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Poilievre, Blaney Announce Funds to Complete Cenotaph Project
"Fallen, but not Forgotten" receives $3000 from Veterans Affairs to remember our soldiers
Metcalfe, ON —Pierre Poilievre, Member of Parliament for Nepean-Carleton, was joined by Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada, on Wednesday. The visit was to announce that the Fallen, but not Forgotten initiative, which will add the names of four fallen soldiers to the World War One monument, will receive a $3000 contribution from the federal government as part of the Cenotaph and Monument Restoration Program.
"The financial support and encouragement from the community has been overwhelming since we first launched this initiative in June," said Poilievre. "I would like to thank the Minister for recognizing the importance of this project, and for coming down to Metcalfe today to make this announcement. It is gratifying to know that younger generations will have special places and memorials like these to reflect on the courage of remarkable men and women in uniform for years to come."
"Our Government is determined to ensure that the actions of Canada's heroes are remembered, and funding the Metcalfe Cenotaphs demonstrates that we will never forget their sacrifices for our freedom," said Minister Blaney.
The Cenotaph and Monument Restoration Program offers funding to assist communities across Canada to properly preserve their places of remembrance, reflection and thanks for those who have served Canada. The program provides up to fifty percent of the final cost of a project, while local community groups are required to provide the remaining portion.
The total amount that has been raised between community contributions and the government grant for Fallen, but not Forgotten is now over $7000. Work on the Metcalfe monuments will start during the next couple of weeks, and will include the addition of the missing soldiers' names: Private Ernest Lytton Bonsall, Private William Edward Murphy, Private E. Thomas Henry Poole, and Gunner Arthur Workman. Due to the lack of available space on the World War I cenotaph, a new sub-base will be added with the new names pre-inscribed. The World War II monument and flag base will also be cleaned and restored to create a uniform appearance.
Fallen, but not Forgotten was launched earlier this year when one of Poilievre's constituents brought to his attention that some names of fallen soldiers were missing from the cenotaph. The constituent, Coreen Atkins-Sheldrick, started her research in 2000 after hearing stories from several of the local veterans. As a volunteer at the Osgoode Township Historical Society, as well as an avid Genealogist and ex-Air Force 'brat', the collection of these stories soon became her full-time occupation, resulting in the discovery of these omissions.
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BERLIN (IDN) – Back in 1779, the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya painted a scene that obviously was already common at the time in that retrograde country of his: An old man – or it can be an old lady – is beating a child on the bottom in front of numerous other children in a classroom. Some of the children are crying, for they just suffered the teacher's barbarous pedagogical methods. Goya titled his masterpiece "La letra con sangre entra" – freely translated, "spare the rod, spoil the child."
Since then, the saying is used to express either the notion that discipline is sine qua none of school and education, or that people won't learn by a rational approach to events, but have first to suffer the harsh consequences of their folly, to finally grasp whatever evil happened to them, and avoid it in the future, by modifying their own conduct.
It seems the U.S. society is finally learning to accept the reality of climate change – but it had to be Goya's way. The "Frankenstorm" Sandy was apparently necessary for U.S. society's mainstream to come to terms with the dire reality of global warming and climate change.
Otherwise there is no explanation for the U.S. magazine Bloomberg BusinessWeek's cover of November 1: "It is global warming, stupid!" that it titled in the aftermath of the devastating storm, rephrasing Bill Clinton's famous campaign slogan of the early 1990s.
In the cover story, Bloomberg BusinessWeek first describes Sandy as a Goya-like brutal teacher giving the U.S. north-east coast a particularly bloody rod treatment: The magazine recalls that storm killed at least 41 people in New York, caused economic losses as high as 50 billion U.S. dollar, and left some eight million homes without power: It then goes on to quote a number of distinguished scientists to confirm that the storm developed to that monstrous force of nature only because of human-made global warming.
The most memorable quote goes to Eric Pooley, senior vice president of the Environmental Defense Fund, who compared Sandy to a baseball player doped with steroids. "We can't say that steroids caused any one home run by Barry Bonds, but steroids sure helped him hit more and hit them farther. Now we have weather on steroids."
In other words: Greenhouse gases emissions are the atmospheric steroids Sandy needed to become a Frankenstorm. The argumentative line is that storms are surely natural phenomena. Sandy would have happened without global warming – but it became that Frankenstorm only because anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide have helped to warm up oceans. By the same token, average global temperatures have increased, making the atmosphere more humid, adding force to an otherwise "normal" storm. Et cetera.
For decades and until Sandy lashed out, most U.S. citizens would deny the reality of climate change, and prefer to boast, as George Bush Sr. once did: "The American way of life is not negotiable."
During the pre-Sandy electoral campaign, both candidates did not even mention global warming and climate change. While Barack Obama avoided the subject, obviously out of fear that such a theme would repel voters, Mitt Romney also remarked that his objectives as president did not include to "slow the rise of the oceans or to heal the planet."
Although Romney in the past admitted that climate change is real, he has also said that "we don't know what's causing climate change on this planet." He and many of his compatriots may not want to know it – but for the rest of us are very clear about the causes of climate change. Or, as the New York Times science columnist Maggie Koerth-Baker recently put it, Romney acknowledges that climate change exists, "but would still rather not take any decisive steps to deal with it."
By so doing, Romney and Obama have been playing to the U.S. gallery – for that majority of their fellow citizens who prefer to continue burning fossil fuels and emit more greenhouse gases per capita than anywhere else in the world, in the name of a reckless conception of freedom, and ignoring the overwhelming evidence that their stupid spitting in the sky is falling in their eyes – in our eyes, actually. Ask the Haitian or Cuban peoples about the devastation Sandy also caused in their countries!
As for overwhelming evidence: According to the German reinsurance company Munich Re, the largest in the world, the rising number of natural catastrophes is more evident in North America than anywhere else. In a report released October 17 and titled "Severe Weather in North America," Munich Re found out that between 1980 and 2011, the overall loss burden from weather catastrophes was 1,060 billion U.S. dollars, in 2011 values. The insured losses amounted to 510 billion U.S. dollars. Some 30,000 people lost their lives due to weather catastrophes in North America during this time frame.
The study also shows a nearly quintupled number of weather-related loss events in North America for the past three decades, compared with an increase factor of 4 in Asia, 2.5 in Africa, 2 in Europe and 1.5 in South America.


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The Book of Spells
Part of Private
By Kate Brian
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The year is 1915 and sixteen-year-old Eliza Williams has just arrived at the Billings School for Girls, the sister school of Easton Academy, founded to turn girls into dutiful wives. Eliza's parents expect her to learn the qualities needed to be a graceful and obedient wife, but Eliza has a dangerous secret… she's a witch!
After finding a dusty, leather-bound spell book, Eliza forms a secret coven with eleven other Billings girls, disguising their gatherings as a literary society to keep their teachers from discovering the truth. Bonded in sisterhood, they cast spells - cursing the headmistress, giving blisters to boys with wandering hands and conjuring beautiful dresses out of rags. The girls taste freedom and power for the first time, but what starts out as innocent fun turns into something more sinister when one of the spells has an unexpected - and deadly - consequence. Eliza realises that magic could bring her everything she's ever wanted… but it could also destroy everything she holds dear. But is it too late to stop what she's started?
Photograph © Sona Viola
Kate previously worked for 17th Street Productions in New York, and has written several young adult novels under a different name. She lives outside of New York City.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's UK (November 8, 2012)
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193 John M. | One Day at a Time
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Charles Owen Rice was a Roman Catholic priest who was active in the Pittsburgh community as well as national labor and civil rights movements. He was involved as a journalist, as director of the Catholic Radical Alliance of Pittsburgh, as one of the founders and first chairman of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists (ACTU), and as founder of St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (Pittsburgh). The collection includes correspondence, subject files, transcripts of radio broadcasts, manuscripts, case files, family papers, audiotapes, photographs and a film.
Msgr. Charles Owen Rice was born in New York City in 1908, the son of Irish immigrants. After his mother died when he was four, he and a brother were sent back to Ireland to be raised by an aging grandmother. By age 11, he returned to the states and was ordained into the priesthood in 1934 following studies at Duquesne University and St. Vincent Seminary, both in Pittsburgh. After ordination in 1934, he became involved with labor unions, often acting as an arbitrator. He was a leader in resisting the influence of the Communists in labor unions in the 1930s and 1940s. Partially in response to the Communist effort to control organized labor, Father Rice aided in founding the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists; he also served as its chaplain.
In 1937 Rice founded St. Joseph's House of Hospitality, giving shelter and food to homeless men in the Hill District of Pittsburgh. Labor, Communism, and St. Joseph's House were frequent topics on his weekly radio program which aired from 1937 to 1969. He and two older clergy also organized the Catholic Radical Alliance, which later became an important adjunct of the Catholic Worker movement in America. During World War II, Father Rice was appointed local rent director of the Hill District.
In 1952 Father Rice received a pastorate appointment in Natrona and later Washington, Pa., but continued his interests in labor. He walked picket lines with countless unions, protested steel plant shutdowns in the 1980s, and joined The Pittsburgh Press strikers in 1992. Although long interested in civil rights, his appointment to the predominantly African American parish of Holy Rosary in Pittsburgh's Homewood section kindled greater interest in the cause. He later became a critic of the Vietnam War. In his seven decades as a priest, Rice was pastor of numerous churches, including St. Joseph's in Natrona, Immaculate Conception in Washington, Pa., Holy Rosary in Homewood, and St. Ann's in Castle Shannon, Pa.
Father Rice passed away in 2005.
The Charles Owen Rice Papers include correspondence, subject files, transcripts of Rice's radio broadcasts, manuscripts of published and unpublished writings, arbitration case files, family papers, audio tapes, photographs, and a copy of the film Humble Greatness: The Life of Philip Murray, which he narrated. The collection also includes material relating to labor, labor associations, organizations, and societies, the labor union movement, industrial unionism, strikes, politics and government, social welfare, civil rights, prison reform, the peace movement, Vietnam War protests, draft resistance, Communism, Communist leadership, Communist influence in the labor movement, anticommunism, Association of Catholic Trade Unionists and the Pittsburgh Chapter, Catholic Radical Alliance of Pittsburgh, St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (Pittsburgh), Steel Workers Organizing Committee, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, and Philip Murray.
Individual Prisoners' Case Files, Correspondence, and other prisoner information from the Prison Society of Southwest Pennsylvania (Boxes 14-16) are closed until the prisoner's death, unless written permission is provided by the prisoner.
Additional material was donated by Charles McCollester and Geraldine A. Mullooly in August 2006. In July 2011 Steve Rosswurm donated the files he obtained in 2009 as a result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request pertaining to FBI files.
Gift of Monsignor Charles Owen Rice in 1976 and 1989.
This collection was processed by Archives Service Center Staff in the late 1970s.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Kate Colligan on October 12, 1999 and Dan Horvath on May 25, 2004. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID Number: 1384010.
The additional material donated in 2006 was inventoried and weeded down by an intern. The collection was reprocessed to include the added material by Ashley Taylor in October 2009.
Association of Catholic Trade Unionists. Pittsburgh Chapter.
Association of Catholic Trade Unionists.
Series I consists of a subject file that was created and used by Father Rice for the greater part of his career. Personal names, events and organizations are located within these files. This series contains articles, newsclippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and reports and are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series II consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence for the years 1932 through 2004. The correspondence is divided into two subseries. The first is arranged chronologically by year, and the second is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series III contains notes, drafts, and outlines for Father Rice's radio show and other broadcasts of sermons and lectures. This series is divided into two subseries. The first is arranged chronologically by year, and the second is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series IV contains materials relating to arbitration cases that Father Rice was involved with including cases with Teamsters, Laundy Workers, and Steelworkers. This series is divided into two subseries. The first is arranged alphabetically by subject, and the second is arranged chronologically by year.
Series V contains materials relating to files kept by the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh field office on Father Rice and his activities, both in the labor and the civil rights movements. The series was split into two subseries in July 2011 with the addition of material obtained from researchers.
This subseries contains copies of files maintained by the FBI regarding Father Rice that were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in 1977. These files were kept in Father Rice's office and were arranged chronologically. Also present is correspondence between Father Rice and the FBI regarding his FOIA request.
This subseries, created in July 2011, contains FBI files regarding Father Rice which were obtained by researcher Steve Rosswurm in 2009. These files include portions that were omitted from the records obtained by Father Rice's 1977 FOIA request. Also, these files have been maintained in their original order, reflecting the origin of the records as either the FBI headquarters or Pittsburgh field office.
Series VI contains materials related to Father Rice's time as Pastor of the Holy Rosary School in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh. Rice took over the school in 1966, and by 1968, he had developed a new program that he believed suited the community's children better. The program consisted of non-traditional approaches to Catholic school education where the principal was not catholic, the students did not have to wear uniforms, and there was a general sense of independence for the students. This series contains funding proposals, newsclippings, yearbooks, and letters to Father Rice from school children (1969-1974).
Series VII contains manuscripts, articles, pamphlets, book reviews, sermons, and newspaper columns from the Pittsburgh Catholic. This series is divided into two subseries. The first is a collection of general manuscripts and publications, arranged alphabetically by subject. The second is material relating to Rice's Pittsburgh Catholic column, and is arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.
Series VIII contains material that Father Rice compiled to construct his autobiography. The series includes drafts of his autobiography, as well as material he used for reference. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series IX contains biographical materials written about Father Rice, primarily Charles McCollester's Fighter With a Heart and Patrick J. McGeever's Apostle of Contradiction. It includes drafts of and correspondence regarding these publications, as well as various newspaper articles about Rice. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series X contains material on Father Rice's family, most notably correspondence with his brother Patrick Rice. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
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Parenthesis came into being as Central Berkshire Parents' Choir in 1992. We are now an informal group of over 50 singers, who enjoy a wide range of music styles from jazz to oratorio.
We welcome singers of all levels of experience, and we do not require an audition. Some of our members are really good musicians, others have not sung since their school days.
Not everyone can sight read, and we run occasional workshops to build confidence and musical skills. We reckon we are the friendliest choir around and we run a range of social activities throughout the year, though with no compulsion to join in!
Our musical director
James Dixon was appointed Music Director of Parenthesis Choir, Reading in September 2020. James moved to the UK in 2012 from Sydney to study choral conducting at the Royal Academy of Music. Since then he has worked as a conductor, singer and teacher/lecturer in the UK, Europe, Singapore and Australia.
James is presently Director of Music at St Francis of Assisi
Church, Notting Hill, Musical Director of St Cecilia Chorus, Banstead, Opus XVI Chamber Choir, Streatham, the Brighton Consort and the Byrd Consort, Leura-Australia. He is also the Curriculum Music Teacher and Choir Master at St Joseph's RC Primary School, Bermondsey as part of Southwark Music Services's School Partnership Programme.
our twin choir
Since 2003 we have been visiting and welcoming a large choir from a small village in the French Alps, La Stephanelle from St Etienne de Crossey. We have got into the habit of singing together every other year, either in England or in France.
Our accompanist
Martin Jones has been our accompanist for over twenty years. His skills as an accompanist are wonderful, in concert and in rehearsal. He is, from time to time, a soloist in concerts for us, and he has composed several pieces for us to sing.
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Our thriving choir is always keen to welcome new members. We are a friendly bunch, who love to sing, socialise and generally have a good time. We also enjoy visiting our friends in the French Alps, La Stephanelle, and making Music together.
So if you think this sounds like the place for you do get in touch.
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When writing the 1st Amendment to the Constitution, one area of speech the Founders were specifically interested in protecting was that of a free press. They saw the press as a sort of fourth branch of government, one that would keep the "checks and balances" of the other three branches honest.
However, over time the same press that was given protection has eroded into a propaganda machine driven by money and political agendas of those who own the media outlets. They have crawled into bed with the very entities they are to keep in "check" and bust out if corrupted.
As such is the Mainstream Media today and one the American people no longer trust, and rightfully so given what is being exposed in recent years.
The "deal" is for a computing cloud developed by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also just happens AWS services all 17 agencies within the US intelligence community.
An unholy alliance in which Bezos stands to gain many more millions by pacifying and working with the CIA through his publication The Washington Post. "Leaks" and "information" Bezos will publish without question, without proper verification and journalistic sourcing.
The CIA will now have its own propaganda publication to do whatever it likes in misinforming and manipulating the American people and the voters.
Vital information intentionally withheld from the American people, as Bezos uses the Post to forge pocket lining government contracts while promoting his own personal political agenda.
Is this lack of reporting of the Bezos/CIA partnership by the MSM the result of massive incompetency? Or a very well organized cover up within the MSM inner circle of four or five elitists who now own six companies that control over 90 percent of MSM outlets?
The same outlets which through diverse company divisions own every television station and newspaper in this country with the exception of very small, weekly community publications and certain Christian networks. Even many of those community weeklies have been scooped up by larger publication divisions.
Are we connecting the dots at each cross section of intertwining strings holding together this corrupt spider web? A vast interlocking network designed to lure and trap average American citizens into its carefully woven web of manipulation and deceit.
The Washington Post is the most widely known and respected news outlet in the world, reaching more people than any other publication including the NY Times. It has always been the standard in which journalistic ethics are established and adhered to by other publications. It sets the example to be followed by the everyday journalists out there on the beat trying to do their jobs.
By utilizing the internet and social media, the Post has literally millions of subscribers and followers reading and watching online video on a daily basis. It is the media center of the nation's capital and the eye of the DC political belt.
"The Post is unquestionably the political paper of record in the United States, and how it covers governance sets the agenda for the balance of the news media," journalism scholar Robert W. McChesney revealed to Altenet.org in a December investigative article.
"Citizens need to know about this conflict of interest in the columns of the Post itself," he added.
If this alliance between the CIA and Bezos isn't illegal, then it is certainly unethical and displays a huge conflict of interest while also exposing the corruption existing within the MSM. The main sources of news and information Americans sought and believed, until the rise of alternative media outlets.
Alternative sources of information the MSM bash and attempt daily to discredit as "fake news," when "fake," misleading and sometimes right out lies being spread across social media come out of the MSM and pseudo extremist left-wing sites erected simply to misinform and confuse the American voter.
Many Facebook pages and websites that have "popped" up over the past several years whose resources and money are being funded by George Soros's well oiled "Media Matters" machine. Just one of many "nonprofit" organizations extending from his Open Society Foundation.
Soros also has imbedded ties to many MSM outlets including The New York Times, the Associated Press, NBC and ABC and here it is again, the Washington Post. Readers are urgently encouraged to research Soros, his history and his worldwide organizations.
So how is at a time government should be pinching pennies due to the increasing national debt, the CIA passed over lower bidders for the contracted services?
The answer tracks back to the infamous blocking of the WikiLeaks website by Bezos's company Amazon Web Services (AWS), a service Bezos personally and publicly brags is the most advanced and best high-tech "cloud" infrastructure on the market.
"WikiLeaks was booted from Amazon's webhosting service AWS. So, at the height of public interest in what WikiLeaks was publishing, readers were unable to access the WikiLeaks website," reported watchdog group Fair in 2013.
So why did AWS give WikiLeaks the boot? Most likely at the bequest of the CIA, whom Bezos has been doing business with since 2013 when the $600 million contract was awarded to AWS. Bezos also has close ties to the Clintons and backed Hillary in her failed run for the presidency, both in the 2008 primary campaign and in 2016 as the Democrat nominee.
Bezos also publicly voices open contempt for President Trump, and his policies. He recently was behind the Washington challenge to Trump's 90-day immigration ban and threatened suit himself in an email to his employees, as was reported on this site.
Bezos, without any reference to stock holders input or lack of agreement, said he will put the full resources at Amazon to defeat the policy and implied his mission of taking down President Trump.
Bezos led the charge against General Flynn using his solely owned Washington Post.
It was Bezos's Washington Post that first leaked documents and led the charge to discredit Trump's national security advisor cabinet pick. General Michael Flynn was forced to resign due to the unverified information touted in the "leaks." Flynn was cleared by the FBI of any wrongdoing in those leaks. But the damage was already done.
In recent days, it has been revealed the CIA has full intention of attempting a coup to remove Trump from office, even though "The Donald" was democratically elected by American voters in a free election.
And it appears in the CIA is in conspiracy with Bezos's plan to use the Washington Post to achieve a mutual goal: to disrupt and destroy President Trump and his administration. A goal that has no regard or concern for national security or the safety and well-being of American citizens.
Could Trump be impeached? Of is he in danger of befalling the same fate as President Kennedy? Being a previous "anti-establishment" president, Kennedy sought to disengage from the Vietnam conflict and dissolve the Federal Reserve, but was assassinated.
Actions that directly impacted the CIA and wealthy elitists.


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At least 20 people were killed on Spain's roads last year after getting out of their vehicles and then being run over. Of the 303 people who lost their lives on motorways in 2018, around a fifth were on foot.
The country's traffic authority, Tráfico, says many of the victims were trying to set up the obligatory red warning triangles when they were hit, and as a result plans are underway to phase out the devices.
At present, it is compulsory to carry two of the triangles in every car and these should be set up on the road, 50 metres behind and ahead of the vehicle, to warn oncoming drivers of an unexpected hazard. On a motorway, only one triangle is required, placed 50 metres behind the vehicle, but Tráfico says these rules should be applied "flexibly and in keeping with the circumstances of the accident or breakdown."
The authority says it is preparing a new draft of traffic regulations which will include advice on what to do in the event of such an incident. It says this will bridge the gap whilst an alternative warning system is developed and hopes that this will be in place by 2025. Under consideration is a form of flashing light, although Tráfico has not yet confirmed how this would work.
Tráfico has also announced that a package of road safety measures previously announced will not be implemented until after the General Election on April 28. These include harsher penalties for using mobile phones while driving, increased penalties for speeding and changes to the driving test.
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Govt of India must see who are giving shelter to Zakir Naik in abroad?
Has Dr Zakir Naik been given Permanent Residentship in Malaysia? Say yes or no, Hindraf tells Malaysian Home Minister.
TMT News | Kuala Lumpur | Dec 26, 2016:: Hindraf Chairman P. Waytha Moorthy has demanded that Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi should come clean if the government has indeed given controversial Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik permanent residency status in Malaysia.
"We insist on the Home Minister confirming if Zakir Naik was given permanent resident status or not.
"Deputy Home Minister (Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed) came out with a statement denying to the Indian government that Malaysia has not given Zakir Naik citizenship.
"That is not the questions we asked, what we want to know if he has been given permanent resident status," Waytha told The Malaysian Times (TMT).
Waytha added that based on the Indian media reports, they have found Zakir Naik to be a "threat" to the national security.
"If the Indians themselves feeling this about their own Indian citizen, why is Malaysia so adamant to protect him when he is a clear threat to Malaysian national security?" Waytha asked.
Wayta was referring to a report by Hindustan Times in India, which reported that Zakir had been allegedly given Malaysian citizenship and was hiding in the country after Indian authorities banned his Islamic Research Foundation (IRF).
The report also claimed that Zakir Naik now holds dual Indian-Malaysian citizenship, where a representative of the latter allegedly had said that the Malaysian citizenship was offered as a package deal to the Muslim preacher when he was awarded the Tokoh Maal Hijrah award back in 2013.
In April this year, the state of Terengganu offered Dr Zakir, whom is banned in several other countries, three islands for the preacher to open a branch for IRF and a religious school as well.
According to the Gazette of India, an authorized legal document of Government of India, the Islamic Research Foundation's (IRF) members, particularly, its founder and president Dr Zakir Naik, have been encouraging and aiding its followers to promote or attempt to promote, on grounds of religion, disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will between different religious communities and groups.
"AND WHEREAS, the Central Government, having regard to the above circumstances, is of the firm opinion that it is necessary to declare the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) as an unlawful association with immediate effect.
"AND WHEREAS, the Central Government, having regard to the above circumstances, is of the opinion that it is necessary to declare the Islamic Research Foundation as an unlawful association with immediate effect; and accordingly, in exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the Central Government hereby directs that this notification shall, subject to any order that may be made under section 4 of the said Act, have effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette," read the Gazette.
GOVT OF INDIA MUST SEE WHO ARE GIVING SHELTER TO TERROR MENTOR DR ZAKIR NAIK IN ABROAD AFTER THE BAN IMPOSED ON HIS ISLAMIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION (IRF)? ~ Upananda Brahmachari, Ed. Hindu Existence.
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  id<JavaUtilComparator> comparator_;
  id pivot_;
}

@end

J2OBJC_FIELD_SETTER(OrgApacheLuceneUtilArrayIntroSorter, arr_, IOSObjectArray *)
J2OBJC_FIELD_SETTER(OrgApacheLuceneUtilArrayIntroSorter, comparator_, id<JavaUtilComparator>)
J2OBJC_FIELD_SETTER(OrgApacheLuceneUtilArrayIntroSorter, pivot_, id)

@implementation OrgApacheLuceneUtilArrayIntroSorter

- (instancetype)initPackagePrivateWithNSObjectArray:(IOSObjectArray *)arr
                             withJavaUtilComparator:(id<JavaUtilComparator>)comparator {
  OrgApacheLuceneUtilArrayIntroSorter_initPackagePrivateWithNSObjectArray_withJavaUtilComparator_(self, arr, comparator);
  return self;
}

- (jint)compareWithInt:(jint)i
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}

- (void)swapWithInt:(jint)i
            withInt:(jint)j {
  OrgApacheLuceneUtilArrayUtil_swapWithNSObjectArray_withInt_withInt_(arr_, i, j);
}

- (void)setPivotWithInt:(jint)i {
  JreStrongAssign(&pivot_, IOSObjectArray_Get(nil_chk(arr_), i));
}

- (jint)comparePivotWithInt:(jint)i {
  return [((id<JavaUtilComparator>) nil_chk(comparator_)) compareWithId:pivot_ withId:IOSObjectArray_Get(nil_chk(arr_), i)];
}

- (void)dealloc {
  RELEASE_(arr_);
  RELEASE_(comparator_);
  RELEASE_(pivot_);
  [super dealloc];
}

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  };
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  OrgApacheLuceneUtilIntroSorter_init(self);
  JreStrongAssign(&self->arr_, arr);
  JreStrongAssign(&self->comparator_, comparator);
  JreStrongAssign(&self->pivot_, nil);
}

OrgApacheLuceneUtilArrayIntroSorter *new_OrgApacheLuceneUtilArrayIntroSorter_initPackagePrivateWithNSObjectArray_withJavaUtilComparator_(IOSObjectArray *arr, id<JavaUtilComparator> comparator) {
  J2OBJC_NEW_IMPL(OrgApacheLuceneUtilArrayIntroSorter, initPackagePrivateWithNSObjectArray_withJavaUtilComparator_, arr, comparator)
}

OrgApacheLuceneUtilArrayIntroSorter *create_OrgApacheLuceneUtilArrayIntroSorter_initPackagePrivateWithNSObjectArray_withJavaUtilComparator_(IOSObjectArray *arr, id<JavaUtilComparator> comparator) {
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}

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OCTOBER 2020 Writing Update #2: My Bookish Life of Nocturnal Monsters
Zane's breaths quicken as he finds the angel standing across from him, his dark face eerily lit, his eyes turned into empty white orbs that appear to stare right through him.
"Inside this ring of fire," he whispers, "I will see all of you."
— KISSING SECRETS (Kissing Monsters 7) —
Hi there, Monster Kissers! 🧡
We're already halfway October; can you believe it? Halloween is crawling closer, days are growing shorter, and temperatures are dropping — already it's the time of year to curl up on the couch at night wrapped in a blanket! Although I love lazy summer days and don't mind warmer temperatures, I have been looking forward to these times and am enjoying it 😉
Time for a quick update to catch you up on the last couple of weeks' developments!
• Behind the scenes: turning manuscripts into actual books!
For the past week and a half I have been working with my awesome designer Kimberly Jolanda (who also happens to do my book covers… and to be my sister!) on turning several of my manuscripts into actual books, preparing them for their October, November and December releases.
We've been working super hard — and fast! The work flow has been amazing and it was lots of fun 😀 Only after two days, we'd already finished the ebook and paperback edition of The Nocturne Files, which is book 2.5 in the Insomnia Saga and will release on October 27th.
After that, we powered through and made the ebook of KISSING GHOSTS (Kissing Monsters 4, which will release on November 17th) and spent several days working on the very first Kissing Monsters Collection; a paperback that will include books 1 to 4. It's planned to be released in December; I'll do an official release date announcement next month in November 🙂
It was so amazing to see the Kissing Monsters books come to life in a "real" book! Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love ebooks and don't think less of them, but to be able to hold a physical copy of your own book in your hands, to see the words printed on paper instead of on a computer screen or on your ereader… that's just pure magic ❤❤
• Daily life; crazy world
Although I am really enjoying life at the moment and feeling very optimistic, in the outside world things are being less… great. While it almost feels like everything is going on as normal as everyone seems to pretend it is, the pandemic is still a thing and the virus is still haunting our world.
The same goes for my country, the Netherlands. The number of cases of infected rises every single day with dizzying speed. Last I've heard, we're already on 8.700 a day — which is very alarming, looking at the fact that it's practically the smallest country on earth.
For this reason, last week we went into a "partial lockdown". And I don't want to come across as negative or hysterical, but I'm kind of expecting we'll be going into full lockdown pretty soon, because at this point, it hasn't stopped the increase in victims at all.
In all honesty, it won't make much of a difference to me. I've been living in preventive quarantine since March. I haven't gone out to the cinema or a museum even once; I don't even go out for walks or runs, which I miss the most of all, but I just don't believe the risk is worth it. My family's and my own health is too important; and hey, now that the holiday season is near, it's actually kind of cozy to be inside all the time 😉
All right, this is it for now! While staying indoors, I'm working hard on future book releases and there are many more to come! 😀 As I'm about to finish up the release preparations in the following days, I can go back to my writing next week. I'm glad for it; not being able to write for a while tends to make me feel all fidgety and even slightly agitated — no matter how much I enjoy the process of designing ebooks and paperbacks! I've already made a schedule for November; I'll be doing some editing, but I've also planned a couple of weeks in which I can write full-time on KISSING SECRETS, book 7 of the Kissing Monsters series.
And then, December: as it's holiday month, I've decided to treat myself to an entire month of full-time writing, as I won't have to edit a thing! Already looking forward to it~ ❤
NEW RELEASE | OUT NOW: KISSING SHADOWS (Kissing Monsters 2)
"Come home with me."
At that, Kiss tilts her head back to look at him, startled.
Zane gazes back at her—and there it is again, that rawness from those days they spent together, that honesty, that realness that was never part of the game they were playing back then.
Their emotions, at least, had been true.
But she has changed.
Hello there, shadow darlings! ?
It is finally there; the anticipated sequel to KISSING MONSTERS (Dark Fantasy Romance), which released earlier this year on Valentine's Day. In KISSING SHADOWS the story of Kiss and Zane continues; they found love, but shadows are gathering, threatening to tear them apart as they both have to face impossible choices.
KISSING SHADOWS is available on Amazon worldwide in eBook edition; get it here for $0.99!
Watch the official book trailer:
• KISSING SHADOWS (Kissing Monsters #2)
Kiss has left.
Zane thought he would no longer know loneliness—but he was wrong, and now he roams the earth kissing monsters into angels. Being a Gifted One, humans no longer recoil from him but instead are drawn to him like moths to a flame, begging for a touch of his lips; yet with every touch, all that he's kissing are shadows.
He wants Kiss back. He craves her love.
As he discovers the truth about her, Zane sets out to find a way to tame the beast in her heart, so he can once again claim her kisses—without turning her into an angel.
Yet as both monsters and angels try to come between them,
Zane and Kiss have to make a choice:
To give up on each other. Or to fight instead.
I actually wrote KISSING SHADOWS about a month after releasing KISSING MONSTERS — to be honest, I've written it during the first week my country officially went into lock-down because of COVID-19. Feeling anxious and having a little bit of trouble concentrating on tasks that first week, I was so glad to have this project to focus on. Writing KISSING SHADOWS has been nothing but sheer fun, and I hope you'll experience the same reading it ?
Thank you so much for reading, and don't forget — book 3, KISSING SCARLET, will release September 29th this year! 😉
Feel free to drop me a line anytime; on my blog, on social media, through email; I always love hearing from my readers ❤ Also, I'd appreciate it if you'd consider adding the book to your Goodreads!
Again, thank you — and enjoy the rest of your summer!
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JULY 2020 Writing Update: Strange Summer Holidays Part 1 + Kissing Lots of Monsters
July was my first "summer holiday" month, and, well… things were a bit different than usual.
Normally I'd go out, visit my city's botanical gardens a few times, maybe go to a museum, the cinema, or to the nearby park where I'd sit down in the grass with a book and a snack to eat. Not all that exciting, I know, but those activities are what make the summer feel like summer to me.
Yet with the world's current circumstances, things are bound to be different this year. I'm indoors all the time—really, the balcony is starting to feel exotic—, which actually makes it harder for me to break with my usual routines and work. Next to that, my inspiration keeps on flowing (I don't think it has even stopped for a day this year; no writers block for me) and new book series ideas keep rushing into my head.
But do I mind? Let's find out…
• Writing: KISSING GHOSTS
Let's face it, writing my books doesn't feel like "work" to me at all. I just love it, the entire process is somehow addictive to me—drafting the plot outline, then writing the chapters in detail and seeing the scenes and characters come to life… It's awesome ❤
So I guess it's no surprise I simply resumed writing this month. As the title suggests, I continued working on the Kissing Monsters series, and so I've written book 4, KISSING GHOSTS.
Since book 2 still has to be released, I can't tell you guys anything about it, but let's just say that book 4 was exciting to write! 😉 There were some developments in the story that even managed to surprise me (HENCE THE MAGIC OF THE WRITING PROCESS!!), and the story line allowed me to discover even more of the world I've created for the series. Also, Kiss's character makes a massive development that will influence the rest of the books, making me excited to find out what more I'll also discover about Zane and the other characters 😀
I can't say too much yet, but you can expect the release of KISSING GHOSTS somewhere near the end of 2020… ?
• New book trailer premiere: KISSING MONSTERS
Yes! Indeed! Yesterday the official book trailer for KISSING MONSTERS finally went online, kick-starting the continuation of the series.
Honestly, as the author, just watching the trailer makes my heart pound:
More Kissing Monsters trailers will be published alongside the future book releases, so stay tuned! If you'd like, please subscribe to my YouTube channel if you haven't already so you won't miss a single trailer~
• Writing some more: KISSING NIGHTMARES
After finishing book 4, it's hard for me to stop. My mind already started shifting the puzzle pieces for the next book into place and I actually finished the plot outline for KISSING NIGHTMARES, book 5, a couple of days ago. I began writing the actual manuscript yesterday!
It's going well, and I'm actually wondering how soon I'll be finishing this series, since it'll be 8 books in total…
Well, you do the math 😉
• And… relaxation?
To be honest, writing could very well be the ultimate form of relaxation to me (lol), but yes, since it's the summer holidays, I have also given myself some time to do other things.
For example, I've been binge-reading for a bit! I actually feel like I haven't read enough at all this year, too busy with writing books instead, and I really started to miss it. So, on that note, I sat down last week and read for three full days—I was reading House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas, which is the first book in her brand-new adult fantasy Crescent City series, and it was AMAZING.
Currently I'm reading Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan, which I'm also enjoying immensely. It's a relief, really, to be able to read for long periods of time again. This way it takes me no longer than a week to read a book, instead of three 😉
To share my love for reading, I've started a new photo series online (on Instagram, for example~) called "Lynn's Reading Corner", in which I share my current reads. I'm actually working to add more of a personal touch to my social media appearance. which I hope you can appreciate 🙂 Just so, you know, you get more of an idea of "the person behind the author". Even though most of my life revolves around my writing, I do have other activities 😛
Also, I've been playing some video games—at the start of July I ordered Pokémon Shield for the Switch (twenty years later and the games still manage to steal my heart; they're SO much fun ❤), and a couple of weeks ago my dad actually bought Ghost of Tsushima, which we've been playing together ever since; the graphics are amazing and the gameplay is really great; the combat dynamics are so smooth and effective. Loving it 😀
Meanwhile, I keep getting new ideas. I actually have 9 different book series I want to work on. Two of them are the Kissing Monsters series and the Insomnia Saga, so at least I'm working on some of them, but it's a struggle not to give in and take on another project! x"D COME ON, LYNN. CONTROL YOURSELF.
Well, this writing update has become longer than I expected! Guess I had more to tell you guys than I initially thought.
The summer is strange, though not necessarily bad; I'm genuinely enjoying the things I can do while living in preventive quarantine… and hey, all this actually gives me more time to write, which I consider a very good thing for my mental health, because I have so many ideas my head feels like on the verge of exploding some days 😛 (Let's hope it won't, though.)
What is your summer like?
COMING UP NEXT MONTH: On August 18th we'll be celebrating the release of KISSING SHADOWS, the sequel to KISSING MONSTERS! It won't be long now… 😀
KISSING MONSTERS & INSOMNIA SAGA: Official Release Date Announcements and Cover Reveals
Hey there, my shadow darlings! ?
In this post I'll be sharing the official release dates as well as the covers for not one, not two, not three, but FOUR new titles!
OMG! FOR REAL?!
Yes. For real.
Two of them are new Insomnia Saga titles and the other two are brand new installments to the Kissing Monsters series. I'll list them here below for you in the order of publication ❤
Let's begin with…:
• KISSING SHADOWS (Kissing Monsters 2)
KISSING SHADOWS, the sequel to KISSING MONSTERS which released Valentine's Day this year, is releasing in ebook edition this summer!
You'll be able to buy the ebook for $0.99 on Amazon worldwide, and it will also be available through Kindle Unlimited.
KISSING SHADOWS releases in ebook August 18th, 2020
Pre-order KISSING SHADOWS on Amazon (ebook edition) ❤
• KISSING SCARLET (Kissing Monsters 3)
KISSING SCARLET is book 3 in the Kissing Monsters series, in which the story of Kiss and Zane continues… and even a brand new story line and character will be introduced. Love comes in all kinds of shapes — some sweet, some wicked…
KISSING SCARLET releases in ebook September 29th, 2020
Pre-order KISSING SCARLET on Amazon (ebook edition) ?
• The Nocturne Files (Insomnia Saga 2.5)
The Nocturne Files is the second short story collection to be released in the Insomnia Saga series, and will accompany the story lines of NOCTURNE (Insomnia Saga 2). It contains a novella and a short story written in dual perspectives, diving deeper into the past and lives of Nilisa Solovey and Alain Somnus.
You'll be able to buy the ebook edition for $1.99 on Amazon worldwide, and the ebook will also be available through Kindle Unlimited.
The Nocturne Files releases in ebook and paperback October 27th, 2020
Pre-order The Nocturne Files on Amazon (ebook edition) ?
• ORIGINS (Insomnia Saga 3)
ORIGINS is the third full length installment in the Insomnia Saga — Jodi and Kay return once again to battle the Nightprowlers. ORIGINS also introduces Damian's voice, featuring several chapters written from his perspective.
ORIGINS releases in ebook and paperback February 23rd, 2021
Pre-order ORIGINS on Amazon (ebook edition) ?
And that's it for now! There's a lot going on here behind the scenes, I'm working on MANY projects, and I'm so excited to release most of them so soon and share them with you!
I hope you are looking forward to these releases 🙂
If you have any questions, or just have something to say, please leave a message below! I love hearing from my readers ❤
JUNE 2020 Writing Update: NOCTURNE's book birthday + KISSING SHADOWS & SCARLET + my books on Kindle Unlimited + writeaholic
And here we are yet again: at the end of another month.
June has been very busy for me (though I think I keep telling you guys that about almost every month, don't I? xD), but it has been great and another month for me to look back at with a sense of satisfaction and excitement.
Let's dive right in, shall we? 😀
• Celebrating NOCTURNE's book birthday
This month I could finally celebrate the release of NOCTURNE, the second full-length installment in the Insomnia Saga, in which Jodi and Kay return and their story continues, picking up three months after the end of INSOMNIA!
The first half of June, however, my book designer and I were working hard to make the release actually possible, by creating the ebook edition as well as the paperback and book trailers. The process has been incredibly fun, even though at some point we had a bit of a setback regarding the paperback; there were some unexpected technical issues with the publisher, which is why—even though the book has already been officially released last week on June 23rd—I got my copy of the paperback in the mail only last weekend. It kind of disrupted our careful planning, but well; the book is here now, and once more, it is such a rush to be able to hold a physical copy of my own book in my hands ❤
If you haven't already, check out NOCTURNE's book trailer!:
• NOCTURNE is available on Amazon worldwide in paperback edition for $14.99
• NOCTURNE is available on Amazon worldwide in ebook edition for $3.99
+ NOCTURNE's ebook edition is also available through Kindle Unlimited!
• Developments on the Kissing Monsters series; it's growing!
As you might have read on my blog and social media, I'm also working on another series next to the Insomnia Saga.
Kissing Monsters is a Dark Fantasy Romance series (which, I repeat, heavily focuses on romance!❤), from which I released KISSING MONSTERS (book 1) earlier this year on Valentine's Day. It was supposed to remain a stand alone short story, but Kiss and Zane stole my heart and their story began to grow in rapid pace.
Which is why I can now announce that book 2, KISSING SHADOWS, is coming this summer in ebook edition only (just like book 1)!
Also, last week I finished writing book 3, which is entitled KISSING SCARLET… and will also be released this year 🙂
After some planning and looking at the developments in the story line, I've decided that the series will consist of 8 books total. All of them will be released in ebook only, but I'll also be releasing two paperback editions in which the first four and the last four books will be included—so for those of you who just love physical copies of books (like me!), they are coming!
I'll announce the official release dates for KISSING SHADOWS and KISSING SCARLET next week, so please, stay tuned! 😀
• Decisions to make as a Writer: my books now on Kindle Unlimited!
While working on the publication of NOCTURNE, I've also made a final decision about something I'd been thinking about for a while now.
I've decided to enroll all of my ebooks in KDP select.
This is a special program on Amazon, and enrolling in it now gives me the opportunity to offer my ebooks for free (for a limited amount of days every three months) on Amazon. Also, it automatically makes my books available through Kindle Unlimited, which allows readers to read as many books they want for—I believe—$9.99 a month; so readers who are subscribed to KU can now read my ebooks, and I'll receive royalties of sorts from Amazon for every page that has been read 🙂
Me enrolling my ebooks in KDP also means that my ebooks are, from now on, exclusively available on Amazon, and can no longer be found on sites such as Kobo and Barnes&Noble. At first I was convinced it was very important for me to be featured in all kinds of online bookstores, but after doing some research on the last five months or so, I realized that of all the books I'd sold, had all been sold through Amazon. Not a single one had been ordered through another store, and my readers and buyers have come from all over the world—from the United States to the Netherlands.
This made me realize my decision wouldn't be an inconvenience to my readers at all; and I believe the KDP program and Kindle Unlimited will certainly be able to help me grow in my career as an author ❤ I'm very excited about this, and weirdly enough, have already noticed a (careful) increase in sales in the past week. Coincidence? Don't know, but I'm not complaining, and I'll just see what the future brings as I'll release more new books 😉
• Writeaholic: I CANNOT STOP
It's true. I don't know what's happening to me the last few months, but I honestly can't seem to stop writing.
Sure, it has always been my passion, but the last few years (ever since I started publishing my books) I found myself wanting some time off whenever the summer came around, feeling tired and needing some time to find some fresh inspiration.
As always, I'm granting myself a summer break of sorts in July and August. My holiday starts next week, and although I do plan to make some time to get some more reading and video gaming done (and perhaps even a bit of drawing for the fun of it)… I don't think I'll be able to take a true break off writing.
I just don't feel like it.
The only change, however, is that I'll be living on a slower pace (not getting up as early as usual!) and that I won't have to do any editing on manuscripts. All I can focus on the next two months is writing, which, let's be honest, is my most favorite part of the entire writing process 😉
So. Yep. I'm an official writeaholic (even though my spelling check keeps arguing with me that isn't a word), and one of the projects I'm excited to work on in July will be the fourth installment to the Kissing Monsters series!
Well, I guess this was a fine update on June 2020! The world has gone insane around me. The government is already easing up on restrictions. But really, I am staying indoors this summer to keep my family and myself safe (no matter what some people claim, the virus "not being so dangerous" and all), and I'm convinced I'll have the best of fun writing and simply enjoying my time off 🙂
I hope you'll all have a great summer too, despite our current circumstances, and that you'll remain safe and healthy.
• Don't forget: I'll be announcing official Insomnia Saga and Kissing Monsters release dates next week, so stay tuned! There is a summer release among those…
NEW RELEASE | OUT NOW: NOCTURNE (Insomnia Saga 2) + The Insomnia Files paperback edition
I have changed.
Castle Insomnia has broken something deep inside of me.
"Jodi," I can still hear her drawl, "my precious, little Sleepwalker."
Jodi Collins and Kay Somnus return
Hey there! Indeed, Jodi Collins and Kay Somnus return in today's anticipated release: NOCTURNE, the second full-length installment to the Insomnia Saga, in which the story continues three months after the events of INSOMNIA.
• NOCTURNE (Insomnia Saga #2)
Jodi Collins and Kay Somnus return.
Three months ago, they defeated the strongest Nightprowler the world had ever seen; three months ago, they were accused of conspiring with Annabelle, and had to run for their lives; three months ago, they decided to raise their own army: Insomnia.
Jodi and Kay, still living in hiding, secretly travel from city to city to exorcise Nightprowlers and spread the name of Insomnia. Their army is growing, but so is the hatred towards Sleepwalkers—new laws have been passed, rights have been stolen, and the world is becoming a divided place.
But Jodi has changed. While fighting them, she fears the demons of the Night in a way she never did before, and she might be on the verge of losing the only weapon she has: her Light.
Meanwhile, both Kay's family and his own dark past catch up to him, forcing him to fight the hardest battle he has ever fought in his life: opening up to those around him, while he knows a piece of the Night is still clinging to his soul.
With the arrival of the mysterious but violent Soulless Army, Jodi starts to believe Annabelle might very well be alive—and as the world grows darker, enemies gather, and Jodi's and Kay's paths divide, any-thing seems possible.
Jodi will have to fight for her Light, Kay will have to save her, and together they will have to accept they are both soldiers in an inevitable war.
They might have defeated Annabelle.
But the fight is far from over.
Writing NOCTURNE has been intense, and the book has gone through many changes; as some of you probably know, I actually started writing the Insomnia Saga books in Dutch, and at first I had planned to write only two books since it was supposed to be a duology.
The story kept on evolving in my head, however, the characters began to grow and turned out to have many more sides to them and secrets that had to be unraveled, and I soon realized I simply couldn't fit all of this into just two books — which was why I began writing the second book time and time again, until I finally realized what I had to do:
If I wanted to do this story and my characters any justice, I had to add more books to this series 😉
After that decision, I began working on book 2 once more — and this time, everything just flowed. And that has resulted in the book I'm releasing today: NOCTURNE.
As I said, writing NOCTURNE has been an intense experience, not just because I had to start over several times, but also because it felt a bit darker than INSOMNIA and because I got to know Jodi and Kay a whole lot better… and discovered some painful moments in their pasts, yet also in their present life: as the blurb says, Jodi has changed, and I could truly feel her struggling with that while writing.
I sincerely hope you, my readers, can feel it too — and will keep on rooting for her along the way 🙂
• The Insomnia Files (Insomnia Saga 1.5) paperback release OUT NOW
As I released the Insomnia Saga's first short story collection back in April, entitled The Insomnia Files, COVID-19 had just broken out all across the world a few weeks prior. We all experienced a certain amount of anxiety — and, well, so did I, which made me feel a little uncomfortable ordering physical copies of books, etc., online. Which was why I postponed the release of The Insomnia Files' paperback.
In hindsight, I might've been a bit (well, VERY) overly cautious and let my anxiety talk a bit too loudly — I apologize for that! ^^"
However, to make it up, I'm releasing The Insomnia Files in paperback today! It's available on Amazon worldwide 🙂
• You can order your copy here for $8.99!
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APRIL 2020 Writing Update: Another INSOMNIA SAGA release, writing ORIGINS & indoors living awesomeness
Hey there, Sleepwalkers!
How are you all doing? How is your quarantine life going? Whenever I'm on social media (which is at least a few times a day, haha), I see so many different people and reactions. Some are terribly anxious and struggling to get anything done, others are angry and frustrated because they can't go outside, and then there are those who truly seem to enjoy themselves at home and are even improving their lifestyle.
I'm one of the latter, actually — to be honest, being a writer and a rather "indoorsy" person, not much has changed for me, except for the fact that I can't go outside for my runs and walks, which is a shame really, because I enjoy being outside and feel the sun on my skin. However, the mere thought of catching this virus is enough to keep me indoors. I know that I tend to add horror elements to my books, but that doesn't mean I want to experience something horrific either, y'know? 😉
But how am I improving my lifestyle and how is this affecting my writing? I'll tell you all about it in this April Writing Update:
• NEW RELEASE: The Insomnia Files (Insomnia Saga 1.5)
This month kicked off with a great start — on April 7th I released the second installment of the Insomnia Saga: The Insomnia Files, a short story collection that allows the reader to dive deeper into the Insomnia Saga's universe, world-building, and the characters' lives and histories.
The Insomnia Files includes three short stories about Jodi, Kay, and Alain Somnus — the third a key-character introduced during the last few chapters of INSOMNIA. Not much information is given about him in the book, but this short story will certainly explain a few things about Alain 😉
If you'd like to find out more, check out the RELEASE BLOG POST or visit the official INSOMNIA SAGA page ?
• ORIGINS: writing book 3
Ooh yes, you read that right! This month I began working on ORIGINS, book three in the Insomnia Saga 🙂
I wrote the plot outline for the first half of the book back in March, but had been wanting to work on this project since December — ever since I finished writing book 2, NOCTURNE, actually 😀 So when I finally began writing ORIGINS this month, I didn't hold back at all and wrote like hell.
I even started adapting a new writing "technique", so to speak: I keep on writing without reading anything I wrote. Yep. Even when I sit down again the next morning, I don't even bother reading what I've written the previous day. After all, it's not like I've forgotten what I wrote, now did I? 😉
No, in all seriousness, this saves an incredible amount of time and really ups my productivity. During the first couple of weeks, I think I wrote about 3 chapters a day. I'm on 2 now, because I've started editing a manuscript in the mornings (more about that below!), but it still works really well for me.
Which is why I've already written the first 254 pages of ORIGINS — which also happens to mean that the first two parts of the book are finished. Whenever I finish an entire part, I do take the time to read back what I wrote, though!
Anyway, only three more parts to go; and since these last three parts aren't going to be that much work (I think; it's pretty straightforward), I wonder whether I'll manage to finish the book in May… Who knows, right? It would be cool, because that means I have some time before the publication of NOCTURNE (Insomnia Saga 2; coming June 23rd!) to work on some smaller projects ?
I'll be spending the rest of this week writing the plot outline for the remaining 3 parts of ORIGINS ?
• NOCTURNE: editing book 2
Last week I began editing the second full-length installment in the Insomnia Saga, NOCTURNE, after working through the amazing notes I got from my beta readers, who have been reading the manuscript during February/March.
I'm actually really enjoying the editing process! To be honest, I was kind of dreading it at first — not because I hate revisions that much, but because I was worried it would cut down my productivity/speed while working on ORIGINS. But I've kind of been living by schedules since last week, and it truly helps; editing goes smoothly because I'm breaking it apart in smaller portions (this keeps me focused), and writing still goes well because I have plenty of time left for it.
So, all is going well; I'm really looking forward to NOCTURNE's release in June! By the way, in May I'll be sharing a really cool teaser trailer for the book, so if you haven't subscribed to my YouTube channel already, please do!
• High productivity and improved lifestyle
Like I said, because of everything that's going on with COVID-19 and being forced to stay indoors constantly, I have made some (minor) changes to my lifestyle. Minor, yes, yet I feel they're having a huge impact on me — in a very positive way, that is ❤
Usually I'm not one for living by schedules. I think it actually sounds rather neurotic. AND YET. Because I wanted to keep my productivity high while writing ORIGINS and I had to start editing NOCTURNE, I decided to give it a try.
And I'm loving it.
Next to bookish things, I'm also scheduling my workouts. I used to go out for runs and walks, mostly in the mornings, but ever since I can't, I caught myself slacking off a bit. I still did my indoor workouts in the evenings (I already did those before all this), but my "daylight training" (for a lack of a better description, haha) was kind of non-existent… and I didn't like that, because my health is important to me, and I actually LOVE working out. On top of that, I always notice that working out regularly not only makes me stronger physically but mentally as well; it makes me feel fit and alert and focused, which increases my productivity in, yes, writing!
I've been sharing my schedules for fun in my Instagram stories, but to give you an idea, here's what yesterday's looked like:
— edit 15 pages of NOCTURNE
— work on plot outline ORIGINS
…Well. That looks rather nice, doesn't it? ?
It's also really satisfying to check off those boxes — it makes me feel productive and pretty dynamic actually 😀
However, like I said at the beginning, not that much has changed for me. I'm already used to being at home a lot, which has made me think about sharing an actual blog post about it with some tips I could give other people… but then dozens of other posts shared by other "experts" ( 😛 ) already popped up all over the internet, making me wonder what I could possibly add to all this?
What do you guys think? Would you like to read my tips and tricks for a high-productivity-indoors-lifestyle? Let me know!
All right, no matter how much fun I'm having writing this update, I guess it's time for me to wrap this up (THE SCHEDULE SPEAKS).
I'll be working on the plot outline for ORIGINS this week, and in May I'll be focusing on editing NOCTURNE, writing ORIGINS and possibly work on some small side-projects, though that's still to be seen 😉
I'm feeling healthy. I'm feeling great and energized and focused. I hope the same goes for you guys, or that you'll feel better and inspired very soon ❤
Stay home, stay safe. For you, your family, and every single person out there. We all share this space on Earth, so let's make the most of it and show respect. (I know many of you do, though 😉 )
Thank you for reading! Please feel free to leave a message below 🙂
NEW RELEASE | OUT NOW: The Insomnia Files (Insomnia Saga 1.5) — eBook edition
Dive deeper into the Insomnia Saga universe
Out today — the very first Insomnia Saga short story collection: The Insomnia Files.
The Insomnia Saga is an action-packed Upper Young Adult Dark Fantasy Romance series, set in a fictional modern world, where people can wield actual Light as a weapon which they use to fight the greatest enemy of mankind—demons, called the Nightprowlers.
The Summoners, the Nightprowlers, Jodi, Kay, we've all met them in the first official installment of the series, INSOMNIA — but there is a story behind everything and everyone, and that's what this collection is all about.
Released as book 1.5 in the series, The Insomnia Files allows the reader to dive deeper into the pasts of Jodi, Kay, and that of the very first Summoner who, a few centuries ago, rose to fight the Nightprowlers: Alain Somnus.
The Insomnia Files is available worldwide in eBook edition; visit this page to find the direct link to your store of preference!
Watch the first official teaser trailer:
• The Insomnia Files (Insomnia Saga #1.5)
The Insomnia Files contains three short stories written from three different perspectives, diving deeper into the Insomnia Saga universe.
FILE #1 tells the story of Jodi Collins and takes place four years prior to INSOMNIA: Thirteen years old, Jodi has just started working for the Miller Academy. As she's sent on a mission on a dark, wintery night, she has no choice but to confront the demons of the Night—and fight them.
In FILE #2 fifteen-year old Kay Somnus is about to take his final exam to become the youngest Summoner in history… but in order to succeed, he will have to pretend—and believe—he is someone he's not, and forever deny himself his true power.
Alain Somnus, the very first Summoner of Light, is the voice of FILE #3. Hundreds of years ago, he opened a gate and allowed dark powers to spill in that would change the world forever… creating the darkest secret ever kept. Haunted by nightmares and his failure to protect the only girl who had ever managed to touch his heart, he opened the Somnus Academy—but could he live with the lies?
• Paperback release coming later this year
The paperback edition of The Insomnia Files was initially scheduled to be released today alongside the eBook, but because of the current circumstances, the paperback has been postponed. Read all about it here!
I hope to see the paperback released later this year, but… one step at a time 🙂
I've really enjoyed working on The Insomnia Files. It allowed me to understand my characters even better, especially Kay and Alain — and Alain's story, since it takes places literally centuries ago, opened up new possibilities for the series' future releases: there are more Insomnia Saga short story collections on the way, in which I'll explain even more about the series' past, about the very first Summoners who opened their academies and began fighting the Nightprowlers, and especially more about the enigmatic Somnus family.
If you've read and liked INSOMNIA, I hope you'll pick up The Insomnia Files as well and that you'll enjoy it — and, after reading it, have an even better understanding of the characters' deepest thoughts and desires, and also the world-building.
Are you new to the Insomnia Saga and would you like a sneak peek? There is also a short story available, written especially for first-time Insomnia Saga readers, introducing Jodi Collins and the world of Summoners, Sleepwalkers and Nightprowlers.
It's a FREE download and includes the first few chapters of INSOMNIA. Go ahead and check out this page to find your preferred download link!
• INSOMNIA participates in #AuthorsGiveBack: 60% discount on Smashwords!
"Stay home, stay safe" — is has become quite the mantra on social media, as we all encourage each other to stay indoors during these crazy times with COVID-19 on the loose.
To help people find new books to read as they have much more free time on their hands, Smashwords has organized a special discount to do just that, allowing authors to enroll and discount their books.
Because I believe that INSOMNIA is able to help people get through this craziness (and not to be dramatic, but it seems like it's going to be like this for a while longer), I also enrolled the eBook into Smashword's Authors Give Back discount; until April 20, I'm giving 60% off on INSOMNIA!
Find it here.
I'm aware that several of you already own the book, but if you happen to know someone who hasn't read it yet and might like it, please feel free to share this 🙂
I hope that Jodi's courage will inspire you and give you strength — it certainly helps me ?
Last but not least!
I hope you will all be able to escape reality for a bit while you're reading The Insomnia Files. Tell me: which story included in this collection are you the most curious about?
If you have any questions or just want to leave a message, please feel free to do so! 😀