Writing What I Know

You always hear it said, “Write what you know” and certainly, that is excellent advice. So why am I writing a book about a psychic reader? Good question!

In fact, Maggie is the kind of psychic I would be if I were to hang out my own shingle as a psychic reader. In other words, she doesn’t believe in psychics, doesn’t think she is one, but recognizes she has a certain talent when it comes to reading and understanding people.

I do read auras, just as Maggie does. I discovered the ability quite by accident. My dh and I were visiting with some very odd friends once years ago when the woman said she can teach me to read auras. She had her husband stand against a light-colored wall. Then she said, “See the light around him?” When I said, “Yes,” everyone else in the room responded, “You do?” I’ve always seen that light around people. I thought everybody did.

So our odd friend taught me how to recognize and “read” the colors in the light around people.

The other part of Maggie’s talent (the part she is just discovering) comes from a long-held wish. When I hear about missing children or missing adults who are likely the victims of crime, my heart goes out to their families. I always wish I had the ability to know where they are and lead people to them -- save them, if possible.

I don’t, so I’ve created Maggie, who will learn from forces beyond the reach of most of us how to find the missing and comfort their loved ones. Maybe psychic readers aren’t really “what I know,” but I’m having a mighty fine time discovering Maggie.

How do YOU write what you know?

How Maggie Reads Auras

In my current work in progress, MAGGIE RISING, Maggie is working her way through Cal State University, Chico as a psychic reader and that means she reads auras. She says there is nothing psychic about it.

Here is how Maggie describes the experience:

I began ... as I often begin a session, by reading her aura. I have the subject stand against a light-colored wall, one I had painted in Rock Candy White specifically for this purpose, and then I study the light I see around her body, and especially around her head.

Don’t freak out when I tell you this, but I’ve always been able to see people’s auras. Although I usually have to focus hard to see them, sometimes they just jump out at me, especially when they’re bright (the auras, I mean, not necessarily the people). I have a peculiar sensitivity to light – the same thing that gives me a migraine if I get a sudden bright glare shot directly into my eyes, only more productive. So I see auras; no biggie.

To me they look a bit like the “ghosts” you see on old, slightly off TV sets, except that auras have some color in them. The colors are what I read: blue for intelligence, gold (it looks silvery to me) for spirit, pink for love, green for ill health or lack of rest … you get the idea.

So here's the $64 question for the day: Where did I get this information? Hmmm... Stop by sometime and I'll tell you about it -- while I read your aura. :-)