PAM'S CHRISTMAS KISS - Laura Domino - One Free Book

Welcome, Laura. Tell us how much of yourself you write into your characters. I add some of my interests to my characters. I like eating at Mexican food restaurants. In Pam’s Christmas Kisses, I chose a Mexican food restaurant for one of the meeting places for my hero and heroine. Pam is a mother, and I am too. I try to draw from the emotions I experienced in my mothering years.

 

What is the quirkiest thing you have ever done? I brought a gift to a baby shower and, to say who the gift was from, I put a Post-It Note with my name written in Sharpie on it. My pregnant friend asked why I used a Post-It Note. I said I didn’t want to write with a Sharpie on the wrapping paper because that would look bad.

 

When did you first discover that you were a writer? After my high school yearbook teacher had already picked out the editors for the yearbook, she told me I would have the title of Unofficial Copy Editor. She gave me articles to write so I’d have my byline in several pages of my yearbook. The “unofficial” part of my title didn’t bother me. I was happy to have some bylines.

 

Tell us the range of the kinds of books you enjoy reading. I’ve enjoyed reading Christian romance, both contemporary and historical, and Christian romantic suspense.

 

How do you keep your sanity in our run, run, run world? My husband and I watch TV together and discuss the writing, plot threads, and even the acting. We both guess what will happen next in a show or who the killer is in a murder mystery. I get it right more often than he does, but he comes in a close second. 

 

How do you choose your characters’ names? My first novel was about Pam’s son Adam. I chose Adam and Benita for my first novel because I was keeping characters straight in my mind–alphabetically. And then I renamed some of them just before publishing. To keep it all straight, I refer to my character naming spreadsheet.

 

What is the accomplishment that you are most proud of? To be honest, raising wonderful children with my awesome hubby would be my number one accomplishment. Aside from that, I’ve enjoyed seeing a #1 Best Seller banner on four of my books on Amazon.

 

If you were an animal, which one would you be, and why? I think I’d be a fish. I’ve been snorkeling on vacations and enjoyed looking down into the sea. If I didn’t have to breathe air, I would love the freedom of swimming around fascinating sea plants and interesting rock formations.

 

In all the years I’ve done this blog, this is my first “fish” answer. What is your favorite food? So hard to pick a favorite! Italian food has always been near the top of my list, but I also like Greek food. 

 

Which writing problem was your greatest roadblock, and how did you overcome it? My biggest writing problem has been my inability to write quickly. However, I did finish 50,000 words of a novel one November for NaNoWriMo. It usually takes me more than a month to finish a first draft.

 

Tell us about the featured book. Pam is a widow and the mother of Adam, who was the hero in my first novel, The Promotion. Pam and Paul had a scene in that story where she asked Paul, a real estate agent to help her son move out of her house. Then I put Pam and Paul in their own story to show how they got together. I needed a wounded hero for Pam so she could hear about being accepted and loved from someone who knew the struggle.

 

Please give us the first page of the book.

Without checking her pulse, Pam knew her heart rate, and probably her blood pressure, was through the roof. Pam was never late for church. Why did she have to start being late today? 

More than likely, Kendra wasn’t just waiting for her. She was probably busy finding another single man so she could set up another date for someone. Kendra lived for matchmaking. It was her love language.

After parallel parking across the road from the church’s front door, Pam sat in her car and took a moment to collect herself. She hoped her dress hadn’t wrinkled on the short drive to church. Chic, feminine clothing had always been the thing to wear when meeting Kendra. She’d been set up too often not to expect a man to be there, judging whether or not he really wanted to go on a date with her.

The teal dress she’d picked out this morning was a good color for her. However, Kendra would notice if she showed up with smudged eye liner. She pulled a tissue out of her purse and blotted her sweaty face.

Checking in the rearview mirror to be sure that her makeup hadn’t melted off her face, she avoided looking directly into her own eyes. She’d only be reminded of the painful ways her life had changed. With her makeup mostly still there, she left her car and checked the time on her phone.

When Kendra suggested they meet before church, Pam thought at first that Kendra was interested in learning more about God. Pam had never heard her talk about God before, so she didn’t want to blow her first opportunity to support her friend’s journey closer to him.

 

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Thank you, Laura, for sharing this book with my blog readers and me. It sounds wonderful.

 

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