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I spent two years (in between the hoovering and ironing)
writing the books and slaving over a hot candle:
Then another two years running around all the different publishers with my
manuscripts:
I tried hard to attract their attention, but being as I was
a first-time and
unknown-writer the publishing world paid no heed and
'burned me off'':
By now I was getting very frustrated:
Purely by chance I discovered the publishing house of
Melrose
Books in Cambridge. More importantly, they decided they
had discovered me!
Up to that point, I felt I had been running around in squares
and each time I tried, it just turned out to be another one of
THOSE DAYS!
My appreciation goes to the Commissioning
Editor and Jill de Laat for
sharing the same vision as myself.
I would also like to give three cheers
to the whole Melrose Books Production Staff for their dedication
and professional expertise:
'Our aim at
Melrose Books is to publish today's best new writers
in an eclectic range of subjects and genres. To date we have
successfully published titles in General Fiction, Children's
Fiction, Fantasy, Literature, Biography, Travel, Religion and
Science Reference.'
They said you are welcome to order
'The Wild Flower Trilogy'
direct from
MELROSE BOOKS.
I would also like to give my appreciation to:
Bryan
Carpenter
Production Manager, Melrose Books (as
above) for the design of the dust
jacket covers for my books.
Bryan said you are welcome to view his private artwork gallery
on:
www.therealjobby.co.uk
An
Acknowledgement:
To my great 'online friend'
Judy Hay, who
owns "Judy's Treasure Chest"
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, CANADA.
Judy is now kindly stocking and selling
signed copies of my three books in
"The Wild Flower Trilogy"
to her visiting customers at the store.
Customers from all over Canada can now
also visit her store online at:
www.judystreasurechest.ca to order the signed
copies of the books direct from the comfort of their
armchair and view other lovely, unique gifts for that special
occasion that Judy's
store specialises in. Or email her at:
judystreasurechest@bellnet.ca
to Melody and Rob Lind of Melbourne, Australia
They are fans of my
'WILD FLOWER TRILOGY'
books and we have become close 'online'
friends.
Melody and Rob own:
www.valentineroxx.com.au
A romantic, yet funky new design
team in Melbourne, they specialise in
‘custom designed’ Bridal and Fashion
Jewellery. With a brand new bay-side
location, their studio is adorned with a
huge range of beautiful glistening jewels.
*Melody & Rob have kindly sent three
beautiful bracelets of their unique design
as Christmas gifts from them to my two
daughters and daughter-in-law.
However, I got the best jewels of the lot .
. . . . their friendship!
TO MY GOOD FRIEND,
PAM WEIGHTMAN,
EDITOR TO
Take
5
FOR HER SUPPORT FOR MYSELF AND MY
WILD FLOWER TRILOGY
THROUGH HER MAGAZINE.
Take
5 a
refreshing and exciting full-colour
Community magazine that covers the
Lutterworth & District areas of south
Leicestershire.
Website:
www.take5communitynews.co.uk
Email Pam at:
info@take5communitynews.co.uk
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HELP FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING
ABUSE OR BULLYING
Book II
CHILDREN OF THE STARS
& Book III A BUNCH OF WILD FLOWERS
briefly touches upon the subjects of child physical and sexual
abuse and bullying. If this raises personal issues for any
young readers of my books, I have spoken to the very nice
people at CHILDLINE
and they have told me:
TO CONTACT THEM FOR HELP OR A CHAT.
ChildLine is the UK's free 24-hour helpline for children and
young people in danger or distress, who can call ChildLine on
0800 1111 for help with bullying, abuse or any other problem.
  
*Child Protection issues are very close to my
heart. For this reason I have included the
CHILDLINE
0800 1111 details on the
'Useful Contacts' page at the rear of my books.
For
more information on CHILDLINE
click on:
http://www.childline.org.uk/
 
0800 1111
 
 
 0800
1111
0800 1111
For more information on CHILDLINE
click on: http://www.childline.org.uk/
 
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Did you know that Mother
Nature’s English Bluebells are under threat?
So are many more flowers!
According to the new survey
‘Red List’
for Britain’s plants, one
in five wild flower species is threatened with extinction. The
survey lists 20% as “critically endangered”, “endangered” or
“vulnerable to extinction.” PLANTLIFE assisted in this.
That is why I have listed
PLANTLIFE’s details in the back of my books.
Their President is David
Bellamy and the organisation would be grateful for any help, or
support you can give them. They have a Flora Guardian’s scheme
for the over 18’s, but also actively encourage young people
under 18 years old to take part in their wild flower surveys.
Past summer surveys have included the Harebell Hunt and the
Bluebell Hunt. If you want to know
more:
They have told me 'You're Welcome' to visit their
website at:
www.plantlife.org.uk
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
The Travis family (characters
appearing in Book III:
'A Bunch of Wild Flowers')
are associated with the market town of Lutterworth, in Leicestershire.
For a snapshot view of Lutterworth, click on:
http://www.lutterworth-online.co.uk/default.asp
Lutterworth was also the
workplace of Sir Frank Whittle when inventing the world's first
jet engine. A life-size replica of the jet, the Gloster
E28/39 (erected by private donations to the Whittle Society)
stands on a traffic island at Lutterworth - near to junction 20
of the M1. For a picture, details of Whittle's life and
the jet engine's development, click on:
I
have borrowed graphics from:
The Variety List to join where you
'select' which categories you want to receive.
Membership is absolutely free!
NOTE: Membership
is limited to those with 'aol.co.uk'
addresses only.
They send you Signature Tags, Alphabets,
Fonts, Animations, Graphics, Jokes &
Humerous, Computer Hints & Tips, Poetry
& Quotations, to name but a few. Their
blank Signature Tags can be personalised
for you by their talented staff.
Example of a Signature Tag that
'Selectively Yours' will personalise
with your name:
There are no costs involved joining
the Group - everything they do is run
freely.
'Selectively Yours' is proudly
owned and run by my good friend
Sanskala (Sans)
and ably assisted
by Idolise
(Anne).
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I have also included graphics by Cathy. Cathy (Coco) also does
beautiful tags.
She told me you are 'Welcome' to view her work on:
Thank you to my friend and poet,
Linda Watson, for
allowing me to insert her very apt poem,
'Bluebell Woods' in the front of
'Flowers of the Gods'
which is the first book of the
'Wild Flower Trilogy.'
Finally, my really helpful friend,
Sharon Morris,
from the I.T. Department at LUTTERWORTH GRAMMAR
SCHOOL
Without Sharon this
site would never have got started.
For an overview of Lutterworth Grammar School's achievements and
activities click on:
http://www.lgscc.leics.sch.uk/
Images reproduced here are, to the best of my
knowledge, free of
copyright. If you own copyright please do not hesitate
to contact
me and I shall remove them.
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wild
flower seed specialists have been an established family
business since the 1950's and is run by Tim Evans & his
wife, Lynn. I have spoken to Tim & Lynn and if you
have been inspired by my fantasy fiction books to grow
your own wild flower garden, you are welcome to contact
them and they will see to your needs.
