Do You Ever Listen to the voices in your head?

My first book, The Ninth Life came into being mainly because I became intrigued by the notion that most of us hear voices in our heads at one time or another.

From Pinocchio to Joan of Arc, sometimes a little voice can change history, and not always for the best.

Kate Devereau, the aging artist in my book The Ninth Life, has been hearing a voice all her life. Never sure if this is good or evil, she makes a point of ignoring everything it says. Would her life have turned out differently if she hadn’t?

Some people call this the voice of our conscience, a bit like Jiminy Cricket, but how many of us really listen or even obey its commands?

I personally don’t hear any voices, but sometimes I just know I should have done things differently, and have suffered the consequences…

When I researched this topic, I was amazed by just how many famous people have heard voices, going back as far as Moses. Some of these people were convinced they were hearing the voice of God; some thought a heavenly host had visited them. Whereas, on the other side of the scale, if these voices talked you into committing a crime, they usually locked you up and threw away the key.

So although the voice in my book, The Ninth Life, didn’t exactly help my heroine, I have the feeling she may pay more attention to it in the sequel, which I am writing now.

Me personally, I like the idea of a wise voice, advising and helping us with life’s problems. But would we dare trust it?

The Ninth Life is now on Amazon and you can find it here…