{"id":2407,"date":"2017-05-31T10:54:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T17:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2017-07-05T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T22:30:02","slug":"meet-the-pirates-of-perz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/?p=2407","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Pirates of Perz!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it took wayyyy longer than I had hoped, but the first novel in my new Pirates of Perz series has been finished.\u00a0 I&#8217;m giving it to my primary proofer (my wife!) as soon as she returns from her business trip.\u00a0 Once she goes through it, it&#8217;ll then be given to my Posse.<\/p>\n<p>Meet the pirates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flinn &#8211; one pompous, over-confident captain with a very surprising jhorun.<\/li>\n<li>Rusty &#8211; quartermaster.\u00a0 Always seem to know where to find the treasure.<\/li>\n<li>Von &#8211; pirate with an indefatigable sense of direction.\u00a0 Would much rather be anywhere else than here.<\/li>\n<li>Jino &#8211; a vicious fighter with an inferiority complex.<\/li>\n<li>Casimir &#8211; brings out the fear in everybody.<\/li>\n<li>Pedr &#8211; lowly cabin boy.<\/li>\n<li>And Puck, and Arik, and Grenden, and Alquin, and&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There you have it.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the crew of the <em>Emberbrand<\/em>.\u00a0 Quite possibly the most notorious pirate ship of the Seven Kingdoms.\u00a0 If only they would have stayed retired, then they would have stayed out of trouble.\u00a0 As it is, they&#8217;re looking for an all-powerful stone.\u00a0 Guess where they think it is?\u00a0 Yep!\u00a0 In everyone&#8217;s favorite magical kingdom&#8230; Lentari!<\/p>\n<p>Now, with that out of the way, guess what?\u00a0 It&#8217;s time to return to Pomme Valley for a spell.\u00a0 A rash of dognappings has been happening, and its up to Sherlock and Watson to figure out who is responsible, and poor Zack to decipher the clues he&#8217;s been given!\u00a0 As always, it&#8217;s chock full of humor, corgi antics, and colorful <em>relatable<\/em> characters living in a small southwestern Oregon town.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll keep you posted on its progress!<\/p>\n<p>Anyone see any good movies lately?\u00a0 My wife and I saw <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> last week.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, did we like it?\u00a0 Hmm.\u00a0 I do think there was more humor and more fun in the first.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not really sure what the point was to the second movie, nor how it was supposed to fit into the Marvel &#8220;master plan&#8221; they are always touting.\u00a0 I guess time will tell.\u00a0 The first Guardians got a solid A.\u00a0 The second Guardians gets a B-.\u00a0 Maybe you guys liked it a little bit better.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Starting tomorrow, there&#8217;s a new Goodreads giveaway happening for one of the mystery novels.\u00a0\u00a0 Case of the Fleet-Footed Mummy (Corgi Case Files #2) is up for grabs for residents of the US, UK, Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, and Australia.\u00a0 I think that&#8217;s all of them.\u00a0 Anyway, the giveaway goes live at midnight tonight!\u00a0 It&#8217;ll run from the first of June all the way through the end of July.\u00a0 Good luck!\u00a0 I hope everyone enters!<\/p>\n<div id=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidget238713\">\n<p><!-- Show static html as a placeholder in case js is not enabled --><\/p>\n<div class=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidget\" style=\"max-width: 350px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 15px; border: 2px solid #EBE8D5; border-radius: 10px;\">\n<style>\n    .goodreadsGiveawayWidget { color: #555; 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line-height: 20px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; color: #555;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\" target=\"_new\">Goodreads<\/a> Book Giveaway<\/h2>\n<div style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/33586249\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Case of the Fleet-Footed Mummy by Jeffrey M. 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Poole<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"giveaway_details\">\n<p>Giveaway ends August 01, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>See the <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/show\/238713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">giveaway details<\/a><br \/>\nat Goodreads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidgetEnterLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/enter_choose_address\/238713\">Enter Giveaway<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/widget\/238713\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I think that&#8217;s it for now.\u00a0 Stay tuned!\u00a0 I will be posting the completed cover for Pirates of Perz #1 shortly!<\/p>\n<p>J.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it took wayyyy longer than I had hoped, but the first novel in my new Pirates of Perz series has been finished.\u00a0 I&#8217;m giving it to my primary proofer (my wife!) as soon as she returns from her business trip.\u00a0 Once she goes through it, it&#8217;ll then be given to my Posse. 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