Curie Author Showcase (August 1st, 2018)

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  • In the spirit of Curie's mission to promote undiscovered but exceptional content, we wish to use this twice weekly section to provide an author showcase for some of the outstanding authors who received Curie upvotes in past week. Curie curators and reviewers nominate authors for inclusion in this showcase and author approval is sought and attained.

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Featured Author: @derekkind
Nahanni By Float Plane: Experiencing One of Canada's Beautiful and Remote National Parks

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Where to go; where not to go? When in doubt, choose one of Canada's most beautiful National Parks: Nahanni. In this post, Canadian landscape photographer, Derek shares an exciting tour experience of a photogenic part of northern Canada.

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From sleeping in a jeep, to riding on a float plane, to offending the tummy gods with the wrong meal, and dealing with unpredictable weather, Derek's narrative is compelling; and the generous use of lush dreamy images combine to make this one of the best adventure pieces you will read on the internet.

"It's only the opportunities we pass up that we regret later. I won't regret this one," reflected Derek.

Derek Kind is an Ontario photographer who takes pictures of pretty things in nature, be they mountains, the sea, animals or cityscapes.

Bask in the wonderment of nature from above Canada.

Featured Author: @faitherz33
Introduction to my Book "Family Not Issued"

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In this very emotional introduction to a coming book, "Family Not Issued," the author (or co-author?) recounts her experiences married to a veteran. The extended times away from family with every deployment, having to be affected first hand by war (not just as an opinionated social commentator), and the resultant family complications, anxiety, PTSD and what have you. It makes a very emotional read, one that fills you with eagerness for what the chapters of the book will contain. It sure takes a whole lot of bravery to tell a story with a strong voice like Faith's.

Here is an excerpt from this introduction post that offers an insight into the author's goal with this project:

"I hope this helps you or your loved ones learn a few things to help cope with the challenges that are a natural part of the military life. I hope if you are struggling with similar issues, that this will aid in finding a source of relief, or at least find where to jump start your journey to a better life with your Veteran." — Faith

We await the actualization of this book project and wish Faith and her family good luck.

Read Faith's story here.


Featured Author: @rubencress
Interior Photography: Preston Palace

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Explore the beauty of Preston Palace as shown from the creative perspective of Dutch Photographer and steemian, Ruben Cress. "Preston Palace is one of the most well-known hotels in Overijssel," Ruben writes. In this post he details the creative process of executing the photo assignment. The final outcome, as with all of Ruben's photography (be it portrait, landscape, or product subjects) is excellent. His perfectionist approach shines through in this interior detailing.

Ruben is a charming character and his blog let off that vibe. He wants to "use photography as a tool to connect with other people."

Go look at Ruben's photography.

Featured Author: @darrenclaxton
Steemit Open Mic week 95 - Early Morning Light - Original Song by Darren Claxton

I would just say Darren is perfection. His music is soothing to the soul, his songwriting layers thoughts with such beautiful rhythm. I asked Darren to tell us about himself and here's what he shared with me:

"Darren Claxton is a Songwriter, Musician and Producer of his own music, from Derbyshire UK. The music he writes is often heartfelt acoustic indie folk with a sprinkling of rock and country influences, with an occasional world music flavour as heard on his track ‘Dragonfly’. But most of all, it's his passive emotive thoughts and feelings that are delivered through that soothing vocal, and intricate guitar playing of his."

He shares his music on Choon. a music streaming platform and digital payment ecosystem, that Darren actively promotes.

Listen to Darren's original song.

Featured Author: @mrsomebody
SketchTravel in Portugal

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"Mr. Somebody" is a Seattle-based artist who shares his travel experiences through a very unique medium: sketches. His featured post is a masterpiece clean line art, and an excellent written log of his adventure in Portugal, with a 8 hour London layover. I stalked him a bit and I can say with authority that he and his wife have Japan lined up for their next trip in the fall.

There is a lot to take in: Monsaraz Castle, mountain village of Monsanto, Barcos, Porto and more.

You go check it out yourself.


With that we wrap this installment of the showcase post. We hope you found these creators and their works fascinating. Be sure to support their contents in the best way you can. See you in the next one.

This Curie Author Showcase was written by Curie Curator @misterakpan (Ubokobong Akpan), with input from other Curie curators and reviewers. All images and quoted texts are the copyright of their respective authors and publishers.

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Oh this made my day. So happy to see @derekkind and @faitherz33 here.

It made my day as well. Thank you, Gaby. :)

Thank you everyone with @curie for everything you are doing. Thank you for choosing to feature the post by my wife @faitherz33. She is the author of the book that she is writing. There are so many talented people featured here and i am so proud of her for the what she is doing.

Lol @derangedvisions, you guys have kids? They will have superpowers 😂

We have two kids, lol. I got both of them on Steemit now too. I have made this a family thing. My son is just playing video games on dlive and my daughter does photography and writes.

Haha, that's pretty nifty! I am bringing some friends onboard as well :D haha. Funny to see how we both managed to overcome scary things in maybe the same timestamp. It must be Steemit's doing! ;-)

That is your wife? Wow. I'm blown away even more and I can't wait for installments of the book. And now I can relate more with the themes of your photography, with these back stories. I admire you even more. You have an amazing family.

Yep that is my wife and best friend. We just hit 17 years. She just posted chapter 1 of the book yesterday as well if you wanted to check it out.

Thank you for the nice compliments.

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It's great to be featured here amongst such talented people like your wife!
I wish her all the best with her book!

Wow, this write-up! You make me all shy... Thank you guys so much!

That's some great photography skills you have there my friend! Fully deserved Curie love! P

Thanks Darren! Congrats on your feature as well. Im gonna check Choon out 😁

Thank you So MUCH for showcasing me and sharing my story! I have wanted to write this for so long, and never allowed myself the courage to have other people's opinions weigh in on what I had to say. This post sure makes me feel incredibly grateful and blessed! I am so excited to continue this book and get it out for everyone to learn from! I appreciate my man for encouraging me to post it, even though I was scared :) . He is the best! Thank you again, thank you thank you!! Have a blessed rest of your day or night!!

I'm so happy to see your post here as well, @faitherz33!!! :)

Really quality work! Your mission is to share and support thanks!

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@curie A long time without visiting, excellent initiative, a beautiful way to inceivate the authors. congratulations for the great work, extensive to the authors of the day

Thanks for the compliment and for listening to my music!
Your curation and promotion is Invaluable to an independent artist like me!
Keep doing this amazing work of yours Curie!
Please check out my Choon post.

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Are You On Choon Yet?

Happy new month.
Great work @curie.

Congrats to all those who got curated. Keep doing the nice job @curie

And how to get under the attention of your curators? Is there any special tag? I would like to participate))

am really please about !!!

good work!!! <3 <3 <3 thanks for help!

Oh, this is wonderful - I'm so thankful for having my photo-story featured in this roundup, and with such an enthusiastic introduction, too (cheers, @misterakpan!). Thank you so much to the folks at @curie who curated my post and chose it for showcasing!

Thank's for your good post. I follow you, please follow me, sir. I'm totally new to Steemit. Hope you will follow me and help me get filled up by Upvoting. Thank you so much.

Congratulations to all the winners this week! Thanks to the work they do make the community a better place for users who need some help

Cracking work guys.
Well done to you all :D

I followed and also giving my thanks to you for supporting me.

Thank you for doing STEEM - better. Good luck to you and Love.

Спасибо, что делаете STEEM – лучше. Удачи Вам и Любви.