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p.m. terrell Interview

1. How did you choose your genre? What made you write this book?

I believe the genre chose me. I am drawn to suspense in all its forms, and I have always loved a good ghost story. In The Misremembered Lighthouse, author and historian Hayley Hunter discovers a journal written by Jonathan Corbyn, a Scottish immigrant and the first lighthouse keeper, which takes her back to the American Revolution. I began writing the book because there is comfort in writing and reading about historical events, possibly because we know that all eventually ended well.

2. Writers write what they know, and must observe the world. Are you a first born, middle or last child and how does this shape your view of the world?

I am a middle child. I have an older sister and brother, and a younger sister and brother. I was always too young for what the older siblings were doing and too old for the younger siblings. I was the rebel.

3. Where is your favorite place to write?

I love writing in my office with soft, instrumental music in the background and my dogs asleep in their beds near my feet.

4. You are introduced to your favorite author. Who is it, and what is that one burning question you must ask them?

My all-time favorite author is Daphne du Maurier. I believe the one burning question is how she remained motivated to write during a time when female authors’ works were always considered lightweight romance, even when they were not. Fortunately, Alfred Hitchcock recognized many of her stories as the genre they always deserved, but I’d love to know how she managed to keep her eye on the prize.

5. Inquiring minds want to know…tell readers something about you that no one knows.

I see and hear dead people.

6. You are stranded on a deserted island with only a back pack for company. What three items are in your survival pack?

The three items in my backpack are a tent, an iPad with a charger, filled with my books and phone capabilities, and a generator that runs on solar energy.

7. If you could have one super power in your existence, what would it be?

To see the future.

8. Favorite snack?

Salted nuts.

9. Indy 500 – Do you know how to get where you’re going or do you drive the speed limit?

I drive like my great-grandmother, very slow and methodical, but I have always managed to get where I am going without mishap.

THE MISREMEMBERED LIGHTHOUSE

p.m. terrell

 

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GENRE:  Mystery

 

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BLURB:

While researching her next book, historian and author Hayley Hunter rents a lighthouse in Southeastern North Carolina. The modern lighthouse and vacation home replaced an original wood structure that only functioned during the Revolutionary War. The old lighthouse may be long gone, but the lightkeeper’s ghost remains.

Hayley becomes increasingly obsessed with finding why the spirit of Jonathan Corbyn lingers between realms. Joined by her lover Shay MacGregor, her search will take her into a world of spies, double agents, and espionage at the dawn of American democracy.

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Excerpt:

I bolted upright and tapped on the latest alert. I found myself staring at the lantern room. The security camera encompassed nearly the entire circular room, save for the wall behind it. My eyes skimmed the walls, alighting briefly on each window. The moon was high and full, and for a moment, I thought the camera might have picked up the glow or perhaps even something flying against the window. But as I continued to stare into my phone, I spotted something moving along the top steps as if ascending.

I quietly tossed the covers off me and glided into my slippers as I grabbed my robe. I cautiously strode to the spiral stairs to peer upward into the stairwell. It was not as dark as I had expected, but a muted light from the moon struggled to illuminate it. I glanced downward to discover it was darker beneath me. Turning my attention again to the stairs leading upward, I remembered the curvature in the design prevented me from seeing to the top. How, then, my mind argued, could the moonlight find its way down?

I stepped onto the staircase. My right hand clenched the phone, while my eyes continually moved from the image on my screen to the steps above me. My naked eyes could see nothing out of the ordinary. The steps appeared just as they had a few hours earlier. But my phone displayed a shadow moving upward.

As I reached the uppermost stairs, I realized the image picked up by the security camera was not a human, but rather a human form. It was opaque, but I detected the outline of a man’s broad shoulders, his torso, arms, and legs. His legs were misshapen, as though he were wearing breeches that ballooned slightly from him. There was something else that extended beyond his body, like a waistcoat. I could see the outline of his head, but it was shadowy, with facial details absorbed into the darkness.

I froze on the step. I could see the image clearly on my phone’s security app. But when I used my naked eyes without the benefit of the phone, I could see nothing at all in the spot where it should have appeared. Shakily, I climbed to the next step and then the next.

The figure moved just beyond me as if to entice me to follow him. As my head topped the floor, it turned to me, as if he was looking straight at me, though I could see nothing but darkness where his face should have been.

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p.m. terrell Bio and Links:

My full name is Patricia McClelland Terrell, and I have been writing under the pen name p.m.terrell ever since a publisher presented me with my first fiction book cover. The graphic designer had also entered my name in lower-case letters; my editor hated it, and I loved it. It’s been p.m.terrell ever since.

I began writing when I was nine years old, inspired by a schoolteacher and elementary school principal. Scott-Foresman published my first book, a computer instructional for universities, in 1984. Scott-Foresman, Dow-Jones (Richard D. Irwin branch), Palari Publishing, Paralee Press, and Drake Valley Press have published 26 books to date.

Before embarking on a full-time writing career, I founded McClelland Enterprises, Inc. in the Washington, D.C. area in 1984, specializing in computer instruction for employees in the workplace. I opened another business, Continental Software Development Corporation, in 1994, which focused on custom application development, programming, website design and development, and computer crime.

I was honored to be the first female President of the Chesterfield County/Colonial Heights Crime Solvers. I also served as the Treasurer for the Virginia Crime Stoppers Association. Since moving to North Carolina, I served on the Robeson County Friends of the Library and Robeson County Arts Council.

I launched The Book ‘Em Foundation with Waynesboro, Virginia Police Officer Mark Kearney, and assisted in Virginia, New Hampshire, and South Carolina events before establishing the Annual Book ‘Em North Carolina Writers Conference and Book Fair, chairing it for several years before turning it over to Robeson Community College in Lumberton, NC.

 

Links:

Website: https://pmterrell.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pmterrell.author/

Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-misremembered-lighthouse/id6749962807

Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-misremembered-lighthouse-pm-terrell/1148042055

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM4D9YTB

All other eBook formats: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1832068

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