by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Jul 18, 2018 | A Thin Slice of Heaven, Authors and Books, On Writing, The Tempest Murders, Vicki's Key
We’re continuing with the hero’s journey, and today I want to tell you about the trauma that awakens the hero and catapults him or her along their journey. The trauma can be a death (especially one that is unexpected or sudden), a divorce or split, job loss, illness...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Oct 25, 2017 | Psychics and the Paranormal, The Tempest Murders, Vicki's Key
I saw a fascinating video while surfing Facebook, which got me to thinking about personal belief systems. We don’t have the option of saying that 1+1 does not equal 2, or that the letter ‘a’ has been removed from the English alphabet. We can’t declare that Washington,...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Oct 18, 2017 | Dylan's Song, The Tempest Murders, Uncategorized
Those of us in the United States don’t often associate hurricanes with Ireland. We think of them as tropical storms, the warm waters off our southern shores fueling their intensity. Yet on October 16, 2017, Hurricane Ophelia slammed ashore in Ireland with winds...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Oct 6, 2017 | On Writing, The Tempest Murders
The past two weeks have felt surreal with the arrival of Hurricane Matthew, the resulting storm surge and subsequent flooding in Lumberton, North Carolina. For those who have read The Tempest Murders, you’ll recall that it takes place as Hurricane Irene is...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 20, 2017 | The Tempest Murders
January 6, The Day of Epiphany, is the anniversary of The Night of the Big Wind, one of the most devastating storms in Ireland’s history. There had been a religious group that believed the world would end on the Day of Epiphany in 1839. So when this unusual storm...