First guest post…

Reblogged from http://awomanswisdom.wordpress.com/

October 6, 2014

Guest Blog: A Swan Song or Just The Beginning? by author Jaye Marie

Funny how the mind likes to push things into dark corners to be forgotten, isn’t it?

The other day, I was listening to my sister-in-law, Anita talking to her son about his plan to change his job, after twenty years with the bank. He has decided to become a phlebotomist of all things, and we have no idea where this idea came from.

This sent my thoughts back to my childhood and all the ambitions I now remember having back then. Medicine, ballet, pianist or actor? There were so many careers that appealed to me and like most children; I wanted to do something exciting with my life.

But one by one, those childhood dreams came to nothing. I grew too tall for ballet, and the piano lessons were hopeless, as try as I may, my hands would not behave! Most of the other dreams fell by the wayside for various reasons and of course, life has the habit of getting in the way.

I love books and have read my way through stacks of them, so when Anita needed someone to edit and type up her manuscripts, I was happy to help and somewhere along the way, I discovered my vocation and my love-hate relationship with the world of computers. But I learned how to edit and proofread, taking over the job of getting Anita’s books ready for publication. I had wonderful compliments from one of the best literary agents in London for my editing of Anita’s book, Bad Moon and for the last ten years since my retirement, that’s what my life has been like.

Then everyone started talking about ‘Indie’ or self-publishing. I knew how hard it was to be published in the traditional way, so I became very excited at the prospect of being able to do it ourselves.

I started our website, and found that I enjoyed talking to people from all over the world and posting our thoughts on line. Then I concentrated on publishing Anita’s books. It wasn’t quite as easy as they made it sound, but with my usual stubbornness I kept at it, learning more and more as I went along.

Somewhere along the way, I started thinking about a story that had been nibbling away in the corner of my mind for months and before too long, it demanded to be written and I am very pleased with the outcome. Basically because the characters took charge and practically wrote it for me!

Book Blurb

Nine Lives is the story of ageing artist Kate Devereau, who has been plagued by a mysterious voice for most of her life.

This voice seems to think she has escaped death on far too many occasions for it to be normal, and her life spirals out of control as she tries to discover just how many lives she has left.