Suzy Turner: Bloggers

1.4.13

Okay, so it's the very first time I've ever taken part in any of these challenge thingamajingies but it should be good fun! The A to Z Challenge features bloggers from all walks of life posting about everything and anything every day (except Sundays) during the month of April. Considering I'm in the middle of edits for my sixth novel, this is certainly going to be a bit of a challenge but hey, life can never be boring can it?
So, as I'm a first timer, I'm not gonna have a theme (maybe next year) and as today is the first day of April naturally, we start with A (!)

Dick Turpin, a famous fictional highwayman

A is for Ancestors

Many years ago one of my uncles decided to do a family tree for us Greenwoods (yes, that's my maiden name). What he found out certainly makes for interesting conversation at dinner parties. As an English family, he discovered that one of our distant relatives was actually a highwayman! How cool is that?

What's a highwayman? You might ask. Well, they're thieves who used to prey on the rich people travelling the country roads across Britain. Not a savoury character by any means, but fascinating, don't you think?
His name was Sammy Morton. In fact, I loved the name so much that I pinched it and used it in The Raven Saga trilogy (but not for a highwayman, I might add).
Have you ever traced back your family tree? Do you have any unsavoury characters lurking in your history? Don't forget to download Raven for FREE right here, and Daisy Madigan's Paradise, also FREE right here.

2.9.11

I'm so excited... my Virtual Book Tour starts tomorrow!! It's my first one... EVER, so I hope I get lots of lovely people coming along and saying hi! I'd love it if you could please share this post with your friends to let them know that I could use lots of support.
Please come along and join me for interviews, an exclusive interview with one of my favourite characters, Ruby Madison, excerpts from December Moon, blog posts about the things that inspired me to write December Moon and much more. But if you can't join me on my tour, be sure to check out these awesome websites, by the most fabulous people who have agreed to host me on their sites/blogs. They're all wonderful bloggers / authors themselves who deserve to be shown a little love!
Here are the dates and places I can be found over the next few weeks...

September 3rd

http://www.ingasilbergbooks.com/

September 4th

http://amethystdaydreams.blogspot.com/

September 5th

http://bookaholicsbkcl.blogspot.com/

September 6th

http://insaneaboutbooks.blogspot.com/

September 7th

http://www.facebook.com/greatmindsthinkaloudliterarycommunity

September 8th

http://www.awesomesaucebookclub.com/