I am very happy to have received a copy of a book today. A book containing a short article that was originally published on this blog.
Australian writer, poet, and blogger, Carolyn Cordon, compiled an anthology of poetry and prose from writers all around the world, chronicling individual responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. I was happy when she asked me if she could include my blog post.
She has now self-published the book, and kindly sent me a copy.
I have previously been published in magazines and on online review sites, but this is a first for me, to be included in a printed book, along with a short bio at the back too.
You can find out more about Carolyn, using this link.
https://carolyncordonwriter.wordpress.com
To buy a copy, please contact her at this email address.
(After covering her costs, Carolyn is using the book sales to raise money for a Multiple Sclerosis charity.)
kittycordo@gmail.com
Wow! So exciting! Congratulations Pete! Hugs, C
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Thanks, Cheryl. It was nice to hold that book. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Congratulations, Pete! Well deserved. I am sure you will become the famoust citizen of Beetley, and you will bring new glamour to the Norfolk area. As i remember right, was Benjamin Britten the last better known citizen of this area. 😉 xx Michael
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Congratulations, Pete! Well deserved. I am sure you will become the famoust citizen of Beetley, and you will bring new glamour to the Norfolk area. As i remember right, was Benjamin Britten the last better known citizens of this area. 😉 xx Michael
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Mr Britten was from Suffolk, the adjacent county. The most famous son of Norfolk is Admiral Nelson, who was killed in action at the Battle of Trafalgar. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Didnt Britten had died in Aldenbourgh? I know this about Nelson. He came from Burnham Thorpe, only 30 km from you. 😉 xx Michael
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Yes, Britten lived and died in Aldeburgh. But that coastal town is in Suffolk. 🙂
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Congratulations!! 💜
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Thank you very much, Shreya.
Best wishes, Pete.
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You’re welcome!
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Way to go, Pete!
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Thanks, Jennie. A small milestone for me.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Bigger than small! Best to you, Pete.
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Way to g…, Awso….. Congratulations 🙂
Its only a matter of time before someone compiles your short stories and publishes a book 🙂
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I was planning to do that before Christmas, but had some ‘unexpected expenditure’ to consider. (The Oak Trees have to be professionally trimmed in January. It’s only every five years, but costs a lot.)
Cheers, Pete.
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I look forward to it happening, 🙂
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Congratulations Pete 🎉
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Thanks very much, Swati.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Congrats Pete!
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Thanks Arlene. It made me happy.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Congratulations!
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Thanks very much, Themis. It is only a short piece in an anthology, but it was significant for me.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Congratulations, Pete.
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Thank you, dear Mary.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That sounds wonderfu;l!
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Thank you, Pejj. By my standards, it is.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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AWWWW Thanks!
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Congratulations!
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Thanks, Shaily. It’s a milestone for me.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Congratulations, Pete!
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Thanks Susanne. Hopefully, I will become ‘part of history’, in my own small way.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Great news, Pete. I am really glad people are creating anthologies to record the events of the past two years, that is how future generations will know about them.
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The next book project is about Climate Change. I am hoping to get something into that one too. I love the fact that such books will be historical records long after I am dead and gone.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Bravo Pete!
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Thanks, John. I was very pleased to be included.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That’s great, Pete and a good cause too.
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Thanks, Carolyn. Definitely a win-win’.
Best wishes, Pete.
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(1) For a moment there, I thought the book was about the 1968 “Prague Invasion.”
(2) Congratulations on having your blog post cited in a printed book!
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Thanks, David. Perhaps I should write one about Prague? 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Congratulations, Pete! 🙂
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Thanks very much, Pit. That was a nice end to the week.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I could not be happier – no surprise – you are brilliant!
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Thanks as always for your kind words, dear Lara.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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I had that James Patterson in my cab last week, and he was saying thank goodness he’s had £70m in book sales with all the competition now coming from Norfolk! Well done Pete.
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Thanks, David. I might have to go a bit faster to catch up with James. 🙂
Cheers, Pete.
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Well done, Pete! Always feels good to see your work in a book. I love the cover.
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Thank you, Darlene. Very exciting for me. I agree, it’s a perfect cover. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Congratulations, Pete!
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Thanks very much, Jeanne. Quite exciting for this old man! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m the person who edited this book, and I thank Pete very much for sharing his news with you all! I am a writer, poet and blogger, and this book Pete has his words in, Plague Invasion, is my first try at editing and publishing an anthology. I enjoyed the process, and am pleased I’ve have been able to cover my costs, and in fact made a profit. With this new book idea, it may eat up some of that profit, but with luck, the book to come, another anthology, may find the love as well, and find enough book buyers to bring in the money to pass on to the MS Society Pete spoke of.
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Thanks for having the idea to create this book, Carolyn, and extra thanks for including me in it.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Congratulations, Pete!
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Thanks, GP. It cheered me up. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I know that feeling. I got it when I first discovered I was in a printed book in the acknowledgements as a resource!!
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You deserve that, GP. You work so hard on your project.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you. It does feel good to be appreciated, I have to admit that!
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I thought this was cute – but don’t show my buddy!!
https://pacificparatrooper.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/military-stradegy.webp
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Cats are so intelligent! 🙂
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Well done, Pete. I love the book cover too!
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Thanks, Stevie. It was designed by a Media Studies student, I believe.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Congratulations, Pete!
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Thank you, dear Cindy. So nice to see my name in a book at long last.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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I can see why you’d be happy!
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Thanks, Beth. Something of a milestone for me.
Best wishes, Pete.
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and a big one –
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This is great.
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Thanks, Peggy. Carolyn is from South Australia, you might enjoy her blog.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m checking it out.
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Nice one, Pete! Cheers, Jon.
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Thanks, Jon. It made me happy.
Best wishes, Pete.
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How wonderful!
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Thank you Annette. For me, it’s a ‘big deal’. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Well
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Well done
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Thank you, Sarada.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Very good!
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Thanks, Sue. A small milestone, but pleasing to me.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Indeed
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