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Because truly, it is traveling and the real untampered emotions you feel when you explore a new place or meet a new person that constantly inspire me to write.

You may already know (because I just can’t stop talking about it) that this last autumn, my family and I had the chance to visit Scotland and its Highlands. It was a time that was the very embodiment of enchantment. There was just something about the way the lights sparkled over Edinburgh from Arthur’s Seat and the way the wild Highland air seemed to make every single particle of my body sing with life that instantly enthralled me.

It wasn’t the only destination that had ever beguiled me so. The last place where I had felt so at home instantly was Arcos de la Frontera, deep in the heart of Andalusia, Spain, the shining white washed town that was the birthplace of Dawn of the Guardian.

It made me realise just how much travel played a part and has always played a part in guiding me along my journey of writing, how much the everyday sights, sounds and smells had impacted me and how they had translated across in the mannerisms and personalities of the characters I wrote.

At the very beginning, I found that almost everyone would say: “Write what you know,” but when I started writing Dawn of the Guardian, all I had was the name of a brown eyed, black dog and my infinite imagination. I never envisioned that what I would write would have a truth to it, that a fantasy fiction adventure novel could hold fragments of myself within every single letter or punctuation mark. But it did.

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Hello!
Réka here, Author of fantasy fiction adventure novel Dawn of the Guardian, chief storyteller at my travel blog of Dreamtime Traveler and your cucumber salad loving 15yo world explorer.

It has come to my attention that I can start a blog here on Goodreads / Dawnoftheguardian.com
A blog dedicated to three of my favourite things in the entire cosmos: reading and writing and of course, Dawn of the Guardian!

According to Goodreads, by starting a blog I can also:
✧ Start a following
✧ Keep my followers up to date
✧ Provide all of you, my beautiful readers with extra details about my book and upcoming books!

However… I wanted to create this blog for one other reason. You might be thinking what else could possibly be more important than reading and writing, but the truth is, I wanted to be able to share the personal journey behind Dawn of the Guardian and connect directly with all of you, my cherished readers.

As many of you might already know, we have embarked on Dawn of the Guardian’s 2016/2017 International Book Tour.
*happy dance* We have already been on the road for nearly 8 weeks on the first phase of the tour, which has seen us travel to schools, libraries, bookstores and communities of learning in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, York, Durham, Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Oxford, Farnham and London. It has been an incredible UK roadtrip, a truly rewarding and treasured experience to be able to meet and connect with so many inspiring children, teens, adults and families as we travel! This first phase of the tour has already become a defining factor in Dawn of the Guardian’s journey and I am still buzzing with gratitude.

But now I want to be able to share these experiences. The early mornings racing through traffic to get to a school engagement on time, the Home Ed Meet & Greet that turned into an afternoon Kundalini Yoga session and my innermost thoughts and feelings as I take my dream on the road.

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