Sylvie Grayson Author of Romantic Suspense and Fantasy

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  • The Creation of Surnames

    This is the family tree of the Hawker family from Khandarken Rising, The Last War, Book One. In that story, Gregoff Farmer had married Leatrice Hawker, and they had two children, Abram and Bethlehem. Things get complicated when Gregoff dies during the war and Uncle Jade tries to intervene in their lives. You can find…

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  • National Handwriting Day

    How is your handwriting? After so many hours at the computer keyboard, I have to admit my handwriting is not as good as it once was. I’ll have to work on that. A lot of children are not taught to write by hand any more. They only learn to print or to use keyboards. I…

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  • Just Little Bits

    A little bit of patience, and the hardest task is done; a little bit of cheerfulness is brighter than the sun. A little bit of courage and the burden lighter grows; a little bit of sacrifice and the stream of friendship flows. A little bit of happiness and off goes black despair; a little bit…

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  • Made squash soup

    I made a big batch of squash soup today. It is just cooling now so I can put it in containers and freeze it. Two years ago, I bought three acorn squash plants from a local market. However, when the squash appeared, they weren’t acorn squash. Last year I bought plants from a roadside stand…

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  • Tomatoes are coming….

    The tomatoes are coming fast this year. They grew so strong in the early summer that most of them pulled the tomato cages over or crumpled them onto the ground. Some of the plants were more than five feet tall. Not that we had a great summer, started cool, hot for about 3 weeks in…

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  • CHRISTMAS IN JULY

    FREE EBOOKS AND PAPERBACKS CLICK ON THE LINK AND ENTER THE CONTEST! http://AuthorsXP.com/giveaway Woodland Pursuit is in the contest. You could win all the ebooks, individual ebooks, bonus paperbacks, or the bonus bestseller GOOD LUCK BONUS PAPERBACK!

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  • Problem solved!

    I developed a sciatica problem in October, and have been fighting it ever since. My GP gave me pain meds, and after 4 visits I managed to twist his arm enough to get an X-ray. The bones in my back were severely compressed. Too many car accidents? Maybe. At any rate, I gave up on…

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  • Following the Colours

    We took a short trip through the province of Quebec to follow the colours. We started in Montreal, drove to Quebec City, over to the Eastern Townships, then west to Ottawa. In some areas the leaves hadn’t changed much, and a few areas had already passed their brightest colour. We were following the trail of…

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  • Free Book for You

    Aqatain the First created an empire. Is Aqatain the Second about to destroy it? Second waited years to take his father’s place as Emperor. Now he’ll rule the territories his way. He can do anything he wants. Then he encounters Jenna. Why can’t he have her, too? Jenna, however, has plans of her own. She…

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  • Excitement at the Lake

    I hadn’t been to the lake all summer and really wanted a swim. So I arranged the day and we set off. There were hobbits there, to my surprise. The weather was supposed to be sunny with light clouds, but it was soon heavily clouded and a loud rumble began. I thought it was a…

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