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Marketing my books on Spiritual Journeys to Ireland

I recently read that like an elevator speech in business, I should describe my book as “Where X Meets Y to give it a sassy placement in people’s minds. I am playing with Where Eat, Pray, Love Meets Outlanders. But I welcome your suggestions for a closer match. Although my books are spiritual and travel journeys, they are fiction, not memoirs. They are inspired by my travels and insights but fictionalized. And, although ancient standing stones and ancient sites feature heavily in both books, they are not historical fiction like Outlanders.

So friends and blog readers, come up with a spot-on Where X Meets Y and I will send you free copies of both the newly realized Celtic Spirit and of Amidst the Stones of Celtic Ireland.

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A Modern Welsh Storyteller

A friend reminded me of Saint David's Day on March 1st. St. David is the patron saint of Wales. It made me realize how often I shortchange Wales in this blog “of all things Celtic”. I am just not as familiar with this important part of Celtic lands even though I honor it as a stronghold of Celtic legend and tradition. Next year on March 1, I will buy daffodils, make potato leek soup and perhaps bake bara brith, the bread I have come to know through the Great British Bake-Off.

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Three Wee Gems

Three Wee Gems is the title of the presentation I will be giving for Books Sandwiched In. This talk highlights three books about Ireland written by New York state authors that I especially enjoyed. All three have a deep and lovely sense of place, rich characters, and engaging stories. In very different ways, they each capture Ireland and the Celtic spirit that I so enjoy, enjoy writing and enjoy reading.

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An Excerpt from Celtic Spirit A Wee Journey to the Heart of it All

Charming, inspiring, insightful and informational story of fictional characters visiting present day Ireland.

Travelers gather at the Shannon airport to begin a tour of ancient sites of Ireland. Timothy, their very Irish bus driver, calls their intended visit a trip to the very heart of the Celtic spirit-to thin places, as the Irish would say.

The guides offer morning spiritual connection, days of touring, and evenings with pub sing-alongs, dances, and storytelling. Each is drawn to a different aspect of Celtic spirituality and each experiences the powerful energies of the land.

A Canadian couple comes for the Celtic music; a woman from Boston comes to honor the Irish saints; another comes to connect with her childhood love of fairies. A young widower brings his teenage son in hopes of healing. A retiring professor seeks inspiration for the next phase of her life. A busy mom seeks quality time with her teenage daughter and another with her adolescent son. Few anticipate the degree of transformation they will experience.

Join them in learning about Ireland, these thin places, Celtic spirituality, and the emergence of the Divine Feminine as their stories unfold with healing and romance.

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An Excerpt from Amidst the Stones of Celtic Ireland

Abby and Mark want the freedom to explore their new relationship away from the watchful eyes of family and neighbors. He is fascinated by lighthouses and she is drawn to ancient Celtic stone circles. They embark on a road trip around the coast of Southwest Ireland that takes them into mystical and magical experiences far beyond their planned itinerary.

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