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Storytelling Time: Death Shifts Gears – Chapter 1 Part I

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7 min

Storytelling Time: Death Shifts Gears – Chapter 1 Part I

Genre: Urban Fantasy Mystery Book: Death Shifts Gears Finding out you’re a Grimm, with a legacy to uphold is pretty cool. Learning there are actual demons that want to kill you and innocents to protect? Well, that’s a little scary. But when you’re suddenly responsible for two little kids who need uniforms, are missing their mom, need food on the table every morning, noon, and night, and look up to you for guidance? Now, that’s terrifying! In this next story, Abbie is coming t

Storytelling Time: Death Takes a Detour – Chapter 2 Part II

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7 min

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Storytelling Time: Death Takes a Detour – Chapter 2 Part II

Genre: Urban Fantasy Mystery Book: Death Takes a Detour Inside an abandoned church, a dead woman’s spirit asks Abbie to promise she will care for her two children, or she insists on staying behind, even at the risk of losing her soul to the evil creature that killed her. Yet, promises are sacred. Once you make one, everything changes. Your perspective. Your actions. Even your beliefs can shift. And taking on the responsibility of two kids, well, that could reverberate across

Storytelling Time: Death Takes a Detour – Chapter 2 Part I

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6 min

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Storytelling Time: Death Takes a Detour – Chapter 2 Part I

Genre: Urban Fantasy Mystery Book: Death Takes a Detour How would you respond though, during such an emergency, if you were assaulted by a panic attack? Call for help? What if your best chance for help hangs up on you? Read the excerpt below to find out what Abbie does next. Excerpt from: Death Takes a Detour Genre: Urban Fantasy Mystery (c) Shereen Vedam Chapter 2, Part I Abbie could take a woman down. Her brothers’ training ensured she could even handle a man if he were her

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4 min

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Character Interview: The Stray Siamese

The Stray Siamese Today, I’m a little concerned about interviewing a stray, male, Siamese. Rumor has it that it showed up at St. Michael’s cemetery on the night Hargeet Gill was murdered. It’s been seen in the company of Abbie Grimshaw and her friends ever since. You’re probably thinking, why would a paranormal reporter be interested in a stray cat? It’s not even a black cat. Well, I’m been wondering if this creature might be Abbie’s familiar. Except, she claims not to be a w

Character Interview: Talin Higgins, wizard constable

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3 min

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Character Interview: Talin Higgins, wizard constable

Talin Higgins, wizard constable Today, I’m excited to be chatting with the fascinating Constable Talin Higgins from the Chipstead nick in Kent, UK. Higgins has a fascinating immigrant history. His grandparents arrived in England from Trinidad in the early 1960s. They had a boy and a girl. The boy married a Scottish lass. The couple had one child, our Talin Higgins. Both his parents perished in a tragic car accident when Talin was just thirteen. His late father’s sister, Mrs.

Character Interview: Judith Chan, witch constable

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4 min

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Character Interview: Judith Chan, witch constable

Judith Chan Judith’s motto: “Be brief, be bright, be gone” by Godfrey Plowright from Paranormal Walk, the best online supernatural news magazine in the UK. Today, I’m excited to be here with the intriguing Constable Judith Chan from the Chipstead nick in Kent, UK. Constable Chan is certainly a mystery. Everyone I’ve spoken to while researching her background for this interview said that she is an exemplary officer, yet, within the space of three years, she’s worked at the Chi

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4 min

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Character Interview: Robert’s here

Matthew Robert Livingston, the ghostly Earl of Ashford Today, we are privileged to have with us Matthew (Stone) Robert Livingston, the late Earl of Ashford. The earl was wounded in battle and lost his brother in the Peninsular war. Once home, he fell in love with the talented sculptor Pauline Blackburn (one of her most famous pieces can be found at the Household Cavalry Museum). Details are sketchy about what happened after their momentous meeting, but we do know three fascin

Character Interview: Abbie Grimshaw, a new face on our scene

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5 min

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Character Interview: Abbie Grimshaw, a new face on our scene

Abigail Grimshaw Today, we are privileged to have the delicious Miss Abigail (Abbie) Grimshaw visiting us. She is a twenty-two-year-old Emergency Medical Technician from the great city of London, who has recently relocated to Chipstead in Kent. This charming village is best known for its wild swimming and the Bricklayer pub that serves large portions and good beer. Since she arrived in Kent, rumors have arisen about strange creatures, ghostly encounters, and inexplicable gian

Storytelling Time: Coven at Callington – Chapter 1 Part IV

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5 min

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Storytelling Time: Coven at Callington – Chapter 1 Part IV

Would you cross a line you swore you wouldn’t? Our values define who we are. When we’re asked to do something that makes us cringe, those values are being tested. How we respond to that test will define who we become. Excerpt from: Coven at Callington Genre: a Regency fantasy romance (c) Shereen Vedam Chapter 1 – Part IV London, England, September 1815 Late for his appointment, he shook away the disturbing thought. “We’ll finish this conversation later.” “You’ve blood on you

Storytelling Time: Coven at Callington – Chapter 1 Part II

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4 min

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Storytelling Time: Coven at Callington – Chapter 1 Part II

A bored earl. A blessed sword. Hellhounds on the prowl. Not your typical day in a Regency neighborhood! Excerpt from: Coven at Callington Genre: a Regency fantasy romance (c) Shereen Vedam Chapter 1 – Part II London, England, September 1815 Thomas Drake Saint-Clair, Earl of Braden, normally viewed all strangers with suspicion. Tonight, he’d succumbed to the temptation to trounce an unknown opponent, even if only with cards. Little wonder. At one and twenty, he had finished h

Storytelling Time: Coven at Callington – Chapter 1 Part I

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2 min

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Storytelling Time: Coven at Callington – Chapter 1 Part I

Ever wondered what it would be like if the world around you were alive and watching everything you did? Would the creatures, inanimate objects even, simply see your drama as if they were viewing a TV show, or would they care what happened to you? What if they viewed their purpose for being alive in this world was to have an impact on your life? Step into that world, and find out. Excerpt from: Coven at Callington Genre: a Regency fantasy romance (c) Shereen Vedam Chapter 1 –

Storytelling Time: from Coven at Callington – Prologue Part II

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2 min

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Storytelling Time: from Coven at Callington – Prologue Part II

Genre: a Regency fantasy romance (c) Shereen Vedam Excerpt from: Coven at Callington, The Cauldron Effect, Book 1 What would you do if your world was dying? Would you go in search of a new home… Prologue – Part II Switzerland, Summer Equinox, June 1454 “Dytel!” His mother’s voice sounded an alarm. Eight-year-old Dytel snapped his eyes open expecting to find they were trapped in a dark void or still on their own world, waiting for a new chance at life. Instead, before him was

Storytelling Time: from Coven at Callington – Prologue Part I

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2 min

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Storytelling Time: from Coven at Callington – Prologue Part I

Genre: a Regency fantasy romance (c) Shereen Vedam Excerpt from: Coven at Callington, The Cauldron Effect, Book 1 Coven at Callington, The Cauldron Effect, Book 1 Genre: Fantasy Regency Romance Prologue Part I (other world opening) Switzerland, Summer Equinox, June 1454 “This be truly odd, Andreas.” Johannes, a polecat, stood up to sniff the closest tall stone his friend had brought him to inspect. There were a gaggle of them, all lined up, straight as a man-made fence, acr

Can our personalities be color coded? Blue

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5 min

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Can our personalities be color coded? Blue

This is the last of the Color-Coding personality series, and this time, we’re tackling the introverted, intellectual, and involved, Blue. Not an easy task, as a Blue would be quick to point out. I’ll need to be accurate, well-researched and thoroughly studious in order to do justice to the sober cool tones of this intense personality. Being an avowed yellow (sometimes green) – I’m known to exaggerate, be melodramatic, shamelessly expressive and love to wing things – so this p

Can our personalities be color-coded? Green

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8 min

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Can our personalities be color-coded? Green

Let’s do a quiz. How would a person who leans toward one of these colors take a bath after a hard day’s work? The choices are: Lean Red (action oriented/extroverted), Lean Yellow (fun loving/extroverted), Lean Green (sensitive/introverted), and Lean Blue (thoughtful/introverted). First, jot some notes on how each type of personality might approach taking a bath. Then see if any of the behaviors I’ve listed below, fit your own way of taking a bath. For this exercise, our subj

Can our personalities be color coded? Yellow

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6 min

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Can our personalities be color coded? Yellow

Do you lean toward the Yellow spectrum? A personality analysis tool called Insights© suggests that different people can show preferences, or lean toward, different behaviors that can be characterized into primarily four colors: Red, Yellow, Green and Blue. Everyone is capable of responding in all the color types, and in fact, people are often a blend of colors – a large portion of one, a smaller portion of another. As well, a situation can dictate which color we lean into; f

Can our personalities be color coded? Red

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6 min

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Can our personalities be color coded? Red

Do you lean toward the crimson shade? As an author, I often wonder how my characters should behave. Would my hero do that? How would this side character act in that situation? Should my heroine’s reaction be different than the way I would respond? A while back, I was introduced to a personality analysis tool called Insights©. The program examines what personality preferences people lean toward, and suggests it can be characterized into four primary colors that describe fo

A Spell for World-Building – a Practical Example

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5 min

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A Spell for World-Building – a Practical Example

(For the Advanced Witch/Warlock) by Shereen Vedam Part II of II AN EFFECTIVE WORLD-BUILDING SPELL – a practical example In Part I, we learned the theory on how to build a world for a story. I I’m going to show how I used used this technique while developing my most recent release, Love Spell in London, The Cauldron Effect, Book 3. In this last book of the series, we have a hero who is equally hated by friends and foes alike, and a heroine who is fast falling in love with a ma

Shereen Vedam

3 min

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A Spell for World-Building - the Theory

(For the Advanced Witch/Warlock) by Shereen Vedam Part I of II “The magic of Faerie is not an end in itself, its virtue is in its operations: among these are the satisfaction of certain primordial human desires.” J.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories (a) World-building is not just for fairy stories. Readers demand a credible world in Wikipedia (b) describes world building as follows: “World building often involves the creation of maps, a back story, and people for the world.” For

Story Telling Time: Love Spell in London Chapter 1 Part IV

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4 min

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Story Telling Time: Love Spell in London Chapter 1 Part IV

The hounds scrabbled to their feet and were hot on her trail with quiet grace for such large lethal animals. Even Bartos, the eldest, who was more gray than black, loped behind her without seeming effort. Grace raced across the countryside, her cat form adeptly scaling fences and skirting startled bulls. She circled farmhouses and barns. However fast she ran, she could not shake Merryn’s last words of warning about Dewer. The hounds kept pace at her back without tiring, never