Mayne Island Skeletons – Review by Leanne Dyck

Mayne Island Skeletons is not only a fun read for children 9 to 12 years of age but it also teaches many valuable lessons—such as how to be a good friend.

 

Mary Magdalene Sommers’ mother is attentive and reliable; whereas, Brent Green is the son of a neglectful parent. Despite these differences Magda values Brent’s friendship. She continues to believe in his good character even in the face of negative public opinion. In fact, she works tirelessly to prove his innocence and to secure his safety.

 

Through Magda’s example children are empowered to solve their own mysteries and resolve their own problems.

 

Thank you Amber Harvey for this uplifting read.

Mayne Island Skeletons is not only a fun read for children 9 to 12 years of age but it also teaches many valuable lessons—such as how to be a good friend.

 

Mary Magdalene Sommers’ mother is attentive and reliable; whereas, Brent Green is the son of a neglectful parent. Despite these differences Magda values Brent’s friendship. She continues to believe in his good character even in the face of negative public opinion. In fact, she works tirelessly to prove his innocence and to secure his safety.

 

Through Magda’s example children are empowered to solve their own mysteries and resolve their own problems.

 

Thank you Amber Harvey for this uplifting read.

 

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Amber Harvey, Author of Magda Mystery Series

Magda and Brent explore a haunted house, solve mysteries and find the mystery of the missing bodies on Mayne Island. This is the third in a series of Stand Alone Books.  Mystery, adventure, excitement!!  See reviews on my blog:http://treewithroots.ca/

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Happy October Reading,

Amber Harvey

Is it a Broken Toe?

Okay, let’s hear you laughing.  A stubbed toe! Dear-o-dear, what a calamity!

What I have to say back is, “Ouch!  It really hurts!”

I have arthritis, and that toe hasn’t bent for a few years.  I think it did, in fact, bend on Friday, when I stubbed it and fell.  Now it is very swollen and quite black and purple.

I live on a small Gulf Island (Mayne Island) and we don’t have an Emergency Room, just a clinic, not open on week-ends.  I don’t want to bother a doctor to come to the island just to look at a stubbed toe!

I’ve used Arnica, bot the homeopathic remedy and the salve.  Any ideas what else I should do? 

And I don’t mind if you laugh.  Laughter is good for us, after all.

Mayne Island Skeletons reviewed: “We can ,,, taste the blackberries”

Magda’s curiosity and loyalty lead her into investigations set on her Mayne Island home.  We can smell the Gulf Island fir-scented mornings and taste the blackberries as she navigates daily life as well as the calls to adventure that stretch her courage.  I have read three Magda books with great pleasure and can’t wait for the next ones.

 – Jane Thom.

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Free Summer Reading – Another Mystery from Mayne Island

Posted on July 21, 2012 by treewithroots

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Amber Harvey, Author of Magda Mystery Series

Magda and Brent solve mysteries and sleuth out the guilty on Mayne Island. Third in series of Stand Alone books.  Mystery, adventure, excitement!!  See reviews on my blog:http://treewithroots.ca/

Stop by and download a *FREE* copy of Mayne Island Skeletons for your reader devices.  One Week Only!  Use Code: JL48Z

If you like it, please leave some feedback.   Thank you everyone, and enjoy your free gift!

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Amber Harvey

Free Summer Reading – Another Mystery from Mayne Island

Free Summer Reading – Another Mystery from Mayne Island.

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Amber Harvey, Author of Magda Mystery Series

Magda and Brent solve mysteries and sleuth out the guilty on Mayne Island. Third in series of Stand Alone books.  Mystery, adventure, excitement!!  See reviews on my blog:http://treewithroots.ca/

Stop by and download a *FREE* copy of Mayne Island Skeletons for your reader devices.  Three Days Only!  Use Code: DN57P

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Happy Reading,

Amber Harvey

 

 

 

Author Interviews

If you would like to be interviewed as part of this blog, please follow the submission guidelines below. Then e-mail me at treewithroots@gmail.com with answers to the questions below.

Submission Guidelines:

1) Provide a link to your book(s)

2) Provide a very brief author bio

3) Note any other links that you want included

4) The subject line of the e-mail should say “Author interview”  followed by your name and book title.

These answers may be embedded in the bio:
1) Where are you from?
2) When and why did you begin writing?
3) Is there a message in your work that you want readers to grasp?
4) What books have most influenced your life?
5) Are there any life experiences that influence your storytelling?
6) What are your current projects?
7) What is the hardest part of writing?
8) What are some of the most interesting things you’ve learned while writing?
9) What do you do in your spare time?
10) How can your readers get in touch with you?

I look forward to posting an interview with my fellow writers each Friday.

Yet Another Challenge

This isn’t a writing challenge.  It’s a reading challenge: “BookChickCity’s Mystery and Suspense Reading Challenge 2012.”

Can you believe a challenge that invites you to read mystery books and review them?  I can’t believe how lucky I was t o find this.  I read mysteries and crime books anyway, with a little feeling of guilt, of course, since they aren’t really “literature.”  I tend to shrug them off as a something I do between reading “real” novels.  But let’s face it.  I read them AND write them.  I love them.  I love page-turners, where the detective finds a new clue at the end of the chapter or is kidnapped or roughed up and you wonder what adventure is coming next.

Therefore, I was delighted to find this challenge.  All I have to do is link to that website and review the books I read.  And all I have to do is read and review from twelve to twenty-four mysteries this year.

Next time you see me reading I’ll be happy to boast that I’m reading a mystery book.  No more guilty pleasure; it will be number blank on my list of books I’m reviewing.

Want to join me?

Go to  http://www.bookchickcity.com/2011/12/sign-up-mystery-suspense-reading.html

Its Over: I’m a NaNoWriMo Winner

I submitted my 50,001-word novel today.

I started writing on November 1, with a setting and a character.  The setting was Montreal in 1967.  The character was a twenty-two -year-old woman, who becomes a private investigator. I decided two other things about her.  She would be driven by a need for Justice and she would have an overdeveloped sense of smell.

With just this to start with, I dove in and wrote the first chapter.  I decided to write in the third person, but in a few places I would write in the first person.  That was when she was a woman in her sixties, writing in the present time.  I liked her right away.  She had spunk.

I found myself doing research every day.  I needed to check out fashion, music, vehicles, police uniforms, Expo 67, Metro, names, geography, even firearms, and much, much more.  I learned a lot.

My most challenging part was writing the felons.  I had to force myself to make them more violent and unscrupulous than I was comfortable with.

I write books for pre-teens, my Magda of Mayne Island Mystery Series  http://www.treewithroots.ca/ so this novel, written for adults, was challenging for me.

I’ll let some time pass before I go back and rewrite this book, I think.  Idon’t know if I’ll be interested in writing for the adult market in the future.  I’ll have to wait and see.