tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25950520466851762702024-03-04T20:14:23.003-08:00Uma UnlimitedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615329731397354402noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595052046685176270.post-34450841507842738792014-01-05T10:23:00.001-08:002014-01-05T10:23:47.326-08:00New year, new start!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, if you celebrate it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Again I find myself in the the position of having to say sorry for being away for so long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm delighted to see the number of people who have been visiting and reading my rambling. I WILL make a massive effort to keep this blog up to date as a way of saying thank you. In fact I will make new year's resolution to write this blog at least once a month. How does that sound?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As it turns out, I have a lot to tell you. So much, it's difficult to know where to start.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have two really exciting things to tell you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first, if you didn't already know, is the new covers that I've had drawn for all the books so far.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">All In a Day's Work - New cover by Chris Askham.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is the new cover drawn by <a href="http://www.chris-askham.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chris Askham</a>. As you can easily see, Chris has put a lot of work into it and the pair of us put a lot of thought into it too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It all started back in November when I went to a book fair to sell paperback versions of my books. The customers always went for the cover of the third book (see below). I think there were two main reasons for this. The first was that it had Isomee on the cover. The second was that it had more colour than the other two.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Armed with this information, Chris and I came up with a composition that would use and improve on these two aspects. As you can see we put Isomee right at the front and kept many of the original artist's elements. Brackenbelly is stood behind her in a protective pose with his sword out ready for action. This was important too because I wanted people to know that there would be swords and action in it as well as a sweet looking eleven year old girl. The main addition has been uncle Hogg-Bottom. Chris has captured him brilliantly. He has just the right amount of menace. I love the way he's looming over everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the second book, Two's Company, both Chris and I wanted something more dynamic and eye-catching. As the book is packed full of action, this was easy. I'm sure you'll agree that this cover is awesome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chris is currently working on the third cover. This one will have Wilbakar on. It'll be the first time we've seen him and I'm very excited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After that, he'll do a new cover for book 4 and then we'll be moving on to a whole new chronicle. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's also the possibility of a collected edition of the first four stories available in paperback only.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the moment <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kinmaran-Chronicles-I-i-Adventures-Brackenbelly-ebook/dp/B00CJ4YYUM/ref=la_B00CJH8BOO_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388944953&sr=1-3" target="_blank">All in a Day's Work</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kinmaran-Chronicles-I-ii-Adventures-Brackenbelly-ebook/dp/B00D0T5S3C/ref=la_B00CJH8BOO_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388944953&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Two's Company</a> are only available with the new covers on Kindle. Paperbacks will follow very shortly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think that's enough for now. I'll save the other news for future blogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Please visit the <a href="http://garethhlbaker.wix.com/brackenbelly" target="_blank">Kinmaran Chronicles</a> website for more pictures. Look in the Uma Archives. You'll need to sign up for access. Don't worry it's quick and easy.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615329731397354402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595052046685176270.post-26312010403830952692013-11-23T01:49:00.000-08:002013-11-23T01:49:36.410-08:00Kinmaran Chronicles: No Good Deed OUT NOW!<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's been a long wait, but, at last Brackenbelly 4 is OUT.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's taken so long because I've worked really hard on this story, and Ween's Night (even though I wrote it in 3 days!) and I hope that you find it the best in the series so far.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm finding that I'm spending more and more time doing things like this video to promote Brackenbelly. What I really need is your help. If you enjoy reading Brackenbelly, please tell your friends, write a review.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next year Brackenbelly is getting a face lift (see the end of the video).</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I would like to do another interview. If you have a question you would like to ask me, please write one in the comments below.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, sit back, relax and watch the video.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Visit the Brackenbelly website </span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://garethhlbaker.wix.com/brackenbelly">http://garethhlbaker.wix.com/brackenbelly</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Live in the UK? Find all of Brackenbelly's adventures here</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">or here if you live in the US</span><br />
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</span> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gareth-Baker/e/B00CJH8BOO/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3?qid=1385199683&sr=8-3"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">http://www.amazon.com/Gareth-Baker/e/B00CJH8BOO/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3?qid=1385199683&sr=8-3</span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615329731397354402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595052046685176270.post-11288735808013735832013-11-13T09:48:00.001-08:002013-11-13T09:48:58.793-08:00Interview<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hi Guys, how's things?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I've been very busy. I've been making video, writing books </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">AND being interviewed. Please follow the link and find out some things about me and Brackenbelly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The interview is aimed more at adults.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Take care, Gareth</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615329731397354402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595052046685176270.post-69468929854874270562013-11-09T14:16:00.000-08:002013-11-09T14:16:34.197-08:00New Trailer to Launch New Book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hope you enjoy the video! It was great fun to make.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615329731397354402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595052046685176270.post-81875729052989490142013-10-31T13:12:00.001-07:002013-10-31T13:12:17.006-07:00Free BB<p dir=ltr>Happy Halloween! Need a bedtime story to get the kids to sleep? Get your FREE  5* rated Kindle book - The Adventures of Brackenbelly plus Halloween short story (find it at the end). Ages 9+. UK http://amzn.to/HuFLF6</p>
<p dir=ltr>Don't have a Kindle? No problem. Just download the FREE app.</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615329731397354402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595052046685176270.post-87186578829631062972013-10-30T11:17:00.001-07:002013-10-30T11:17:28.569-07:00Ween's Night<p dir=ltr>The Halloween Edition of The Adventures of Brackenbelly is now available to download. If you cant wait it will cost you a mere 95p, but tomorrow and until 4th November, it'll be FREE to download anyway.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Hope you enjoy it!</p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615329731397354402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595052046685176270.post-36618602652201565442013-10-03T11:15:00.001-07:002013-10-03T11:50:33.144-07:00Geese and Ballet<p dir=ltr>I don't know about you guys, but I've had an awesome couple of days!</p>
<p dir=ltr>Last night I went to the famous Nottingham Goose Fair. I've been going for the last ten years, ever since I moved up here.  I'll be honest, I'm not a big fan of the rides but there's something special about it's atmosphere.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Part of it is the history.  The fair's been going for hundreds of years.  It has the world's oldest movable helter skelter.  It's also the largest fair in the world (or so I was told).</p>
<p dir=ltr>So far we have only seen how humans celebrate on Kinmara. How do uma have a good time? We already know the uma are great inventors.  Perhaps they have built fairground rides. What do you think?</p>
<p dir=ltr>This afternoon I went to the ballet with some children from my school.  It was amazing.  I LOVE stories and a ballet isn't just dancing, it's telling a story through dance.  Soon you will find out that the warriors' guild isn't the only guild the uma have.  There's an entertainers' too.  I wonder if they tell stories through dance?</p>
<p dir=ltr>Everywhere I go I see things that'll help me tell great stories and bring Kinmara alive.</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615329731397354402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595052046685176270.post-72286005653743851282013-09-02T06:45:00.001-07:002013-09-02T06:46:27.433-07:00Warwick Castle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's near the end of the summer holiday, but that's not why I'm roaring in the photograph.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday I went to Warwick castle to celebrate someone's birthday. That's not why I'm screaming either. I quite like them really.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If you look carefully you'll see a man in a red tunic and green trousers. Do you know who/what he is? The shield I'm holding might give you a clue too. Leave a comment if you think you know the answer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Anyway, I hope that you've enjoyed your holiday. I have. I've seen some amazing things and, most of all, had a good rest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Over the summer I've had lots of ideas bubbling away in my head and hopefully you should have them in your hands by Christmas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">BTW the roaring was a competition and I won!!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615329731397354402noreply@blogger.com0Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire CV34 4QU, UK52.2795153 -1.584808000000066426.7574808 -42.893402000000066 77.8015498 39.723785999999933tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2595052046685176270.post-91342818785391216872013-08-22T08:51:00.001-07:002013-08-22T09:54:19.403-07:00Exciting News<span style="font-size: large;">Here's some exciting news!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last (for now) Brackenbelly adventure will be edited soon and ready for your to enjoy by the end of September.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday, I started writing the next Kinmaran Chronicle. It has a whole new setting and brand new characters. I hope that you're as excited about it as I am.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We're going to be discovering lots of new things. We'll be going to the uma capital and finding out all about their culture. So far Brackenbelly has only given hints and snippets. Imagine a whole story about them. Brackenbelly has already shown us his illumi-moss, well, we'll be discovering some more types of moss as well as other clever uma inventions. We know that Brackenbelly is in the Warriors' Guild. There are seven more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope to speak to you soon.</span><br />
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