Tag Archives: Fantasy

Moonwick–read a chapter a week…discover

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Administrator

When moms and dads divorce or separate, they are not the only ones hurt.  Maddie and John invoke the Gratchan, and enter a strange world, trying to make things right… Read the fantasy novel: Moonwick–I’ll be posting chapters on a regular … Continue reading →

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Shadows: Vivien Bewitches Merlin

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Administrator

This is an illustration by Howard Pyle, taken from his book,  The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1903. In my novel, Emily’s Shadow, Viven’s betrayal of Merlin became the seed for a continuation of … Continue reading →

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Books for Sale

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Administrator

    Christina St. Clair, award winning author, former shop-girl, chemist, and pastor, is currently a spiritual director, Reiki Master (don’t read too much into the title master!), wife, animal lover, and writer. She says, “Boring life? Let’s not do … Continue reading →

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Win a Young Adult Novel ($16.99 value)

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Administrator

Win a copy of Emily’s Shadow ($16.99 value).  Directions at http://www.christinastclair.com/emilys_shadow_competition Happy days are not here again.  Emily hopes for a family vacation, but she gets a medieval witch instead, not one who plans on becoming her friend.

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The Wishing Tradition

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Administrator

At one time there was a chapel opposite St. Michael’s Mount in Cornwall built for pilgrims on their way to to the Mount. I don’t think it exists any more. Old-time pilgrimages ended in the mid-sixteenth century, but here is … Continue reading →

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Author Interview with Melissa Cabrera

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Administrator

Emily’s Shadow is now available as a POD book. So far, the book has got good reviews. I was interviewed by Melissa Cabrera who hosts a funky/interesting website: http://www.werevampsromance.org/ Interview: Melissa: Can you tell us a little about yourself? Christina: … Continue reading →

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Marazion

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Administrator

Marazion is another beautiful place in Cornwall, opposite St Michael’s Mount. Its strange name has one odd explanation. Supposedly it commemorates Jewish traders whe came to hold fairs, and to purchase tin. Marazion is supposed to mean Bitter Zion to … Continue reading →

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Prefer Paper? Purchase POD of Emily’s Shadow

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Administrator

Review by Melissa Cabrera of http://www.werevampsromance.org/ What a great YA read this was. This book is such a page turner. The characters were well developed and the world in which they were placed was so well described and full of historic … Continue reading →

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Mên-an-Tol

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Administrator

The Mên-an-Tol (also Men an Toll) is a small formation of standing stones near the Madron-Morvah road in Cornwall, United Kingdom (grid reference SW426349). It is about 3 miles north west of Madron. It is also known locally as the … Continue reading →

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Merlin’s Cave

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Administrator

Merlin, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth in Historia Regum Britanniae, might well have been the son of a demon who impregnated a mortal woman who was a nun. Yet, Tennyson in his Idylls of the King describes ocean waves bringing … Continue reading →

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