Work is Beginning on Book 4

​Because I don’t use magic in my books I sometimes come to a point in my story where I need to use some kind of invention to get the characters out of a difficult situation. This is when I find it easier to make a model of the invention or include it in a painting just to make sure that it is plausible.  

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Here I am in the first stages of making an automaton ear, a sort of mechanical ear.
But what’s it for I hear you ask, you’ll have to wait until book four, or it will spoil the story, sorry.

Did anyone notice the blue/green translucent shells I used? They are New Zealand Paua shells, a type of abalone only found in New Zealand, where I used to live. They will polish up really brightly when I'm finished.

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