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Shawn L. Bird

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Shawn is an author and high school teacher living in the beautiful Shuswap Lake region of British Columbia, Canada with her brilliant, musical husband. She is a former exchange student and a proud member of Rotary, and so she is out to change the world in many ways. Shawn osaa puhua Suomen kieli. Shawn peut parler français.

Come explore with her through blog, Twitter, Pinterest, or Facebook. Shawn is always working on a variety of projects including short stories, novellas, and novels. Of course, during the school year there are students, reading, and marking. There are still dreams and there is still poetry.

Always poetry.


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We walk the trails and I hear the trees talk creaking screeches from beneath the bark. Their sap song celebrates spring. We hear, wondering what stories creaking sap sings and wishing we grasped more meaning, while thankful that at least we sense their feelings about spring.
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This old guy narrator and the character isn't yet30?
This character I've always presumed to be in his 50s or older.
This is a prequel but still, that means the other books Andy is supposed to be in his 30s?
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This may only be Jan 6th, and only my 3rd book of the year, but it has set the bar high! I think this will be my favourite read of 2017.

Why?

1. Susanna Kearsley draws lovely, believable protagonists.
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“You are the common denominator in all your life experience. (Book 2- Awakening Power)”
Shawn L. Bird, Awakening Dreams

“Good characters make you feel like you have new friends, don’t they? You have to re-read the books just to visit with them again. Grace Awakening. Book one: Awakening Dreams”
Shawn L. Bird, Awakening Dreams

“Like ancient honey, a first love remains ever incorruptible despite the passage of time. Though the boy may no longer exist, the memory of him is always pure and sweet. (Book 2, Awakening Power)”
Shawn L. Bird, Awakening Dreams

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“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
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“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
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“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
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