WordCrafter Lingering Spirit Whispers Paranormal Anthology Set Blog Tour: Undawnted Interviews Stevie Turner

About the Anthology Set

Lingering Spirit Whispers Paranormal Anthology Set, which is released today, December 1st, 2021 from WordCrafter and is available for purchase. 

This anthology set is a bundle including Whispers of the Past, Spirits of the West, and Where Spirits Linger. All three anthologies combined into one convenient paranormal set for lovers of ghost stories.

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Author Interview: Stevie Turner      
Contributor to two anthologies with two stories: "Partners in Time" (Whispers of the Past), "David's Revenge" (Where Spirits Linger).
 

What is it about the genres you write that create a world inside your mind ripe for storytelling? Do you have a favorite genre for which your narratives are born?

I’ve always been fascinated by the occult from a young age, and paranormal stories are my absolute favourite to write. I experienced ghostly occurrences as a child, and I’ve had help from the spirit world when I have been in desperate need of it. By writing spooky stories I can use my past experiences and also use my imagination a little bit more than usual (I also write ‘faction’ – fiction based on fact).

As a novelist, how do you construct your plotlines? Do you develop your stories through an outline, or do the characters form your fictional world view? How do you contend with the character voices versus how you see the beginning, middle, and end of your stories?

I have no plot at all in my head when I write. I have no idea what the ending will be until I get there. I’m an absolute ‘pantster’ who loves writing this way, and hates the thought that somebody might need me to work to a rigid outline. I also do not like writing to a deadline, and prefer just to write when I feel like it.

As a writer, how to do write fiction versus nonfiction? Do you approach these two types of writing differently? If so, how does fiction and nonfiction use your skill set dissimilarly? If not, how do they work with your vision of writing the same?

With fiction I can stretch the boundaries and make it all up as I go along. With non-fiction I would need to write from personal experience or do meticulous research. I write fiction under my pseudonym of Stevie Turner, and non-fiction under my real name. My family and friends know my non-fiction books, and bloggers and readers know my works of fiction. I have two different heads and like to keep it that way.

If you could write a novel outside of your comfort zone, what would you endeavor to write? What characters do you have in mind? What genre would you dare to initiate?

I am quite happy in my comfort zone of Women’s Fiction (family dramas), Humor, Paranormal, and Romantic Suspense. I did try to write a fantasy story once, but it was complete rubbish. I don’t really want to write in any other genres apart from the ones I already write in.


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Thank you, Stevie Turner for your wonderful insight about the creative writing process. If you would like to know more about Ms. Turner, please see her biography and links below: 

Author Bio

Stevie Turner is a British author of suspense, paranormal, women's fiction family dramas and darkly humorous novels, and likes to find subjects to write about that are not often covered. Stevie is married and lives in the wilds of East Anglia, England, and enjoys cycling about the countryside when she is not busy writing.

Author Links

• About Me: https://about.me/stevie_turner/
• Website http://www.stevie-turner-author.co.uk
• Amazon page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stevie-Turner/e/B00AV7YOTU/
• Blog: https://steviet3.wordpress.com/

If you like this interview, then read the others in the Lingering Spirit Whispers series:

• Kaye Lynne Booth 
• Jeff Bowles  
  
• Roberta Eaton Cheadle

 

WordCrafter Blog Tour: Where Spirits Linger Review

Out of the corner of your eye you see a shadow move, a presence in the distance. 

Is someone trying to get your attention or hide from you? Ghost stories are as old as human civilization itself. The paranormal intrigues us, shapes our view of the after life, and haunts our dreams. 

The anthology, Where Spirits Linger gives us a taste of the various ways we mere mortals can experience the spirit world. In the six short stories, the reader is transported in time and space into these realms of impossibility. So real in fact that the improbable comes across as probable. 

The People Up Stairs by Kaye Lynne Booth takes on a journey with Cassie. Cassie from an eight year old to a nineteen year old tells her story in diary form about the apparitions living on the second floor of Edna's house. A mystery wrapped in a conundrum. Is Cassie's fate sealed by her acceptance of  the spirits from beyond? 

Listen to the Instructions by Roberta Eaton Cheadle is a tale of twisted fate. If you carried out the will of the deceased, then your life will be tame. But, if you were only in the game for self-indulgence, then your life would exist in misery. Which would you choose? Listen to a ghost? Or listen to yourself? Your life may depend on it. 

The Chosen Few by Enid Holden is a short story from the spirits' point of view. These ghosts control their surroundings and the people who dare live in their dwelling of choice. Would you live in this haunted place? If you knew, the spirits created your experience for their own entertainment? 

The Final Portrait by S.L. Kretschmer asks the reader to understand a spirit. A painting showed how someone died, but would you, if asked by a ghost, to paint them as they were? What would you do? Honor a final request? Or, depart without a second thought? How the living see the dead can leave a lasting impression in this world, and the next 

David’s Revenge by Stevie Turner is a story about plotting. If you died tomorrow, how would you set up everyone in your life? Would you leave them in peace? Or, would you make suspicion the focus? David died and he had everyone on the hook. He even manipulated the police and psychic medium to do his bidding. Is this how you would spend your time before you left your body for good? 

Olde Tyme Village by Christa Planko is about Steve and an old estate belonging to his family. A chance visit that led to many more questions than answers. Could Steve return the property to its former glory? Or was the estate too haunted to become anything more than a ghost asylum? Will the reader ever know? 

Where Spirits Linger gives the audience the ups and downs of different hauntings. From the tame to the problematic, this anthology has a story for everyone's paranormal tastes.  Why not, take a bite?

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