Madelyn Alt
Madelyn Alt
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WHERE THERE'S A WITCH -- Coming 07/07/09!!!!! .................. And It's Still a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World...=)
Female
40 years old
Northeast, INDIANA
United States
Last Login: 8/11/2009
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Madelyn Alt's Interests
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| General | Writing {but of course...}
Reading {naturally!}
Ghosts & the Paranormal World
Movies
Walking {I average 18 miles a week at present}
Travel... I am especially interested in Scotland, Ireland, England, and Wales...
Reiki
Gardening, mostly flowers and herbs, but some veggies, too
WHERE THERE'S A WITCH
#5 in The Bewitching
Mysteries
COMING 07/07/09 TO A BOOKSTORE NEAR YOU!!!!!
NO REST FOR THE WICCAN
#4 in The Bewitching
Mysteries
Find it anytime at a bookstore
near you!
HEX MARKS THE SPOT
#3 in The Bewitching
Mysteries
Find it anytime at a bookstore
near you!
A CHARMED DEATH
#2 in The Bewitching
Mysteries
Find it anytime at a bookstore
near you!
THE TROUBLE WITH MAGIC
#1 in The Bewitching
Mysteries
Find it anytime at a bookstore
near you!
| | Music | Coldplay
Damien Rice
David Gray
Norah Jones
John Mayer
INXS
Paolo Nutini
Bruce Springsteen
Sara McLachlan
Jem
Jewel
Aqualung
Ingrid Michaelson
Anna Nalick
A Fine Frenzy
Miscellaneous songs by miscellaneous artists
Oh, and I have a thing for movie soundtracks, like:
Phantom of the Opera
Dear Frankie
Pride & Prejudice
P.S. I Love You
Practical Magic
Braveheart
Last of the Mohicans
| | Movies | Dear Frankie {Utter perfection! Rent this DVD if you have not seen it, and see if it doesn't make you cry and sigh all at the same time...}
Phantom of the Opera {Gerard Butler *is* the Phantom}
Pride & Prejudice
Sense & Sensibility
Emma {what girl doesn't like Jane Austen?}
Tristan & Isolde
Love, Actually
Serendipity
Mamma Mia
Practical Magic
The Mists of Avalon
The Gift
Stir of Echoes
Haunted
Braveheart
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Four Weddings & a Funeral
Highlander
The Sixth Sense
Last of the Mohicans
And P.S. I Love You was soooooooooo good!!! | | Television | Who has time for TV? LOL... Although I will admit to checking out Ghosthunters from time to time. And the "A Haunting In ___" series on Discovery. And any of the ghost shows on The Travel Channel. And any show featuring Scotland/Ireland/England/Wales on The Travel Channel. Oh, and I just caught a couple of episodes of Ghostly Encounters as a preview of the Bio channel...and I have to say, this show out of Canada has now become my favorite "haunting" series of all--the approach was so different from the kind of shows that we have here in the states. I just wish I could find more episodes.
Hmmm... p'raps I watch more TV than I thought I did.
| | Books | THE BEWITCHING SERIES
#1 The Trouble With Magic
(Published Jan. '06)
#2 A Charmed Death (Published Dec. '06)
#3 Hex Marks the Spot (Published Dec. 07)
#4 No Rest for the Wiccan (Published Nov. 08
#5 Where There's a Witch - Coming July 7, 2009
#6 A Witch in Time - Coming in Hardcover (!) April 2010
#7 Pending - 2011
#8 Pending - 2011
I have varied tastes in my own reading... anything from historical biographies to travel books to paranormal research to sigh-worthy romance to high fantasy to light mystery/suspense. Some of my favorite authors are J.K. Rowling, Alice Hoffman, Stephen King, Kim Harrison, MaryJanice Davidson, Charlaine Harris, and oh, just too many others to mention.
© Photo by Angi Sullins
www.DuirwaighGallery.com
Isn't it lovely?
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Madelyn Alt's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Zodiac Sign: | Aries | | Occupation: | Author |
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Author of the National Bestselling Bewitching Mystery Series, published by Berkley Prime Crime
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About me:
Hi everyone... and welcome!
Madelyn Alt here, National Bestselling Author of the witchy & hip Bewitching Mystery Series... .
The Bewitching Mysteries feature small town single girl and fledgling empath Maggie O'Neill, her witchy boss, and an unlikely circle of ghosthunting friends, the N.I.G.H.T.S., as they investigate an increasing level of paranormal disturbance--not to mention a series of unrelated murders--in Maggie's hometown of Stony Mill, Indiana.
In other words, they are:
"One of the most refreshing and endearing protagonists to grace the amateur sleuth genre in years." ~ Paul Goat Allen,
Ransom Notes Mystery Newsletter
You can find excerpts of my books at www.MadelynAlt.com. Feel free to click on over... please! =)
You'll also find me blogging at: MadMadly.blogspot.com.
THE BEWITCHING MYSTERIES:
The Trouble with Magic (Jan. 2006)
A Charmed Death (Dec. 2006)
Hex Marks the Spot (Dec. 2007)
No Rest for the Wiccan (Nov. 2008)
Where There's a Witch - Coming July 7, 2009!
A Witch in Time - Coming Apr. 2010 in Hardcover! With paperback edition to follow...
Books 7, 8 -- pending for 2011. Stay tuned!
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Sooooo, about me? The truth is, I'm just your average, run-of-the-mill small town Midwestern girl who was blessed at birth with an active imagination and a steadfast love for the written word. Writing is one of the best jobs in the world, I must say, even taking into consideration the long apprenticeship, the years of rejection, the critics eager to crush you... Did I mention this is the best job in the world? Truly. What other job can you think of that lets you sit around in your pajamas and fuzzy bunny slippers all day and make things up for money?
'Nuff said.
Not to mention, the world is my office. Have laptop, will travel. And that's a Very. Good. Thing.
So what's a nice girl like me doing writing about ghosties, ghoulies, and things that go bump in the night? Truth is, I've always been intrigued with the paranormal. Certain things I've experienced myself have fueled that interest, not to mention the experiences shared with me by others, people whom I trust. Isolated incidents can be explained away; these are not isolated incidents. They are also not the kinds of things that can be proven easily by scientific methods. While that might sound like a pat answer, I've never been convinced that science has enough technology to have the right to pooh-pooh everything away. It seems the height of arrogance to say that anyone, even a group of well-educated people, has all the answers. The fact is, people are experiencing things that their logical minds want to explain away, but can't. That's not to say that science and the mystical won't some day co-exist happily and sensibly, but until that day I think it's possible we're not meant to understand everything. Not yet.
The most important thing about life is the journey. Only at the end should we be able to look back and make sense of the lot of it. Part of the beauty is in the mystery.
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Click here for an exclusive Spotlight Lead Feature interview and review with Barnes & Noble's Ransom Notes mystery newsletter.
B&N Ransom Notes Editor Paul Goat Allen has this to say about A CHARMED DEATH:
"Mystery fans who seek out "feel-good" reads for their literary escapism (books by authors like Janet Evanovich, Charlaine Harris, Kyra Davis, et al.) should definitely check out Alt's Bewitching Mystery saga, which is powered by her Everywoman heroine O'Neill. A small-town girl struggling to find her place in the world, she has an optimistic and idealistic outlook on an oftentimes malevolent and depressing reality -- as well an addiction to old episodes of Magnum P.I. -- that makes her one of the most refreshing and endearing protagonists to grace the amateur sleuth genre in years. Alt certainly picked the right name for this series. It's a bewitching saga by a positively witchy chick. Highly recommended."
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Join me at witchychicks.blogspot.com and take a magical journey with The Witchy Chicks, ten women who love the paranormal, and whose goal it is to create a sisterhood of writers for mutual support and encouragement.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Any lover of words and language and story who would like to meet me...
Shakespeare... sheer wonderment of images and words.
John Edward... because I think he's for real.
Gerard Butler... because he can't possibly be real.
Craig Ferguson... because I think he'd be a blast to talk to. {Cheeky wee monkey!}
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