In celebration of the e-launch day for Alison May’s brand new romantic comedy, Midsummer Dreams, by the fabulous Choc Lit, I’m posting today on the theme of all things dream-related.
I had a dream…
The most memorable dream I’ve had recently is a visit from my late father. Anyone who knows me is familiar with the fact that I often have visits from loved ones on the other side … and a few people I never knew in life. The latter either connected with properties we’ve renovated, or places I’ve been. However, my father hadn’t been around for quite a while – certainly not since we moved to Lydbrook 18 months ago, and a few months prior to that. The last time ‘we’ saw him (my husband, a fervent sceptic now sees some of our visitors!) was at our previous home. Usually, if we wandered down at night to get a drink from the kitchen. Sometimes he’d be sitting on the sofa and even though I’m no longer a sceptic, I still analyse what happens every single time. So the fact that we both saw him at different times, was comforting. Albeit we have also seen him when we are together and that’s truly wonderful.
Anyway, my father came to me in my dream saying he hadn’t been able to visit for two years (and when we counted up the time he was right!) because he’d been doing something, but was now back! The alarm then woke me, so I’m waiting patiently for his next visit! At the moment all of my visits seem to be from the ghost cat we’ve inherited with the cottage. Our own cat, Mr Tiggs, isn’t bothered by him, whereas human spirits always make him act in a very odd way. Maybe they have become friends …
I had a nightmare…
When I was a child I had what I always believed to be a re-occurring nightmare. I was being stifled, suffocated almost, by something heavy on top of me. It is only since I’ve learnt a lot more about the spirit world that, as an adult, I now understand that’s a very common happening. It is frightening and that’s why I’d grown up thinking of it as a nightmare. Now I know that if anything happens around me that I don’t feel comfortable with, I simply tell it to go away, say I can’t help in any way and explain that it’s scaring me. Of course, there are still those odd times when I enter a building and leave within minutes because what I feel scares the heck out of me! I guess that’s my ‘living’ nightmare.
My dream for the future…
I’m living my dream now, actually, as I always longed to write from an early age. In common with many, many, other authors, life, paying the bills and bringing up a family had to come first. Now it’s ‘me’ time – when I’m not playing babysitter to the newest generation! I feel so lucky to be able to gear my life around writing romance and it’s the best job I’ve ever had … well, I did enjoy being an interior designer and I still dabble as we renovate our lovely, old cottage.
And now for the star of today! Congrats lovely Alison May and this is such a stunning cover. Go out and buy it now – I’m downloading it today!
You can download the kindle edition of Midsummer Dreams here: http://bookgoodies.com/a/B00XJOEJTM
Follow Alison on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsAlisonMay
Check out the other dream-related posts celebrating Alison’s launch here:
About Midsummer Dreams
Four people. Four messy lives. One party that changes everything …
Emily is obsessed with ending her father’s new relationship – but is blind to the fact that her own is far from perfect.
Dominic has spent so long making other people happy that he’s hardly noticed he’s not happy himself.
Helen has loved the same man, unrequitedly, for ten years. Now she may have to face up to the fact that he will never be hers.
Alex has always played the field. But when he finally meets a girl he wants to commit to, she is just out of his reach.
At a midsummer wedding party, the bonds that tie the four friends together begin to unravel and show them that, sometimes, the sensible choice is not always the right one.
Thanks for dropping by!
