tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104365782011-12-04T06:14:39.924+01:00Malawi was unexpected; a place of discovery and wonder. It was a gift, a surprise, an unplanned destination. My journey to Lake Nyasa and the nights I spent on Nyika Plateau, following the tracks of wild creatures, marked the time of my before and my after... These experiences are now being recorded in a new novel in progress.Nina Ondinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18317510675133539569noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10436578.post-1133329869645330992007-04-09T08:00:00.000+02:002007-04-09T08:00:25.034+02:00

I've been busy posting my novel "Malawi and the Lake of Stars", of which you can read an excerpt below. It was well-worth the effort. If you would like to know more about the story and are interested in publishing the MS, please leave a message with your credentials in the comments box below and I will forward you a synopsis.

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Dawn is merely a silver streak outlining the dark seam of the moors. In the grasslands that unfold over the silent plateau, wild orchids shiver in the twilight. The morning wind tangles tufts of grass. There are no trees here, only grasses and ferns and proteas that grow into a lush coat covering the montane terrain. At more than a thousand metres aloft the sea, the murmur of herds of eland and

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