Candle Dark by Carole Anne Carr

“6-9 July 2012” is the way the date is written in Europe.  Why we Americans switched it, I have no idea.  But the dates above are exciting, and I do have ideas why on that one.

Carole Anne Carr URL

A new book is being released today:  Candle Dark by Carole Anne Carr, who is from the UK.  As a way to promote her new book, she is having a free promotion give-away.  Link for purchase :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Candle-Dark-ebook/dp/B004RR199I

http://www.amazon.com/Candle-Dark-ebook/dp/B004RR199I

But, what is this book about?

Candle Dark

Book One - Ironbridge Gorge Series

     Joshua was nearly eleven and he worked down the Blists Hill coal pit in the Ironbridge Gorge and he hated it down there. He hated working in the dark, he hated the rats and the stink of the tunnels, and he especially hated it when the mine flooded and his boots got soaked and rubbed his feet raw.

    Then the day that Mr. Bradley the horse keeper gave him another beating so bad he ached and ached all over, he made up his mind to run away and find work on the Severn Trows.

But what would happen to poor Drummer, left behind in the dark? What would happen to his mother, left to the mercy of the evil Isaac Whitlock? And how could he sail to Bristol when his father had been sent to work in the most dangerous part of the mine?

       Afraid of the river gangs, and sick with worry about his dad, Joshua must decide whether to run for his life, or to stay in Coalport and protect his family despite the terrible danger.  

(The sequel - River Dark - to be published in September 2012)

Such a life, an existence is unimaginable now in our quiet 2012.  At this time in history, it was all too real.  My heart wants to know what will happen to Joshua.  So I will go to the link listed above to get my answer!

Authentic Credentials: Carole Anne Carr

Carole Anne Carr URL

It is seldom that someone’s credentials impress me.  I myself have a rather short list, but the list is fine.  When considering a book purchase, I always flip the book over and start to read the author’s credentials.

“Start to read” is the key phrase, for I always experience MEGO: my eyes glaze over*.

However, I would like to introduce the reader to one whose credentials have humbled me, and made me wish I were like her.

Carole Anne Carr:  Children’s Author

• B.Ed.Hons.(PrimaryEd),
• Dip.Ed.(Medieval History),
• HDTheology,
• HD.Child.Lit.(Open),
• Office of Reader - Church of England (WEMTC),
• Member of The Society of Authors, Nat. Assoc. of Writers in Education,
• National Children’s University (Shropshire),
• Society of Storytelling,
• Women in Rural Business,
• Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, W.I. Speaker
• Author of First Wolf, Little Boy Good-for-Nothing and the Shongololo, Candle Dark, Thin Time, River Dark

Carole Anne Carr has produced some fascinating children’s literature.  Living near historic Ludlow, England, Carole has the background and the location from which to draw her plots and people.  Her novels are from the 8^th Century AD, a rough time to live.  The characters are children whose lives are not easy and whose skills must exceed what one would expect.

The first in the "Task Bearer" series

Carole’s book, Thin Time was released last year to great success.  Her love for and experiences with children are clear in the enthusiasm with which her books have been received.

Well, no MEGO* when it comes to Carole Anne Carr!

On Friday, I will be honored to celebrate her new books and a free promotion give-away. 

PhotoPrompt: The Old Man in the Moon

From PhotoPrompt Monday!

It was not often that Jim viewed the sky with such expectation.  Oh, sure—the transit of Venus was a high-light for him.  And, the recent increase in solar flares, well, he nearly jumped out his skin with excitement on that one.  Oh, and he remembered the asteroid strike on Jupiter like it was yesterday, not about twenty years ago.

But tonight.  Oh, tonight was a full moon.  His astronomy club had gathered on Mount Laguna to see the newly-discovered feature on the moon’s ghostly white face.

As the moon reached its best view, a hushed awe fell over the mass of balding, middle-aged men who gazed through their telescopes. 

As if in one voice, they all spoke.  “You’re right, Jim!  The Old Man in the Moon does look like Fred Flintstone!  It’s a massive break-through…”

Jim smiled inwardly.