It's been
another slow paranormal week, although I've felt the paranormal energy really
strongly several times while I've been writing here in my office. I think my
friendly ghosts are happy that I'm finally getting the last few words of Dead Man Ohio down. I haven't quite
written The End yet, but it should
happen this weekend. Then the blah part begins, editing and having friends
check it over, also. I don't want a book full of typos out there to ruin your
reading enjoyment.
The ghost that
surprised me was at our monthly Mystery Writers of America meeting in Dallas,
at the Texas Land and Cattle Company. I've been there several times over the
last year and never noticed anything paranormal. However, this day, as our
wonderful speaker was talking, I saw a man walk behind her. It startled me and
I nearly jumped out of my seat. No, this wasn't someone from the audience. This
was a dark shadow, definitely male, and he was moving along at quite a fast
clip. In fact, by the time I could get my mind around the fact that yes, there
was a ghost among us, he had walked through the wall of the meeting room. I
guess he went on out into the restaurant area, but the door was closed so I
couldn't see.
What made me
jump, I do believe, was my dear wish that I could follow him and have a chat.
But it would have been very rude to walk out on our wonderful speaker.
After the
speaker was finished, I said to my friend, LaRee Bryant: "There's a ghost
in here."
"Really?"
she asked politely. LaRee is not a disbeliever, but she is a skeptic.
"He walked
behind the speaker and went through the wall," I told her.
"Well,"
she said in typical LaRee fashion, "I'll believe it when he comes up to me
and taps me on the shoulder to say hello."
I laughed.
"You know, one of these days that's going to happen to you."
As I was
leaving, I saw a couple of the restaurant employees in the dining area. I
hesitated, wondering if I should go over and ask them if they had experienced a
ghost during their working hours. I decided not to rock their boat right then,
but if I see this man again, I'll have to talk to a few of them and see if I
can get confirmation that yes, they have a haunting there. Who knows? They
might want an investigation done to identify him.
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There was lots
going on this week book-wise, though. As I said, I'm getting ready to finish up
Dead Man Ohio. I really like the way
it has turned out. Alice and Twila and the gang had another outrageous
adventure, and I loved having it with them. I am hoping to have the book up in
August, working hard to meet that goal.
In the other
side of my writing life, I've turned three of my backlist romances over to an
e-publisher to handle, and she has done a lot of advertising this week on Tennessee Waltz. It's fun to watch this
book, which Berkley let die on the vine, hit some of the charts. I know it's a
good book, because it has over 170 reviews on Barnes and Noble, with a 4.5 star
rating. There are also thirty-two on Amazon, with a four-star average. So
readers do like this book. My new publisher is keeping it at $.99 for at least
another week for Kindle and Nook, so if you don't have a copy, grab one.
Kindle:
Nook:
In another part
of my paranormal life, I'm working hard on the Beckham Spirit Fest to be held in
Mineola on October 18. We have our speaker lineup in place, but are still
working on the vendors. I've replaced one of my helpers, who is moving the end
of July, with Karla Lynn Brewer. She'll be at the Spirit Fest with my SRT crew,
and also helping with the ghost hunts that night.
The crew and I
are also gearing up to do an overnight investigation down by St. Francisville.
Yes, that's where The Myrtles is, but we're not investigating there. I've been
to The Myrtles several times, but none of my crew have. So we'll take a day
trip to see it.
Taken During One of My Visits
I'm not letting
out the location of where we will be investigating other than to say it's an
old Cajun store in the area. My friend Dianna owns it, and she says there are
at least five ghosts there. Since I definitely know she has the gift of
sensitivity, I'm positive we're in for a dynamite night.
I'll report back
to everyone after that, and I'm sure there will be things happening in my life
prior to that for me to pass along for your enjoyment. Today I went into Mesquite
to meet a fan and her daughter, along with the daughter's friend. They drove up
from San Antonio to spend some time in the area, and it gave me warm fuzzies to
know they wanted to meet me while they were here. Thanks for sharing some time with me, DeAnna Patterson, Carly and Jordyn.
I love my fans! I don't get
to interact with them as much in person these days, so it's fun when I do.
Thank goodness for Facebook in the interim.
In the meantime,
stay safe, and ….
Boo!
T. M.
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