{"id":14689,"date":"2012-07-06T06:30:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T18:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=14689"},"modified":"2012-07-04T20:29:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T08:29:31","slug":"time-to-give-in-admit-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/07\/06\/time-to-give-in-admit-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Time To Give In &#038; Admit It&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; I&#8217;ve been laid low with the midwinter ills for most of the past two weeks and keeping up with the blog posts and comments has been a considerable struggle&#8212;though I think most of them have at least managed to seem &#8216;lucid&#8217; if this is not always how I felt while posting!<\/p>\n<p>I am slowly starting to come right now though, but still feel I owe myself an easy day or two.<\/p>\n<p>But I have to say that although it is always nice to see your own work get positive feedback &#8216;out thar&#8217; it can be equally gratifying to see positive feedback flowing for other writers, especially when you&#8217;ve read and enjoyed your work themselves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/02\/24\/just-arrived-the-prince-of-soul-and-the-lighthouse-by-fredrik-brouneous\/princeofsoullighthousecover\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11903\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-11903\" title=\"princeofsoul&amp;lighthousecover\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/princeofsoullighthousecover-96x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/princeofsoullighthousecover-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/princeofsoullighthousecover-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/princeofsoullighthousecover.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a>You may recall that I talked about Fredrik Broun\u00e9ous\u2019s <strong><em>The Prince of Soul And the Lighthouse<\/em><\/strong> way back on March 9, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/09\/what-im-reading-the-prince-of-soul-and-the-lighthouse-by-fredrik-brouneous\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Well I have been delighted recently to see it receive more positive reviews further afield:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From two Amazon reviewers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Prince-Soul-And-Lighthouse\/dp\/0473195771\/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top\">here<\/a> (scroll down to see the reviews)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And on Finnish-based site, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.risingshadow.net\/\">Risingshadow<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.risingshadow.net\/articles\/186-a-review-of-fredrik-brouneus-the-prince-of-soul-and-the-lighthouse\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Go the PRINCE, I say! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/06\/24\/kim-falconer\/pots-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14506\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-14506\" title=\"PotS\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/PotS-91x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"91\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/PotS-91x150.jpg 91w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/PotS-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/PotS.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 91px) 100vw, 91px\" \/><\/a>And if you missed it earlier in the week, you can still read my interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimfalconer.com\/home.html\">Kim Falconer <\/a>on <strong>SF Signal<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2012\/06\/fun-with-friends-helen-lowe-talks-with-fellow-authors-from-australia-and-new-zealand-todays-guest-is-kim-falconer\/\">here-<\/a>&#8211;it&#8217;s to be the first in a guest series titled &#8220;Fun with Friends&#8221;, focusing on New Zealand and Australian speculative fiction authors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; I&#8217;ve been laid low with the midwinter ills for most of the past two weeks and keeping up with the blog posts and comments has been a considerable struggle&#8212;though I think most of them have at least managed to seem &#8216;lucid&#8217; if this is not always how I felt while posting! 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