I received this latest review of my book a couple of days ago.
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Link to the book on Amazon Kindle https://tinyurl.com/pwg3ksw
Also available in paperback
Saturday, 12 April 2014
Video and latest review of my book A Haunted Past Life
I received this latest review of my book a couple of days ago.
Link to the book on Amazon Kindle https://tinyurl.com/pwg3ksw
Also available in paperback
Monday, 7 April 2014
Link to a review and an interview about my book, The Other Place
I've just received another excellent review for The Other Place.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/real-lives---carol-arnall-6924534
Above is a link to an article that I had published in the Sunday Mercury.
A delightful journalist Zoe interviewed me and a very professional, friendly photographer visited me at home.
I'm never easy in myself when being interviewed. I needn't have worried, Zoe, was lovely to chat to. As was the photographer.
The article was about my book The Other Place.
Available via Amazon Kindle or in paperback.
The reader wrote.
Enjoyable story, cleverly woven plot. I loved the way that
although many loose ends get tied up, the reader is still left wondering
:-)
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/real-lives---carol-arnall-6924534
Above is a link to an article that I had published in the Sunday Mercury.
A delightful journalist Zoe interviewed me and a very professional, friendly photographer visited me at home.
I'm never easy in myself when being interviewed. I needn't have worried, Zoe, was lovely to chat to. As was the photographer.
The article was about my book The Other Place.
Saturday, 5 April 2014
Hurray, my new novel is now back on track
My new novel is on track!
Finally my new novel is beginning to come together. With being ill for so long everything went pear shaped. I did wonder at times what was happening to me. Why I could not concentrate on my writing. Everything I did (not only writing) would turn out a complete and utter mess. Thank goodness, after starting it again it is now taking shape. I am up to 21,000 words and it's on track. I am enjoying writing it. Unfortunately, due to the trouble with my eye and another few symptoms that are lingering -worse luck- I can't spend too much time on it. Still I'm lucky I could have been far worse.
Now Published
My book (above) is making progress. I just have to have the layout checked. I will then reread it to ensure everything is perfect. I have had it edited and proofed. Fingers crossed things will run smoothly from now on.
My novel is also coming along. The first Chapter is nearly in the bag. I'm now well into Chapter 2. There is quite a lot going on between the psychics, someone will be having a bit of a rough ride, unfortunately, I think it will be the main character.
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
A review of my latest read.
I've just
finished Annie Murray's latest novel, Meet Me Under the Clock. Annie has done
her usual impeccable research. The story begins in Birmingham, during WW 2. It
follows the lives of an ordinary working class family, and their next door
neighbour. The story tells of the jobs the women had to take during this
period, such as working on the railways while the men folk were abroad fighting
the war. It tells of the joys and heartaches experienced by the women waiting
anxiously to hear news of their husbands, boyfriends. All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed
this book.
The characters are believable at times my heart ached for the young women in the story. Oh, and the men's stories are powerful and very moving.
The characters are believable at times my heart ached for the young women in the story. Oh, and the men's stories are powerful and very moving.
The book is available in paperback and on Kindle from Amazon, and bookshops.
NEW MEDIUMSHIP
Link to New Mediumship
http://tinyurl.com/ojndyue
Sunday, 16 March 2014
Reincarnation or Future Lives
Yesterday's Children: The Search for My Family from the Past - Jenny Cockell
I've read the above book a few times. I often wonder whether we have all lived before. It seems that scientists have tried for years to disprove that this can happen, but they have never succeeded.
I know that at times I have had fleeting memories of other times and places. Such as when I have visited somewhere different that I know I have never been to before, but instinct tells me that I have. Nothing like the author of the above book has experienced.
Many people, myself included have met someone who we feel that we have met before, but cannot remember where or when.
I occasionally dream of places and recognise them as belonging to a past life. Some people say in fact that we can actually visit future lives in our dreams. I wonder.
The thing is, what makes it all so intriguing is that no-one has ever been able to prove that past or future lives occur.
My new novel has chapters where the main character visits the future. I'm finding it very interesting to write about. She also agrees to be regressed, so far in the story the therapist has been unable to take her back into her past.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yesterdays-Children-Search-Family-Past/dp/0749912464/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390997385&sr=8-1&keywords=jenny+cockell
http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/case_of_reincarnation_reexamined/
I've read the above book a few times. I often wonder whether we have all lived before. It seems that scientists have tried for years to disprove that this can happen, but they have never succeeded.
I know that at times I have had fleeting memories of other times and places. Such as when I have visited somewhere different that I know I have never been to before, but instinct tells me that I have. Nothing like the author of the above book has experienced.
Many people, myself included have met someone who we feel that we have met before, but cannot remember where or when.
I occasionally dream of places and recognise them as belonging to a past life. Some people say in fact that we can actually visit future lives in our dreams. I wonder.
The thing is, what makes it all so intriguing is that no-one has ever been able to prove that past or future lives occur.
My new novel has chapters where the main character visits the future. I'm finding it very interesting to write about. She also agrees to be regressed, so far in the story the therapist has been unable to take her back into her past.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yesterdays-Children-Search-Family-Past/dp/0749912464/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390997385&sr=8-1&keywords=jenny+cockell
http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/case_of_reincarnation_reexamined/
An excerpt from A Haunted Past Life
Chapter 1
Early Years
‘Home,’ Jen Rickmand muttered,
mopping the kitchen floor. ‘This isn’t a home; I’m just the unpaid char.’ She
wondered why she had let herself be used and bullied for so long, allowing her
stepfamily to eat away at her self-confidence to the extent that she now
suffered from agoraphobia.
For years, anger bubbled
beneath her calm exterior, but she hid it well. Whenever they picked on her,
she would take a deep breath and count to ten. She never once retaliated;
instead she would bite her tongue and tell herself not to give them the
satisfaction of knowing they had got to her with their spiteful remarks.
Her stepsisters made her life
a misery, commenting almost daily that she looked like a beanstalk and her hair
was nothing but a frizzy mess. In fact, Jen was pretty, tall, and slim, with
beautiful, long, naturally auburn hair.
Jen’s only escape from them
had been her interest in the paranormal, unfortunately, they had found out
about it by snooping in her bedroom. They made snide comments such as, ‘Fancy reading books about ghosts. Have you
been talking to them? You idiot. You’re nuts, you are.’
She often heard them talking
about her as she went about her chores.
‘Have you seen the mess she looks today, especially her hair?’ Thelma
would ask of her sister Monica, who would laugh.
‘Yes, she looks like a haystack on fire, doesn’t she?’ Their
spiteful laughter would drift into the kitchen where she would be preparing the
evening meal or doing another household chore.
They would deliberately throw
rubbish on the floor and then order her to pick it up. ‘Come on, you’re the cleaner, pick it up or we’ll tell our dad about you
when he gets home.’ They knew the more they derided her, the more their
father would favour them. And he did, buying them CDs and giving them money,
making certain Jen was around when he handed them out.
Her stepfather was the
worst; he would push her against the kitchen wall when no one was about,
standing close to her, threatening with how he would make her regret her
idleness. He would grab a handful of her hair and pull it hard, telling her if
she yelled out, he would make her regret it one way or another. He was pure
evil, she never doubted that one way or another, he would attack her if she
wasn’t careful. Available from Amazon Kindle http://tinyurl.com/clltjpu
Also available in paperback
Saturday, 15 March 2014
Rewriting my new novel - Now it's 23rd March 2014
23rd March 3 pm
Seven days gone in the blink of an eye. What happened?
Well, we have been having the front drive resurfaced and the back garden altered. This has involved a lot of backwards and forwards from workmen, and noise. I have not had much time to write my novel. Although I have managed to get the chapters in running order. I have chopped, changed and added to the story, and will probably change the title.
Now I have a couple of hours almost noise free to work on my book. The workmen return tomorrow.
16th March 4 pm
I'm pleased with the progress I have made today.
The story is moving forward in leaps and bounds. The plot to my surprise has thickened. The darker side of one of the psychics in the book is being revealed. Knowing this character as I do now, I'm not shocked by what he is getting up to! I sincerely hope that he redeems himself further on in the book. If not I will be disappointed.
16th March 2014
Made a great start today. I thought hard last night working out where the plot had gone wrong. I realised that I had veered off course. I need to concentrate on the main characters, and let them tell me the story. I don't know how I managed to go so wrong!
15th March 2014
I've spent today rewriting my latest novel. I'm 34,000 word in. I've made numerous changes to it. I realised that I had far too many characters, and that the story had deviated from the main plot line. It wasn't that difficult a decision to rewrite it, but unfortunately I'm still not satisfied.
Probably have a reread tomorrow, and alter the time travel story, perhaps I'll cut it out altogether.
I'm expecting my book Whatever Happened After Birmingham Girls back from the editor next weekend. This is the sequel to Birmingham Girls. I'm hoping to publish it later this year.
Seven days gone in the blink of an eye. What happened?
Well, we have been having the front drive resurfaced and the back garden altered. This has involved a lot of backwards and forwards from workmen, and noise. I have not had much time to write my novel. Although I have managed to get the chapters in running order. I have chopped, changed and added to the story, and will probably change the title.
Now I have a couple of hours almost noise free to work on my book. The workmen return tomorrow.
16th March 4 pm
I'm pleased with the progress I have made today.
The story is moving forward in leaps and bounds. The plot to my surprise has thickened. The darker side of one of the psychics in the book is being revealed. Knowing this character as I do now, I'm not shocked by what he is getting up to! I sincerely hope that he redeems himself further on in the book. If not I will be disappointed.
16th March 2014
Made a great start today. I thought hard last night working out where the plot had gone wrong. I realised that I had veered off course. I need to concentrate on the main characters, and let them tell me the story. I don't know how I managed to go so wrong!
15th March 2014
I've spent today rewriting my latest novel. I'm 34,000 word in. I've made numerous changes to it. I realised that I had far too many characters, and that the story had deviated from the main plot line. It wasn't that difficult a decision to rewrite it, but unfortunately I'm still not satisfied.
Probably have a reread tomorrow, and alter the time travel story, perhaps I'll cut it out altogether.
I'm expecting my book Whatever Happened After Birmingham Girls back from the editor next weekend. This is the sequel to Birmingham Girls. I'm hoping to publish it later this year.
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