{"id":7197,"date":"2013-09-23T18:49:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T23:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7197"},"modified":"2013-09-23T19:03:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T00:03:44","slug":"giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7197","title":{"rendered":"The Giveaway!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Seeking Sarah Shand Giveaway<\/h1>\n

Okay, I’ve banged on about it being a 2014 A Shadow in the Past<\/span><\/strong> calendar (created at Vistaprint<\/a>) but have only ever revealed the cover image. And what better to convey a time-travel set in Scotland than a stone circle on the front cover?<\/p>\n

And now for the inside leaves…<\/p>\n

January<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tap O’Noth from the Gordonsfield Farm road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gordonsfield farmhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gordsonfield farm from the stone circle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The road to Weetshill mansion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The railway line near the old kirkyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The ghostly trees lining the road to Weetshill mansion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Weetshill mansion – in the present<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ruins in the field behind Gordonsfield farmhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Old Kirkyard in Kendonald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Robertson stone in the Old Kirkyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Weetshill Railway Station – today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Salvation Army Citadel in the Castlegate in Aberdeen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These photos were all taken by me on my trips to Scotland in 1993 and 1997, long before A Shadow in the Past<\/strong><\/span> came to be, even in its earlier novella form of Sarah’s Gift<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Now that you’ve seen all the months’ photos, don’t you want to win one? You can. It’s easy. Visit the daily posts of my trip to Scotland (the clues are in the text) then leave your guesses where the Seeking Sarah Shand photos were taken in the comments.<\/p>\n

You can also play along over at my A Shadow in the Past 2013 Book Tour blog<\/a> as I check the comments there, too.<\/p>\n

Good luck!<\/p>\n

I can’t wait to read your guesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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