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Welcome to Day 6 of the “WHISPERS OF THE PAST” Blog Tour! @RobertaEaton17 @ @4WillsPub

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Paranormal experiences by Stevie Turner

Title:  ‘Whispers of the Past’ Blog Tour, by Stevie Turner

I am delighted to take part in this blog tour to promote ‘Whispers of the Past’, a paranormal anthology compiled by Kaye Lynne Booth. The anthology features eight stories by six authors, namely myself (Stevie Turner) and also Kaye Lynne Booth, Roberta Eaton Cheadle, Julie Goodswen, Lauren McHargue, and lastly Jeff Bowles, whose story ‘A Peaceful Life I’ve Never Known’, was the winner of the 2019 Wordcrafter Paranormal Short Fiction Contest.

I’ve always enjoyed ghost stories since I was a child.  In fact, my favourite genre to write in is now the paranormal genre, as no research needs to be done and I can just write away from past experiences. 

Yes, I’ve had several paranormal experiences as a child, as we lived in a haunted flat where some poor soul had previously committed suicide in my bedroom.  There was often an imprint of a body on my freshly made-up bed, my bed would shake and lift off the ground (I would dive under the covers until the shaking stopped), and the room itself was always cold.  I often saw ghosts in the flat as a young child but thought nothing of it.  Thankfully when I was seven years old, we moved to a new house, and the ghostly events ceased.

I am a firm believer in the paranormal, as I have first-hand experience.  Later in life I attended a spiritualist meeting with a clairvoyant, who passed on a message from my deceased uncle that absolutely convinced me that there is life after death.  I had never met the clairvoyant before, and she had no idea who I was.  I had been having trouble opening the front door to my flat – the key was stiff, and the lock was old.  My uncle told the clairvoyant about this, and he also added that I would never have any more trouble unlocking the door.  When I got home the key slotted easily in the lock, and it did forever more until I moved out.

There is definitely an ‘afterlife’.  If you read ‘Whispers of the Past’, it may convince you too!

 BOOK BLURB:

A paranormal anthology with nine stories from six authors, including the winning story in the 2019 WordCrafter Paranormal Short Fiction Contest, A Peaceful Life I’ve Never Known, by Jeff Bowles.

AUTHOR BIO:

Stevie Turner

Stevie Turner is a British author of suspense, paranormal, women’s fiction family dramas, and darkly humorous novels. She has also branched out into the world of audio books, screenplays, and translations. Most of her novels are now also available as audio books, and ‘A House Without Windows’ gained the attention of a New York media production company in December 2017. Some of Stevie’s books have been translated into German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.

Stevie can be contacted at the following email address: stevie@stevie-turner-author.co.uk

You can find her blog at the following link: https://steviet3.wordpress.com/

You can sign up to her mailing list here: http://eepurl.com/dvNklL

Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Stevie-Turner/e/B00AV7YOTU

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

Amazon Author Page

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Welcome to Day 8 of the “SMOKE ROSE TO HEAVEN” Blog Tour! @SarahAngleton @4WillsPub #RRBC

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The Best Old Book

I’m a sucker for a good thesaurus. I realize that may make me sound like one of the most boring people on the planet, but just hear me out.

About twenty years ago or so, I was living life as a recent college graduate and newlywed professional in the camping industry, a job I truly enjoyed but rarely miss. We didn’t have any children yet and when my husband’s burgeoning career came to an anticipated crossroad, I found myself with a good opportunity to pursue a different professional path.

That’s when I went back to grad school at the University of Missouri to earn my master’s degree in literature and creative writing. Before I could do that, however, I had to take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE).

The first step was, of course, to buy one of those big test prep books—you know the ones that are as thick as an old-fashioned New York City phone book stacked on top of the “S” volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica that still collects dust on the shelf in your parents’ basement? Yeah, that’s the one.

It’s been quite a few years and I’m unfamiliar with the test format now, but one of my biggest concerns then was the analogies portion in which I would be asked:

If shoe is to apricot, then rodeo is to______.

a. Golden Retriever

b. Grecian vase

c. central heating

d. toothbrush

Except replace all the words in the question and answers with ones you’ve never heard of before.

The Great Big Book of Test Prep recommended studying with a thesaurus. So, I bought myself another book that weighed roughly the same as your run-of-the-mill anvil and got to work. I looked up the words from practice tests and any grandiloquent words I came across in my pleasure reading. Soon I had whole families and clusters of new, slightly pretentious, words to which I could attach at least vague meaning.

And I had become a huge fan of Mr. Roget.

Since then, my collection has expanded to include multiple generations of recently updated thesauri, a handy pocket version, and an early edition from 1866, about fourteen years after the original 14,000-word masterpiece compiled by Peter Mark Roget.

Of course there are several online versions available as well, but I rarely write without a print copy of a thesaurus nearby. Because I write a great deal of historical fiction, the oldest one in my collection especially comes in handy.

My most recent historical novel, Smoke Rose to Heaven, benefited greatly from Mr. Roget’s assistance. His marvelous book and its descendants helped me to put the final polish on the 19th century world my characters inhabit. It served to pepper their language with quaint, but still accessible, words as they galloped across their lush historical landscape occasionally stumbling over an abandoned child, a lost manuscript, or an assassin.

And that’s why I’m a sucker for a good thesaurus. Also, the answer is C, which I’m sure you already knew.

Book Blurb:

New York, 1872.

Diviner Ada Moses is a finder of hidden things and a keeper of secrets. In her possession is a lost manuscript with the power to destroy the faith of tens of thousands of believers.

When a man seeking the truth knocks at her door with a conspiracy theory on his lips and assassins at his heels, she must make a choice.

Spurred by news of a ritualistic murder and the arrival of a package containing the victim’s bloody shirt, Ada must either attempt to vanish with the truth or return the burden she has long borne to the prophet responsible for one of the most successful deceptions in US history.

Protecting someone else’s secret may save Ada’s life, but is that worth forcing her own demons into the light?

Author Bio:

SARAH ANGLETON is the author of the historical novels Gentleman of Misfortune and Smoke Rose to Heaven as well as the humor collection Launching Sheep & Other Stories from the Intersection of History and Nonsense. She lives with her husband, two sons, and one loyal dog near St. Louis, where she loves rooting for the Cardinals but doesn’t care for the pizza.

Social Media Links:

https://www.facebook.com/sangletonwrites

https://sarah-angleton.com

Sarah is giving away 5 e-book copies of SMOKE ROSE TO HEAVEN and all you have to do for a chance to win a copy is to leave a comment below.  
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