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Into the Mists Review

Just got a lovely 5-star review for Into the Mists... Into the Mists is a work of fantasy and magic written for young adults by author Serene Conneeley. Written as the first book in the trilogy of the same name, the story revolves around our central teenage character Carlie. In the blink of an eye,

Into the Mists Review

Just got a lovely five-star review for Into the Mists... Into the Mists by Serene Conneeley is the story of Carlie, a young woman who loses her mother and father and is sent from Australia to England to live with a woman she doesn't know - her grandmother, Rose. Carlie is dealing with her grief

Is Sitting the New Smoking?

"Sitting is more dangerous than smoking, kills more people than HIV and is more treacherous than parachuting. We are sitting ourselves to death." So says Dr James Levine, director of the Mayo Clinic-Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative and inventor of the treadmill desk. I work out for an hour a day, partly because it

The Power of Journalling

The Power of Words First published in Spellcraft – a national spiritual magazine – in 2010... The healing impact, both physically and emotionally, of expressive writing and journalling led Serene Conneeley to create her new book A Magical Journey: Your Diary of Inspiration, Adventure and Transformation. I’ve always loved the power of the written word.

NaNoWriMo Pledges

As NaNoWriMo approaches, there are some very sweet pledges doing the rounds. Mine is a simple one: It’s November, which means NaNoWriMo! I’ve committed to writing 50,000 words of Into the Air: Into the Storm Trilogy Book Three. It will be hard, and challenging, and frustrating and exhausting and a million other supposedly negative things

Camp NaNoWriMo Day Two

Had to laugh at one of our Camp NaNoWriMo pep talks today... “Too intimidated by the blank page? Just sneak up on your story. The first sentence can literally be "I have no idea what I want the first sentence of my story to be." (Once I started my novel with "I probably should have

Story Queen Selina Fenech

As the countdown to the Story Queens online launch kicks off, I wanted to introduce my fellow Story Queens. Selina Fenech is an amazing artist, and also an incredible writer – she’s the author of the beautiful fantasy series Memory’s Wake, and the intriguing Empath Chronicles. How do you describe your books: YA Fantasy with

Story Queen L. L. Hunter

As the countdown to the Story Queens online launch progresses, I wanted to introduce my fellow Story Queens. L. L. Hunter is the author of The Legend of the Archangel series, The Eden Chronicles and many more – she has sixteen books out now, with several more to be published in 2016. How do you

Story Queen K. A. Last

As the countdown to the Story Queens online launch kicks off, I wanted to introduce my fellow Story Queens. K. A. Last is author of the paranormal romance series The Tate Chronicles, and the beautiful Immagica, which has been described as “a little bit Alice in Wonderland, a little bit The Wizard of Oz and