- May 27, 2012
- Book promotion
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Have you ever read a genealogy mystery novel?
Download FOR FREE the first four chapters of genealogy mystery novel “Bloodlines: Touch Not the Cat” (Summertime 2011) by Ingrid Schippers and Thomas McKerley.
Archive for: Scotland
- April 16, 2012
- Author readings and radio
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Bloodlines authors appear on radio station DutchbuzZ
Tom McKerley and Ingrid Schippers, authors of “Bloodlines: Touch Not the Cat” (Summertime 2011), are interviewed on DutchbuzZ, a weekly radio programme for internationals and expats in the Netherlands.
- March 25, 2012
- Authors' articles
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Genealogy author Tom McKerley finds a telegram from the Queen inside the pages of a secondhand book
When genealogy mystery author Tom McKerley comes across a telegram from the Queen in between the pages of a secondhand book, he decides to try and track down the addressee’s family.
- March 20, 2012
- Author interviews, Book news
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From anonymous teen column to full-blooded mystery novel…
In a recent interview for Leiderdorps Weekly, the local paper of Leiderdorps in the Netherlands, Ingrid Schippers, co-author of genealogy mystery novel Bloodlines – Touch Not the Cat (Summertime, 2011) looks back to 30 years ago when she used to write a column – ‘Girl Talk’ – for the paper.
- February 27, 2012
- Book promotion
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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”
- January 24, 2012
- Book reviews, Books
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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.
- January 4, 2012
- Authors' articles, Books
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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 [...]
- December 26, 2011
- Authors' articles, Books, Lessons Learned on the Writing Road
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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, [...]
- December 19, 2011
- Author interviews, Books
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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 [...]
- November 18, 2011
- Authors' articles
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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.
