My dear friend and fellow writer, Marilyn Meredith, is my guest today talking about me as well as my alter ego in her latest book, Spirit Shapes. Be sure to enter the contest, and next time she may write about you!
Who is Lorna Collins?
In real
life, Lorna Collins is many things: wife, mother, writer, techie and good
friend to many, including me. We share our birthdate (though I’m much older
than she is) and have learned through our friendship that we have many traits
in common. I won’t list them here, but at times it can be rather amazing.
One thing I
would like to mention though, is both of us like to write about ghostly events.
She created a wonderful ghost character in her latest, Ghost Writer. Not all the
supernatural entities in Spirit Shapes are as friendly.
Lorna won my
last contest and has a character named after her in Spirit Shapes. Lorna
Collins, in this latest Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery, isn’t much like the one I
know.
My character,
Lorna Collins, is a ghost hunter. My friend has had many jobs and interests,
though I don’t think this has ever been one of them. The character is tall with
white hair; my friend is short with an abundance of dark hair.
What the two do
have in common is no fear of ghosts and the ability to take charge in a bad
situation.
My friend,
Lorna, is hoping that Lorna Collins, the ghost hunter will turn up in another
Deputy Tempe mystery. That might happen. I don’t know right now, but it is
certainly a possibility.
Spirit Shapes: Ghost hunters stumble
upon a murdered teen in a haunted house. Deputy Tempe Crabtree's investigation
pulls her into a whirlwind of restless spirits, good and evil, intertwined with
the past and the present, and demons and angels at war.
To buy direction
from the publisher in all formats:
Also available
directly from Amazon.
Marilyn Meredith is
the author of over thirty published novels, including the award-winning Deputy
Tempe Crabtree mystery series. She borrows a lot from where she lives in the
Southern Sierra for the town of Bear Creek and the surrounding area, including
the nearby Tule River Indian Reservation. She does like to remind everyone that
she is writing fiction. Marilyn is a member of EPIC, three chapters of Sisters
in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and on the board of the Public Safety
Writers of America. Visit her at http://fictionforyou.com and follow her blog at http://marilynmeredith.blogspot.com/
Contest:
The person who comments on the most blogs on this blog tour
will have the opportunity to have a character named after him or her in the
next Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery.
Tomorrow I’ll be visiting at: http://terryambrose.com