SOME KIND OF HERO - Hannah Alexander - One Free Book

Welcome back, Hannah. How did you come up with the idea for this story? I’ve seen some scary situations in which friends of ours—and patients in our clinic—were given drugs that were misrepresented and actually caused some horrific side effects. I wanted everyone to pay more attention to the medicines they swallow—and what their doctors tell them.

If you were planning a party with Christian authors of contemporary fiction, what six people would you invite and why? I’m working with several other Christian authors every day using the buddy system, and I have them to thank for helping me get back on my feet after too long a hiatus between books. Kristin Billerbeck practically dragged me back to work last year during the shutdown, and Jenny Jones worked with us every day except Sunday. Colleen Coble also brainstorms with us, as well as Denise Hunter. Robin Lee Hatcher is a fountain of wisdom and encouragement, and no party would work without her. Jim Bell is always good in a party, and these people are friends we enjoy spending time with. Oh! Can’t forget Deb Raney. We’ll slip her in because she’s a kind soul who puts up with all kinds of antics.

Those are some of my favorite authors, too. Now let’s do that for a party for Christian authors of historical fiction, what six people would you invite and why? I also work daily with Jill Eileen Smith, who writes excellent Biblical fiction, and enjoy her company. Angela Hunt helps us with our covers, and she is very creative with many stories to tell about her chickens and other animals. Lena Nelson Dooley is one of my favorite people who can keep a party perking. Stephanie Grace Whitson is an amazing writer, and I’m reading her work right now. Tamera Alexander writes well-researched historical fiction set in Nashville area where she lives. Julie Lessman lives not far from where we set our books in Missouri, and she is quite a hoot. I enjoy her a great deal—fun at a party!

Thank you for including me in the list. We would have a ball with all those people. Many times, people (and other authors) think you have it made with so many books published. What is your most difficult problem with writing at this time in your career? Focus is my problem, hence my dependence on the people I’ve mentioned above. They are friends, and as friends we keep one another motivated. When I first began writing so many decades ago, I could sit alone and write four books in a year with no encouragement. Now I need to meet online with friends every day to keep going. I still love writing, but I’m more easily distracted.

Tell us about the featured book. Some Kind of Hero Three months ago, Laine Fulton, medical researcher, was falling in love until the man in her life left town on a secret mission with no explanation, no warning. Now she and her friends are facing possible court battle and the loss of their medical licenses over a past tragedy.

Three months after leaving, Dr. Ian Stone returns from his mission rescuing children in a war-torn country to find Laine seeing another man, hesitant to allow Ian back into her life. As nightmares haunt him, he faces her rejection, holding secrets he still cannot share. Suddenly, Laine has her own secrets.

How can Laine give her heart to a man who might disappear again at a moment’s notice? Will Laine’s mission end her career and the hope of a future?

This sounds like a wonderful read. Please give us the first page of the book.

As a practical person with a scientific education, Laine Fulton was never given to superstition, to the willies, or to fear of the dark, but as evening descended over the wooded trail where she typically ran with others much earlier, an odd quivering began in her stomach. Goosebumps marched across the back of her neck.

Although she was trained in self-defense, she couldn’t dismiss the hard facts that women had been raped and badly beaten along this very same trail. Granted, this route was 240 miles long, and the attacks had happened closer to more populated areas than Columbia, Missouri, but this university town had its own element of danger.

Tonight felt spooky. Perhaps that had something to do with the mission she was on.

A thump startled her and she stopped, turned, surveyed the path, heart racing faster. She could see nothing but a herd of white-tailed deer munching in the shaded fields of lush June grass that bordered the trail. No monsters lurked there. This late, not even another jogger shared this place with her, which would be nice if not for those poor women she couldn’t excise from her mind.

According to the reports, those women had also been out late on the trail…alone…

How can readers find you on the Internet?

You can find the first chapter of this book and more at www.hannahalexander.com

On Amazon.com, pull up Hannah Alexander Some Kind of Hero

Also look for us at Hannah Alexander on Facebook

Thanks so much, Lena!

It’s always a pleasure to welcome you here on my blog. I’m eager to read this book.

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DANDELION MOON - Hannah Alexander - One Free Book

Welcome back, Hannah Alexander. Why did you become an author? I made up songs and stories and poems before I ever learned how to read and write. My imagination was what sometimes kept me sane when I lived in the country as an only child for most of my developmental years. I guess it still keeps me sane when the Alexander half of our name works long, difficult hours in the ER.

If you weren’t an author, what would be your dream job? Oh, that’s easy—an editor! I love the editing part of my work. I’ve been a book doctor on several novels just for the fun of it. I love working with my fellow writers.

I love editing other peoples’ work, but I often miss things in my own. I see what I thought I wrote. If you could have lived at another time in history, what would it be and why? I would live as close to the present day as possible because from what I’ve read of history, it was hard! Living conditions were difficult before my time. It was hard to stay clean, hard to get good food. I’m such a sissy. I don’t endure hardship well.

However, upon consideration, I would love to have been there when Jesus walked the earth. I would have loved to see His face, hear His voice, feel His touch. Yes, I would have had to endure his death. Not sure I could have handled that. But to see Him rise again? Wow.

What place in the United States have you not visited that you would like to? You know that riverboat cruise I mentioned earlier? I’d like to take a Mississippi river boat cruise. Or another great river. I’m not talking about the gambling boats, but something quiet that takes several days and covers a long river.

There are some European river cruises that sound wonderful. How about a foreign country you hope to visit? I would probably like to visit Australia, because one of my best friends has been there a few times and she raves about it.

What lesson has the Lord taught you recently? Very recently, when I had to make a nine hour round-trip drive for medical care, He reminded me that we had not been cut off from Him. I have begun to think that was the case, because we’ve been unable to find a church family. We actually tried to settle in two different small congregations, but I was met with hostility in both places. I still don’t understand it because I’m not an unfriendly person. We’ve been without a dependable church home since we moved to Wyoming three years ago. We’ve actually found one we’re going to try Sunday. I’m praying that we’ll be able to fit in until we move from here.

Our church, Gateway Church, has very good online services until you can find a church near you. And there’s a satellite church in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, if you’re near there. It’s a smaller congregation. Tell us about the featured book. On Christmas Eve, a woman stumbles through a cemetery, not knowing who she is…

Myra sat beside Weston, staring up at the December sky. “I remember sitting in this place watching the moon disappear a little more each night, like the head of a dandelion blowing in the wind. That was how I felt about my life.”

“But you know what happens when those dandelion seeds spread,” Weston said. “The wind takes them to places where they grow. You may feel as if you’re losing yourself, but your love is planting new life into others.”

On Christmas Eve, Weston Cline frantically searches for the woman he loves, psychiatrist Myra Maxwell. She left her clinic in the middle of the day, and he’s heard nothing from her since. When he can’t find her in the city, he decides to search in her hometown, where he’s made enemies in the past and must tread lightly.

Will Weston be able to find Myra and help her recover her memories, or will the problems of his past prevent him from reaching her?

Please give us the first page of the book.

She came to herself—whoever she was—running in panic, gasping for breath, tripping over tombstones and stumbling into holes through a dark cemetery.

Where was she?

Smoke drifted past her from the darkness between flashes of light that outlined a stand of trees ahead of her. A red haze rose through those trees.

Why was she running? Was she being chased? She ran faster, harder, glancing over her shoulder to see if someone was behind her, but there was nothing. No one.

Another flash and explosion made her cry out. She stumbled to a stop, hugged herself, held her breath. Stars of red and green shimmered in the sky and filtered to the ground.

She closed her eyes, weak with relief. Not a war zone. Fireworks.

Calm down. Take a deep breath. Another.

Heart still practically in A-fib, she heard disembodied shouts and laughter. Whistles and applause filtered through the forest. What day was this?

Independence Day celebration? No. Too cold. This wasn’t July.

Confusion cascaded over her fear, mingled, settled in the pit of her stomach. What year was it? How could she not know?

An explosion and whistle brought her eyes wide open again, and more lights formed a brilliant white star that spread across the sky, accompanied by a flute playing O Holy Night.

She recognized the star. But she felt no sense of familiarity when she looked down at her own hands. Amnesia from a fugue state could do that to a person. How did she know that?

Another explosion and screech unnerved her, but for a moment she was able to stand still, force herself to think instead of simply react. Fugue state. Yes.

How can readers find you on the Internet?

You can find us at www.hannahalexander.com or email us at askhannah@hannahalexander.com

Find us at Hannah Alexander on Facebook, and find our books on Amazon.com

We love to hear from readers and prospective readers. And Lena, we always love to hear from you. Thanks so much for including us in your blog!

I love connecting with the two of you as well. I count it a great pleasure and blessing to be allowed to introduce your books to other readers.

Readers, here are links to the book.

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HALLOWED HALLS - Hannah Alexander - One Free Book

Dear Readers, I’ve loved every Hannah Alexander novel I’ve read, and it gives me great pleasure to introduce this writing duo to you. You’ll love their books, too.

As an author, I know it takes a lot of people to birth each book. Who were the people involved in the birthing of this book, and what were their contributions? Since my husband and I work together on each book for the pen name of Hannah Alexander, Mel is my sounding board, my encourager, my resident expert on all things medical. He edits, checks for typos, markets. He is the “Alexander” of Hannah Alexander. We also have a group of friends who are novelists who brainstorm with us. We call them the “Kansas Eight.” They know who they are.

I have been meeting with long-time friends who graduated from high school with me. Six or seven or ten of us girls get together for a pajama party once a year, and we realize that we still like each other after all this time. They have been my inspiration for this whole series. I wish to show how the solid foundation of friendship can work. So Sherry, Doris, Tess, Sheila, Linda, Deb, Vickie, Marie, Corinne, Peggy, thank you for being my friends.

If you teach or speak. What’s coming up on your calendar? We have a move coming up on our calendar. I learned a few years ago that I am too scattered to speak plus write, and so when we moved from Missouri to the wilds of Nebraska Panhandle, and then later to Wyoming, I left my speaking life behind.

If you had to completely start over in another place, where would you move, and why? What a great question, since we are completely starting over once again. We plan to move to Phoenix, Arizona, before the end of the year. We have discovered that my Southern California bones don’t do well in cold weather. Wyoming is winter about eight months of the year, complete with thick ice on the street for many months. Mel works in the ER, and has seen so many broken bones from falls on the ice that I don’t like getting outside during the winter. I’m so thankful that we have several friends and family members where we’re moving, so we won’t feel alone at all.

Neither James nor I do well in the cold either. If you could only tell aspiring novelists one thing, what would it be? Get edited. I put so many books down because of the writer’s inability to form a good plot, write good dialogue, create lovable characters, or even write a good sentence. A good editor can help with all of that.

That is so true. You’ve been asked to be in charge of a celebrity cruise. Who would you ask to take part, and why? (AS in what program, singers, etc. [it doesn’t have to be writing related]) My dream come true would not be an ocean cruise. I have wanted to go on a riverboat cruise for many years. The idea of sitting on a deck of a boat with far fewer people is paradise for me. I would love to see the shore at all times, the animals along the way, the towns, the other boats. My celebrities would most definitely be some of my favorite novelists, and we would sit together on the decks and form brainstorming teams and develop lasting friendships. Jerry Jenkins would be keynote speaker. For entertainment, I would have karaoke with many of my favorite writers singing—Angie Hunt, Karen Ball, Dave Lambert, Jim Bell, Bob Elmer, Brandilyn Collins, Nancy Moser—and we will all join in and sing along and rock the place!

Sounds like fun. I’ve wanted to do the riverboat cruise, too. Tell us about the featured book. Hallowed Halls is the first book in the Hallowed Halls Series. When Dr. Joy Gilbert is fired from a lucrative position in Kansas City, she returns to her small med school town on the Missouri River to find her former fiancé, Zack Travis, single; her once vivacious mother, Molly, struggling financially and physically; and Tressa, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the boss who just fired Joy, popping out the back door of the car. Tressa refuses to return to the city, where her divorced parents continue to battle one another in the aftermath of her brother’s death.

The girl’s rebellion threatens Joy’s medical license, but that threat means nothing when Tressa starts getting sick, and it appears that her parents might lose another child.

Will Joy and Zack be able to work together again in time to save Tressa’s life?

Please give us the first page of the book. Fury surged through Dr. Joy Gilbert like a rifle shot as she shut her office door and yanked the stethoscope from around her neck, suppressing a rebel yell. She stormed to the wide windows and sucked in her breath, ready to throw open the panes and shock the world. But an inquisitive squirrel leapt from one branch to another on a tree behind the clinic.

With a comical tilt of his head the furry critter broke the force of her outrage. Joy released her breath and deflated. As a child, she’d helped Mom bottle-feed an orphaned gray squirrel, and the little thick-tailed acrobat had often made her laugh.

Why scare the squirrels because she was angry with the ridiculous accusations of a hostile patient? The man was unbelievable.

Her intercom buzzed, jerking her back to complete maturity. “Dr. Gilbert, honey, you okay in there?” It was Betty, her favorite nurse.

“Give me a sec—”

“The boss is on his way to the clinic, sweetie. I want to rush Mr. Bezier out the door before he can waylay Mr. Cline.”

Joy winced. Along with half the clinic staff and several patients in the waiting room, Betty had clearly heard Frank Bezier berating Joy for her refusal to write him a script for a half-year’s supply of Percocet. He wouldn’t listen when she explained that was illegal.

Where can we find you on the Internet?

You can find us at www.hannahalexander.com

You can also find Hannah Alexander on Amazon.com

Email us at askhannah@hannahalexander.com

Thank you, Cheryl, for sharing this book with my blog readers and me.

Readers, here are links to the book.

https://amzn.to/3fR8cQb - Paperback

https://amzn.to/3yCMs30 - Kindle

Leave a comment for a chance to win a free copy of the book. You must follow these instructions to be in the drawing. Please tell us where you live, at least the state or territory or country if outside North America. (Comments containing links may be subject to removal by blog owner.)

Void where prohibited; the odds of winning depend on the number of entrants. Entering the giveaway is considered a confirmation of eligibility on behalf of the enterer in accord with these rules and any pertaining local/federal/international laws.

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HIDDEN MOTIVE - Hannah Aexander - One Free Ebook

Dear Readers, I have loved medical suspense novels by this writing since I first discovered them years ago. I know you’ll love their books, too.

Welcome back, Cheryl and Mel. Tell us about your salvation experience.

My experience started out a lot like many of my friends’—raised in church, came to Christ as a child of six. But in my teens, I began to question everything in my life. I acted out. I never stopped believing in Christ, but I began to think He didn’t care about my behavior. At one point, I ran far away from home and was homeless for six weeks on the streets of a large and frightening city in Illinois. As a farm girl from the country, I learned a valuable lesson from that time in my life—home is a very good place to be. And Christ is my home.

You’re planning a writing retreat where you can only have four other authors. Who would they be and why?

I have held a few writing retreats and had a blast at every one of them. In one retreat, I met Jill Eileen Smith before she was published. That taught me that unpublished writers have a lot to teach me. In another retreat, I had three writing friends who are also editors—Lissa Halls Johnson, Miralee Ferrell (who is also a publisher), and Nancy Toback. I love engaging with writers who are also editors. I have learned so much from these wonderful women, and we are still good friends years later.

Do you have a speaking ministry? If so, tell us about that.

I did speak when we lived in Missouri, and it wasn’t hard to travel. I loved to teach about writing, or when I spoke in libraries I would talk about my writing and give away copies of books by fellow writers, hopefully introducing readers to new-to-them novelists. We now live in the wilds of Wyoming, where the pronghorn, deer, coyotes, wild horses, moose, and mountain lions outnumber people by a large margin. I’ve always been an avid hiker and explorer, and Mel has learned to love it as well. The move has cut off my speaking engagements, and I have to keep in touch with others via the internet.

The internet has been a very valuable tool for authors. I have writing friends spread across the world, including Mozambique and Australia. What is the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you, and how did you handle it?

The most embarrassing thing happened to Mel soon after we married and began writing our first medical thriller together. His first writing conference was at Mount Hermon, where a lot of writers with well-known careers attend each year. We were at lunch soon after the conference began. I was ahead of him in line, and so I found a table where I saw a familiar face. That face just happened to belong to Francine Rivers. We were having a conversation by the time Mel arrived with his tray and sat beside me. He looked at her nametag, his eyes bugged out, he tapped me on the shoulder, and said, “Sweetheart, do you know who she IS?” And then he looked at Francine and said, “Do you KNOW who you ARE?” That has become one of our favorite inside jokes.

People are always telling me that they’d like to write a book someday. I’m sure they do to you, too. What would you tell someone who came up to you and said that?

Yes, that’s happened to me a lot. I know that most people will never actually write their story, but some have, especially those who need to tell about hardships they’ve lived. I’ve seen their manuscripts, but when I put them in touch with editors or encourage them to complete their work, I think they realize that all they needed to do was get their thoughts down on paper. Many people need to write things down because it’s a helpful therapy for them. I always encourage people to write their stories.

Tell us about the featured book.

Sable Chamberlin and Paul Murphy are running for their lives on a bus during a Missouri ice storm. Because the other passengers in that bus would plunge to their deaths if they are allowed to continue along the treacherous road, Sable is forced to invite the passengers to take shelter in her sprawling family home. But the killer begins to stalk them before they even reach the house, and does not give up.

Please give us the first page of the book.

The jarring bleep of the cell phone jerked Sable Chamberlin’s eyes open to a dark room that had dropped at least ten degrees since she’d nodded off. Had to turn up the heat and change that ring tone. Not only did she hate the harsh sound but the ring often summoned her to the Boswell Community Hospital for an emergency. Being on call sixty hours a week had gotten old. She wasn’t on call this evening, however, she was in mourning.

She pulled the phone out of her pocket and answered, casting a glance through her kitchen window at the lightning over the company town of Freemont, Oklahoma. It seemed so much later than six o’clock.

“Sable, that you?” The voice of her elderly friend, Noah Erwin, held comfort.

“Hi Noah.”

           

“How’d the funeral go?”

She closed her eyes, tears still too close. Her grandfather, Josiah Kessinger, had been the only reason for her move here to Freemont from the Missouri Ozarks.

“It went.”

“Hard?”

“Funerals are always hard but at least in Missouri no one’s setting him up with false accusations.”

Good hook. How can readers find you on the Internet?

The best way to find our novels is our website, www.hannahalexander.com

Thank you so much for inviting me here, Lena! I love the innovative questions you present. You are always such a giving and caring encourager!

Thank you for sharing Hidden Motives with my blog readers.

Readers, here’s a link to the book.

Hidden Motive: (formerly The Crystal Cavern) (The Healing Touch Book 4)

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HALLOWED HALLS - Hannah Alexander - One Free Book

Dear Readers, when my copy of Hallowed Halls arrived, it went straight to the top of my to-be-read pile. I’ve read Hannah Alexander suspense novels for years. I love the way this couple works together to give us a dynamite story. The settings always intrigue me, since most of them are in the Ozark Mountains, where I spent most of my growing up years. They create characters, who really grab me by the heart and don’t let go. Hallowed Halls is a great read that I would recommend to anyone who loves romantic suspense … and to those who maybe don’t. This is a very good read for anyone.

Bio: Hannah Alexander is the pen name for a husband-and-wife writing team presently working on their 29th novel. Their books can be found online and in new and used bookstores across the country. Hannah's work is typically set in a small town, typically with a medical drama, some suspense, some humor, with characters who often raise questions about the spiritual aspects of their lives.

Welcome back, Cheryl. God has really been moving in your writing life. What do you see on the horizon?

Thank you, Lena. I wish I could see what He’s doing, because I’m beneath that tapestry, and all I see are knots and scribbles so much of the time. The one thing I do see for sure is that as long as I have stories to tell, I’ll continue writing. It’s been my lifelong passion, and I only hope I can still do it when I get to heaven.

Tell us a little about your family.

I’m glad you asked. I’m preparing to attend a family reunion in which over 100 individuals are scheduled to be there. My mother was one of thirteen children, and from those children came more than 55 cousins for me to love as siblings, and I do love them. Mom made sure of that, because I’m an only child.

My husband, Mel, whom I include in the pen name Hannah Alexander because of his great help with editing and medical scenes, has been my immediate family for nearly 20 years; the reason I chose the name “Hannah” for my half of our pen name was because I could so easily identify with pre-Samuel Hannah in the Bible. I was never given children of my own. That has allowed Mel and me to do many things we couldn’t have done otherwise, and we’ve accepted God’s will for our lives.

I have two stepsons from a former marriage whom I love dearly, and they’re great buddies with Mel. One of those stepsons recently received a master’s degree in Homeland Security, and he and his beautiful wife have two precious children. My other stepson works with pharmaceuticals and he and his vivacious, business-savvy wife presently have eight cats. We can identify, since Mel and I have rescued multiple abandoned kitties over the past nine years, and they’ve kept us busy. I have the utmost love and appreciation for the mother of my stepsons; because of her generous spirit, I’m allowed to be involved in their lives, and am greatly blessed.

Has your writing changed your reading habits? If so, how?

I’ve never thought about this before, but yes, my writing has changed my reading habits, because I’ve met so many excellent novelists over the years. There are some fabulous wordsmiths amongst my growing bevy of friends, and I enjoy their work a great deal. Typically I love to immerse myself in poetic writing style. I indulge myself in the best voices in writing, whether it’s thrillers, women’s fiction, even horror—and I don’t even like horror, but if an excellent writer just happens to write in that genre, that’s what I read. If I want to have a good writing voice, myself, I can’t afford to read novels that aren’t well written and edited, but there are so many excellent novels to be read, I’ll never run out of great material.

What are you working on right now?

I’ve just completed a novella entitled Alive After New Year to be released in December with Love Inspired Suspense. Now I’m beginning the sequel to the indie novel I recently finished for the Jerry Jenkins Suspense line, entitled Hallowed Halls, which we’re featuring today.

The novel I’m working on right now begins with my heroine discovering she has driven hundreds of miles in a fugue state to find herself sitting in front of a tombstone, with Fourth of July fireworks filling the sky. She doesn’t know who she is or what she’s doing here. My hero is one of the first anti-heroes I’ve ever done, so this will be new to me. He was one of the antagonists in Hallowed Halls, and now he’s coming to grips with the damage he’s inflicted on so many people. I’m more excited about this story than I have been about anything for a long time. Soon, I might even have a title for it. As soon as I know, it’ll be on my website.

I’ll want to feature it on this blog when it releases. What outside interests do you have?

I expect to one day enjoy hiking again, and traveling, and exploring new places. Right now, I read a lot, and help my husband with the clinic we recently established in our tiny hometown. We never dreamt how much work and emotional effort this clinic would entail. Our hometown, where I graduated from high school decades ago, has barely over 1,000 residents, so growing a patient load and reaching out to surrounding rural towns is something of a challenge. Getting the word out about our existence reminds me a lot of being a newly published novelist attempting to promote my first book. Until they’ve been to our facility and seen how good our staff is, and how caring my husband is, they don’t take us seriously. But word of mouth is as vital for the success of a medical clinic as it is for a novelist. I know my husband, and I know word of mouth will continue to spread.

How do you choose your settings for each book?

That’s where my love for travel and exploration come in. Once I find a place I love—usually here in Southwestern Missouri—I set a series in a make believe town, people it with characters who reflect people I’ve met and admired—or not. Then I settle in and stay a while.

If you could spend an evening with one historical person, who would it be and why?

We’re presently studying the book of Esther, and I find I would love to ask her about her experiences that took place in that book—from her personal perspective. How did she manage to obey the terrifying demands made of her? I can’t imagine. I could use a good lesson about how to be more obedient.

I’ve long been interested in the life of Esther. When I was writing dramatic monologues, I did one of Esthere. What is the one thing you wish you had known before you started writing novels?

That it would take me fourteen years of writing, editing, rewriting, marketing and receiving rejections before I reached my first novel publication, but when it happened, the time would be right. Would I still have done it if I’d known how long it would take? Most definitely. But perhaps I would have experienced less discouragement.

My first published book took 8 years, so I totally understand. What new lessons is the Lord teaching you right now?

Again, studying Esther, I’m finding through the only book in the Bible that does not mention God that God still reigns. Even in the empty times in my life, when I can’t feel His touch or presence, I’m learning that He’s still with me. It’s something I want to convey in the book I’m writing now through the character of the man who was a scoundrel in Hallowed Halls, and comes face to face with his horrible behavior in Book Two.

What are the three best things you can tell other authors to do to be successful?

First of all, learn grammar and punctuation and the craft of writing to the point that it becomes easy and doesn’t trip you up.

Second, write the story you want to write. Get it all down on paper without editing it. Feel free to write anything you want on the page, then put it away for at least a month.

Third, edit your novel with the help of several good books on writing and editing novels. Rewrite it over and over and over again, then put it away again. After more time has passed, pull it back out and rewrite it once more. I’ve found one can never rewrite enough, but you have to stop somewhere.

An editor once told me that it takes as much time to become a talented author of novels as it takes to become a brain surgeon. One has to build on the craft until it becomes an art.

Tell us about the featured book.

Hallowed Halls is a story set in a small town along the Missouri River, a fictitious town named Juliet set between two real places named Frankenstein and Hermann. Don’t you love it? I couldn’t resist using those names.

My heroine, Dr. Joy Gilbert, has lost her job in Kansas City after resisting her employer’s advances once too often (remember the scoundrel I’d mentioned earlier? That’s him) When Joy arrives in Juliet late at night, out jumps her employer’s fifteen-year-old teenaged daughter from the backseat. Tressa, who is escaping a difficult home situation, is tired of her battling, divorced parents. Unfortunately, Joy has crossed a state line with a minor. Soon after, she must face her former fiancé and admit her mistakes. Next, her mother, Molly, greets her at the front door with a house filled with rescued animals and a grumpy disposition. Life seems to be going downhill for Joy.

Forced to take a job working for Zack Tyler, her former fiancé, in the emergency department, Joy continues to clash with her mother about her life choices—they’d planned to open a clinic right here in Juliet, but instead, Joy took the job in Kansas City. Mom can’t quite forgive her for that.

Joy also has to work out some guidelines with Zack as they attempt to figure out how to re-establish their long-time friendship and work better together in the ER.

When young Tressa starts having blackouts, personal matters have to be handled on the fly as Zack, Joy, and Molly attempt to discover what’s happening before the blackouts become something worse.

Since I’ve read the book, please give us the first page for my readers.

Fury surged through Dr. Joy Gilbert like a rifle shot as she shut her office door and yanked the stethoscope from around her neck, suppressing a rebel yell. She stormed to the wide windows and sucked in her breath, ready to throw open the panes and shock the world. But an inquisitive squirrel leapt from one branch to another on a tree behind the clinic.

With a comical tilt of his head the furry critter broke the force of Joy’s outrage. She released her breath and deflated. As a child, she’d helped Mom bottle-feed an orphaned gray squirrel, and the little thick-tailed acrobat had often made her laugh.

Why scare the squirrels because she was stinging from the ridiculous accusations of a hostile patient? The man was unbelievable.

Her intercom buzzed, jerking her back to complete maturity.

“Dr. Gilbert, honey, you okay in there?” It was Betty, her favorite nurse.

“Give me a sec—”

“The boss is on his way to the clinic, sweetie. I want to rush Mr. Bezier out the door before he can waylay Mr. Cline.”

Joy winced. Along with half the clinic staff and several patients in the waiting room, Betty had undoubtedly heard Frank Bezier berating Joy for her refusal to write him a script for a half-year’s supply of Percocet. Some people thought they were above the law.

He had, in fact, loudly accused her of using her physical attributes and other “abilities” to land her job with Weston Cline “since I’m obviously an incompetent physician,” she muttered, too softly for Betty to hear. The patient was a bully.

“He’ll just call Weston later,” she told Betty. “He has clout.” And Weston’s personal cell phone number.

“Oh horse dumplings; the man’s a legal drug junkie and everyone knows it, including the boss. And might I remind you that Mr. Cline hired you for your ability with patients? Everybody here knows that.”

Joy closed her eyes in relief at her nurse’s soothing words. No one knew about the pains she’d taken to keep Weston Cline’s attentions away from her. All the struggles growing up without a daddy could teach a girl a few hard lessons, so she’d expected to be prepared. Being accused of doing the very thing she’d always resisted had felt like a stab in the gut.

“You could fire him from your service,” Betty said. “Send a letter and he’s out the door in thirty days.”

“We’re basically a pain clinic, Betty.” So why had Joy agreed to work here? “If I release a patient in pain from my services, I’ll be out the door.” Joy suspected Weston chose to advertise the clinic’s willingness to take chronic pain patients in the first place because it would ensure a fast growth rate. And it certainly had. A healthy bottom line was Weston’s main goal in everything he did.

“If you go out the door, so will I,” Betty said. “As will half the staff. Weston Cline knows better. You don’t want the state medical board breathing down your neck for being overly generous with controlled substances.”

Joy turned her back to the desk. “I think they already are.”

Too bad she hadn’t been thinking with her brain last year when Weston offered her this job. He not only offered it, he pressured her for weeks. The man had the charisma of a world dictator and for a short time she’d allowed herself to be dazed by his sweet words and the promise of a successful career—particularly after Zack broke their engagement.

How can readers find you on the Internet?

As always, look us up at www.HannahAlexander.com Drop us a line. We love to hear from readers.

Thank you, Cheryl for sharing this new book, and glimpses into your life, with us today.

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SEASON OF DANGER - Hannah Alexander - Jill Elizabeth Nelson - Free Book

Welcome back, Cheryl (Hannah Alexander). How did your story for the collection come about?

I had heard from a family member of a friend about the growing homeless population in Hollywood, not only the down-and-outers who can’t hold a job due to drugs and alcohol abuse, but families who lost income because of job cuts and can’t pay their mortgages. Whole families sleep in cars. Children wander the streets. This is not only happening in Hollywood, but in the rest of the country, and the world. I wanted a hero and heroine who care dearly for those who have lost so much, and then for the suspense I thought it would be fascinating if someone decided to hurt the heroine by attacking the homeless. That’s how my story began.

Are these stories connected in some way? If so, how?

I don’t think Jill and I actually knew our novellas were going to be in the same anthology. The only connection our stories have is that they’re set at Christmastime and they’re Love Inspired Suspense stories with heroes and heroines who have a shared desire to help others.

What are you reading right now?

I’m actually reading the anthology! I seldom go back and read what I’ve written once the book is out, but this time I decided to do so. And this time there’s a bonus of another novella to follow!

How many other books have you had published?

I think twenty-three, but after awhile one tends to lose count, because one book was published twice-once with 100,000 words, the next with 60,000 words, so there was a lot of extra work done on that one. I also wrote an online short story and had six out-of-print books placed back in print, so I don’t count those.

What is the hardest thing about writing a part of a collection?

Since Jill and I didn’t have to collaborate, just write romantic suspense novellas set at Christmas, the biggest difficulty for me was keeping it short. 30,000 words is a whole lot less space for a story than 100,000 or even 60,000.

How did collaborating with this team impact you?

It got us together online, which is fun.

What did you want the reader to take away from your story?

Don’t look down your nose at those who aren’t as well off financially as you are. Someday you may be walking in their shoes. On the other hand, if you’re one of those who are struggling to make ends meet, or if you’ve failed to make ends meet, if you’ve done all you can to make it and you can’t, don’t be afraid or ashamed to ask for help.

Please give us a peek into your story.

Tess has retreated from her career as a talent agent and returned to her family rescue mission to help out and to grieve the murder of her fiancé on the night she was planning to break the engagement. Sean Torrance has inherited the most popular radio station in the region, but despite his busy life and family wealth, he isn’t too busy to help out at the mission. He and Gerard, Tess’s brother, were cops together in Corpus Christi. He and Tess both have painful pasts that draw them together, but when someone starts poisoning the regulars at the mission, they’re both on the lookout for who might want to hurt them.

What is the best piece of advice you received as an author?

Make it credible. You’ll lose your readers if you don’t make your words, your characters and your story credible.

Where can my readers find you on the Internet?

www.hannahalexander.com

I also twitter and Facebook from time to time.

Thanks so much for having me, Lena!

Now we're going to talk to Jill Elizabeth Nelson (no kin to me). Welcome, Jill. How did your story for the collection come about?

I was recruited by the publisher to write the counterpart to Hannah Alexander’s novella and was pleased and honored to do it. My adult girls inspired the story concept for Mistletoe Mayhem. They both have dogs and love their pets so much they are a part of the family. Imagining how my girls might feel if someone tried to hurt the animals provided the germ of an idea that grew into my novella, Mistletoe Mayhem, in the Christmas anthology, Season of Danger.

Are these stories connected in some way? If so, how?

Quite by chance both of our stories feature poisoning as a method of murder. After my mom read the book, she asked if we had collaborated on that element, but I had to confess the commonality was unplanned—at least by us. I’m a bit amazed by the striking similarity and how we each developed an entirely different plot around a shared murder weapon.

What are you reading right now?

 Read? Who has time to read! LOL. Just kidding. I do read, but my reading time is curtailed now that I’m writing the books that other people read. I used to devour half a dozen or more books in a month. Now I’m doing well to read one a month. I recently enjoyed James Rubart’s intriguing and unusual Rooms. Big thumbs up on his books for people who like a Godly supernatural twist to their stories. Another recent read that I relished (alliteration intended) was Race Against Time. I thoroughly enjoyed the Alaska setting, since I have a sister living there, and the writing team of Kimberley Woodhouse and her teenage daughter Kayla does an awesome job of telling a stirring and exciting story. I can hardly wait for the next book in the series.

How many other books have you had published?

Mistletoe Mayhem is my ninth published book. Four of those nine were full-length Love Inspired Romantic Suspense titles. I recently turned in the manuscript for another LI Romantic Suspense entitled Betrayal on the Border, where we join a former Army Ranger (the heroine) and a television news reporter (the hero) for a wild ride pitted against drug runners.

What is the hardest thing about writing a part of a collection?

I didn’t find anything difficult about the process. This has been one of my most enjoyable writing experiences. The writing team that goes by the pen name of Hannah Alexander is witty, wise, warm, and professional.

How did collaborating with this team impact you?

I’ve never written a novella before—well, other than the first book I penned—er, penciled—in the sixth grade. (I did finish the manuscript, which is a watershed moment in any writer’s life, but not a shred of those scribbled in notebooks yet exist, and the world is grateful.) Nor have I ever been given the opportunity to publish a story specifically targeted to a holiday. Teaming up with another writer on a fiction anthology was also a new experience for me, one that was pleasantly hassle-free. These firsts were awesome opportunities and more milestones on my path of life.

What did you want the reader to take away from your story?

Mistletoe Mayhem is about letting go of bitterness and learning to trust again. The heroine must surrender hurts and doubts in order to finally recognize and open her heart to the man the Lord has sent her. The villain fails to surrender his bitterness and anger and becomes a murderer in his twisted quest for “justice.”

Please give us a peek into your story.

A romance-shy veterinarian and a widowed health inspector hunt the killer who used mistletoe extract to poison pets and people in a Tennessee mountain town.

After being jilted by her fiancé, Kelly Granger buries her broken heart in her work as a veterinarian in her home town of Abbottsville, Tennessee, located in the Great Smoky Mountains. She and her assistant, Tim Hallock, battle to save community pets from a violent and mysterious illness. Is this sickness a danger to humans? Her question is answered when state health inspector Matt Bennett is sent to investigate local eating establishments—including Kelly’s sister’s restaurant—for the cause of poisoning among the patrons. Kelly refuses to believe that her sister served toxic mistletoe extract to her customers—yet mounting evidence points in that direction. Kelly puts herself in harm’s way, facing down a vicious dog and even more vicious people, to uncover a common denominator between the human and animal illnesses.

Matt has his hands full keeping up with the feisty Kelly, as well as proving himself worthy of her trust—and hopefully, her love. Unless she has her heart set on Tim. The question won’t matter if his investigation sends Kelly’s sister to jail. She’ll never have anything to do with him then. They need to uncover the truth. But will the answer cost them more than their romance? Will it cost them their lives?

What is the best piece of advice you received as an author?

A new writer receives a lot of advice, and there are many voices echoing in their ears (other than the characters in their heads). I would say there are two pieces of advice that go hand-in-hand. First and foremost, learn to write well. This is a growth process and doesn’t happen overnight. Nothing worthwhile does. It requires diligence and practice, practice, practice.

The other part of the equation for someone seriously seeking publication is to network in person and online with other writers, as well as editors and agents, through writers groups and conference attendance. I wouldn’t be published today without those elements added.

Where can my readers find you on the Internet?

My web site is recently updated and includes a contest page with an opportunity to win a signed copy of Season of Danger. I also give away books by other authors on my web site blog. Sign up for the RSS feed to receive notification when a new post is up. http://www.jillelizabethnelson.com.

I also have an author page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JillElizabethNelson.Author, and readers can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/jnelson57.

Thank you so much, Cheryl and Jill, for sharing your new book with us.

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THE WEDDING KISS - Hannah Alexander - Free Book

Our interview today is with Cheryl Hodde, one half of the team that makes up Hannah Alexander. Welcome, Cheryl. Why do you write the kind of books you do? 

When I was writing my first book twenty-seven years ago, it just happened to be a romantic suspense, because that was always my favorite kind of book to read. I realized before the first few pages were completed that without God in the middle of the romance, there would be no worthwhile romance, so I started writing inspirational romantic suspense. Then one day I was working on a medical scene when my pastor surprised me with a blind date, and that date just happened to be Dr. Mel Hodde. We began to corroborate on my medical scene, and I discovered Mel also had an interest in writing. From then on I wrote with Mel’s input, and included medical to the mix.

Besides when you came to know the Lord, what is the happiest day in your life?

The day Mel finally proposed to me!

How has being published changed your life?

Though I love having my work published, the most important and rewarding part of my job is making friends with other writers. When Christian novelists get together, it’s like a family reunion. We weird folks realize we’re not really that weird, after all, because there are a lot of us, and we discover that God placed a bond between us that will last for eternity.

What are you reading right now?

I’m reading From This Day Forward, by Margaret Daley. It’s an historical romance published by Summerside. Margaret is a fabulous writer!

What is your current work in progress?

 I’m working on a novel entitled Against the Wind, about a woman in 1855 who is chasing down her husband’s killer and trying not to fall in love with the captain of the wagon train she’s traveling with. Fortunately for her, she’s made a lot of friends on the journey, and they come in handy when her life is at stake.

What would be your dream vacation?

I grew up near the ocean and the mountains, and I miss both, living here in Missouri. My dream vacation would feature both—in an isolated cabin at least a mile from the nearest neighbor. Is there a place like that?

If you find it, I would want to rent the cabin after you went home. How do you choose your settings for each book?

Almost all of my novels have been set somewhere in Missouri, most of them imaginary places so I can build the town the way I want it to be. I’m working on a series now set in a real place, with imaginary citizens, buildings, grocery stores, churches, and clinics. It’s a beautiful little park called Jolly Mill, which was once called the Village of Jollification, and was a popular stopping place for travelers in the 1800s. I’m setting Against the Wind there now, using a cave that was once rumored to extend seven miles to a town called Monett. I love to play in caves.

I know you do. I’ve loved reading some of your books with caves in them. If you could spend an evening with one person who is currently alive, who would it be and why?

I’ve love to spend a long evening with my husband, just the two of us, maybe eating king crab and stuffed potato peels, talking long into the night, with no deadlines or telephone calls or job to go to the next morning. An evening of peace and quiet together would be wonderful.

What are your hobbies, besides writing and reading?

I’ve been an avid hiker most of my life. I’ve hiked into the Grand Canyon a few times, and have hiked in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri hundreds of times. I love to walk along a sandy beach and feed the birds. I guess walking is my favorite hobby. It’s where I draw closest to God and His creation.

What is your most difficult writing obstacle, and how do you overcome it?

As with many other novelists, my most difficult obstacle is writing the first draft, because I constantly edit myself. A friend of mine, Lissa Halls Johnson, joined me in a week-long retreat a couple of years ago, and we both broke through the wall by doing timed writing, thirty minutes at sitting, and then reading them to each other and discovering our first drafts weren’t as bad as we’d thought they would be.

What advice would you give to a beginning author?

Read excellent writing by a favorite novelist, and read a book about novel writing, all the time you’re writing your own work. That doesn’t necessarily work for everyone, but it worked for me. Get the basics down and learn the craft and learn to edit your own writing until it’s perfect. Then and only then should you begin to market your work. I wrote for fourteen years, and I had thirteen novels under my belt before I sold my first novel. The others sold after that, but I was glad I’d learned how to master my craft before it went out into the world.

Tell us about the featured book. 

The Wedding Kiss is a romantic suspense set in 1901 about Keara McBride, whose father was tricked into gambling away her only home, and then was thrown into jail for murder. In desperation, she asks her neighbor, Elam Jensen—the widower of her best friend—to marry her so she can help care for the children. All goes well until their first kiss during the wedding ceremony, before a full church auditorium, when they discover the effects of the kiss.

Life becomes even more complicated when they ride home to find the sister of Elam’s late wife lying unconscious on the front porch. And she’s been shot. And she’s been stalked halfway across the country by her husband’s killer. As things heat up around the Jensen house, love grows between Elam and Keara. They learn to work together to save his sister-in-law, their neighbors, and a whole tribe of people targeted for death.

Sounds like a book I can’t wait to read. Please give us the first page of the book.

Chapter 1

A meadowlark’s song lingered in the chilly spring air as Keara McBride’s boots squished through a wet field of new wheat. She tried to let the song soothe her and the warm sunlight take the chill from her bones, but the beauty that seldom failed to settle her heart was failing today. Betrayal and shock and rage warred within her with such force that they nearly outshouted the fear that trembled deep into her bones.

These past two years since Ma’s death, Keara had defended her grieving pa’s antics to anyone who complained, but if Brute McBride was standing in front of her right now, she’d blast him with more words than any of the neighbors had ever dared speak to her against her bullheaded father.

The perfume of honeysuckle reached her, but she didn’t turn to enjoy its beauty along the split-rail fence today as she usually did. The splash and roar of White River filled her heart, loud and fast after the rains, like the storm that had whipped up inside her when she discovered how much she had lost, and what she must do to survive. All because of Pa.

She loved this land whittled from the forest around it by hard, backbreaking labor. The nearby resort city of Eureka Springs, with its gardens, healing springs, and steep, winding hillside streets, could not compare to the beauty of this Arkansas countryside. The thought of living and working there away from the ones she loved made her shiver, but if this plan didn’t work, what choice would she have?

Stepping over the rise with legs that felt shaky, she saw the peaked roof of her neighbor’s home. Smoke drifted from two of the three chimneys. She stopped, and for a moment she couldn’t catch her breath. The sky appeared to blacken with clouds, but there were no clouds, only blue that stretched from the ridge of hills in the east all the way to the end of the world in the west.

The end of the world…of her world.

Bite the bullet, Keara.

She marched like a soldier down the rise through White River Hollow, her gaze set on the big house, painted like a brilliant butterfly, its multiple colors chosen with care, its gingerbread trim carved by the hands of a man who’d willingly indulged his wife’s whimsy. It was put together strong to last, like the man who’d built it, with the help of his relatives and other neighbors who lived comfortably spaced from one another along the hollow.

A porch, gilded with yellow and lavender railings, skirted the front and east side of the house, and a kitchen garden greened the yard where the rock fence protected the crop from many rooting and foraging animals.

Eight-year-old Britte and six-year-old Rolfe were proud of the garden they had helped Keara plant. She could close her eyes and see their beautiful faces—Britte so much like her mother, and Rolfe like his father. Thoughts of them gave her strength to keep walking. This was for Gloria’s children. Keara inhaled the scent of the fruit tree blossoms in the orchard as she drew near, the pink and white blooms looking like pastel clouds. Her mouth usually watered when she thought about the peaches and apples, plums, and pears that would come from those trees—some of which still had not reached full bloom. Today her mouth tasted of dust.

She looked for signs of the children in the yard or playing under the trees. No one was in sight.

By the time Keara stepped up to the broad porch, she was winded and shaking, and not from the half-mile walk. She rang the cowbell Elam had hung next to the door for Gloria. The clanging echoed in her ears.

After a moment the wooden door with navy and sky-blue trim opened and Elam’s tall, strong frame filled the doorway. His familiar dark brown eyes lit with welcome, but he was also obviously surprised.

“Keara?”

She caught her breath, but the steadiness of his voice calmed her. She had come to know Elam Jensen well over the winter—knew the burden he carried after Gloria’s gruesome death late last summer.

Now I know I must read it. How can readers find you on the Internet?

Visit us at our website www.hannahalexander.com

Thanks so much for this, Lena. It’s been fun!


Likewise, visiting with you is a great pleasure, Cheryl.


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