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Kay G (AR) is the winner of The Copper Box by Suzanne J Bratcher. (I just finished reading this suspense novel. Really loved it.)

Barbara (LA) is the winner of A Heart Reclaimed (Cherish) by Elizabeth Maddrey.

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CAROLINA DREAM - Regina Rudd Merrick - One Free Book

Welcome, Regina. Tell us how much of yourself you write into your characters.

I guess I could say that my main character, Sarah, is who I would have liked to have been at one point in my life. Slim, beautiful, athletic, musically gifted, and successful in everything. What IS part of myself is her love for music, her grandmother’s piano, and her constant feelings of inadequacy and pondering if there isn’t something out there that would be better for her, job-wise.

What is the quirkiest thing you have ever done?

I’m not sure if this would qualify as “quirky,” but I recently discovered two things about myself as a writer. 1. I need something to look at – preferably nature, not people. People are a distraction. 2. I need background noise. Music with lyrics distract me. People talking distract me. So I thought about what I listened to growing up that was relaxing, yet inspiring. Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. I found all my dad’s old albums on YouTube videos, so I can have music playing on a tab on my computer while I type away!

When did you first discover that you were a writer?

I’ve always enjoyed writing. I scribbled away as a child. As a teen, I began a sequel to Gone With the Wind. I should really look for that one . . . College was easy when it came to writing papers, and I found I enjoyed writing devotions and inspirational bits. Then I found Fan fiction, which led me to my good friend Lorna Sielstad. We were on the same site, and started corresponding along with some other ladies who were interested in pursuing publication. She led me to ACFW, where I made many friends. Kay Dacus kept telling me, “You need to meet Kathy Cretsinger,” and I did. At the time, she simply had an interest in writing and getting her book published. A few years later, she and her husband formed Mantle Rock Publishing, and published my first book! So to answer the question – I’ve never NOT been a writer!

Tell us the range of the kinds of books you enjoy reading.

A good book is a good book. My first love was Laura Ingalls Wilder. From there, Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. I discovered Janette Oke early in my young adulthood and devoured them and any “bonnet” book I could find. I exhausted the Victoria Holt, Grace Livingston Hill, and Emilie Loring books in my library. I like Zane Gray westerns, mysteries, suspense, thrillers, and in Christian Fiction I love any romance – contemporary, historical, western, suspense. I’m one of the few that doesn’t prefer Amish, but there are some out there that I love!

I’ve been through all those authors you mentioned. A missionary friend of mine introduced me to Emilie Loring novels. How do you keep your sanity in our run, run, run world?

Pray, read my Bible, Pray, and Pray. It’s the only thing that keeps me grounded. Trying to work, write, and publish is a daunting task. I’m a church musician, as well, so there isn’t a lot of downtime. Sometimes I just have to build some in – and PRAY.

How do you choose your characters’ names?

It’s really quite arbitrary. I chose “Sarah” because I love that name. It was on the short list for both our daughters. I chose Jared because it sounds good with Sarah! Since Carolina Dream and the upcoming Carolina Mercy are set in South Carolina, I dug until I found some good Southern surnames. I love that type of research.

What is the accomplishment you are most proud of?

There are many things I could name, but for me, it has to be the publication of my first novel. Signing the contract was amazing. Finally writing “the end” at the tail of my manuscript was exhilarating. But opening that first box of books was truly humbling. God has been good to me, and I don’t appreciate it nearly enough. He lets me BE proud of this accomplishment!

If you were an animal, which one would you be, and why?

This is funny. I just took one of those personality tests today, and was not surprised by my results. Every time I take one, I am some kind of dog. Today it was Golden Retriever. Once it was a Burmese Mountain Dog, which, after looking it up, was quite a compliment! LOL

What is your favorite food?

Chocolate. And Roast beef and mashed potatoes. But what I worry about most, when I run low, is running out of chocolate.

The critique group that meets in my home is often called the chocolate group, because we always have dark and milk chocolate bowls on the coffee table. What is the problem with writing that was your greatest roadblock, and how did you overcome it?

My greatest issue has always been time and consistency. Since I work full-time as a library director, I write in spurts, when I have a few hours alone. I can get 2-3K written in an afternoon – when I have an afternoon. It helped when I had a deadline! I just simply knew I had to complete it, and that I had to put other things aside. I am very fortunate to have a husband who pitches in and takes care of the mundane like cooking, laundry, and vacuuming!

James is a laundry and house cleaning husband. What a blessing! Tell us about the featured book.

Carolina Dream is book 1 in my contemporary Southern Breeze Series set in South Carolina. Here’s

a blurb:

Sarah Crawford wants more from life than to attend the wedding of her ex-fiancée. An unexpected inheritance in South Carolina comes at the perfect time, just as Sarah is willing to use any excuse to get out of town.

When she meets potential business partner Jared Benton and discovers that a house is part of the inheritance, she is sure that God has been preparing her for this time through a recurring dream. But will a dream about an antebellum mansion, many rooms to be explored, and a man with dark brown eyes give her the confidence to take a leap of faith, leaving friends, family, and her job behind?

Please give us the first page of the book.

March

The house was quiet. The crowd that had milled around the main floor of the mansion finally dissipated around five o’clock that afternoon, and Jared Benton was finally alone. He took in the polished mahogany sideboard and table, the formal velvet drapes, the gleaming hardwood floors. It wasn’t the same without Alex. It had been a haven – a place where he knew acceptance and generosity.

Now? Now it was just a big house full of memories and would be passed along to the next owner. He took off the well-tailored suit jacket and laid it across a dining chair, then pulled at his tie. It felt like a noose around his neck after an interminable day.

His attention was caught by a soft sniffle.

“Bright Eyes?”

Jared looked up to see Prudie, still in her black funeral dress, just inside the dining room archway of Alex Crawford’s 1859 mansion. He stood there a minute, his half-smile aimed at the old woman. He saw that her hankerchief was still in her hand, where he’d seen it earlier. She dabbed at her nose and eyes as she tried to erase evidence of that sniffle. He laid the letter back on the table and walked over to her. “Prudie, I thought I told you to go on home.”

“I couldn’t leave until I’d seen you again.” She turned her face to him with a watery smile and put her hand on his arm. “Amazing how time flies, isn’t it? It seems like just yesterday that I saw a skinny teenager poke his head in the back door looking for a glass of water on a hot summer day. Now you’re a man grown.” She patted his arm and swiped a tear from her eye. Her head shook with frustration . . .

How can readers find you on the Internet?

Purchase links (Amazon.com):

Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Carolina-Dream-Southern-Regina-Merrick/dp/1945094133/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1492616087&sr=8-1&keywords=carolina+dream+regina+merrick

Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Carolina-Dream-Regina-Rudd-Merrick-ebook/dp/B06XF1HK4L/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1492616087&sr=8-1

Social Media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Regina-R-Merrick-512257938964888/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

Twitter: https://twitter.com/trmerrick64

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reginamerrick/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/rmerrick/

Website: www.reginamerrick.wordpress.com

Publisher Website: https://mantlerockpublishing.com/

Thank you, Regina, for sharing this book with us. I’m eager to read it.

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PEACH BLOSSOM RANCHER - Ada Brownell - One Free Book

Dear Readers, I recently finished reading Peach Blossom Ranch. I really enjoyed the book and both of the plotlines. The characters were fun for the most part, and the bad ones were really bad. This author had really done her research on both plot lines. I love historical novels that are true to the real history of the time period.

Welcome, Ada. Why do you write the kind of books you do?

Because I enjoy history, people who lived in that era, and I like mystery and conflict, entwined in romance and humor. But telling a story that encourages and enriches readers spiritually is the main goal.

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

Every day I live has joy, but one of the most amazing days I’ve lived came when I discovered I really believe what I thought I did about the eternal. I accepted Jesus as Savior when I was age 5. I began fervently studying the Bible at age 14 and worked with youth about thirty years.  Yet when we lost our daughter to cancer at age 31, I my foundation shook. Was I sure those who believe in Jesus will never die (John 11:26)?

I read through the New Testament again and underlined every scripture about eternal life. The New Testament is full of the eternal!

As a medical journalist I did research and also asked neurologists questions about death. One of the doctors certifies brain death when it occurs.

I added common sense. I started life as a tiny egg—and I was me. I weighed about six pounds at birth. I gained and lost weight. I could have organs, even my heart removed and someone else’s inserted, but I’d still be me. My body is rebuilt about every seven years because of cell death and regeneration, and I’m still me. I’m not walking around in the same body I was born with, but I’m still me.

When I put the medical with the spiritual together, I knew we’re more than a body. Jesus came to earth and died to redeem us, so if we accept salvation, we will live forever. Our bodies eventually will join our spirits when Jesus returns. 1 Corinthians 15:50 talks about how we mortals become immortal. My favorite is 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 which ends with “The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout…and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we which are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord; and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

That joy remains. Jesus did something about death! As a result of my studies, I wrote the book, Swallowed by Life, but even in my romance, Peach Blossom Rancher, this same joy flows through Polly, who dances in little circles near a church cemetery, remembering the scriptures.

How has being published changed your life?

In some ways, you become a public figure, especially in news work where your byline appears almost every day. I love people and I loved most of the stories I did, but I’m not crazy about fame. I’m not awesome. I’m an ordinary woman, wife, mother, and grandmother. I am embarrassed when people got excited when my name is recognized in the supermarket line or when I present a credit card at the library. One time when I tried to impress one of our five children by saying, “Some people think I’m sophisticated,” they all broke into laughter. If I get to thinking I’m special the Lord humbles me and helps me make a fool of myself.

What are you reading right now?

Non-fiction I read slowly because I’m meditating on what I read. Now, Managing Interruptions with Moments of Intercession by Sandy Goodwin Clopine Drake. To help my marketing, Ziglar On Selling. Fiction, Irish Meadows by Susan Ann Mason.

What is your current work in progress?

Ritah, (working title) the third book in the Peaches and Dreams series. Ritah will experience some of the huge life problems that occurred in my mother’s life. Ritah is departing for college (my mom went in about 1915), despite the man who wants to marry her, while one of her young friends whose parents died is in danger of being forced to work in a brothel.

What would be your dream vacation?

Hawaii.

My husband and I would love to go there, too. How do you choose your settings for each book?

I use places I’ve been, although they’re not authentic or called by the same name. The Lady Fugitive is set on Colorado’s Western Slope, as is Peach Blossom Rancher.

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

I’d like to be able to find the wonderful gal God sent to help me with a Sunday school that we started in the early ’60s at Thompson, Utah, which had no church.

What are your hobbies, besides writing and reading?

Decorating, gardening, playing games such as Rook.

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

Lack of time.

What advice would you give to a beginning author?

Study books such as Word Painting by Rebecca McClanahan; Words that Work by Frank Luntz; and a book on how to show instead of tell. Read good writing. Make list of ideas, and then flesh out a few, choose one, and get to work.

Tell us about the featured book.

You won’t believe the work required to run a peach and horse ranch, or the types of diagnoses that could get you committed to an asylum in the early 1900s.

To write this historical romance I drew from my experiences working at a peach and horse ranch in Palisade, Colorado, and from my years as a journalist covering the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, a former asylum.

In this inspirational squeaky clean Historical Romance, a handsome young man inherits a ranch in ruin and hopes to marry a beautiful young widow who is an attorney. But she takes up the case of a brilliant doctor committed to an asylum because of one seizure. Will the rancher, the attorney, and the asylum patient achieve their dreams?

Suspense, romance, humor, murder, insanity, hope, fun, wrapped in an inspiring Western you won’t forget.

The first page of Peach Blossom Rancher:

March 1, 1909

“Come on, boy. Your hard life is over.”

 The sleek stallion pulled back, snorted, grunted, yanked his head upward, and tried to whirl away. John Lincoln Parks held the reins tight.

 “Come on. The judge isn’t here. The whip’s in your past.”

 Bringing the animal all the way from Colorado’s Eastern Slope after the judge’s death hadn’t been easy and tiredness hung from him. The judge, John’s uncle, murdered near Yucca Blossom, would never return to the horse ranch and acres of peach orchards he expected to inherit from John’s father.

 Sweat glistened on Abe’s crinkled chocolate brow. “He look like he a good ’un to breed. But an animal abused like ’im usually disobedient or loses his spirit.”

John rubbed the stallion’s neck and then extended a sugar cube in his hand. “I don’t want to give up on him yet. Come on, boy. We’re friends. You should be tired and hungry after your train trip.”

 A long red tongue licked the sugar cube into the toothy mouth. Abe followed John to the horse barn.

“I’ll get ’im some oats and fill the water trough. He a right pretty animal except fa the welts the judge left on ’im.”

 “If I’d stayed with the judge, my back would look like his. But you know more about whippings than I do since you went to work for the plantation owner who couldn’t get it through his head you’re not a slave.”

How can readers find you on the Internet?

Amazon Ada Brownell author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001KJ2C06

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/AdaBrownellWritingMinistries

Twitter: @adabrownell

Blog: http://inkfromanearthenvessel.blogspot.com

Stick-to-Your-Soul Encouragement

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

Readers, here are links to the book. By using one when you order, you help support this blog.

Peach Blossom Rancher (Peaches and Dreams) (Volume 2) - Paperback
Peach Blossom Rancher (Peaches and Dreams Book 2) - Kindle

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A MOTHER FOR LEAH - Rachel L Miller - One Free Book

Bio: Rachel L Miller writes sweet Amish romance with a focus on faith, family and friendship.

She feels very strongly that God has led her to live a simpler lifestyle and thus her deep kinship with the plain people. She enjoys spending time with her family and doing fun, simple things like swimming, making sun tea, sitting outside watching the sunrise or listening to rain fall on the tin roof.

Rachel enjoys writing Amish fiction and hopes that the purity of her stories will allow God's message to shine through more clearly. † She also writes Contemporary Inspirational Romance - and with all of her stories she focuses on presenting romance the way God intended it to be.

Welcome, Rachel. Tell us how much of yourself you write into your characters.

 Nothing really... at least, not on purpose. 

What is the quirkiest thing you have ever done?

 I dip onion rings into vanilla milkshake. In my own defense, it's good.  

I like dipping mine in fresh-made ranch dressing. When did you first discover that you were a writer?

College. 

Tell us the range of the kinds of books you enjoy reading.

As long as it is a clean read, mystery, romance, sci-fi, fantasy, contemporary, Amish of course. No horror!

How do you keep your sanity in our run, run, run world?

Lots of prayer!

How do you choose your characters’ names?

I don't. 

What is the accomplishment you are most proud of?

Finishing my latest book. 

If you were an animal, which one would you be, and why?

Honestly I don't know. I've never really wanted to be an animal. 

What is your favorite food?

 Anything chocolate.

What is the problem with writing that was your greatest roadblock, and how did you overcome it?

Time. I still haven't. I just do the best I can with what I have.

Tell us about the featured book.

A Mother for Leah is a sweet romance about a family. It explores how they deal with grief and then moving on with their lives. And it is definitely one of my favorite stories of all the ones I've written.

How can readers find you on the Internet?

Here are my social media links:

Website: http://rlmauthor.com

Amazon:  amazon.com/author/rlmillerauthor 

Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/RLMauthor

Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bIHd7T

Instagram:  http://instagram.com/rlmauthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLMAuthor

Pinterest:  www.pinterest.com/RLM_Author/

Facebook:  www.facebook.com/RachelLMillerAuthor

Thank you, Rachel, for sharing this new book with us.

Readers, here are the buy links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Leah-Windy-Wishes-Book-ebook/dp/B072FT6PJY

B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-mother-for-leah-rachel-l-miller/1126615403?ean=9780998169279

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-mother-for-leah/id1231203953

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-mother-for-leah

Universal: https://books2read.com/amfl2017/

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A HEART RECLAIMED (CHERISH) - Elizabeth Maddrey - One Free Ebook

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

Hopefully just more of the same – I want to keep writing the books God lays on my heart. It’s my prayer God will continue to use me and the words I write for His glory.

Tell us a little about your family.

I have a marvelous husband to whom I’ve been married for 22 years. And we have two boys, age 9 and 5. We’re also in close proximity to both sets of grandparents, as well as siblings, so we do a lot with our extended family. I love having that opportunity.

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

You know, I think I’m unique in this because it really hasn’t. I love to read and I’m grateful I’m able to turn off my inner editor in order to still just enjoy every book I pick up without feeling I have to critique the writing or try to compare it to my own. I love to just read for the sake of reading. It’s one of my favorite pastimes.

What are you working on right now?

Right now, I’m finishing up A Tidbit of Trust, book 5 in my Taste of Romance series. It’s the last book in the series and ties up all the friends who we’ve met throughout the previous four books. I’m hoping to have it release in September.

What outside interests do you have?

Well, I homeschool my kids, and I actually really enjoy that. It’s fun to revisit subjects I haven’t studied since I was little. And, like I already said, I love to read. I also enjoy watching police procedurals on TV when I have a minute or two to myself, crocheting, trying out new recipes, and playing the piano.

How do you choose your settings for each book?

Generally, my books have all been set in the Washington, D.C. area. I live here and it’s such a great area. It’s rich in history, with lots to do, and I think (hope!) people enjoy getting a glimpse of what it’s like to live here.

I’ve also recently started a series set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia. I got the spark for that series when my sister and I went on a road trip to see an old mansion down there that’s open to the public on certain summer weekends.

My other current series is set in a fictional town in southern Idaho. This setting was one that the group of authors working on the series worked together to develop. I’m really enjoying the change to small-town Idaho. It’s not something I would probably have come up with on my own.

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

I’d love to hang out with Marie Curie for an evening. She was an amazing woman who I’ve always admired.

What is the one thing you wish you had known before you started writing novels?

That there’s no prescribed way to write. I spent a lot of time trying to shoehorn myself into the “right” way to write – doing character background sheets and big plotting notebooks and all that sort of stuff. When I finally got so frustrated and discouraged by doing that, then getting sick of the characters and the story before I ever wrote a word, I let myself just write. And the book happened. And I realized  I don’t have to write in any specific way. There isn’t a “right” or “wrong” way to go about it. Just get the story down.

I went through that process. I’m a seat-of-the-pants author, but I believe we do the same thing in our heads that plotters do on paper. What new lessons is the Lord teaching you right now?

I’ve often struggled with comparing myself to others. Lately, God’s been working on that some more and helping me focus just on doing my best for Him and leaving the rest alone.

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

First, study the craft. That can be conferences, seminars, books, whatever. Just never stop studying the craft.

Second, get a really good editor. Everyone needs an editor, no matter who they are or how famous etc. And it needs to be someone who knows what they’re doing. Yes, they can be pricey, but it’s worth it.

Third? Read. Read in your genre. Read outside your genre. Learn to love the written word.

Tell us about the featured book.

My book is A Heart Reclaimed. This is book two in my Peacock Hill Romance series (the one set in the mountains of southwest Virginia). It’s the story of two landscapers who are helping restore the gardens around a dilapidated mansion that’s being turned into a retreat center. Anna and Duncan went to college together. He had a crush on her, but she thought he was pushy and obnoxious. Now, as they work together, they have to bury the hatchet and see if they can’t plant some seeds that bloom into love.

A Heart Reclaimed is one of seven novels in the Cherish box set.

Please give us the first page of the book.

Anna Hamilton parked her car under one of the shaggy cedars near the front of Peacock Hill and rubbed her hands together. Finally, a chance to be part of a project that mattered. Not that the historical landscape archives weren’t important, but who wanted to be stuck behind a desk helping researchers when she could get her hands in the dirt? She couldn’t really pinpoint how she’d ended up at the library, either. Which just made it worse. But now...maybe her life was back on track.

Gathering her laptop bag and her duffel, she stepped out of the car and breathed in the unpolluted air. It was lovely. Very little humidity and still cooler than Richmond, which was beginning to feel the first tendrils of Virginia summer weather. Even if it was barely May. She closed the car door and crossed the gravel drive, climbing the steps to the front of the house two at a time while she admired the columns and general grandeur of the place.

Anna knocked on the door. Would anyone hear if they weren’t close by? The house—there had to be a better word. Mansion? Estate?—was massive.

“Coming.” Footsteps clomped closer before the door swung open. The tiny blonde grinned and extended her hand. “Anna, right? I’m Deidre.”

“That’s me. Nice to meet you.” Anna took her hand and peered inside. Rich wood—on the floor and the walls—met her gaze. “Gosh, it’s even prettier in real life.”

“Come on in. Is that all you brought?”

“I have more out in the car—you said to be prepared to rough it, so there’s an air mattress and that kind of thing, too. I just wasn’t sure...”

Deidre grinned. “I’ve got an actual mattress for you. It’s on the floor, but it’s better than a blow up. We’re roughing it, but not quite at the camping level. You and I are on the second floor. I stuck my brother on the third.”

“Sounds good.”

Deidre paused and angled her head to the side.

Anna raised her brows. “What?”

“It’s just...I want to make sure you didn’t think you were in charge of the project?”

Anna worked to control the expression on her face. She had actually, but diplomacy was always a good idea. “Well, you have final say, of course.”

Deidre shook her head. “I was afraid of that. I’m so sorry. See, my brother’s a landscape architect and I asked him—practically as soon as I bought the place—to help out. I wasn’t sure he’d be able to get down here this spring though, which is why I started looking around for photos and such—to see if I could do a little cleanup while I waited for him to have time. But his work schedule cleared up and he got here yesterday.”

“I see.” Although she didn’t. Anna gripped the handle of her duffel. Three months of email and phone calls with Deidre had made her seem like a friend, of sort. Why had the woman never mentioned a brother? A landscaping brother at that. “So...you don’t actually need me?”

“I didn’t say that. I...it’s just...” Deidre broke off and turned at the noise on the staircase.

“Hey, Dee, I was thinking...oh.” A tall, sandy-haired man stopped on the steps, his features sliding into a blank mask. “Hello, Anna.”

“McIntyre. Of course.” Anna’s stomach twisted into an entire batch of pretzels as she realized just who Deidre’s brother was. She swallowed, willing some moisture into the desert of her mouth. “I should be going. Your project is in good hands.”

Deidre shot Duncan a meaningful look.

Anna turned and reached for the door.

“I never figured you for one who’d walk away from a challenge.”

Good way to hook me and my readers. How can readers find you on the Internet?

They can find all my books on my website: http://www.ElizabethMaddrey.com

I love to interact with readers on Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/ElizabethMaddrey

I’m also on Instagram with snippets of my life and an occasional book promo (but mostly just pictures of my day-to-day): http://www.instagram.com/ElizabethMaddrey

Thank you, Elizabeth, for sharing your book and this boxed set with us. I’m eager to read it.

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Cherish: Seven Tender Christian Romance Novels

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THE COPPER BOX - Suzanne J Bratcher - One Free Book

Welcome, Suzanne. Tell us how much of yourself you write into your characters.

That’s a little hard to answer because as I’m writing I don’t think I’m putting myself in. As I write, I put myself into the character’s head and try to think like I would if I were that person facing that dilemma. But when I look back a finished piece, I see bits of myself in all the characters, whether it’s a thought I’ve had, an experience I’ve been through, or someone I knew in years past. It’s especially interesting to see bits of myself in a villain!

I don’t think I’ve ever put a bit of me in a villain. What is the quirkiest thing you have ever done?

I took sabbatical year from teaching to write a book about grading papers. While I was doing that I apprenticed as a piano tuner. I really loved the repair part of that work and would have liked to switch careers. But I realized one year wasn’t enough to learn the business, and I learned enough about teaching and learning from my apprenticeship that I returned to teaching with an entirely new attitude.

When did you first discover you were a writer?

The third grade. I had written little stories before that, but that year I read a child’s biography of Louisa May Alcott, and I recognized my inner self in her. That’s when I knew I was a writer.

Tell us the range of the kinds of books you enjoy reading.

I read a lot of nonfiction. When I was writing The Copper Box I read several books about antique furniture and its repair. I’m reading a nonfiction book by Marva Dawn right now called Being Well When We’re Ill: Wholeness and Hope in Spite of Infirmity. It’s a reflective book on dealing with chronic illness with God’s help. It’s giving me a lot to think about with my multiple sclerosis. As far as fiction goes, I love mysteries and romantic suspense. I’m branching out now and reading romances (Christian) for the first time in my life. I want to learn how to put more romance in my own stories.

How do you keep your sanity in our run, run, run world?

That’s been a tough one for me. Because of my multiple sclerosis I’ve been forced to drop out of the run, run, run world. Now I struggle with guilt because I have to say “no” to more things than I can say “yes” to. That’s one of the issues Marva Dawn’s book is helping me with. Her chapter is called “Unproductivity-the Mysterious Workings of God.” I’m learning that when I let go and let God, the things God wants me to do get done on God’s timetable. It’s hard because I’ve always been an overachiever and running at the head of the pack. It’s a wonderful lesson though. When I feel overwhelmed by how far behind everyone else is I lie down, close my eyes, and do a very slow meditation on Psalm 46:10a “Be still and know that I am God.”

Those words have carried me through many things. How do you choose your characters’ names?

I have three resources: one is a Writer’s Digest book called Character Name Sourcebook. Names are listed by nationality with the meaning for each name. I look for tag names that fit the personality of the character. The second is online lists of popular baby names by year. I figure out what year the character was born and look to see what names parents favored that year. The third source is the Bible. In The Copper Box, Marty is short for “Martha” because she was the oldest child and very work oriented. Paul is named for the Apostle Paul because my character must learn to take the Apostle’s advice to forget the past and run the race Jesus is calling him to.

What is the accomplishment that you are most proud of?

Starting the Northern Arizona Writing Project (NAWP). It was a public school writing-across-the-curriculum effort based on a partnership between two departments at Northern Arizona University (English-me and Education-Beth Strobe) and the public schools in our area (Vaughn Delp from Prescott Unified School District). Every summer we gathered teachers from all grades and disciplines and wrote together. Then from our experiences of our own writing, we looked at how to teach writing. It changed all of us. First, it made us writers so we were more careful with our students as writers. Second, it made us realize what a complex process writing is so we had to think very seriously about grading our students’ efforts. I really found my writing voice working with NAWP. It lasted for ten or twelve years and affected countless teachers and students (including my own). I think it made us all more compassionate teachers.

That’s wonderful. If you were an animal, which one would you be, and why?

I would be a turkey vulture. They fly the highest of all the birds by riding wind currents. Airplane pilots have spotted them as high as 20,000 feet. Obviously they’re not hunting up there, they’re just enjoying the wind. Their faces aren’t beautiful close up, but when I see one soaring above me, I think they’re beautiful and I wish I could be up there too.

What is your favorite food?

Blueberry cheesecake: the real New York style with fresh blueberries

What is the problem with writing that was your greatest roadblock, and how did you overcome it?

The biggest problem has been (and continues to be) the neurological fatigue that’s part of multiple sclerosis. I used to be a very scheduled person (a teacher has to be), but now I have to go with the ebb and flow of my energy. It’s particularly challenging because each day is a bit different. I used to get up and write two hours early in the morning and then two more hours later in the day. Mornings are very slow for me, so now I find myself writing in the afternoon or even at night and two hours is my absolute max. I can’t say I’ve overcome it, but I’m learning to trust God. I truly believe God wants me to write my stories, so I pray before I sit down to write and go as long as I can and then stop. As a result I’m a very slow writer, but I’ve decided that’s okay. Jesus welcomed the “halt and the lame.”

Tell us about the featured book.

I call The Copper Box mystery shot with suspense and sprinkled with romance. It’s set in Jerome, Arizona: the largest ghost town in America. Antiques expert Marty Greenlaw goes to Jerome to face the horror that haunts her dreams: did she kill her little sister twenty-two years ago. Historian Paul Russell is in Jerome to face his own horror: was the car crash that killed his wife his fault? Their lives become intertwined when an old lady dies on a long staircase in a dusty Victorian house. As they search the house for a small copper box Marty believes will unlock her memory and the mystery of her grandmother’s death, dangerous accidents begin to happen. Someone else wants the copper box, someone willing to commit murder to get it. As Marty and Paul face the shadows in the house and in their lives they must learn to put the past behind and run the race God is calling them to.

Sounds like a wonderful read. It’s on the top of my to-be-read pile. I’ll read it as soon as I finish the book I’m reading now. How can readers find you on the Internet?

Readers can find me on my website at www.suzannebratcher.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/authorsuzannebratcher, on Amazon at amazon.com/author/suzannebratcher5, on Twitter @AuthorBratcher

Thank you, Suzanne, for allowing me to feature this book on my blog. I love your book's cover.

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The Copper Box - Paperback
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FAULT LINES - Thomas Locke - One Free Book

Welcome, Thomas. Why did you become an author?

I came to faith at age twenty-eight and began writing two weeks later. Up to that point, my whole focus had been upon business – I ran the European office of a US consulting group. There were a huge number of transitions that followed this, but from that first moment, literally the first hour I wrote my first story, I knew this was what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

If you weren’t a novelist, what would be your dream job?

Seven years ago, I began writing screenplays. It was enormously challenging, like learning a new musical instrument or a different field of medicine. But it has remained a great joy. I am now working on my fifth screenplay under contract and loving it. Just loving it.

If you could have lived at another time in history, what would it be and why?

This has never really interested me as a concept. What I find fascinating, however, is the idea of alternate universes. Different scenarios playing out in a time and setting that is the here and now, only skewed ninety degrees. That is what I am doing with this series of novels.

What place in the United States have you not visited that you would like to?

Alaska. Hike the wilderness. In the summer, though. Definitely just in the summer.

How about a foreign country you hope to visit?

I have been invited to lecture on creative writing in Singapore. Just across a bridge is Malaysia, a land of clouds and mystery. Can’t wait.

What lesson has the Lord taught you recently?

Letting go.

Working in the film world means accepting that mine is just one voice among many, and certainly not the most important or the loudest. When the story moves from page to the combined action of many, I become just one of the chorus.

Tough.

Tell us about the featured book.

That night, Professor Gabriella Speciale does something she has never done before. An Italian psychologist, she has spent five years studying the brainwave patterns of practitioners of deep meditation. She now intends to apply the latest electromagnetic techniques to stimulate similar brainwaves in ordinary subjects; those who have never practiced mental control. But her initial candidate reports something utterly unexpected. Then another. After the third research experiment, Gabriella decides to break with the demands of scientific objectivity. She must slip into the lab after-hours, and take her own trial run.

Gabriella seems to float on the edge of human consciousness. She senses a gradual separation from her physical form, frightening but also captivating. At one level she identifies the phenomenon as an out-of-body experience. These have been chronicled, and controversial, for centuries. Only now there is a difference. With a little tweaking, Gabriella finds a means to both control and direct the out-of-body experience. She seems to be omniscient – going anywhere, seeing everything. Has she, in effect, defied the laws of gravity, locality and time? As the lab comes back into focus, Gabriella is flush with exhilaration – and anxiety. She does not fully understand the ramifications – but something this big needs to be protected.

Please give us the first page of the book.

The Satellite Beach community center was not the sort of place to require an armed agent guarding the coffee machine. It was located in a former auto supply warehouse. The four bay doors had been replaced by walls of glass. The view was over a parking lot, a lawn shared with the neighboring church, and the inland waterway. That Monday evening the setting sun turned the bay into a burnished copper shield.

Charlie Hazard stood in what had become his normal station, midway between the coffeemaker and the jukebox. His job was to make sure the local surfers didn’t totally freak out the old-timers. There were nights when he would have rather faced incoming fire.

The center was situated three blocks from the home he had inherited from his father. Charlie had been dropping by a couple of nights each week for nineteen months and he still didn’t know why. He went off on a job, got it done, came home, and a night or so later he was back. The place suited him. It was safe. Charlie liked safe. And sane. A lot of his life away from this place wasn’t either. Lately he found himself looking forward to coming back. He was comfortable with little triumphs these days—another day staying clean, another night without sweats and fever dreams.

Julio, a Hispanic kid in his late teens, hit the button on the music machine. Immediately the place was invaded by rap. Julio was a local surfer, tall and handsome despite his baggy jeans and prison tats. Charlie had every reason to dislike him and his attitude. But something about Julio hit him at gut level. What was more, Charlie’s best friend here was the youth counselor, a retired Orlando detective named Irma Steeg. Irma had a definite soft spot for the kid. So Charlie kept his voice mild as he waved Julio over and said, “Think maybe you could hold off for another hour?”

Julio gave him attitude. “What’s your problem, man?”

“See the old people over there by the windows? Forty-five minutes, they’ll leave for their nightly meds. Then you can play the track that sounds like a bad day in Baghdad.”

Irma settled a hand on Julio’s arm, halting his comeback. She asked, “How about something from Ol’ Blue Eyes?”

Charlie walked over to the machine and ditched the rap. To the groans of everybody under twenty, Frank Sinatra and his horn section asked Charlie to fly him to the moon.

As Charlie returned to the coffee bar, Irma gave Julio her number one smile. “Everybody likes Sinatra, right?”

Charlie knew Julio wanted to tell Irma exactly where she could put Sinatra and his entire big band. But Julio had enough street sense to notice the steel behind Irma’s smile.

He told the departing kid, “One hour, tops. Then the place is yours.”

“Whatever, man. Make yourself some oatmeal, why don’t you. Easier to chew, you don’t got no teeth.”

Charlie said to Irma, “Remind me why you put up with that lip.”

“Julio has nothing and nobody. I always had a thing for strays.” Irma offered him the same soft-hard smile. “As you should know.”

He skipped his retort because an unfamiliar woman chose that moment to walk through the door. When her smile lit up the room, even the kids gave this new arrival thirty seconds of silence.

The strange thing was, the beautiful woman was not actually smiling at anyone or anything in particular. She seemed genuinely ecstatic to simply be here. In a former auto supply warehouse.

Maybe she had a thing for Sinatra.

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www.DavisBunnBooks.com

www.TLocke.com

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Fault Lines - Christianbook.com
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DIVINE DETOURS - Sion Alford - One Free Book

Dear Readers, here’s a book by one of the pastors of my church. When I read the first thing in the book, I knew I had to feature it here. The opening is amazing.

 Welcome, Sion. What would you like for our readers to know about you personally?

I have served for over 25 years as a worship pastor and 10 of those 25 years have been with Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas. I have a passion to help people connect their gift with their purpose.

And you do a very good job of that. Tell us about your family.

I have been married to Shannon for 25 years, and we have eight wonderful children. Shannon has been in ministry both at home and at the church during these 25 years and brings much wisdom to our marriage through her devotion and relationship with the Lord. All of our kids are serving the Lord and following Him with all their hearts. We are blessed!

That is indeed a great blessing. What kinds of hobbies and leisure activities do you enjoy?

I love spending time with family, especially outdoors. I also enjoy fishing and hunting.

Why did you write the featured book?

Having served in the worship ministry for these 25 years I have seen so many good people deceived by their gifts and giftings. Many talented people don’t understand that you must go through process to get to God’s promise for your life. As soon as a talented person meets resistance they usually abandon the will of God and take the “short cut” or easy way to the promise. They don’t allow God to develop the necessary character they are going to need when they get to their “promise.” They chase the dream instead of the Dream Giver. They pursue the promise instead of the Promiser. What usually results is a person who doesn’t have the character to hold them while they stand in the promise. That is what this book is about: process. The process is a Divine Detour to God’s promise and calling.

What do you want the reader to take away from the book?

Your identity is not determined by the gift God has given you. Jesus’ identity was defined by His Father, not His gifts nor His calling. He was the “Son of God” before He was the Savior of all! In order to be successful in life and in ministry you need to know WHO you are and WHOSE you are!

Is there anything else you’d like to tell my readers about you or your book?

I believe this is an important book for anyone who feels called to ministry, whether professionally or in a volunteer capacity. Jesus was not “fit” for ministry until He had gone through 30 years of “process.” He prepared 30 years for a 3-year ministry! His public ministry did not begin until He had is Father’s affirmation: “This is my son in whom I am well pleased.”

Please give us the first page or two from the book.

The Lord directs our steps,   so why try to understand everything along the way? —Proverbs 20:24 (NLT)

I’ve been to “Moriah” many times in my own life.

Even as I write this, I am climbing several Moriahs. I clutch my dreams in my arms, wishing I could scale the heights of Moriah full of faith and trust in God. Instead, I keep searching for a way that is less painful, a path that costs less.

I am not alone. Who wants to see their dreams die? Who gets excited when God asks them to sacrifice their Isaacs?

God gives His most precious gifts; however, then He leads us to an altar and asks us to lay down everything, including His own fulfillment of the promises He gave to us. Does this sound crazy? I’m sure it seems counterintuitive, as if it doesn’t make sense. But, take it from me, I’ve had this experience, and I know.

Many years ago, God gave me a dream. In this dream, I saw ministry, music, success, and prosperity. It bore all the usual marks of a divine calling; it was improbable, supernatural, and grandiose. That dream made me feel extraordinary, as if God specially favored me. With that feeling, I believed that I could take only one path—I needed to devote myself to making this dream come true.

That’s what we’re supposed to do, isn’t it? We should examine our gifts, discover our calling, pursue our dreams, and never give up believing. Isn’t that right? People tell us that if we do those things, our dreams will come true.

So I zealously pursued my dream … I gave it my all. Through persistent prayer and diligent devotion, I set out to take hold of the dream God had promised. I would have my dream, and I’d trample over anyone or anything that got in the way. I was tenacious. I was fervent. I sacrificed. I practiced early and stayed late.

Somewhere along the way, however, the Lord interrupted my quest for greatness. Like a wrestler, He pinned me to the floor and let me watch my dream die. When the bleeding stopped and the dream breathed its last breath, I lay devastated. Broken. Hurt. Disappointed. Empty.

At the time, of course, I viewed this interruption as anything but a blessing. It felt like a curse. It was like the feeling we get at the end of a story, when the hero dies in the last chapter. That’s how I felt. Lousy story.

Here’s the good news, though (which I didn’t quite understand at the time): When God is the hero of the story, it never ends in death. In fact, it is quite the opposite. God’s stories always end in resurrection and life. Jesus’ story didn’t end at a cross; and neither does yours. Just as the cross wasn’t the end for our Savior, the death of your dream isn’t the end for you. The death of your dream opens the doorway to something better, more real, and more life-giving.

And so, my story didn’t end with the death of my dream. Eventually, the Lord delivered me from the depths of my own misplaced pursuit and lifted me up to a place of contentment. Ultimately, He resurrected my dream.

Resurrected dreams never look exactly like the original, at least at first glance. Think about Mary Magdalene. Three days after Jesus gave His life, Mary visited the garden grave of her dead “dream.” While she mourned, she discovered Jesus’ body was missing. At first, she thought thieves had stolen His body. Then Jesus, her resurrected promise, tapped her on the shoulder. “Woman, why are you crying?” He asked. She answered His question with a question: “Are you the gardener?” Her resurrected dream stood directly in front of her and she didn’t even recognize Him!

Mary was not alone in her confusion. Think about two men who had spent the last three years closely following the King of the world. They ate meals around hundreds of campfires with Him. They saw Him walk on water. They witnessed as He blessed a few fish and some bread and then multiplied it all to feed thousands of hungry people. And now, three days after they saw their promise killed and sealed inside a grave, a man who had been walking beside them on the road sweeps His hand like a Jedi and opens their eyes to see the resurrected promise. At first, He is unrecognizable, but now He is glowing with resurrected life.

Personally, I don’t think of my journey as complete. I know that at some time I may once again have to pick up the pieces of my life. Right now, I am living my dream. By that, I mean that I’m fulfilling God’s calling on my life. I’m living out my divine purpose and enjoying what He promised to me many years ago when I was a wide-eyed, idealistic nineteen-year-old sitting in the back row of a little church in Panama City Beach, Florida.

Even so, I haven’t “arrived.” My journey continues and may take me again through dark valleys and vast deserts. Nevertheless, I am in this spiritual season now and believe that God has given me this opportunity to share what I’ve learned along the way.

Even as I detail my own experiences, this book isn’t about my dream or me. Instead, it’s about you and God’s purpose for your life. As I tell my story and share the things God has taught me, my goal is to help you live out a better story for your own life.

The message of this book is my life’s message. It has burned within me for almost two decades. I have studied it, lived it, taught it, preached it, given counsel about it, and sung it. If you haven’t yet recognized your dream, or if you’re dealing with the discouragement of watching your dreams die, this book is for you. I pray that you will either discover your dream or rediscover God’s promises for you, in a way far better than you could have ever imagined. I also pray that this book will change your perspective and your life. I want to point you in the direction of the Dream Giver who will give you strength for your struggles.

Where on the Internet can the readers find you?

www.sionalford.com

Thank you, Sion, for allowing me to share your book on my blog. I know there people among my readers who need the message you have to help them resurrect some broken dreams from God.

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Divine Detours - Christianbook.com
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Divine Detours: When God Messes Up Your Plans - Kindle

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