C. Lee McKenzie --
She is one of my oldest friends here in the blogverse.
When I read her posts or her books,
I always see her smiling.
Lee is not smiling now.
She has just lost her husband.
Sigh.
There are no words for such times.
C. S. Lewis, at the dying of his wife, wrote:
the death of a loved one is an amputation.
When Kathryn, my fiancée, died,
for long months, I would look long up into the night sky and whisper,
"Come back ... even as a shadow,
even as a dream."
But this is about Lee ...
and a tangible thing you can do to say "I care" during this time.
Lee is devastated by the death of her husband.
And promoting the book which took so long to write is the very last thing on her mind.
But we can buy it.
We can review it.
We can promote it.
It is not much,
but perhaps Lee will look back at the support she received from her friends in the blogverse and feel not quite so alone.
Barnes & Noble - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/some-very-messy-medieval-magic-c-lee-mckenzie/1127622061?ean=2940154648575
Kobo - https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/some-very-messy-medieval-magic
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/some-very-messy-medieval-magic/id1324257652?mt=11
Kindle - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079V72G8R
Foyles - http://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/childrens/some-very-messy-medieval-magic,c-lee-mckenzie-9781939844460
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37537343-some-very-messy-medieval-magic
What is SOME VERY MESSY MEDIEVAL MAGIC about?
Pete’s stuck in medieval England!
Pete and his friend Weasel thought they’d closed the Time Lock.
But a young page from medieval times, Peter of Bramwell, goes missing.
His absence during a critical moment will forever alter history unless he’s found.
There’s only one solution - fledgling wizard Pete must take the page’s place.
Accompanied by Weasel and Fanon, Pete’s alligator familiar, they travel to 1173 England.
But what if the page remains lost - will Pete know what to do when the critical moment arrives?
Toss in a grumpy Fanon, the duke’s curious niece, a talking horse, and the Circle of Stones
and Pete realizes he’s in over his young wizard head yet again...
Release date – May 15, 2018
Juvenile Fiction - Fantasy & Magic/Boys & Men
$13.95 Print ISBN 9781939844460
$3.99 EBook ISBN 9781939844477
DID YOU KNOW?
C. Lee McKenzie has a background in Linguistics and Inter-Cultural Communication?
But these days her greatest passion is writing for young readers.
When she’s not writing she’s hiking or traveling or practicing yoga
or asking a lot of questions about things she still doesn’t understand.
At least she's still attempting to grow, right?
Her blog is
http://cleemckenziebooks.com
But as you can understand, Lee will be taking time off to mourn and to heal.
LET US DO WHAT WE CAN
TO TELL LEE THAT WE CARE.
Thank you. Lee is a very special person and my heart goes out to her. Her latest book featured at my place last week, just before her husband died.
ReplyDeleteThank you for helping when you did. :-)
DeleteSuch a nice tribute to Lee. We all adore her. Thanks for posting this.
ReplyDeleteGwen, Lee is easy to feel close to. :-) Say a prayer for her.
DeleteHi Roland - thank you for posting this ... I was wondering. She is such an amazing woman ... appreciate this from you - Hilary
ReplyDeleteWork has isolated me so much from my blog friends lately, but I had to write this. Thanks for liking this, Hilary. :-)
DeleteLee would really appreciate that. So very sad.
ReplyDeleteI hope so. I just do not have the words. I wish I could be there to just stand-by in case I could help in some small way.
DeleteThank you for mentioning Lee's book.
ReplyDeleteMentioning?
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