Novelist Hopes to Inspire Grassroots Spiritual Practices

April 8, 2010 - PRLog -- LANCASTER, Texas -- A Texas novelist hopes to inspire grassroots spiritual practices with a book that is part of a  contest to find the next top spiritual author (NTSA).

“Authors these days must prove they can sell just to get a publisher’s attention,” says Candace L. Talmadge, who has penned four novels in the Green Stone of Healing® speculative epic published by healingStone Books (www.healngstonebooks.com).

For the competition, which has more than 2,500 initial entrants worldwide, Talmadge is co-authoring with Jana. L. Simons nonfiction called The Healing Circle—It’s Never Too Late to Say Goodbye.

Another name for the healing circle is séance. But Talmadge emphasizes that a séance is a debased, trivialized version of what can be a profound emotional and spiritual gift.

The Healing Circle book discusses a simple method that brings family, friends, and neighbors together to help a person contact loved ones who have died — and children in the womb. The goal of such communication is emotional and spiritual healing rather than trying to prove that life exists after death or before birth.

The public is invited to vote for NTSA authors at the contest website.The Talmadge-Simons author ID number is 138 and their vote page is http://www.NextTopAuthor.com/?aid=138.

Those who vote for The Healing Circle and email the authors will receive a link to a free e-book on emotional and spiritual healing resolution.

Talmadge will be discussing various aspects of the healing circle th the media (all time Eastern):

The X Zone Radio, Friday, April 9, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Sasquatch and Spirituality (BlogTalkRadio) April 15, 9 p.m.
Joy of Love and Life (BlogTalkRadio) April 21, Noon
Brilliant Essence (Toginet.com Radio) April 26, 6 p.m.

Talmadge and Simons have a Facebook fan page for the book in progress that can be accessed by searching Facebook for The Healing Circle. The page encourages visitors to share their own experiences with contacting the dead and related spiritual issues.

No matter where they end up in the contest, Talmadge and Simons will finish and publish their book.

“We hope this book further encourages community-based, grassroots spiritual practices.” Talmadge says. “Apart from my own private healing experiences, I have never felt closer to God or more connected than I have in the healing circle.”

The 250 NTSA contestants with the most votes advance to the next round. The event is sponsored by bestselling author James Twyman and coach Robert Evans. Top prize is a book contract with Hampton Roads Publishing.