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  • Gathering Eerie Bits

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    As many of you know, a badly broken right arm has waylaid my intention to complete and release the next Haunted Voices novel, TimePeace, at the end of September. Voice to text is not an option, since I use all Mac computers. DragonSpeak, the best dictation software program for authors, doesn’t play well with Mac.…

  • Touching the Source

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    The past year for me has been tumultuous. Sickness and death in the family, not the least of which was almost losing my husband last month to a sudden, severe illness. Surgery still pending on that, so I live in limbo. I can’t even imagine a life without him. Not the best environment for a…

  • Digging Deep: Freeing the Ghosts from Our Past

    Digging Deep: Freeing the Ghosts from Our Past

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    We all have them. For some, they constitute nothing more substantial than the imagined boogie man in the closet, or under the bed. For others, the childhood fears are bigger, more powerful, more damaging, usually involving a situation with our parents, siblings, or peers. The end result is the same: we carry these ghosts, either…

  • An Unexpected (and a little eerie) Side Trip

    An Unexpected (and a little eerie) Side Trip

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    As a left-brainer by day, I tend to be a planner: reservations, time schedules, itineraries–even for a casual weekend trip. But sometimes even the best-laid plans go awry. Thanks to a harried schedule and a little trick Travelocity played on me, my husband and I ended up this past Saturday night, in the middle of…

  • New Inspirations

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    Frances Brown
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    Most of my fans know that it takes an energetically charged location to inspire my stories. Up until now, those places have been old libraries, abandoned hotels, crumbling asylums, even an antebellum mansion. After reading this article this morning in Observer-Reporter, I believe I may have found my next inspiration. From a memory. The article…

  • Tech-Savvy Ghosts?

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    Frances Brown
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    This year’s Mother’s Day was not the most festive I’ve experienced. I spent the day at the funeral of a friend of the family. This incredible lady (we’ll call her Sally), who was stolen away from us at ridiculously young age from a sudden illness, has touched the lives of hundreds, if not thousands in…

  • Island of the Dead

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    Hart Island, a sliver of land in Long Island Sound in New York, is eroding away. Nature reclaims its own, right? What’s heartbreaking–and eerie as hell–about the natural reclamation of this particular island into the sea? The fact that along with the dirt and sand, the ocean is reclaiming the remains of the dead buried…

  • Some Spooky Alabama History

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    Since my latest release, CIVIL HEARTS, is set in rural, western Alabama, I naturally have done quite a bit of research on the region. Aside from all the antebellum mansions that have survived, some in better condition than others, there are other potentially haunted locations. The Alamuchee-Bellamy Covered Bridge in Livingston, Alabama is one such…

  • My Writing Cave

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    Happy New Year, fans of all that is mysterious, supernatural, and thrilling! For my first blog of 2018 I thought it might be interesting to you to see the space where I create . . . and so I present . . . My Writing Cave. I am fortunate to own a gorgeous, dark wood…

  • Gearing up for Halloween . . . already!

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    Frances Brown
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    Not only ghosts, but psychic powers can be linked to the ancient Celts’ celebration of Samhain, or Halloween. Two of my favorite subjects to write about. No wonder it’s my favorite holiday.