Rhode Island Authors Showcase - Featuring Mary Catherine Volk!
The Rhode Island Authors Showcase is back! Each day in November, I’ll be featuring a different RI author. Each post features a giveaway – a book, an anthology, or something else! All you have to do to be eligible for the daily drawing is leave a comment on the blog post. I’ll use a random number generator to pick a winner one week after the blog post (to give you time to catch up).
By commenting on each post, you’re also entered to win our bigger prizes: GRAND PRIZE is a $250 Amazon gift card, BONUS PRIZE is a $100 Amazon gift card, and the CHEER UP YOU WON SOMETHING PRIZE is a $50 Amazon gift card. The big prizes will be chosen, again using a random number generator, on December 7.
Very happy to welcome back Mary Catherine Volk to today's blog. Mary Catherine is a truly gifted and compassionate individual. I've asked her the usual questions:
Where is your hometown? Narragansett, RI
What genre(s) do you write? Spiritual, Self-Help
What have you written? Believe In Forever - How to Recognize Signs from Departed Loved Ones (published 2016). Trust It - You Have the Power Within You (published 2021).
Who are your favorite authors? Dr. Eber Alexander, author of Proof of Heaven, describing his near-death experience from a neurosurgeon's non-believer point of view. His latest book is Living in a Mindful Universe - A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife.
Caroline Myss, five-time New York Times bestseller and author of 10 books on mysticism and wellness: Intimate Conversations with the Divine, Sacred Contracts, and Why People Don't Heal & How They Can.
Louise Hay, founder of Hay House Publishing. She was a motivational speaker and wrote her first book at age 60. She then went on to launch the first self-publishing book company, Hay House Publishing. Her self-help books were so motivating and inspiring!
What were your favorite books growing up? Change your Thoughts - Change your Mind by Dr. Wayne Dyer, self-help author and motivational speaker; The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
As a child, I loved to draw cartoons and write children’s stories. The "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles Schulz was my favorite. My high school art teacher, Carl Rittman, was a college classmate of Charles Schulz. He told us a story how their art professor had once told Charles Schulz to give up on being an artist, he had no talent! So it surprised everyone to see him become the most famous student in their class. Mr. Rittman was a well-known Rhode Island landscape artist but he realized and encouraged all of his students to follow dreams and passion. Be inspired and creative, it may just make you famous. My dream was to be a cartoonist at Disney when I grew up.
What do you like best about writing? Meeting people at book signing events and hearing how much my book has helped them in their grieving process. They order autographed copies to give as gifts. This inspires me to write another book.
What do you find most challenging about writing? Setting aside the time to write and stay focused.
Where do you draw your inspiration? I draw my inspiration from author Louise Hay. She published her first book at 60 years old and I started writing my first book at age 61.
You’ve just been given the chance to collaborate on a book with Louise Hay. What’s the title going to be? You Are Never too Old To Do What You Love
You can connect with Mary Catherine and learn more by visiting her website: http://www.marycatherinevolk.com
Find her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marycatherine.volk.3
Find her books on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/2vycn3df
Please answer this question below for a chance to win a 15-minute reading from Mary Catherine:
Do you have a fear of death? Yes- what is it? No - why not?
