Bewitching Book Tour "Out of the Blue"

In these troubling and uncertain times of the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak, I wasn't sure whether to even do a post about the Release Day Blitz Book Tour for my debut novel, "Out of the Blue." I had scheduled a while ago. I, like many of you, are under a Shelter-at-Home order and I find it to be very stressful for so many reasons. I do realize however, every now and then, after watching or reading the news until we're exhausted, we need a little break and perhaps something to take us away from the confusion and anxiety of the pandemic we are all facing. For that reason, I want to share with you that today is indeed the release day of my novel that I've been writing about so much. Moreover, I am doing what's called a Release Day Blitz Book Tour through Bewitching Book Tours. This is a type of blog tour focused around the release day of the novel. The blogs you see below will feature me as guest blogger, interviewee or will share information about the book.

Enjoy!

I Smell Sheep (Guest Blog)
http://www.ismellsheep.com/

Author Stephanie Hansen (Review)
https://www.authorstephaniehansen.com/blog

Dark Whimsical (Guest Blog)
www.darkwhimsicalart.com/blogs/news

Storyteller-SKGregory (Review)
https://www.storytellerskgregory.com

Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read
http://mommasaystoreadornottoread.blogspot.com/

Dark Treasury
https://www.audenjohnson.com

Mythical Books (Guest Blog)
https://mythicalbooks.blogspot.com/
The Book Junkie Reads (Interview)
https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blogspot.com/

The Layaway Dragon
https://thelayawaydragon.com/

3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, and Sissy, Too!
http://3partnersinshopping.blogspot.com

T's Stuff (Interview)
http://www.tsstuff.net
Ogitchida Kwe's Book Blog
http://ogitchidabookblog.blogspot.com

Supernatural Central (Interview)
http://supernaturalcentral.blogspot.com
Lisa’s World of Books
http://www.lisasworldofbooks.net/

Booklikes
http://roxannerhoads.booklikes.com

Fang-tastic Books
http://fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com

Paranormalists (Interview)
https://paranormalists.blogspot.com/
Roxanne’s Realm
http://www.roxannerhoads.com/

The Creatively Green Write at Home Mom (Guest Blog)
http://creativelygreen.blogspot.com/

Books Dreams Life
https://booksdreamslife0623.blogspot.com

Jazzy Book Reviews
http://bookreviewsbyjasmine.blogspot.com/

Sapphyria's Books
https://saphsbooks.blogspot.com/

JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder
https://jbbookworms.blogspot.com

SImply Kelina
http://simplykelina.blogspot.com

Bewitching Book Tours
https://bewitchingbooktours.tumblr.com/

Gran Bwa

Gran Bwa is a lwa that helps you connect to ancestral roots or the spiritual home of Vodou. A friend of mine, who is an expert on Haitian Vodou, who has spent a lot of time in Haiti with the artists there, told me I had painted Gran Bwa when I made this spontaneous work out of walnut ink and sumi-ink on handmade paper. I had considered this painting a self-portrait. She now holds this piece in her private collection: Quite a few people are afraid of Vodou but it is an awe-inspiring tradition of bringing together plant energy with divinity, spiritual and personal energy. My friend who is very involved with Vodou, especially the art that surrounds it, is from European ancestry. She is light in spirit and bubbly, with a close relationship to nature and her garden. Vodou affirms the relationships between cycles of life, trees of knowledge and spirit. The Vodou vision of lwa , understands them as the intelligence of energy present in humans, nature and thoughts. Mysteries ca

Xochitl--Flower

(Winter Poinsettia by Stephanie Rose Bird, oil on wood) One of my Facebook friends does daily posts and shares called "I love Flowers." I love flowers too, in real life, in my garden, in paintings and as they are related to the gods and goddesses, in healing, as well as their use in folklore like Hoodoo. Not long ago I posted about Xochipelli (Sho-CHEE-pee-lee) prince of flowers and Xochiquetzal (Sho-CHEE-ket-zul) goddess of flowers in anticipation of April's blooming season. The Goddess and Prince of Flowers post is here. Today, I want to focus in on the root word of their names and it's symbolism. This word is Xochitl (Show-CHEE-tul) in the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs. This word means flower. ( Frida Kahlo "Self Portrait Dedicated to Dr. Eloesser) In many different belief systems there are nature gods and goddesses connected with flowers. Flowers possess symbolism,

Follow Fest Interview and Sharing

When I first became a blogger it was difficult to know if I had readers and visitors coming to my blog. I’d post and be met by the sounds of crickets. Then, I branched out into the world of the blogosphere, a world I didn't know really existed. From my ventures, I met a lot of interesting bloggers. I've started following and commenting on numerous blogs, for you see, prior to my outings, I too was out among the crickets. Lurking about but seldom saying anything. A fellow blogger I've met through my journeys around the blogosphere is Melissa Maygrove . She had the brilliant idea to have a Follow Fest , where we share about who we are, what we do and most importantly, how you can connect with us further. It is my intention through joining Follow Fest, that I’ll connect with many more readers and people interested enough in what I do to want to learn more by following. So, here goes my entry for the fest. Name: Stephanie Rose Bird Fiction or

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