Archive for: McKerley

What does chocolate cake have to do with a genealogy mystery novel?

Ingrid Schippers, co-author of “Bloodlines: Touch Not the Cat” (Summertime Publishing 2011), shares the secret behind the chocolate cake mentioned in the novel.

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Genealogy mystery novel Bloodlines will appeal to “expat Highlanders and genealogy buffs”

Journalist Shelley Antscherl reviews McKerly & Schippers’ “Bloodlines: Touch Not the Cat” (Summertime 2011) for Dutchnews.nl

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Ingrid Schippers, co-author of genealogy mystery, on love through the centuries

Ingrid Schippers, co-author of genealogy mystery “Bloodlines – Touch not the cat” reflects on love through the ages in this article for free Hague-based newspaper “The Underground”

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McKerley & Schippers’ Bloodlines is “intriguing right from page one”

Genealogy mystery novel “Bloodlines – Touch Not the Cat” (Summertime Publishing, 2011) gets a fantastic reader review on Amazon.co.uk.

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Ingrid Schippers on her BIG inspiration… Michael Crichton

Today I received the posthumous book of Michael Crichton, Micro, co-authored with Richard Preston. It came together with Bloodlines – Touch Not the Cat. I had ordered the two books together, because someone had told me that an advertising method of Amazon is to say, “People who ordered this book, also ordered…”  so I was hoping [...]

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“To a successful 2012!” says Bloodlines author Tom McKerley

Writing our book, Bloodlines – Touch Not the Cat, together with Ingrid has really changed my life. It has opened the door to meeting new people from all walks of life. Having been used to mingling with IT people for years it is a refreshing change for me. From mixing with other authors, book lovers, [...]

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When fiction becomes truth… we speak to Bloodlines authors

In a radio interview with author and publisher Jo Parfitt, co-authors Ingrid Schippers (Dutch) and Thomas McKerly (Scottish) reveal how their American-Scottish genealogy mystery, Bloodlines: touch not the cat, came about. Originally inspired by a dream Ingrid had one night and envisaged as a short story, the manuscript began to take on a life of its own [...]

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Oxfam collaborates with Bloodlines on ingenious PR idea

Authors need constant publicity if they are to keep on selling books, so here is another idea for you..

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Reader reviews for Bloodlines just in!

It’s always exciting when somebody not only reads your book, but takes the time to praise it too… Here are some recent reviews of Ingrid Schippers’ and Tom McKerley’s Scottish-American genealogy mystery, Bloodlines: Touch Not the Cat.   “A thoroughly good read. The story struck a perfect balance of history, intrigue and mystery, keeping me [...]

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Why Tom McKerley wrote Bloodlines

As a youngster, I had the desire to be a journalist. In those days, I will not mention the time period, it was extremely difficult to enter the media world in Scotland unless you had close family contacts in the industry. So, maybe the writing need surfaced again all these years later.

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