Bio – Julie Elizabeth Powell (pen)
Hello everyone. If you haven't guessed by now I have a passion for words
and have ten books published...all thanks to Lulu and Kindle, much hard work
and sleepless nights.
My eldest daughter has flown the nest and is married to a man who doesn't
mind his mother-in-law though my son is still fluffing his feathers.
My middle child is off on a mysterious adventure, the like of which I can only guess...and tried to do so in my first book, Gone.
I love to read and am looking for ways to double time so to indulge in the mysterious and wonderful and delicious and strange...my favourite kind of story.
Writing is my passion, though I enjoy creating handcrafted cards, jewellery making, scrapbooking and dabbling in encaustic art whenever I can.
Oh yes, I used to teach or mark exam papers but now concentrate on writing and enjoying my new life, which materialised, as if by a miracle. Though still dislike all those necessary domestic chores that would, for me, be included in the Rings of Hell!
That's it. Thank you to anyone who reads my books...enjoy the flight!
My middle child is off on a mysterious adventure, the like of which I can only guess...and tried to do so in my first book, Gone.
I love to read and am looking for ways to double time so to indulge in the mysterious and wonderful and delicious and strange...my favourite kind of story.
Writing is my passion, though I enjoy creating handcrafted cards, jewellery making, scrapbooking and dabbling in encaustic art whenever I can.
Oh yes, I used to teach or mark exam papers but now concentrate on writing and enjoying my new life, which materialised, as if by a miracle. Though still dislike all those necessary domestic chores that would, for me, be included in the Rings of Hell!
That's it. Thank you to anyone who reads my books...enjoy the flight!
My Books:
Gone
Slings & Arrows
Of Sound Mind
Misadventures Of Fatwoman
A Murderer’s Heart
Figments
Knowing Jack
The Star Realm (#1 Avalon Trilogy)
Invasion (# 2 Avalon Trilogy)
Secrets Of The Ice (#3 Avalon Trilogy)
Lost Shadows
All books are available as Kindle editions – UK
and USA
Print books are available: www.lulu.com/julizpow
email: julizpow@yahoo.co.uk
Website: http://www.freewebs.com/julizpow
GONE (fantasy /paranormal)
After Charley dies in her office chair, how is it that she finds herself
propelled into the mysterious world of Avalon?
Upon encountering an essence, which insists is her
daughter – the one she knows she left behind – insanity battles with
fear inside her mind.
The further she delves, the more puzzling things appear, especially after
she rises into the Orb of Caprice – a realm of fairies, talking flowers and
goblins…and something else, something that lurks in the shadows ready to
swallow her whole.
Can she realise in time what it is she must do…or has she
left it too late?
Gone is a story inspired by a true event.
SLINGS & ARROWS (non-fiction)
Nobody expects to lose a child but when it happens what can we do? In the sea of grief that seizes the soul how
can we swim against the tide? But when
that loss is compounded in each minute of every day, what do we do then?
Slings and Arrows is a story about the consequences of a moment, a moment,
which separates a mother and daughter in ways impossible to imagine.
It charts their parallel lives, each suffering, one
knowing, one not.
It is brutally honest; an account filled with
bewilderment, guilt, anger and pain yet it also holds the key to hope. That whatever happens, the bonds of love can
never be broken.
LOST SHADOWS (psychological thriller /fantasy)
Not only had Adam lost his parents in a car crash, but he’d also forgotten
who he was. Pamela is haunted by the
patient who was murdered by her father.
Barbara and Mike have mysterious secrets. Harry seeks solace at the bottom of a
glass. And why is Mildred so
afraid? While Helen’s mind gathers dust,
Lizzie mourns the loss of her, and her husband.
Both Penny and Jane are frantic to find their daughters, if in different
ways. Rick wonders what to do about his
family. And who is William?
Most are strangers, all are haunted by darkness –
does this unite them, or is it something they must do that will free them?
Will they find what is lost?
A MURDERER’S HEART (murder mystery)
Anne Blake, psychiatrist is good at her job, and believes that even the
most sick at heart can be cured...or at least saved enough that they can lead a
better life. But maybe she’s wrong? Maybe within a murderer’s heart, evil lurks
and nothing can be done except to save yourself?
MISADVENTURES OF FATWOMAN (humour)
Andi has always been anxious about her weight and like many women, thinks
that unless she is thin, she has no value.
Follow her 'misadventures' and see if this is true or will she find there
are more important things that makes a person who and what they are?
OF SOUND MIND (fantasy)
Jorja always knew she was different.
But it wasn’t until she discovered her telekinetic ability that she
realised just how different she was.
Living with her frail mother and an obsessive, cruel and hated aunt,
Jorja grapples with the truth of her being.
As her story is revealed, other powers are uncovered – not least that she
can see other people’s souls in the colours that surround them – and we are led
into a surprising and shocking world of fantasy, forcing doubt as to the sanity
of the heroine.
We follow Jorja’s life, delving into her loves, hates and fears though
cannot help but delight in the woman she becomes, despite the question which
hangs mysteriously in the air. It will
be up to the reader to decide if Mageia and its diverse inhabitants are indeed
real or only the illusionary world created by a disturbed mind, due, not only
to grief but also to her persecution by her aunt and the defective qualities of
a barbarous doctor.
Although the story is resolved, questions will remain.
FIGMENTS (short stories & poems)
I couldn’t resist putting
together all those little ideas that have popped into my mind then out onto
paper as the years have flown. Most have
fallen by the wayside into the bin of ‘of my’ but some stayed and here they
are.
These pieces have also tested
my abilities and certainly stretched my brain towards a variety of genres,
styles and ways of looking at the world and the people in it.
From comedy to a touch of
horror, romance, fantasy and fun to solemn, and maybe some things in between –
I’ve had a go.
Hope you like this collection
– how could I help but indulge; like that first piece of dark chocolate and sip
of rich, steaming coffee, while snuggling with my soul mate on a freezing
winter’s night?
Enjoy.
KNOWING JACK (age approx 12+) (mystery
adventure)
Twelve-year-old Jack knows they shouldn’t go but is unable to persuade his
parents not to take the planned trip to the Lake District. Something was going to happen but what? The weird feelings he had were always so
fuzzy and they didn’t always make sense.
Maybe it was just because he’d have to spend time with his pampered
cousin, Rosie?
Anyway, it was nearly Christmas and what could go wrong just staying in
some cabin in the woods? He was being
stupid…all he had to do was ignore the way his belly churned and his head
pounded.
He might be wrong after all.
THE STAR REALM (#1 AVALON TRILOGY) (age
approx 12+) (epic fantasy adventure)
What would you do if you were called to another world…a world filled with
seemingly impossible things?
Faced with this choice, Davie,
Ben, Anne, Chrissie and Billy embark upon a mysterious quest, finding
themselves transported to the spectacular and extraordinary world of Avalon,
whereupon they are catapulted into one of the uncountable heptagonal pieces
that make up the magical sphere of the Orb of Caprice…namely, The Star Realm.
Follow the exploits of the
five and champion their long, arduous yet amazing journey. But a question remains…will Time be on their
side?
This story is for anyone with
a head overflowing with dreams, a heart filled with a yearning for adventure
and a soul buoyant in magic.
INVASION (#2 AVALON TRILOGY)
Davie, Ben, Chrissie, Billy and Anne are once again called by the Time
Keeper of Avalon and soon find themselves within another world of the Orb of
Caprice, this time joined by Daisy, Billy’s unsuspecting grandmother, where,
together, they must find the Key of Light, if all their worlds are to be saved
before DarkStar gains control.
The corrupted land of the Dark Reaches is full of mysterious and forbidding
creatures, testing friendships and resolve as they battle through this
fragmented world in an effort to complete their quest.
Faced with these dangers, they have the added worry about what may have
happened to Kimeranet, who has disappeared without a trace.
As the puzzle unravels, not least about Kimeranet’s past, a further mystery
develops, as the travellers discover part of the Legend of the Kraal, and meet
Kaarvok…but can they trust him?
And can they remain united as they struggle through this newly found world?
Follow this next adventure and see if they can again successfully fight to
save their friend and home.
SECRETS OF THE ICE (#3 AVALON TRILOGY)
Secrets Of The Ice is the last
of the epic journey for Davie, Ben, Chrissie, Billy, Anne and Daisy. It sees them battle against unrelenting odds
within the Dominion of Ice, where they must find the thirteen pieces of the
Mystical Pyramid before Lokian can use it to unleash DarkStar and so to bring
Elsewhere under its thrall.
There is something they do not realise,
however, something that goes back further than the creation of Avalon, but will
the secrets be unravelled in time and be enough to show them what they must do
and what sacrifices must be made?
Delve into the mystery and
find out if they can do it.
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