{"id":2647,"date":"2017-06-08T22:40:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T03:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2017-06-08T22:34:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T03:34:13","slug":"meet-christine-malec-author-of-newly-released-harry-potter-fan-fiction-book-before-the-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2647","title":{"rendered":"Meet Christine Malec: Author of Newly Released Harry Potter Fan Fiction Book, Before the Tide"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8896\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2647-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ChristineMalec.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ChristineMalec.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ChristineMalec.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Christine Malec talks about her new Fan Fiction Novel, Before The Tide. This is a book Christine wrote in the universe of Harry Potter Books. Fan Fiction is just that, an author uses the universe and world created by another author and just, \u201cGoes with it.\u201d Christine talks about how her book Before the Tide came about and the processes that she goes through to create and develop her book.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2648\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"longdesc-return-2648\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com?longdesc=2648&#038;referrer=2647\" src=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/before_the_tide_cover-web-673x1024-197x300.png\" alt=\"Image of Before the Tide Book Cover\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/before_the_tide_cover-web-673x1024-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/before_the_tide_cover-web-673x1024-99x150.png 99w, https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/before_the_tide_cover-web-673x1024.png 673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before the Tide Book Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Christine has also published her own novel, Beltane and is working on another book in which she is building her own universe 8,000 years ago here on Earth. Quite the imagination and Christine does not stop at writing when it comes to creativeness. Her blogs, music and audio documentaries are full of interesting topics, sounds and details of travels, activities and fantasy.<br \/>\nCheck out Christine\u2019s web site and get her newly released Fan fiction Book, Before the Tide. She has a text version and a MP3 audio version and the price is free. Check out her other creations, blog<br \/>\n and music on her site while you are there<br \/>\nYou can find her web site here, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beltanethebook.com\">BeltaneTheBook.com<\/a><br \/>\nFrom the author Christine Malec:<br \/>\nWhat makes five of the most powerful witches and wizards of their day retreat from the world to teach magic? 11th Century Britain is a perilous place, even for a sorcerer. It\u2019s the summer of 1066, and England is on the brink of events that will bring destruction and transformation. A battlefield is an unspeakable place, but it can also be a place of astonishing heroism. Brought together by the manipulations of a wizard even more powerful than they, the Hogwarts four, inspired by the remarkable courage of Odo the Hero on Hastings field, find themselves embarked on a quest to the north, which keeps them one step ahead of the invading army. On their journey, they meet seductive sorceresses, vicious magical creatures, and people who are not what they seem. The country is changing, and magic is no longer as stylish as it once was. Should magicians interfere in the affairs of muggles? Should witches and wizards retreat from the world for their own safety? Is magic the only protection witches have in a violent world? And who is the cantankerous old wizard responsible for bringing these legendary friends together? This is a rollicking tale of adventure and magic, that peaks behind legends, and explores what it means to be different in a dangerous world.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8898\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2647-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ChristineMalec.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ChristineMalec.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ChristineMalec.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ChristineMalec.mp3Christine Malec talks about her new Fan Fiction Novel, Before The Tide. This is a book Christine wrote in the universe of Harry Potter Books. Fan Fiction is just that, an author uses the universe and world created by another author and just, \u201cGoes with it.\u201d Christine talks about how her book Before the Tide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-GH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7881,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7881","url_meta":{"origin":2647,"position":0},"title":"The Luminato Festival is Back with Christine Malec Providing All the Details &#8211; Starting June 7! 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