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| Margaret and Sharon |
Meet Sharon Ramirez, the author of Phantomology 101 and paranormal investigator. This is an amazing story of Sharon and her friend Margaret, who found a way to make Sharon's first book into a reality, as Sharon battles a serious illness.
I was introduced to Sharon in December through my friend Margaret, who manages Inspired Ghost Tracking. Margaret told me that Sharon wrote a book 2 years ago about the history of ghosts and ghost hunting, but was unable to publish it because Sharon had been battling cancer. Having now published 2 of my own books, I happily agreed to help out with edits, revisions and
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| Sharon and I meet for the first time in person |
the publishing process. So, I corresponded mostly with Margaret over the course of a couple of months to get photos and direction for the book as Sharon found it difficult to talk during her treatments. I did have some communication with Sharon directly until we got closer to publishing.
After working back and forth with Margaret to get pictures and answers on formatting, and revisions, I was thrilled to see the proof copy of the book arrive. After going through the proof and making more revisions, the book was ready. The book was recently published through Createspace.com and is available on Amazon.com for $7.99. Sharon's dream of publishing her first book had come true thanks to Margaret's drive to help her friend.
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| A packed room for the book signing! |
"Phantomology 101...Hunting The Haunted," includes a history of ghosts
& ghost hunting to the modern day science of ghost hunting, what
every paranormal investigator needs to know! It's available on Amazon.com: http://tinyurl.com/cbrpsoo
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| Sharon celebrates her first book |
Last week, I attended Sharon's first book signing event and finally met her in person after months of working through Margaret and later with Sharon via text and email to make the book a reality. What a wonderful sight to see an entire room packed with supporters who bought Sharon's book and listened to her give a brief overview. Sharon was glowing and it was so rewarding to Margaret, me, her brother Rodney (who as also there) and so many others from Inspired Ghost Tracking.
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| Tom, Rob, Diane, Renee |
It goes to show you that with a little help from your friends, all of your dreams are possible.
More information about Sharon follows:
For several years, Sharon Ramirez worked for one of the most
prominent law firms in the Baltimore area of which one of her duties
were spent helping to research the Law Library. She then moved on into
the field of property management and real estate. Because of her legal
background, she was appointed corporation court representative on all
cases filed on their behalf. It was not long afterwards that she
suffered a serious illness that resulted in a NDE (near-death
experience) that changed her life forever!!! She went back to seriously
researching again, but this time it was for answers to something more
unusual...paranormal phenomena and the truth to life-after-death. Sharon
Ramirez founded and formed Maryland TriState Paranormal, researching
and investigating spirit & ghost phenomena throughout the Delmarva
and Mid-Atlantic Region for the past decade. Her work has been featured
in "The Frederick News Post," "The Examiner," mentioned in Michael
Varhola's latest book, "Ghosthunting Maryland," and more. She has been
on various paranormal radio shows, and co-hosts "The Haunted Syndicate."
Her latest works include the investigation of Centralia, Penn., of
which she was a cast member in Boston filmmaker, Robyne Marie's lat-est
Paranormal Documentary, "Ghosts A'Fire." Sharon Ramirez studied Human
Services, Case Work, Counseling, and Psychology at the Community College
of Baltimore County, Maryland. She manages case files of paranormal
activity, and interviews and counses clients who feel they may be
victimized by a haunting.
