Dear Readers, today I’m
hosting a dear friend of mine and a member of the critique group that meets in
my home.
Welcome, Marji. Tell us
about your new project.
LOVE BOAT BACHELOR is a romance novella
written by eight different authors.
You were involved in
something like that last time you were here, weren’t you.
Yes,
through Write Integrity Press. This is actually our fourth collaborative
novella, and they all have about the same concept. Given a detailed character
and a setting, each author writes an original chapter in the story. It’s
amazing how the character journey weaves together. And even more confounding
how our voices tend to blend. Readers have had trouble believing that the
stories have more than one writer.
What’s special about this
book?
The Love Boat
Bachelor
is our first sequel. I’m really excited to tell the further story with this.
With last year’s book, A Dozen Apologies,
we introduced a lady with a changed life who needed to make amends to 12 men
she’d humiliated. Each fellow met with Mara in his own chapter. At the end we
asked the readers to help us figure out who should win her heart. It was a
tough decision and many of the men walked away disappointed. So we took the guy
who collected the second-most votes and built a new story around him. Sort of
like the Bachelorette and the Bachelor TV shows. Lol!
Here’s
the back cover information:
Romance
is a joke.
After
the love of Brent Teague’s life came back into his world only to marry someone
else, Brent is through with women. He might be through with being a pastor,
too.
Brent
was so sure that God brought Mara Adkins home to him so they could marry and
live happily ever after. Six months after her wedding to another man, that
theory is obviously a dud. If Brent could be so wrong about that, who’s to say
he’s not mistaken about God calling him to pastoral ministry?
Tired
of watching Brent flounder for direction, Brent’s feisty older sister boots him
out of Spartanburg
and onto a cruise ship. Brent’s old college buddy manages the ship’s staff, and
he’s thrilled to finagle Brent into the role of chaplain for the two-week
cruise.
As
the ship sets sail, Brent starts to relax. Maybe a cruise wasn’t such a bad
idea after all. But there’s just one little thing no one told him. He’s not on
any ordinary cruise. He’s on The Love Boat.
What’s
a sworn bachelor to do on a Caribbean cruise
full of romance and love? He’ll either have to jump ship or embrace the
unforgettable romantic comedy headed his way.
Will there be a contest
with this book?
Yes!
Just like last year’s novella, our hero meets a number of eligible
bachelorettes and falls head over heels in love with one of them. The problem
is, the authors have no idea which gal he’s chosen. We’ll be posting a new
chapter each weekday, starting Monday, January 26 – February 4, on the Write
Integrity Press blog. (http://www.writeintegrity.com) Readers are encouraged to
vote on their favorite heroine from the 4th through the 7th. The winning gal
will be in the final chapter that will release with the book on Valentine’s
Day.
So you have to download
the book to find out the ending?
Yes.
In order to learn just who the readers voted for, and who won Brent’s heart,
you have to download the actual e-book. But there is good news with that! The
book is FREE on www.Amazon.com for 4 days. February 14th – February 17th. So while
I don’t have a free book to give away today, or even a chapter to share online,
the chapters – all but one of them – will come up starting Monday at www.WriteIntegrity.com
and the book is free for EVERYONE on Valentine’s day. With Love J!
How can readers keep in
contact with you?
I’m
always responding to comments on my website – MarjiLaine.com
And
I’m on Facebook all the time. Facebook.com/MarjiLaine
I’m
also on:
Twitter
- @MarjiLaine
Pinterest
- /MarjiLaine
Goodreads
– Marji
Laine
And
I have an author
page on Amazon.
Readers, don't forget to go to www.amazon.com February 14-17 claim your free copy.
16 comments:
What a great concept! Will you be keeping us up with them, Lena?
What a fun story line - we leave on a cruise next week.
Cheryl in IL
This sounds like a fun idea.
California
Marianne, because of my writing schedule right now, I'm going to wait until the whole book is finished.
I hope a lot of my readers do read each chapter and vote for their favorite bachelorette.
Hi, everyone!
I'm one of the authors involved in The Love Boat Bachelor. You're going to love it. If you haven't done so, I encourage you to read A Dozen Apologies, especially Brent's chapter. That way, when The Love Boat Bachelor sets sail, you're as ready for Brent's happy ending as we are.
Please let your friends know about this, we want the readers to have fun with this.
Thanks, lena, for hosting Marji today!
Hi, everyone. I'm a co-hort of Julie's and I'm one of the authors of this great story. Linda, you're right. It's a fun idea. The Love Boat Bachelor is Write Integrity Press's fourth multi-writer collaboration where we feature one hero or heroine and send him or her on a journey. I hope you'll friend one of us on Facebook so we can point you to the chapters that will go online as well as the various posts the authors will have throughout the project. Then we're really counting on you to vote for your favorite heroine--and it'll be really fun, because we're not letting you know which author wrote about which heroine until the completed novella (with winning heroine getting her guy) is released.
Hi! I'm honored to be among the co-writers of both A Dozen Apologies and Love Boat Bachelor. I'm really excited about this one, because with each encounter, you'll gain a little more insight into Brent's character.
This is such a fun book and a great concept by the folks at Write Integrity Press. Julie's right about A Dozen Apologies. Poor Brent. That was a rough time for him.
But things look up on this amazing cruise!
Scottsgal, where are you cruising to? Brent headed for 14 days in the Caribbean.
Hi all! I'm thrilled to be one of the authors of The Love Boat Bachelor. It's fun, funny, sad, sassy, introspective, and heart-warming. And if you've never been on cruise or visited the Caribbean, here's your chance to live vicariously through Brent!
Sounds like an interesting contest and a challenge to the authors to write about who readers choose. Sm wileygreen1(at)yahoo(dot)com. CA
This does sound like fun.
Mary P
QLD AUSTRALIA
Sounds like a great and fun idea. Thank you for the chance to win.
Blessings from Indiana,
Cindy W.
sounds like a fun book thanks for the chance to win
live in ND
ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com
Thanks for the interview. It is very nice of Margi to give ebooks to everyone. Thanks lena for having her visit. Maxie > mac262(at)me(dot)com <
Maxie from Texas.
Sounds great looking forward to reading it.
Sounds like a great book!Shelia from Mississippi
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