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		<title>Can an Author use AI Legitimately?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The battle is on. Authors and creators of all types are sharpening their pens to fight the evil that is Artificial Intelligence. So, can an author use AI without being accused of cheating? Or losing friends.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Even Sea Serpents can be Adorable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some creatures just fall into the Monster category. Thanks to the ancients, sea serpents are one such. But why should they be monsters? Our largest sea creature isn&#x00027;t...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2021 20:05:12 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/even-sea-serpents-can-be-adorable/</link>
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		<title>My Audiobook Template for Cubase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a rundown of the template I have created for audiobook narration. I also use it for my podcast stories and other general voice work. Sorry, no download, but hopefully there is enough here for your to create your own variation.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/audiobook-template-for-cubase/</link>
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		<title>The Screaming Dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is this Heaven or is this Hell? Wherever this is, the recently deceased Sam has only one thing on his mind: To find his dead twin. But first he must beat the Great Cremator.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobooks/the-screaming-dead/</link>
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		<title>Annie and the Ripper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Annie Oakley was thrilling the audiences of London with her wonderful sharp-shooting skills. But meanwhile, Jack was taking another victim. A wonderful speculative story on audiobook]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 14:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobooks/annie-and-the-ripper/</link>
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		<title>Aldair by Neal Barrett Jnr</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Aldair Series by Neal Barrett Jnr was a brilliant sci-fi journey written in the 1970s.

Set on a future earth where humans seem to have become extinct, it follows the story of Aldair, a man with the features of a pig, as he discovers the terrible truth about the world and how the creatures came to be.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2019 13:18:35 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobooks/aldair-by-neal-barrett-jnr/</link>
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		<title>You shouldn&#x00027;t use compression to solve your bad voice presentation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the sound engineer, there is one stand out difference between an amateur voice-over and a professional. The professional doesn&#x00027;t need so much compression when processing the recording.

The reason is simple - voice control.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2019 11:16:27 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/breathing-and-compression/</link>
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		<title>Lost in Tokyo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A wonderful, honest, and moving memoir from Garett Wilson as he tells the story of his first year working as an assistant language teacher in a Japanese junior high school.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 09:53:55 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobooks/lost-in-tokyo/</link>
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		<title>The Doomsayer Journeys by Steve Wetherell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A brilliant comedy sci-fi series bought to idiotic life by CC Hogan. This has been fun, not just work!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobooks/the-doomsayer-journeys/</link>
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		<title>Surviving Mr Dickens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am currently recording Oliver Twist. I love working with the words of Dickens. His characters are completely over the top, his writing is sarcastic and meaningful, and his stories are perfect.

But they didn&#x00027;t have professional narrators and studios in the 19th Century, and sometimes his incredibly long sentences floor me. This is about one of them.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 23:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/how-to-read-a-long-sentence/</link>
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		<title>Listen to the Dirt Fantasy Saga</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Listen to the incredible world of Johnson Farthing, the dragons. the magician Weasel and all the other characters from Dirt on the new audiobook series. Start with book one, Dirt. Get it free with an audiobook trial.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobooks/the-dirt-audiobooks/</link>
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		<title>Messing around with new gear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have at last come to the end of the studio refit and am now settling down to some serious fun!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:11:18 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/songs/messing-around-with-new-gear/</link>
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		<title>The Jack Calder Crime Series</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Jack Calder series of books are written by Seumas Gallacher and are a fast-paced, hard-edged series of seven books following a group of former SAS commandos in their work for an international security company.

I am turning them into audiobooks for your delight!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2017 22:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobooks/jack-calder-crime-series/</link>
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		<title>Setting up at home to record audiobooks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are going to record your own books into audiobook form, you must do it properly. Despite some people saying you can simply record on your phone, this will produce an inferior product that annoys and infuriates listeners who are used to professionally recorded books.

I am not going through all possible buying choices here, you will need to do your own research, but this will hopefully give you a good starting point.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2017 10:07:40 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/setting-up-at-home-to-record-audiobooks/</link>
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		<title>A Christmas Carol Audiobook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A brand new presentation of the original story by Charles Dickens, narrated by CC Hogan in a London accent. A dark and yet warm telling of this iconic tale.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:33:33 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobooks/dickens/a-christmas-carol-audiobook/</link>
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		<title>The Joy of the Wonderful Breath</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From time to time, the subject of breaths in recording comes up - should they stay or should they go?

The answer is, of course, quite simple - they should stay. But let me breath a little life into this debate and explain why.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2017 01:19:57 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/the-wonderful-breath/</link>
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		<title>Audiobooks of the classics by Charles Dickens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am just starting out on a long-term venture to record the most famous books by Charles Dickens in my London Accent.

This is a big departure from the normal RP British presentation, but I think it brings the stories to life in a new, wonderful way.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:46:32 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobooks/dickens/</link>
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		<title>Audiobooks by CC Hogan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out audiobooks recorded by CC Hogan - from Dirt to Dickens!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:44:09 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobooks/</link>
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		<title>A demonstration of editing an audiobook in Cubase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:55:03 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/audiobook-editing-in-cubase/</link>
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		<title>Dirt Re-Released in advance of Audio Book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In advance of the forthcoming audiobook version, I have released a re-edited version of Dirt book one. You can update your copy at Amazon and other retailers.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:28:15 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/dirt-edition-3-and-audio-book/</link>
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		<title>Pronunciation and Respelling Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 20:27:34 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/pronunciation-guide/</link>
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		<title>How to do Punch and Roll Recording</title>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2017 19:11:29 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/punch-and-roll-recording/</link>
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		<title>Using iZotope RX7 for Audiobooks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a look at how I am currently using RX 7 Standard with Cubase Pro when working on my audiobook recordings. 

This is not a review as such and may well grow over time as I learn more.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 10:52:58 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/using-izotope-rx6-for-audiobooks/</link>
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		<title>Audiobook Articles and Resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A growing list of resources about producing audiobooks from around the websphere. Let me know if there are any useful titbits I should include.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:13:24 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/audiobook-articles-and-resources/</link>
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		<title>Preparing a audiobook script for recording</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the good old days, scripts were printed on paper and the voice over would go through the lines with a pen, marking it up so he or she had a better chance when it came to recording.

In our modern world, paper is seen as a waste of trees and most of us work on tablets. So, how do I prepare my script?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:24:30 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/preparing-a-script-for-recording/</link>
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		<title>Recording Your Own Poetry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following on from my articles on Audiobooks, I thought I should talk a bit about poetry.

Although many of the techniques and technology tips are the same as recording any other spoken word media, poetry does have some specifics when it comes to presentation and attitude. This article is aimed at the poet who is possibly less confident when it comes to using their own voice to record their poems.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:41:01 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/recording-poetry/</link>
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		<title>When you write your novel, don&#x00027;t forget the audiobook version</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Audiobooks are becoming much more important. So, should you think about the audiobook version as you write your novel? I think you should.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2017 20:17:45 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/dont-forget-the-audiobook-version/</link>
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		<title>Audiobook Recording Tips - Recording your book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This deals with the more technical side of recording: How to sit, where to place the microphone, what to do about pops and so on.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 22:08:16 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/audiobook-tips-recording/</link>
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		<title>Audiobook Recording Tips - Technical FAQ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of the series of tips on recording your book as an audiobook, this FAQ deals with technical issues such as sound booths, microphones, and other interesting bits and pieces.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 16:32:26 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/audiobook-tips-technical-faq/</link>
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		<title>Audiobook Recording Tips - Editing your recording</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of the series of tips on recording your book as an audiobook, this article covers questions about editing.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 16:27:43 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/audiobook-tips-editing/</link>
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		<title>Audiobook Recording Tips - Reading your book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of the series of tips on recording your audiobook, this article focuses on questions about reading and recording the book.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 16:20:10 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/audiobook-tips-reading/</link>
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		<title>How to record your Audiobook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought I would put together a random selection of tips for those of you recording and editing your own audiobooks.

This is not a tutorial, but a pile of quickies that might be useful.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 09:43:27 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/audiobook-tips-a-short-guide/</link>
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		<title>Doing the artwork is hard but important</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I must compose more songs, I also need to do artwork for the tracks so far. Hard work, but important]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:41:19 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/songs/artwork-is-hard/</link>
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		<title>Check out these great reviews!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A nice, heartwarming selection of reviews for my various books.

Don&#x00027;t forget to leave a review if you have enjoyed a book. One line is fine!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2017 12:31:55 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/buy-my-books/reviews/</link>
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		<title>Need new equipment. What do I do?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I am going to pursue this music thing, I need to gig. And that means gear.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:06:37 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/songs/need-new-equipment-what-do-i-do/</link>
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		<title>It is so nice to get back into music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting my songs out through YouTube and ReverbNation is a lot of fun and I am beginning to enjoy the trip. But where next? 

Plus, a couple of new, young artists I have come across.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:18:31 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/songs/music-is-making-me-feel-good/</link>
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		<title>Recording and Editing an Audiobook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of articles teaching you how to record your audiobook from what equipment to buy to how to use it. 

So, what I have done here is to take my years of experience to just give you some tips that might make your book just that bit better.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:47:43 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/tips-for-recording-audiobooks/</link>
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		<title>Sun Will Never Set is featured this week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[W/C 11th April - My song, The Sun Will Never Set, is being featured on the crowd picks section of ReverbNation]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2017 09:27:29 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/songs/sun-will-never-set-is-featured-this-week/</link>
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		<title>The Sun Will Never Set</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes falling in love is all about spending time with each other; as simple as that.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2017 20:23:11 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/songs/the-sun-will-never-set/</link>
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		<title>I Hear Your Voice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When someone&#x00027;s voice makes you feel good]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2017 14:46:52 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/songs/i-hear-your-voice/</link>
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		<title>Getting Featured on ReverbNation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two of my songs have been chosen to be featured following great crowd reviews.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/songs/getting-featured-on-reverbnation/</link>
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		<title>Getting ready to record Dirt series one</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am getting very close now to starting the job of recording series one of Dirt.

I have built my voice booth and will start sound testing in the next couple of days. If I am happy with the results, I will make myself comfortable, take a big glug of water, and go for it.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/recording-my-audio-books/</link>
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		<title>The Happy moment of a good review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I put a couple of my songs up for review on Reverbnation the other day, then promptly forgot all about it.

Having had a bad couple of days, out of the blue the results came back. Now I am glowing!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2017 17:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/the-happy-moment-of-a-good-review/</link>
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		<title>Take Your Time, Little Island Girl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend suggested I write a song about a girl on an island. So I did. I wrote it about her.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 19:51:27 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/songs/little-island-girl-song/</link>
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		<title>On the Dragons of Dirt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who are the dragons of Dirt? Why are they so very different from any other dragon in any other fantasy? 

In a nice long read, I look at the dragons, talk about how they live, give a little history and tell you why they are so important to the story and to the people of Dirt.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 22:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Who are the women of Dirt?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The second series of Dirt focusses heavily on dragons, but at the centre are two incredible female characters; Silvi Farthing and Ferret. 

Silvi is only seventeen, but she lives in an unequal world where women, particularly young women, are seen as second-class citizens. In this series, not only do I tell a heroic tale, but put a spotlight on inequality.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 19:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Planning a Novel is Vital and Fun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the risk of repeating myself, here is a brief article why I think planning is important and why you are creating problems if you somehow think it is restrictive.

The main issue people have with planning is they think it is boring. Well, that is wrong too! Read on...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:02:18 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>I am Powered by Indie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During October 2016, Amazon KDP, the publishing system aimed primarily at independent authors, has been running a promotion called Powered by Indie. The aim is to promote the world of the Indie Author and, probably, sell more books. So, this is just a short piece about what I like about being an indie author.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 11:40:27 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Dealing with Politics in Young Literature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I wrote The Stink, which is set in North London in the seventies, I really couldn&#x00027;t tell a tale about people living then without confronting the political climate of the time. I am not talking about who was Prime Minister or what policies the main parties had, but the politics of the street and the culture; how we dealt with one another.

Politics doesn&#x00027;t have to be in books for kids, but when it is there in the environment, the writer should deal with it, not hide it away. Young people deserve better than pretending it doesn&#x00027;t happen.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:40:39 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://cchogan.com/dealing-with-politics-in-young-literature/</link>
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		<title>Shadow Stalker - The Writing of a Serial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author Renee Scattergood has announced Part Three of her wonderful Shadow Stalker series. It is out now at Amazon and other e-book stores. 

But why has she written this story as a serial and made much of it free? In this guest post, Renee touches on the birth of Shadow Stalker and its release in serial form. Something many new authors may wish to consider doing.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 09:17:24 +0100</pubDate>
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