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MORE FROM ANNIE SINCLAIR . . .

6/24/2019

The final stop on my whirlwind, “Love, Lies and Azure Eyes” blog tour is A Wytch's Book Review Blog for a Q&A with my book’s protagonist, Annie Sinclair.

Q: WELCOME, ANNIE! WHY DON’T YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US?
A: Hello! I’m Annaliese Maureen Sinclair, although everyone calls me Annie, except for my bull-headed dad, who insists on calling me Girl.

I’m 43, for heaven’s sake, and it’s embarrassing. He’s called me Girl my entire life. When other dads were giving their

Do you believe in ghosts?

6/19/2019

Stop #9 on my “LOVE, LIES AND AZURE EYES” blog tour is this guest post on Brooke Blogs. I thought it might be fun to write my thoughts about ghosts.

Recently, I was fortunate to sit on an author panel moderated by the wonderful, bestselling mystery novelist Nancy Pickard. She asked each panelist about their latest books, and when it was my turn, I explained that “Love, Lies, and Azure Eyes” was inspired by an unsolved murder in my hometown in the mid-1960s and that one of the main storylines involved liberating the earthbound ghost of the boy wrongly accused of the murder.

How 54-year-old mystery inspired a novel

6/18/2019

Stop #8 on my “LOVE, LIES AND AZURE EYES” blog tour is this guest post at Books Direct. Here, I tell how a real-life event inspired a novel.

Thank you for inviting me to introduce myself to your audience and to share a bit about myself and my newly released paranormal-romantic-mystery, “Love, Lies, and Azure Eyes.”

I’ve been writing since I was eight years old, back when I was creating little stories for a neighborhood “newspaper” for which I was reporter, editor, and publisher. Of course, “The Kentucky Avenue Chronicle” — circulation seven — quickly evolved into obscurity, but it was a start. <wink> I was 40 before I was brave enough to try my hand at fiction and enroll in a short-story-writing class at a nearby college. I was terrible at it, but I was bitten. And I evolved.

Everyone Has a Skeleton in the Closet

6/17/2019

Stop #7 on my “LOVE, LIES AND AZURE EYES” blog tour is an author Q&A by A Place in the Spotlight.

Q. I found the premise of “Love, Lies, and Azure Eyes” intriguing. I love paranormal angles and cold cases revived. Did you ever lose someone whose demise remained a mystery? Did that inspire the premise?
A. Yes, and yes. “Love, Lies, and Azure Eyes” was inspired by the tragic, mysterious, and still unsolved death in 1965 of a 17-year-old girl I went to school with. In addition to losing her, my high school class also lost a boy just six months

a word from the boy with the Azure Eyes

6/16/2019

Stop #6 on my “LOVE, LIES AND AZURE EYES” blog tour is a message at StoreyBook Reviews from Johnny Lange, the ghost with the azure eyes.

Hello? … Anyone there? … Can you hear me? … I’ve been stumbling about in this darkness for what seems like forever, lost, alone, looking for that certain someone to help me break these ties and open the door to the light, the blessed life-affirming, all-forgiving, soul-saving light.

THE JOY OF DISCOVERING YOUR STORIES

6/15/2019

Stop #5 on my “LOVE, LIES AND AZURE EYES” blog tour is a Q&A by mjbReviewers.

Q. When did you know that you wanted to be an author? What things, if any, influenced that decision?
A. I can’t recall a time that I didn’t think of myself as a writer. As a kid, I was always writing little stories and poems. I always enjoyed my English classes. In fact, I found diagramming sentences fun. I continued writing

The Reluctant Ghost Whisperer

6/14/2019

Stop #4 on my “LOVE, LIES & AZURE EYES” blog tour is a Q&A with protagonist, ANNIE SINCLAIR by Maria Catalina:

Q: Have you previously encountered more than one ghost, or earthbound spirit, in your life?
A: Before my dead classmates, Shelayne Goodnight and Johnny Lange, materialized in front of my eyes and scared the spit out of me, I had never encountered a ghost. I think that’s because prior to them sneaking up on me, no dead person had ever deemed me their ticket out of purgatory.

My Characters Are Like Children to Me

6/13/2019

Stop #2 on my “LOVE, LIES & AZURE EYES” BLOG TOUR, a Q&A by Dianne Ascroft

Q. Tell us about your novel. Is it part of a series? If so, please tell us about the series, too.
A. “Love, Lies, and Azure Eyes” tells what happens when freelance journalist Annie Sinclair journeys from Los Angeles to her rural Indiana hometown to investigate the 25-year-old unsolved murder of her high school classmate, Shelayne Goodnight. Unexpectedly, Annie comes face to face with the ghost of another classmate, Johnny Lange, the boy accused of killing Shelayne. While Annie helps Johnny find Shelayne’s killer, he helps Annie find her happily-ever-after. “Love, Lies, and Azure Eyes” is all about possibilities for second chances, righting old wrongs, and finding love that lasts forever.

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2020 - ROAD TRIP with the DEAD
• Sept. 1 - STOP 1: Jesse Worley Osborn, Greentown
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• Sept. 23 - STOP 13: Garnet Ginn
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• Sept. 27 - STOP 15: Dee, Homer & Jesse McClure
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2019 BLOG TOUR
• June 13 — Interview,
Diane Ascroft
• June 14 – Character
Q&A, Defining Ways
• June 15 – Author Q&A,
MJB Reviewers
• June 16 – Character Post, StoreyBook Reviews
• June 16 – Author Q&A,
A Place In The Spotlight
• June 17 – Guest Post,
Books Direct
• June 18 – Guest Post,
Brooke Blogs
• June 19 – REVIEW
Baroness’ Book Trove
• June 21 – Character Post, The Book Diva’s Reads
• June 22 – REVIEW,
Brianne’s Book Reviews • June 23 – REVIEW,
Christa Reads and Writes
• June 24 – Character
  Q&A, A Wytch’s Book Review Blog

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2017 BLOG TOUR
• June 19 — Spotlight
  Celticlady's Reviews
• June 20 — Review
My Journey Back
• June 21 — Spotlight
Books, Dreams, Life
• June 22 — Interview
Annette Drake's Blog
• June 23 — Review
Back Porchervations
• June 24 — Guest Post
Island Confidential
• June 24 — Guest Post
Escape with Dollycas
• June 25 — Interview
Laura's Interests
• June 26 — Interview
Pulp and Mystery Shelf
• June 26 — Review
Caleb & Linda Pirtle
• June 27 — Spotlight
Socrates' Book Reviews
• June 27 — Spotlight
Blogger Nicole Reviews
• June 28 — Spotlight
Celebrating Authors
• June 29 — Review
Queen of All She Reads
• June 30— Interview
Teresa Trent Site
• July 1 — Guest Post
StoreyBook Reviews
• July 2 — Interview
Deal Sharing Aunt
• July 2 — Review
Nadaness in Motion
• July 4 — Interview
  Gotta Write Network
• July 12 — Review
A Holland Reads
• July 19 — Guest Post
Gotta Write Network