Born in Sydney, Australia, Lindy Anne Nisbet spent
22 years as a professional actress traveling around the United
States with repertory theatre and on tour with musicals. She
has done time Off Broadway, got paid 
big
bucks for bad television, hawked products in commercials that
she would never use and finally did good film work in unreleased
movies.
During one of the many dry spells in her acting
career, the Harmonic Convergence converged with a significant
birthday and she woke up. One strange and powerful thing happened
after another, leaving her no choice but to ride a cosmic roller
coaster. Lindy has cast astrological charts and read tarot across
the country, obtained a Holistic Health Practitioner's license
to handle energy legally and has a small business painting unique
and individual mandalas for unique and individual people.
Lindy Anne Nisbet is committed to use humor and
zaniness to convey themes of unity, sacredness, self-mastery,
global-connectedness and the power of simple kindness in all
creative mediums.
"Outrageous Detour is a sexy, comic spiritual
romp: a spiritual quest both funny and entertaining as well as
enlightening." Hoyt Hilsman, writer and critic, VARIETY
"A raucous tour-de-farce through spiritual
awakening and sexual enlightenment on a tourist trip through
ancient ruins." Jeff Schwaner, Editor-in-Chief, Booksurge.com
"Outrageous Detour is clever, witty, delightful,
precocious!" Carol B. Knight, author of Passing the Torch
Pageonelit.com: Where did
you grow up and was reading and writing a part of your life?
Who were your earliest influences and why?
Lindy Anne Nisbet: My first
nine years were spent in Sydney, Australia, where I was born.
We had a terraced backyard and I spent a lot of time singing
and dancing. I learned to read very early and it was an established
tradition that I draw my Mother’s birthday card and write
a poem. So, my earliest influences would be fairy tales, fantasy,
magic and humor the ‘Mary Poppins’ series and all the
Dr. Suess books.
When we moved to upper-state New York when I was
nine, I was immersed in the theatre and starred in a lot of original
musicals based on fairy tales. How lucky was I?? That is where
I started to appreciate ‘words'. I sang words, I spoke words,
and I changed words right there on the spot that did not work
for me. (Early rewrites!)
As time went on, I focused on the liberal arts-
music, literature, art, and the theater. I read and acted all
the greats, Shakespeare, Chekov, Ibsen, Pinter, Williams and
all the flawed yet beloveds, Simon, Ackborn and lots of musicals,
old and new. Through all this I had a penchant for comedy. I
was known and hired for finding the humor in text. I guess I
was really amusing myself and entertaining others was just an
offshoot!
Pageonelit.com: Why do you
write?
Lindy Anne Nisbet: Writing
is self-ish!!! When I write I entertain others and myself, I
spread enlightenment through humor, I understand others and myself
and I stay in touch with the true meaning of life and my God-centered
self. Writing is like a form of meditation for me.
Pageonelit.com: Tell us
about Outrageous Detour- What are psychic ‘pops’ and
spiritual sojourns? Why should someone read this book?
Lindy Anne Nisbet: OUTRAGEOUS
DETOUR is a tour-de-farce. It is an entertaining novel that
packs a sly, tongue-in-cheek look at the all-too-serious subject
of metaphysics: 
the
Godside of life that is just as humorous as this so called reality
of life we see.
Psychic ‘pops’ are sudden inner knowings
or the big ‘ah ha’ we all experience if we finally
move out of the chatter of our minds. In OD spiritual sojourns
are like mob vision quests or spiritual journeys undertaken with
others. They are sometimes purposeful, yet mostimes unexpected.
Pageonelit.com: Why should
someone read this book?
Lindy Anne Nisbet: People
should read OUTRAGEOUS DETOUR for fast paced entertainment,
unexpected enlightenment, to laugh out loud, as a distraction
from negative worldly events, to stay in a giddy, light vibration,
to fall in love with reading!!!
I think most everyone can identify with the ‘outrageous
detours’ that take place in life. We all have experienced
the sinking feeling of being suddenly tugged away from our goals
onto another path for various reasons. Most of us do not go willingly.
My novel, OUTRAGEOUS DETOUR, explores this theme, and
many others, because there are never any accidents. Everything
in life is timed to perfection.
Pageonelit.com: Tell us
about your character Lulu.
Lindy Anne Nisbet: Lulu
is me, at times. I did have an adventure in Peru. It did change
me as it changes her. The character of Lulu is a platform for
my own thoughts to take shape on the page but she is a fictional
character just based loosely on myself and my life. The difference
is the space for my imagination to take flight. This is why I
like fiction- the unfathomable is reasonable when viewed in black
and white on a page!
Pageonelit.com: It seems
you are combining deep themes such as awareness with humor-is
this the case?
Lindy Anne Nisbet: Is it
ever! I am really following a long line of artists, in all mediums,
who use humor to make people think about deep issues. My own
sense of humor has helped me through some dark areas of my life
and even illuminated those areas for me. I believe I unconsciously
developed it to do just that. Humor is the key to success and
longevity in all areas of life.
Pageonelit.com: What has
been your feedback from readers? What do they say to you about
their interpretation of your book?
Lindy Anne Nisbet: Most
people have told me or written to me (through my website-www.amusinglight.com)
that they cannot put the book down. One man is hunting through
the book for underlying messages. He feels it is ‘deeper
than it seems.’ OUTRAGEOUS DETOUR seems to appeal
to people in their 20s-80s! One woman said she was reading very
slowly because she did not want the book to end. A new mother
told me that the book was funny and inspiring and that it helped
her stay positive during the difficult last month of her pregnancy.
I have had some interesting feedback about the
sex in the book- ranging from “Did that really happen?”
to “I did not realize that a higher sexual expression could
accelerate my spiritual path!”
Pageonelit.com: Who are
your favorite writers and why?
Lindy Anne Nisbet: I appreciate
warmth, a good story and laugh-out-loud humor if I can get it!
Tom Robbins always delivers!! I love his off-center look at the
world. I love Fannie Flagg and Billie Letts because both draw
me in with heartfelt characters that make me laugh and cry at
the same time.
Pageonelit.com: What’s
next?
Lindy Anne Nisbet: I have
two more books in this series. I am writing the second as we
E-muse and E-speak.
Pageonelit.com: What was
the last book you read?
Lindy Anne Nisbet: ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’ by D.H.Lawrence and ‘Full
House’ by Janet Evonovich. I switch hit!
Pageonelit.com: Do you have
any hobbies? What are they? How do they enhance your writing?
Lindy Anne Nisbet: I create
personal mandalas, spiritual paintings, for others using their
astrological information, visions, dreams, shapes, colors and
my personal meditations on them. This is a tremendous leap into
my right brain and I often break writer’s block while painting.
I have learned to keep a small tape recorder in my art studio.
I also hike, bike and do contemplative walking
(which sometimes takes hours!) All these things help me formulate
ideas but I must say my massage work is the best. Stuff just
streams through me unhindered.
My BIGGEST hobby is people watching. I love
catching quirky behavior, always have, and for that reason my
life is always full of it. Like attracts like!
