Sunday, November 15, 2020

Mid-Month Madness Party

 


Welcome to the Mid-Month Madness Party! We really appreciate you coming by! We will be giving away books so be sure to pay attention to how to enter.

 

To enter to win you MUST leave a comment WITH your email and you MUST ask one or more of the authors a question you'd like to know about them, their writing, or their books.

 

We are looking forward to getting to know you better and hope you'll get to know us better, too!

 

 

BE SURE TO DROP BY THE FACEBOOK PARTY FOR A CHANCE TO MINGLE WITH THE AUTHORS, AND EVEN MORE GREAT GIVEAWAYS! 

 

IT'S TODAY, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, FROM 3:30 to 5:30 

MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME.



Destiny’s Whirlwind



Collina McConnell in Destiny’s Whirlwind doesn’t understand her father’s passion. Ben McConnell wasn’t materialistic. Just what was the mystery behind his legacy for Shushan?  The parable of the sower in Luke 8:5 takes on new meaning when Collina’s life choices become as rocky and thorny as the soil beneath her shoes. 

Was Rough Rider Franklin Long placed in her life at such a time as this, or was Austin Blaine right about him? 


War is declared and Franklin leaves. Will he return from the wave-tossed shores of Cuba to resolve his battles—or remain in the dark reaches of his past—and Collina’s?




Spies & Sweethearts (ebook edition)



According to the OSS training manual, the life expectancy of a radio operator in Nazi-occupied France is six weeks. Partnered with one of the agency’s top spies, Gerard Lucas, newly-minted agent Emily Strealer plans to beat those odds. Then their cover is blown and all bets are off.


The border to neutral Switzerland is three hundred miles away—a long way to run with SS soldiers on their heels. Will Emily and Gerard survive the journey? 

And what about their hearts? Nothing in the manual prepared them for falling in love.




THE DAUGHTER’S PREDICAMENT 

(The Quilting Circle Book 2)  (Audible version)



Can a patient love win her heart? Or will a forced marriage be the end of her romantic dreams?

 

A family secret. A forced marriage. A lost dream.


As Isabelle Atwood’s romance prospects are turning in her favor, a family scandal derails her dreams. While making a quilt for her own hope chest, Isabelle’s half-sister becomes pregnant out of wedlock and Isabelle—always the unfavored daughter—becomes the family sacrifice to save face. Despite gaining the attention of a handsome rancher, her parents are pressuring her to marry a man of their choosing to rescue her sister’s reputation. A third suitor waits silently in the wings, hoping for his own chance at love. Will Isabelle capitulate and marry the man her parents wish her to, or will she rebel and marry the man they don’t approve of? Or will the man leaving her secret love poems sweep her off her feet?




Kate



Kate Benton, daughter of a saloon floozy, runs away, straight into the arms of Tom McBride, fleeing from his outlaw brother’s past. Can these two, damaged by life experiences, tear down the walls that separate them with God’s help? Or are they destined to remain alone forever?











Bestselling, award-winning novelist MARY DAVIS has over thirty titles in both historical and contemporary themes. She is a member of ACFW and has led critique groups for more than two decades. Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of over thirty-six years and one cat. She has three adult children and two adorable grandchildren with number three on the way. She enjoys playing board and card games, rain, and cats. She would enjoy gardening if she didn’t have a black thumb. Her hobbies are quilting, porcelain doll making, sewing, crafts, crocheting, and knitting.





Linda Shenton Matchett writes about ordinary people who did extraordinary things in days gone by. A volunteer docent and archivist for the Wright Museum of WWII, Linda is also a trustee for her local public library. She is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and was born a stone’s throw from Fort McHenry. Linda has lived in historic places all her life, and is now located in central New Hampshire where her favorite activities include exploring historic sites and immersing herself in the imaginary worlds created by other authors.





Catherine Ulrich Brakefield says, “My readers inspire my writing!” 


Catherine is an award-winning author of the inspirational historical romances Wilted Dandelions and Destiny of Heart. Her popular Destiny series includes: Swept into Destiny, Destiny’s Whirlwind, Destiny of Heart, and Waltz with Destiny.

 

She has written Images of America; The Lapeer Area, and Images of America: Eastern Lapeer County. 

Her short stories have been published in Guidepost Books, Baker Books, Revell, CrossRiver Media, and Bethany House Publishers.

She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), President of the Great Lakes Chapter (ACFW GLC). Catherine lives with her husband of 45 years, has two adult children, and four grandchildren. 







Donna Schlachter writes historical suspense under her own name, and contemporary suspense under her alter ego of Leeann Betts, and has been published more than 30 times in novellas, full-length novels, and non-fiction books. She is a member of ACFW, Writers on the Rock, SinC, Pikes Peak Writers, and CAN; facilitates a critique group; teaches writing classes; ghostwrites; edits; and judges in writing contests.



Direct a comment below to one or more of the authors for a chance to win her book giveaway! And don't forget to join the Mid-Month Madness Facebook party for even more great prizes!

  

Please be sure to include your email address in your comment using at and dot so we can notify you of your prize! Example: janedoe at gmail dot com



26 comments:

  1. Congratulations, ladies, on your books! I'd like to ask Mary how she got the idea for her book.
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    1. Hi Connie. Thanks for stopping by and for asking a question.

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    2. Hi Connie,
      I originally came up with several quilting story ideas for a series a publisher was doing. My agent at the time said that I had enough ideas to create a quilting series of my own. Instead of trying to squash all those random ideas and trying to make them fit for one series, I took one of the ideas, The Quilting Circle, and developed it into a series. So I already had the idea for book 1, then other ideas started popping into my head. I liked the idea of a secret admirer. I also like the idea of my heroine having a difficult choice. I didn't want it to be easy for her. I wanted all three men to be someone the reader could see Isabelle being happy with. Sometimes with stories where there is more than one suitor, it's easy to tell that one of them is a bad penny and the heroine should stay away. I wanted to keep my heroine--and readers--guessing.
      Blessings,
      Mary
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  2. My question is to all of you....
    With this dreadful virus looming over us, has it been harder to keep worries and concerns out of your minds while you write?

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    1. I forgot to add my email address...
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    2. Hello Melanie and thanks for your question. Like reading, I am fortunate in that my writing has been an escape for the stress and worries. I know some writers have been impacted differently and struggle with writing, but with few exceptions, I've been able focus on my stories.

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    3. I've found it more difficult to write as sometimes the situation overtook my story and vanquished it to the "not writing today" room. But I finally got over that when I realized I wasn't helping anybody--and particularly not me--by not writing.

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    4. Hi Melanie,
      Being an introvert and being "forced" to stay home was no different from my usual days of being at home writing. It actually freed me up to not have to worry about going out, the expectations of other that I should be going out. I do go out to the store regularly and am safe while I'm out. The worries I have don't have anything to do with the virus.
      Blessings,
      Mary
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  3. My question is for all the authors. At what age did you realize that you wanted to be a writer?
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    1. Roxanne, I never thought I could ever achieve that goal, I loved books and loved to write down stories for as long as I can remember. God did the rest! Catherine

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    2. I've been writing stories since I was in elementary school but it wasn't until about 15 years ago while doing freelance magazine work I began to consider seeking publication of my fiction.

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    3. Hi Roxanne, I've always loved writing little stories, and writing longer stories. I was the kid who wrote 5 pages when the teacher asked for one page :) In 2002, I wondered if I had one book in me. Well... 30+ books later, I've still got stories coming!

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    4. Hi Roxanne,
      I was an adult in my mid-twenties before I knew I wanted to be a writer. Being dyslexic I can't spell, reading was difficult while I was growing up, and all the English rules are challenging, so I never imagined I could ever be writer. But God had a different plan. I like to think of myself as God's stubby little pencil.
      Blessings,
      Mary
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  4. Catherine Ulrich Brakefield Is the town Emerald, Ky in the beginning of your book, a real or imagined place? I couldn't find it on Maps app. lemonade050 at hotmail dot com

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    1. I renamed the place where my ancestors lived. Emerald is a made up place. Catherine

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  5. Hi Melanie, I find writing history helps me with the recent pandemic. In fact, one of my readers said it soothed her remembering my characters and how they handled the unpredictable circumstances of the era. Catherine

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  6. Loving hearing from the authors and their books.I would like to ask any of the authors how they got started writing books? rose Blackard at Gmail dot com

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    1. Hi Rose: When I was very young, my parents gave me a notebook and pens and suggested I use it to tell stories. I wrote until well into high school and then got away from writing until moving to New Hampshire as an adult. I fell into some magazine freelance opportunities which made me realize how much I miss writing fiction, so I decided to try my hand at it again.

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    2. Hi Rose, in 2002, I heard about National Novel Writing Month, and how you could write a book in a month. I wondered if I even had 1 book in me. So I took the challenge. And the rest, as they say, is history...

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    3. Hi Rose,
      I started out writing children's stories. I wasn't able to get any of them published, so I switched to romance, and I love writing romance.
      Blessings,
      Mary
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  7. Congratulations ladies on your releases! If you could have dinner with an author, living or not, who would you choose and why?

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    1. Hi Caryl,
      Good question. I'm not quite sure how to answer it. There are several authors who come to mind both Christian and secular. But my mind keep coming back around to the Bible. It would be fascinating to sit down with Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John and hear first hand what it was like to physically be in Jesus' presence in the flesh.
      If I were to pick a mere mortal, I wouldn't mind dining with Robin Jones Gunn. Her writing inspired me way back at the beginning of my writing journey. Two different times I missed seeing her and meeting her at conferences.
      Blessings,
      Mary
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    2. Hi Caryl: What a great question. Like Mary said, there are so many choices, but I would love to sit down with Grace Livingston Hill to discuss her writing journey.

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  8. Congratulations on your new releases! My question is "What message do you hope readers get out of reading your book? aliciabhaney(at)sbcglobal(dot)com

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    1. Hi Alicia,
      Over all my books I would say love, being loved and being worthy of love. For The Daughter's Predicament, to not be pressured into something even if it seems right. Try to determine what God would have you do, no matter how hard that might be.
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      Mary
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    2. The message that is most pervasive in my books is that God is a God of second chances. No matter what we've done, He welcomes us into His family.

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