Reynox Writers' Centre closes

In some sad news Jennifer Fallon advisers us that Reynox House, her writers retreat in New Zealand.  The Christchurch earthquake made the house unsafe for residential retreats but it sounds as if battles with insurance companies has really put the nail in the coffin.

here’s the press release from Jennifer

So, the insurance company got the better of us. We have been forced to admit defeat.

As of the Dec 7, 2012, Reynox House is permanently closed and has been sold for redevelopment to someone with far deeper pockets than ours.

Hopefully, the new owners can afford the six-figure legal bill to fight AMP, WH Mainzeal and Vero to have the seven-figure repair bill from the September 2010 earthquake covered.

Time now, for our family to get on with life. As for me, I will concentrate on my very cool day job which takes me to Antarctica every year for a month and working the 5 books I have been commissioned to write. Just won’t be writing them from Reynox House.

Cheers

Jenny Fallon

[source]

So sad news for writers, especially in NZ.

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Heads Up–Dark Divide due out in April

The Dark Divide, book two in Jennifer Fallon’s Rift Runners series is due out April 1st¹ for Australian and New Zealand readers. 

International fans will have to wait a little longer. 

The blurb:

Time is running out for Rónán and his psychically-linked twin brother, Darragh. In two weeks, at the Autumn Solstice in their own reality, the Queen of the Faerie will transfer the Undivided power to the new-found heirs and the older twins will die. But Darragh is trapped in 2001 Dublin and Rónán in a reality where the Undivided are not Druids, but Shinto warriors.

The twins need to get home before the transfer takes place, not only to save their own lives, but to break the curse on Trása, who is destined to remain trapped by Marcroy Tarth's spell, and to rescue Hayley from the Faerie lord's seductive embrace.

With Darragh caught in a reality without magic, and Ronan stranded in one with plenty of magic but no idea how to use it, the brothers must prove that even across realities, they truly are the Undivided.

You can of course pick up book one here , or if you live in Adelaide, The Book Boys had quite a few on sale for $9.99 in the old Borders building.

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^{1. My source is Jennifer's blog and I am sure this isn’t a stunt.↩}

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