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    Standing by the Watchtower: Volume 1
    Standing by the Watchtower: Volume 1
    Standing by the Watchtower: Volume 1
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    Standing by the Watchtower: Volume 1

    By C.S. Woolley

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    Mightier Than the Sword UK is proud to present this collection of poetry in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. All royalties from the sale of this volume are directly donated to Macmillan Cancer Support. For more details about Macmillan please visit www.macmillan.org.uk

    Featuring work from poet and author C.S. Woolley, poet Alexandra Brennan and poet Tom Woolley along with contributions from Rebecca Granillo and Naomi Milnes this volume contains poetry that explores themes that include nature, life, death and love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherC.S. Woolley
    Release dateJul 10, 2013
    ISBN9781301253333
    Standing by the Watchtower: Volume 1
    Author

    C.S. Woolley

    C.S. Woolley (Caroline Sarah Woolley) was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire and raised in the nearby town of Wilmslow. From an early age she discovered she had a flair and passion for writing. This was fuelled by winning local poetry and short story competitions during her years at Mottram St. Andrews Primary School. During high school, she continued to write and found her time split between acting, writing and her studies. At 14 she began writing novels. University did nothing to change her love of writing. C.S. spent a year reading Law at Manchester Metropolitan University before changing her mind and moving to read English at Hull University. After graduating she moved to Nottingham where she stayed for the cricket at Trent Bridge. She currently lives with her partner, Matt, and their two cats in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2010, C.S published her first novel, Nicolette Mace – The Raven Siren: The Kevin Metis Saga. Since 2010 she has published books in five series – The Chronicles of Celadmore, The Mysteries of Stickleback Hollow, The Children of Ribe, The Children of Snotingas and Nicolette Mace: The Raven Siren - as well as a series of adapted classics for Foxton Books and a series of modernised Shakespeare and workbooks to help with GCSEs. Her upcoming series include Alpha Sigma, The Children of Danelaw, Dark Hearts,The Children of Ribe Story Books, The Children of Ribe: Tales from Ribe, The Children of Ribe: Ancestors, Yngvar and Reinholdt, Finestra, and The Children of Ribe: Legends. More recently C.S has taken part in charity projects that include producing content for charity books such as Standing by the Watchtower: Volume 1. C.S has also acted in several plays and films including Weekend (2011). Hobbies: horse riding, including show jumping and cross country, Formula 1, tennis, free climbing, singing, boxing, dancing, playing guitar, cricket and is also an avid PC and console gamer. Favourite movies: The Muppet Christmas Carol, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Chisum. Favourite books: Sharpe’s Prey, Silverthorn and the Three Musketeers. Favourite bands: Thin Lizzy, the Darkness and McBusted. For more information please visit: http://www.mightierthanthesworduk.com

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      Standing by the Watchtower - C.S. Woolley

      Standing by

      the Watchtower

      Volume 1

      In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support

      A Mightier Than the Sword UK Publication

      ©2013

      Standing by the Watchtower

      Volume 1

      By C. S. woolley, Alexandra Brennan, Rebecca Granillo, Tom Woolley & Naomi Milnes.

      A Mightier Than the Sword Publication

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright ©c. s. woolley 2013, ©Alexandra Brennan 2013, ©Rebecca Granillo 2013, ©Tom Woolley 2013, ©Naomi Milnes 2013.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publishers.

      Also by the C. S. woolley

      The Chronicles of Celadmore

      Shroud of Darkness

      Lady of Fire

      Nicolette Mace: The Raven Siren

      Filling the Afterlife from the Underworld: Volume 1

      The Kevin Metis Saga

      The Derek Long Saga

      For more information please visit www.mightierthanthesworduk.com

      Foreword

      By c.s. woolley

      The idea behind putting together this volume of poetry to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support came from wanting to give back to an organisation that does amazing work and has affected me personally. My grandmother, Hilda Ransom, was diagnosed with lung cancer when I was a child. It was the Macmillan nurses that supported my family and her as she battled against the disease.

      Macmillan Cancer

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