Kerry Novick’s “Svetlana’s Ring” – A Fascinating Tale of Figure Skating, Sacrifice, and Magic

Jan 12, 2024 | Business

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Competitive figure skater turned author, Kerry Novick, has ventured into the world of fiction with her debut novel, Svetlanas Ring. In this enchanting coming-of-age story, she draws from her personal experiences as a figure skater to deliver a narrative that seamlessly blends sport with a touch of magic.

Her journey from a competitive figure skater to a seasoned professional with a successful career in childrens television sets the stage for the unique perspective she brings to Svetlanas Ring. The novel revolves around Brianna Nolan, a 14-year-old figure skater facing challenges that threaten to shatter her dreams of success. Inspired by her disappointments as a young skater, Novick creates a tale that explores the difficulties of the sport, the struggles of adolescence, and the mysterious powers of a ring that changes Briannas destiny.

The heart of the story lies in Briannas journey as she deals with the hurdles of puberty, fears of falling, and the unexpected twist that occurs when her father gifts her a ring once worn by Russian Champion Svetlana Terasova. The ring becomes a conduit to Svetlanas life, with Brianna experiencing flashes of the champions past in her dreams and on the ice. Novick skillfully explores the metamorphic power of the ring and its impact on Briannas skating career, as she somehow taps into Svetlanas fearlessness in the face of fast and difficult jumps. With this new confidence, the fear that held her back is gone.

Svetlanas Ring not only captures the technical nuances of figure skating but also looks into the emotional and social aspects of a young athletes life. The author skillfully portrays Briannas struggle to balance her newfound social life with the demands of her skating coach. The sacrifices Brianna makes lead her to a realization about the sacrifices Svetlana was forced to make back in Russia during the cold war. Brianna comes to realize that Svetlana was forced to end her career due to government interference, while for Brianna, the only thing standing in the way of her success is herself.

With this realization comes power and clarity of purpose, but also the hard truth about how much Brianna must give up in her personal life to make it to the top. Both young athletes and those who enjoy stories of courage will connect with Briannas struggles and be inspired by her determination to become a champion.

Readers are invited to experience the magic of Svetlanas Ring and also discover some of the sports important history. Most importantly, it reveals how fear holds us back. What could you accomplish if fear no longer stood in your way?

Start this magical journey by visiting www.authorkerrynovick.com to get your copy.

About the Author

As a competitive figure skater in her pre-teen and teen years, Kerry (McIntyre) Novick was surprised that there were so few novels about competitive figure skaters, and those that she found appeared to written by authors who had never skated competitively. She set out to change that. After high school, Novick turned professional and toured with Ice Follies & Holiday On Ice Combined Shows, Holiday On Ice Europe, and Disney On Ice. After a six-month engagement with an ice show in Japan, she went on to receive a degree in Japanese Language and Literature from the University of Massachusetts and a Master of Arts in East Asian Studies from Cornell University. She took writing courses throughout college and later at Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City, always with an eye to becoming an author. She went on to have a 25-year career in the distribution and development of childrens television programs, where she honed in on the art of storytelling for children and young adults. Svetlanas Ring is her first novel.

Author Kerry Jones’s New Book, “THE TABLECLOTH: Falling In Love With True Friendships,” Follows BJ Slone Who is Always “Moving It and Doing It” in Life

May 24, 2023 | Business

 Kerry Jones, who recently retired from a thirty-year career with one of the largest New York City-based international and domestic airlines in the world, has completed her new book, “THE TABLECLOTH: Falling In Love With True Friendships”: a captivating novel about BJ Slone.

Pia, Lester, DeBorah, Vanna, Neetha, Brocklyn, Kodi, Elle, and Pamella Moonface, one by one, came into her life. She cherishes and protects all nine of her girlfriends with every ounce of power in her soul. She proved that no force on earth could come between them.

Though led by their faith in their friendships, the girls’ number one rule is to take all their secrets to their graves. Their secrets are only for them and will remain between them. They share everything in their lives, from first loves to careers, to firstborns, to forever loves.

These friendships shared common denominators are spirituality, faith, support, loyalty, love, and secrets. God brought them together. Therefore, they plan on staying together. They cannot and will not live without each other.

BJ Slone could not entertain her girlfriends without first laying down her favorite tablecloth, then creating the most extravagant table setting on top of it. The only thing that rivals her table settings is the best food on the planet, prepared by one of her lifetime best friends, Pia.

Each food stain, wine stain, and tear stain on BJ’s tablecloth tells a story of love, laughter, life, success, friendships, and, of course, secrets.

Author Kerry Jones has traveled halfway around the globe, experiencing different cultures and making great lifelong friends. Her deepest passions are to eat, drink, and laugh wherever she goes in the world and to always make time to kick it with her BFFs every chance she gets.

Whether she is making friends just for a day, when running the New York City Marathon, each time cheering and encouraging everyone in front and behind her to finish the race, or whether it was through her entrepreneurial venture, she always thought of her customers as friends who supported her business.

Kerry writes, “Since I was a little girl, I have always loved receiving gifts—birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, Valentine gifts, or just miscellaneous gifts. Up until the age of twelve, I used to receive five birthday gifts per year—one on my birthday and one on each of my sister’s and brother’s birthdays. I lived under the notion that I had five birthdays per year. All those beautiful gifts, all year long, a good deal for a little girl while it lasted, huh?”

Published by Page Publishing, Kerry Jones’s memorable tale highlights the importance of true friendship.

Readers who wish to experience this remarkable work can purchase “THE TABLECLOTH: Falling In Love With True Friendships” at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or media inquiries, contact Page Publishing at 866-315-2708.

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The Executive Talk: Kerry Express (Thailand) PCL (SET: KEX)

May 16, 2022 | Business

Kerry Express (Thailand) PCL (SET: KEX) Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Alex Ng discusses the company’s strategy behind its achievement as the leading express parcel delivery in the country in The Executive Talk (TET) by ShareInvestor.

Kerry Express (Thailand) Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Alex Ng

1. Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic massively affected the economy. How has it challenged your business, and how did you cope with it?

Many people understand that Kerry must benefit from COVID-19 because more and more people shop online during the lockdown. Therefore, we have to deliver these parcels to their homes. So yes, in terms of business growth, we have experienced recorded high business growth in the past couple of years. But generally speaking, we do not like Covid-19. It disturbed our daily operations in a very big way. The supply of manpower, truck movement, and resource management planning got very difficult. Therefore, we all hope that the Covid-19 crisis will end soon.

However, I must admit that we managed the crisis very well while many transportation, logistics, and express companies did not effectively plan or overprepare for the situation. You may have read on the news that some companies got disrupted. Some had to suspend their sorting processes, while others even had to close their warehouses. But Kerry maintained very good continuity during COVID-19. It is payback for our dedication and well-plan. We now work 24-7, 365 days, and have no holidays.

2. What do you think has proved your market-leading position in Thailand?

First of all, we are the listed company with strong capital. As many logistics companies struggle with financial difficulties, Kerry Express focuses on improving our operations, such as business strategy and human development. So, we are more focused. At the same time, we are not very bureaucratic. While many listed companies or large corporations can be very bureaucratic, Kerry is an entrepreneurial organization with high mobility and flexibility, which is one of our strengths. However, the most important thing for me is that Kerry Express is very customer addicted. If you sit in any of our meetings, we always talk about how to make our customers happier and happier, how to make our great operations even better. We always want to be a better person, better company than yesterday.

3. What do you see as the major threats these days?

As you know, we are in wartime. Indeed, the oil price does not affect us very much. On the contrary, we spend less on fuel costs because of our reengineering, making our delivery and transportation more efficient. But if oil prices continue to increase, it will probably bring high pressure on our finances and operation sooner or later. Therefore, we are working very hard to be more efficient and rely less on fuel.

In addition, another issue for Thailand and this region is human capital. Today it is getting harder to find the right talent to work for a corporation. It’s not because they’re not smart or young people are not hard-working or progressive. But today, it’s very dynamic, and the working culture is different from ten years or two decades ago. So, I think a corporation like Kerry needs to change to a new paradigm. It seems employees embrace much more individuality than they were twenty years ago. The relationship between employer and employee becomes more parallelly. Consequently, we have tried to adjust ourselves, such as a friendly workplace. We try to make our office and working environment much happier for the employees so that we get the best talents in the country and the region. People are our only asset, I would say.

4. How would you enlarge your business ecosystem? Will any new services be coming this year or in 2023?

We will never stop developing new products and services. Express and parcel delivery remains our core business. But the expansion of new services will bring more users and sticky users. You would have heard that we’re launching a new service that delivers frozen and chilled products called “Kerry Cool.” No one is doing it seriously in the country. And most recently, we have just announced a new service with Central Group, “Kerry XL.” We are moving larger items like furniture and gym devices. So, we are creating a new delivery platform that does not overlap with our existing service.

Furthermore, we are also developing a non-delivery platform rapidly. We have built a new payment platform called “Kerry Wallet” that combines various payment methods, including credit cards, top-up wallets, and PromptPay’s QR Code system. Because during the Covid-19, a number of users have turned to cashless payment. We are happy to contain these users within Kerry Wallet, so they enjoy better and more convenience.

5. How have you prepared to enter digital technology dynamics?

From my perspective, preparing for the digital economy is not one of the exercises. Indeed, Kerry has never stopped digitalizing since day one. Can you imagine we were the first to invent cash-on-delivery in Thailand? And it’s us again who started the QR Code payment on delivery. We doubt many people know, but our frequent customers have gradually turned to this payment method. We are a very innovative company. We will not announce it as a showcase because this kind of thing is not a showcase but a real necessity for the company’s development.

6. Can you tell us about “HI-STEP”, Kerry Express’s core value?

“HI-STEP” is our motto, not created by the management but by most employees about eight years ago in the workshop. H stands for honesty, I for innovation, S for service mind, T for teamwork, E for execution, and last but not least, P stands for positivity because we want our people to be positive-minded, not negative-minded. These are elements or core competence that we believe Kerry people shall possess. They even composed a song about it. You can listen on YouTube. ( https://youtu.be/pi32iVaCdvs )

About The Executive Q&A Series

The Executive Q&A Series is presented by ShareInvestor, Asia’s leading financial internet media and technology company and the largest investor relations network in the region. For more information, email admin.th@shareinvestor.com. Website: www.ShareInvestorThailand.com






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