Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Signing at Lifeway Christian Store!
This Saturday I’ll be signing my book Love Finds You in Treasure Island, Florida at Lifeway Christian Store in the Citrus Park area of Tampa. If you’re close by, stop by and see me sometime between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Research, research, research!
After reading an editor's blog post about fiction writers needing to do enough research to make the settings and characters in their stories ring true, I went back and did a little more for my work in progress, Noah's Ark, that will go to Barbour's Heartsong Presents bookclub members in October 2009. Some of the information wasn't clear online, so I called Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia and spoke to Byron Clercx, the chairman of the Department of Art and Design, to get more specific answers. What a nice man! He not only answered my questions as they pertained to my story, he gave me more information about the area. Now I have the strongest urge to write more books set in Huntington! From what I've read and heard, not only is it a gorgeous place, the strong sense of community lends itself to what I write—Christian fiction.
Something I've learned is that most people love to help writers, as long as they have a passion for their subject. Over the past twenty years, I've interviewed hundreds of people, and with only a small handful of exceptions, they've told me way more than I requested, making the experience even richer than anything I could have hoped for.
My Summerside Press book, Love Finds You In Treasure Island, Florida, is another example. Jeff Jensen who works for the city in a community relations capacity gave me enough information to add scenes I'd never even thought of. Then I called Captain Kosmakos, a favorite restaurant in the area, to find out what was on their menu. By the time I got off the phone with Phyllis Kelly, I was dying for some of their fabulous, mouthwatering seafood.
If you're a writer, what experiences have you had with interviews? Have they been good, bad, or neutral? Have you been rewarded with more than you ever expected?
Something I've learned is that most people love to help writers, as long as they have a passion for their subject. Over the past twenty years, I've interviewed hundreds of people, and with only a small handful of exceptions, they've told me way more than I requested, making the experience even richer than anything I could have hoped for.
My Summerside Press book, Love Finds You In Treasure Island, Florida, is another example. Jeff Jensen who works for the city in a community relations capacity gave me enough information to add scenes I'd never even thought of. Then I called Captain Kosmakos, a favorite restaurant in the area, to find out what was on their menu. By the time I got off the phone with Phyllis Kelly, I was dying for some of their fabulous, mouthwatering seafood.
If you're a writer, what experiences have you had with interviews? Have they been good, bad, or neutral? Have you been rewarded with more than you ever expected?
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
More exciting news!
My editor JoAnne Simmons with the Heartsong Presents line at Barbour, wants to publish my contemporary, 3-book,
I'll post updates with publication dates. In the meantime, pick up some of my friends' books and enjoy!
Treasure in the Hills by Paige Winship Dooly
To Trust an Outlaw by Rhonda Gibson
Tennessee Weddings by Joyce Livingston
Forsaken Canyon by Margaret Daley
Bayou Brides by Janet Spaeth, Lynette Sowell, Janet Lee Barton, and Kathleen Miller Y'Barbo
Rose Kelly by Janet Spaeth
Off the Record by Beth White
Maryland Brides by Tamela Hancock Murray
Florida Weddings by Lynn Coleman, Kathleen Kovach, and Kristy Dykes
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