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August 27, 2014
Introducing Corlah Kellian, in a paranormal cozy mystery ...
Introducing Corlah Kellian, in a paranormal cozy mystery novelette: River Ghost. Autumn 2014. Look for it on Smashwords and your favorite ebook retailers.
River Ghost, a paranormal mystery novelette by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox.
Autumn, 2014 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Corlah Kellian, owner of the contemporary paddle wheel gambling boat, River Ghost, moonlights as a ghost investigator. She's on assignment at the antebellum Oak Grove Plantation, whose owners plan to turn it into a bed and breakfast inn, if Corlah can get rid of the ghost. 15,000 words. ISBN: 9781311002839[image error][image error]
River Ghost, a paranormal mystery novelette by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox.
Autumn, 2014 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Corlah Kellian, owner of the contemporary paddle wheel gambling boat, River Ghost, moonlights as a ghost investigator. She's on assignment at the antebellum Oak Grove Plantation, whose owners plan to turn it into a bed and breakfast inn, if Corlah can get rid of the ghost. 15,000 words. ISBN: 9781311002839[image error][image error]
March 6, 2014
HANDS DOWN
Hands down... my crippled right thumb and fingers have spoken. Stop now or face losing use of your hands and fingers (my left hand is running a close second in the R.A. marathon of pain).
There will not be another novel. Rather, I choose to use my hands for the activities I simply cannot enjoy life without: Sewing cat-patterned pajamas (for myself, not for Abby Rose or Lucy Victoria); home canning jams, relishes and salsa to put-up and savor throughout the year (my Serrano Salsa is a hands-down favorite in my community); Making my own glycerin soap and cocoa butter skin lotion and cream... part necessity (septic safe, environmentally wise... and part luxury... so very fragrant and kind to skin); Continue in exploring the past with genealogy and research... I've begun helping others discover their past, and I am doing so on a voluntary basis... much the same way I assist professional ghost investigators with behind-the-scene background research.
I will continue to work on my genealogy... Last week I sent in my 5th application to D.A.R. for a Rev. War patriot. Connecting this particular line will open the doors to others in this lineage. I burned the wick at both ends to break through the cobwebs of time and (at last!) document my Prater/Prather lineage with the hardcore evidence the will satisfy the stringent requirements of D.A.R. From 2014, back in time to 1756... I have once again visited with my own ghosts and in doing so, discovered a little more about myself. In genealogy there is a saying... to know oneself, you must know your past. "Blood memory" is what we (the Celts) call this knowledge gained from exploring and documenting the lives of those who walked before us, the lives of those who are part of who we are... in body, mind and spirit.
The pain and stiff, crippled joints... this is nothing new... I've dealt with arthritis ever since I was diagnosed with it, as a teenager. Now, after decades I've reached the crucial point where I must decide when, and to what degree, I will use my hands and fingers. The downturn in the economy and the havoc that other issues, such as e-book pirating, the collapse of many excellent retailers (such as Fictionwise), the cost in time and finances to promote has taken its toll. As much as I love Shannon Delaney, it is time to close that door.
I may pen a short story now and then...
In the meantime...
Bring on the ghosts and the spirits that require truthful and factual investigation: be it in ghost investigations or genealogy. IF you sincerely need help in researching a haunting and you will settle for nothing less than factual information (not the TV version of ghost hunting!) and you are willing to learn the how-to of research, then contact me at P.O. Box 612, Forest Falls, CA 92339-0612. BRIEFLY explain your situation in a short summary and include your e-mail address in the letter. Your letter must be typewritten, at least size 12 font and no more than one page. Period.
There will not be another novel. Rather, I choose to use my hands for the activities I simply cannot enjoy life without: Sewing cat-patterned pajamas (for myself, not for Abby Rose or Lucy Victoria); home canning jams, relishes and salsa to put-up and savor throughout the year (my Serrano Salsa is a hands-down favorite in my community); Making my own glycerin soap and cocoa butter skin lotion and cream... part necessity (septic safe, environmentally wise... and part luxury... so very fragrant and kind to skin); Continue in exploring the past with genealogy and research... I've begun helping others discover their past, and I am doing so on a voluntary basis... much the same way I assist professional ghost investigators with behind-the-scene background research.
I will continue to work on my genealogy... Last week I sent in my 5th application to D.A.R. for a Rev. War patriot. Connecting this particular line will open the doors to others in this lineage. I burned the wick at both ends to break through the cobwebs of time and (at last!) document my Prater/Prather lineage with the hardcore evidence the will satisfy the stringent requirements of D.A.R. From 2014, back in time to 1756... I have once again visited with my own ghosts and in doing so, discovered a little more about myself. In genealogy there is a saying... to know oneself, you must know your past. "Blood memory" is what we (the Celts) call this knowledge gained from exploring and documenting the lives of those who walked before us, the lives of those who are part of who we are... in body, mind and spirit.
The pain and stiff, crippled joints... this is nothing new... I've dealt with arthritis ever since I was diagnosed with it, as a teenager. Now, after decades I've reached the crucial point where I must decide when, and to what degree, I will use my hands and fingers. The downturn in the economy and the havoc that other issues, such as e-book pirating, the collapse of many excellent retailers (such as Fictionwise), the cost in time and finances to promote has taken its toll. As much as I love Shannon Delaney, it is time to close that door.
I may pen a short story now and then...
In the meantime...
Bring on the ghosts and the spirits that require truthful and factual investigation: be it in ghost investigations or genealogy. IF you sincerely need help in researching a haunting and you will settle for nothing less than factual information (not the TV version of ghost hunting!) and you are willing to learn the how-to of research, then contact me at P.O. Box 612, Forest Falls, CA 92339-0612. BRIEFLY explain your situation in a short summary and include your e-mail address in the letter. Your letter must be typewritten, at least size 12 font and no more than one page. Period.
June 13, 2013
COMING SOON...
... next up in the Shannon Delaney Paranormal Mystery Series...
late 2013 release...
A Ghost of Brother Jonathan’s
Shannon Delaney Paranormal Mystery Series, Vol. 6
By Elizabeth Eagan-Cox
A Ghost of Brother Jonathan’s takes Shannon Delaney on a cold-case quest to investigate a mystery surrounding one of California’s legendary shipwrecks… of 150 years ago:"More questions? Have at it," Marta said. Marta’s blue eyes glittered with excitement.
Looking back at that moment, I swear that the paranormal energy in Marta’s little dining room was tactile, and that at any moment it would manifest into a fiery bright orb, consuming all in its path. Was I scared? Most certainly. Would I back down? Not a chance.
I nodded my understanding. "Marta, earlier this evening you mentioned the others, and said you keep the lights on for them. Who are the others?"
She looked perplexed, and avoided direct contact by looking out the window. Marta kept her gaze on the darkness outside, in a low voice she said, "I’m not sure of all their identities."
I leaned over the table and in a calm voice, I asked, "What did they say to you, most recently, that is?"
Marta turned to face me, and with strong, unwavering eye contact she said, "It sounded like, She’s cagey…, see."
late 2013 release...
A Ghost of Brother Jonathan’s
Shannon Delaney Paranormal Mystery Series, Vol. 6
By Elizabeth Eagan-Cox
A Ghost of Brother Jonathan’s takes Shannon Delaney on a cold-case quest to investigate a mystery surrounding one of California’s legendary shipwrecks… of 150 years ago:"More questions? Have at it," Marta said. Marta’s blue eyes glittered with excitement.
Looking back at that moment, I swear that the paranormal energy in Marta’s little dining room was tactile, and that at any moment it would manifest into a fiery bright orb, consuming all in its path. Was I scared? Most certainly. Would I back down? Not a chance.
I nodded my understanding. "Marta, earlier this evening you mentioned the others, and said you keep the lights on for them. Who are the others?"
She looked perplexed, and avoided direct contact by looking out the window. Marta kept her gaze on the darkness outside, in a low voice she said, "I’m not sure of all their identities."
I leaned over the table and in a calm voice, I asked, "What did they say to you, most recently, that is?"
Marta turned to face me, and with strong, unwavering eye contact she said, "It sounded like, She’s cagey…, see."
May 19, 2013
Bullies on Amazon and GoodReads
Stop the Bullies on GoodReads and Amazon.
Recently, a author friend told me he rarely participates in GoodReads ("GR"), especially now that Amazon bought GR.
I’m not a huge fan of GR, and I am rarely on it simply because of a time… I do not have much of it these days and if I had more time, I would be more involved with social networks such as GR. Anyway… my friend once sang GR’s praises on how it was an excellent venue for an author to help get the word out about his novels (hmm, should point out that my friend is a professional author, not self-published).
Lately, though, he has become frustrated with GR, saying that the ‘hive mentality’ of GR’s bullies and commentators has gotten out of hand. He pointed to a bio of an official and self-chosen anonymous identity of a GR Librarian as an example of poor behavior by a GR staff member (verbatim): "I will never ever buy a book from an author who self-promotes, un-solicited, on GoodReads. This is a book lovers site, not a used car lot" – Jennifer, member since July 2008. Note: "Jennifer" is the only identity listed for this GR Librarian.
Amazon and GR encourages authors to purchase ad space, and it is not cheap. GR has specific do’s and don’ts about where, on GR, an author can post a comment that might be interpreted (or misinterpreted) as promotion… including an announcement about a free giveaway of book(s) for GR readers. This being the case, the opposite is true in regard to a paid-for advertisement… a ‘solicited’ promotion is okay with GR, regardless of the fact that the ad will be displayed in the sidebar of GR sections/pages/groups that the book subject is not necessarily pertinent to… is permissible… because, well…it was paid for and therefore is not un-solicited? Okay, I get it, GR is a retail site they need revenue to operate… and so do authors.
My thoughts… I was once a librarian, a real-life librarian at a school district for 21 years. I would never discourage an author whose books are read by my patrons by issuing insults referencing their work as a "used car lot". Authors and readers co-exist in an equal exchange of needs and desires, one does not exist without the other. I would hope that the guardians of writing, such as booksellers and librarians, would act in fairness and appreciate the two sides to this coin, allowing for equal representation. Alas, I know this not to be true.
Amazon and GR are guilty of allowing hate-spewing puppet reviews, what I call "slamming". And the reviews I’ve read aren’t true reviews, in the journalistic and librarian tradition. The reviews are opinions that are all too often driven by ego, envy, hive mentality and/or the covert ‘make-money-at-home’ schemes of a person being paid to leave a rave review and/or a bad review. Fair play is rarely, (if ever, according to my friend) a requirement.
Equally unreliable is a reader’s awareness of the quirky nature and business of publishing technology. Hence, the uninformed reviewers that rant about typos and mechanics in a world of word processing and manuscript formatting technology that is never in agreement with all the various ebook and hardprint distributors or retailers. Recently, I re-read Fried Green Tomatoes and came across the same kind of typos/spelling/punctuation glitches that readers have complained about in books (including my own books).
However, I know that the various retail editions of formatting (ebook and hardprint) all too often change homonyms (are/our) substitute punctuation and divide compound words, to name a few of the glitches that are common. I know it will be a cold day in Hell before publishing will ever change because it involves brand-name technology. Brand names do not share their technology, and because of this, there is not a practical sure-fire format in which a publisher can assure that the error-free manuscript they have turned over to the brand name retailer will be the same manuscript that is prepared for retail. I know these facts to be true, not because I work in the industry, but because I am a reader and I make a point of staying informed about a pastime I love and respect.
Getting back to my friend… At his urging I visited Amazon and GR and I read random reviews from different genres of fiction. I am agreement with my friend that at Amazon and GR, good manners and common decency have been replaced by the arrogant power of an anonymous person being given the very broad audience of an international soap-box to carelessly rant about another person’s work, and this is done in a manner that exhibits no conscience for the fact that many of the authors are trying really hard to earn a living, just pay the bills and put food on the table. I cannot but wonder how many of the Amazon and GR reviews/opinions are posted by anonymous people who would never face a neighbor and say the same words, speak the very same ugly thoughts… IF they had to owe up to their personal identity and do so face to face?
Do all the reviewers, posters and commentators on Amazon and GR staff behave so badly? NO. Thankfully, no.
But beware… the bullies are growing in numbers.
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox… my real name.
www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
Recently, a author friend told me he rarely participates in GoodReads ("GR"), especially now that Amazon bought GR.
I’m not a huge fan of GR, and I am rarely on it simply because of a time… I do not have much of it these days and if I had more time, I would be more involved with social networks such as GR. Anyway… my friend once sang GR’s praises on how it was an excellent venue for an author to help get the word out about his novels (hmm, should point out that my friend is a professional author, not self-published).
Lately, though, he has become frustrated with GR, saying that the ‘hive mentality’ of GR’s bullies and commentators has gotten out of hand. He pointed to a bio of an official and self-chosen anonymous identity of a GR Librarian as an example of poor behavior by a GR staff member (verbatim): "I will never ever buy a book from an author who self-promotes, un-solicited, on GoodReads. This is a book lovers site, not a used car lot" – Jennifer, member since July 2008. Note: "Jennifer" is the only identity listed for this GR Librarian.
Amazon and GR encourages authors to purchase ad space, and it is not cheap. GR has specific do’s and don’ts about where, on GR, an author can post a comment that might be interpreted (or misinterpreted) as promotion… including an announcement about a free giveaway of book(s) for GR readers. This being the case, the opposite is true in regard to a paid-for advertisement… a ‘solicited’ promotion is okay with GR, regardless of the fact that the ad will be displayed in the sidebar of GR sections/pages/groups that the book subject is not necessarily pertinent to… is permissible… because, well…it was paid for and therefore is not un-solicited? Okay, I get it, GR is a retail site they need revenue to operate… and so do authors.
My thoughts… I was once a librarian, a real-life librarian at a school district for 21 years. I would never discourage an author whose books are read by my patrons by issuing insults referencing their work as a "used car lot". Authors and readers co-exist in an equal exchange of needs and desires, one does not exist without the other. I would hope that the guardians of writing, such as booksellers and librarians, would act in fairness and appreciate the two sides to this coin, allowing for equal representation. Alas, I know this not to be true.
Amazon and GR are guilty of allowing hate-spewing puppet reviews, what I call "slamming". And the reviews I’ve read aren’t true reviews, in the journalistic and librarian tradition. The reviews are opinions that are all too often driven by ego, envy, hive mentality and/or the covert ‘make-money-at-home’ schemes of a person being paid to leave a rave review and/or a bad review. Fair play is rarely, (if ever, according to my friend) a requirement.
Equally unreliable is a reader’s awareness of the quirky nature and business of publishing technology. Hence, the uninformed reviewers that rant about typos and mechanics in a world of word processing and manuscript formatting technology that is never in agreement with all the various ebook and hardprint distributors or retailers. Recently, I re-read Fried Green Tomatoes and came across the same kind of typos/spelling/punctuation glitches that readers have complained about in books (including my own books).
However, I know that the various retail editions of formatting (ebook and hardprint) all too often change homonyms (are/our) substitute punctuation and divide compound words, to name a few of the glitches that are common. I know it will be a cold day in Hell before publishing will ever change because it involves brand-name technology. Brand names do not share their technology, and because of this, there is not a practical sure-fire format in which a publisher can assure that the error-free manuscript they have turned over to the brand name retailer will be the same manuscript that is prepared for retail. I know these facts to be true, not because I work in the industry, but because I am a reader and I make a point of staying informed about a pastime I love and respect.
Getting back to my friend… At his urging I visited Amazon and GR and I read random reviews from different genres of fiction. I am agreement with my friend that at Amazon and GR, good manners and common decency have been replaced by the arrogant power of an anonymous person being given the very broad audience of an international soap-box to carelessly rant about another person’s work, and this is done in a manner that exhibits no conscience for the fact that many of the authors are trying really hard to earn a living, just pay the bills and put food on the table. I cannot but wonder how many of the Amazon and GR reviews/opinions are posted by anonymous people who would never face a neighbor and say the same words, speak the very same ugly thoughts… IF they had to owe up to their personal identity and do so face to face?
Do all the reviewers, posters and commentators on Amazon and GR staff behave so badly? NO. Thankfully, no.
But beware… the bullies are growing in numbers.
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox… my real name.
www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
January 15, 2013
Immediate Release: Elizabeth Eagan-Cox is Top Selling Aut...
Immediate Release: Elizabeth Eagan-Cox is Top Selling Author for 2012Book publisher Write Words Inc. reports paranormal mystery novelist Elizabeth Eagan-Cox was the publishing company’s top selling author for all of 2012.
Late last week, Arline Chase of Write Words, Inc, offered congratulations to Eagan-Cox. The post was announced on Chase’s blog. Write Words Inc publishes Elizabeth Eagan-Cox’s Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery novel series in paperback under the company’s imprint of Cambridge Books and in e-book formats under the imprint of EbooksOnTheNet. Write Words Inc has over 450 separate titles on the current market.
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox’s Shannon Delaney series of paranormal mystery novels are available at book retailers across the globe. The series is classified as a ‘cozy’ mystery with a paranormal element. Each volume in the series is a stand-alone mystery novel. Author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox is a well-regarded expert in the paranormal community, she is the author of the Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources (Charles River Press, publisher) and she frequently volunteers her expertise as a research consultant. Often, she is a guest on paranormal and ghost hunting radio shows. Currently, Eagan-Cox is writing book 6 in her Shannon Delaney series and is helping to promote the newly released book 5: A Ghost To Die For. More information is on the author’s Website: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
Late last week, Arline Chase of Write Words, Inc, offered congratulations to Eagan-Cox. The post was announced on Chase’s blog. Write Words Inc publishes Elizabeth Eagan-Cox’s Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery novel series in paperback under the company’s imprint of Cambridge Books and in e-book formats under the imprint of EbooksOnTheNet. Write Words Inc has over 450 separate titles on the current market.
Elizabeth Eagan-Cox’s Shannon Delaney series of paranormal mystery novels are available at book retailers across the globe. The series is classified as a ‘cozy’ mystery with a paranormal element. Each volume in the series is a stand-alone mystery novel. Author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox is a well-regarded expert in the paranormal community, she is the author of the Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources (Charles River Press, publisher) and she frequently volunteers her expertise as a research consultant. Often, she is a guest on paranormal and ghost hunting radio shows. Currently, Eagan-Cox is writing book 6 in her Shannon Delaney series and is helping to promote the newly released book 5: A Ghost To Die For. More information is on the author’s Website: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
August 26, 2012
Newest Book> A GHOST TO DIE FOR
A Ghost To Die For
Shannon Delaney Paranormal Mystery Series Novel.
by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox
Read before you purchase. Store links follow this chapter excerpt.
Currently available in Amazon Kindle in USA/CA, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Adobe/Pdf and HTML edtions.
... more e-book formats/editions to follow...
. . . trade paperback edition scheduled for early 2013 release.
All books in the Shannon Delaney series are stand-alone mystery novels.
No need to have read previous books in this series.
CHAPTER 1
Alex was exactly where he said he would be. Not that I doubted him, but wandering through a cemetery on Halloween evening, looking for a giant Celtic cross monument, I began to wonder if I would find him.
Frustrated and feeling lost, I stopped in my tracks and surveyed the grounds, looking out and over a fence hedge of ivy, I spotted the giant cross about sixty feet away. I quickened my pace and arrived slightly out of breath and very relieved to see Alex standing underneath the cross.
"You are late, that’s not like you," Alex commented.
His tone of concern was obvious, he was not complaining.
"I had trouble finding the right path. As I entered the front gates one of the staff greeted me, and then he lent me a flashlight and pointed me in the opposite direction from where I should have started. Of course I did not know that, consequently I headed out in the wrong direction. I’ve been wandering about following one path, then another, until I saw a signpost that pointed this way to the Celtic Cross Monument. I’ve had a thorough walking tour of Mount Esperanza Memorial Park. I’ve been hoofing it for the better part of the hour.
Oh, and I wasn’t able to get cell phone reception here."
If Alex read into my explanation a dreary sense of whining, he was correct. I was complaining.
He hugged me. "Here, have a seat. This concrete bench is not very comfortable, but we won’t be here long, I promise."
I sat down and pulled my trench coat in close around me. "It is chilly tonight. Tell me again, why am I your emergency date for this evening’s event." I tried to smile.
"Ah, yes. My colleague Jenna Hayes was supposed to be here, but she called this afternoon with an excuse, saying she had her little nephew to baby-sit and take him out for trick-or-treating, something about his mom having come down ill, and so on. Anyway, I sincerely appreciate you taking me up on my unusual, albeit, very appropriate Halloween adventure. I think you’ll like the presentation of Haunted Lit."
I gave Alex a side-glance look, conveying my doubts.
"So, as you briefly explained in your phone call, this Haunted Lit is some sort of entertainment? And a fundraiser?"
"Yes. The evening’s event is a fund-raiser for ongoing restoration here at Mount Esperanza. The concept is that a traveling troupe of actors with audience members in tow, has scheduled stops throughout the cemetery and at each stop they perform a skit from a well-known play, poem or such. Here at the Celtic Cross Monument, they will perform Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, "The Raven." We’re here to politely cheer them on and keep guard over the dead."
I looked at Alex and it dawned on me he was dressed in costume. He looked the part of an actor in Haunted Lit as if he would be the actor reciting Poe’s famous poem.
Dressed all in black, as the magician he actually is, but he wasn’t in his modern stage apparel. Alex was the epitome of a Victorian era magician, dressed in formal black attire, black cape and top hat, with a sleek silver-domed walking stick at his side. "You are a handsome devil, decked out like that. Had I known, I could have scared up some kind of costume." I smiled and then realized that flirting with Alex put me into a much better mood.
"Let’s not be too trivial, we are serving a greater good, keeping watch over the graves in our immediate circle."
Alex was serious and his comment brought me back to the reason we were here.
We sat on a small bench directly underneath the huge Celtic cross. I looked up and estimated the cross must be at least fifteen feet high. The bench was situated on a circle of flat concrete stones that stretched out in a diameter that seemed to equal the height of the cross. I let my gaze wander out to the edge of the pavement.
Small headstones marked the diameter, much like numerals mark the face of a clock. I looked all the way around and counted twelve gravesites. Until that very moment, I had not realized we were encircled by graves.
Wide-eyed, I looked to Alex and asked, "You mean to say, we are guarding these twelve graves?"
"Yes. And for good reason, the grave directly in front of us, it is the grave of Andalyn Dixon, a young woman who passed on Halloween night in 1892, on her twenty-first birthday. She is rumored to have died with a secret on her lips regarding a treasure in stolen bank funds.
Reportedly, she was scared to death by the presence of a ghost. Her time of death is at 9:32. And that is exactly the time that the troupe will be here to perform 'The Raven.'"
"Her grave needs guarding because people try to...what? Communicate with her? Vandalize the site? Dig her up? Alex, stop being so cryptic, I want the details."
Ghost to Die For: Shannon Delaney Paranormal Mystery Series, Vol. 5E-book now sold at:
All Romance Books in two formats: PDF/Adobe and HTML. Use this link:
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Shannon Delaney Paranormal Mystery Series Novel.
by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox
Read before you purchase. Store links follow this chapter excerpt.
Currently available in Amazon Kindle in USA/CA, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Adobe/Pdf and HTML edtions.
... more e-book formats/editions to follow...
. . . trade paperback edition scheduled for early 2013 release.
All books in the Shannon Delaney series are stand-alone mystery novels.
No need to have read previous books in this series.
CHAPTER 1
Alex was exactly where he said he would be. Not that I doubted him, but wandering through a cemetery on Halloween evening, looking for a giant Celtic cross monument, I began to wonder if I would find him.
Frustrated and feeling lost, I stopped in my tracks and surveyed the grounds, looking out and over a fence hedge of ivy, I spotted the giant cross about sixty feet away. I quickened my pace and arrived slightly out of breath and very relieved to see Alex standing underneath the cross.
"You are late, that’s not like you," Alex commented.
His tone of concern was obvious, he was not complaining.
"I had trouble finding the right path. As I entered the front gates one of the staff greeted me, and then he lent me a flashlight and pointed me in the opposite direction from where I should have started. Of course I did not know that, consequently I headed out in the wrong direction. I’ve been wandering about following one path, then another, until I saw a signpost that pointed this way to the Celtic Cross Monument. I’ve had a thorough walking tour of Mount Esperanza Memorial Park. I’ve been hoofing it for the better part of the hour.
Oh, and I wasn’t able to get cell phone reception here."
If Alex read into my explanation a dreary sense of whining, he was correct. I was complaining.
He hugged me. "Here, have a seat. This concrete bench is not very comfortable, but we won’t be here long, I promise."
I sat down and pulled my trench coat in close around me. "It is chilly tonight. Tell me again, why am I your emergency date for this evening’s event." I tried to smile.
"Ah, yes. My colleague Jenna Hayes was supposed to be here, but she called this afternoon with an excuse, saying she had her little nephew to baby-sit and take him out for trick-or-treating, something about his mom having come down ill, and so on. Anyway, I sincerely appreciate you taking me up on my unusual, albeit, very appropriate Halloween adventure. I think you’ll like the presentation of Haunted Lit."
I gave Alex a side-glance look, conveying my doubts.
"So, as you briefly explained in your phone call, this Haunted Lit is some sort of entertainment? And a fundraiser?"
"Yes. The evening’s event is a fund-raiser for ongoing restoration here at Mount Esperanza. The concept is that a traveling troupe of actors with audience members in tow, has scheduled stops throughout the cemetery and at each stop they perform a skit from a well-known play, poem or such. Here at the Celtic Cross Monument, they will perform Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, "The Raven." We’re here to politely cheer them on and keep guard over the dead."
I looked at Alex and it dawned on me he was dressed in costume. He looked the part of an actor in Haunted Lit as if he would be the actor reciting Poe’s famous poem.
Dressed all in black, as the magician he actually is, but he wasn’t in his modern stage apparel. Alex was the epitome of a Victorian era magician, dressed in formal black attire, black cape and top hat, with a sleek silver-domed walking stick at his side. "You are a handsome devil, decked out like that. Had I known, I could have scared up some kind of costume." I smiled and then realized that flirting with Alex put me into a much better mood.
"Let’s not be too trivial, we are serving a greater good, keeping watch over the graves in our immediate circle."
Alex was serious and his comment brought me back to the reason we were here.
We sat on a small bench directly underneath the huge Celtic cross. I looked up and estimated the cross must be at least fifteen feet high. The bench was situated on a circle of flat concrete stones that stretched out in a diameter that seemed to equal the height of the cross. I let my gaze wander out to the edge of the pavement.
Small headstones marked the diameter, much like numerals mark the face of a clock. I looked all the way around and counted twelve gravesites. Until that very moment, I had not realized we were encircled by graves.
Wide-eyed, I looked to Alex and asked, "You mean to say, we are guarding these twelve graves?"
"Yes. And for good reason, the grave directly in front of us, it is the grave of Andalyn Dixon, a young woman who passed on Halloween night in 1892, on her twenty-first birthday. She is rumored to have died with a secret on her lips regarding a treasure in stolen bank funds.
Reportedly, she was scared to death by the presence of a ghost. Her time of death is at 9:32. And that is exactly the time that the troupe will be here to perform 'The Raven.'"
"Her grave needs guarding because people try to...what? Communicate with her? Vandalize the site? Dig her up? Alex, stop being so cryptic, I want the details."
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June 13, 2012
Shannon Delaney Paranormal Mystery Novels Now Sold in Europe.
Immediate ReleasePressbox UK, London
Author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox announces that all of her Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery novels are now being sold in Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. The four books in the Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series: A Ghost of a Chance, A Ghost From the Shadows, A Ghost Meets an Angel and the most recent release, A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate are now being retailed across Europe and specifically in, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. According to author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox, she is thrilled about this new aspect to her lead character, Shannon Delaney’s attraction to European readers. Eagan-Cox says, "I’ve received e-mail letters from readers in various European countries and it has always delighted me to hear from them. The concept of my novels being a cozy mystery, or, rather a tea cup mystery, as the genre is often called in Europe, is exciting to me, especially so because it is in Europe where the genre was born. And to know that European fans of this type of mystery novel are reading my books is thrilling." In order to help European readers navigate the purchase of her books, Eagan-Cox recently added easy links on her Internet site to Online stores in the various European countries. She explains, "Basically, I am an American author, the United States it is where I live. However, when I realized my novels are sold in European, I went on an Internet hunt to locate the best retailers of my books in the various European countries and then I posted the links on my website. I personally, do not sell books on my site. However I have the most popular links to major retailers on my site. And, I offer full, sample chapters of each book for a shopper to read before purchasing. It’s only fair to the consumer to do this, to allow a free read of an entire chapter gives a prospective reader a better idea as to whether or not my cozy mysteries novels are their cup of tea." Eagan-Cox is writing book five in her Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series. She is quick to point out that although her books are technically, a series, each novel is a stand-alone mystery. "There is no need to read a book in a particular order. To a person who has never read one of my novels, I suggest they begin with the most recent title: A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate."Readers may visit Elizabeth at her website is: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
Author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox announces that all of her Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery novels are now being sold in Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. The four books in the Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series: A Ghost of a Chance, A Ghost From the Shadows, A Ghost Meets an Angel and the most recent release, A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate are now being retailed across Europe and specifically in, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. According to author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox, she is thrilled about this new aspect to her lead character, Shannon Delaney’s attraction to European readers. Eagan-Cox says, "I’ve received e-mail letters from readers in various European countries and it has always delighted me to hear from them. The concept of my novels being a cozy mystery, or, rather a tea cup mystery, as the genre is often called in Europe, is exciting to me, especially so because it is in Europe where the genre was born. And to know that European fans of this type of mystery novel are reading my books is thrilling." In order to help European readers navigate the purchase of her books, Eagan-Cox recently added easy links on her Internet site to Online stores in the various European countries. She explains, "Basically, I am an American author, the United States it is where I live. However, when I realized my novels are sold in European, I went on an Internet hunt to locate the best retailers of my books in the various European countries and then I posted the links on my website. I personally, do not sell books on my site. However I have the most popular links to major retailers on my site. And, I offer full, sample chapters of each book for a shopper to read before purchasing. It’s only fair to the consumer to do this, to allow a free read of an entire chapter gives a prospective reader a better idea as to whether or not my cozy mysteries novels are their cup of tea." Eagan-Cox is writing book five in her Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series. She is quick to point out that although her books are technically, a series, each novel is a stand-alone mystery. "There is no need to read a book in a particular order. To a person who has never read one of my novels, I suggest they begin with the most recent title: A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate."Readers may visit Elizabeth at her website is: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
March 13, 2012
Top-Selling Kindle and Nook book!
A Ghost at Stallion's Gate, Top-Selling Kindle and Nook book for Write Words IncBook publisher Write Words Inc. reports Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's novel: A Ghost at Stallion's Gate is top seller from December 2011 Through February 2012.
Arline Chase of Write Words, Inc, book publisher, reports that the latest Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery novel, book 4 in the series: A Ghost at Stallion's Gate by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox was the best-selling Amazon "Kindle" book for December 2011 and January 2012 and the top-selling book for Barnes and Nobel "Nook" in January and February 2012. In addition, books 1 through 3 in this series followed closely in sales reports. Amazon's Kindle sales for February have not been reported, as yet.
Book 4: A Ghost at Stallion's Gate, which begins a new chapter in the life of lead character, Shannon Delaney, just barely made the release for December 2011's e-book list of new titles. The paperback version was released in January 2012. Additional titles by the author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox are Books 1, 2 and 3 in the Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series: A Ghost of a Chance, A Ghost from the Shadows, and A Ghost Meets an Angel. Elizabeth Eagan-Cox is also the author of the nonfiction reference book: Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources.
Write Words Inc., and its imprints, Cambridge Books and E Books on the Net, publish Eagan-Cox's Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series novels in over a dozen different e-book versions, of which the Amazon "Kindle" and the Barnes and Nobel "Nook" are the most popular, in addition to a trade-size paperback edition. Write Words Inc. has over 450 books on the current retail list of sales reported nationally and internationally. Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's Shannon Delaney series of paranormal mystery novels are available at book retailers across the globe. The series classified as a 'cozy' mystery and each book is a stand-alone mystery novel.
Author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox is a well-regarded expert in the paranormal community, she frequently volunteers her expertise as a research consultant. She often is a guest of paranormal and ghost-hunting radio talk shows. At present time she is writing book 5 in her Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series: A Ghost to Die For. Additionally, she is booking guest appearances for radio talk shows. Her next appearance will be on Fringe Radio, on March 31, at which time she will chat about her guidebook: Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources and lend insight to conducting research. Free links to this show are on the author's Internet site: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
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Arline Chase of Write Words, Inc, book publisher, reports that the latest Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery novel, book 4 in the series: A Ghost at Stallion's Gate by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox was the best-selling Amazon "Kindle" book for December 2011 and January 2012 and the top-selling book for Barnes and Nobel "Nook" in January and February 2012. In addition, books 1 through 3 in this series followed closely in sales reports. Amazon's Kindle sales for February have not been reported, as yet.
Book 4: A Ghost at Stallion's Gate, which begins a new chapter in the life of lead character, Shannon Delaney, just barely made the release for December 2011's e-book list of new titles. The paperback version was released in January 2012. Additional titles by the author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox are Books 1, 2 and 3 in the Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series: A Ghost of a Chance, A Ghost from the Shadows, and A Ghost Meets an Angel. Elizabeth Eagan-Cox is also the author of the nonfiction reference book: Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources.
Write Words Inc., and its imprints, Cambridge Books and E Books on the Net, publish Eagan-Cox's Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series novels in over a dozen different e-book versions, of which the Amazon "Kindle" and the Barnes and Nobel "Nook" are the most popular, in addition to a trade-size paperback edition. Write Words Inc. has over 450 books on the current retail list of sales reported nationally and internationally. Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's Shannon Delaney series of paranormal mystery novels are available at book retailers across the globe. The series classified as a 'cozy' mystery and each book is a stand-alone mystery novel.
Author Elizabeth Eagan-Cox is a well-regarded expert in the paranormal community, she frequently volunteers her expertise as a research consultant. She often is a guest of paranormal and ghost-hunting radio talk shows. At present time she is writing book 5 in her Shannon Delaney paranormal mystery series: A Ghost to Die For. Additionally, she is booking guest appearances for radio talk shows. Her next appearance will be on Fringe Radio, on March 31, at which time she will chat about her guidebook: Ghost Hunters Research Guide to Free Internet Sources and lend insight to conducting research. Free links to this show are on the author's Internet site: www.ElizabethEaganCox.net
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February 14, 2012
Mystery, Ghosts..., and Musings: A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate, Top-Selling Kindle boo...
Mystery, Ghosts..., and Musings: A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate, Top-Selling Kindle boo...: A Ghost at Stallion’s Gate, Top-Selling Kindle book for Write Words, Inc Book publisher Write Words Inc. reports Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's nove...
Mystery, Ghosts..., and Musings: A Ghost at Stallion's Gate, Top-Selling Kindle boo...
Mystery, Ghosts..., and Musings: A Ghost at Stallion's Gate, Top-Selling Kindle boo...: A Ghost at Stallion's Gate, Top-Selling Kindle book for Write Words, Inc Book publisher Write Words Inc. reports Elizabeth Eagan-Cox's nove...
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