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Author Interview with Shawndra McWhorter

Posted on April 13, 2021 By Jenna Rideout No Comments on Author Interview with Shawndra McWhorter

Welcome to the April 13th stop on the blog tour for What They Want Us To Know by Shawndra McWhorter, organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for spotlights, reviews, author guest posts & interviews, and a giveaway! More on that at the end of this post.

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Interview

What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Death by chocolate

Which mythological creature are you most like?
Probably a dragon. Misunderstood, protective and fierce when I need to be.

First book you remember making an indelible impression on you.
The story of Sacagawea in grade school. I remember being absolutely amazed and her strength, her intelligence and her abilities.

How do you develop your plot and characters?
The animals do that for me, they let me know who they are and how to present them.

Describe your writing space.
Either outside sitting in nature, or in my dining room overlooking the lake I live on. Nature definitely inspires me.

About the Book

What They Want Us To Know
Messages of Hope, Meaning and Unity from the Animal Kingdom
by Shawndra McWhorter

Published 2 February 2021
The Unapologetic Voice House LLC

Genre: Non-Ficiton, Inspirational
Page Count: 108
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What They Want Us To Know: Messages of Hope, Meaning and Unity From the Animal Kingdom.

Have you ever wondered what animals would tell us if they could? This book will give you that chance to find out! By being able to receive downloaded messages from wild and domestic animals, Shawndra translates their messages for us. These animals have shared powerful messages of unity, connection and purpose, and steps that each of us are able to take to deepen the connection, find more meaning in our lives, and become the humans that the animals know we can be. You’ll hear messages from 12 different animals on what they want us to know in order to live a more profoundly amazing life. You’ll be given the opportunity to learn ways to be more compassionate, tolerant and heart-centered, to the animals and to each other.

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Excerpt

NORMAN IS THE DOG WHO currently shares my life with me, and as you can see, he is adorable! In 2013, an EF5 tornado hit the vicinity of Moore, Oklahoma, causing two billion dollars of damage, including the major destruction of two schools and more than three hundred homes. It also killed twenty-four people. After the disaster, I volunteered with American Humane to help care for the animal survivors in an emergency shelter. I flew out there and was working with the feral cats and cats with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). A few days after I had arrived, they brought in the last of the “tornado dogs” from the Moore Animal Shelter and put them in a quarantine area. The other volunteers working with the dogs spent all day cleaning crates and walking the dogs. Since I certainly wasn’t taking the cats for walks and feral cats wanted nothing to do with any of us, I had extra time, so I offered to help care for these quarantined dogs.

About the Author

Shawndra McWhorter has been an animal communicator since 2000, and is also an Usui and KarunaⓇ Reiki Master, working with humans and animals. Shawndra has helped more than 500 animals and their humans with her communication and healing skills. Shawndra is a past president of Washington State Animal Response Team (WASART), and also serves on the Board of Directors with Kindred Souls Foundation, both 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations dedicated to helping animals. Shawndra began her disaster animal rescue work in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, where she deployed outside of New Orleans, LA to help rescue and care for the animals left behind. She has deployed to Chile, Peru, and to several states in the US volunteering helping animals recover from disasters. Shawndra also volunteered with Wolf Haven International in Tenino, WA for nearly eight years, and is still active in supporting their mission. She is the owner of Sanskrit Healing, using her skills to help humans, animals and the environment find balance. Shawndra has spent most of her life helping others and won an Emmy for a documentary that she directed and edited on illegal aliens in Southern California. Her approach is to educate and help others make mindful, ethical choices based on facts and data. Shawndra currently lives in Washington State with her dog Norman, who survived the EF5 tornado that hit Moore, OK in 2013.

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  1. Goddess Fish Promotions says:
    April 13, 2021 at 6:39 AM

    Thanks for hosting!

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  2. Shawndra McWhorter says:
    April 13, 2021 at 1:13 PM

    Hi and thank you so much for hosting!!

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  3. Kim says:
    April 13, 2021 at 8:40 PM

    I’m slowly starting to like dragons too.

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  4. Sherry says:
    April 14, 2021 at 1:13 AM

    This sounds like a very good book.

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  5. Victoria Alexander says:
    April 14, 2021 at 1:56 AM

    Great post, I enjoyed reading it!

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