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The author has meant a lot to both me and my daughter when she was growing up. Diane's books have been both enjoyable and thought-provoking.

I didn't know much about her husband, , although it was always clear that they had a strong and loving marriage.

I'm sorry to see that he has recently and suddenly died. If you would like to contribute to her unexpected expenses, there's more information in the attached post.

https://romancelandia.club/@herhandsmyhands/114478091537021819

A game of secrets and lies. ‘Bloody Orkney’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland, mainly in Orkney, during World War Two. It uses many real settings, transported eight decades back in time.

The magnificent St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall has an important part to play as the story reaches its climax. This is a modern photograph, though very little within it will have changed since the book’s characters were here in November 1942.

Find out more:
http://www.kenlussey.com/blork/index.html

This modern image shows a corner view of the exterior of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall in sunlight under largely blue skies. It is built mainly with red stone and there are gravestones in the foreground. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the top right corner.

9/5: Have you ever realised you’d included an unintended shibboleth in your own work?
(Having refreshed my memory on the precise meaning of the word): the world of The Shattered Moon is full of shibboleths. Both the Sung Lands and the Five Principalities are stratified societies with various markers of identity and ways of distinguishing in-group and out-group. There are shibboleths a-plenty but they’re there intentionally.

Its 25 years since I hand wrote notes about teens accidentally stepping into a world, & the night that turned Heir Ruarnon's life upside-down. RuarnonTrilogy is now out in ebook &paperback😄 https://elisecarlson.com/ruarnon-trilogy/

In the intervening years, a major in archaeology helped my world building, intrigue & mystery plots mature

& my quirky characters became their authentic selves as I drew on my life as a , , person. I regret nothing

Selfie of Elise with paler than usual white as skin because I'm sick, slight pink in cheeks and massive smile, my index finger pointing up the three books in my Ruarnon trilogy, lined across the shelf above the cupboard section, and before the lead light glass level of my antique bookshelf. Proper covers alt text in next image.
Ruarnon Trilogy books arranged; Manipulator's War, Secrets of the Sorcery War above, War in Sorcery's Shadow below on large lacy table runner and ancient grained antique side table. Manipulator's War Cover Left: portrait of young Heir Ruarnon, their hair braided back, eyes outlined with kohl, wearing fitted bronze armour, a bronze disc kilt, holding a helmet in their left hand and leaning on a spear with their right, which pierces the ‘A’ in the title. Right: Red glyphs outline a stone archway, through which fire arrows rain down on torch-lit battlements atop a castle, at night time. Bottom text: Elise Carlson, Ruarnon Trilogy Book 1 Secrets of the Sorcery War Blue glyphs in a stone arch frame a pair of tall cliffs, a ship sailing on bright blue water through the gap, into the sunshine of a natural harbour. Bottom text: Elise Carlson, Ruarnon Trilogy Book 2 War in Sorcery's Shadow Purple glyphs around a stone arch in a stone wall, through which blackened clouds, with grey, lightening pronged edges loom over a many brown towers castle. Lightning crashes against and partially reveals a magic dome shield around the castle. Desolate hills and dray plains life before it, with leafless, dried-up trees and a skull in the foreground. Bottom text: Elise Carlson, Ruarnon Trilogy Book 3