Suzy Henderson

As it's Halloween, I thought I'd let you in on a great new anthology, available from today and featuring one of my friends, Author Lindsay Avalon. I'm sure you will all agree that the cover looks fantastic. The stories have been contributed by four authors and it's available now on Amazon.uk & Amazon.com. Published by Moon Rose Publishing. Synopsis: Think you know your fairytales? Think again. These aren’t your normal happily-ever-after. Within these pages, a murderous Little Mermaid gets her revenge, the Cinderella doesn’t really want to wear the slipper, Snow White is up to her eyes in industrial experiments, and the Beauty is in fact the Beast.  This collection of four novellas will surprise you, make you gasp in horror, sigh with relief, and sit on the edge of your seat. And most of all…they will make you rethink everything you think you know about dark fairytales… Song of the Abyss-Lindsay Avalon Princess Nerissa had envisioned a perfect wedding to a ha...

Today my guest post is from Paulette Mahurin, author of "The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap." Here she talks about her reasons for writing and why her work is so vital. I sincerely hope you find this to be both interesting and inspirational. Paulette Mahurin is a Nurse Practitioner in Ojai, CA, where she lives with her husband and their two rescue dogs.  She is passionate not only about writing but also about rescuing dogs which they have been involved with for many years. All of the profits from her books go towards the first no-kill animal shelter (SPARK) in Ventura County, CA, a most worthy cause. _________________________________________________________________________________ I have had several loves in my life, but ranking at that top is Tazzie, my beloved rottweiler girl, who went on to the  rainbow bridge September, 2011, seems like yesterday. I still miss her, the wagging of her little stubby tail when I came  home, the drool at the sid...

Some years ago I found myself drawn to discovering my families past. I knew certain facts of course but when I thought about it I realised that there were many gaps. As for a family tree, I didn't have one. Thus I began with Ancestry.co.uk, compiling the tree and attempting to gather all the relevant data -births, marriages and deaths. It wasn't a problem as far as my parents and grandparents went but for those more distant relations it was a challenge. Here enters the enlightening world of the census. It simply is fascinating. At present you can only search from 1841 -1911 but for me this has proven eventful. The census has been invaluable in providing me with many facts such as household members, addresses and occupations of the head of the household. I found my great grandparents, my great - great grandparents and so on. I discovered that my great-great grandmother was a maid in service in the late 1800's. Perhaps this explains my love of period drama's such as ...

A huge "thank you" to Liliana Soare ( http://lilianasoare.wordpress.com ) for tagging me in ' The Next Big Thing' blog hop. The way this blog hop works is for each tagged author to answer the questions about their most current book. It is my turn to answer a set of ten questions and to tag three authors, whose blog pages are listed further below. I warmly encourage you to visit their pages next Wednesday the 24th October to find out a little more about their novels. Here's my interview: 1.   What is the title of your book? My book is still a work in progress -famous last words in a sense but I think I've decided on the title now and here it is: 'The Burning Blue.' It might be obvious to some people and it might not but it's certainly relevant to the subject matter. 2.    Where did the idea for the book come from? Ideas can literally come from anywhere but this particular idea arose from my passion for both World Wars. There are still s...

Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire has been an area for unexplained sightings and strange aircraft sounds for a number of years. Indeed it was here that the famous Dambusters Squadron carried out training flights in preparation for the raid on the Ruhr Dams in Germany . The reason being that Derwent Dam, situated between Ladybower Reservoir and Howden Dam was the only one we had that closely resembled the German Dams. Locals claim to have seen what has been identified as a Lancaster Bomber flying in the skies above the Reservoir. Others claim to have seen a plane that crashed, exploding into flames yet nothing was ever found following a search. One particular Lancaster Bomber, nicknamed Vicky the Vicious Virgin, crashed during a routine training flight on the 18 th May 1945. The entire crew of 6 men from the Royal Canadian Air Force were all tragically killed. Other reports include people who have collected pieces of wreckage from crash sites up on the Derbyshire ...