Rondo One-Eye

Read the story of a young seal from her birth beside the dark waters of Loch Shiel in the Western Highlands of Scotland, and how she managed to learn to hunt and survive despite near-fatal injuries suffered soon after being born.

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Author: Niall McKillop
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Read the story of a young seal from her birth beside the dark waters of Loch Shiel in the Western Highlands of Scotland, and how she managed to learn to hunt and survive despite near-fatal injuries suffered soon after being born. Later, Rondo contracts a deadly seal virus, but is caught by well-wishers and taken to a recovery centre. Eventually a run down beach-side marine life centre takes her in as a star attraction but she almost dies through neglect until being set free by the woman who had originally looked after her after capture. She's many hundreds of miles from her home waters, but with only tides, sun and stars to guide her back to Loch Shiel, can she make it?

Date insert: Thursday, 23 March 2023

T'was the Night Before Christmas... 

 (With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore, may he forgive my doggerel...)

...and all through the shop,
all we minions were working,
   until ready to drop.

The ebooks were flying,
the covers were spare,
The edits were crazy,
   with "one more thing I must share!"

We waited for Santa,
'Cuz we love old Saint Nick,
But Hitch made us work,
   Waving 'round an old stick!

So slave we all did,
And made all your books,
So that Hitch would say now,
   that we're off the hook.

Come today we're off,
to rest up our fingers,
Our hats we will doff,
   No books they do linger.

But we'll all be back,
Don't give it a thought,
for like all wage slaves,
   we're easily bought.

We'll be back on the fifth,
all eager and fresh,
All ready for you,
   after a well-deserved rest.

So Hitch wants to say,
very strongly and loud,
THANKS ALL YOU GUYS,
  you're the best type of crowd.

Indy and Len and Hitch and the gang,
will be back on the 5th,
to do books with a BANG!

In the meantime don't worry,
if you're in a hurry,
'cuz some poor guy got stuck
   sitting here like a duck.

Your emails we'll receive,
so no need to grieve.
We'll be a bit slow,
but we're raring to go.

Your books will be worked on,
your edits still made,
we're just resting a bit,
   before we all fade.

So please excuse the delays;
It won't be for days;
we'll jump on your queries,
   for your wondrous new series.

We waited for Santa,
'Cuz we love old St. Nick,
And sure 'nuff he came,
   It wasn't a trick.

And as he rode off,
into the night,
I could swear I heard Hitch yell,
   "That Edit's Not Right!"

~~~~~~~~~~

We'll be back on the morning of January 5th; we'll be here parttime between now and then, thanks.