tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51466399096002151282024-03-13T23:36:37.790-07:00Hope Inspired StoriesPat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-69337424774754294802014-07-12T12:36:00.001-07:002014-07-13T11:51:04.781-07:00The Promise Keeper ~ Lisa Norato<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Sea Heroes of Duxbury, Massachusetts 1825</b><b>: </b></i><b>Danger reunites a sea
captain’s daughter with her childhood protector... The new keeper has
manned Pilgrim Light for a year now, and though her father recruited him
for the post, Iris Moon has never seen the fellow nor will anyone
discuss him. Rumors circulate he was once a pirate and had been
imprisoned. Lured by his secret, Iris rows out to the light to meet its
solitary keeper. But Jonathan Mayne is a curmudgeon who remains as mysterious as ever,
until confusing dreams haunt Iris, causing her to suspect they've share a
past connection. Jonathan Mayne sailed with Captain Moon's family as a
young cabin boy during the earliest years of Iris's life. As a grown woman,
Iris holds no memory of her childhood friend, who now guards the bay
from atop a lonely lighthouse tower. </b></span></div>
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revenge, washes up on the Moon family mansion's shoreline, can Jonathan protect Iris from her dead mother's secret while keeping a
promise to her father never to expose it?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">For those who enjoyed Lisa's first novel, Prize of My Heart...</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The Promise
Keeper, </span></span></b></span>a</span></span></b></span> new
Federal-era novel set in Duxbury, Massachusetts is </span>an inspirational seafaring romance of suspense, love and faith.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405112873539_25743"><b>A few questions for author Lisa Norato...</b></span></i></span><br />
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you, Pat! I couldn't have been more pleased with the results. My cover
artist is Dar Albert of Wicked Smart Designs. She was wonderful to work
with and willingly made any changes I asked for to get the cover and my
heroine exactly as I envisioned. For the overall design, I told her
precisely what I wanted in the cover. She did everything I asked, along
with capturing a feeling of mystery, the frostiness of winter and the
appearance of Iris--from her hair, the color of moonlight, to the
putting her in the exact antique 1820s dress I sent her a photo of.</span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="yiv6711684013" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405119742268_46194"><span class="yiv6711684013" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405119742268_46197"><span class="yiv6711684013" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405119742268_46196">You've mentioned on CQ you enjoyed researching the 18th/19th centuries- are
your characters based on actual people/events from those time
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="yiv6711684013" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405119742268_46194" style="color: #9d1811;"><span class="yiv6711684013" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405119742268_46197"><span class="yiv6711684013" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405119742268_46196"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405119742268_46199"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405119742268_46198" style="color: black;"><i><b>~ Ha!
One of my characters is taken from real life, but not from either of
those time periods and not a character you might expect. Salty, the
one-legged seagull, is based on the actual companion of lighthouse
keeper Harry Salter, who manned the Duxbury Pier Light Station (commonly
known as "Bug Light") during the 1940s. Keeper Salter would feed the
gull raw bacon strips three or more times a day from the lighthouse fog
bell. He called his gull "Pete," short for pegged-leg Pete.</b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="yiv6711684013" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405119742268_46354"><b><span class="yiv6711684013"><span class="yiv6711684013">Can you give us a quick idea/premise of what your next story will be about? </span></span></b><br class="yiv6711684013" clear="none" /> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><b><span class="yiv6711684013" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405119742268_46354" style="color: #9d1811;"><span style="color: black;">~ I
am currently working on a Christmas novella that takes place
simultaneously with <span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Promise Keeper</span>. It is
about horsewoman Tuppence Hart, who must help her grandmother bake a
fruitcake for the wedding of the man she secretly loves, who
unfortunately regards her as no more than a dear friend. I also plan to
write the story of shipwright Lud Webster, another character from </span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="yiv6711684013" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405119742268_46354" style="color: #9d1811;"><span style="color: black;">The
Promise Keeper</span></span></span><span class="yiv6711684013" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405119742268_46354" style="color: #9d1811;"><span style="color: black;">, with a mystery and suspense story of his own.</span></span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To get in touch with Lisa, go to her site:</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.lisanorato.com/">www.lisanorato.com</a></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for stopping into Hope-Inspired Stories this week. Along with a copy of The Promise Keeper, a winner will receive a bracelet (expandable) of stormy-violet beads with a faceted crystal "stone". Don't forget to leave your email address with your comment! (for those living within the continental U.S. only).</span></b></i><br />
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Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-83738856516808148952014-07-03T20:39:00.000-07:002014-07-03T20:39:29.345-07:00The Traitor's Wife<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12pt;">A riveting historical novel about Peggy Shippen Arnold, the cunning wife of Benedict Arnold
and mastermind behind America’s most infamous act of treason...
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<b><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12pt;">Everyone knows Benedict Arnold—the Revolutionary War general who betrayed America
and fled to the British—as history’s most notorious turncoat. Many know Arnold’s co</span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12pt;">conspirator, Major John André, who was apprehended with Arnold's documents in his boots
and hanged at the orders of General George Washington. But few know of the integral third
character in the plot: a charming young woman who not only contributed to the betrayal but
orchestrated it.
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<b><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12pt;">Socialite Peggy Shippen is half Benedict Arnold’s age when she seduces the war hero during his stint as Military Commander of Philadelphia. Blinded by his young bride’s beauty
and wit, Arnold does not realize that she harbors a secret: loyalty to the British. Nor does he
know that she hides a past romance with the handsome British spy John André. Peggy
watches as her husband, crippled from battle wounds and in debt from years of service to
the colonies, grows ever more disillusioned with his hero, Washington, and the American
cause. Together with her former love and her disaffected husband, Peggy hatches the plot
to deliver West Point to the British and, in exchange, win fame and fortune for herself and
Arnold.
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<b><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12pt;">Told from the perspective of Peggy’s maid, whose faith in the new nation inspires her to intervene in her mistress’s affairs even when it could cost her everything, </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">The Traitor’s Wife
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nearly destroyed the American fight for freedom.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Allison Pataki is the author of the <i>New York
Times </i>bestselling historical novel, <i>The Traitor’s Wife</i>.<i> </i>Allison and the book have been featured on The TODAY Show, Fox & Friends, Morning Joe, and elsewhere. </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12pt;">The daughter of former New York State Governor George E. Pataki, Allison was inspired to write </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">The Traitor’s Wife </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12pt;">based on the rich Revolutionary War history of her hometown in New York State’s Hudson Highlands. </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"><b>Allison graduated Cum Laude from Yale University with a major in English and spent
several years writing for TV and online news outlets. Allison is currently working on her
second novel, <i>The Accidental Empress, </i>a historical novel inspired by
the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, to be published in February 2015.
Allison is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and FoxNews.com,
as well as a member of The Historical Novel Society. Allison lives in Chicago
with her husband. To learn more and connect with Allison visit: </b> </span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.allisonpataki.com./"><b></b></a><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">www.AllisonPataki.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">A riveting historical novel about Peggy
Shippen Arnold, the cunning wife of Benedict
Arnold and mastermind behind America’s most
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">"One of the BEST best historical novels...I was riveted. I couldn't put it down." Kathie Lee Gifford, The TODAY Show</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">"A most promising debut novel." Philippa Gregory, #1 NY </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Times</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Bestselling author of <i>The Other Boleyn Girl</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“Pataki smoothly weaves intrigue and personality</span></span> <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">with critical historical facts...Historical fiction lovers will
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">look forward to more from this promising new novelist.” </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">(Publisher's Weekly)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">“A well</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">balanced narrative... events offers fresh
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">perspective, plenty of intrigue and a host of interesting,
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">multidimensional characters.” </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">Kirkus (starred review)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">“If you read one book this year, make it Allison Pataki's THE TRAITOR'S WIFE. Few authors have
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">taken on America's Revolutionary War so convincingly, and this story of Benedict Arnold's wife will
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">appeal to lovers of historical fiction everywhere. Highly, highly recommended!” </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">(Michelle Moran, international bestselling author of Madame Tussaud)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">“Allison Pataki's captivating debut novel examines history’s most famous tale of treachery through a
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">woman's eyes. Meticulously written and well-researched, this story will transport you back to the
American Revolution and keep you turning pages with both its intrigue and love story. The Traitor's
Wife is a well-</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">told tale.”(Lee Woodruff, author, blogger and television personality)
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">“I consider this to be the debut of a major writer of historical fiction.”
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">(Mary Higgins Clark)
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">“</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">The Traitor's Wife is a gripping novel steeped in compelling historical detail. Pataki writes lyrically and
succeeds in bringing to life, and humanizing, notorious characters from our nation's past. Ultimately
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">a story about honor and heart, readers will have a hard time putting this book down.”
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">(Aidan Donnelley Rowley, author of Life After Yes)
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">“Allison Pataki has given us a great gift: a powerful story of love and betrayal, drawn straight from
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">the swiftly beating heart of the American Revolution. Replete with compelling characters, richly
realized settings, a sweeping plot, and a heroine who comes to feel like a dear, familiar friend, The
Traitor's Wife </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">is sure to delight readers of romance and lovers of history alike.”
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">A couple of years ago I was walking the dogs with my mother in
upstate New York, right across the river from West Point. We paused to read a
historical marker, which described “Arnold’s Flight,” the walking trail we
hiked. The marker described the three main characters of Benedict Arnold’s
conspiracy to sell West Point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">I knew Benedict Arnold, the notorious American turncoat. I knew John
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">What I had <i>not </i>known,
however, was whose face belonged to the portrait of the beautiful young woman
beside Benedict Arnold. Her name
was Peggy Shippen Arnold. I read how Peggy was courted first by John Andre before
she married the colonial hero, Benedict Arnold. She was a loyalist to the
British cause. As such, she was the central figure in orchestrating her
husband’s treason. Reading this, I thought to myself: <i>how did I not know this? </i>It was pretty juicy stuff!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">As I continued my walk, I could not stop thinking about Peggy
Shippen Arnold, and I could not wait to learn more about the role she had
played in this well known treason. Once I began the research, and continued to
uncover the salacious details of the whole plot, the idea for the novel took
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">Peggy was definitely a really fun
character to write. She is so beguiling and charming and moody and deceptive. I
hope the reader will be simultaneously seduced by and then disgusted with her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">Cal was another fun character to write.
He, like Clara, has a guilelessness about him. An optimist, Cal believes in the
cause of American freedom, even if he is a bit naïve at times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">The novel,
absolutely. I knew that the plot would revolve around Peggy Shippen Arnold from
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">Everyone
knows Benedict Arnold’s name, and to call someone a “Benedict Arnold” is to
call someone a traitor. I wanted this to be about the woman who stood by his
side when he became a traitor. By his side, or, you might even say, out front!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">Probably the opening scene, when George Washington’s rider
approaches the Arnold house. Washington is on his way! Further down the Hudson
River, the treason is being uncovered, and yet, Peggy and Benedict Arnold are
convinced that they have succeeded in their plot.</span><br />
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Arnolds learn that their plan has been unearthed. And yet, Washington is still
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The rest of the novel then goes back and works up until this very moment, this
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</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">Thinking way back to the beginning,
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">How much more goes into publishing a book
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">You start with the idea and the research.
Then there is the writing of the book, yes. But then there are the edits, and
the rewrites, and more edits and more rewrites. Then there is the process of
selling the book to a publisher. After all, a <b><i>manuscript</i></b> does not become a <b><i>book</i></b>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">After all of that, you have to package
and brand this emerging book. You develop the related content, and the book
cover design, and you create a platform to try to position this book in the market
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">It’s been a wild and fun process, and it
has made me so appreciative of all of the people who have helped me and guided
me along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">I love everything about the cover of
book! I love Peggy’s dress. I love that she holds a cryptic letter behind her
back. I love that her expression is cloudy and she is sort of difficult to see.
I love the tattered colonial flag waving in the background.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">Probably my favorite detail, however, is
the Hudson River backdrop. That’s the view I call home! You can see the hint of
where West Point stands on the distant hill. That fort was the crowned jewel
around which all of the treason and betrayal and drama in <i><b>The Traitor’s Wife</b> </i>swirled!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">More historical fiction! </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">I thought, while writing <i><b>The Traitor’s Wife</b>, </i>that I would never enjoy
writing another book this much, ever again. But I was surprised. I found
another topic that, to me, is equally fascinating and fun, and that is the inspiration for my next book,<b> <i>The Accidental Empress. </i></b>It's the story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the last great Habsburg queen, and it will be published this February 2015!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">Like <i><b>The Traitor’s Wife</b>, </i>it
is the story of a captivating woman who had a front-row seat to the events of
her time. Though Elisabeth's ('Sisi' was her nickname) time period is well known, her life and her role in
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">To find out more about Allison's book and her upcoming stories go to: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">www.AllisonPataki.com</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Included with a copy of </span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 13pt;">The Traitor's Wife</span></i></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"><i> </i>is a red-white-and-blue themed Fourth of July gift basket giveaway worth over 100.00 which includes a 15" <span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">American Maid </span>Peggy Shippen doll in a blue gown </span></b><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">(similar to one pictured below),</span></b> a "fire-cracker" red iridescent bracelet, a blue silk fan, "antique" water color rose print suitable for framing</span></b><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"><i><b> (Wild Rose</b></i> ~ Pierre Joseph Redoute), and 25.00 Amazon gift card.</span></b><br />
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<b>... and THANK YOU ALLISON for graciously giving of your time to be on Hope Inspired Stories! </b><br />
<b> Blessings to all-- and enjoy your Fourth!</b><br />
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<b>Author: Rebecca DeMarino</b><br />
<b>Publisher: Revell/Baker Publishing Group</b><br />
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<b>Anglican Mary Langton longs to marry for love. Puritan Barnabas Horton
still grieves the loss of his beloved wife, but he knows his two young
sons need a mother. And yet these two very different people with very
different expectations will take a leap of faith, wed, and then embark
on a life-changing journey across the ocean to the Colonies. Along the
way, each must learn to live in harmony, to wait on God, and to
recognize true love where they least expect to find it.<br /><br />This
heartfelt tale of love and devotion is based on debut author Rebecca
DeMarino's own ancestors, who came to Long Island in the mid-1600s to
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<b>Read the first chapter of Rebecca's book here:</b><br />
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<br />Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-7021282619186415462014-06-02T00:00:00.000-07:002014-06-02T00:00:05.986-07:00The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn<br />
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<b>Title: The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn </b><br />
<b>Author: Lori Benton</b><br />
<b>Publisher: Waterbrook Multnomah </b><br />
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<i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1401590404437_4124"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1401590404437_4123">Frontier dangers cannot hold a candle to the risks one woman takes by falling in love</b></i> <br />
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<b>In an act of brave defiance, Tamsen Littlejohn escapes the life her
harsh stepfather has forced upon her. Forsaking security and an arranged
marriage, she enlists frontiersman Jesse Bird to guide her to the
Watauga settlement in western North Carolina. But shedding her old life
doesn’t come without cost. As the two cross a vast mountain wilderness,
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Convinced that Tamsen has been kidnapped, wealthy suitor Ambrose Kincaid
follows after her, in company with her equally determined stepfather.
With trouble in pursuit, Tamsen and Jesse find themselves thrust into
the conflict of a divided community of Overmountain settlers. The State
of Franklin has been declared, but many remain loyal to North Carolina.
With one life left behind and chaos on the horizon, Tamsen struggles to
adapt to a life for which she was never prepared. But could this
challenging frontier life be what her soul has longed for, what God has
been leading her toward? As pursuit draws ever nearer, will her faith
see her through the greatest danger of all—loving a man who has risked
everything for her?</b><br />
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<b>Welcome today, Lori! Readers will be eager to read</b> <i><b>The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn</b></i> <b>considering the success of your first book</b> <i><b>Burning Sky</b></i><b>. Can you tell us about the awards its received? </b><br />
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<i> </i>~<b> "Thanks for having me on your blog today, Pat! My sophomore novel, <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1401580822618_2404">The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn </i>landed on store shelves last month. On the day that
book released I received news that my debut novel, <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1401580822618_3213">Burning Sky</i>, was a double finalist in the 2014 Christy Awards (Historical and First Novel categories). <i>Burning Sky</i> has
also made the shortlist in the Debut Fiction category for the 2014
Inspy Award, the Blogger’s Award for Excellence in Faith-Driven
Literature. And <i>Burning Sky</i> received a Grace Award, a reader
driven award in faith-based literature."</b><br />
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<b>Congratulations Lori, and thank you for being with us today. Blessings and much success on your writing as we look forward to you next novel! </b><br />
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<b>Other sites you can read about and discuss Lori's books...</b><br />
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<b>Lori's Website link:</b><a href="http://loribenton.blogspot.com/"> </a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://loribenton.blogspot.com/</a><br />
<b>A link to the first two chapters of <i>The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn</i>:</b> <br />
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<b>A link to Lori's Facebook Author Page</b>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorLoriBenton#">https://www.facebook.com/AuthorLoriBenton#</a><br />
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<b>Included with a copy of Lori's <i>"The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn"</i> .... A</b><b><b> gift giveaway of a hand-crafted necklace from <i>Misty Isles Design</i> (that's me!)</b>
of iridescent blue and ceramic beads, with a ceramic floral pendent. At 28" long (opera
length) it can be slipped easily over the head without struggling to
close a clasp. </b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Title: The Ransom</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Author: MaryLu Tyndall</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Publisher: Ransom Press</b></span></span><br />
<b>Book Four in the Legacy of the King's Pirates series</b><br />
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<i><b>Can a woman run a business and provide for a family in Jamaica
in 1692? Juliana Dutton intends to find out. With an ailing father and a
wastrel for a brother, she has no choice. But she must keep her
activities a secret or face destitution. When a nosey suitor threatens
everything, she spurns him and instead becomes engaged to the town
idiot, Lord Munthrope. But is he an idiot? The more her problems push
her closer to the man, the more she realizes he is not who he seems.
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<i><b>Alexander Hyde, the Pirate Earl, is the most feared pirate in the
Caribbean—feared, successful, wealthy, handsome, and bored, so terribly
bored. When an unexpected event allows him to get close to Juliana, a
woman he has loved from afar for years, he takes it. But leading a
double life causes more problems than it’s worth. A restless crew and a
long-time enemy out to capture and hang Alex, put Juliana in grave
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<i><b>As tremors rock the city of Port Royal, Juliana’s faith in God is
equally shaken. Not only have things gotten worse, but she is confused
by her feelings for both Munthrope and the Pirate Earl. Deception,
intrigue, mutiny, death, betrayal, all attempt to tear the lovers apart.
But the final blow comes when a massive earthquake strikes the city and
threatens to sink it into the sea.
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<b>"<i>The Ransom </i>is a journey not soon forgotten..."<i> Cindy Vallar, editor Pirates and Privateers
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<span id="yiv8789166780yui_3_16_0_8_1401230481731_30"><b>After I read MaryLu's <i>The Ransom</i> I needed to know why she decided to publish independently. And here are her frank answers to my questions.... </b></span><br />
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<i><span id="yiv8789166780yui_3_16_0_8_1401230481731_30">~<b>Why did you
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<b><span id="yiv8789166780yui_3_16_0_8_1401230481731_30">For a number or reasons. Most people
don't realize that when you write for a traditional publisher, you may be locked into what they want you to write. Or more importantly in my
case, what they don't want you to write. I wanted to write pirate
stories and colonial stories but my publisher wanted westerns and 19th
century America. </span> Also once you sign a contract with a publisher,
you give them all rights to your book. The author no longer owns her
book. The publisher can put whatever cover on it, edit it or not, even
decide not to publish it (within limits). They also fix the price and
decide how much marketing they will do. In addition they get a higher
percentage of each sale. After 14 books, I longed for control over my
own career. I longed for the freedom to write what I wanted, design my
own covers, set my own price, and
keep most of the profits
from my hard labor. So, that's what I did!</b><br />
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never will. It depends on the publisher and the contract details. My
goal is to reach as many people as possible with my books, so if a
publisher allows me to write what I want and they can extend my
readership, I might consider it.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And coming July 2014....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Abandoned Memories</b></span> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">~ Book Three in the Escape to Paradise Series</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Publisher: Barbour </span></b></span><br />
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<b> </b><i><b>In MaryLu Tyndall’s stunning conclusion to her Escape from Paradise
series, Angeline Moore longs to make a fresh start in the Confederate
colony of New Hope, Brazil. James Callaway longs to create a city free
from immoral women who caused his failure as a preacher. But a series of
strange happenings soon lead the colonists to believe they have been
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Title: <b>Love's Awakening</b><br />
Author:<b> Laura Frantz</b><br />
Publisher: <b>Revell</b><br />
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<i>Ellie Ballantyne, youngest child of Silas and Eden, has left finishing
school. But back at her family home in Pittsburgh, Ellie finds that her
parents are away on a long trip and her siblings don't seem to want her
to stay. When she opens a day school for young ladies, she begins
tutoring the incorrigible daughter of the enemy Turlock clan. The
Turlocks are slaveholders and whiskey magnates, envious of the powerful
Ballantynes and suspicious of their abolitionist leanings. As Ellie
becomes increasingly tangled with the Turlocks, she finds herself
falling in love with an impossible future--and Jack Turlock, a young man
striving to free himself from his family's violent legacy. How can she
betray her family and side with the enemy? And will Jack ever allow her
into his world?</i><br />
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<i>Masterful storyteller Laura Frantz continues to
unfold the stirring saga of the Ballantyne family in this majestic tale
of love, loyalty, and the makings of a legacy. With rich descriptions of
the people who settled and civilized a wild landscape, Frantz weaves a
tapestry of characters and places that stick with the reader long after
they turn the last page.</i><br />
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As Frantz takes you into the romance of the past, she digs deep into her
characters' psyches, weaving tales that will keep you enthralled to the last
page, and then waiting impatiently for her next release.<br />
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Along with a copy of Laura's latest book this week, you will receive a
15" Federalist period "Ellie" doll for the Hope Inspired Stories
giveaway. "Ellie" is dressed in a blue floral day dress with a lace-brimmed bonnet and carries a matching purse.<b> Please leave your e-mail address in your comment!</b> (only those
living in the U.S. and Canada
are eligible). To visit Laura: <a href="http://www.laurafrantz.net/">http://www.laurafrantz.net </a><br />
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Georgiana Taylor has everything she could want. A boyfriend back home, a
loving family, and a challenging job as a flight nurse. But in July
1943, Georgie’s cozy life gets more complicated when she meets
pharmacist Sgt. John Hutchinson. Hutch resents the lack of respect he
gets as a non-commissioned serviceman and hates how the war keeps him
from his fiancé. While Georgie and Hutch share a love of the starry
night skies over Sicily, their lives back home are falling apart. Can
they weather the hurt and betrayal? Or will the pressures of war destroy
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(Revell, August 2013). Sarah lives in northern California with her
husband and three children. When she isn’t ferrying kids to tennis and
karate, she works on-call as a hospital pharmacist and teaches Sunday
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<b> Book One in Wings of the Nightingale Series </b><br />
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Along with a copy of Sarah's latest release <i><b>On Distant Shores </b></i>(August 2013), Hope Inspired Stories is offering as a giveaway this week, a hand-made book mark made of blue iridescent thread
(representing a starry sky) with a "north star" charm and navy blue
ribbon attached. Included is a blue crystal earring and bracelet set. The navy and light blue colors represent the nurse's
uniform Georgie wore in the story. Please leave a comment<b> with your e-mail address </b>to be included in the drawing.<b> </b>(Only those living in U.S. and Canada are eligible). <br />
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<br />Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-551293884792894692013-08-18T03:00:00.000-07:002013-08-18T03:00:04.250-07:00Pattern for Romance & God's Provision In Tough TimesWe welcome two authors this week to Hope Inspired Stories: Carla Gade, presenting her historical romance, <i><b>Pattern for Romance</b></i>, and <i><b>God's Provision in Tough </b><b>Times</b></i> in which Cynthia Howerter collaborated with<i><b> </b></i>a group of other authors to bring you an inspiring non-fiction collection. It is our hope you will enjoy these books, and discover God's guidance through their hope-filled stories.<br />
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Title: <b>Pattern for Romance</b><br />
Publisher: <b>Abingdon Press</b><br />
Author: <b>Carla Gade</b> <br />
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Honour Metcalf’s quilting needlework is admired by a wealthy customer of the Boston mantua-maker for whom she works. In need of increasing her earnings, she agrees to create an elaborate white work bridal quilt for the dowager’s niece. A beautiful design emerges as she carefully stitches the intricate patterns and she begins to dream of fashioning a wedding quilt of her own. When Honour is falsely accused of thievery and finds herself in a perilous position, merchant tailor Joshua Sutton comes to her aid. As he risks his relationships, reputation, and livelihood to prove her innocence, the two discover a grander plan—a design for love.<br />
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Carla Olson Gade has been imagining stories most her life. Her love for
writing and eras gone by turned her attention to writing
historical Christian romance. A member of American
Christian Fiction Writers, she is represented by agent Chip MacGregor. Carla
and her husband share their home in rural Maine where they reside near their
two young adult sons and new grandson. To learn more
about her, please visit her website <a href="http://carlagade.com/">CarlaGade.com</a> or her
popular blog <a href="http://writingtodistraction.blogspot.com./">WritingToDistraction.blogspot.com.</a><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><b>God's Provision in Tough Times</b></span></i> is the<b> </b>second book hi-lighted on H.I.S. Stories this week by one of its authors, Cynthia Howerter.<br />
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Title: <b>God's Provision in Tough Times</b><br />
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Author: <b>Cynthia Howerter and Guest Writers </b><br />
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Are you in the midst of tough times? Perhaps you're unemployed,
underemployed, or having financial difficulties that leave you feeling
hopeless and helpless. Do you question if God is aware of your
circumstances? Are you wondering if there is a way out of your
situation?<br />
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Cynthia Howerter and La-Tan Roland Murphy
have both experienced God's provision in tough times. Along with guest
writers, they candidly share their own personal stories of unemployment
and financial despair.<br />
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you read each story. Like you, many of these writers have lost their
income, savings, homes, and health insurance. Some have found themselves
on public assistance while others faced homelessness. Their faith and
trust was refined and strengthened as God provided a successful path
through their tough times.<br />
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demonstrates the power of God who knows exactly what you are going
through and who promises to care for those who put their faith and trust
in Him. <br />
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<b><i id="yiv6781261455yui_3_7_2_38_1376511938303_70"> God's Provision in Tough Times</i> </b>includes
personal accounts by guest writers Alycia W. Morales, Beth K. Fortune,
Carrie Fancett Pagels, Cecil Stokes, Dan Walsh, Deborah Raney, Dee Dee
Parker, Eddie Jones, Eva Marie Everson, Felicia Bowen Bridges, James L.
Rubart, Ramona Richards, Roger E. Bruner, Tamara D. Fickas, and Torry
Martin.<br />
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If you wish to be included in the giveaway-- a copy each of <i><b>Pattern for Romance</b></i>, <i><b>God's Provision in Tough Times,</b></i>
a 15" colonial "Honour" doll, a 5" x 7" crocheted cross book mark, <b>please leave a comment with your e-mail address</b> (only those living in U.S. and Canada are eligible).<br />
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Thank you for stopping in this week--Blessings!Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-76100966677957958622013-08-08T03:00:00.000-07:002013-08-08T12:51:37.041-07:00Burning Sky: A Novel of the American FrontierWelcome. This week it is my very great pleasure to celebrate debut author <b>Lori Benton </b>and her<b> </b>novel <b><i>Burning Sky</i>. </b>Coincidentally its release date was August 6th, the anniversary of the Battle of Oriskany, which plays an important part in the backdrop of Lori's book. Included in this post is a short video of the Battle scenes illustrated by Don Troiani, an historical artist who has captured a sense of early America and its rugged frontiersmen. Hope you enjoy this post and reading about Lori's new book!<br />
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<b><i>Burning Sky</i> and the Battle of Oriskany ... </b><br />
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<b>Lori</b>, w<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374788136450_4882" lang="en-us"><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374788136450_4900">hat affect did the Battle of Oriskany have on the characters in</b><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374788136450_4881"><i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374788136450_4880"> Burning Sky</i></b><b>?</b></span><br />
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is set in 1784, seven years after the Battle of Oriskany, but the
settlement of Shiloh, New York, is located near enough to Fort Stanwix
and Oriskany Creek that the men from this fictional village would have
been part of General Nicholas Herkimer’s mixed force of militia and
Oneida warriors that fought against the British and other Iroquois
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374788136450_4875" lang="en-us">In the pages of<i> <b>Burning Sky</b></i>,
those members of the militia who survived that battle and the rest of
the war still live daily with its repercussions. The Warings, a
prominent family in Shiloh, lost two of their members in that battle.
Those who survived it were never the same for the brutality they
witnessed and committed, or for the losses they sustained. Although it
wasn’t called Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in the 18<sup>th</sup>
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consequences of war upon their bodies and souls, as honestly as I could
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A bruised reed He shall not break, and a smoking flax he shall not
quench: that's the theme resonating through this lovingly rendered
historical-romantic homage to the men and women of the American frontier
after the Revolutionary War.</i> That is part of what I hoped to
accomplish with this novel, to honor those of all nations who fought on
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<b><i>“I remember the borders of our land, though I have been gone from
them nearly half the moons of my life. But who there will remember me?
What I have seen, what I have done, it has changed me.</i><br /><i> </i><br /><i>I am the place where two rivers meet, silted with upheaval and loss.</i><br /><i> </i><br /><i>Yet
memory of our land is a clear stream. I shall know it as a mother knows
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<b> </b>Abducted
by Mohawk Indians at fourteen and renamed Burning Sky, Willa Obenchain
is driven to return to her family’s New York frontier homestead after
many years building a life with the People. At the boundary of her
father’s property, Willa discovers a wounded Scotsman lying in her path.
Feeling obliged to nurse his injuries, the two quickly find much has
changed during her twelve-year absence—her childhood home is in
disrepair, her missing parents are rumored to be Tories, and the young
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the cultural divide blurs Willa’s vision. Can she follow Tames-His-Horse
back to the People now that she is no longer Burning Sky? And what
about Neil MacGregor, the kind and loyal botanist who does not fit into
in her plan for a solitary life, yet is now helping her revive her farm?
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toughness </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374775518676_2314" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374777369748_2535" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374775518676_2314" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374777369748_2535" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374775518676_2314" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374777369748_2535" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374775518676_2314" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374777369748_2535" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374775518676_2314" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374777369748_2535" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374775518676_2314" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1374777369748_2535" style="color: black;">of</span></span>
our frontier forebears </span></span></span></span></span></span>in times of triumph and tragedy</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>; <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ms. Benton has captured these unique qualities in "real" people, not just as romantic
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Thank you for stopping in to H.I.S. Stories to look over this new release, and God's blessings. Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-50630169137039381172013-07-30T09:03:00.004-07:002013-07-30T09:03:36.650-07:00Whispers from the ShadowsWelcome. This week we're hi-lighting <i><b>Whispers from the Shadows</b></i>,
by Roseanna White, and third story in the Culper Ring Series which will
release this week on August 1, 2013. Read a little about Roseanna's
books, and how she became interested in the actual group of General
Washington's spies called the Culper Ring. You'll also hear that
coincidentally, a film is being produced about this same group of
spies! visit Roseanna at <a href="http://www.roseannawhite.com/">www.roseannawhite.com</a> <br />
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Our giveaway: a copy of Roseanna's book, <i><b>Whispers from the Shadows</b></i>,
a beautiful print of Louis Tessier's 18th century classic painting,
"Bouquet of Roses" which you might have found in the finer homes of the
eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Twinings tea, a silk fan for
warm summer days and a lovely hand-crocheted cross bookmark. <br />
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Treachery
causes Gwyneth Fairchild's world to crumble. The daughter of a British
general, she barely saves her life by fleeing London aboard a ship to
America. Her goal is to find refuge with the Lane family in Maryland,
having been told by her father she could implicitly trust Winter and
Bennet Lane, even though their nations are once again at war. After
meeting their son, Thad, she wonders how safe she truly is when she
discovers that the Lanes trade in a dangerous commodity--espionage.</div>
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tug of love, though he fears it may blur lines of loyalty. With family
playing the part of enemies and enemies proving themselves friends, a
future with Gwyn is uncertain. But at this moment, with the British
advancing on Washington and Baltimore, they have only their shared faith
in God as a shield about them.<br />
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Looking for your breakout moment on television? You could
do a lot worse than a hotly anticipated new AMC television series pilot,
“Turn,” slated to begin shooting in Richmond in April.
Based on the book “Washington’s Spies” by Alexander Rose, “Turn” is a
period drama set in 1778 that tells the story of George Washington’s
personal spy ring, the Culper Ring. The show is set to be directed by
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Welcome to Shirley Plantation (built 1613) in Charles County, Virginia, the setting of our first story, <b>Return to Shirley Plantation</b> by Carrie Fancett Pagels. We will also be joined by author Kathleen L. Maher who has written volume three <b>Bachelor Buttons</b> in the Cry of Freedom series. Please join us as we note the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. Enjoy coffee, lemonade and iced tea and delicious sweets as we meet our authors. <br />
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The plantations. The Underground
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Chickamauga. Chattanooga. Missionary Ridge. The soldiers in the field.
The families at home. The nurses in the hospitals. The speeches at
Richmond and Washington. The prayers in churches North and South. It’s
all here in one of the most dramatic series ever produced. A new story
by a different author released every two weeks between April and
November. Join us for one of the most exciting events in American
inspirational publishing – Helping Hands Press presents CRY OF FREEDOM! The volumes in order of appearance....<br />
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Title: <b>Return to Shirley Plantation (Vol. 1)</b></div>
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Author: <b>Carrie Fancett Pagels</b><br />
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Abducted against his will, Matthew Scott is conscripted into the
Confederate army because of his Copperhead father’s political leanings.
Injured at Malvern Hill, Matthew is taken by the Union army to Shirley
Plantation in Virginia where he is tended by seamstress Angelina Rose, a
freed slave. Given an opportunity to leave the South and start a new
life for herself, Angelina remained for the sake of her sister’s
orphaned twins who are still enslaved. Will Matthew’s return to Shirley
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fiction writing, and a depth revealed in Ms. Pagels' characters' unique internal conflicts. She
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appreciated her details; they lend a very real and sensitive note to
the story. For instance, I never
realized slaves' skin could not come in contact with white owners or
their clothing. I always feel if I've learned something new after
reading a story, it's enriched it for me all the more. The gentile
setting. and lovely way Angelina's & Matt's relationship is
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Title: <b>Bachelor Buttons (Vol. 3)</b><br />
Author: <b>Kahleen L. Maher </b><br />
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The daughter of immigrants who fled the Irish Potato Famine, Rose Meehan
longs for a better life than the tenements of New York City. Courted by
two men--a young doctor who represents material security, and a poor
violin instructor who has captured her heart--she must choose between a
life of advantage-grabbing or a life of faith. When Manhattan explodes
in mob rule following Lincoln's unpopular draft, the heroic action of
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Kathleen L. Maher’s novella <b>Bachelor Buttons</b> released
through Helping Hands Press in May, 2013 as part of a Civil War
sesquicentennial collection. Her manuscript Closer than a Brother won
the historical category of ACFW’s Genesis contest in 2012. Her work has
finaled in several writing contest since 2009. She is represented by
Terry Burns of <b>Hartline Literary Agency. </b><br />
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York State history and enjoys reading and writing reviews for historical
CBA releases. She and her husband live in a 100-year-old farmhouse in
upstate NY with their three children. Two rescued Newfoundland dogs and a
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Admittedly I was first drawn to this story because Kathy and I share so much background though I've never met her--we are both New Yorkers, have ancestors who came here during the Irish potato famine, and even share an ancestral name--Meehan.<br />
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I've read some of Kathy's other work and am especially impressed by Ms. Maher's writing style; it is lovely, lyrical writing. She brings the spirited Rose, William and Ian to life as they struggle to seek fulfillment in the tenements of New York during the upheaval of the draft riots. I was immediately captured by Rose's story and the choice she must make--for herself and her family. <br />
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<i><b>...Greetings and </b><b>w</b><b>elcome to open-house at the new Liberty Inn. </b></i><i><b><b>Please have a seat and enjoy some coffee</b><b>, tea or hot chocolate and sweets before you </b>sign in at the desk. (leave a comment on this site for my giveaway</b></i><i><b>) Then
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and visit with Jocelyn to learn more about her latest
release,</b></i><i><b><b>Widow of Gettysburg, where her heroine, </b>Liberty
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Title:<b> Widow of Gettysburg </b>(released: April 2013)<b><br /></b><br />
Author:<b> Jocelyn Green</b><br />
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<b>When a horrific battle rips through
Gettysburg, the farm of Union widow Liberty Holloway is disfigured into a
Confederate field hospital, bringing her face to face with unspeakable
suffering--and a Rebel scout who awakens her long dormant heart. </b><br />
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Liberty's future crumbles as her home is destroyed, the past comes
rushing back to Bella, a former slave and Liberty's hired help, when she
finds herself surrounded by Southern soldiers, one of whom knows the
secret that would place Liberty in danger if revealed.</b><br />
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the wake of shattered homes and bodies, Liberty and Bella struggle to
pick up the pieces the battle has left behind. Will Liberty be defined
by the tragedy in her life, or will she find a way to triumph over it?</b></div>
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Title: <b>Wedded to War</b> (released: June 2012)<br />
Author: <b>Jocelyn Green</b><br />
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<b>It's April 1861, and the Union Army's Medical Department is a disaster,
completely unprepared for the magnitude of war. A small group of New
York City women, including 28-year-old Charlotte Waverly, decide to do
something about it, and end up changing the course of the war, despite
criticism, ridicule and social ostracism. Charlotte leaves a life of
privilege, wealth-and confining expectations-to be one of the first
female nurses for the Union Army. She quickly discovers that she's
fighting more than just the Rebellion by working in the hospitals.
Corruption, harassment, and opposition from Northern doctors threaten to
push her out of her new role. At the same time, her sweetheart
disapproves of her shocking strength and independence, forcing her to
make an impossible decision: Will she choose love and marriage, or duty
to a cause that seems to be losing? An Irish immigrant named Ruby
O'Flannery, who turns to the unthinkable in the face of starvation,
holds the secret that will unlock the door to Charlotte's future. But
will the rich and poor confide in each other in time?</b><br />
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<b><i>Wedded to War </i>is
a work of fiction, but the story is inspired by the true life of Civil
War nurse Georgeanna Woolsey. Woolsey's letters and journals, written
over 150 years ago, offer a thorough look of what pioneering nurses
endured. </b><br />
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<b>Jocelyn Green's debut novel is endorsed by historians
and professors for its historical accuracy and detail, by award-winning
novelists for its spell-binding storytelling, and by entertainment
journalists and book club leaders for its deep and complex content,
perfect to share and discuss with others.</b><br />
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<b>My giveaway: </b><b><b>(see below) A 1</b>5"
hand-made Civil War era doll, silk fan, Godiva chocolate, and a
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rapidly closing to return to the Colonies, forcing Nash to leave England
and return to a land immersed in one of the most infamous Indian wars in
Colonial history. When an unselfish request is made by Nash’s father, Rebecah
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Rebecah experiences the prejudice of being English, but finds friendship and
acceptance in the wilds of the Maryland
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Ring of Secrets </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Author: Roseanna White</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">This romantic spy novel from Roseanna M. White combines fascinating
cloak-and-dagger secrets with a tale of love and intrigue during the
Revolutionary War.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Winter Reeves is an aristocratic Patriot forced
to hide her heart amid the Loyalists of the City of New York. She has
learned to keep her ears open so she can pass information on British
movements to Robbie Townsend, her childhood friend, and his spy ring. If
she's caught, if she's hung for espionage...well, she won't be. Robbie
has taught her the tools of the trade: the wonders of invisible ink,
drop locations and, most importantly, a good cover.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Bennet Lane
returns to New York from his Yale professorship with one goal: to find
General Washington's spy hidden among the ranks of the elite. Searching
for a wife was supposed to be nothing more than a convenient cover story
for his mission, but when he meets Winter, with her too-intelligent
eyes in her too-blank face, he finds a mystery that can't be ignored.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Both
believers...and both committed to a separate cause. Will their faith in
God lead them to a shared destiny or lives lived apart?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>If you are stopping in to check out these books, please leave a comment and I will put you in a drawing for a </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">lovely Currier and Ives print (</span></b></span>11" x 17") <span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Farmers Home - <span style="font-size: large;">S</span>ummer</i>;<span style="font-size: large;"> </span> </span> suitable for framing.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The Other Side of the Tapestry</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Author: Maureen Longnecker</b></span><br />
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theological questions of her physical, mental, and spiritual journey through
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life’s darkest hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maureen reminds us
that a broken heart is not healed by explanations – it’s healed by God’s love
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shattered and takes a turn that she never expected. Pregnant and now widowed,
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conscientious doctor, Alex Hutton, who has arrived in Virginia to care
for his widowed sister in law and two young nieces. Called back to serve
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army, he promises he will return for her, gain her freedom and wed her.
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escaped, Eliza Morgan pities her, and a way is made for Sarah to remain with
her and care for Eliza’s young daughter, Darcy. Revolution has ignited in
America, and together they endure many hardships which bring them together in
friendship. But when Sarah learns that Zachary Halston, a local landowner, has
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never reveal the secret that Ilene is Eliza’s child, even at the risk of living
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way back to Alex and freedom as he searches the wilderness for her? Or will her
hopes be crushed at the hands of the man who deceived her long ago in Cornwall
when she faced destitution</span>?</span></b></div>
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you won’t want to miss! (5 Stars)</span></b></span></span><span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> MaryLu Tyndall, author of the Surrender to Destiny Series </span></i></b></span></span><br />
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Gerlach's gifts. Her books typically involve dramatic situations, giving
her characters a chance to rise above th<span class="text_exposed_show">eir
adversity. <i>Beyond the Valley</i> is a shining example of that, reminding us
that we are never forsaken. This is the third in the Daughters of the
Potomac series. Sarah's character was introduced in the first novel,
<i>Before the Scarlet Dawn</i>, and now she has her own heart-wrenching story
that takes us from England to Virginia and Maryland. The historic
setting is vividly descriptive, bringing the story to life, almost
becoming a character unto itself. You may shed some tears, but you'll
come away with deep contentment and satisfaction of a story well told.)</span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">....and will also include a <b>Currier & Ives print </b>suitable for framing, a <b>silk fan</b>, <b>scented candle</b> and <b>peppermint tea.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffe599;"><b>Rita would welcome comments too at: http://ritagerlach.blogspot.com/</b></span>Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-55668071898536442792013-02-02T17:33:00.002-08:002013-02-11T12:46:34.719-08:00Forsaken DreamsPublisher: Barbour Publishing<br />
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new land. Widow Eliza Crawford boards the ship <i>NewHope </i>harboring a dirty
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spiritual themes. She holds a degree in Math and worked as a software engineer
for fifteen years before testing the waters as a writer. MaryLu currently
writes full time and makes her home on the California coast with her husband, six kids,
and four cats. Her passion is to write page-turning, romantic adventures that not
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both body and soul, who flee the destruction of the South after the Civil War
for greener pastures in Brazil, but who find much more than they bargained for,
both on the trip there and once they arrive. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">~ What inspired the storyline for this series?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">History. Nearly three million
Southerners migrated from the devastation of the South following the Civil War.
Close to twenty thousand of them went to Brazil where the Emperor welcomed
them with open arms, the farm land was plentiful, and the temperate climate
mimicked their own weather back home. Though most ended up returning home,
several thousand remained, and their descendants still live there today. Their
struggles to create a new Southern Utopia in the heart of Brazil make for
a fascinating story! </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">~ How is it different from your previous series?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Escape to Paradise
is like nothing I’ve ever written before. The six main characters, the hero and
heroine in each book, have a huge presence in each of the three books, so by
the end of the series, the reader will know them all really well, as well as
several of the secondary characters. Secondly, and more importantly, this
series contains a lot of supernatural elements—curses, angels, visions, demonic
battles—which I have not put in any of my other books. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">~ </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What type of research did you have to
do for <i>Forsaken Dreams?</i></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Surprisingly, not much has
been written about this particular historic event. I did find a couple of great
books on Amazon. I was also able to locate some original source material, which
is a researcher’s dream: three journals written by actual Confederates who
traveled to Brazil.
Then of course I studied the flora, fauna, cuisine, customs, religion, climate,
topography, and history of Brazil
and Rio de Janeiro.
I tried to talk my<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>husband into funding
a trip to Rio (For purely research purposes,
of course) but he wasn’t buying it! </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I also studied the Civil War,
clothing and customs of the time period, and, in particular, of the South. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">~ What are the most interesting facts that
you learned while researching and writing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Forsaken
Dreams?</i></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">There is a
city in Brazil called Americana, which was
founded by migrant confederates in the late 19<sup>th</sup> century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To this day, the inhabitants still speak a
mixture of English and Portuguese and celebrate American holidays by playing “Dixie”, while some of the local women dress in
big-bustled skirts for dancing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>President Carter visited the city in 1972, after discovering its little
known history, and he was reportedly brought to tears by the American
influences he found there. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">~ </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What surprises do your fans have to
look forward to in your new series?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">An exotic locale, powerful
secrets held by each character, a strong spiritual theme that runs through all
three books, cannibals, evil temples, visions, angels, demons, prophecies, and
a supernatural battle. Doesn’t sound like romance novels, does it? Yet, readers
can still expect to find all the adventure and romance they normally enjoy from
one of my books. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">~ Do you have a favorite character in this book? Why?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes. The heroine, Eliza
Crawford. She’s all the things so many of us want to be: Strong, Independent,
Smart, Caring, Selfless. But she has a fatal flaw—one which I can relate to
very much, and one I’m hoping others will relate to as well. She wants to live
life on her own terms. She wants to do things her way and follow her own heart
and will. She doesn’t want to be told what to do by anyone, especially God.
Consequently, she disobeyed her father and ran off to marry a man who was all
wrong for her, an action that cost her and others dearly. Still, she struggles
with an independent spirit that refuses to submit to God, even when she knows
His will is best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sound familiar? It
does to me! </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">~ What message would you like your readers
to take from reading <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Forsaken
Dreams?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">There are
several messages woven into Forsaken Dreams. Forgiveness, letting go of
bitterness, running away from God, but I would say the main message is that
submission to God and His will is the only thing that brings true happiness.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">~ Most of your stories revolve around
swashbuckling pirates and sea captains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What draws you to write about them?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Actually I
only have one pirate series, but a good majority of my books have several
scenes set at sea. Ever since I was a child growing up on the shores of South Florida, I have loved the sea and especially the
tall ships of old. To me, there’s something very romantic and adventurous about
those magnificent sailing ships and the men and women who journeyed on them in
search of new lands.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">~ What are some of the challenges you face as an
author? </span></b></div>
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Meeting
deadlines! I never feel like I can take a break and just relax when there’s a
deadline shouting at me from my computer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Other challenges come in the form of negative reviews and harsh comments,
most of which I’ve learned over the years to ignore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the occasional one slips through and
stabs my heart. Then there’s the marketing aspect of being an author, which is
most definitely my weakest skill. I’ve never been very good at selling myself,
or in fact, selling anything, to anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">~ What aspects of being a writer do you
enjoy the most?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
writing! Coming up with new stories and settings, and especially great characters.
But my favorite part is putting those characters into impossible situations that
I would never survive personally, but ones in which they <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">must </i>survive!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those hours I
spend at my computer with my head and my heart in a distant land, living life
through my characters, are the happiest moments of my day. What a great job I
have!! I get to live in a fantasy world of my own making. God is good!</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">~ What clubs or organizations are you
involved with helping with your writing?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">American
Christian Fiction Writers and Romance Writers of America. However I receive most of
the help I need from other writers who I’ve grown close to over the years. It’s
so wonderful to have an online support group of people who understand what I’m
going through and who can offer suggestions and help and who can lift me up in
prayer when needed.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">~ What new projects are on the horizon?</span></b><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Forsaken Dreams</span></i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> is the first in a
trilogy entitled Escape to Paradise, so I’m
currently working on the last two books in the series. After that, It’ll be in
God’s good favor as to what He wants me to write next. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"></span></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">~ What was your favorite book as a child?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Can I have
three?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Last of the Mohicans,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Count of Monte Cristo, and Pride and
Prejudice. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">~ What is your greatest achievement?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">My
children. Although I really can’t take credit for them turning out as well as
they have. That was God. But they are my life and my true loves, and I can’t
imagine my world without them. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">~ What do you do to get away from it all?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Go to the
beach. Although it’s not as warm here in California as it was in Florida where
I grew up, I love sitting in the sand and gazing out over the foamy waves and
smelling the salty air and feeling the wind on my face. It makes me realize how
big God is and how small I am, yet how much He truly loves me. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">~And, finally, where can your readers
find you online?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">You can
sign up for my e-newsletter on my website at <a href="http://www.marylutyndall.com/">www.marylutyndall.com</a>, and my blog is <a href="http://crossandcutlass.blogspot.com/">http://crossandcutlass.blogspot.com</a>
where I post all sorts of things from book giveaways and book information to
articles and devotional thoughts. I have a Facebook group called MaryLu Tyndall
Swashbuckling Romance, and I’m on Twitter: @MaryLuTyndall. Hope to connect with
you all!</span><br />
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<br />Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-16078305048825815552012-07-16T00:00:00.008-07:002012-07-16T10:07:01.574-07:00Through Rushing Water<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTSKg_tbve6M-AYmuWYjLSQ3zqvQLHxibhC5o7e3QsIMxnPbuheqV1QQt6pC4ndD9Vvg8NoktHCGGpYGDyr0vQdVNnFt1hTvRApOXAPtYVNpACcYrBZ34cUlVLzcYzhc6L3veDQfW4BI/s1600/Through+Rushing+Waters.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTSKg_tbve6M-AYmuWYjLSQ3zqvQLHxibhC5o7e3QsIMxnPbuheqV1QQt6pC4ndD9Vvg8NoktHCGGpYGDyr0vQdVNnFt1hTvRApOXAPtYVNpACcYrBZ34cUlVLzcYzhc6L3veDQfW4BI/s400/Through+Rushing+Waters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765230582509632258" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="yiv431194998Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(47, 47, 47);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" ><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-size:85%;">Author: Catherine Richmond</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Link: <a href="http://www.cahterinerichmond.com/">www.catherinerichmond.com</a><br /></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="yiv431194998Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(47, 47, 47);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" ><span class="yiv431194998Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(47, 47, 47);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Publisher: Thomas Nelson</span></span></span></p><p face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="13px" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; "><span class="yiv431194998Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(47, 47, 47);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" ><span class="yiv431194998Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(47, 47, 47);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirV5buGBNTGm8UnQhnUCf9NmxxX7HlJKexLE9DZE_nFs-wO6OQJSW1OhZoi2GdI_gRk_x8uPVhNFS8a5KSINRVFUEoFA-yyREpRjxiFVBXmvLvzRa7nCUaR0cJdWlv90hCbeEDWCY4rFs/s1600/Catherine+Richmond.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirV5buGBNTGm8UnQhnUCf9NmxxX7HlJKexLE9DZE_nFs-wO6OQJSW1OhZoi2GdI_gRk_x8uPVhNFS8a5KSINRVFUEoFA-yyREpRjxiFVBXmvLvzRa7nCUaR0cJdWlv90hCbeEDWCY4rFs/s200/Catherine+Richmond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765231604085363010" border="0" /></a></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="yiv431194998Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(47, 47, 47);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Through Rushing Water</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sophia has her life all planned out—but her plan didn’t include being jilted or ending up in Dakota Territory.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sophia Makinoff is certain 1876 i</span><span style="font-size:100%;">s the year that she’ll become the wife of a certain US Congressman, and happily plans her debut into the Capitol city. But when he proposes to her roommate instead, Sophia is stunned. Hoping to flee her heartache and humiliation, she signs up with the Board of Foreign Missions on a whim.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:100%;">With dreams of a romantic posting to the Far East, Sophia is dismayed to find she’s being sent to the </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1342322169_1" style="font-size:100%;">Ponca Indian Agency</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> in the bleak Dakota Territory. She can’t even run away effectively and begins to wonder how on earth she’ll be able to guide others as a missionary. But teaching the Ponca children provides her with a joy she has never known—and never expected—and ignites in her a passion for the people she’s sent to serve.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It’s a passion shared by the Agency carpenter, Willoughby Dunn, a man whose integrity and selflessness are unmatched. The Poncas are barely surviving. When US policy decrees that they be uprooted from their land and marched hundreds of miles away in the middle of winter, Sophia and Will wade into rushing waters to fight for their friends, their love, and their destiny.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Along with Catherine's giveaway of </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >"Through Rushing Water",</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" > I've included my water color print </span><span class="yiv431194998Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">"</span><span style="font-size:85%;">Basket of Violets</span><span style="font-size:85%;">"</span>. 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Title: <b>Veil of Pearls </b><br />
Author: <b>MaryLu Tyndall </b><br />
Publisher: <b>Barbour
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Be swept away to Charleston of 1811, a city bustling with immigrants like Adalia, who is a runaway slave so light-skinned that no one guesses her past. Terrified her secret will be discovered, she settles into a quiet life making herbal remedies for a local doctor. But when Morgan, the handsome son of a prominent family, sweeps her into his glamorous world—a world in which the truth about Adalia’s heritage would ruin them both—suspicions and petty jealousies are aroused. What will Morgan do when he discovers that the woman he has fallen in love with is a runaway slave?<br />
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<i>I've read all of MaryLu Tyndall's books and find that she consistently maintains excellent story quality; her characters have depth and richness, written with a special sensitivity to their plights. And if you want to have that "swept away" sense of adventure, these are the books for you.
As a retired school teacher I've recommended her books to friends, family and students for an uplifting read--even learned something about early American history and the sea-faring life in the process! I'd love to see these books in high school libraries as well. I can't wait for her soon-to-be released "Veil Of Pearls"; another beautiful story of inspiration and encouragement we've come to expect from MaryLu Tyndall.</i><br />
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<b> <i>As a retired school teacher I've recommended her books to friends, family and students for an uplifting read. </i><i>I'd love to see these books in high school libraries as well.</i></b><br />
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After I wrote this as part of a review for MaryLu's "<b>Surrender the Dawn</b>" on the Barnes and Noble site, I asked myself why did I put that in? Will people get the impression that her books are not "adult" enough if I'd like to see them added to high school libraries? Would people get the wrong impression and think MaryLu wrote YA (young adult) fiction?
Believe it or not, I agonized over that comment; but God had other plans, and something else soon happened which makes me appreciate His timing even more....<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Soon after I'd made the comments above, I'd read where the publishing industry released another book.... a certain "adult" novel, and a new descriptive came out along with the genre: "mommy-porn". I won't dwell on the title or the author except to say that in an interview recently she stated that she's tried not to let too many things change in her life:</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">She's still
doing laundry,...<b>and there are at least two people by her side who have</b></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></b><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></b>not read her books — her sons.<span style="font-weight: normal;"> "Good G--," she says,</span> "I would be mortified."</div>
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There will be a lot of adult women out there saying "But--but-- <b>I</b> have the RIGHT to read what <b>I</b> want!" My mother used to call it the I-I-ME-ME-I syndrome. Self-centered, pleasure-seeking, hang-the-consequences type of thinking from people who want to do what they please because they work hard, deserve it, and after all they're <i>adults,</i> darn it! And since its legal, it must be all right.<br />
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But as adults, aren't we supposed to consider our responsibilities first....?<br />
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Because--<br />
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<b>YOU CAN BET THESE BOOKS WILL END UP IN THE HANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHETHER YOU WANT THEM TO OR NOT.</b><br />
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So, MaryLu, you not only write great stories....but you write GOOD stories. <b>For adults.</b> (We'll just pray they end up in the hands of young people too).
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<i>"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for<span class="nivfootnote"></span> a fish, will give him a snake instead? <span class="reftext">(12)</span>Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? <span class="reftext">(13) </span>If
you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask him!”
(Luke 11:12)</i><br />
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<b>Author:MaryLu Tyndall </b><a href="http://www.marylutyndall.com/">www.marylutyndall.com</a><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0mofrYRedr8" width="560"></iframe>Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-1128504355668626682011-09-07T17:46:00.001-07:002011-09-16T12:33:07.299-07:00This week....Lynn Squire and C.J. Chase!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXcAxB-f6AQQRxA25oAoDDu8wlYS8KCafps2i5syfX3HuIqsSAfWnn8GRi37pztZcU5-n9KcYhmo238QSHu9yZxsUbyL8Qcq0WOK0t_kyr64k-pB4dsaP7ZooS3qWaQfyOxsnSbCyQp4/s1600/JasperCropseyFishermansHouseGreenwoodLake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXcAxB-f6AQQRxA25oAoDDu8wlYS8KCafps2i5syfX3HuIqsSAfWnn8GRi37pztZcU5-n9KcYhmo238QSHu9yZxsUbyL8Qcq0WOK0t_kyr64k-pB4dsaP7ZooS3qWaQfyOxsnSbCyQp4/s400/JasperCropseyFishermansHouseGreenwoodLake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645377295462781426" /></a><br /><br /><br />September's Painting: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Fisherman's House-Greenwood Lake ~ Jasper Cropsey </span><br /><br />Each month, one of the beautiful paintings by an artist of the Hudson River School will be featured on the <span style="font-weight:bold;">American Historical Christian Fiction</span> blog.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">American Historical Christian Fiction</span> <br /><br />Have we spent too much time in the reality of the here and now, and forgotten our Ideals, both personal and national? The early artists and writers of this nation once dwelt on forging this country's ideals; so with the help of God, let us do the same. Let us make every attempt to dwell on our ideals. <br />~Pat Iacuzzi~ <br /><br />Welcome to <span style="font-weight:bold;">American Historical Christian Fiction,</span> where the Cross and Quill come together to create a sampler of faith, folklore, and our country's early history. Please be sure to check the links for more information about early American life and colonial history, too. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">By Cross and Quill</span><br /><br />The <span style="font-weight:bold;">Am His </span> blog hi-lights books by Christian authors who are led by the Lord to write about characters and stories set in America's past. They are exciting stories of romance, adventure and suspense, written to inspire and encourage. <br /><br /> If you're looking for a book for yourself, a loved one, or those who may need an uplifting message woven through an entertaining story, please consider new monthly releases in inspirational historical fiction found here--the kind that take you on a journey into our country's past (from early colonial times to WWII) and illuminates the trials, beauty and blessings of our great nation.<br /><br />Now it's my pleasure to welcome a neighbor from the north, Canadian Lynn Squire, with her book <span style="font-weight:bold;">Joab's Fire</span> to be released this week....September 15th! <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMH8ieLSq9Me4DmB0C9w-J3guV-MAUkEjMbYNOXkmePAwdhyphenhyphenjTWFc9Gn1LiB52JMZaveTNb3DttxziMRyy5h8bHgTWz1mCmLmLjUIJpPEx2zqpuYT2sVkYWy5qBJikOUtPGzSMfOU41XI/s1600/JFcover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMH8ieLSq9Me4DmB0C9w-J3guV-MAUkEjMbYNOXkmePAwdhyphenhyphenjTWFc9Gn1LiB52JMZaveTNb3DttxziMRyy5h8bHgTWz1mCmLmLjUIJpPEx2zqpuYT2sVkYWy5qBJikOUtPGzSMfOU41XI/s400/JFcover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649785030034623186" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Lynn Squire</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-uG9tZpHyKrmxs8p9S6cOYMyO1fcoo9IFZ5X7iyWapSwPt3x997_wBQm22h0p9h6vb7r19hLoXuWg9hYMXsTCGNl-V2ICOWMiy4lkB25kUMlF9EYvdpK9ics9AwStkGcBVUnugHim2JU/s1600/lynn%2527s+portrait.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-uG9tZpHyKrmxs8p9S6cOYMyO1fcoo9IFZ5X7iyWapSwPt3x997_wBQm22h0p9h6vb7r19hLoXuWg9hYMXsTCGNl-V2ICOWMiy4lkB25kUMlF9EYvdpK9ics9AwStkGcBVUnugHim2JU/s320/lynn%2527s+portrait.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649784210361899410" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">What’s Your Perspective?</span><br /><br />By Lynn Squire<br /><br />Our perspective tends to be limited to this present life, but God’s perspective encompasses all of eternity.<br /><br />Consider the Israelites. God told Abraham that his seed would be “a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;” Genesis 15:13. Abraham’s children would obtain the land God promised him. Abraham wouldn’t live to see it, but he believed God’s word to be true.<br /><br />We know things happened just as God said.<br /><br />Yes, the Israelites would suffer at the hands of the Egyptians, but in the end God would be glorified and they would have their promised land. And God was glorified among the nations.<br /><br />We must not only grasp but embrace that we are here to bring God glory. If it is through affliction, so be it. It isn’t about us. It is about God. And if we think even the very least that it ought to be about us then we’ve got it all wrong. <br /><br />Does that mean God doesn’t care for us, doesn’t want to bless us? <br /><br />• Absolutely not. He created us. He loves us enough even to suffer and die for us, but if we think for even one moment that we have a <span style="font-style:italic;">right</span> to the good things of this earth then we have stepped out of line, and we will not react in a manner that is glorifying to God—thereby messing up the very purpose of our lives.<br /><br />• Of course He wants to bless us. Sometimes the best blessings come after a period of suffering.<br /><br />How can we prepare ourselves for the trouble that will come our way?<br /><br />• Have a right relationship with God. Keep Him the center of your life moment by moment. Don’t let one moment pass where you let your affection turn to the things of this world. Are our possessions evil? No. But if we let them get in the way of our relationship with God we need to push them aside so that our line of vision is directly on the Lord.<br /><br />• Continue in prayer and praise moment by moment. How do you do this when you must work? Consider the yoyo. It goes up and down the string, but as long as its energy is coming from the hand, it returns to the hand. Let your energy, the well-spring of your life, come from God so that while you might be at the end of the string when you’re working, your thoughts immediately spring back to Him when you pause from your work. So, when tragedy strikes, you roll right up the string into the Father’s hand.<br /><br />When you keep that connection with God, like the string that connects the yoyo to its master’s hand, we can keep that eternal perspective and resist the temptation to let our present situation stop our ‘roll’.<br /><br /><br />Thanks so much for stopping in Lynn, and for your wonderful devotional. I hope it encourages others to consider their perspectives on their lives in relation to our God and King. If you'd like to get in touch with Lynn, you can find her at: http://www.lynnsquire.com <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwxru2f2XG2CVPpdtzodBQ8u2UxWKWWVs5bwkkqZbNIiCyhP_uvknexsKDkGSViRnT-tzzrRuDZDxIVfNyfVZT2BTlRKEKA2eVwyY73CU8VtBx8pFwD2Bnj2BUZ3R0pilYjfK2dVynXk/s1600/100_0192.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwxru2f2XG2CVPpdtzodBQ8u2UxWKWWVs5bwkkqZbNIiCyhP_uvknexsKDkGSViRnT-tzzrRuDZDxIVfNyfVZT2BTlRKEKA2eVwyY73CU8VtBx8pFwD2Bnj2BUZ3R0pilYjfK2dVynXk/s200/100_0192.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640882925447711778" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />And for September's Book of the Month, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Am His</span> presents <span style="font-weight:bold;">C.J. Chase</span> and her latest release,<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Redeeming the Rogue.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieprKpsPiCiRUo8V4MAB-jBkFVNRChv38DuyW9FPm1ypVoseTKdg_J8V6bTWVC_DA098LHIcf6tUWAzxA8ou7qLra40hUI9rQEGNsndshLCHrt71ze4ITiy1G3uZyV5-nC_P5unZz8XHc/s1600/C.J.+Chase+--+author+photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieprKpsPiCiRUo8V4MAB-jBkFVNRChv38DuyW9FPm1ypVoseTKdg_J8V6bTWVC_DA098LHIcf6tUWAzxA8ou7qLra40hUI9rQEGNsndshLCHrt71ze4ITiy1G3uZyV5-nC_P5unZz8XHc/s320/C.J.+Chase+--+author+photo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645562521117446290" /></a><br /><br /><br />Title:<span style="font-weight:bold;">Redeeming the Rogue</span><br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">C.J. Chase</span><br />Publisher:<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Love Inspired Historical</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPk4-7f6KGnmaPzsmkAA-rlYzX1MU5PiZGmNbf-arFMJEYangv31xQCnMBrp54a5VQajsdmIVjBy0HC154keFuV_ZHBisCL2OuzmPyPnBWpuWmypwwvn3ZHAUweA7Dh2cu4SKeCSkti8/s1600/Redeeming+the+Rogue+Front+cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPk4-7f6KGnmaPzsmkAA-rlYzX1MU5PiZGmNbf-arFMJEYangv31xQCnMBrp54a5VQajsdmIVjBy0HC154keFuV_ZHBisCL2OuzmPyPnBWpuWmypwwvn3ZHAUweA7Dh2cu4SKeCSkti8/s400/Redeeming+the+Rogue+Front+cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645574429431631794" /></a><br /><br />Her Ally…or Her Enemy?<br /><br />With a chip on her shoulder and a pistol in her pocket, Mattie Fraser comes to London determined to find answers. What fate befell her brother after he was forced to join the British navy? Military official Kit DeChambelle knows something, she's sure. But can she trust him—or anyone— as a conspiracy of silence surrounds her?<br /><br />Kit knows altogether too much—about the guilt that drives Mattie, and the peril she faces. The battle against Napoleon is over, but for Kit, peace is elusive. In helping this brave, stubborn woman, he may be endangering her further. Especially if she learns about the orders he's received, placing them on opposite sides…<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EddBTit5Jsg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />Where you can get in touch with <span style="font-weight:bold;">C.J.</span>...<br /><br />http://www.cjchasebooks.com/<br /><br /><br />New Christian Movie out this week! <br /><br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6uR3BXN9ybk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br />If you leave a comment this week to win Susan Page Davis' book <span style="font-weight:bold;">Christmas at Barncastle Inn</span>, your name will also be included in a drawing at the end of the month for <span style="font-weight:bold;">Redeeming the Rogue </span> by C.J. Chase, plus a chance to win a lovely blue silk fan pictured above. When you leave your comments, make sure you include your e-mail address. Thank you for stopping in, and.... <br /><br />"May the Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: may the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." Num.6:25-26 (KJV)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_fMo7ntIRkMxJGHt-H4L5XrlnYE1Q6gAoXvpKP5P4CqwBtFoGzeAKHayAJKVWEbll5aWEbimibkPDZQoOhE9dudnyfIGidPB0z9P7mrBQqLCrypgEqazQyLDa7VRezXhArhjQRfKdRs/s1600/pic26500.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_fMo7ntIRkMxJGHt-H4L5XrlnYE1Q6gAoXvpKP5P4CqwBtFoGzeAKHayAJKVWEbll5aWEbimibkPDZQoOhE9dudnyfIGidPB0z9P7mrBQqLCrypgEqazQyLDa7VRezXhArhjQRfKdRs/s400/pic26500.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557752032331246770" /></a>Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-82573680795428914732011-09-04T01:00:00.001-07:002011-09-07T18:00:57.524-07:00Susan Page Davis and C.J. Chase!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXcAxB-f6AQQRxA25oAoDDu8wlYS8KCafps2i5syfX3HuIqsSAfWnn8GRi37pztZcU5-n9KcYhmo238QSHu9yZxsUbyL8Qcq0WOK0t_kyr64k-pB4dsaP7ZooS3qWaQfyOxsnSbCyQp4/s1600/JasperCropseyFishermansHouseGreenwoodLake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXcAxB-f6AQQRxA25oAoDDu8wlYS8KCafps2i5syfX3HuIqsSAfWnn8GRi37pztZcU5-n9KcYhmo238QSHu9yZxsUbyL8Qcq0WOK0t_kyr64k-pB4dsaP7ZooS3qWaQfyOxsnSbCyQp4/s400/JasperCropseyFishermansHouseGreenwoodLake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645377295462781426" /></a><br /><br /><br />September's Painting: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Fisherman's House-Greenwood Lake ~ Jasper Cropsey </span><br /><br />Each month, one of the beautiful paintings by an artist of the Hudson River School will be featured on the <span style="font-weight:bold;">American Historical Christian Fiction</span> blog.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">American Historical Christian Fiction</span> <br /><br />Have we spent too much time in the reality of the here and now, and forgotten our Ideals, both personal and national? The early artists and writers of this nation once dwelt on forging this country's ideals; so with the help of God, let us do the same. Let us make every attempt to dwell on our ideals. <br />~Pat Iacuzzi~ <br /><br />Welcome to <span style="font-weight:bold;">American Historical Christian Fiction,</span> where the Cross and Quill come together to create a sampler of faith, folklore, and our country's early history. Please be sure to check the links for more information about early American life and colonial history, too. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">By Cross and Quill</span><br /><br />The <span style="font-weight:bold;">Am His </span> blog hi-lights books by Christian authors who are led by the Lord to write about characters and stories set in America's past. They are exciting stories of romance, adventure and suspense, written to inspire and encourage. <br /><br /> If you're looking for a book for yourself, a loved one, or those who may need an uplifting message woven through an entertaining story, please consider new monthly releases in inspirational historical fiction found here--the kind that take you on a journey into our country's past (from early colonial times to WWII) and illuminates the trials, beauty and blessings of our great nation.<br /><br />This week, it's my pleasure to welcome Susan Page Davis, with her book <span style="font-weight:bold;">Christmas at Barncastle Inn-- </span> just released Septmember 1, 2011--for those of you looking forward to Christmas and snow! <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tqVp7PuG1PczQo-NFp48KjSU9kKtNuxUpPd-ekrLYtopYwuNL1WTkCk4CpV66Gts3ZdIMgsQ-DDYiBc3In1hLzq_jZYjXrW27Ln1ZEcTnsF6wGDlNR4lu-unnwHwNoHN3cUiygoHrEY/s1600/Barncastle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tqVp7PuG1PczQo-NFp48KjSU9kKtNuxUpPd-ekrLYtopYwuNL1WTkCk4CpV66Gts3ZdIMgsQ-DDYiBc3In1hLzq_jZYjXrW27Ln1ZEcTnsF6wGDlNR4lu-unnwHwNoHN3cUiygoHrEY/s400/Barncastle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647894334445429042" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Christmas at Barncastle Inn</span><br />Publisher: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Barbour</span><br /><br /><br />Love Comes to the Castle is the first book in a collection of four novellas, Christmas at Barncastle Inn. Jayne Barncastle has big ideas for her family’s bed and breakfast, but is the idea so big it will break them? With the rich Dillard family paying for a deluxe medieval Christmas, Jayne must come through for her folks. But how will the Dillards feel about her attraction to their widowed son-in-law, Luke?<br /><br />In this series of four stories, the Barncastle family transforms its sprawling Victorian bed and breakfast into a fantasy world. Guests can rent the entire inn at Christmas for a vacation set in whatever historical period they choose. Parents Ted and Diane are skeptical that anyone will pay the exorbitant price their daughter Jayne recommends—but they’re wrong. Plenty of people long for Christmas in another time. They transform the B&B into a castle, a World War II era inn, a pirates’ lair, and ancient Palestine. Each Christmas, love wends its way through time to the Barncastle Inn, while guests discover that forgiveness is timeless.<br /><br />The other authors in this collection are: Lynette Sowell, Janelle Mowery, and Darlene Franklin.<br /><br />This week, Susan has graciously offered to sit down and discuss some of her writing journey with us. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">~ Are you a Plotter or SOTP writer?-- How does it affect your deadlines? </span><br /><br /><br />I started out a “seat of the pantser” but I was converted when I got to the point where editors were buying my books based on the synopsis, not the full manuscript. It became practical to outline the book first, and I found that it also helped me to avoid plot holes and writing myself into a corner. Now I always do the synopsis first.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">~ What are some of your favorite books on the writing craft?</span> <br /><br /><br />Right now I’m reading <span style="font-weight:bold;">Make a Scene</span> by Joran Resenfeld. James Scott Bell’s <span style="font-weight:bold;">Plot & Structure</span> is another good one.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">~ What part of writing is the most difficult for you? Developing the characters? Dialogue? Pacing? (etc.) </span><br /><br /><br />Pacing is always a challenge. I never used to think about it, but now I mull it over quite a lot. I also sometimes have trouble grounding a scene in the setting. I’ll dive in with dialogue or action, and then I have to go back and anchor it.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">~ When you made out your first proposal, who did you compare your writing style to? </span><br /><br /><br />Nobody. I had no idea that it would be helpful to do that. And when other people compare my writing to another author’s, I usually laugh and think, “I wish I wrote like that person.” <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">~ How long, start to finish, does it take you to write a book? </span><br /><br /><br />Depends. I’ve done it in a month, but that was a short book, and I’d thought about it a lot before I sat down to write it. My longer books generally take three to six months.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">~ Maybe a quick sentence or two (tag line) about your next book to whet our appetites? :)</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Lady’s Maid</span> features an English earl’s daughter and her maid who join a wagon train to try to find the lady’s uncle in the American West. Elise, the maid, vows to see Lady Anne through the adventure, but the wagon train’s scout may have other plans for her.<br /><br /><br />Thanks so much for stopping in, Susan! If you'd like to get in touch with Susan, you can find her at: www.susanpagedavis.com <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwxru2f2XG2CVPpdtzodBQ8u2UxWKWWVs5bwkkqZbNIiCyhP_uvknexsKDkGSViRnT-tzzrRuDZDxIVfNyfVZT2BTlRKEKA2eVwyY73CU8VtBx8pFwD2Bnj2BUZ3R0pilYjfK2dVynXk/s1600/100_0192.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwxru2f2XG2CVPpdtzodBQ8u2UxWKWWVs5bwkkqZbNIiCyhP_uvknexsKDkGSViRnT-tzzrRuDZDxIVfNyfVZT2BTlRKEKA2eVwyY73CU8VtBx8pFwD2Bnj2BUZ3R0pilYjfK2dVynXk/s200/100_0192.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640882925447711778" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />And for September's Book of the Month, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Am His</span> presents <span style="font-weight:bold;">C.J. Chase</span> and her latest release,<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Redeeming the Rogue.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieprKpsPiCiRUo8V4MAB-jBkFVNRChv38DuyW9FPm1ypVoseTKdg_J8V6bTWVC_DA098LHIcf6tUWAzxA8ou7qLra40hUI9rQEGNsndshLCHrt71ze4ITiy1G3uZyV5-nC_P5unZz8XHc/s1600/C.J.+Chase+--+author+photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieprKpsPiCiRUo8V4MAB-jBkFVNRChv38DuyW9FPm1ypVoseTKdg_J8V6bTWVC_DA098LHIcf6tUWAzxA8ou7qLra40hUI9rQEGNsndshLCHrt71ze4ITiy1G3uZyV5-nC_P5unZz8XHc/s320/C.J.+Chase+--+author+photo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645562521117446290" /></a><br /><br /><br />Title:<span style="font-weight:bold;">Redeeming the Rogue</span><br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">C.J. Chase</span><br />Publisher:<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Love Inspired Historical</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPk4-7f6KGnmaPzsmkAA-rlYzX1MU5PiZGmNbf-arFMJEYangv31xQCnMBrp54a5VQajsdmIVjBy0HC154keFuV_ZHBisCL2OuzmPyPnBWpuWmypwwvn3ZHAUweA7Dh2cu4SKeCSkti8/s1600/Redeeming+the+Rogue+Front+cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPk4-7f6KGnmaPzsmkAA-rlYzX1MU5PiZGmNbf-arFMJEYangv31xQCnMBrp54a5VQajsdmIVjBy0HC154keFuV_ZHBisCL2OuzmPyPnBWpuWmypwwvn3ZHAUweA7Dh2cu4SKeCSkti8/s400/Redeeming+the+Rogue+Front+cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645574429431631794" /></a><br /><br />Her Ally…or Her Enemy?<br /><br />With a chip on her shoulder and a pistol in her pocket, Mattie Fraser comes to London determined to find answers. What fate befell her brother after he was forced to join the British navy? Military official Kit DeChambelle knows something, she's sure. But can she trust him—or anyone— as a conspiracy of silence surrounds her?<br /><br />Kit knows altogether too much—about the guilt that drives Mattie, and the peril she faces. The battle against Napoleon is over, but for Kit, peace is elusive. In helping this brave, stubborn woman, he may be endangering her further. Especially if she learns about the orders he's received, placing them on opposite sides…<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EddBTit5Jsg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />Where you can get in touch with <span style="font-weight:bold;">C.J.</span>...<br /><br />http://www.cjchasebooks.com/<br /><br /><br />If you leave a comment this week to win Susan Page Davis' book <span style="font-weight:bold;">Christmas at Barncastle Inn</span>, your name will also be included in a drawing at the end of the month for <span style="font-weight:bold;">Redeeming the Rogue </span> by C.J. Chase, plus a chance to win a lovely blue silk fan pictured above. When you leave your comments, make sure you include your e-mail address. Thank you for stopping in, and.... <br /><br />"May the Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: may the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." Num.6:25-26 (KJV)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_fMo7ntIRkMxJGHt-H4L5XrlnYE1Q6gAoXvpKP5P4CqwBtFoGzeAKHayAJKVWEbll5aWEbimibkPDZQoOhE9dudnyfIGidPB0z9P7mrBQqLCrypgEqazQyLDa7VRezXhArhjQRfKdRs/s1600/pic26500.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_fMo7ntIRkMxJGHt-H4L5XrlnYE1Q6gAoXvpKP5P4CqwBtFoGzeAKHayAJKVWEbll5aWEbimibkPDZQoOhE9dudnyfIGidPB0z9P7mrBQqLCrypgEqazQyLDa7VRezXhArhjQRfKdRs/s400/pic26500.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557752032331246770" /></a>Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-817421735888720432011-08-28T01:00:00.000-07:002011-08-29T11:28:41.933-07:00This week-- C.J. Chase and Julie Lessman!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXcAxB-f6AQQRxA25oAoDDu8wlYS8KCafps2i5syfX3HuIqsSAfWnn8GRi37pztZcU5-n9KcYhmo238QSHu9yZxsUbyL8Qcq0WOK0t_kyr64k-pB4dsaP7ZooS3qWaQfyOxsnSbCyQp4/s1600/JasperCropseyFishermansHouseGreenwoodLake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXcAxB-f6AQQRxA25oAoDDu8wlYS8KCafps2i5syfX3HuIqsSAfWnn8GRi37pztZcU5-n9KcYhmo238QSHu9yZxsUbyL8Qcq0WOK0t_kyr64k-pB4dsaP7ZooS3qWaQfyOxsnSbCyQp4/s400/JasperCropseyFishermansHouseGreenwoodLake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645377295462781426" /></a>
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<br />September's Painting: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Fisherman's House-Greenwood Lake ~ Jasper Cropsey </span>
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<br />Each month, one of the beautiful paintings by an artist of the Hudson River School will be featured on the <span style="font-weight:bold;">American Historical Christian Fiction</span> blog.
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<br />Have we spent too much time in the reality of the here and now, and forgotten our Ideals, both personal and national? The early artists and writers of this nation once dwelt on forging this country's ideals; so with the help of God, let us do the same. Let us make every attempt to dwell on our ideals.
<br />~Pat Iacuzzi~
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<br />Welcome to <span style="font-weight:bold;">American Historical Christian Fiction,</span> where the Cross and Quill come together to create a sampler of faith, folklore, and our country's early history. Please be sure to check the links for more information about early American life and colonial history, too.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">By Cross and Quill</span>
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<br />The <span style="font-weight:bold;">Am His </span> blog hi-lights books by Christian authors who are led by the Lord to write about characters and stories set in America's past. They are exciting stories of romance, adventure and suspense, written to inspire and encourage.
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<br /> If you're looking for a book for yourself, a loved one, or those who may need an uplifting message woven through an entertaining story, please consider new monthly releases in inspirational historical fiction found here--the kind that take you on a journey into our country's past (from early colonial times to WWII) and illuminates the trials, beauty and blessings of our great nation.
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<br />For September's Book of the Month, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Am His</span> presents <span style="font-weight:bold;">C.J. Chase</span> and her latest release,<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Redeeming the Rogue.</span>
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<br />Title:<span style="font-weight:bold;">Redeeming the Rogue</span>
<br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">C.J. Chase</span>
<br />Publisher:<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Love Inspired Historical</span>
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<br />Her Ally…or Her Enemy?
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<br />With a chip on her shoulder and a pistol in her pocket, Mattie Fraser comes to London determined to find answers. What fate befell her brother after he was forced to join the British navy? Military official Kit DeChambelle knows something, she's sure. But can she trust him—or anyone— as a conspiracy of silence surrounds her?
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<br />Kit knows altogether too much—about the guilt that drives Mattie, and the peril she faces. The battle against Napoleon is over, but for Kit, peace is elusive. In helping this brave, stubborn woman, he may be endangering her further. Especially if she learns about the orders he's received, placing them on opposite sides…
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<br />Where you can get in touch with <span style="font-weight:bold;">C.J.</span>...
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<br />http://www.cjchasebooks.com/
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<br />....And for this week on <span style="font-weight:bold;">Am His Books</span>, it's a delight to hi-light Julie Lessman's latest book <span style="font-weight:bold;"> A Heart Revealed, </span> from her <span style="font-weight:bold;">Winds of Change</span> series.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Julie Lessman</span>
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<br />Julie Lessman is an award-winning author whose tagline of “Passion With a Purpose” underscores her intense passion for both God and romance. Winner of the 2009 ACFW Debut Author of the Year and Holt Medallion Awards of Merit for Best First Book and Long Inspirational, Julie is also the recipient of 13 Romance Writers of America awards and was voted by readers as “Borders Best of 2009 So Far: Your Favorite Fiction” at http://www.borders.com/online/store/ListView_best2009favefiction. Chosen as #1 Romance Fiction Author of the Year in the Family Fiction magazine 2011 Readers Choice Awards, Julie was also awarded #1 Series of the Year in that same poll and #3 Author of the Year, #5 Novel of the Year and #4 Historical Fiction Author of the year. She resides in Missouri with her husband, daughter, son and daughter-in-law and is the author of “The Daughters of Boston” series, which includes A Passion Most Pure, A Passion Redeemed, and A Passion Denied. Her “Winds of Change” series has recently released with A Hope Undaunted, which ranked #5 on Booklist’s Top 10 Inspirational Fiction for 2010. You can contact Julie through her website at www.julielessman.com
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<br />Title:<span style="font-weight:bold;">A Heart Revealed</span>
<br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Julie Lessman</span>
<br />Publisher: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Revell</span>
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<br />My interview with Julie....
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">~ When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? (early or late bloomer)</span>
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<br />Ha! I’d say I qualify as both an “early” and a “late” bloomer! My romance-writing career “officially” started after reading <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gone With the Wind</span> at the age of 12, which is when I started writing my own novel, an 150-single-spaced manuscript that became the basis for my debut novel <span style="font-weight:bold;">A Passion Most Pure</span> some forty years later.
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<br />My original title for this early ms. was “When Tomorrow Comes” (now a Janette Oke title, how weird is that?). Back then, the story still entailed the love triangle between Faith and her sister (whose name was “Del,” short for Delatha … yeah, don’t ask me what I was thinking!) and the bad-boy hero, whose name was—I’m even ashamed to admit it—Bart (but I was in love with Bart Maverick from the TV show Maverick back then, so ‘nuff said.)! And just like <span style="font-weight:bold;">A Passion Most Pure</span>, the story began in Boston and traveled to Ireland during a war, with ONE major difference, as indicated in the first line of my original ms. penned at the age of twelve: Patrick O’Connor was dead. Obviously Patrick (the father in the story) is very much alive in the updated version, especially when he and his wife clash over Charity’s discipline!
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">~ How did you prepare? College courses? Workshops? Books on Craft?</span>
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<br />Prepare? Uh, not much at the age of twelve, of course, but after the age of 50 when I finished writing <span style="font-weight:bold;">A Passion Most Pure</span>—a fair amount. Even though I held a part-time job as a commercial writer, the first thing I did was take a fiction-writing class at a local community college, then a writing seminar. Next, I joined ACFW, FHL and RWA and got into a great critique group. I started entering contests like crazy and never finaled, but the feedback from judges was invaluable. I went to writers’ conferences and invested in paid critiques with published authors I respected. Then I hooked up with several fabulous critique partners, and before I knew it, I started finaling in contests. As far as getting published, I would have to say that the best thing that happened was signing with my agent. Within six months, she not only sold my novel to Revell, but garnered a 3-book deal to boot, despite my personal track record of 45 rejections on my own (agents and publishers). That said, I think an agent is invaluable in the whole publishing process, and I regret wasting time trying to do it on my own.
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<br />As far as books on craft, I would strongly recommend <span style="font-weight:bold;">Self-Editing for Fiction Writers</span> by Renni Browne and Dave King (my Bible in the beginning!), plus any other self-edit books you can pick up. Also, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook</span> by Donald Maas was invaluable to me in deepening both plot and characters for <span style="font-weight:bold;">A Passion Most Pure</span>. Another writing tool that has become my writer’s Bible is <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Synonym Finder</span> by J.A. Rodale.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">~ What part of writing is the most difficult for you? Developing the characters? Dialogue? Pacing? (etc.)</span>
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<br />Oh, good question, and one I’ve never really been asked before, which is saying something since I have answered over 1,000 questions in over 170 interviews!). I would say research because when a story is inside of me, my fingers almost itch to get it out, and research slows the process. In the beginning, I usually spend several days researching clothing, terminology, technology of the day, era background, whatever to get myself in the mood. But I gotta tell ya—it’s like pulling teeth!
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<br />UNLESS … I stumble upon something really cool that fits in with my story, such as finding out that the U.S. officially entered WWI on Good Friday, which tied in nicely with one of my scenes from <span style="font-weight:bold;">A Passion Most Pure</span>. Or evangelist Billy Sunday preaching against alcohol in the waning days of Prohibition, which allowed me to include a very realistic tent-revival scene in book 3 of the “<span style="font-weight:bold;">Winds of Change</span>” series, <span style="font-weight:bold;">A Trust Restored</span> (Steven’s story). And, of course, it was fun finding out that sunglasses were invented by Foster Grant in the late 20s because naturally I included them as a sale item in Dennehy’s Department Store in <span style="font-weight:bold;">A Hope Undaunted.
<br /></span> As far as pacing and dialogue and passion?? Literally SO easy for me, I could do it in my sleep …
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">~ When you made out your first proposal, who did you liken your writing style to? </span>
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<br />Well, how about I just give you a peek at my original query letter for <span style="font-weight:bold;">A Passion Most Pure</span>, which back then was called A Chasing After the Wind? Keep in mind that I reference Francine Rivers NOT because I dare to compare my style of writing to hers, but because of the edgy quality of that incredible book. Here’s the first paragraph of my original query letter:
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<br />Nine out of ten women nationwide (90%) consider themselves to be Christian.* Yet, it is rare to find a novel that merges romantic passion and spirituality with an intensity that will appeal to the ever-broadening ranks of the Christian community. Newsweek magazine stated in its July 16, 2001 cover article that “Christian entertainment has emerged from its sheltered infancy and has begun to straddle two worlds: the religious one that created it and the secular one it was designed to avoid.” There is a vast market of women who believe in God, but possess romantic ideals that are sophisticated and 21st century. This is the market for which A Chasing after the Wind was written, a market similar to that of Francine River’s <span style="font-weight:bold;">Redeeming Love</span>.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">~ How long, start to finish, does it take you to write a book? </span>
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<br />It’s different on every book, but generally about nine months—six to write it and about two to edit/revise. <span style="font-weight:bold;">A Passion Redeemed</span> was the only exception, because I literally pounded it out in two months while working part-time, which boils done to one month straight to write an almost 500-page book.
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<br />But … I hope my readers will be happy to know that for my new series, “<span style="font-weight:bold;">The Cousins McClare,</span>” I have negotiated a release date of every nine months instead of every twelve, which means I plan to not only crank on each of these three books, BUT write an O’Connor prequel for Marcy and Patrick in between as well.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">~ Maybe a quick sentence or two (tag line) about your next book to whet our appetites? :) </span>
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<br /> Sure … here’s my own personal jacket blurb:
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The ring on her hand belongs to one man … but her heart belongs to another.</span>
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<br />As a battered woman, Emma Malloy fled Dublin for Boston ten years ago, seeking shelter for a heart badly bruised by both her husband and guilt. But when she falls in love with Sean O’Connor, a man who wrestles with demons of his own, fear and shame almost destroy her … until she is finally set free by a heart revealed.
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<br />Thank you, Pat, for allowing me to connect with your readers. I LOVE to hear from reader friends, so they can feel free to contact me through my Web site at www.julielessman.com, either by sending an e-mail via my site or by signing up for my newsletter at http://www.julielessman.com/sign-up-for-newsletter/. My newsletter is chock-full of fun info on my books and there’s always a contest featuring signed book giveaways including one right now to have a character named after you or a loved one in my next book. Also, I have a cool feature on my website called “<span style="font-weight:bold;">Journal Jots</span>” (http://www.julielessman.com/journal-jots1/), which is a very laid-back, Friday journal to my reader friends that would give your readers an idea as to my relaxed style of writing. Then finally, I can be found daily at The Seekers blog (http://seekerville.blogspot.com/), a group blog devoted to encouraging and helping aspiring writers on the road to publication.
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<br />Thank you, Julie, for this very rich and informative interview! Here are the titles from Julie's first series,<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Daughters of Boston</span>....
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<br />If you leave a comment this week to win Julie Lessman's book <span style="font-weight:bold;">A Heart Revealed</span>, your name will also be included in a drawing at the end of the month for <span style="font-weight:bold;">Redeeming the Rogue </span> by C.J. Chase, plus a chance to win a lovely blue silk fan pictured above. When you leave your comments, make sure you include your e-mail address. Thank you for stopping in, and....
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<br />"May the Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: may the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." Num.6:25-26 (KJV)
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<br />August's Painting: <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Indian's Vespers ~ Asher Durand </span>
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<br />Each month, one of the beautiful paintings by an artist of the Hudson River School will be featured on the <span style="font-weight:bold;">American Historical Christian Fiction</span> blog.
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<br />Have we spent too much time in the reality of the here and now, and forgotten our Ideals, both personal and national? The early artists and writers of this nation once dwelt on forging this country's ideals; so with the help of God, let us do the same. Let us make every attempt to dwell on our ideals.
<br />~Pat Iacuzzi~
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<br />Welcome to <span style="font-weight:bold;">American Historical Christian Fiction,</span> where the Cross and Quill come together to create a sampler of faith, folklore, and our country's early history. Please be sure to check the links for more information about early American life and colonial history, too.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">By Cross and Quill</span>
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<br />The <span style="font-weight:bold;">Am His </span> blog hi-lights books by Christian authors who are led by the Lord to write about characters and stories set in America's past. They are exciting stories of romance, adventure and suspense, written to inspire and encourage.
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<br /> If you're looking for a book for yourself, a loved one, or those who may need an uplifting message woven through an entertaining story, please consider new monthly releases in inspirational historical fiction found here--the kind that take you on a journey into our country's past (from early colonial times to WWII) and illuminates the trials, beauty and blessings of our great nation.
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<br />This week on <span style="font-weight:bold;">Am His Books</span>, it's a delight to hi-light Sarah Sundin's<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Blue Skies Tomorrow</span>, the third and final book in her <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wings of Glory Series.
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<br />And for a special treat to get you "In the Mood" as you read about Sarah's latest story, let Glenn Miller and his orchestra take you back to a time where you can imagine Ray and Helen dancing to this great American music....
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<br />Title: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Blue Skies Tomorrow</span>
<br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Sarah Sundin</span>
<br />Publisher: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Revell</span>
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<br />Lt. Raymond Novak prefers the pulpit to the cockpit, but at least his stateside job training B-17 pilots allows him the luxury of a personal life. As he courts Helen Carlisle, a young war widow and mother who conceals her pain under a frenzy of volunteer work, the sparks of their romance set a fire that flings them both into peril. After Ray leaves to fly a combat mission at the peak of the air war over Europe, Helen takes a job in a dangerous munitions yard and confronts an even graver menace in her own home. Will they find the courage to face their challenges? And can their young love survive until blue skies return?
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Blue Skies Tomorrow,</span> the third book in the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wings of Glory </span>series, follows the three Novak brothers, B-17 bomber pilots with the US Eighth Air Force stationed in England during World War II. Each book stands alone.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Booklist</span>: In her third WWII-set Christian romance (after <span style="font-weight:bold;">A Distant Melody</span> and <span style="font-weight:bold;">A Memory between Us,</span> both 2010), Sundin skillfully addresses several difficult issues and invests her protagonists with the resilience of hope born out of faith.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">RT Book Reviews</span>: Four and a Half Stars. With strong historical detail and superb characters, this may be the best yet. A great read for those who love romance, WWII-era settings or just satisfying stories.
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<br />If you like great love stories, especially ones set in the 1940's, you won't want to miss this book. Sarah captures the era perfectly. Whether we're talking life on the home front or battles in the skies over Germany, she doesn't miss a thing. –Dan Walsh, author of The Unfinished Gift and The Homecoming.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Blue Skies Tomorrow</span> is a stunning conclusion to Sarah Sundin’s <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wings of Glory Series</span>. What I love about Sarah’s books is that her characters are flawed or have great obstacles to overcome, but falling in love doesn’t erase those problems and often highlights them. She brings her characters through the fire of their shortcomings, and as the romance develops, so does trust, accountability, and even being willing to let go of the other person. –Carla Stewart, author of Chasing Lilacs and Broken Wings.
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<br />To visit Sarah: http://www.sarahsundin.com
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<br />....And once again, our <span style="font-weight:bold;">Guest of Honor</span> for <span style="font-weight:bold;">August</span>, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Am His Books</span> presents Laura Franz and her latest release,<span style="font-weight:bold;"> The Colonel's Lady.</span>
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<br />Laura has graciously answered a few questions about her writing journey that will encourage both readers and writers of Christian historicals.
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<br />~ <span style="font-weight:bold;">Laura, when did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? </span>
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<br />This may sound strange but I “knew” since about age 7. My mom came into my dad’s office one day and I had a book on ships open on the desk and told her I was writing a story about the sea. Wish I still had that one! I was always an avid reader and have such wonderful memories of those little historical biographies of famous people like Daniel Boone and Dolly Madison, etc. I still remember where they were on the shelf of that old library which no longer exists except in my imagination.
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<br />~ <span style="font-weight:bold;">How did you prepare? College courses? Workshops? Books on Craft?</span>
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<br />It’s been said that in order to master something you need to do that something for 10,000 hours. Since I wasn’t published until my 40’s, I spent countless hours writing since childhood. I read so much of everything I could get my hands on, including encyclopedias, so I like to say books were my teachers. I never had any formal training though I did graduate with a college degree in English. I have a collection of craft books and those by James Scott Bell are my favorites. However, I don’t understand many craft books and don’t remember the rules when I write. I guess I’m more an intuitive writer than an educated one.
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<br />My family (mother’s side), came from Virginia to Kentucky in the 18th century and still reside there. They settled an area known as Blanton Flat which is marked with a sign to this day and has a graveyard back in the hills and hollows full of Blanton bones. We don’t know much about them other than their names and occupations and dates of arrival, etc. We do know that these family founders, William and Nancy, came into Kentucky with a few slaves, sadly, and settled far off the beaten path in a very dangerous place. I’d love to know what drove them from Virginia and why they chose that particular area of Kentucky to settle in.
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<br />Oh, that’s a trick question! I’d like to say Liz Curtis Higgs as she’s my personal favorite for historical, but at the time I worked on that proposal I think I likened my style to Janice Holt Giles which is even more grandiose. Giles was an amazing Kentucky author who penned realistic, heartbreaking stories about those first settlers with so much skill and grace.
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<br />Too many! Hmmm. I wrote several historicals including a Dances With Wolves type sequel, a Gone With the Wind work, a gothic mystery, and even the sequel to The Frontiersman’s Daughter which my publisher didn’t ask to see. Over the years I probably wrote 7 or more actual books and began many stories that I didn’t finish. I was always dabbling, writing, reading.
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<br />~ <span style="font-weight:bold;">Are you working on your next book? (Maybe a quick sentence or two of what it's about to whet our appetites? :)</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Two sisters. One man. When he chooses one, will the other destroy their love</span>?
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Book of the Month</span>....<span style="font-weight:bold;">The Colonel's Lady</span>
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<br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Laura Frantz </span>
<br />Publisher:<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Revell</span>
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<br />Other books by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Laura Frantz</span>....
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<br />Thank you, Laura! If you'd like follow up on Laura's visit, stop in to say hello at:
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<br />If you leave a comment this week to win Sarah Sundin's book <span style="font-weight:bold;">Blue Skies Tomorrow</span>, your name will also be included in a drawing at the end of the month for <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Colonel's Lady</span> by Laura Frantz, plus a chance to win the lovely blue silk fan pictured above. When you leave your comments, make sure you include your e-mail address. Thank you for stopping in, and....
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<br />Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-49552871055352674172011-07-06T13:15:00.001-07:002011-07-15T19:15:01.018-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6pks-cIEKDID4zLKm9kCmDrd8zxFsRbCCBIducE2qcVmpEsf-RzKJIsMu6Mw3QB_uZrxOpDqTw6mcufxozaDH-4V2fB-GfVviokZx5r12YvW7MK3OLRQox_ZcXZeRJDzTL2ZfImlCcs/s1600/Artwork_images_619_243873_jamesmcJames_McDougal_Hart_-_Harriman_New_York_Overlooking_the_Hudson.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6pks-cIEKDID4zLKm9kCmDrd8zxFsRbCCBIducE2qcVmpEsf-RzKJIsMu6Mw3QB_uZrxOpDqTw6mcufxozaDH-4V2fB-GfVviokZx5r12YvW7MK3OLRQox_ZcXZeRJDzTL2ZfImlCcs/s400/Artwork_images_619_243873_jamesmcJames_McDougal_Hart_-_Harriman_New_York_Overlooking_the_Hudson.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626340712000211442" /></a><br /><br />"Harriman, New York--Overlooking the Hudson"<br /><br /><br />American Historical Christian Fiction<br /><br />Welcome to American Historical Christian Fiction, where the Cross and Quill come together to create a sampler of faith, folklore, and our country's early history. Please be sure to check the links for more information about early American life and colonial history.<br /><br />Each month, one of the beautiful paintings done by an artist of the Hudson River School will be featured on the American Historical Christian Fiction blog.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ciUQ-_VuSrWaeLTEPcKl6twztGOPUSjiQGgkURJw-ifPLDnCXMxmrBsYOXOVAdFk401xK1tj7qjanOCqnwuH-r32jvw3fb9LdcDgBDfDE9gqATKxONSAeCLL_OC-HrRquDuzfDlbHOE/s1600/4th.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ciUQ-_VuSrWaeLTEPcKl6twztGOPUSjiQGgkURJw-ifPLDnCXMxmrBsYOXOVAdFk401xK1tj7qjanOCqnwuH-r32jvw3fb9LdcDgBDfDE9gqATKxONSAeCLL_OC-HrRquDuzfDlbHOE/s400/4th.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625331054145091986" /></a><br /><br /><br />Since I'm celebrating Independence Day <span style="font-style:italic;">throughout the month of July</span>, I will have as guests two great authors who write about Early America--MaryLu Tyndall and Joan Hochstetler. <br /><br />For this week only: Christine Lindsay's exotic tale of romance and adventure in India: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Shadowed in Silk</span>. <br /><br />So it's something for everyone, folks!<br /><br />(<span style="font-weight:bold;">Book giveaways are offered for all the weekly authors</span>)and your name will also be included in a drawing for the Independence Day Gift Basket at the end of the month. The basket will include: a book, flags, hand-made doll of the period (colonial or federalist), and a Chinese silk hand fan, comes with MaryLu Tyndall's or Joan Hochstetler's books-- and will be offered to everyone who has left comments during the month--even if you've won a weekly drawing! <br /> <br /><br />You also have an opportunity to download a free copy of MaryLu Tyndall's book, "<span style="font-weight:bold;">Surrender the Heart</span>" right here!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyb1zTAx8dzetUpEi74NmNdtFEi5g9g-OC9QZSf5_i3rTQs-i8WVEP_O4CJr4RiV5iCmASz3QCEwLWovxVyrOQbyn0uG0g1S9-C9lp42b0afoNvvc0UhyKM42pvX2P5Re9v0BghQPxds/s1600/SurrenderHeart_FreeBookBanner_LARGE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyb1zTAx8dzetUpEi74NmNdtFEi5g9g-OC9QZSf5_i3rTQs-i8WVEP_O4CJr4RiV5iCmASz3QCEwLWovxVyrOQbyn0uG0g1S9-C9lp42b0afoNvvc0UhyKM42pvX2P5Re9v0BghQPxds/s400/SurrenderHeart_FreeBookBanner_LARGE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626337739932121570" /></a><br /><br /><br />....or win a copy of her book in the Gift Basket giveaway,<span style="font-weight:bold;">"Surrender the Night".</span> And please don't forget to check her Book Trailer (top right of this blog) for a preview of her latest book to be released in August: <span style="font-weight:bold;">"Surrender the Dawn".</span> Both books are published by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Barbour. </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_Mv8V-TF3-PmzvuMLj7AefztllU9-IsDnAppRvOf-gPgZMdKdBexC08sAM_rQHX71tQgb0uAs1NNEHTjQih8HnhHVTHyWrMd68mWKLNlZzSZ5gUfI0-A7jW1wEkhCGmWmUMx4F-kkDk/s1600/SurrenderTheNight-Cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_Mv8V-TF3-PmzvuMLj7AefztllU9-IsDnAppRvOf-gPgZMdKdBexC08sAM_rQHX71tQgb0uAs1NNEHTjQih8HnhHVTHyWrMd68mWKLNlZzSZ5gUfI0-A7jW1wEkhCGmWmUMx4F-kkDk/s400/SurrenderTheNight-Cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625334582064031250" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Surrender the Night</span><br />Publisher: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Barbour</span><br />Author:<span style="font-weight:bold;"> MaryLu Tyndall </span><br /><br /><br />A timid American farm girl at the mercy of the enemy. . .<br /><br />A wounded British sailor driven into hiding. . .<br /><br />Both are about to change the course of history forever.<br /><br /><br />When British soldiers invade Baltimore amid the War of 1812, Rose McGuire, alone on her family farm, is easy prey for a brutal lieutenant. In the midst of the attack, she’s saved by British 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Reed. Will she now have to heal, as well as hide, this enemy soldier?<br /><br /> Alex hadn’t meant to kill his superior, nor get shot in the process. Now badly wounded, he’s at the mercy of this tomboy who obviously hates him. Can he trust her or will she turn him over to the Americans?<br /><br /> Rose is having trouble keeping Alex hidden from her family, the townspeople, and the man intent on courting her. Will the discovery of Alex’s presence force her to accept an abhorrent proposal?<br /><br /> As their love blooms, trouble looms, for the British are on the move again. This time, their target is Washington DC. Will these young lovers at heart find themselves enemies at war?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaPQBnqFDex7zHEeeSOlY39lJlV9eTvvD3-7BjQNLHrd8Rs9sMRCVt6HLpI5N22lT2tSjwNkqLl9To2yuhJB1cU8vsgNyANA-Btn4fILxwYLdAR4nqfxuq4xUB_ogVBYzkGJhY-Jxmn0/s1600/Libertybell_alone_small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 157px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaPQBnqFDex7zHEeeSOlY39lJlV9eTvvD3-7BjQNLHrd8Rs9sMRCVt6HLpI5N22lT2tSjwNkqLl9To2yuhJB1cU8vsgNyANA-Btn4fILxwYLdAR4nqfxuq4xUB_ogVBYzkGJhY-Jxmn0/s200/Libertybell_alone_small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625356150298403986" /></a><br /><br />This week, it's my very great pleasure to introduce a British author (yes--you read that right!)<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Christine Lindsay</span>, who has graciously offered an interview and trailer for her new book, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Shadowed in Silk</span> by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Whitefire Publishing</span>. Her own story is one of inspiration and hope. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Shadowed in Silk</span><br />Publisher: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Whitefire Publishing</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKEbIpj65VoTy8P-tF8j5yz4k8z4VsbuGD63GpzmFLyj4rWBARX_Gl8rf-CdXYHlSxAPUOB9AwnIJ_IJCVNCDAIE_ubz-m53s2hI81GzEnCecAF0JidAlBIGudnSaqCitMKvix5pM-to/s1600/Picture1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKEbIpj65VoTy8P-tF8j5yz4k8z4VsbuGD63GpzmFLyj4rWBARX_Gl8rf-CdXYHlSxAPUOB9AwnIJ_IJCVNCDAIE_ubz-m53s2hI81GzEnCecAF0JidAlBIGudnSaqCitMKvix5pM-to/s400/Picture1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629766692439900754" /></a><br /><br /><br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Christine Lindsay </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQxXNpbV0ZxNiL0j1dI-1TrJYfyb6L2NASXrJ57KSBHQfe1gMsVISldpBs2knGUIZp-zErtjaA2t-kavabp5XI28R8YO-gFzWFrx9QMLFYdna7U-Z25nV8LJpbUEyKwmE9S6HLsJbV8L8/s1600/chris+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQxXNpbV0ZxNiL0j1dI-1TrJYfyb6L2NASXrJ57KSBHQfe1gMsVISldpBs2knGUIZp-zErtjaA2t-kavabp5XI28R8YO-gFzWFrx9QMLFYdna7U-Z25nV8LJpbUEyKwmE9S6HLsJbV8L8/s320/chris+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629724426397351010" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?</span><br /><br />Right after I was reunited with my birth-daughter---the child I had relinquished to adoption when she was 3 days old. Twenty years later we met, and seeing this beautiful grown up girl brought back all the pain of losing her in the first place. The Lord nudged me to write out my pain in fiction so that I could share how He brought emotional healing into my life. So, like a lot of authors, my loss became my muse.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">How did you prepare? College courses? Workshops? Books on Craft?</span><br /><br />All of the above. I took creative writing courses at university, attended writing conferences with ACFW being the most helpful, and bought a number of books. My short list of recommendations is: James Scott Bell's ''Plot and Structure', Dave King and Renee Brown's 'Self Editing for Fiction Writers', Noah Lukeman's 'First Five Pages.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Why did you enjoy writing this book-- What prompted you to write a story set in India? </span><br /> <br />I'm British, so I grew up on British stories set in the British Empire back when there was an empire. I devoured MM Kayes blockbuster novels like Far Pavilions and Shadow of the Moon. So I wanted to write a book that I enjoyed reading, but with a Christian viewpoint. To British people, India is like the Wild West to Americans. I hoped to interest American readers in that exotic and flamboyant era. But we all have different tastes, and thank the Lord for that.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Do you have other work besides writing; and if so, how do you manage to balance both?</span><br /> <br />It's a constant struggle, and one that affects a lot of writers. I pray a lot and ask the Lord to set my agenda for the day. I ask Him to help me know what's important for that day---marketing, editing, working on the current WIP, or going out to the day job.<br /> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">How many years/stories did you write before the first one was accepted?</span><br /> <br />I've been seriously pursuing writing and publication for about 8 years now. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Shadowed in Silk</span> is my 2nd fully completed manuscript. Only a year ago I thought this novel was dead and buried, but God has an amazing way of bringing things back to life in His timing. If He wants a thing to happen, it will happen. Whatever He wants to do with my writing ministry is entirely up to Him. I can rest in whatever level of success He wants to give me---small or large. After all, it's really His business what He does with my life.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">What's your next book/release date we can look forward to? (Maybe a quick sentence or two of what it's about to whet our appetites? :)</span><br /><br />The sequel of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Shadowed in Silk</span> comes out Autumn 2012, and the title is <span style="font-weight:bold;">Captured by Moonlight</span>. This story takes up with Eshana, the young former Hindu widow who is now a follower of Christ, and Laine Harkness, the English nurse. Eshana will be captured and physically imprisoned for not living like a Hindu widow, and Laine will be imprisoned emotionally for losing not one love in her life but 2. Only God can release these 2 women from the imprisonment.<br /> <br />Thank you so much Pat, for having me as a guest on your blog. It's truly an honor.<br /> <br />Here are some comments from other well-known authors about Christine's <span style="font-weight:bold;">Shadowed in Silk.</span><br /><br />"<span style="font-weight:bold;">Shadowed in Silk</span> will keep you up long past your bedtime—each time you want to put it down, you tell yourself, just one more page, just one more page…" Ruth Axtell Morren author of Love Inspired Historicals<br /><br /> <br /><br />"<span style="font-weight:bold;">Shadowed in Silk</span> took me away to a time and place I'd never been and immersed me in an intriguing story. Political unrest, suspense, romance, well-developed characters, and a strong spiritual thread. What more could a reader ask for? I highly recommend this book."<br />--Lena Nelson Dooley, award-winning author <br /><br />Christine will be offering a giveaway of either an ebook or hard copy of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Shadowed in Silk</span> to someone whose name is drawn when they leave a comment this week. Please don't forget to leave your e-mail. <br /> <br />And please check out the beautiful trailer (below)for this inspirational story of India! <br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EV3YX94ntSI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />To round out the month of July, I'm presenting author <span style="font-weight:bold;">J.M. Hochstetler </span> Joan's books are not only packed with adventure and romance, but are impeccably researched--she has the unique ability to place you in the thick of battle, and to show the way it truly was during the American Revolution! And in times like these, when few Americans are able to recall the price that was paid--and is still being paid--to safe-guard those valuable historical lessons and freedoms, Joan's books are gems in American story-telling. For further information: <br /><br />http://www.jmhochstetler.com/ <br />http://theamericanpatriotserie.com/<br />http://theamericanpatriotseries.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq03YasPYvgiVQZYBCPOp5l5y8DbTvwIFLJum1GhRyWU8T8xpuVcBemAO_p6EwRnhty3Lj7_IHDzijQ-t0zV1EyLMBXixL0T7F0g3SRLtjZTbTnMqzZNnOLptwhTM4TO6dznpQtqQ1pQ/s1600/JoanMS+Head+Shot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq03YasPYvgiVQZYBCPOp5l5y8DbTvwIFLJum1GhRyWU8T8xpuVcBemAO_p6EwRnhty3Lj7_IHDzijQ-t0zV1EyLMBXixL0T7F0g3SRLtjZTbTnMqzZNnOLptwhTM4TO6dznpQtqQ1pQ/s200/JoanMS+Head+Shot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620095012497112002" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Daughter of Liberty </span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Publisher: Zondervan </span><br />Author <span style="font-weight:bold;">J.M. Hochstetler</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiER0Tb4MBm-VU5ZBCSAp5mKOvdWuqRBSSOgLAiBaltme52YNDbXsxmfxk1YqD6eVINdrcGunJsedM4qmXxjXZvbjWCublH2gdiNMj3YZqjDUm6_wfMUlVOJCYhPqcByASNKrBrb9nYsIk/s1600/DOLiberty.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiER0Tb4MBm-VU5ZBCSAp5mKOvdWuqRBSSOgLAiBaltme52YNDbXsxmfxk1YqD6eVINdrcGunJsedM4qmXxjXZvbjWCublH2gdiNMj3YZqjDUm6_wfMUlVOJCYhPqcByASNKrBrb9nYsIk/s400/DOLiberty.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620056840372297154" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Native Son </span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Publisher: Zondervan </span><br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">J.M. Hochstetler </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_Qh_WbZAyaXK0_mNt33QG0l7Cyn2dhyphenhyphen66JQG1gomfFunRlQUnvf6JYHB-UO-r9p3xnetdXyw7BIjtAt4Xt3IxBA0X7VPGTdVn-VIRGUcBUqCysLORMz53MWY2d_HuEsu30m9_zRVAbc/s1600/Native+Son.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_Qh_WbZAyaXK0_mNt33QG0l7Cyn2dhyphenhyphen66JQG1gomfFunRlQUnvf6JYHB-UO-r9p3xnetdXyw7BIjtAt4Xt3IxBA0X7VPGTdVn-VIRGUcBUqCysLORMz53MWY2d_HuEsu30m9_zRVAbc/s400/Native+Son.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620058822655889138" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Wind of the Spirit</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Publisher: Sheaf House </span><br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">J.M. Hochstetler </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKwFCL35V7YJQFZzjNJwKR_thJ0TDb8dVvH0IFM1TgMByxA_pEZN4Zn3l6Bk0oAlhqgKQQ5AVx4sKd_0FUQfRLPZycfjfPmyMMeB4CIW0Hp9V48Ai45XXUuafSl_CNJ7Ysd1CUpfZsO8/s1600/WOTSpirit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKwFCL35V7YJQFZzjNJwKR_thJ0TDb8dVvH0IFM1TgMByxA_pEZN4Zn3l6Bk0oAlhqgKQQ5AVx4sKd_0FUQfRLPZycfjfPmyMMeB4CIW0Hp9V48Ai45XXUuafSl_CNJ7Ysd1CUpfZsO8/s400/WOTSpirit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620059962135147778" /></a><br /><br />Don't forget: leave a comment to win a weekly book--and to be included in the drawing for the Independence Day Gift Basket with MaryLu's <span style="font-weight:bold;">Surrender the Night</span> and Joan's <span style="font-weight:bold;">Daughter of Liberty</span> or <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wind of the Spirit</span>. <span style="font-weight:bold;">(Native Son</span> is all sold out, but used copies are freely available on Amazon, and you can also get it on Kindle and Nook). <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8W7Ptoh8ZdK4PhWFq3SwwZoqdWOdZOyDcSp5Nm61zhyTC9vsUZlh4GS7SJsVEWEcDUwlNghM6tbC28263RUFZMt5ly_7n29V0AUdnaqqHpV5tHDVQq5EaN7c_quaG_hEhNmMNNNAJkOo/s1600/DSC_0106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8W7Ptoh8ZdK4PhWFq3SwwZoqdWOdZOyDcSp5Nm61zhyTC9vsUZlh4GS7SJsVEWEcDUwlNghM6tbC28263RUFZMt5ly_7n29V0AUdnaqqHpV5tHDVQq5EaN7c_quaG_hEhNmMNNNAJkOo/s320/DSC_0106.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604016242917126882" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Blessings on your week, everyone! <br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.zwani.com/graphics/christian/"><img src="http://images.zwani.com/graphics/christian/images/ingofwetrustpatrioticcross.jpg" alt="zwani.com myspace graphic comments" border=0></a><br><a href="http://www.zwani.com/graphics/christian/" target="_blank">Christian Graphic Comments</a></center><br /><br /><br /><br />"May the Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: may the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." Num.6:25-26 (KJV)Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-62031924754036464892011-06-17T20:21:00.000-07:002011-07-15T19:01:29.613-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6pks-cIEKDID4zLKm9kCmDrd8zxFsRbCCBIducE2qcVmpEsf-RzKJIsMu6Mw3QB_uZrxOpDqTw6mcufxozaDH-4V2fB-GfVviokZx5r12YvW7MK3OLRQox_ZcXZeRJDzTL2ZfImlCcs/s1600/Artwork_images_619_243873_jamesmcJames_McDougal_Hart_-_Harriman_New_York_Overlooking_the_Hudson.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6pks-cIEKDID4zLKm9kCmDrd8zxFsRbCCBIducE2qcVmpEsf-RzKJIsMu6Mw3QB_uZrxOpDqTw6mcufxozaDH-4V2fB-GfVviokZx5r12YvW7MK3OLRQox_ZcXZeRJDzTL2ZfImlCcs/s400/Artwork_images_619_243873_jamesmcJames_McDougal_Hart_-_Harriman_New_York_Overlooking_the_Hudson.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626340712000211442" /></a><br /><br />"Harriman, New York--Overlooking the Hudson"<br /><br /><br />American Historical Christian Fiction<br /><br />Welcome to American Historical Christian Fiction, where the Cross and Quill come together to create a sampler of faith, folklore, and our country's early history. Please be sure to check the links for more information about early American life and colonial history, too.<br /><br />Each month, one of the beautiful paintings done by an artist of the Hudson River School will be featured on the American Historical Christian Fiction blog.<br /><br />....And please stop in to Colonial Quills for a special Fourth of July Celebration! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ciUQ-_VuSrWaeLTEPcKl6twztGOPUSjiQGgkURJw-ifPLDnCXMxmrBsYOXOVAdFk401xK1tj7qjanOCqnwuH-r32jvw3fb9LdcDgBDfDE9gqATKxONSAeCLL_OC-HrRquDuzfDlbHOE/s1600/4th.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ciUQ-_VuSrWaeLTEPcKl6twztGOPUSjiQGgkURJw-ifPLDnCXMxmrBsYOXOVAdFk401xK1tj7qjanOCqnwuH-r32jvw3fb9LdcDgBDfDE9gqATKxONSAeCLL_OC-HrRquDuzfDlbHOE/s400/4th.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625331054145091986" /></a><br /><br /><br />Since I'm celebrating Independence Day throughout the month of July, I will have as guests two great authors who write about Early America--MaryLu Tyndall and Joan Hochstetler. And for this week only: Tom Blubaugh with his engaging story of Russian history and adventure for Young Adults, and Marianne Evans introducing her sweet contemporary romance. So it's something for everyone, folks!<br /><br />(Book giveaways are offered for all these authors). <br /><br />A special <span style="font-weight:bold;">Independence Day Gift Basket</span> which includes a book, flags, hand-made doll of the period (colonial or federalist), and a Chinese silk hand fan, comes with MaryLu Tyndall's and Joan Hochstetler's books.<br /> <br /><br />You will have an opportunity to download a free copy of MaryLu Tyndall's book, "<span style="font-weight:bold;">Surrender the Heart</span>"....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyb1zTAx8dzetUpEi74NmNdtFEi5g9g-OC9QZSf5_i3rTQs-i8WVEP_O4CJr4RiV5iCmASz3QCEwLWovxVyrOQbyn0uG0g1S9-C9lp42b0afoNvvc0UhyKM42pvX2P5Re9v0BghQPxds/s1600/SurrenderHeart_FreeBookBanner_LARGE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyb1zTAx8dzetUpEi74NmNdtFEi5g9g-OC9QZSf5_i3rTQs-i8WVEP_O4CJr4RiV5iCmASz3QCEwLWovxVyrOQbyn0uG0g1S9-C9lp42b0afoNvvc0UhyKM42pvX2P5Re9v0BghQPxds/s400/SurrenderHeart_FreeBookBanner_LARGE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626337739932121570" /></a><br /><br /><br />....or win a copy of her book,<span style="font-weight:bold;">"Surrender the Night".</span> And please don't forget to check her Book Trailer (near the top right of this blog) for a preview of her latest book to be released in August: <span style="font-weight:bold;">"Surrender the Dawn".</span> Both books are published by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Barbour. </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_Mv8V-TF3-PmzvuMLj7AefztllU9-IsDnAppRvOf-gPgZMdKdBexC08sAM_rQHX71tQgb0uAs1NNEHTjQih8HnhHVTHyWrMd68mWKLNlZzSZ5gUfI0-A7jW1wEkhCGmWmUMx4F-kkDk/s1600/SurrenderTheNight-Cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_Mv8V-TF3-PmzvuMLj7AefztllU9-IsDnAppRvOf-gPgZMdKdBexC08sAM_rQHX71tQgb0uAs1NNEHTjQih8HnhHVTHyWrMd68mWKLNlZzSZ5gUfI0-A7jW1wEkhCGmWmUMx4F-kkDk/s400/SurrenderTheNight-Cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625334582064031250" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Surrender the Night</span><br />Publisher: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Barbour</span><br />Author:<span style="font-weight:bold;"> MaryLu Tyndall </span><br /><br /><br />A timid American farm girl at the mercy of the enemy. . .<br /><br />A wounded British sailor driven into hiding. . .<br /><br />Both are about to change the course of history forever.<br /><br /><br />When British soldiers invade Baltimore amid the War of 1812, Rose McGuire, alone on her family farm, is easy prey for a brutal lieutenant. In the midst of the attack, she’s saved by British 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Reed. Will she now have to heal, as well as hide, this enemy soldier?<br /><br /> Alex hadn’t meant to kill his superior, nor get shot in the process. Now badly wounded, he’s at the mercy of this tomboy who obviously hates him. Can he trust her or will she turn him over to the Americans?<br /><br /> Rose is having trouble keeping Alex hidden from her family, the townspeople, and the man intent on courting her. Will the discovery of Alex’s presence force her to accept an abhorrent proposal?<br /><br /> As their love blooms, trouble looms, for the British are on the move again. This time, their target is Washington DC. Will these young lovers at heart find themselves enemies at war?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaPQBnqFDex7zHEeeSOlY39lJlV9eTvvD3-7BjQNLHrd8Rs9sMRCVt6HLpI5N22lT2tSjwNkqLl9To2yuhJB1cU8vsgNyANA-Btn4fILxwYLdAR4nqfxuq4xUB_ogVBYzkGJhY-Jxmn0/s1600/Libertybell_alone_small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 157px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaPQBnqFDex7zHEeeSOlY39lJlV9eTvvD3-7BjQNLHrd8Rs9sMRCVt6HLpI5N22lT2tSjwNkqLl9To2yuhJB1cU8vsgNyANA-Btn4fILxwYLdAR4nqfxuq4xUB_ogVBYzkGJhY-Jxmn0/s200/Libertybell_alone_small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625356150298403986" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />It is my pleasure to present an interview with author <span style="font-weight:bold;">J.M. Hochstetler </span> Joan's books are not only packed with adventure and romance, but are impeccably researched--she has the unique ability to place you in the thick of battle, and to show the way it truly was during the American Revolution! And in times like these, when few Americans are able to recall the price that was paid--and is still being paid--to safe-guard those valuable historical lessons and freedoms, Joan's books are gems in American story-telling. For further information: <br /><br />http://www.jmhochstetler.com/ <br />http://theamericanpatriotserie.com/<br />http://theamericanpatriotseries.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq03YasPYvgiVQZYBCPOp5l5y8DbTvwIFLJum1GhRyWU8T8xpuVcBemAO_p6EwRnhty3Lj7_IHDzijQ-t0zV1EyLMBXixL0T7F0g3SRLtjZTbTnMqzZNnOLptwhTM4TO6dznpQtqQ1pQ/s1600/JoanMS+Head+Shot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq03YasPYvgiVQZYBCPOp5l5y8DbTvwIFLJum1GhRyWU8T8xpuVcBemAO_p6EwRnhty3Lj7_IHDzijQ-t0zV1EyLMBXixL0T7F0g3SRLtjZTbTnMqzZNnOLptwhTM4TO6dznpQtqQ1pQ/s200/JoanMS+Head+Shot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620095012497112002" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Daughter of Liberty </span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Publisher: Zondervan </span><br />Author <span style="font-weight:bold;">J.M. Hochstetler</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiER0Tb4MBm-VU5ZBCSAp5mKOvdWuqRBSSOgLAiBaltme52YNDbXsxmfxk1YqD6eVINdrcGunJsedM4qmXxjXZvbjWCublH2gdiNMj3YZqjDUm6_wfMUlVOJCYhPqcByASNKrBrb9nYsIk/s1600/DOLiberty.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiER0Tb4MBm-VU5ZBCSAp5mKOvdWuqRBSSOgLAiBaltme52YNDbXsxmfxk1YqD6eVINdrcGunJsedM4qmXxjXZvbjWCublH2gdiNMj3YZqjDUm6_wfMUlVOJCYhPqcByASNKrBrb9nYsIk/s400/DOLiberty.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620056840372297154" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? </span><br /><br />I was a voracious reader from the time I made friends with Dick and Jane, but strangely enough as a young person I never had any ambition whatsoever to be a writer. The only writing I did was a bit of nonfiction and poetry in high school, and then I wrote for the newspaper published at the regional campus of the university I attended until moving to the main campus. I don’t recall writing any fiction at all. I really wanted to be an artist, not a writer. But then I got married and had babies, and I lost the motivation.<br /><br />Then in 1977 I had this dream. Seriously, I had a dream one night that was so intriguing it kept haunting me. I finally realized that if I was going to make any sense of it, I was going to have to figure out who the characters were and what their story was, and the only logical way to do that was to write it all down. That turned into my medieval epic tragedy, which I swear I will get published someday! Anyway, that was the beginning of my life of adventure, intrigue, war, and romance.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">How did you prepare? College courses? Workshops? Books on Craft? </span><br /><br />To be honest, the classic stories I’ve read over the years were a better preparation for writing than anything else. As far as formal training is concerned, history has been a major interest of mine since I was in high school, and I minored in history and English in college. When I began to write I read craft and markets books and attended a lot of writers conferences, all of which helped me to develop enough knowledge about the business and the courage—or masochism…hmmm…maybe that should be sado-masochism—to start sending out submissions.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Why do you enjoy writing historicals? (and anything more you want to add to this—anything particularly special about a certain time/setting etc.) Would you consider yourself an expert on the American Revolution? <br /></span><br /><br />History has been a major interest of mine since I was in high school. I was raised a Mennonite, and faith, family, church, and community are very important to the Amish and Mennonites. The Hochstetler family has an especially interesting history that’s well known in the community and is regularly recounted. So that had a powerful impact on my life and interests.<br /><br />Early on I developed a love of research. I love to learn about the lives of people in earlier times, and then bring the past to life for readers, especially for those who think they hate history. One of my greatest rewards is when I hear back from readers who loved my books and mention that they never enjoyed history in school, but that my stories brought the era to life for them. I love that! That’s exactly what I’m trying to do.<br /><br />Over the years I’ve read, researched, and studied a wide range of resources on the American Revolutionary period, so I guess that qualifies me to be somewhat of an expert. I just wish I had more time to focus on it than I do.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Native Son </span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Publisher: Zondervan </span><br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">J.M. Hochstetler </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_Qh_WbZAyaXK0_mNt33QG0l7Cyn2dhyphenhyphen66JQG1gomfFunRlQUnvf6JYHB-UO-r9p3xnetdXyw7BIjtAt4Xt3IxBA0X7VPGTdVn-VIRGUcBUqCysLORMz53MWY2d_HuEsu30m9_zRVAbc/s1600/Native+Son.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_Qh_WbZAyaXK0_mNt33QG0l7Cyn2dhyphenhyphen66JQG1gomfFunRlQUnvf6JYHB-UO-r9p3xnetdXyw7BIjtAt4Xt3IxBA0X7VPGTdVn-VIRGUcBUqCysLORMz53MWY2d_HuEsu30m9_zRVAbc/s400/Native+Son.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620058822655889138" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Do you have other work besides writing; and if so, how do you manage to balance both? </span><br /><br />I founded my own small press, Sheaf House, in 2006, and in 2008 we released our first 3 titles. That’s something I never anticipated. But the Lord called me to do it, and where I lack ability, God is supplying more than abundantly. <br /><br />Balancing publishing with writing is daily challenge. Sheaf House business tends to override my writing time, but I’m learning how to protect the time I do have to focus on my own projects. I try to write on weekends, early in the mornings, and later in the evening and focus on Sheaf House during the late morning and in the afternoon. That seems to be working pretty well.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">How many years/stories did you write before the first one was accepted? </span><br /><br />I began writing in 1977 and got my first publishing contract in November 2002. I wrote 4 books during that time, and my first book was the one that was published first. A lot of life happened in those years!<br /><br />What’s your next book/release date we can look forward to? (A quick sentence or two of what it’s about to whet our appetites? :)<br /><br />Currently I’m working on book 4 of my American Patriot Series, Crucible of War, which is set to release in Spring 2012. This volume is going to cover the very end of 1776, and then pretty much all of 1777, from the battles of Trenton and Princeton through the Battle of Saratoga, a crucial period for the Revolution. It’s also going to delve more deeply into the political situation than any of the previous volumes have. <br /><br />Of course, there will be lots of complications and delicious romantic tension between Elizabeth and Jonathan, not to mention between several of the secondary characters. Pieter Vander Groot’s fortunes will undergo a dramatic change, and there will be a wrenching development in Charles Andrews and Blue Sky’s story. This volume also ends on a cliffhanger that will hopefully keep readers looking forward to the next book in the series. In fact, I plan to include Chapter 1 of Valley of the Shadow at the end so my readers will get an idea of the resolution and won’t kill me!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Wind of the Spirit</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Publisher: Sheaf House </span><br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">J.M. Hochstetler </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKwFCL35V7YJQFZzjNJwKR_thJ0TDb8dVvH0IFM1TgMByxA_pEZN4Zn3l6Bk0oAlhqgKQQ5AVx4sKd_0FUQfRLPZycfjfPmyMMeB4CIW0Hp9V48Ai45XXUuafSl_CNJ7Ysd1CUpfZsO8/s1600/WOTSpirit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKwFCL35V7YJQFZzjNJwKR_thJ0TDb8dVvH0IFM1TgMByxA_pEZN4Zn3l6Bk0oAlhqgKQQ5AVx4sKd_0FUQfRLPZycfjfPmyMMeB4CIW0Hp9V48Ai45XXUuafSl_CNJ7Ysd1CUpfZsO8/s400/WOTSpirit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620059962135147778" /></a><br /><br />You can be in the drawing of an Independence Day Gift Basket for MaryLu's <span style="font-weight:bold;">Surrender the Night</span> and Joan's <span style="font-weight:bold;">Daughter of Liberty</span> or <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wind of the Spirit</span>. (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Native Son</span> is all sold out, but used copies are freely available on Amazon, and you can also get it on Kindle and Nook). Drawings for the Gift Basket will be held at the end of the month, and anyone who has left a comment, or won any of the weekly books is eligible for the Basket drawing.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8W7Ptoh8ZdK4PhWFq3SwwZoqdWOdZOyDcSp5Nm61zhyTC9vsUZlh4GS7SJsVEWEcDUwlNghM6tbC28263RUFZMt5ly_7n29V0AUdnaqqHpV5tHDVQq5EaN7c_quaG_hEhNmMNNNAJkOo/s1600/DSC_0106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8W7Ptoh8ZdK4PhWFq3SwwZoqdWOdZOyDcSp5Nm61zhyTC9vsUZlh4GS7SJsVEWEcDUwlNghM6tbC28263RUFZMt5ly_7n29V0AUdnaqqHpV5tHDVQq5EaN7c_quaG_hEhNmMNNNAJkOo/s320/DSC_0106.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604016242917126882" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Night of the Cossack </span><br />Publisher: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Bound by Faith</span><br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Tom Blubaugh</span><br /><br /><br />As an educator, it is now my very great pleasure to present the Young Adult novel "Night of the Cossack" by Tom Blubaugh. Not only is the story exciting, but Tom takes us to a unique time and place in history that should be examined more closely by young readers. Out of his personal history, Tom has given us a story that is not only entertaining to read but tells us more about the Cossacks, and a time in Russia when it was dangerous to be a Jew. <br /><br />In thinking about whether I would post this book for the celebration of America's Independence Day, I decided what better time than to present a story which contrasts the wonderful and hard-won freedoms we still enjoy in this country today, with those that people are still fighting for all over the world. This story should be in every school library in the nation! <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnzvj-fbuhZpN-iL-PRI0YdQl0H4gNOJibT7D_tGPNlWlmAx_hM_pKc4h1OPcaOwLx-Zv6zjGVWmWh7pB2_kEnE4QPW2TrxdsJD0tKNW8DXixOkjmdCT-885CMamJTr3e-MfuXlTIUP4/s1600/Tom+Blubaugh+image+size.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnzvj-fbuhZpN-iL-PRI0YdQl0H4gNOJibT7D_tGPNlWlmAx_hM_pKc4h1OPcaOwLx-Zv6zjGVWmWh7pB2_kEnE4QPW2TrxdsJD0tKNW8DXixOkjmdCT-885CMamJTr3e-MfuXlTIUP4/s320/Tom+Blubaugh+image+size.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620077718376277282" /></a><br /><br />"In Night of the Cossack, Tom Blubaugh has created an interesting fictional account of a young boy facing a series of tough life-or-death decisions when forced into the life of a Cossack soldier. Readers are sure to be entertained by this tale of Nathan Hertzfield's life, his struggle to maintain the upstanding character and morality set forth by his mother." -Author Michelle Buckman, Christy award finalist.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGkkV5EQT7keKDbPm_8yu_lQyYqqEPpLExGoiUMDAWO6NqFxe33TsutBwLy_CnujX3Uj2lPiBZdq4LtvYy24CgTw1Gy4rBlgxhzQweGigbjpVys-ATL8peRFTUi8WzZoD-m7evD5Jpw4/s1600/Night+of+the+Cossack_3D_Cropped_340.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGkkV5EQT7keKDbPm_8yu_lQyYqqEPpLExGoiUMDAWO6NqFxe33TsutBwLy_CnujX3Uj2lPiBZdq4LtvYy24CgTw1Gy4rBlgxhzQweGigbjpVys-ATL8peRFTUi8WzZoD-m7evD5Jpw4/s400/Night+of+the+Cossack_3D_Cropped_340.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620077173099630626" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">For more information:<br /></span> http://www.tomyblu.com/<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgaTz4i5p1Ty2NI5e3dI9kevqhVtaFRTeEThjQo0m9T5Hk5Vvmbyz_cFprCPGnX5TmSO5UQkv37uqlKi3rLSJMrBkZ6XrgR4MHelLL1y7biG6Qes6nV9ZLF-mAGxQDTPiZiZ8qvSP3gA/s1600/pic26500.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgaTz4i5p1Ty2NI5e3dI9kevqhVtaFRTeEThjQo0m9T5Hk5Vvmbyz_cFprCPGnX5TmSO5UQkv37uqlKi3rLSJMrBkZ6XrgR4MHelLL1y7biG6Qes6nV9ZLF-mAGxQDTPiZiZ8qvSP3gA/s200/pic26500.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625525261768180578" /></a><br /><br /><br />To draw Independence Day to a close, I'd like to hi-light award-winning, multi-published author, Marianne Evens and her latest book, <span style="font-weight:bold;">"A Face in the Clouds"</span> (Sort of saving the frosting on the cake til last! :)<br /><br /><br />Title (contemporary)<span style="font-weight:bold;">A Face in the Clouds</span><br />Publisher: <span style="font-weight:bold;">White Rose Press</span><br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Marianne Evans </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqw5FPVaXC3BGqo0sRNmM-WsydpAX2e2ddGxLCpEXlEIpVjUDiqk7BPrITJ1aPwgR0XVgiCqIgH4J82OjnlnZR7A2_n5vfOHo5cb6WFecAJ_buuIhpZfxnP37_meVnK814yjCJHDukNJw/s1600/Marianne+Evans+Author+Pic_Formal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 103px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqw5FPVaXC3BGqo0sRNmM-WsydpAX2e2ddGxLCpEXlEIpVjUDiqk7BPrITJ1aPwgR0XVgiCqIgH4J82OjnlnZR7A2_n5vfOHo5cb6WFecAJ_buuIhpZfxnP37_meVnK814yjCJHDukNJw/s320/Marianne+Evans+Author+Pic_Formal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620072468748586034" /></a><br /><br /><br />AUTHOR BIO:<br /><br />Marianne Evans is a multi-published author of contemporary romance novels. Her professional career began when Kensington Publishing purchased her book, Friends & Lovers. Her second offering, Right Hand Man, followed shortly thereafter. Her third release from Kensington, Hannah’s Heart, won critical acclaim from reviewers and in the local media. <br /><br />Her fourth book is her inspirational romance debut at White Rose Publishing – an award-winning novel entitled Hearts Crossing. Hearts Crossing led to the creation of a four-book Christian romance series: The Woodland Series. Book 2, Hearts Surrender, released in late 2010 with Books 3 and 4 – Hearts Communion and Hearts Key, slated for late 2011 and early 2012 release. A Woodland Series Bonus Story, A Face in the Clouds, is an Easter-themed short story, also from White Rose Publishing.<br /><br />Recent awards include: <br /><br />Hearts Crossing:<br />Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence Finalist<br />CAPA Finalist <br />5-Star Review, The Romance Studio<br />5-Star Review, Coffee Time Romance<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Hearts Surrender</span><br /> <br />Christian Small Publishers Association Book of the Year Finalist<br />4-Star Review, Romantic Times Magazine<br />5-Star Review & Book of the Week, The Romance Studio<br />5-Klover Review & Recommended Read, Kwips & Kritiques<br /><br />A lifelong resident of Michigan, Marianne is an active member of Romance Writers of America and the Greater Detroit RWA where she served the chapter in a number of capacities, but most notably for two terms as Chapter Treasurer and two terms as Chapter President. She also belongs to the Faith Hope and Love chapter of RWA, American Christian Fiction Writers and the Michigan Literary Network.<br /><br />Marianne loves to connect with readers ~ find her at: <br />http://www.marianneevans.com/ <br />http://www.marianneevans.blogspot.com/ <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfubnU3qY6qobd3TkX0HQuyFeA6HZwmrkgavc7GZccQtVfMW1-Ngr5qNHf3xO6iQ_mmrXP9rhBthzbp234w1vObxItdbhN1Sc5ZNRDiyX4KYVQmqKkq2pXRY2eZedtAN9_5zBVyzx7zIw/s1600/AFaceInTheClouds_w5093_680.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfubnU3qY6qobd3TkX0HQuyFeA6HZwmrkgavc7GZccQtVfMW1-Ngr5qNHf3xO6iQ_mmrXP9rhBthzbp234w1vObxItdbhN1Sc5ZNRDiyX4KYVQmqKkq2pXRY2eZedtAN9_5zBVyzx7zIw/s400/AFaceInTheClouds_w5093_680.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620075338456405762" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A FACE IN THE CLOUDS</span><br /><br />Reporter Paul Hutchins is all about finding facts and uncovering the truth. Verification, authenticity and quantification are the fuel of his spirit…Until he falls in love with producer Sandy Pierson.<br /><br />Sandy sees Christ alive in every aspect of her life. No need for quantified facts. Faith is the fuel of her spirit . But her love for Paul puts her at odds with God's call toward faith and all of its mysteries.<br /><br />Paul considers Christianity to be well-meaning myth—hyperbole. To Sandy, it’s everything—and she can accept nothing less from the man she loves.<br />Can a miracle happen? Can the touch of God Himself keep their relationship from shattering?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A FACE IN THE CLOUDS</span> (excerpt)<br /> <br />“I know how deeply you feel things, Paul. You have a wonderful heart. That’s part of why I love you so much. I’m torn in two about my feelings for you.” Sandy’s declaration would have filled him were it not chipped and cracked by the impact of her doubts. <br /><br />“Your reporter’s instinct toward authenticity and revealing the truth is a big part of what I admire about you. There’s nothing wrong with facing the world honestly, but you need to make room for a few other truths.”<br /><br />“Like God.”<br /><br />“Yes, and the fact that life holds as much mystery, and as many intangibles, as it does realistic things you can hold tight with both hands.”<br /><br />She wanted him to change. Right down to the soul. Paul continued to study her. She was hurt enough that she had almost stepped away from attending tonight’s event—out of a frustrated sense of love. Yet here they were—together—out of a frustrated sense of love. <br /><br />And if he wasn’t mindful of her beliefs, she’d step away from him. <br /><br />Paul navigated the rapidly-filling parking lot of Woodland Church. Once they stopped, he killed the car engine and used a restraining hand to keep Sandy in place. He closed the space between them and gave her a kiss that lingered and thoroughly tasted. He felt the gesture ease a bit of the tightness in her shoulders and back. “I’ll keep an open mind, OK?”<br /><br />She touched his face, and there was yearning in her eyes. “Keep an open heart. That’s much more important.”<br /><br />If you see any books you may be interested in receiving as a giveaway prize, please leave a comment and your e-mail address! <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.zwani.com/graphics/christian/"><img src="http://images.zwani.com/graphics/christian/images/ingofwetrustpatrioticcross.jpg" alt="zwani.com myspace graphic comments" border=0></a><br><a href="http://www.zwani.com/graphics/christian/" target="_blank">Christian Graphic Comments</a></center><br /><br /><br /><br />"May the Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: may the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." Num.6:25-26 (KJV)Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146639909600215128.post-88893774567402752142011-04-03T18:39:00.000-07:002011-04-03T21:54:10.988-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_fMo7ntIRkMxJGHt-H4L5XrlnYE1Q6gAoXvpKP5P4CqwBtFoGzeAKHayAJKVWEbll5aWEbimibkPDZQoOhE9dudnyfIGidPB0z9P7mrBQqLCrypgEqazQyLDa7VRezXhArhjQRfKdRs/s1600/pic26500.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_fMo7ntIRkMxJGHt-H4L5XrlnYE1Q6gAoXvpKP5P4CqwBtFoGzeAKHayAJKVWEbll5aWEbimibkPDZQoOhE9dudnyfIGidPB0z9P7mrBQqLCrypgEqazQyLDa7VRezXhArhjQRfKdRs/s400/pic26500.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557752032331246770" /></a><br /><br />"You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea." ~ Medgar Evers, American Civil Rights Activist (1926-1963) <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">AmHis</span> <br /><br />The American Historical Christian Fiction blog hi-lights books by Christian authors who are led by the Lord to write about characters and stories set in America's past.<br />They are exciting stories of romance, adventure and suspense, written to inspire and encourage. <br /><br /> If you're looking for a book for yourself, a loved one, or those who may need an uplifting message woven through an entertaining story, please consider new monthly releases in inspirational historical fiction found here--the kind that take you on a journey into our country's past (from early colonial times to WWII) and illuminates the trials, beauty and blessings of our great nation. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">This week it's my pleasure to hi-light <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author of the Week:</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Amanda Cabot</span> and her latest release:<span style="font-weight:bold;"> "Tomorrow's Garden" </span><br /><br />Title: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Tomorrow's Garden</span><br />Author: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Amanda Cabot</span><br />Publisher: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Revell</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjon8Wus3Lm38x2f2evgU0q69U-1DCCHXsi5lxvojvxbZYFzJWlqHB76a3k_GCLAMmyXF32U-IgH7i0FHQ48lJ-O9bS5MQbg1iZqbPYdICgqs06kWFX56Wiv1DcBGa8YBGh1l5KS3pfpP8/s1600/tomorrows-garden.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjon8Wus3Lm38x2f2evgU0q69U-1DCCHXsi5lxvojvxbZYFzJWlqHB76a3k_GCLAMmyXF32U-IgH7i0FHQ48lJ-O9bS5MQbg1iZqbPYdICgqs06kWFX56Wiv1DcBGa8YBGh1l5KS3pfpP8/s400/tomorrows-garden.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591537408000688642" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">As the seed awaits the spring sunshine, so one young woman hopes for a brighter tomorrow</span><br /><br />Harriet Kirk is certain that becoming the new schoolteacher in Ladreville, Texas, is just what she needs—a chance to put the past behind her and give her younger siblings a brighter tomorrow. What she didn’t count on was the presence of handsome former Texas Ranger Lawrence Wood—or the way he affects her fragile heart. But can Harriet and Lawrence ever truly conquer the past in order to find happiness?<br /><br />Book 3 in the Texas Dreams series, Tomorrow’s Garden is a powerful story of overcoming the odds and grabbing hold of happiness. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Amanda Cabot</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vPvsSbCETDhpK6my2JXNylywM9hPTV67t_HPCUts6I4272dkUuuVWnT7l-Dn6noxpib4W2kPcu3f4ktxopqo9SCfbYUrQ8DeyIevqRiNrU7BK7uupNvaRMDvdng9FK5EWAJhGr5oFB0/s1600/Amanda+Cabot+2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vPvsSbCETDhpK6my2JXNylywM9hPTV67t_HPCUts6I4272dkUuuVWnT7l-Dn6noxpib4W2kPcu3f4ktxopqo9SCfbYUrQ8DeyIevqRiNrU7BK7uupNvaRMDvdng9FK5EWAJhGr5oFB0/s400/Amanda+Cabot+2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591537152548179058" /></a><br /><br />The following is my interview with Amanda....<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?</span><br /><br />I can’t say that there was an “aha” moment when I realized I wanted to be a writer, because for me wanting to write simply evolved from loving to read, but I do remember being seven years old and announcing to my parents that when I grew up I was going to be a writer. Admittedly, my first efforts, which included two plays that my fifth grade teacher allowed me to produce for the other classes and a very short-lived neighborhood newspaper, were less than stellar, but I never stopped dreaming of being a published author.<br /> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">How did you prepare? College courses? Workshops? Books on Craft?</span><br /><br />This is going to be embarrassing, but how about ‘none of the above’? I was so naïve that I just wrote. At the time, RWA and ACFW didn’t exist, so there was no one to mentor me and to tell me that you never, ever send a query letter to “Dear Editor.” You’re supposed to know the editor’s name and title and be sure to spell both correctly. Fortunately for me, “Dear Editor” was new to her job and bought my first book, despite my obvious inexperience.<br /><br /> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Were you writing fiction before you got published? </span><br /> <br />Oh, yes. Fortunately, I was wise enough not to send any of those early manuscripts to an editor. <br /> <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">How many years did you write before the first one was accepted? </span><br /><br />I started writing when I was seven, but that doesn’t count. Or does it? Although I had dabbled with a number of books, it wasn’t until a month before my 29th birthday that I started writing seriously. You see, I had a goal of selling a book before I turned 30, and I figured I’d better get working if I was going to accomplish that. One week before my 30th birthday, “Dear Editor” told me she loved the book and wanted to buy it. So, you could say it was either a little over a year or 23 years, depending on when you want to start counting.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Why do you enjoy writing historicals? (and anything more you want to add to this--anything special about time/settings etc.) </span><br /><br />Although I’ve written both contemporary and historical fiction, I have to admit to a strong preference for tales of days gone by. I love fiction because of its ability to transport us out of the here-and-now into a different world, and what’s more different than an earlier time? I also love learning about (and writing about) different eras, seeing how the social constraints of the time influenced characters. <br /><br />As for specific time periods and settings, I’ve set books everywhere from medieval France to Gold Rush Alaska. My Texas Dreams books take place in the beautiful Hill Country starting in 1856, and my next trilogy, the Westward Winds series, is set in Wyoming beginning in 1885. As you can see, I enjoy learning about new places and time periods and hope that my readers do, too.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">What's your next book/release date we can look forward to? (A quick sentence or two of what it's about to whet our appetites? :) <br /></span><br /><br />Tomorrow’s Garden is my current release. Although it has the less than auspicious release date of April 1, it should be in bookstores a week or so before then. This is the last of the Texas Dreams books, but I want to assure readers that, even though it’s technically part of a series and has continuing characters from the first two books, it’s not necessary to have read Paper Roses or Scattered Petals to enjoy it. So, what’s it about? Here’s a bit from the back cover copy: Becoming Ladreville's new schoolteacher is just what Harriet needs--a chance to put the past behind her and give her younger siblings a brighter tomorrow. What she didn't count on was meeting the handsome former Texas Ranger Lawrence Wood--or the way he slowly but surely claims her fragile heart. <br /><br />Pat, thanks so much for inviting me to be part of your blog. I’ve enjoyed our conversation.<br /><br />What a great interview! Thank you, Amanda for your in-depth and thoughtful answers. Have a blessed April, everyone, we're into Spring! <br /><br />(There is no giveaway for Tomorrow's Garden) <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Historic Flash Facts</span><br /><br />Curious about what happened on your birth date one hundred years ago....(wouldn't it make a great theme for your birthday party?) Or searching for an historical event to include in a story you're writing? Check out Historic Flash Facts; new entries will be added weekly to keep you "up-to-date". <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">April 3, 1860</span><br />The Legendary Pony Express began carrying mail between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California. The delivery system lasted only 18 months before giving way to the transcontinental telegraph. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1865</span> <br />Union forces occupied the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1882</span><br />The outlaw Jesse James was shot to death in St. Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford, a member of James' gang.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1946</span><br />Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed by firing squad outside Manila.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1948 </span><br />President Harry S. Truman signed into law the Marshall Plan, designed to help European allies rebuild after WWII and resist communism.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">April 4, 1949</span><br />12 nations, including the United States, signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington D.C.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">April 5, 1614</span><br />Pocahontas, daughter of the leader of the Powhatan tribe, married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. A convert to Christianity, she went by the title of Lady Rebecca Rolfe.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1792</span><br />George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">April 6, 1909</span><br />American explorers Robert E. Peary, Matthew A. Henson, and four Inuits, became the first men to reach the North Pole.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">April 7, 1862 </span><br />Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1927 </span><br />The image and voice of Commerce Secretary Herbert hoover were transmitted live from Washington to New York in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1949</span><br />The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical <span style="font-style:italic;">South Pacific</span> opened on Broadway.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">April 8, 1911</span><br />An explosion at the Banner Coal Mine in Littleton, Alabama, claimed the lives of 128 men, most of them convicts loaned out from prisons.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1913 </span><br />The 17th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for direct popular election of united States Senators (as opposed to appointment by state legislatures), was ratified.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">April 9, 1865</span><br /> <br />Confederate General, Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1939</span><br />Singer Marian Anderson performed a concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the D.A.R.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1942</span><br />American and Philippine defenders on Bataan capitulated to Japanese forces; the surrender was followed by the notorious Bataan Death March which claimed thousands of lives. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3tVmTe7I2IJLSKod_489Wt0ObKIeMCKx_eUgRpLbTDZ4FbwNqgUlHtuLNrbJhEv521-6RJUrBMWOmQMvdHztRAtAXniaRcbVmMwlTHtA_vGXWImNFLrxt5FDcWouiHT4G3tvmWNeAVI/s1600/anim32.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 90px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3tVmTe7I2IJLSKod_489Wt0ObKIeMCKx_eUgRpLbTDZ4FbwNqgUlHtuLNrbJhEv521-6RJUrBMWOmQMvdHztRAtAXniaRcbVmMwlTHtA_vGXWImNFLrxt5FDcWouiHT4G3tvmWNeAVI/s200/anim32.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568599000348038914" /></a><br /> <br />"May the Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: may the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." Num.6:25-26 (KJV)<br /> <br />Pat Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.com0