{"id":105,"date":"2021-05-07T16:15:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T16:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/book\/about-2\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T19:16:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T19:16:52","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jpauletteforshey.com\/?page_id=105","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMy senior year in high school, I asked a guidance counselor about a writing career. His advice: \u201cFind a good man, get married and forget writing.\u201d Well the \u2018good man\u2019 found me, married me and after our sons both graduated from high school I took hubby\u2019s advice and went back to the writing I\u2019d given up. Now I\u2019m an award-winning internationally read author. Never doubt your self because, \u201cYou\u2019re more than you believe!\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u2022 We once had 30 birds living with us, 3 types of finches, Zebra, Cut-throat, and Cordon Blue, we raised and breed. One orange-winged Amazon, one African Grey, one Canary-winded Parakeet, one Love Bird, one Cockatiel, and one Peach-front Conure, Fred, who spoke 30 different words. Our menagerie included four dogs (two of which we showed) three cats, some gold fish, and a house rabbit (a full -sized French Lop who used a litter box.) Two children and one husband (husbands are hard to train that\u2019s why I only have one.)<\/p>

\u2022 My hubby started my Vermont Teddy Bear collection.<\/p>

\u2022 On my first trip on an airplane, I met Count Basie\u2019s band members, who were very surprised to find that a skinny little 19-year-old knew all their records.<\/p>

\u2022 A Washington D.C. hooker taught me how to do laundry. Bambi was a very nice lady.<\/p>

\u2022 I met a nun who made me tea and kept me company while my husband was having emergency appendectomy surgery. Later, I mentioned the nice woman to other hospital employees, who became very nervous and finally told me that particular nun had been dead for 50 years. I still have the wood rosary she gave me.<\/p>

\u2022 The first house we owned was haunted. Just to name a few otherworld activities. We had things disappear, only to reappear later in another location. We heard voices and music \u2014 in particular, calliope music \u2013 and smelled cheroot smoke. Once a belt sitting on a table flew across the room as though someone had given it a swipe with their hand. While I was alone in the house, I was goosed in the shower twice, and had a penny hit me in the middle of my back. (Wish they\u2019d throw larger denominations.)<\/p>

\u2022 Work history: G.T.E., F.B.I., and MOM. That last one is the most dangerous and rewarding. Two sons and ten grandchildren, with one great grandchild expected soon.<\/p>

\u2022 Working the front desk at the F.B.I. Academy as a switchboard\/receptionist, I met actress Linda Day George & and her husband, actor Christopher George, when they took a tour of the place. Even met Mr. F.B.I. himself, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., when he took the tour. Sadly, the academy no longer allows tours.<\/p>

\u2022 TV & Movie celebrity, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) worked for my grandfather (a butcher) delivering meat with a horse and wagon.<\/p>

\u2022 Took a course on novel writing and found my instructor was my favorite author (and now friend) Elaine Bergstrom. Later met her in person at a book signing. From that meet, she invited my husband and I on a cruise with her.<\/p>

\u2022 We love dragons! We once had a dragon mailbox, we have a dragon coffee table, and end table, as well as dragons guarding our front walk. There are small dragons all over our house and a few gargoyles inside and out.<\/p>

\u2022 At Halloween, we decorate more than any other time, including Christmas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My Story J. Paulette Forshey My senior year in high school, I asked a guidance counselor about a writing career. His advice: \u201cFind a good man, get married and forget writing.\u201d Well the \u2018good man\u2019 found me, married me and after our sons both graduated from high school I took hubby\u2019s advice and went back to the writing I\u2019d given up. Now I\u2019m an award-winning internationally read author. Never doubt your self because, \u201cYou\u2019re more than you believe!\u201d Fun Facts \u2022 We once had 30 birds living with us, 3 types of finches, Zebra, Cut-throat, and Cordon Blue, we raised and breed. One orange-winged Amazon, one African Grey, one Canary-winded Parakeet, one Love Bird, one Cockatiel, and one Peach-front Conure, Fred, who spoke 30 different words. Our menagerie included four dogs (two of which we showed) three cats, some gold fish, and a house rabbit (a full -sized French Lop who used a litter box.) Two children and one husband (husbands are hard to train that\u2019s why I only have one.) \u2022 My hubby started my Vermont Teddy Bear collection. \u2022 On my first trip on an airplane, I met Count Basie\u2019s band members, who were very surprised to find that a skinny little 19-year-old knew all their records. \u2022 A Washington D.C. hooker taught me how to do laundry. Bambi was a very nice lady. \u2022 I met a nun who made me tea and kept me company while my husband was having emergency appendectomy surgery. Later, I mentioned the nice woman to other hospital employees, who became very nervous and finally told me that particular nun had been dead for 50 years. I still have the wood rosary she gave me. \u2022 The first house we owned was haunted. Just to name a few otherworld activities. We had things disappear, only to reappear later in another location. We heard voices and music \u2014 in particular, calliope music \u2013 and smelled cheroot smoke. Once a belt sitting on a table flew across the room as though someone had given it a swipe with their hand. While I was alone in the house, I was goosed in the shower twice, and had a penny hit me in the middle of my back. (Wish they\u2019d throw larger denominations.) \u2022 Work history: G.T.E., F.B.I., and MOM. That last one is the most dangerous and rewarding. Two sons and ten grandchildren, with one great grandchild expected soon. \u2022 Working the front desk at the F.B.I. Academy as a switchboard\/receptionist, I met actress Linda Day George & and her husband, actor Christopher George, when they took a tour of the place. Even met Mr. F.B.I. himself, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., when he took the tour. Sadly, the academy no longer allows tours. \u2022 TV & Movie celebrity, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) worked for my grandfather (a butcher) delivering meat with a horse and wagon. \u2022 Took a course on novel writing and found my instructor was my favorite author (and now friend) Elaine Bergstrom. Later met her in person at a book signing. From that meet, she invited my husband and I on a cruise with her. \u2022 We love dragons! We once had a dragon mailbox, we have a dragon coffee table, and end table, as well as dragons guarding our front walk. There are small dragons all over our house and a few gargoyles inside and out. \u2022 At Halloween, we decorate more than any other time, including Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpauletteforshey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpauletteforshey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpauletteforshey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpauletteforshey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpauletteforshey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/jpauletteforshey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1668,"href":"https:\/\/jpauletteforshey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/1668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpauletteforshey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}