Perhaps you remember my review and promotional post for this book. Today, I am featuring a guest post from the author which is more like an interview. Be sure to check this book out!
What's next for you? Are you currently working on or have plans for future projects?
Kaleidoscope
Summer, is Book One of the Serenity Cove Series. I’m currently
polishing Tangerine Morning, Book Two of the Serenity Cover Series, due
out later this month. I’m really pleased with the way romance, mystery
and family drama intertwines in this story.
Jezzica
Shaffer, a young widow, struggles in her relationship with Christ and
with starting over. She moves to Serenity Cove and purchases the Sea
Glass Bookshop on Main Street.
Detective
Zack Johnston, the first man her heart reacts to since her husband’s
death, also represents a world that failed to bring her husband’s
murderers to justice. Can she find her way back to Christ and the
freedom to love again?
Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
The stories are written for the reader’s enjoyment. Romance
is a big part of the Serenity Cove novels. Hope is an even larger
element of the stories. Life often takes us on paths that are filled
with twists and turns. There are many unexpected life dilemmas that
cause us to struggle and sometimes lose our way. Thankfully, we find our
answers in God. Through Him we always find hope. So if a reader finds
encouragement while enjoying the characters and stories from the
Serenity Cove series, then as an author, I couldn’t be more pleased.
How long did it take you to complete your first manuscript? Did it fly from your fingertips, or did the story emerge slowly?
Somewhere
in the middle, while it didn’t fly from my fingertips, the story did
emerge fairly quickly. The first draft only took a few weeks to
write—the rewrites have taken longer. To quote Michael Crichton, “Books
aren’t written – they’re rewritten.” With each step of the journey the
novel has emerged much like a rose bud blooming into a full honey
scented rose.
What sparked the idea for the Serenity Cover series? Did you begin with a name or place? Did scenes start playing in your mind? Or perhaps your characters began chatting?
The characters that reside in the fictional town of Serenity Cove first appeared in a weekly challenge entry, on FaithWriters.com.
The character of a deaf young woman stayed with me. Like pulling on a
loose thread, her story kept unraveling in my head. One morning I opened
my computer and felt an intense prompting to write her story. Less than
six weeks later I typed the end on an eighty thousand-word manuscript. Of course, that was only the beginning.
Are
you one of those writers born with a pen in your hand and ideas
flitting through your mind, or did your interest develop later?
Among
my mother’s things I found stories I had written, in that awkward
printing letters stage children go through. The stories were complete
with illustrations, mostly roses. I’ve always loved the idea of romance
and happy ever afters. I’m definitely a soft touch for all of the fairy
tales. I watched them with my daughters and now how exciting to get to
watch them again with my granddaughters.
I want to check out this book so it's always interesting to read what the author has to say! Thanks for posting it :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Debbie! Enjoy your visit to the small town of Serenity Cove. Tangerine Morning, Book Two of the Serenity Cove Series was just released. Thanks again!
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