⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. Check out Crispina Kemp’s latest masterpiece, Roots of Rookeri, available to purchase on Amazon as of now! Do it! A Key, a Tree, a Prophecy The Cast:Booderas Rookeri-Sharmin – better known as Boody, playwright, poet, dancer and chorusmaster – orphaned nephew of the Elect of Raselstad, disciple of the Forty-First […]
Roots of Rookeri Review — Lauren Willmore
Followers on this blog will notice over the past year I’ve settled into a regular pattern. Marie’s Photo Challenge. Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt. Sunday Picture Post. Tuesday Treats, and Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
I moved house in late June 2021; downsized to a 1950’s bungalow with a moderate sized garden. That garden was a wilderness, so much of my time has been devoted to that. Pays off. It’s looking good.
I am enormously chuffed to announce today sees the publication of Roots of Rookeri, available on Amazon as both e-book and paperback.
A Key, a Tree, a Prophesy
A Tangle of Mistaken Identities
An astrologer-priest, a judge’s daughter, a playwright-dancer and an unwilling heiress…
A triple eclipse, a sea-monster, not to mention the bandits…
I posted Roots of Rookeri to this blog in serial-form way back in 2014. At that time I’d no intentions of publishing. It’s been an experience to revisit and improve it.
My thanks to my beta readers, Sammi, Brian, Judy, Shen, and to Lauren Willmore, my critique partner and FABULOUS cover designer, who have made this day possible..
Back in the Dark Days of my illness (2004), I wrote The Hare and Adder. Thinking it wonderful, I sent it to an agent (2005). The agent was long in reading it; it interested her but not in its present form. Meanwhile, I’d been rushed into hospital with a viral infection of the brain, probably made possible by the ME/CFS that already weighed me down. I came out of hospital barely able to write three words. A rewrite was impossible.
While learning to write again, I also studied the craft of writing fiction… and Learning to Fly was born. And Roots or Rookeri. And The Spinner’s Game. All posted here in serial form. But The Hare and Adder I did not touch.
Until this year.
Yesterday I finished the rewrite, edited and tidied and ready for beta readers to appraise or pull apart, validate, invalidate, tell me they love it, they hate it, whatever. So if you’re up for beta reading, see my Contact page
The Hare and Adder, set in a Neolithic culture, follows the struggles of Elde Freilsen’s daughter. (Those who’ve read The Pole That Threads will know Elde Freilsen.) Trained to be a granary-keeper by the Kerdolan of Lienershi, that future is then denied her, and she is not at all happy. She will have that granary. SHE WILL!
Interested? Contact me on my Contact page.
Twizzle wasn’t happy
Most unhappy was he
Benny Beech asked why was that
Because someone’s stolen and hidden my nice new hat
Stolen it, I do agree, said Benny Beech
But not hidden; it’s in plain sight, out of reach
Here’s how it works:
Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.)
You respond with something CREATIVE
Here are some suggestions:
You have plenty of scope and only two criteria:
If you post a link in the comments section of this post I’ll be able to find it
If you include Crimson’s Creative Challenge as a heading, WP Search will find it (theory)
by ‘Searching’ in the WP Reader (fingers crossed)
Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN
Details seen on the second part of walk 22nd March 2022. Enjoy.
If you’ve seen this week’s Sunday Picture Post, then you’ll know we saw LOTS of daffodils
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I’d like to tell you what kind of flowers these will be but at this stage I can’t tell. Is it too early for apple?
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Tutsan: 22nd March 2022
Celandine: 22nd March 2022
Primroses: 22nd March 2022
A white violet… just the one: 22nd March 2022
Violet-blue violets: 22nd March 2022
Plane or Sycamore, not sure: 22nd March 2022
Butterbur: 22nd March 2022
Oxlip or Cowslip? 22nd March 2022
And the promised fungi, still looking good because it’s been so wet
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Which leaves us with flyers…
Comma: 22nd March 2022
Red legged Partridge: 22nd March 2022
That’s all for this week. Hope to get you more for next week
As promised, the second part of our walk to Burlingham Woods, and beyond.
Burlingham Woods were formerly part of Burlingham Hall. And those landowners of late really did like to pretty-up their woods. The plants remain to the delight of us walkers…
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I love this mini forest, the way the light is catching
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Beyond the woods…
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And back on the road to walk back to Acle
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Hope you’ve enjoyed. More next week
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane… yea, it’s a plane.
The Sky, another title from the list Maria Antonia has given us for #2022picoftheweek
image by TheUjulala on pixabay
As a young child I had difficulty articulating words… until I started school and had speech therapy. It was hard work and annoying for a child of five who would rather be outside playing with friends. Three words/phrases I remember caused me the most trouble: “Yellow”, “Sausage” and “You’ll do”, which I pronounced as Werrow, Totidge and Yodel.
57 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Yodel
Crispina Kemp, historical fantasy author of the five book series, The Spinner’s Game, and Learning to Fly, is about to release another fantastic story, this time, Roots of Rookeri, my review for which you can find below. It’s set for release on 15th April 2022, so add the date to your diary, or follow the link […]
Book Review: Roots of Rookeri by Crispina Kemp — Sammi Loves Books
We had a fight.
Yea, yea, I know, we’re always fighting, but this was the worst.
I lost it – my patience with him, my tolerance, my everything.
I told him to pack his bag and to go.
And he went.
And he took everything.
Now all I have left is that wall.
I swear, I’m never going to live in a caravan again.
Note for non-UK readers: caravan = trailer
