm3E8mOoL8sE8Pn2-XSEl8S_MUYgXTTJ8HFa0HwPffi6vbrP12Wjtq1uIqfPtF1WclOP2K2czCYRiFE/s3456/Bridge%20near%20St%20James.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i6byHDOZsHt-U05p1zFs0xRlR-_r3nMTemmecoyxobMqEWF3-4tSvz41OehCfDKI0-0l3NYwiMv2en9av2s8PnJGdaW58dFl_hKpqLrEdjlhLm3E8mOoL8sE8Pn2-XSEl8S_MUYgXTTJ8HFa0HwPffi6vbrP12Wjtq1uIqfPtF1WclOP2K2czCYRiFE/s320/Bridge%20near%20St%20James.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqzm5Qtiv12JrhBwHHhs4KBJvKsjb9EEreDVJaOZjiOhAHLEc0xoSP-4SvcM0Bz_JBNCD4lrbQKRhRl2haMKizuJpWflZhvCmc1GPXTutVlKI57HtU-656lZjO_sajESyZgkAM6UE8kzHC0wSoCEehad7bItPUf9QpsFEh8bRrw-yudCSDbWUl-RkYx4/s1024/Robin.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqzm5Qtiv12JrhBwHHhs4KBJvKsjb9EEreDVJaOZjiOhAHLEc0xoSP-4SvcM0Bz_JBNCD4lrbQKRhRl2haMKizuJpWflZhvCmc1GPXTutVlKI57HtU-656lZjO_sajESyZgkAM6UE8kzHC0wSoCEehad7bItPUf9QpsFEh8bRrw-yudCSDbWUl-RkYx4/s320/Robin.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">--------------------</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIcO0ht1Rmy85CS9Oej8LV4hr9arnQUePcEn8sLsriZtmeg-egnGd0EqAat3lKdsbRmHfEVAxDbFze1bLEhBZRiHhCcGnUI1v1MnNqHG0QUm6-68cUumIQrap40ggew5ulEmY6zKa5AoRvgyeBZgpB_zFHbBkHIQy_2FZMKr40NiMepV7UIYPRjCX84G8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1084" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIcO0ht1Rmy85CS9Oej8LV4hr9arnQUePcEn8sLsriZtmeg-egnGd0EqAat3lKdsbRmHfEVAxDbFze1bLEhBZRiHhCcGnUI1v1MnNqHG0QUm6-68cUumIQrap40ggew5ulEmY6zKa5AoRvgyeBZgpB_zFHbBkHIQy_2FZMKr40NiMepV7UIYPRjCX84G8" width="237" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;">With regard to my newsletter, if you do agree to allow me to send a link to your email address to let you know it is out, I want to reassure you that you can unsubscribe at any time, just email me and say remove me. Also I will NEVER use your email other than if I need to email you. I will never share with anyone else.</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: start;">As to the content, it is designed to be fun with me sharing: my photos, snippets of information, offers or free books from award winning authors, a design or two I have created using my Photoshop and anything else that I think might interest you. It is not about my opinion on any matter. I want my newsletter to make you smile and leave you with a warm feeling.</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;">--------------------</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPfKqWMbj6_qaR2i1kIaDw17aA9XQbJhkozsSol2aP2Y1G-dGMrVZZcEjQMM9i3KJAI532gZW2Do5xpcf3_IFrkZSJA0PP5-W3aBJVDNRo6NTeoG3eQ6ZBjnJ5ydm0ZVb2yTQNn1T14X2G03fWxwoaoEJURxy-1sOd01pLx0IY3H87NBilTkvEAPtyy64" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPfKqWMbj6_qaR2i1kIaDw17aA9XQbJhkozsSol2aP2Y1G-dGMrVZZcEjQMM9i3KJAI532gZW2Do5xpcf3_IFrkZSJA0PP5-W3aBJVDNRo6NTeoG3eQ6ZBjnJ5ydm0ZVb2yTQNn1T14X2G03fWxwoaoEJURxy-1sOd01pLx0IY3H87NBilTkvEAPtyy64" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><strong style="outline: none;">Celebrating Success – My Podcasts</strong></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Celebrating Success has never been
more appropriate as today, my wonderful and amazing guest is, Samual
Ridge-Ward. Sam was the victim of horrific bullying. Throughout 2024, Sam is
going to share his journey from being a young boy who thought life was almost
over, to a successful, professional charity worker. Sam will be a regular guest
here on my podcast and also on my blog so please, please make a note to come
back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Sam’s story is disturbing and though
I know much of what happened, I still found talking to him today very moving. Please
sit back and meet a truly remarkable young man.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;">So please sit back and enjoy meeting my wonderful guest.</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;">Click<strong style="outline: none;"> <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper" data-redactor-span="true" style="outline: none;"><a href=" https://paulinebarclay.podbean.com/e/bullying-life-threatening-life-ending/" style="color: #2cb191; outline: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;">HERE</a></span></strong> to listen</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;">If you have missed any of the many podcasts, you can catch up at <a data-link-id="1208425663" href="https://click.mailerlite.com/link/c/YT0yMzA3NDMyODY1MDc3NDAxNjUyJmM9bTdmOCZiPTEyMDg0MjU2NjMmZD1wOG42djln.RpeyujwJpqyEid0JRFn35G6z_dknHoNbjwfI4B8ijvE" style="color: #2cb191; outline: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">https://paulinebarclay.podbean...</a><br style="outline: none;" /></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;">You can also listen to ALL my podcast on<strong style="outline: none;"> SPOTIFY!</strong></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: start;"><strong style="outline: none;"><br /></strong></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><b>--------------------</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="outline: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirrrIJ0XW1V6mK3In-c8psapi0uaRUe40jqF97jK1hrLDLJkhlogEgpi0j_RkPx6sZGJ6A39emyLgauMIi67EUtKkML0ek67YLLpeIpAs0uEiJ8LNPxiucSIsdQ0nFfxSsWHYatT9u7Kd7ATOaReVpLcoCu_LK5w85KROWImLnQDox5lwxoB-A5oXdr-A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1120" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirrrIJ0XW1V6mK3In-c8psapi0uaRUe40jqF97jK1hrLDLJkhlogEgpi0j_RkPx6sZGJ6A39emyLgauMIi67EUtKkML0ek67YLLpeIpAs0uEiJ8LNPxiucSIsdQ0nFfxSsWHYatT9u7Kd7ATOaReVpLcoCu_LK5w85KROWImLnQDox5lwxoB-A5oXdr-A" width="240" /></a></strong></div><strong style="outline: none;"><br /></strong><p></p><h3 style="background-color: #e8f9f9; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; outline: none; text-align: center;">Edit Time!</h3><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">At last I can report, I have started on the edits of book 3 in my Gardner & Chattaway cosy mystery series. The working title is: Dare! My wonderful editor, Julie Dexter has agreed to work on this book too!</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;">--------------------</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhiFGisFwAZqSP6thj2rdog2ueQFSqvNYVIncQHoCmIid9GFxmlPPx0li9iUWlG0X1CJZt6pc8MpiUFhdyIWm0uT1eFGh2kb2jCWE8yGt5YYlYUvdR_5jNTIrss__GTeMV5RiarQYkknDzQGSTBsSYYTbRFGdc5MUqzZUkcHi_Lfyug3qIBfqczHOzMQ/s1105/3D-book.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhiFGisFwAZqSP6thj2rdog2ueQFSqvNYVIncQHoCmIid9GFxmlPPx0li9iUWlG0X1CJZt6pc8MpiUFhdyIWm0uT1eFGh2kb2jCWE8yGt5YYlYUvdR_5jNTIrss__GTeMV5RiarQYkknDzQGSTBsSYYTbRFGdc5MUqzZUkcHi_Lfyug3qIBfqczHOzMQ/s320/3D-book.png" width="261" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A Gardner
& Chattaway Cosy Mystery – Book 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Craig
Gardner, Private Investigator and his young Assistant, Roo Chattaway, find
themselves once again unraveling lies, deceit and buried secrets.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Why are
debt collectors hounding new occupants at number one? Is Linda Keegan
responsible for the missing £25,000 from the factory Christmas Club Fund? Could
there be a connection between a suicide and a house being demolished? And, how
did a smartly dressed woman end up sleeping rough on a river boat?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Past
Secrets and Lies</span></i><span lang="EN-US">,
is the second book in a series of cosy, feel good, mystery novellas.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Available in Kindle and paperback</span></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;">--------------------</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ51-Ek8O5kfXeAFltJ81c1ljwpDwjOP2uxQTbrYNPRdojRA9epLXsTLCFqd75Xy1zcZWCVCr-JcKVSdi76e1h5eXo6teRbbxTw-3sj1STzwp0lgwOEctMaWO_DE2ZEz-mRA2neWDY_-cEHKxxGHTZmyq0Wdf9Ax7WHfJ8lB31IqiXP2NMM39SMavP0S8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ51-Ek8O5kfXeAFltJ81c1ljwpDwjOP2uxQTbrYNPRdojRA9epLXsTLCFqd75Xy1zcZWCVCr-JcKVSdi76e1h5eXo6teRbbxTw-3sj1STzwp0lgwOEctMaWO_DE2ZEz-mRA2neWDY_-cEHKxxGHTZmyq0Wdf9Ax7WHfJ8lB31IqiXP2NMM39SMavP0S8" width="185" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h2 data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">This month's author give away!</strong></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGsqn0LA5WHo_9T49HX5SdRxdWR5yFTpyEJWJSO4gR9nPAkbct1KAx40OqGFREiDsAgINhaInl33vz5d2CzQ4WF47AReGKMI_mOL7z-r57pl3c7p6o4qRXLN-_A-2VoGmu3YeiIc1ee9l8nBMl1GmZ6ApdSCCXJwXfB-LrmvXCn8vHjW_ab__yKHexKM/s9500/Cover%20for%20The%20Stove%20V3%20SMALL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="9500" data-original-width="6500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGsqn0LA5WHo_9T49HX5SdRxdWR5yFTpyEJWJSO4gR9nPAkbct1KAx40OqGFREiDsAgINhaInl33vz5d2CzQ4WF47AReGKMI_mOL7z-r57pl3c7p6o4qRXLN-_A-2VoGmu3YeiIc1ee9l8nBMl1GmZ6ApdSCCXJwXfB-LrmvXCn8vHjW_ab__yKHexKM/s320/Cover%20for%20The%20Stove%20V3%20SMALL.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">If you haven't downloaded your copy of <b>The Stove,</b> then click <b>HERE</b> to get your <b>free e-copy.</b></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;">The link will take you to Bookfunnel. It will ask for your email address. You can then read on-line or download to your e-reader</p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><strong style="outline: none;">--------------------</strong></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><strong style="outline: none;">As well as writing, photography, going to the gym, cooking and much more, I love to keep busy! I also love crafting. During these long dark days, I have managed to squeeze a few knitted and sewn toys, Below are a sample of some of my results.</strong></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><strong style="outline: none;">Do you craft? If so why not join our Knit & Natter FB page. It is a private group where we share our projects, advice and help.</strong></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><strong style="outline: none;">By the way, I call my little knits and sews, Misfits by Pauline!</strong></p><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08IimdD9lenKogHXdyNecw-4BAUb2dq18tKFKoRGQWOh3ZadcVNXGY7Sh-jVGpIkDW6BqMu8wFIcuSei5aqgOTYAE8yS8vl8glsmX66YhCwVnnb-hgBowX8302MjqQMxccz9bCLl9wETUrvmzih1RBCwkGDjDlT6LcqFPEttmWvXOYGLewPnpOSIqh14/s2040/Knitted%20cat%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2040" data-original-width="1530" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08IimdD9lenKogHXdyNecw-4BAUb2dq18tKFKoRGQWOh3ZadcVNXGY7Sh-jVGpIkDW6BqMu8wFIcuSei5aqgOTYAE8yS8vl8glsmX66YhCwVnnb-hgBowX8302MjqQMxccz9bCLl9wETUrvmzih1RBCwkGDjDlT6LcqFPEttmWvXOYGLewPnpOSIqh14/s320/Knitted%20cat%204.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzBsOI-yGsxDiJYNCpbF6-0L3yVeQnob5YXXaz3Ug6NxwdwwFA4nEeDfHgEepQ5WPhyphenhyphenVYRPQEX_19vFSZ1TdNnaL2w3NqdzyR9GkrfcbF6Z7gFZ2qEGwHRUwwcMr9sktnTbjTe5xhxifGp4X8yEBFdbqP4zsMXIlyZadjT3zFdzoNaT0I6zf_PIO5RRQ/s3825/Teddy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3825" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzBsOI-yGsxDiJYNCpbF6-0L3yVeQnob5YXXaz3Ug6NxwdwwFA4nEeDfHgEepQ5WPhyphenhyphenVYRPQEX_19vFSZ1TdNnaL2w3NqdzyR9GkrfcbF6Z7gFZ2qEGwHRUwwcMr9sktnTbjTe5xhxifGp4X8yEBFdbqP4zsMXIlyZadjT3zFdzoNaT0I6zf_PIO5RRQ/s320/Teddy.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzLtcScPYL9DV5prhDHOStdYdvA1beDawhDwabxiDGxQW1q_kifKRAHB2eUc6yOAQBPr6pDoJ8Dp9oaLI-3fmN2Iacm0gpmwo3aXvALIkcm2ake6-lVifUHZViX9JVz5JJ6QoQi5m383rey24odvL6bdrfBfAGvaAziXejKZJdwucvYTdwoZnqcI8ElM/s2040/Knitted%20bear%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2040" data-original-width="1530" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzLtcScPYL9DV5prhDHOStdYdvA1beDawhDwabxiDGxQW1q_kifKRAHB2eUc6yOAQBPr6pDoJ8Dp9oaLI-3fmN2Iacm0gpmwo3aXvALIkcm2ake6-lVifUHZViX9JVz5JJ6QoQi5m383rey24odvL6bdrfBfAGvaAziXejKZJdwucvYTdwoZnqcI8ElM/s320/Knitted%20bear%201.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nvfY2e7J6ICs1fuoqW1xsyojL3h3tPR5eBqUMfcP5eWRzKs6zKn6vqCXZczPbat2to22yKZDA-AsEYsLPB-stCHJH0OpbCmYj3w8ejkNqesFCA1pekEAC6XbFeYF5kMHJ7qFXsmLEmfSFmdaCPSH0vaU8lo-InM6BV5jr9E9AfV23zUS78HBkqOXcTg/s2040/Dog.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2040" data-original-width="1530" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nvfY2e7J6ICs1fuoqW1xsyojL3h3tPR5eBqUMfcP5eWRzKs6zKn6vqCXZczPbat2to22yKZDA-AsEYsLPB-stCHJH0OpbCmYj3w8ejkNqesFCA1pekEAC6XbFeYF5kMHJ7qFXsmLEmfSFmdaCPSH0vaU8lo-InM6BV5jr9E9AfV23zUS78HBkqOXcTg/s320/Dog.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><br /></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><b>That's it for this newsletter. It's another </b><strong style="outline: none;">bumper one this month.</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">Once again, thank you for taking the time to read it.</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;"> P</strong><strong style="outline: none;">lease share with your friends </strong></strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">If you would like me to email you with the a link to the next newsletter, please email me using the contact form in the right hand column.</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">Until next time, I hope the sun is shining on your face</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">and in your heart.</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none; text-align: start;">T</strong><strong style="outline: none; text-align: start;">ake care. Look after yourself and each other.</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;">Hugs</strong></p><p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; color: #515856; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;"></strong></p><h2 data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;" style="background-color: #e8f9f9; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 107%;">Pauline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><br /></h2></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-84739044615738211292024-01-29T14:39:00.005+00:002024-01-29T14:42:20.887+00:00Podcast - Victim of Horrific Bullying<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxL7a6CD3ErBH0wF1vM3dqi0mEKStQhLciLTzHKE_eZmuNY9ai175F8LNHEZrdS5SsxntzcJ0dyR9HpKEuvw0HeGUuLFqYeUQa2HCwukuci2GMqSJbKRzqcoJOPE496ZFWk61dio-EfNqaKlLaRYjVxacjTKE5G7QnpJlPV6mk_KBALYYmrh3Ak4lpAM/s1400/Podcast%20Logo%20for%20Podbean%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxL7a6CD3ErBH0wF1vM3dqi0mEKStQhLciLTzHKE_eZmuNY9ai175F8LNHEZrdS5SsxntzcJ0dyR9HpKEuvw0HeGUuLFqYeUQa2HCwukuci2GMqSJbKRzqcoJOPE496ZFWk61dio-EfNqaKlLaRYjVxacjTKE5G7QnpJlPV6mk_KBALYYmrh3Ak4lpAM/w346-h346/Podcast%20Logo%20for%20Podbean%202.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Today, on my podcast is an amazing young man, Samual Ridge-Ward who talks about the years of bullying and how it almost destroyed him.</div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: medium;">T<span>hroughout 2024, Sam is going to share his journey from
being a young boy who thought life was almost over, to the successful,
professional charity worker he is today. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">However, he could never be where he is today without the strength and determination of his mum and the fantastic work of <b><a href="https://www.redballoonlearner.org/locations/red-balloon-norwich/">Red Balloon, Norwich, Norfolk, UK. </a></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Over the coming months you will find his journey harrowing and disturbing, but please do come back and listen to Sam. Please click on the link below to to listen to the first podcast in the series.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunW4GKAPuLxDfimmFmtEfsY719X7E71-OXqFqCS6gz9qqZCM9fWZhRm1eWH_1q_DB7hYB5kiKn_eRErJB59OXibXyNq-YZojrXnOSw19qHrzvh0BUs21MaAyD_i21G3Ws7c2NM_C98sfSGh0GYndUS0ctk04jjYtt5zjinL3kY2Ql6EeY-QIWiqDi2i8/s1080/Sam.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunW4GKAPuLxDfimmFmtEfsY719X7E71-OXqFqCS6gz9qqZCM9fWZhRm1eWH_1q_DB7hYB5kiKn_eRErJB59OXibXyNq-YZojrXnOSw19qHrzvh0BUs21MaAyD_i21G3Ws7c2NM_C98sfSGh0GYndUS0ctk04jjYtt5zjinL3kY2Ql6EeY-QIWiqDi2i8/s320/Sam.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="150" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=4zjwg-15632c4-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=f6f6f6&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=956f46" style="border: none; height: 150px; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Bullying - Life Threatening, Life Ending" width="100%"></iframe></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">As always, a huge thank you for joining me on this week’s podcast and I can’t wait to share your company again very soon. And of course you can listen to all my podcasts at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4623806380645887747/1392499125811350330" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://paulinebarclay.podbean.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> - or on SPOTIFY you can also sign up so not to miss any of my podcasts! As with all my podcasts you are more than welcome to share them with your family and friends…. I hope you will.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Hugs</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36pt;">Pauline</span></b></p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-78445449260843929392024-01-22T13:21:00.001+00:002024-01-29T14:40:41.494+00:00Bullying - Life Threatening, Life Ending!<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Celebrating the New Year, for
many is the time to look forward with new hopes and new inspirations, but for a
number of young people it is just another day, another week, another month and another
year filled with fear from bullying.</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Throughout 2024, I will be
posting monthly posts from an amazing young man whose life was almost destroyed
to the point of coming to an end by unbelievable bullying.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We hear a great deal about life
threatening injuries, but bullying isn’t just life-threatening, for some it is
life ending.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In our first post about bullying,
we meet, Samuel, an amazing young man who survived horrendous bullying. Samuel gives a glimpse into the years of abuse
he suffered. He will also talk about the wonderful charity, <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Red Balloon </span>in Norwich, Norfolk, UK who turned his
life around and helped him become the independent man he is.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Meet Samuel…</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHstNEBYNQ-XUQpB1ZBtY_1VvahSa0dvhblXtTl_pE0rnnCO2nTMbxXOafqaEryg0g1TI9Wuwf5nbLgljxEH0eNRgt9eAF74fQWHoh-byonzOqYEpPO-duEQd7hPrjZtsDu1TtWs4oSiP5D1Dy1c3sc-FiDrDMiXKriUkPuvgRvX1mEFI95ik1vNuEKis/s1080/Sam.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHstNEBYNQ-XUQpB1ZBtY_1VvahSa0dvhblXtTl_pE0rnnCO2nTMbxXOafqaEryg0g1TI9Wuwf5nbLgljxEH0eNRgt9eAF74fQWHoh-byonzOqYEpPO-duEQd7hPrjZtsDu1TtWs4oSiP5D1Dy1c3sc-FiDrDMiXKriUkPuvgRvX1mEFI95ik1vNuEKis/w283-h283/Sam.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>“…as was the case with myself,
it’s violent, cruel and menacing. I can recall times being chased by children
with knives and screwdrivers, held down in locker rooms and beat, ambushed on
my way home from school by a group of boys in an alleyway, and worse…”</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Hello everyone, my name is Samuel
and I would like to take a few minutes of your time to talk about an incredible
learning centre called <span style="color: red;"><b>Red Balloon</b></span> Norwich that’s working right now to brighten
the futures of vulnerable young people in East Anglia. The Centre takes children
that are unable to attend mainstream school, owing to some specific
vulnerability or trauma, and offers them a safe, tailored environment in which
to learn.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I was a student at Red Balloon
Norwich in the early 2010’s and I have the incredible privilege to serve on the
board of trustees today. I would like to my share my experience and some of my
thoughts on the centre with you, to help build a picture of the kinds of
situations young people may find themselves in and how they can be helped.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Like many children my time in
school was not pleasant. Bullying is quite a broad term and ultimately it’s
expression is different for each child that experiences it. But for some, as
was the case with myself, it’s violent, cruel and menacing. I can recall times
being chased by children with knives and screwdrivers, held down in locker
rooms and beat, ambushed on my way home from school by a group of boys in an
alleyway, and worse that would not be fitting to give words to in polite
company. My peers from Red Balloon could recall similar stories, or indeed even
worse; it’s difficult to exaggerate some of the things the young students of
red balloon have been through. But ultimately, it’s a deeply personal and
serious tragedy that brings a child into our care.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We attend school as young people
to learn something of the world and better equip ourselves to navigate it as
adults. As I’m sure everyone here can relate, it’s not easy being grown-up, and
every child deserves the best chance we can give them. When we are bullied,
especially in the manner in which our young people have been, it stacks the
deck against us. We might become fearful of the world, our peers, adults. We
might have difficulty expressing or rationalising that fear, or even in
trusting someone enough to risk communicating how we feel. The trauma and how a
child responds to it will be different for each child, the only thing in common
is that it’s not good, and never should have happened in the first place.
Speaking only for myself I was almost paralysed with fear anytime I had to
leave the house. The only person I could speak to comfortably was my mum,
without who’s herculean efforts I would never would have made it so far as Red
Balloon in the first place.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It wasn’t obvious to me at the
time that I wanted to go on. This is the condition that <b><span style="color: red;">Red Balloon</span></b> found me
in.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I’d like to share my first memory
of the Centre, I’m hoping the effect it had on me can help to demonstrate the
good that places like <span style="color: red;"><b>Red Balloon</b></span> do. At the time the centre was operating in
an old Church and my Parents and I were nervously waiting in front of a grand
looking side door, wondering if we’d arrived at the right place. A gentleman
opened the door, said hello and smiled at me. It’s such a mundane gesture to
think of it now, but it had an enormous impact. It was like the pleasant
atmosphere of the centre was radiating out from the open door. I remember being
confused. This wasn’t at all the behaviour I had come to expect from a school!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Over the course of my first day I
met with some of the lovely staff and students of the centre. I was taught to
play chess, which I still play to this day. I met with some teachers who gave
me a lot of time to talk about my interests and in the coming years they helped
me cultivate them. And I met with other students of the centre, who I became
friends with. At the end of the day, when the whole centre would gather and
have a debrief, students were encouraged to share positive moments about their
day. One student picked their moment as meeting me and making a new friend. I
was still confused: Surely not. Surely it can’t be this good.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I’m very happy to report that the
centre really is that good. In my time spent there I was helped to engage with
the world again by degrees. I made friends. My once dormant curiosity was
ignited and I discovered a love of history and literature amongst many, many
other things.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">When it was time for me to leave,
I was ready. Since <b><span style="color: red;">Red Balloon</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>I have attended higher education, and went on to
study with an accounting body while working in finance, where I have remained
happily since. I credit all of this to <b><span style="color: red;">Red Balloon</span></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Samuel will be back in the coming
weeks. Please make sure you join us to share Samuel’s journey. We can’t
guarantee it won’t make you angry and emotional, but we hope it will help you
understand why bullying must <b><i>never</i></b> be tolerated.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Red
Balloon</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelLmvElBuTb2kPPcFu14v3C3NM2Fdm-w2UcyrueDlMfM5nhgLU7L_ASHFuTD6dZzRtFrRPYm_6pv_TJood2VHpYtKQw7b1ITV_jY1D9pEDDnPYmWc3__LDyaWt0yJ9qzXUvrj0ODruCb1nZSdaYDc8WXuSx-LL9lwuujlQ5KceNITbDEzTt91zHPvp7M/s172/red-balloon-logo-x2.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="158" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelLmvElBuTb2kPPcFu14v3C3NM2Fdm-w2UcyrueDlMfM5nhgLU7L_ASHFuTD6dZzRtFrRPYm_6pv_TJood2VHpYtKQw7b1ITV_jY1D9pEDDnPYmWc3__LDyaWt0yJ9qzXUvrj0ODruCb1nZSdaYDc8WXuSx-LL9lwuujlQ5KceNITbDEzTt91zHPvp7M/w291-h318/red-balloon-logo-x2.png" width="291" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>“… bullying, abuse, mental
health problems or life-long conditions are among the most common causes that
lead young people to hide in their bedrooms. There, they isolate themselves
from the company of others, from school and from society.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>This causes a downward spiral
of social isolation, marginalisation, missed education and deteriorating mental
ill-health. They become ‘hidden’ at home and their voices are ignored. They
risk not finding their place in the adult world.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>What we do</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>Red Balloon is an alternative
to school which enables young people to re-engage with education. We have both
‘physical’ and virtual Centres to best meet students’ needs…”<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">You can find out all about <b><span style="color: red;">Red Balloon</span></b>, Norwich, UK by visiting their web
site. Click <b><span style="color: red;">HERE</span> </b>to learn about this
amazing charity.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Over the next twelve months I will be adding posts about
Sam’s journey and the wonderful work of Red Balloon, please come back and join
us on our journey. The more we all understand the more we can all help and
stop this evil behaviour.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: center;">As always, thank you
for visiting. I hope the sun is shining in your heart and on your face.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Take care<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 107%;">Pauline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-72269627255118809742023-12-29T13:08:00.001+00:002023-12-29T13:09:20.807+00:00The End and the Beginning!<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlcGbn8HsvOmeBrTtEpoNeJJE7GBKkKaBVN9BkfXJ6JLkGr53xQB9o74ww19aJ0YzXvIr0m8ZdJFg0-KnPWtxZRQYIrvGNksmkjQWymp7FUGmL8gHrGZVgISpKNskpOSfg-sTl_ySExIyl3z0RXG0AEm9yZHDqoB9HTxJ4ce-OGi5lgFhItsae4nd-DY/s1024/Church%20yard%20-%20The%20End%20Poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlcGbn8HsvOmeBrTtEpoNeJJE7GBKkKaBVN9BkfXJ6JLkGr53xQB9o74ww19aJ0YzXvIr0m8ZdJFg0-KnPWtxZRQYIrvGNksmkjQWymp7FUGmL8gHrGZVgISpKNskpOSfg-sTl_ySExIyl3z0RXG0AEm9yZHDqoB9HTxJ4ce-OGi5lgFhItsae4nd-DY/w405-h361/Church%20yard%20-%20The%20End%20Poster.jpg" width="405" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>It’s been a
long haul this time. It didn’t help that I’d backed myself into a corner with
the plot, but I am happy to report that I’ve nudged my way out and typed THE
END on book 3 in my Gardner & Chattaway cosy mystery series.</span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Of course,
there is still a great deal of work to do, edits, edits and more edits! Only when
I am happy enough then it will go off to my wonderful editor, Julie.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In between
editing, I need to come up with a title and also consider the book cover.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The poster
above, I created using AI and Photoshop. It says a lot about the story and
maybe I may retain in, but the format will need to be adjusted. I will see!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For now, I am
just relieved I have come to the end of the first draft.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thank you for
all your support and encouragement, it made a huge difference and it got me
over the finishing line.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Books 1 and 2 in the series are available in Kindle and paperback.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Serendipity - book 1</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Past Secret & Lies - book 2</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As always, thank
you for stopping by.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Until next
time, I hope the sun is shining on your face and in your heart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Take care of
yourself and each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36pt;">Pauline x</span> </p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-71372182961911822512023-12-04T14:47:00.001+00:002023-12-04T14:47:48.502+00:00Next Christmas Will Be Different<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuS4XC6RXqGHjoMTTu7rMUGAtXTs8VxugLhkVf5COQlZBbN6bXUD6j9Vtdw-mbTgIU9-n2wzYbpl7d1NYAz3RrtXDqa45mxwYF8M0Jy4Q3OG9421R9a0sV20-Vl7-koSjQ_29n3cpwkOdf5sSrlCAL6oNtlAbZLWEY7O1KbaQrnZvuUb5OxKuPp2OUjQ/s640/Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="400" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuS4XC6RXqGHjoMTTu7rMUGAtXTs8VxugLhkVf5COQlZBbN6bXUD6j9Vtdw-mbTgIU9-n2wzYbpl7d1NYAz3RrtXDqa45mxwYF8M0Jy4Q3OG9421R9a0sV20-Vl7-koSjQ_29n3cpwkOdf5sSrlCAL6oNtlAbZLWEY7O1KbaQrnZvuUb5OxKuPp2OUjQ/w246-h394/Cover.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Next Christmas Will Be Different<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">is a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>FREE</b> short coffee break read with a festive
family cosy feel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When
the O’Reilly family gather for the festive season, it is a time for catching
up, eating too much and making promises, but will this year be different and the
promises be kept?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To get
your free e-copy click on the link below, it will take you to my page on <b>Bookfunnel
</b>where you can download a copy to your e-readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/fk6mcxqlbi">https://dl.bookfunnel.com/fk6mcxqlbi</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Or <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Read <i>now
</i>on the cloud!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://read.bookfunnel.com/read/fk6mcxqlbi">https://read.bookfunnel.com/read/fk6mcxqlbi</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Enjoy!</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Thank you for stopping by and I hope the sun is shining on your face and in your heart.</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Pauline x<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-77745566048110193332023-11-14T11:57:00.000+00:002023-11-14T11:57:07.313+00:00Free Great Reads!<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">With the darker
and colder days upon us, it’s time to snuggle down with a good pile of reads.
Below are awarding winning authors who are offering free e-reads, please check
them out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Kerry-Green</span></p></span><p></p>
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Walker – pen name Jon Mason<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/fyom8imc7o"><b>https://dl.bookfunnel.com/fyom8imc7o</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Stove<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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my cosy mystery – book 1 & 2</span></p></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Taster...</span></p><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/qmomoy7bli" style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>https://dl.bookfunnel.com/qmomoy7bli</b></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Enjoy these
great free reads!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As always,
thank you for stopping by.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I hope the
sun is shining on your face and in your heart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Until next
time, take of yourself and each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Pauline</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> x</span> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-90621553859941970552023-11-04T13:57:00.002+00:002023-11-04T13:58:09.070+00:00Do They Match Your Image?<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">As a writer,
I try hard to provide enough information about my characters so that readers
can form their own image. However, sometimes, it is interesting to see how they
might look if a photo / picture was shared of them.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I am not sure
if the images below match your ideas of Craig Gardner and his assistant Roo
Chattaway. (Roo is pictured with her boyfriend, Taylor.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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as yet met these wonderful char</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">acters, my cosy mystery series, Gardner &
Chattaway, then you can read for <b>FREE</b></span><b style="font-size: 14pt;"> </b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">the first 5 chapters from </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;">Serendipity</b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
and the first 7 from </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;">Past Secrets & Lies</b></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGoY-scwkAHsN-Jmi5CwJzC9TAyBuE7INvSAC6D6wQdY1MYlLXVtE7BzyLNHRfDd-pfX2173CEP9G6emnDYY6B5756OCDwtR39AoYSV_5oxJu8ImUu7o4cRf_BnWNq6YSTxp4nZDu5vf4PZFM2_9xJ-aQ3HY5uoo_zZ89aqh9xlcdan_J7ShnHOhLPLmM/s491/Cosy%20Mystery%20Poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="454" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGoY-scwkAHsN-Jmi5CwJzC9TAyBuE7INvSAC6D6wQdY1MYlLXVtE7BzyLNHRfDd-pfX2173CEP9G6emnDYY6B5756OCDwtR39AoYSV_5oxJu8ImUu7o4cRf_BnWNq6YSTxp4nZDu5vf4PZFM2_9xJ-aQ3HY5uoo_zZ89aqh9xlcdan_J7ShnHOhLPLmM/s320/Cosy%20Mystery%20Poster.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">To read your
free copy, please click on the button below, it will take you to my page on
Book Funnel where you can click to download to your Kindle, e-reader, laptop
etc. (an Epub file)</span><p></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is simply
FREE for you to enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/qmomoy7bli" style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>https://dl.bookfunnel.com/qmomoy7bli</b></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">By the way,
both books are available in Kindle and paperback from all Amazon sites.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As always,
thank you for stopping by and I hope the sun is shining on your face and in your
heart.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Until next
time, take care of yourself and each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Pauline</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> x<o:p></o:p></span></p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-35190454948632069492023-10-24T14:54:00.000+01:002023-10-24T14:54:38.944+01:00A Taster... Free!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcs-QP3eFGzQLDQFlZQaLMKukmnPRow6JwD8-rBxG5PV2VNLEAj1lIsDtm-5q0KadU9dFnVru5r3J1qhO47Ib83Kruygyq9IQh80ZzkZeN16IXBzQbfx98u02jp0Rsn2xYFAXK8Il0LiDeKl6FN30HfU9Y2jrC2CLhg8QS0GzzaRgZqUS3PqDAgyen88s/s454/Cover%20for%20chaps%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="454" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcs-QP3eFGzQLDQFlZQaLMKukmnPRow6JwD8-rBxG5PV2VNLEAj1lIsDtm-5q0KadU9dFnVru5r3J1qhO47Ib83Kruygyq9IQh80ZzkZeN16IXBzQbfx98u02jp0Rsn2xYFAXK8Il0LiDeKl6FN30HfU9Y2jrC2CLhg8QS0GzzaRgZqUS3PqDAgyen88s/w320-h344/Cover%20for%20chaps%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">If you haven’t yet read </span><b style="text-align: left;">Serendipity </b><span style="text-align: left;">or </span><b style="text-align: left;">Past Secrets
& Lies</b><span style="text-align: left;"> – A Gardner & Chattaway cosy mystery, then you can download
a taster for free!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p>In this download, you can read the first 5 chapters from <b>Serendipity</b>
and the first 7 from <b>Past Secrets & Lies</b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p>Before you click on the button below, here is the blurb…</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Serendipity<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p>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" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><b>Past Secrets & Lies</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Craig Gardner, Private Investigator and his young Assistant,
Roo Chattaway, find themselves once again unravelling lies, deceit and buried
secrets.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p>Why are debt collectors hounding new occupants at number
one? Is Linda Keegan responsible for the missing £25,000 from the factory
Christmas Club Fund? Could there be a connection between a suicide and a house
being demolished? And, how did a smartly dressed woman end up sleeping rough on
a river boat?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Want to read <b>The Taster…</b>? Then click on the link below for
your free download.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/qmomoy7bli">https://dl.bookfunnel.com/qmomoy7bli</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-49420678927496906352023-10-18T16:36:00.000+01:002023-10-18T16:36:05.719+01:00A Time Stealer!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6L7mLQV5jk-8LaPaufGgX8dHhXzzf5i-AMxA7yn_zd6ryq5NWcreOXRxBwjtXxzyWn2OTenBiJE-jAg0T9x3nElfWTnyvbdWbwzkK65_BbmHse05_E5QlIZmX0F_Lr9El03WC6MZ8VLbI8mEfdxZuIBCbITYvtW41AzIUWoISUmfKGM_C0CQLXQm07Vg/s1024/Owl%20in%20Forest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6L7mLQV5jk-8LaPaufGgX8dHhXzzf5i-AMxA7yn_zd6ryq5NWcreOXRxBwjtXxzyWn2OTenBiJE-jAg0T9x3nElfWTnyvbdWbwzkK65_BbmHse05_E5QlIZmX0F_Lr9El03WC6MZ8VLbI8mEfdxZuIBCbITYvtW41AzIUWoISUmfKGM_C0CQLXQm07Vg/w426-h426/Owl%20in%20Forest.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">When the muse has
left you in the middle of your latest writing project – book 3 in my cosy
mystery series – then you need to create something else until it returns!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The pic above is one
of many I have produced using AI & Photoshop.</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I promise to share more, as it is all amazing and
a time stealer!</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-13924991258113503302023-10-12T12:06:00.000+01:002023-10-12T12:06:21.465+01:00Podcast: A Whistle & a Truncheon<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH23CJb_KjNV0gB7casJP1-_TQAKMyCsEmQdz-mIrmgroENG8HixkgWvzJyLKYKe2246kzk45KPSGwoVxzbAprHWcMMUXQO9Pjaq0k1FdcHmRZQLYA327H5OF9v7YsjPnyDJNNLSUQXGMy6WTrGYtB128ucSxOPFQ8vAk4SIX_-Q-cfVkO4u9s3u9d/s1400/Podcast%20Logo%20for%20Podbean%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH23CJb_KjNV0gB7casJP1-_TQAKMyCsEmQdz-mIrmgroENG8HixkgWvzJyLKYKe2246kzk45KPSGwoVxzbAprHWcMMUXQO9Pjaq0k1FdcHmRZQLYA327H5OF9v7YsjPnyDJNNLSUQXGMy6WTrGYtB128ucSxOPFQ8vAk4SIX_-Q-cfVkO4u9s3u9d/s320/Podcast%20Logo%20for%20Podbean%202.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Today, my wonderful guest is an ex
police office of 30 years, today he’s a crime writer. Ian Walker, pen name Jon
Mason has a wealth of knowledge that can make the hairs stand up on the back of
your neck. Ian joined the police force in the early 60’s where officers were
issued with a truncheon and a whistle. Removable collars and the wearing of a
tie was as was important as discipline. Today, Ian talks about those early
years in his career and how those days have formed an important part of his
writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqpqRBI-MIsnSlS461GGInheTTMoI0-PLBg-AjOfLgJwYxkHBByW_qOAX-HnT30vM2LdQzIXs-qKzxQW7tDeMvVY_l1ufAJkh9ri_fBf1Ozgyy-3sd4XRYa28G8MFkL6xZQR8fPormIjoWikBRZkJy6nt7wlHIPB66Crmu0Lx7qlGEmlNB9xrCANwC7A/s4080/Ian%20Walker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqpqRBI-MIsnSlS461GGInheTTMoI0-PLBg-AjOfLgJwYxkHBByW_qOAX-HnT30vM2LdQzIXs-qKzxQW7tDeMvVY_l1ufAJkh9ri_fBf1Ozgyy-3sd4XRYa28G8MFkL6xZQR8fPormIjoWikBRZkJy6nt7wlHIPB66Crmu0Lx7qlGEmlNB9xrCANwC7A/s320/Ian%20Walker.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">So please sit back and enjoy meeting
my wonderful guest.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></span>
<iframe allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="150" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=uejj9-14cca9c-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=f6f6f6&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=956f46" style="border: none; height: 150px; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="A Truncheon and a Whistle" width="100%"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> As always, a huge thank you for joining me on this week’s podcast
and I can’t wait to share your company again very soon. And of course you can
listen to all my podcasts at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4623806380645887747/1392499125811350330" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://paulinebarclay.podbean.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> - or on
SPOTIFY you can also sign up so not to miss any of my
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with your family and friends…. I hope you will.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Hugs</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36pt;">Pauline</span></b><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /></div>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-76534241209735456122023-10-08T12:21:00.000+01:002023-10-08T12:21:32.666+01:00If You Haven't You Still Can!<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOFUTSeMtkkrap2WkeuQTTcMeqYWE7n8lHREkoLCZ6kVI_LCMYNAJa5E9OA1NmVso9HhsQZwSmBmdzoFp7JdikcWpwlQQwJyHs5a-vws-qkJf162JcsLSZ1k9oWgO3eDTDA2R2EKRD7zy47KhIvUMLnc5Owcj1Ehj48Q3_qKACIxa4f6M2_6lSTGGsOs/s832/Podcast%20scene.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOFUTSeMtkkrap2WkeuQTTcMeqYWE7n8lHREkoLCZ6kVI_LCMYNAJa5E9OA1NmVso9HhsQZwSmBmdzoFp7JdikcWpwlQQwJyHs5a-vws-qkJf162JcsLSZ1k9oWgO3eDTDA2R2EKRD7zy47KhIvUMLnc5Owcj1Ehj48Q3_qKACIxa4f6M2_6lSTGGsOs/s320/Podcast%20scene.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">If you haven't as yet, you still can </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">catch up on my podcasts recorded over the last twelve months.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">During this
time, I’ve chatted with many amazing and wonderful peeps.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In September
last year, I chatted with Mark Honeyman. Over the last few years Mark has
successfully completed 2 London Marathons, 2 Ironman, 4 x 70/30 Ironman and
countless triathlons and marathons.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In February
this year, Stephen Richmond talked about his passion for tractors, a passion
that has turned into a successful international business.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In November
last year I chatted across the pond to international award winning author,
Elizabeth St John, in San Diego.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">These are just
a few of the many wonderful peeps who shared their stories on my podcasts. If
you missed any, then you can listen to all by visiting my podcast dashboard.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Click <b><a href="https://paulinebarclay.podbean.com/">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If you’d like
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Pauline</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> x<o:p></o:p></span></p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-26024066679404301212023-10-04T14:01:00.001+01:002023-10-04T14:01:21.125+01:00Promo: Giulia Skye - Hot Romance at a Hot Price!<p style="text-align: center;"> My lovely, author friend, Giulia Skye has opened up her own, on-line, store.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Her three book are on special offer of just £0.99 / $0.99 </p><p style="text-align: center;">They will go back up on Thursday 5th</p><p style="text-align: center;">So hurry if you love hot romance!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Details and more below.</p><table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableDefault" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; float: none !important; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px !important; min-width: 10%; text-size-adjust: none !important; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: none !important;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable ml-default" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: none !important; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: none !important;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: none !important; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px; text-size-adjust: none !important;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: none !important; width: 100%;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-8" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-size-adjust: none !important;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: none !important;"><br /></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: none !important;">I've set up my own bookstore! </p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: none !important;">In reality, it’s a two-bit store selling only 3 books, but it’s MY two-bit store and I love it.</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: none !important;">I had such fun creating graphics of my hot heroes—Shane, Michael and Sebastian. I mean, tough job! 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direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: none !important;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable marginBottom" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; float: none !important; margin: 0px 0px 15px !important; min-width: 170px; text-size-adjust: none !important; width: 170px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentHeight" id="imageBlock-11" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; height: auto !important; text-size-adjust: none !important;" valign="middle"><a data-link-id="1216620137" href="https://click.mailerlite.com/link/c/YT0yMzE3NzYyNTgyMTEyMzc3MzUzJmM9cDRtOCZiPTEyMTY2MjAxMzcmZD1uOHowaTdq.uIeRfbCVWmfCPGquuNTzXkDkRiODNDeBNscDESJ4K4c" style="direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: none !important;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/3079/3079726/images/cb030435da994ccedfdda664d927ff7283e082b0.jpeg" style="border: 0px; 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direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: none !important; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong style="direction: ltr;">I’ve reduced all my books to 99c for the next two days.</strong></a><br style="direction: ltr;" /></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: none !important;">So, if you've not read one of my books yet, now's a good time to grab a copy. The price of each book will go back up on Thursday 5<sup style="direction: ltr;">th</sup> Oct. </p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: none !important;">And if you have a friend who'd be interested in my books, please let them know so they can take advantage of the 99c price too. (You can even gift them a copy by ticking the Send as Gift option at the check out.)</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: none !important;">All ebooks bought on my little store are delivered by Bookfunnel. </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: none !important; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-10" height="10" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 10px; min-height: 10px; text-size-adjust: none !important;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableDefault" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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text-size-adjust: none !important; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-10" height="10" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 10px; min-height: 10px; text-size-adjust: none !important;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-86665489820697324042023-09-17T14:19:00.001+01:002023-09-17T14:19:43.072+01:00Amazing photos, inspiring Photoshop & two free downloads<table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableDefault" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable ml-default" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-40" height="40" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 40px; min-height: 40px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">My last newsletter is filled with stunning photos, a few designs from Photoshop and two free downloads plus more!. I hope you enjoy the read,<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="logoBlock-4" src="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/3768/3768137/images/0419895db1468f50c95a525ac9207e4fc67c4be5.jpeg/ca0ef661b1e1db76ca5edca06167e37013bb3502.jpeg" style="border: 0px; 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border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" id="imageBlock-6" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/3768/3768137/images/e0bd86de3337a1bc1bece57b8abdeba1ffa3e0fd.jpeg/10d50967c36fc56c58dd10e2bfb59c070c6652df.jpeg" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block; outline: none;" width="560" /></td></tr><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-20" height="20" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 267px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 267px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="left" class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-6" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Hello and I hope you are having a great summer!</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">It is August and whilst we British have a tendency to twitter on about the weather, I think this year we've had good cause to do so! </p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">I look back to my childhood and I am convinced the summer's were warm, sunny with endless hours of daylight. We got up in the daylight and went to bed in the daylight! The winters were dark, cold and often with snow that reached up to your knees. My feet were always cold in my wellies! I never remember it raining that much, but it must have. I was brought up in Yorkshire and it did snow... at times! 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border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" id="imageBlock-10" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/3768/3768137/images/cc8d9c4921d760e4140d69b723f1d87f5796e75e.jpeg/e4333a172ecfbe92d09225d0bc8ba83c00c390a1.jpeg" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block; outline: none;" width="560" /></td></tr><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-20" height="20" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable marginBottom" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 267px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 267px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="bodyTitle" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #111111; direction: ltr; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 24px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Taken on one of our riverside walks this summer</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-20" height="20" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 20px; min-height: 20px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" id="imageBlock-12" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://bucket.mlcdn.com/a/3768/3768137/images/3d5a0a9c68e98ae30dd57553f28f6caf920dc165.jpeg/de4cc894a20fb4b14599a98cb281e0d9e45ea0bf.jpeg" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block; outline: none;" width="560" /></td></tr><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-20" height="20" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable marginBottom" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 267px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 267px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="bodyTitle" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #111111; direction: ltr; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 24px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">This little one likes, from time to time, to sit on the fence at the bottom of our garden</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; 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Clarionettes is set in 1896 in the industrial town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK.</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Here is the link to Ruth's podcast: <span style="direction: ltr; font-size: 0.875rem;"><a data-link-id="1190687559" href="https://click.mailerlite.com/link/c/YT0yMjgzNDAxNDk4MTYxMzIyNjI3JmM9ZDBlNSZiPTExOTA2ODc1NTkmZD1nMmgzcTJt.KTqqPKkbagooK2Ky0TaiuHNo-QYkCJoquJYZJhWk8fM" style="color: #09c269; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Ruth Enright</a></span><br style="direction: ltr;" /></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">If you have missed any of the many podcasts recorded, you can catch up at <span style="direction: ltr; font-size: 0.875rem;"><a data-link-id="1190687562" href="https://click.mailerlite.com/link/c/YT0yMjgzNDAxNDk4MTYxMzIyNjI3JmM9ZDBlNSZiPTExOTA2ODc1NjImZD11MW8zcTBl.Iy6ZXK-_wqZog2i67YRbUHMf-thCOfp2Sk7mx9QnF4k" style="color: #09c269; 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border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="left" class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-42" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">A Gardner & Chattaway Cosy Mystery – Book 2</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Craig Gardner, Private Investigator and his young Assistant, Roo Chattaway, find themselves once again unraveling lies, deceit and buried secrets.</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Why are debt collectors hounding new occupants at number one? Is Linda Keegan responsible for the missing £25,000 from the factory Christmas Club Fund? Could there be a connection between a suicide and a house being demolished? And, how did a smartly dressed woman end up sleeping rough on a river boat?</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><em style="direction: ltr;">Past Secrets and Lies</em>, is the second book in a series of cosy, feel good, mystery novellas.</p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">ISBN No: 978-1-9169078-1-2</p></td></tr><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-20" height="20" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="left" class="mlContentButton" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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direction: ltr; padding: 0px 40px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="bodyTitle" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #111111; direction: ltr; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 42px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;">FREE!</td></tr><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-40" height="40" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="left" class="bodyTitle" id="bodyText-48" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #6f6f6f; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Award winning author, Ruth Enright is offering a selection of short stories as a FREE gift. To download your copy click <strong style="direction: ltr;"><a data-link-id="1190687578" href="https://click.mailerlite.com/link/c/YT0yMjgzNDAxNDk4MTYxMzIyNjI3JmM9ZDBlNSZiPTExOTA2ODc1NzgmZD12OGw3ejdw.8fWEb3V8FrepRVcJ4P4992B7ZaCgZB8mBRI5bir0ib8" style="color: #09c269; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">HERE</a> </strong></p><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="direction: ltr;">I plan for more offers in the coming months from some amazing authors.<br style="direction: ltr;" /></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; min-width: 640px; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="spacingHeight-40" height="40" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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launched a new initiative, Author participation.</span></p></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Author
participation is about sharing your audience with other authors who are in the group
and who will reciprocate. The idea is to share your free book / special offer
with a wider audience,</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Authors who
join the group will be added to a participation list.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">An updated
list with the names of authors, along with their web site, free book/ offer
will be circulated to authors already on the list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Authors can participate
in whatever genre. However, erotica will not be accepted.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Authors must
provide info on their offer and the link and any stipulations on downloading
the free book /offer. For example, free book download if you sign up to a
newsletter. This information will be added to the list and shared with other
participants.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Participants
can promote other author’s book in any or all of the following:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Post on your
Blog a promotional post<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Promote in
your newsletter if you have one<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Promote on
your web site<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A Blog promo
I did earlier… </span><a href="https://paulinembarclay.blogspot.com/2023/08/free-short-stories-from-ruth-enright.html" style="font-size: 14pt;">https://paulinembarclay.blogspot.com/2023/08/free-short-stories-from-ruth-enright.html</a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">You can
promote as many times as you wish as long as the author you are promoting is reciprocating.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Links to all promotions
must be sent to the <b>author</b> you are promoting and to <b>myself</b>. I will keep a
record of all participants and their promotions.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I will coordinate
this new scheme by keeping an updated list of all participants and their
promotions and sharing with those on the list.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I too will be
on the list participating with promoting and sharing my free short story.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">If you are
interested, please contact me via the contact form in the right-hand column
with your name, pen name if you have one, the free book or offer you wish to reciprocate
with.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In the
meantime, I look forward to hearing from you.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Until the next
time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Pauline</span></b> </p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-84035525275500623282023-09-08T15:16:00.000+01:002023-09-08T15:16:17.385+01:00Podcast - The Rise & Fall of Tommy Ball by Ian Thomson<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH23CJb_KjNV0gB7casJP1-_TQAKMyCsEmQdz-mIrmgroENG8HixkgWvzJyLKYKe2246kzk45KPSGwoVxzbAprHWcMMUXQO9Pjaq0k1FdcHmRZQLYA327H5OF9v7YsjPnyDJNNLSUQXGMy6WTrGYtB128ucSxOPFQ8vAk4SIX_-Q-cfVkO4u9s3u9d/s1400/Podcast%20Logo%20for%20Podbean%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH23CJb_KjNV0gB7casJP1-_TQAKMyCsEmQdz-mIrmgroENG8HixkgWvzJyLKYKe2246kzk45KPSGwoVxzbAprHWcMMUXQO9Pjaq0k1FdcHmRZQLYA327H5OF9v7YsjPnyDJNNLSUQXGMy6WTrGYtB128ucSxOPFQ8vAk4SIX_-Q-cfVkO4u9s3u9d/s320/Podcast%20Logo%20for%20Podbean%202.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: left;">Today, I am delighted to be, once again, chatting with Ian
Thomson. Ian is an award winning author, born in Blackburn, Lancashire on
Halloween, 1949, into a different world, where coal was delivered by horse and
cart. Ian’s, best selling trilogy is set in his childhood town of Blackburn. It
was through these books and Ian’s writing that caught the eye of Patricia Price
who had a story to tell. Patricia approached Ian to talk about writing the true
story of her father, the Blackburn entrepreneur, Tommy Ball, a rags to riches
story with more twists than an air pin bend. A story will bring out many emotions
from admiration to disbelief and anger.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> So please sit back
and enjoy meeting my wonderful guest.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOElVoktEd8MYVtvJQprsOQHPQt0xaEQygNJlWy-CavF4giSSFVBU09mu16FKAOVrCAVkQylPF7TSHXYHBgS17Nah6B--9GN2ndgAkekGoIEK8v7eDbVFaO7HiC0INtsD8V1v-G557DtGOvHv1Ivfp0y1D0GmgcewmJ86WcsAm2eNlBhV4t8_cTykFFOM/s500/Tommy%20Ball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOElVoktEd8MYVtvJQprsOQHPQt0xaEQygNJlWy-CavF4giSSFVBU09mu16FKAOVrCAVkQylPF7TSHXYHBgS17Nah6B--9GN2ndgAkekGoIEK8v7eDbVFaO7HiC0INtsD8V1v-G557DtGOvHv1Ivfp0y1D0GmgcewmJ86WcsAm2eNlBhV4t8_cTykFFOM/s320/Tommy%20Ball.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="150" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=54jaj-149e892-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=f6f6f6&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=956f46" style="border: none; height: 150px; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Ian Thomson on The Rise & Fall of Tommy Ball" width="100%"></iframe></p><div style="text-align: center;"> As always, a huge thank you for
joining me on this week’s podcast and I can’t wait to share your company again
very soon. And of course you can listen to all my podcasts at
<a href="https://paulinebarclay.podbean.com">https://paulinebarclay.podbean.com</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> - or on SPOTIFY </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> you can also sign up so not to miss any of my podcasts! </span>As
with all my podcasts you are more than welcome to share them with your family
and friends…. I hope you will.</div><div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 16pt;">Hugs</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Pauline<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><br /></div>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-48286481384039774782023-09-01T12:21:00.000+01:002023-09-01T12:21:06.381+01:00Podcast - Paul Smith, The Man Behind PYA, Author & Illustrator<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH23CJb_KjNV0gB7casJP1-_TQAKMyCsEmQdz-mIrmgroENG8HixkgWvzJyLKYKe2246kzk45KPSGwoVxzbAprHWcMMUXQO9Pjaq0k1FdcHmRZQLYA327H5OF9v7YsjPnyDJNNLSUQXGMy6WTrGYtB128ucSxOPFQ8vAk4SIX_-Q-cfVkO4u9s3u9d/s1400/Podcast%20Logo%20for%20Podbean%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH23CJb_KjNV0gB7casJP1-_TQAKMyCsEmQdz-mIrmgroENG8HixkgWvzJyLKYKe2246kzk45KPSGwoVxzbAprHWcMMUXQO9Pjaq0k1FdcHmRZQLYA327H5OF9v7YsjPnyDJNNLSUQXGMy6WTrGYtB128ucSxOPFQ8vAk4SIX_-Q-cfVkO4u9s3u9d/s320/Podcast%20Logo%20for%20Podbean%202.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk132458698">Today, I am delighted to be talking
to Paul Smith. Paul is behind the Yorkshire writer’s site, Promoting Yorkshire
Authors. Paul is also a published writer and creates beautiful limited edition
greetings cards from original art. So please sit back and enjoy meeting my wonderful
guest and finding out about a little about Paul.</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span allowtransparency="true" color="windowtext" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="150" iframe="" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=r5422-1474b94-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=f6f6f6&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=956f46" style="border: none; height: 150px; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Ruth Enright" width="100%"></span></span></p></div>
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<div> As always, a huge thank you for
joining me on this week’s podcast and I can’t wait to share your company again
very soon. And of course you can listen to all my podcasts at
<a href="https://paulinebarclay.podbean.com">https://paulinebarclay.podbean.com</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> - or on SPOTIFY </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> you can also sign up so not to miss any of my podcasts! </span>As
with all my podcasts you are more than welcome to share them with your family
and friends…. I hope you will.</div><div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 16pt;">Hugs</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Pauline<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><br /></div>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-75764993136931407152023-08-22T12:12:00.001+01:002023-08-22T12:12:34.611+01:00FREE! Short Stories from Ruth Enright<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWN71QbsXl_VdeSRH3pnxHwnfJ0EYybRT6oIe1Zezx0Nb5d7GbFfOkd1kJ-NjAQpBNKI04f_zYy9uWyhCFsmV8D4SjjyJVF7EBwl_HJ9VTlfV_Tse93NDCVtZ4yoFX8Jx0oLmlB0ylpIx-x2oG_K7X_NOpR0B9kFCjvTxyv-bxERVPsW8KdLnLMMMX0Es/s2200/Short%20Story%20Collection%20Book%201%20-%20ruth%20enright.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1418" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWN71QbsXl_VdeSRH3pnxHwnfJ0EYybRT6oIe1Zezx0Nb5d7GbFfOkd1kJ-NjAQpBNKI04f_zYy9uWyhCFsmV8D4SjjyJVF7EBwl_HJ9VTlfV_Tse93NDCVtZ4yoFX8Jx0oLmlB0ylpIx-x2oG_K7X_NOpR0B9kFCjvTxyv-bxERVPsW8KdLnLMMMX0Es/s320/Short%20Story%20Collection%20Book%201%20-%20ruth%20enright.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Award winning
author, Ruth Enright is offering an e-book book of short stories for FREE!</span></div><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There is no
catch, just simple click on the link below, download and enjoy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/ojxvu19h7c">Short Stories Book 1</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4623806380645887747.post-53221984268990414002023-08-17T13:51:00.001+01:002023-08-17T13:53:32.075+01:00My Newsletter Promise!<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With regard to my newsletter, I want
to reassure you that you can unsubscribe at any time. Also, I will NEVER use
your email other than if I need to email you. I will never share with anyone
else.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to Ruth Enright, you may remember Ruth from a podcast we made at the end of
February which you can listen to either on Spotify or from my Podbean dashboard.
<o:p></o:p></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Ruth’s latest book,
Clarionettes, published on 8<sup>th</sup> August is set in 1896 in the
industrial town of Halifax, West Yorkshire. So please sit back and enjoy meeting
my wonderful guest and finding out about Clarionettes.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrPsaHs4erjVgIJG9auYIW5Eql0IQO0hyC5w0MfzkLaMinE04VXURmrd_9w_5KvaZGwjRX67bxVeoL6xc3LN9D3GA0Ta6mLIkVJQQWeFWAkGhJmPYD_d_Wao30qf7XtqdkAMbsdF4uJvsTaZfQ50JELXJ4Y6S-Zr2ztBVv42JIxyKw2WDku8SEfYQ1zo/s3390/Clarionettes-FULL%20MOCKUPS%20-09.06.23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="3390" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrPsaHs4erjVgIJG9auYIW5Eql0IQO0hyC5w0MfzkLaMinE04VXURmrd_9w_5KvaZGwjRX67bxVeoL6xc3LN9D3GA0Ta6mLIkVJQQWeFWAkGhJmPYD_d_Wao30qf7XtqdkAMbsdF4uJvsTaZfQ50JELXJ4Y6S-Zr2ztBVv42JIxyKw2WDku8SEfYQ1zo/w413-h302/Clarionettes-FULL%20MOCKUPS%20-09.06.23.jpg" width="413" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span allowtransparency="true" color="windowtext" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="150" iframe="" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=r5422-1474b94-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=f6f6f6&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=956f46" style="border: none; height: 150px; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Ruth Enright" width="100%"></span></span></p></div>
<iframe allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="150" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=r5422-1474b94-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=f6f6f6&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=956f46" style="border: none; height: 150px; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Ruth Enright" width="100%"></iframe> <div> As always, a huge thank you for
joining me on this week’s podcast and I can’t wait to share your company again
very soon. And of course you can listen to all my podcasts at
<a href="https://paulinebarclay.podbean.com">https://paulinebarclay.podbean.com</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> - or on SPOTIFY </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> you can also sign up so not to miss any of my podcasts! </span>As
with all my podcasts you are more than welcome to share them with your family
and friends…. I hope you will.</div><div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 16pt;">Hugs</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Pauline<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><br /></div>Pauline Barclayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391269090700842939noreply@blogger.com0