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Enchanted Pages & a Farewell …

Three things to tell you this month …

Firstly, I’m participating in the Enchanted Pages Giveaway run by My Book Cave! One of my novels is available to download free of charge, along with other Fantasy offerings.

Secondly, it is with much sadness that I am closing Dragonscale Clippings permanently.

This is mainly due to WordPress removing features that I haven’t asked them to remove, namely commen

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