Over the last two weeks I have been featuring the contributors to this anthology of true and significant events. Writers share intimate and life changing events in their lives with courage and honesty whilst inspiring others.
Compiled by author Stevie Turner – the proceeds from this anthology will be going to Cancer Research and it is a very worthy cause.
Here is the link to the previous post where you can also find the link to the first posts in the series: Contributors Part Three
About the anthology
The following authors and bloggers answered questions posed by Stevie Turner regarding significant life experiences they had undergone. These events include sexual abuse, a near death experience, alcoholism, being diagnosed with cancer, depression, losing weight, getting married, being a mother to many children, being the daughter of a narcissistic mother, and many more!
All proceeds will be donated to Cancer Research:
You can buy the anthology for only 99c: https://www.amazon.com/UNDERSTANDING-Anthology-True-Significant-Events-ebook/dp/B07Q5NLHRZ
And on Amazon UK for 99p: https://www.amazon.co.uk/UNDERSTANDING-Anthology-True-Significant-Events-ebook/dp/B07Q5NLHRZ
More of the contributors.
Lucy V. Hay shares her experience of teenage pregnancy with Stevie and also the choices facing a teenager today, the difficulties of continuing to study without adequate support. A motivating article that looks at the issue positively and provides common sense advice to a young person finding themselves in the same position today.
About Lucy V. Hay
Lucy V. Hay script editor and blogger who helps writers via her Bang2write consultancy. She is the associate producer of Brit Thrillers DEVIATION (2012) and ASSASSIN (2015), both starring Danny Dyer. Lucy is also head reader for The London Screenwriters’ Festival. Lucy is also an author, writing both screenwriting books and crime fiction. You can connect to Lucy via her website http://bang2write.com/
A selection of books by Lucy V. Hay and you can find reviews and links to buy on https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7306291.Lucy_V_Hay
The next contributor is author Miriam Hurdle who writes about her experience with melanoma from its detection through to surgery and chemotherapy. Despite Miriam writing about this very challenging life changing event in a very matter of fact manner, it only makes her story the more inspiring. Apart from overcoming this disease in more advanced stages, there was also a need to manage the bureaucracy of some medical practitioners that must have added to the stress.
About Miriam
Miriam Hurdle is a multi-genre writer. She writes poetry, flash fiction, and short stories. Her poems are included in Letters to Gaia, Whispers and Echoes Issue 2, Whispers and Echoes Issue 3, and Outcast and More Words.
Music has rooted in her life. Being a soloist as a teenager led her to taking voice lessons and to have ongoing singing engagements. She continues to sing soprano in choral groups. Lyrics have a major influence in the natural flow of her melodic writing. She writes memoir in the form of poetry.
Along with her brother, she took photos when the films were black and white. Photography is still her enjoyable hobby. Drawing and painting were fun activities as a child. Her favorite was to draw a Japanese girl with big eyes, long hair, small lips and chin. She resumed drawing and watercolor painting several years ago. In her poetry collection, photos and paintings are included to illustrate the poems.
She earned a Doctorate of Education from the University of La Verne in California. After two years of rehabilitation counseling, fifteen years of public school teaching and ten years in school district administration, she retired and enjoys life with her husband in southern California.
Read the reviews and buy the collection: https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Heartstrings-Poems-Gratitude-Beatitude-ebook/dp/B07K1S47W9
And on Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Songs-Heartstrings-Poems-Gratitude-Beatitude-ebook/dp/B07K1S47W9
Read reviews and follow Miriam on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17252131.Miriam_Hurdle
The next contributor is Phil Huston who talks about smoking and hypertension – As a heavy smoker until 27 years ago I found Phil’s interview very familiar. Particularly the giving up cold turkey. There are definitely links to hypertension and clearly Phil has done a great job in kicking the habit and regaining his health.. If you still smoke.. you should read.
You will also find some excellent short stories on Phil’s blog and he is the recipient of a number of Stevie Turner Short Story Contest awards. https://philh52.wordpress.com/
About Phil Huston via his Blog
Let’s get the this out of the way. First, I’ve been in or around the music business since I was a teenager. As a sound designer, keyboard player, synthesizer programmer, artist relations manager, demo clinician, rep, electronic musical instrument product manager…blah, blah, blah. Does that matter? In this context, probably not. Aside from those things I PH HEadsot 1don’t know much. What I do know is that we all collect experiences and memories through our unique histories, and that’s what I’m interested in these days. Because music and words are always best served in the telling of stories.
Thank you for dropping in today and I hope that you have enjoyed meeting some of the contributors to this anthology…I will be featuring more of the contributors in the next week.
I hope you will purchase a copy and contribute to a great cause… thanks Sally.
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Thanks for sharing, Sally. Much appreciated. Phil might tell you his surname is Huston though…! x
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oops.. have corrected. xx
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Thanks for keeping our book in the forefront Sal. I’m only 3 chapters in and so loving this book. ❤
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Yes, Debby, I’ve read several so far. It’s great that Sally features the book. We want it to helpful to readers. ❤
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Absolutely Miriam! ❤
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For sure, Debby. ❤
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I am reading as I go Debby and amazed by all the positivity of people who have overcome such experiences, including your own determination not to be defined.. ♥♥
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I’m doing the same thing, following your pace, Sally. ❤
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Thank you Sal. A good book of knowledge ❤
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Reblogged this on The Showers of Blessings and commented:
Sally Cronin shared three of the nineteen contributing authors of this anthology. Take a peek at these authors’ life experiences.
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Thanks for sharing Miriam..hugsx
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Yes, Sally. I was just reunited with my daughter in 2006 and the cancer was in 2008. I did pray to have more years to enjoy my relationship with her. ❤
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Thank you for your post, Sally.
I was glad to find out that eventually Lucy’s mother was supportive. Despite of lacking support from her boyfriend, she instantly decided to keep her son. It was not an easy decision but she made her own choice. I know of several friends’ daughters were teenage parents out of wedlock. They went through the pregnancy with one leaving the baby to my friend to be the second mother, and the other one gave the son to adoption.
I think with some books, we aspire to write to inspire. Readers review based on their own experiences. I wouldn’t expect Lucy to do a research of what to do with her pregnancy at that point of her life.
Thank you for sharing, Lucy.
Great to read about Phil’s story of quitting smoking cold turkey. It’s amazing of what he could do when the mind was made up. I had a heavy smoker supervisor who got to a point when she coughed constantly and could hardly spoke. The next thing I knew, she had quit smoking.
Thank you for including me, Sally! ❤
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An amazing story of survival and overcoming the odds Miriam… and I cannot imagine how you felt during that delay when your incredibly important follow up paperwork lay in an intray….you are a very brave woman… and that includes writing about it for the benefit of others, reliving these major events in our lives are not easy..♥
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Yes, I know, Sally. You said it for all of us who went through such moments. I guess my husband and I only tried to “what should we do next?” instead of “what happened?” In retrospect, it was an anxious moment. ❤
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Thank goodness you were not alone in this and even at a distance your daughter must have given you every reason to push through..hugsx♥
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Great profiles, Sally. Need to get the book.
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That would be great John.. thank you..hugsx
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Thank you, John. It’s great that you’re getting the book.
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I have read the first three stories, Sally, Alienora, you and the lady with all the boys (I think Scarlet). Excellent so far and quite heart wrenching.
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I agree Robbie some inspiring stories and yet written so matter of factly by people who have gone to survive and succeed.. xx
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Thank you for reading the book, Robbie. I’ve read several stories so far and touched by their experiences.
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Thanks Miriam.. hugsx
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You’re welcome. Sally ❤
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I read your story last night, Miriam. I am still a bit shocked at the delays in treatment you experienced but I am glad you had the treatment and seem so well now. Chemo does know your strength going forward, I see that with my mom. She rests every day.
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Thank you, Robbie. Yes, I understand your mom, chemo causes damage to the body. With me, wearing compression stocking helps a little. Yes, my energy level is not the same, even though I’m 10 years older since the chemo.
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Yes, Robbie. I only have half a day of energy. It takes me a couple hours at night to fall asleep because of the nerve damage causes tingling on my legs. I go to sleep when the nerves calm down. I then make up the hours by waking up late.
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A wonderful idea with really famous writers. Thank you for the information. Best wishes, MIchael
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Thank you Michael..hugsx
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Thank you Michael for your reading and comment.
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You too, Miriam! Many thanks for posting. Michael
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You’re welcome, Michael!
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Thank you Miriam. Have a nice day! Michael
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Same to you, Michael!
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Your bizmarc.wordpress.com doesn’t take it to your blog.
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Hello Miriam! Sorry, had to privatizise the blog during GDPR. I use the blog for journalism too, and this way i had to declare all cookies the system use. Wp.com uses some cookies not named in their policy, and here we have some lawyers which need money. 😉 I will find a way to re-open again, but if you will send me a inviatation, i will open for you. ,-) Best wishes, Michael
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I did it for another blog also. I use it to write my journal for future publication so I’m not ready for whatever I’ve written. I understand, Michael. 🙂
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Than you very much, Miriam! Have a nice day! Michael
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Thank you, Michael. My day is pleasant so far!
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🙂 🙂
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