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		<title>Sneak peek video of The Silver Well! (and Special Announcement)</title>
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I have an exciting video for you today!
The great news is that The Silver Well has FINALLY been printed, and you can see a special &#8220;behind the scenes&#8221; video of the books arriving at my house for the first time.
But also in the video is an exciting announcement about exactly when the book will become [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thekingdomofgems.com/blog/69/sneak-peek-video-of-the-silver-well/</link>
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		<title>New short story to download</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I have a special gift for you to celebrate the upcoming release of The Silver Well (the second book in the trilogy).
The Silver Well should hopefully be available in less than two weeks from now! I will let you know as soon as there is a fixed date.
In the mean time, I have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thekingdomofgems.com/blog/56/the-awakening-of-the-candara-gems/</link>
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		<title>Are you excited about The Silver Well?</title>
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It IS true!
The Silver Well is only a few weeks away from being released.
I am incredibly excited about this, but I want to hear from all of you! Are you excited about the relase of the LONG AWAITED second book in The Kingdom of Gems trilogy? What are you looking forward to?
Please leave your comments [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thekingdomofgems.com/blog/50/are-you-excited-about-the-silver-well/</link>
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		<title>Christmas Greetings! The Silver Well will be published in February/March 2010!</title>
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Hi Kingdom of Gems fans,
I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas. I&#8217;m having a great time with my family.
I&#8217;m very excited about the publication of The Silver Well. Yes, it will be in February/March.  You might be saying &#8220;At last!&#8221; &#8211; so am I! It is a great relief, and my plan is to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thekingdomofgems.com/blog/24/christmas-greetings-the-silver-well-will-be-published-in-februarymarch-2010/</link>
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		<title>New Turkish edition of Candara&#8217;s Gift in print now!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi,
The Turkish Edition of Candara&#8217;s Gift, called Candara&#8217;nin Hediyesi, is now in print! It is being published by Erdem Yayinlari. They have done a great job with the cover, making it their own design but using my painting, which I was glad about. They have retained all my illustrations inside too. 
It will be featured [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thekingdomofgems.com/blog/11/new-turkish-edition-of-candaras-gift-in-print-now/</link>
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		<title>The Latest News of The Silver Well and The Glass Prison</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello,
One step closer to publishing! 
The Silver Well and The Glass Prison are both finished and my New York agent has them. He is approaching publishers now. It is a great relief that things are finally moving forwards and I should have more news for you soon. Why do things like this usually take longer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thekingdomofgems.com/blog/9/the-latest-news-of-the-silver-well-and-the-glass-prison/</link>
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		<title>Update on The Silver Well</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More delays I&#8217;m afraid! Both my US agents, the New York literary agent and CAA, the Hollywood agent, have strongly recommended finishing the whole trilogy before making a move with publishers and then films. They are top quality experts and their advice does make absolute sense, so I really have no choice. To get The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thekingdomofgems.com/blog/8/update-on-the-silver-well/</link>
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		<title>The Final Draft of The Silver Well is Now Complete!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The final draft of The Silver Well is now complete!
Pretty much all thatâ€™s left to be done is the final editing and the illustrations. The illustrations are now well on their way. 
Although things are moving along well, I still canâ€™t actually give you a publishing
date yet. It is likely to take a few months [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thekingdomofgems.com/blog/6/the-final-draft-of-the-silver-well-is-now-complete/</link>
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		<title>Updates on Book 2 &#8211; The Silver Well</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The publishing of book 2 in The Kingdom of Gems trilogy, The Silver Well, is getting closer. 
It has taken longer than I thought at first but I&#8217;m sure that you will find that when you do have it in your hands the wait will have been worthwhile. I have been working very hard on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thekingdomofgems.com/blog/5/updates-on-book-2-the-silver-well/</link>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome to The Kingdom of Gems blog!
Here you will be able to find out the latest news and information about Candara&#8217;s Gift and the other upcoming books in The Kingdom of Gems trilogy.
Thanks for stopping by!
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