Okay, so I’ve been sitting on this for a week, so it’s not really “Stop Press” news. But anyway…
Last Tuesday the books I had ordered from Amazon arrived. The full set of The Spinner’s Game
LOOK WHAT WAS ON THE AMAZON VAN!!!!
These are my gift to Shen, my daughter, whose ear for the past two years has been thoroughly bent and assaulted by me talking about the Spinner, and Kerrid, and the plot, and the edits and… you get the picture. Moreover, she’s been there since the earliest conception of the Spinner.
But before I let the books slip through my hands, I took some photos (see below).
And now for the second news item
UK’s Writing Magazine has chosen The Spinner’s Child to promote on their Writer’s Online site. O Yay! See it here!!!
And finally, Amazon now features a 5-star review of The Spinner’s Child
Screen capture of Amazon review (excerpt). My many thanks to fellow blogger H.R.R. Gorman
The Spinner’s Game… available from Amazon in paperback and Kindle
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Congrats Crispina! ❤
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Thank you, Deborah
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Those are gorgeous! Congratulations on all fronts.
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Thank you. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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They look really good.
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Thanks, Joanne.
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This is all fabulous news! Very excited for you to feature on the Writing Magazine site, and that 5 star review – fabulous. Very happy to share your news – if you want me to reblog that would be great, though I think your reblog button is off at the moment.
Fabulous stuff 🙂
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I’d like you to reblog. And I don’t know why the button is off. I’ll investigate. Probably the gremlins again!!!
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Odd, I’ve just tried to reblog onto my own site (illogical, but… ) and I had no problem. A WP glitch; it’ll probably be fine tomorrow.
Anyway, I thank you for your excitement.
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Congratulations! Wonderful news!
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I thank you, Susan 🙂
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For this day all writers labor hopefully and tirelessly. 🙂 Congratulations.
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I thank you. I’ve said from the decision to publish that it’s not about money, It’s about recognition, and acceptance. I’m happy with how it’s going.
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Reblogged this on Jen Goldie – A little this, a little that, some real and some imaginings. and commented:
CONGRATULATIONS! CRISPINA KEMP! A wonderful ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review on Amazon for THE SPINNERS GAME!
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Thanks, Jen. Really appreciated.
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🙂
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Congratulations!! The books look fabulous 😊
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Thank you. That’s the work of my fantastic critique partner, Lauren Willmore
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Great! I think the covers are like the first impression and it’s important that covers look good. What’s the genre of your books?
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It has been described as Epic Fantasy, and Historical Fantasy. I call it Mythic Fantasy… but Amazon isn’t offering me that option.
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Maybe Amazon thinks that Epic is synonymous with Myth! That’s great though! I have never tried that genre
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Please try this one. You might find you like it. It doesn’t smack of mythology, it smacks of reality…. but set so long ago, when myths were still in the making 🙂
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Interesting. I would sure check them out.It’s nice to try something new
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🙂
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Congratulations Crispina! I will definitely read these when I get the chance and look forward to them 🙂
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Thank you, Andrea, for your support
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It has got to be exciting to see something that lived in your head come to tangible fruition with these novels. Something you can hold in your hand and kind of marvel at having accomplished.
Great news on the Amazon review as well as the Writer’s site feature…which I will now go and check out!!
Congratulations many times over!!
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Thanks, Judy. And you’ve played such a large part. Couldn’t have done it without everyone’s help… and that includes your sister too.
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Congratulations Crispina. Wonderful news.
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Thank you, Sadje 🙂
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You’re welcome 😉
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How wonderful! I can only imagine how exciting it must be to hold those physical books in your hands, after putting so much of your heart and soul into writing them and getting them published. And the cover art looks even more beautiful in 3-dimensional real life than the images did posted online. Congratulations!
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It is a bit of a kick, I have to admit. But laurels are not to be rested upon. There’s more to come. 🙂
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Reblogged this on Word Shamble and commented:
Crispina Kemp’s mythic fantasy series, The Spinner’s Game is now out in print as well as ebook and don’t the covers look beautiful? Crispina is garnering 5 star reviews on Amazon and has a feature on The Writing Magazine site. Truly deserved
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Thank you, Lynn. Really appreciate your support 🙂
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A pleasure ☺️
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🙂
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Woohoo! Yay for UK magazine – that’s great news!
I see your daughter’s name is Shen. That interested me because not only have I not heard that name before, I *have* heard it while studying Chinese.
神, or Shén with the tonal mark, means divine, divinity, spirit, or god(dess). Maybe that’s what you were going for, or maybe I’m preaching to the choir. However, I thought it auspicious and had to say something.
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I like that; I shall relay it to my daughter. But it’s not the origin of her name. It’s short for Richenda, which is the female form of Richard, and of several Germanic saints.
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Ah, very cool! Did not know that name, but I like it!
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When she went to art college she took as her anthem People are Strange, from The Lost Boys.
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Hahaha, perfect for someone who went to art college!
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Absolutely. Got to look and act the part. 🙂
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