I feel the Lord called me to write the kind of books I do. I
hope my stories are uplifting and that they touch reader's hearts and in
someway draw the reader closer to the Lord.
Besides when you came
to know the Lord, what is the happiest day in your life?
The day my daughter was born was the happiest day in my life
after I became a Christian.
How has being
published changed your life?
I'm not sure it's changed that much, other than it gives me
great joy to write and to hear how something I've written has touched a
reader's life. I sometimes have to work daily life around my writing or maybe I
should say work my writing around my daily life.
What are you reading
right now?
I'm so behind in my reading! I've been reading the Love
Inspired Historical Irish Brides series about three sisters who come to
America. I'm enjoying their journey!
I read that series.
It was very good. What is your current work in progress?
Right now I'm waiting on edits for the second story in what
I call my Heaton House series, tentatively called, To Trust Her Heart. And I'm working on the third book in the series
that takes place in late 1890's New
York City.
What would be your
dream vacation?
I'm the only one in my family who has been to Hawaii and I'd love to
have a family vacation there.
How do you choose
your settings for each book?
Up until this series, I always chose places I'd lived, that
I was familiar with. But after 9/11, seeing how New Yorkers reached out to help
each other, I felt drawn to the city and its history. Then I started getting
ideas and began researching and the Lord gave me the idea for a series. I love
writing these stories set in New York City at a time when women began joining
the workforce in large numbers. I like being able to set stories in so many
places in the city, and telling stories about the poor, the rich, and the
middle class and tying them all together with a boardinghouse.
If you could spend an
evening with one person who is currently alive, who would it be and why?
I think it would be President George Bush. I think he dealt
with so much in such an honorable way, and I have such respect for him and his
wife. So If I could spend time with them as a couple that would be even better.
What are your
hobbies, besides writing and reading?
I love to cook, sew, and do crafts. I just don't have enough
time to do it all.
What is your most
difficult writing obstacle, and how do you overcome it?
Procrastination. I've found that if I start writing as soon
as I get up, I get much more accomplished. And for me, if I get that word count
in early, I don't feel guilty about doing other things in the day. Then if I
can write more later in the day, if feels like icing on the cake.
What advice would you
give to a beginning author?
Just write. Get that
book finished. You can't edit and polish what you haven't written.
Somewhere to Call Home is about Violet Burton, a young woman who
finds her home is owned by the bank after her mother passes away. When the
banker tries to blackmail her into marrying him to get her home free and clear,
she takes one of her mother's friends up on her offer to stay with her and find
work in New York City to pay off the mortgage. Thinking all she really wants is
to have her family home back, she isn't prepared to enjoy living in the city so
much—or to find herself so attracted to her landlady's son, Michael Heaton. But
Violet must learn that home is where her heart is.
Please give us the
first page of the book.
Prologue
May 1895, Ashland , Virginia
Violet
Burton sighed with disappointment as she left the mercantile. How could things
have changed so much in such a short time? Only moments ago, on her way to the
post office, there'd been a help wanted sign in the store's window and another
one in the milliner's shop. Evidently, she wasn't the only one seeking
employment in her small hometown, for both positions were filled by the time
she got through picking up her mail.
She walked
along the main street, her gaze searching the windows of the businesses on each
side of the street. When she spotted a sign in the café across the way, a
flicker of hope nudged her to gather up her skirts to clear them from the dirt
road and hurry across. However, just before she reached the door, the sign was yanked
right out of the window. Violet's hope sank once more but she entered the
establishment anyway.
She
walked over to the proprietor who was putting the sign
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