{"id":45383,"date":"2020-07-23T23:41:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T03:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=45383"},"modified":"2020-07-23T23:41:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T03:41:10","slug":"meet-the-rightful-queen-on-my-13th-blogversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/meet-the-rightful-queen-on-my-13th-blogversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Rightful Queen on My 13th Blogversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

In honor of my 13th blogversary today, I’ve overcome some long-running technical problems and broken into my own blog in order to say hello. My dire need for a new website\/blog developer (comment with your resume!) reminds me of the good old days of my blog’s random removal from listings by the <\/a>now-defunct<\/a> search-engine Technorati (<\/a>2007<\/a>)<\/a>; its incorrect categorization as spam by Blogger (2008<\/a>); and the somewhat more recent ups-and-downs<\/a> with a company I carefully refer to as “Poodle.”<\/a> While a lot has changed in the world during my blogging career, my problems with technology have remained consistent and that’s … well, that’s something, isn’t it!<\/p>\n

FOR MORE ON MY BLOGGING HISTORY, READ LAST YEAR’S BLOGVERSARY POST<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n

Despite the number 13’s bad reputation, this has been a happy week from a personal perspective. Yesterday, MrB and I celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary<\/a>. And, more thrillingly, the day before that, Isabelle Steiger — my youngest stepdaughter — published her new book, The Rightful Queen<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Click for reviews and shopping links. (Customization of dust-cover corner courtesy of Robin the kitten.)<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

This is the second book in an epic fantasy trilogy that Isabelle began with The Empire’s Ghost<\/em> in 2017.<\/p>\n

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Click to read my original post on “The Empire’s Ghost” and learn all about the world Isabelle has created.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

I loved the first book and not just because Isabelle wrote it. In fact, I was so engrossed in The Empire’s Ghost<\/em> and its characters that I kept forgetting I’d known the author for most of her life. Instead, I would periodically think, “I’m so glad I picked up this book!” Isabelle’s talent is even more evident in The Rightful Queen<\/em>, but you don’t have to go on my say-so: Here’s the Publishers Weekly review.<\/p>\n

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Click for source.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

Both of Isabelle’s books are available at Barnes & Noble<\/a>, other large retail chains<\/a>, fine local bookstores, and libraries. Of course, it’s also available at that company that got its start as an online book retailer but now makes a lot of money selling information about people in order that the Trump regime may persecute them more efficiently<\/a>. If we break up the tech monopolies<\/a> like Elizabeth Warren<\/a> told us to, I might be willing to mention that retail outlet by name. <\/p>\n

Related links:<\/strong><\/p>\n