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Welcome to Episode 26 where I give you my review on Wendy Hewlett's novel, Ailey of Skye. No blurb this time so the review is purely based on my personal view and opinion. I rated this one 5 stars and I highly recommend it. This was a personal pick of mine and bought from Amazon.com as an ebook. If you have time, and interested Wendy Hewlett has an Instagram page and on You Tube.  On You Tube Wendy does little walk abouts around Scotland where she lives.  Well that's all for now ....  until next time ... bye.  🖐

Welcome to Episode 26 where I give you my review on Wendy Hewlett's novel, Ailey of Skye. No blurb this time so the review is purely based on my personal view and opinion. I rated this one 5 stars and I highly recommend it. This was a personal pick of mine and bought from <a href="http://Amazon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a> as an ebook. If you have time, and interested Wendy Hewlett has an Instagram page and on You Tube. On You Tube Wendy does little walk abouts around Scotland where she lives. Well that's all for now .... until next time ... bye. 🖐

Ep 26 - Ailey of Skye - Wendy Hewlett 

Debbi Mack interviews crime and suspense writer Wendy Hewlett on the Crime Cafe podcast.For your podcasting needs, I use and recommend Blubrry Podcasting.We did it again! This week, there’s a transcription of the show notes. Click here to download a copy in PDF.Debbi (00:00): Hi, everyone. My guest today writes crime fiction with a hint of romance and strong female characters. So, all right. I like that. She's held a number of interesting jobs, which seems to be a trait among many writers that I know. She also has degrees in creative writing, forensic sciences, law, and security, to name a few. She has also pursued her lifelong dream of living in Edinburgh, Scotland, which is a really cool place. My guest today is crime writer, Wendy Hewlett. Hi Wendy. Thanks for being here today.Wendy (01:32): Hi, Debbi. Thanks for having me.Debbi (01:35): It's a pleasure. Believe me. You have two series as well as the book you're giving away Ailey of Skye. Is that how you pronounce it?Wendy (01:47): Yeah. Yeah.Debbi (01:49): It's short for Aileen then. Is it?Wendy (01:52): Yeah, it is.Debbi (01:53): I like that. It's my sister's middle name, and I just started the first in the Taylor Sinclair series, Saving Grace. She's a very interesting protagonist. Can you tell us more about the series and about Taylor Sinclair?Wendy (02:08): Sure. All of my characters that I write are very strong women and they become that way from the hardships that they have been through in their lives. And, and Taylor has been through probably more than most and, and of course that involves PTSD and, and overcoming that. So she's got a lot of issues and she spent most of her life living on the streets of Toronto and the first book in the series Saving Grace is her story of coming off the streets and the people that help her to do that who become very close friends, a close-knit group of three women.Debbi (03:01): Yes. Yes. What inspired you to write your first novel?Wendy (03:07): When I was in high school, my English teacher urged me to pursue a career in writing. So I went to school for journalism and I hated it. I quit at the end of the first year and the professor tried to talk me into staying. And I thought at the time it's because the grade average was going to go down because I had the highest marks in the class. But I learned years later that my sister worked with his wife and apparently didn't want me to leave because he thought I was very talented, which is a huge compliment. And I wish someone that time had said, you know, creative writing, try that. But I didn't. I waited until in 2009, I was laid off from General Motors. I was a security and fire supervisor at General Motors for a lot of years.Wendy (04:01): So when I was laid off I started doing a lot of reading and I thought, oh, I could write books like these. And that's why I started writing in 2011. And I wanted somebody that was, you know, troubled difficult just to show the strength that she gets from that. And it ended up, when people started reading my book, I started getting messages from women saying, you know, they've been through a lot of trauma in their own childhoods and how much Taylor's healing helped them to heal. And so that's become, you know, a purpose almost with my books is helping women to heal and help to empower them.I started getting messages from women saying, you know, they've been through a lot of trauma in their own childhoods and how much Taylor's healing helped them to heal. And so that's become, you know, a purpose almost with my books is helping women to heal and help to empower them.Debbi (04:45): I noticed that in your bio. I thought that was rather remarkable. And do you have a particular type of demographic in mind when you write, I hate to say, read your avatar, but do you think about that as you're writing these books?Wendy (05:01): A little bit. Yeah. I think most people do,

Debbi Mack interviews crime and suspense writer Wendy Hewlett on the Crime Cafe podcast. For your podcasting needs, I use and recommend Blubrry Podcasting. We did it again! This week, there’s a transcription of the show notes. Click here to download a copy in PDF. Debbi (00:00): Hi, everyone. My guest today writes crime fiction with a hint of romance and strong female characters. So, all right. I like that. She's held a number of interesting jobs, which seems to be a trait among many writers that I know. She also has degrees in creative writing, forensic sciences, law, and security, to name a few. She has also pursued her lifelong dream of living in Edinburgh, Scotland, which is a really cool place. My guest today is crime writer, Wendy Hewlett. Hi Wendy. Thanks for being here today. Wendy (01:32): Hi, Debbi. Thanks for having me. Debbi (01:35): It's a pleasure. Believe me. You have two series as well as the book you're giving away Ailey of Skye. Is that how you pronounce it? Wendy (01:47): Yeah. Yeah. Debbi (01:49): It's short for Aileen then. Is it? Wendy (01:52): Yeah, it is. Debbi (01:53): I like that. It's my sister's middle name, and I just started the first in the Taylor Sinclair series, Saving Grace. She's a very interesting protagonist. Can you tell us more about the series and about Taylor Sinclair? Wendy (02:08): Sure. All of my characters that I write are very strong women and they become that way from the hardships that they have been through in their lives. And, and Taylor has been through probably more than most and, and of course that involves PTSD and, and overcoming that. So she's got a lot of issues and she spent most of her life living on the streets of Toronto and the first book in the series Saving Grace is her story of coming off the streets and the people that help her to do that who become very close friends, a close-knit group of three women. Debbi (03:01): Yes. Yes. What inspired you to write your first novel? Wendy (03:07): When I was in high school, my English teacher urged me to pursue a career in writing. So I went to school for journalism and I hated it. I quit at the end of the first year and the professor tried to talk me into staying. And I thought at the time it's because the grade average was going to go down because I had the highest marks in the class. But I learned years later that my sister worked with his wife and apparently didn't want me to leave because he thought I was very talented, which is a huge compliment. And I wish someone that time had said, you know, creative writing, try that. But I didn't. I waited until in 2009, I was laid off from General Motors. I was a security and fire supervisor at General Motors for a lot of years. Wendy (04:01): So when I was laid off I started doing a lot of reading and I thought, oh, I could write books like these. And that's why I started writing in 2011. And I wanted somebody that was, you know, troubled difficult just to show the strength that she gets from that. And it ended up, when people started reading my book, I started getting messages from women saying, you know, they've been through a lot of trauma in their own childhoods and how much Taylor's healing helped them to heal. And so that's become, you know, a purpose almost with my books is helping women to heal and help to empower them. I started getting messages from women saying, you know, they've been through a lot of trauma in their own childhoods and how much Taylor's healing helped them to heal. And so that's become, you know, a purpose almost with my books is helping women to heal and help to empower them. Debbi (04:45): I noticed that in your bio. I thought that was rather remarkable. And do you have a particular type of demographic in mind when you write, I hate to say, read your avatar, but do you think about that as you're writing these books? Wendy (05:01): A little bit. Yeah. I think most people do,

Interview with Crime and Suspense Writer Wendy Hewlett: S. 6, Ep. 8