Throughout time, every culture and religion on Earth has at
one time or another recognized and acknowledged the unexplained, including spirits, ghosts, hands-on-healing,
shifters of all kinds, even astral and time travel.
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| Virginia Nelson |
What today’s society view as Metaphysical or New Age, I grew
up with. I’d like to take you back to my early childhood. I’ll bet you, my
childhood was quite different from most of yours.
During the early 1950’s, I lived with my traditional
grandparents. My grandmother, for all intents and purposes, was considered a
medicine woman, a healer in her own right. She instructed me in such a way I
never knew I was in school. On long walks in the forest, she would stop,
dig up a root or pick a leaf off a plant and tuck it into her shoulder bag. Young
children love to mimic others and I was no different. By the time I was three,
I’d walk along side her gathering my own small leafs, stems and roots. When we
returned to our camp, we’d sit down at the picnic table and separate our great
finds. I soon learned how to make everything from potions, to healing salves,
to fragrant incenses which made our canvas tent a wonderful loving home.
While other children my age played tag or hide and seek with
their human friends, I enjoyed the companionship of my feathered and furry
friends, those that lived in the forest. My grandparents also shared a host of
games with me – ones you might expect to experience in an ancient Kung Fu
temple or modern day parapsychology training center. Not knowing the things we
did were not real games, but training sessions, I happily played along. By the
time I was five, my grandmother blind-folded me several miles from our camp
then told me to walk home. It was no big deal, she’d been instructing me in
third eye development long before I could walk. In addition, I was never told
my imaginary friends didn’t exist… my
grandmother even sat extra places at the table for them or included them in our
conversations. Nights were spent around the camp fire listening to stories of
my ancestors which always included some magical elements.
As I grew up, my interest and life changed. I went to a real school and found another love;
history. I eventually received my higher educational degrees in Ancient Civilizations
and teaching.
I’m getting a little off track here as I never intended this
to be an article about my personal journey, but I felt if I explained where I
came from, you might have a deeper understanding of where this is going.
A 1996 Gallup poll estimated that 71% of the people in the United States
In addition, the 2001
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Now I ask you
once again, is the paranormal world I create in my romance novels real or make
believe? Perhaps a little of both. In my series, Sekhmet’s Guardians, I have
combined my love of ancient cultures with the mythical tales and events of my
childhood in an unlikely duel, combining Native American lore with European and
Ancient Egyptian mythology.
Are the Shifters, Were-wolves, Vampires, Zombies,
Ghosts, Selkies, Banshees, and Aliens we are so drawn to in our paranormal
romances, simply a creation of the author’s imagination or is there some truth
to their existence? I’ll let you decide.
The perfect blend of tradition,
history, romance, action and suspense.
With a love for history, Native American author V.S. Nelson,
instructed elementary, high school and college in the U.S.
She is well known for her “time
management and sprint style writing,” producing well over five thousand words
daily - consecutively.
V is available for speaking
engagements, appearances and is more than willing to share her methodology with
others in a variety of workshops.
A member of three RWA chapters
she sits on several committees and judges writing contests across the states.
In Jan, 2013, Eternal Lovers, the first book in her eleven
book paranormal series, Sekhmet’s
Guardians launched with a fury. Being a series reader herself, she has held true to her promise by releasing no less than two books in the series per year in addition to her other work.
Guardians launched with a fury. Being a series reader herself, she has held true to her promise by releasing no less than two books in the series per year in addition to her other work.
When two hidden worlds
collide near modern day Lake Michigan, Jennifer, a young Native American, is
confronted with the reality, not everything is as it seems and things do go bump in the night. The
questions she has long since asked are answered in this epic tale of self
discovery when she meets Gabriel; the director of Guardians Incorporated.
Born in New Tuat, Netchkhet,
now known as Gabriel, came to Earth some five thousand years ago to protect the
human race. Disillusioned because of an unfulfilled prophecy, he has become
cold and distant -- even from those of his kind. Secretly, he waits for his
enemy to take his head so he may leave this world for good.
Can a tiny Selkie melt his
hardened heart and restore his faith in a power far greater than himself? When
history repeats itself, can he save her from death’s embrace or will they be
robbed of a future again?
With
each passing day Jessica’s consciousness grew stronger. For twenty years she
was content to remain as she was—trapped inside another. The life she led came
to an abrupt end the moment she laid eyes on Raphael. At first she suspected
they were destined to be together--his gentle touch confirmed it. Although he
didn’t know it, he ignited waves of a fiery passion that burned deep into her
soul. It became brighter every day, giving her the strength she needed. Somehow
she would find a way to free herself from her grandmother’s powerful magic.
Since
her birth she learned vicariously from observing others of her kind and until
now she was satisfied with the life she led. She had everything one would need
to live a meaningful life without the stress the human world inflicts on its
inhabitants. With each passing day her obsession to be more than she was,
intensified. Jessica knew she was gifted with her race's abilities to
communicate with others but until now she had never used them. They say
practice makes perfect and she was at a point now where she could make her
presence known—at least to him.
Coming Fall, 2013 -
Eternal Blades – Sekhmet’s Guardians – Book three
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