The Fifth and more

Hello my little chickadees

Well it's been a while but I've discovered another new kid on the block who happens to be a very good writer in my opinion. I've read her book and throughly enjoyed it. I managed to get her into the cave under false pretences. She was quite compliant though when I mentioned the word interview so I hung her from the manacles and you know how the rest works.

Karley Rawlingson

 Hello Karley and thank you for coming. How do you like my victims cave? Personally I’m loving the ambience of victims remains scattered about the floor. It adds that bit of je ne sais quoi don’t you think? 

"It stinks in here of iron and rotten meat. I think I'm going to be sick!"

"Oh hush child it grows on you after a while. Lets just get you attached to the manacles at the back of the cave. It’s nice and quiet there. Once you’ve decided to answer my questions then I’ll feed and water you. Here’s the list. Your arms will soon stretch enough to reach the questionnaire.  Right then I’m off to find my next victim. Scream when you’re done. I won’t hear you but I’ll probably check on you from time to time."

*Victim rattles chains in frustration*

"If the only way to get back home is to answer your questions then so be it!"

Tee acknowledges with a cackle and wave of the hand.

So then Karley please introduce yourself to my friends

I'm Karley Rawlingson and I grew up in Ashford, Kent but I've lived in Upminster, Essex for the last twelve years. Upminster is a lovely place to live and I feel very lucky to say it’s my home. I often feel, I have the best of both worlds. Upminster is the last stop on the district line which means it’s only a quick train ride into London if, I want to see a show or do some shopping. Then on the other hand, woods, grasslands and beautiful countryside is in my back yard. 

Q You’re married with two children, tell me about them 

A I met my husband Tony when I was sixteen and we have been together for seventeen years. We married in July 2011 and have two beautiful children. Tjay is fourteen and Demi is twelve. 

I often wonder how I got gifted with such a wonder life. Tony is a hard worker and my rock. He has always been my biggest supporter and encouraged me to follow my dreams. Both my children are beautiful inside and out, even if I am biased. Tjay is a typical teenager, he loves hanging out with his friends, playing on his computer and food! He likes to play the piano and is currently studying for his grade one exam. Tjay has a fantastic work ethic and often goes to work with his dad to earn some extra cash. Demi is equally hard working but all of her passion goes into dancing. Demi dances at least three times a week and it has given her, not only confidence but an amazing group of friends. Demi loves school and has a joy for life. Her smile is infectious and I love that she is pretty much willing to give anything a try.  

 Q Have you any pets

A I have two cats; Bumblebee and Rosie. Both are black but Bumblebee has white patches on his feet that look like he has little socks on. They are brother and sister and are nine years old.  

I also have a dog; Ralph and three fish in the pond, in the garden. There were more but unfortunately, we had a pump malfunction and quite a few died. Ralph is a Jackapoo and my shadow. I fell in love with him the moment I saw him and can honestly say I think he feels the same. On the day we went to meet the breeder and pick a puppy, he saw me, and started howling this tiny-squeaky-little howl as if to say “Hi Mum”. He was the only one to make any noise and tried getting out of his cage. I knew then and there he was coming home with us.   

Ralph

  

Q Favourite: drink/food/hot/cold

A Omg why are you asking me about food and drink, when you haven't given me anything to eat in days. I swear, I can almost smell the coffee. 

* Cries out for help *

Hovering outside by now Tee enters and cracks the whip against Karley’s manacles. “Stop whinging that won’t get you food.”

A Okay. My favourite drink is a toffee latte with cream and toffee sauce. I love food and I'm willing to give most things a try at least once. My favourite dinner at the moment is grilled chicken, couscous and a tomato, cucumber, spring onion and crabstick salad with balsamic vinegar glaze. 

*Belly grumbles*

“Here chew on this rotten finger. Oh wait you can't you're strung up. Never mind, get over it.”

Q What encouraged you to enter the writing world.

A I've wanted to write for a long time but never had the confidence. I left school without finishing and had no G.C.S.E’s. Instead I focused on hairdressing. Then I met Tony, moved and got a job in a clothes shop. When Tjay started primary school, I went back to college to study, and gained qualifications in level 3 hairdressing and a B in English and maths. However, no matter how hard I tried and for all the hard work I'd put in at college, something was missing. A few years later whilst on holiday, I spoke to Tony about my fears. He told me that he would support me in whatever I wanted to do as long as I was happy. It still took me a while to actually figure it out. One night I dreamt of someone called Sadie, and heard her calling to me, telling me her story. The following day I picked up a pen... I haven't looked back since.  

Q Are you regimented when you write

A I try to be but working from home with two children, a husband and a number of animals can be difficult. 

Q What genre do you write in

A Science fiction, Fantasy 

Q Tell us about your typical day

A A normal weekday is usually quite chilled. Everyone is up and out the door by 8.30am, leaving just the animals and me. I talk to my sister-in-law until 9 then have some breakfast. I will then do some writing unless I have a hair-client (I love writing but it doesn’t pay the bills). I do take time to speak to my Nan every day; she lives on her own and I hate the thought of her being lonely. Kids are home by 4.30pm and Tony is back by 6-7pm. Dinner, bath and if we have time, maybe a little board game with the kids before bed. Ready to do it all again tomorrow.

Q What do you do to relax

A Its got to be watching a movie, reading a book or goofing about with the kids.

  Q Tell us about the book you have written 

A The Fifth is a sci-fi, fantasy book. It is about a girl called Sadie McNeil and the end of the world, as we know it.  

Q Your book is self published I understand. Do you find it difficult to promote and what outlets do you use

A Self-publishing is hard and of course, I would love a publisher to pick me up and help, in my journey to become a successful author. But promoting is harder and definitely a challenge. I have never been one for social media and my son is far more computer literate than I am. So, I’ve had to teach myself a lot of new things, but I'm getting there. Facebook, Instagram and Amazon (@KDRawlingson) are great platforms to use but again I'm still working at getting the best out of them. I have designed a website  https://karleyrawlingson.wixsite.com/kdrawlingson

https://karleyrawlingson.wixsite.com/kdrawlingson

Q Is your book to be part of a series

A Yes, the next book is due out next year and is called Powers.  

Q Can you give us a taster of the book, (perhaps the back of the book blurb)

 A“Legend has it that the world was created in 7 days. I don`t know if that`s true or not but what I do know is that it only took 7 days for everything to go to shit and the world to end as we know it!” 

Born into poverty, controlled by drug-fuelled parents, Sadie McNeil has had a hard life. On the cusp of adulthood, tragedy strikes, leaving both Sadie and her older brother Sol orphaned. When Sol moves thousands of miles away for a job offer, alone and miserable Sadie believes this is the lowest life will ever get. On a rare night out celebrating her eighteenth birthday everything changes, and in the blink of an eye, she meets Ryan. He's everything she's not. In fact he’s her polar opposite. And everything she didn’t know she was looking for.

For Seven long years, things could not be more perfect for Sadie or more normal.   

When an unprecedented earthquake happens halfway across the world, Sadie believes it to be nothing more than Mother Nature at its worst. Bad yes, but something the world could recover from.

However, forces far bigger than she could ever imagine are at play and unbeknown to her she is stuck right in the middle… 

Q Anything else that you would like to add 

A Writing has become more than just a hobby to me, it has become a love. The Fifth  (Sadie’s story) is real and honest. It is dark at times and is fraught with hardship. Can Sadie get through it? How would you handle it if, it was you? 

I’d like to say thanks to Tee for the interview but I'm hungry and thirsty. My wrists are red raw from dangling so I will just say… Please can I go home now? The Darkness Is Coming...

"My god, there are so many wimps out there…"

Sighs dramatically whilst undoing the manacles, allowing her to drop to floor on the rotten bits of flesh…. Offers a rancid finger to chew on to stave off her hunger. It's refused as Karley holds hand over mouth and hurtles outside.

"Some people are never grateful and you can clear that mess up before you go, I have a cleanliness routine that I maintain at the entrance. What ever would my next victim think?"

  

 Links to book

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FB @DarknessseriesKDRawlingson

Twitter

@KDRawlingson 

Instagram 

Kdrawlingson 

So there you have it my friends. Check out The Fifth, it's worth a read. Thank you Karley for the interview. Please come again.... Ha Ha Ha....

Laters Potaters

The Long legged potential lover from Knaresborough

Hello my little chickadees. Well footies underway and we play Croatia tonight. My trotters are crossed for them.

UPDATE: We lost 2:1 but how proud are we of their overall achievements.

This week in my cave is the elegant and single Miss Charlotte Castle. I had to raise the manacles because her long legs and feet were touching the ground. She didn't like it much as it stretched her to her full extent but thems the breaks as they say, literally. 

Hiya Charlie, so tell me about yourself and will you stand up straight woman. Forget the broken leg it'll mend.

Are you absolutely sure? Well If you say so, but I'm not convinced at all! 

Do stop whinging. It's only a broken leg

About me then, I'm elegant, witty, pure of heart, long of limb... Well before the left one was broken by you. I'm actually a rather rotund 37 year-old mother of two. I'm a writer, of all forms, though in particular speeches at the moment, and I've been single for six years, so I spend a lot of time muttering to myself. I am torn between wanting a boyfriend and enjoying the wardrobe space.

Where do you live in the world

A stunning town called Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, England. Like all Yorkshire folk, I'm fiercely proud of my county - if we were a country we'd have come eighth in the medal table of the most recent Olympics! Famous Yorkshiremen (and women) include The Brontes, Alan Bennet, WH Auden, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Patrick Stewart, Jeremy Clarkson, The Beautiful South, Def Leppard, Ed Sheeran, Kaiser Chiefs.... I could go on.

Knaresborough is particularly famous for our (long dead) prophetess Mother Shipton. Kind of an English Notradamus. She predicted that when Low Bridge falls down for a third time, the world will end. So far it's fallen down twice. I'm always super careful when I'm driving over it.

Have you any pets 

I have a small, white psychopathic cat called Deborah. Her favourite game is lying on a low wall by my house, trying to entice victims with her beauty. If she was human, she'd be in a maximum security facility by now, strapped to an upright trolley with a bite-shield on. Luckily for her, she isn't; so she's lying at the end of my bed working out which of my neighbours to bite next.

Deborah the psychopath

I know you’re an author Charlie, can you tell my readers what you have written and the storyline 

I wrote a novel called Simon's Choice which was very well received, mostly in the States where it was first published. It tells the tale of a doctor whose seven year-old daughter is dying of leukemia. When one evening she asks him 'Daddy, who will live with me in Heaven?" he answers in a moment of grief and confusion that he will 'go with her'. The novel explores grief, the stresses of grief on a marriage and the concept of death in different religions. 

Whilst I appreciate it doesn't sound like a laugh a minute, I'm told it has its funny moments! I wrote the novel in only three months, whilst my baby son was strapped to a bouncy seat next to me. 

It is out of print now, sadly, but you can still purchase a Kindle copy and help me pay my rent.

Favourite food/drink

The best way to keep me quiet is to put a platter of shellfish in front of me. I've been eating mussels and oysters since I was four. Potential suitors should know that I'll do anything for a lobster. I am also a fan of good sushi and will rugby tackle people to get at a cheese board. Readers will not be amazed to hear that I've put on a lot of weight recently. 

My parents divorced when I was only seven, but an enduring memory is that their marriage was at its happiest when they were cooking - usually strange and exciting things. I remember a squid's ink sack being removed by my giggling (and probably quite tipsy) parents in a bath. I also have memories of a duck being dried with a hair dryer. (The duck was dead and plucked - they were trying to replicate the Peking duck pancakes they liked in the Chinese restaurant - not give it a blow dry.) As such, food has always been an enormous source of romance and excitement to me. I think the only thing I've never tried is probably tripe - I don't have any plans to, but never say never.

A good dry white wine to accompany any of the above.

Tell us about your family life

As a single parent I seem to spend much of my time picking other people's stuff up. My son is autistic, with a little known form called Pathological Demand Avoidance and so both myself and my daughter have to have diplomatic skills comparable to the United Nations. They should get me to negotiate Brexit, it would be nothing in comparison to convincing my son to brush his teeth.

You recently started up a speech writing business. How did that come about? You have a fantastic sense of humour; do you find it easy to write speeches? How do you get the balance of timing right when you’re waiting for the laugh?

It was my mother's idea actually. I wrote some speeches when I was younger, one memorably for an important event in the construction industry and afterwards delegates were coming up to me asking for a copy so that they could share it with their employees. As my son is disabled it's difficult for me to have a 'proper' job, and so 'My Standing Ovation' was born. It's in its infancy.

With regards to waiting for a laugh, often you'll get more of a laugh if you give the audience some space. Pause. Look up. If they're tittering, raise an eyebrow - it often gives people the permission to go for a full guffaw. You need to engage with your audience - if you only rely on the words it won't go as well. Pretend you're with your mates in the pub. 

What is a typical day for you or are the days all different?

My days are rather boring. Two hours negotiating with my son regarding clothes/breakfast/getting into the taxi to his school. Then a flurry of housework and shopping, a bit of writing if I have a job on, and then back to the endless demands of food and 'she hit me', 'he spat on me' when the children are back. My son only goes to school for 3 hours, so I don't get a lot of time to myself. My days tend to end with wine and crime documentaries. I have a concerning fascination in murderers - though it does actually stem from an interest in psychology and not my inner-psychopath.

Choose a pet to snuggle up to at night from time immemorial

Deborah. She may hate everyone else, but she loves me.

Share your ultimate dream with us

Writing on a team - preferably comedy.  As everyone knows, the problem with writing is that it is for the most part lonely and a rollercoaster of exhilarating highs (when you suddenly resolve that plot issue, or you write a killer bit of prose, you land a publisher or get a great review) and crushing lows (rejection, writers block - crashes in self-belief - so being able to bounce ideas off each other and share the elations and commiserations would be the ultimate dream. I adore the show Episodes, starring Matt le Blanc, Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Grieg about a married pair of British sit-com writers living out in LA, battling the faux smiles and backstabbing of the TV Studios. It must be wonderful to have a writing partner. 

Where do you go to socialise usually

I'm a single mother with two children. I consider it a social whirlwind if the checkout guy in Morrison's mentions the weather.

Well you could always hang out here in the cave.

I know you love your garden. Would you like to tell us about it, how much time you spend out there, share some photos with us?

My garden is really just a patio, but it's important to me because we were made homeless a few years ago and for about a year, I had no idea where we were going to end up. It was an horrific time and I feel very passionately about the housing crisis in the UK. I'd got to the point where I was looking at paying £850 a month rent for the most basic 3-bedroom house in my area - on one part time salary. I'm now a council tenant and feel extremely lucky to have a roof over my head. The time I spend in my garden is a nod to my luck - I could be in a high-rise flat, so the patio deserves my love and attention.

If you could travel anywhere in the world all expenses paid, where would you go and who would you take with you

I think I should probably say that I'd take my children, but as I'm typing this during the difficult bedtime period and one of them has just yelled at me and the other has spilled fake-tan all over her fairly new pale bedroom carpet, they're out. You blew it kids. You can have imaginary babysitters for this imaginary holiday.

I'd like to take my mother on a trip around the Eastern and Southern coast of the USA. I'm fascinated in areas full of history and diverse cultures, so I'd like to start in Virginia and drive round in a wonderful car through South Carolina, Georgia (Savannah), Lousiana - I'm particularly keen to drive up the old River Road from New Orleans to Baton Rouge and visit the plantation mansions there. There's a property called Nottoway, and it's my biggest dream to spend a night there.

The little darlings

Have you any new storylines buzzing around the brain?

Always. But I'm afraid I'm not sharing them.

I’m letting you step off the world for a week (with no come backs) what would you do?

 

Well it would have to include a stay at Nottoway. But I'd also love to visit a film set in LA, and I'd love to go to Japan. Do you have some kind of a time machine? There's a lot I need to fit in. Also, if I was invisible, I'd go to The White House and listen in to what Trump is really saying. 

Time Machine? I haven't even got a washing machine love. I'm with you on the Trump thing though.

Is there a question I haven’t asked that you were busting for me to ask? If so what is it 

No, you covered it, thank you!!!

Links:

Simons Choice

https://www.amazon.com/Simons-Choice-Charlotte-Castle-ebook/dp/B07BH3NF9Z/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

https://www.facebook.com/mrscharlottecastle

So there you have the fabulous Charlotte Castle. Now if just one of the others finally gives in and answers the questions, there will be another blog.

Laters Potaters

Take a gardening rock chicken and what do you get

Hello my little chickadees, how are you? Well with all this hot weather, my victim's cave is smelling very ripe at the moment... Lovely jubbly.

On my blog this week I have a green fingered gardener going by the name of Helen Patrica. Wait until you see her produce. I want a bit of it.

Here she is then, and also with her newly born grandson Jackson. Welcome Helen Patrica and will you please stop whining for pity sake. It's only a headless corpse in the corner. Oh that screaming you mean? That's just a recording of the previous occupants screams. Tsk.

HELEN PATRICIA

Tell me about Helen Patricia

 Hi Tee, If I answer your questions can I have some water please and see some daylight...It's ever so dark in here and it's a bit smelly...Smells like iron...so I'm guessing that's blood? Eeeeeek ! *Shudders!*

.....Um.... NO! water's off today!

*Weeps silently*

Ok then about me! Where do I start? At the beginning I guess! I was born in the 60's when the Beatles were in their prime and TV's were still in black and white. I like to think I was named after Helen Shapiro, and I have the same middle name that my mum had, 'Patricia'. My youngest  granddaughter also has Patricia as her middle name. 

I was the eldest of three girls and I reckon I was pretty bossy looking back.... When we were little we used to enjoy playing gymnastics, using the wooden arms of the sofa as the beam, much to mum's annoyance but she'd let us carry on anyway.. I grew up in a large village called Abbots Langley, in Hertfordshire. All my school days were spent in 'Abbots'. I lived at home until I was 19, and these days I have two grown up children, and four grandchildren, with little baby Jackson being just 3 days old. 

I have lots of different interests, do not follow fashion at all, and am happiest when my hands are in the soil and planting things. I have some tattoos and some piercings, love wearing my hair in pigtails, and probably always will. These days I'm more Rock Chicken than Rock Chick! I never wear false nails, as I reckon you can't see what dirt is hiding under them... My toenails are always naiI-varnished black though! Maybe that's just as well as I always walk around the garden barefoot!

 I really do love a good swear! It's not very ladylike I know. Not sure why but I find it very therapeutic! OUCH !!! What's that digging me in the ribs! I haven't sworn yet! In life I nearly always root for the underdog, hate unfairness and bullies, and do not have any religious beliefs...I'm more Earth Mother come protector of the fairies type of gal! I love all things mystical. Detest gnomes.

I've a very eclectic taste in music, literature and films, and do enjoy going to see bands and drinking pints of cider (my favourite tipple). I love making people laugh, although often they're laughing at things that have happened to me! If I see work friends are having a rough time I will do what I can to get them smiling. A lovely friend of mine was feeling low one day, so I went on the women's gynae ward next door and asked for a pair of 'netty knickers' which I decorated, calling them her new happy pants! It worked, and she put them on over the top of her work trousers for a giggle.

Where do you live in the world

For the last 16 years I have been back in Watford, although I spent several years living in Edgware, Middlesex (in the London suburbs), and then Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire until 2001.

Have you any pets

Yes I do ! I have a black and white cat called Sindy. I've had 2 cats before her and several dogs. When my daughter was very young I had a lurcher that she called Birdie! My last woofit was called Lulu. She was a dark brindle staffy and absolutely adored us all, and we loved her too. Lulu was affectionately called “Runs with no brain”, as she was so soppy! She sadly got run over on a main road near where I live, just before her ninth birthday. That was 5 years ago. 

When my children were growing up they were allowed to have all sorts of strange 'pets'. I think they worked their way through a lot of the animal kingdom ...we had escaping stick insects, flying stick insects, a praying mantis called Marilyn Mantis, a python called Elvis, giant land snails, mice, rats, spiders, fish, bearded dragons, snakes and several birds. I'm sure there's much I've forgotten. It's the old brain you know!

Lulu affectionately known as runs with no brains

 

What do you do in your day job and do you have to commute?

For the last 9 years I've worked on the children's ward at my local hospital as a Healthcare Play Specialist. It's a mixture of all my previous child work jobs, mixed with health. It's extremely rewarding and I trained with the University of West London to get my qualification for my role. It 

was a big achievement for me getting my degree in my 40's s one of the oldest members of my cohort. 

Sadly I do have to use the local buses. They are a trial all of their own, and painfully slow and full of grumpy people in the evening rush hour. I have a little white and lilic  pedal cycle I sometimes use for going to my allotment though! It has a little basket on the front...I don't think I'm brave enough to ride it to work on the very busy main roads!

Share with us your leisure activities

My name is Helen and I am a gardenaholic! I love being creative and gardening is my way to do that. I like to plant to encourage wildlife. I also have a large allotment that I can walk to in less that 10 minutes. I take a short cut through a nearby cemetery to get to my lottie, and have to keep my eye on the time, as the gates to the graveyard lock at different times of the year. I've almost got locked in on a couple of occasions as I get carried away when I'm up there. 

I'm rather good at making wine...!

Hm... thinks... wine maker... Ok here's a sip of water in exchange for wine. Oh for gods sake stop getting all needy and gushing I have a lurid reputation to maintain woman.

Your favourite place to travel in the world

I've not always been a huge traveler and really never liked flying at all. There's still so much of my beloved England and Great Britain that I want to visit. However in the last 12 months I've visited Canada 3 times! If somebody had said to me I'd be travelling 7000 miles and taking two planes by myself to get there I would never have believed them. It really is very liberating to conquer a fear of flying because the goal was huge and I needed to do it.. I'll be going there again soon...Squeeeeee!  You see, there's this really awesome chap, not sure if you've heard of him. Writes books or something! Apparently loves dungeons! He has the hugest chest freezer ... in his basement! Yikes!!

Oh for goodness sake... sticks fingers down throat

What is your favourite food/drink

I love savoury foods more than sweet. I love Indian food the best, but also love a good old-fashioned Sunday roast with all the trimmings! Roast beef, Yorkshire puds, roast potatoes etc ...you get the picture! What I love about gardening and having the lottie is that often the veg I eat will be what I've grown myself, and it tastes so much nicer.

It’s a hot summer’s day and you are sitting in the garden with your favourite drink. What do you think about

It could be anything, often nothing in particular. I will be looking at a bee, or see something I need to potter about with. I will be enjoying the sun on my skin and i will be contented.

 

What genre do you like to read and why

Any, depending on what I'm into at the time. It could be fiction or non fiction.

Something that has happened in your life that has completely blown you away

Without sounding a bit twee, being a mum and grandmother, and overcoming all the crud that life has thrown my way and over-coming it and being stronger and happier. I was very proud of co-writing a chapter in an academic book about 4 years ago. It was great being asked for my contribution. 

You’re obviously a very keen and successful gardener. Have you any tips for successful growing of plants and veggies. Have you had any failures.

Loads of failures, but a lot of it is out of our control, like the weather and bugs! Grow for the conditions you have and grow what you love to eat, and most of all don't let it be a chore. Gardening should be fun. if it's too tough, make it easier, and sit back and enjoy the fresh air and being outside. I have arthritis in my hands, and although it can be painful at times, I think keeping them active does help with strength in the joints and flexibility. A couple of my fingers look gnarly though. One of my index fingers doesn't point straight! Bit embarrassing really but it is what it is! 

Oh I can soon remedy that. Stick you finger in this vice. Good girl you know it makes sense. Oh for gods sake stop screaming, it's only a vice and it's straight now albeit a bit broken. Get over it.

What do you prefer to do in your quiet times

Think, enjoy the calm. I rarely watch tv, unless it's Gardeners' World of course, or maybe Vikings, or Countryfile. Sometimes I watch a film, usually an old one I love, or maybe the news, but these days I catch the news on the internet, and listen to music on the radio or on cds. No pop! Errggh!

Is there any question that you would have liked me to ask and I didn’t. Nooo you can't talk about that subject it's far too soft. For god's sake grow a pair woman. 

Can't think of anything...please don't hurt me! Ouch! What was that for?

Er ... 'cos I felt like it

So there you have it my little ones and so do I because I managed to do a deal with Helen's wine making. I'd better get her down or I won't get the wine.

I wonder who I'm torturing next?  Ah yes...!

Laters potaters

Take a Psychic and a Children's Entertainer

Hello my little chickadees

I'm really excited about this visitor to my cave. We have known each other for quite a few years and we have the same gifts. Consequently we sat in my end of the cave away from all the blood and gore enjoying a sophisticated chat over tiffin and cucumber sandwiches with crusts cut off naturally. I can do things proper you know. Oh yes indeede....

So then here she is,

Cheryl Turtlemoon

Hello Cheryl would you like to introduce yourself/family etc

Hi! Thanks for interviewing me Tee! I’m Cheryl, and I am married to Reg, a children’s entertainer, and I have one son called Miran and we have a dog :)

 

Reg E Mental with Chester monkey

Where in the world do you live. 

I live in Herne Bay in Kent, England.

You are a renowned psychic/medium. Can you explain simply what are the differences between a psychic; a medium; a clairaudient; a clairvoyant etc. How does it work?

Oooh interesting question. How I see it is: a psychic is someone who works with energies, like auras and stuff, a medium works with spirit - those who’ve passed over, creating a link much like a telephone exchange :) Clairaudient means to hear spirit. (Audio being sound) Clairvoyant- can see spirit (voyant - from the French “voyer” Clairsentience - “feeling” spirit, and gaining information this way. Claircognizance -“ knowing” the information from spirit without being told. I’m both clairvoyant and clairaudient, with a touch of everything else:)

Your favourite food/drink, hot and cold

My favourite drink at the moment is vanilla tea. It’s a hot drink and caffeine free, yet I’m addicted to it!

Tell us about a typical day for you, or are they all different

My days are all different, the only thing that happens every single day is tarot card of the day. I pull one card, and that’s put in my group on Facebook, so everyone can see the “flavour “ of their day.

Your favourite pet from time immemorial

My favourite pet is my current pet. Oscar, who is 9, runs closely in joint first simply because of his nature. When I got ill he sat with me for months while I was getting better. He is always there and I find him a great comfort.

Where in the world would you choose to go for a holiday if someone else was picking up the tab.

I’d go to Sidari, in Corfu. I absolutely adore it there and I’d spend a very long time there if someone else wanted to pay, lol! Or Rome, so I can see the Sistine chapel and roman ruins.

Do you have time for hobbies Cheryl 

I paint, badly, but I love just picking up colour, or drawing a face.

Do you ever work with crystals

I do work with crystals but mainly on myself. I find them very effective and useful. They’ve helped me on many occasions and my favourite is Tourmaline:) I don’t work on others because I can’t afford the course:)

At the start of your day, do you ever get premonitions of what might happen that day

I sometimes get a feeling like - yesterday I felt we would get some news, and an appointment letter came in the post. Apart from that I sometimes get an unnerving feeling and it usually turns out to be some world news, rarely personal.

When did you first realise you were psychic. How did it happen

I was born this way. The first time I realised that other people couldn’t see what I could see was when I was at school and mentioned someone that others couldn’t see. Also, I was in science class and I “saw” an Earth quake in Japan that had happened. When I got home it was being reported on the evening news. After that people were a bit wary of me. I’ve seen spirit since I was a child. I was very much a loner, although I had friends I didn’t have many. I have a brother, but I actually spent a lot of time with spirit children. I didn’t realise they were spirit children at the time, I was too young! They were friends:)

I know that you are an ordained member of the church. Would you like to tell us how that fulfills you

I am a Spiritulist minister. I mostly do funerals and christenings, though I’ve done 1wedding. I find funerals an honour to do. It’s the last thing people will remember about their loved one, and I try to make it as personal as possible. I try to bring the flavour of their loved one forward. It fulfills me by allowing me to be of great service. It’s such an honour to be asked. Although it’s obviously a very sad occasion, celebrating someone’s life and achievements is truly a gift to me.

What do you do for fun and do you get the chance very often

For fun, my guilty pleasure is you tube and studying. Yes, I have no life, lol!

How successful do you feel your website is and do you think you could enhance it in any way.

I think my website could probably do with a spruce up, but it’s very successful. I’ve had over 44,000 visitors and of course it keeps me employed, doing tarot readings and phone readings:)

How do tarot cards affect your day to day life and how much faith do you have in them

I have immense faith in the tarot. I often consult them personally for things that are going on in my life, and I get much advice from them. The card of the day effects my life in that I know what shape my day could be in :)

Being very spiritual do you have a favourite arch angel that you work with or do they all help you

They all help me, but I have a special spot for any angels in general because they make me feel so loved, and are such a beautiful vibration.

Can you tell us about your spirit guides. Do they come in at will or do you have to summon them

My main guide is a chap called Atticus. I’ve no idea of his background except that he seems very wise and grounded. He has lots of patience and has a dry sense of humour and says what he thinks. I have accidentally quoted him literally and got into trouble because I didn’t think first! I just repeated Atticus’s observations!

What is your favourite day of the week and what do you do

Sunday, although I sometimes work in the evenings serving my local spiritualist church. Usually, I get to sit down and just rest.

When you’re chilling at home what are your favourite clothes to relax in

I wear dresses often. I can no longer wear jeans due to an operation, and I sorely miss them, but dresses are comfortable and I have many, all very brightly coloured (I’m not known for my subtlety or dress sense)

Your favourite genre to read or do you just select randomly.

I tend to read mostly factual or self help books. When I do read fiction it’s usually fantasy, and I do select that based on the blurb of the back cover. And yes, I read paper books, though I’m hopefully going paperless.

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What an interesting chat I had with Cheryl Turtlemoon. Just for once I ignored all the blood and gore and just enjoyed the gossip. I hope you did too. 

Pop over to her website if the muse takes you and see all the goodies etc on sale. Maybe you fancy a reading. Cheryl does many ranges of prices and it can also be done by Skype if that's your preference.

Right then back to the blood and gore. I think I have a gardener coming up next. I might put in some sound effects from previous inhabitants screams. I want her to feel comfortable here. (evil cackle)

Laters Potaters