Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Mid-Month Madness Party!

We really appreciate you coming by! 

We will be giving away books so be sure to pay attention about how to enter. To enter for a chance 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 nab even more great giveaways! 

The party is today from 5:00 to 6:30 PM Eastern Time. 





A mail-order husband might be the craziest idea Maggie's ever had - or the best.

When widow Maggie Duncan sends a letter up north to the logging camps in search of a hard-working husband - in name only - to help her save her farm, she knows she'll have to sort through all kinds of comers. Not until Jack McCallister shows up does Maggie figure it's safe to set aside her scattergun. But she's discomfited by the way Jack settles in as though the farm - and her heart - are already his. After all, she has no expectation of ever marrying again.




After Sadie Bauer inherits her father's watch and clock repair shop in Pueblo, she soon learns that Fate conspires against her.  Will O'Reilly longs to help this beautiful damsel in distress, but she's about as prickly as a porcupine.

Can Sadie overcome her mistrust of men in general, and of a certain suave salesman in particular? Can Will get past his former betrothed infidelity? Can both learn to trust the God who makes all things beautiful in His time?



Margaret "Peggy" Witherspoon is a thirty-four-year-old widow, mother of two, flying for the WASP. When her new supervisor, Army Air Corp Major Howie Berg, gives her an order she can't follow, sparks fly. In the course of her duties, Peggy learns of US soldiers being held captive in Cuba. She undertakes a daring rescue mission. She will need all her WASP skills to succeed and come out of this alive while trying not to ignite an international incident.



Naomi is an award-winning author who heart beats for historical fiction. She's celebrating three new book releases in 2022: Song for the Unter (the sequel to Selah and Book-of-the-Year finalist Mist O'er the Voyageur), Lumberjacks & Ladies ~ Four Stories of Romance Beneath the Pines, and Season of My Enemy (Heroines of WWII). She's at home in the Northwoods with her husband Jeff near their adult children and ever-expanding passel of grandchildren. You can meet up with her and find her newsletter with monthly giveaways at https://www.naomimusch.com



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 40 times in novellas, full-length novels, and non-fiction books. She is a member of several writing communities; facilitates a critique group; teaches writing classes; ghostwrites; edits; blogs regularly; and judges in writing contests.


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 thirty-seven years and one cat. She has three adult children and three adorable grandchildren. 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.

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35 comments:

  1. So, it's party time again already! All of the books featured sound interesting! My question is for Mary this morning, is "Mrs. Witherspoon" based on true events? bcrug AT twc DOT com

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    1. Hi Connie,
      Thanks for stopping by. The WASPs and the things they went through were real, but the events and rescue were all from my imagination.
      Blessings,
      Mary
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  2. Yay!! Party Time!! My question is for all the authors. How did you know you wanted to be a writer? What led you to writing, or who inspired you? Thanks!! moma3homeschool AT gmail DOT com

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    1. Hi, Michelle! I was fixated on storybooks when I was a child. My favorite was Beauty and the Beast in 2nd grade and it grew from there. I announced to my parents and 4th grade teacher that I intended to be an author when I grew up. I see you are a homeschooler! Well--fast forward a LOT of years, raising and homeschooling our 5 kids, making some writing inroads as well as faux pas, and in 2006 my ambitions reached fruition. Lumberjacks & Ladies is my 15th book and the 16th will release June 1st.

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    2. Hi Michelle, thanks for stopping by, and good luck in the drawing. I've always loved to write, but I didn't know anything about God calling folks to write stories for Him until I came to Colorado. My husband supports me in my writing, both financially (allowing me to stay home and write) and emotionally (crying with me when I read out sad parts).

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    3. Hi Michelle,
      Thanks for stopping by. I've had characters running around in my head for as long as I can remember. But I blame my mom for getting published. When I first got married 37 years ago, I wrote and illustrated a single copy of a children's story for my new husband. After my mom read it, she said I should get it published. I hung on to the idea of getting published and have been writing (and getting published) ever since.
      Blessings,
      Mary
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  3. For Naomi: How much research did you have to do about logging camps? What was the most interesting fact or story you found?

    eclitton at gmail dot com

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    1. Oh, boy... I didn't have to do a great deal of research for "Not for Love" only because I've been researching the era and locations for a long time for previous works. There were bits and pieces I had to uncover, like details about the farms that sprouted up in the cutover lands. I have a trilogy, the "Empire in Pine" series that tracks the logging industry in Wisconsin from the time of statehood in the 1840s until it reached its boom in the 1890s and the railroads arrived--all through the eyes of 4 women in a multi-generational saga. Most of my research stems back to that series. Great question!

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  4. Hello Ladies! What do you most enjoy about writing?
    psalm103and138atgmaildotcom

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    1. I love plotting and just letting my imagination spool off with ideas. I also really enjoy the re-writing stage, where I get to take my rough draft and shine it up, expanding on scenes and making them richer. Incidentally, opening chapters are the hardest for me. I'm facing that with a new project right now. First lines...ugh!

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    2. As a kid I use to try and write the most action packed first page ever. Lol. I have fond memories of standing in our Family Christian bookstore reading the first parts of children's fiction books looking for one that captured my imagination from page one...which in those days with a book in hand was really a half page with the chapter number (or better yet chapter title). I totally get it.

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    3. Hi Caryl,
      Thanks for stopping by. I enjoy getting to know and spending time with my characters. They are my friends. And I can't control them any more than I can real world people.
      Blessings,
      Mary
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  5. Good afternoon! My question is for all three authors. What is your personal favorite genre to read? God bless you all.

    Luvthots at gmail dot com

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    1. Historicals by far! The richer the better, with multiple character POV. Right on the heels are historical romances like Lumberjacks & Ladies. After that is women's general fiction. God bless you too, Roxanne!

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    2. Hi Roxanne,
      Thanks for stopping by. ROMANCE! I like a lot of genres, but I need me some romance in them.
      Blessings,
      Mary
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  7. Party Time!!! Ok...I've come loaded with cyber snacks...meaning all the calories are burned when we talk about history and read inspiring books. :D Lol. I've come with brownies (dark chocolate and marbled), lemon bars, and oatmeal raisin loves...My question for you gals is how did you come to write historically charged stories? Was it specifically because of a love of history or was it because of the challenge of writing in a different era? Cyber hugs and God's blessings, Meg from Meg's Minutes :D

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    1. Hi, Meg! I always loved "the olden days", growing up playing prairie and such. Yet I didn't think I liked "history" until after I graduated--mostly because of the way we learned it. Come to find out after starting to read more historical fiction (in my 20s) history was my jam! The more I find out, the more I want to incorporate into "story". Fiction helps me to visualize history if it's well-written.

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    2. Hi Meg,
      Thanks for stopping by. In school I did NOT have a love of history. It was dry, boring, and riddled with facts I could never remember. I have dabbled in many, many genres and still jump back and forth in time. But I do love giving personality to history that was taught in a dry--just the facts, ma'am--way. What I love about stories is the characters with their real feelings regardless of the era. But I do love learning about history as an adult. There are so many interesting things that were never taught in school.
      Blessings,
      Mary
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  8. Question - what's your favorite most enjoyable or at-ease way to plot a story? :D (email is on profile)

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    1. I usually start with a 15 point list/outline. I decide how it's going to start (the catalyst), how it's sort of going to end, and what the turning point will be in the middle (point 8). Then I start imagining my scenes. After that it becomes a big, tangly mess that I have to sort out--er--flesh out. Haha! It's fun, and a method that works once may not work as well the next time, depending on the minds of my characters.

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    2. Hi Meg,
      Thanks for joining us! Um... Whatever the current story dictates. I have done chapter-by-chapter outlines and I've done some seat of the pants work. I often use a calendar to keep track of when scenes happen and the timeline. I can see if I have too much gap without anything happening. Then I know I need to add some scenes or close the gap. Being a visual person, I like to draw a line and put the plot points on it and figure out what needs to happen from one point to the next. But I don't always know the specifics. That leaves plenty of room for my characters to surprise me and to misbehave.
      Blessings,
      Mary
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  9. Question for all authors!! How do you decide what to write next?? Is their a new genre you would like to try and write one day??
    sarahdar0801atgmaildotcom

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    1. Hi Sarah,
      Thanks for stopping by. When I'm under contract the decision is made for me. When I'm not under contract, I tend to flit from one project to another or pump out proposals. I just completed my last contracted work and am looking for my next one. Until then, I'm working on rewriting a novel I inherited from a cousin's sister. The author has passed away, and I'm free to do what I like with it. So I'm editing/rewriting it so other members of our family can enjoy it. After that, I have a few projects I would like to get back to. I have dabbled in just about every genre I want to, so I don't think there is a "new" genre, but I would like to revisit some of them, which could be one of my contemporary ideas, mystery, time travel, or fantasy. I do want to finish a contemporary Christmas novella this year.
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      Mary
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  10. for Naomi, i would love to enter to win a mobi copy of song for the hunter, thanks, charlene

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  11. I just start having new story ideas slipping into my head, and I usually go with whichever one becomes the most demanding. However, lately, some opportunities have come my way which directed me. Last week my agent contacted me with a possibility, so I'm hot on that trail now (for a 2023 Christmas novella.)

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  12. Thank you for spending the day with us today!!!😀😀😀

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    1. It's been exhilarating! Thanks for stopping in, Marilyn!

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  13. This question is for Naomi. I just finished Lumberjacks & Ladies, and I enjoyed all of the novellas. Would you consider another story with Maggie and Jack?
    Connie
    cps1950(at)gmail(dot)com

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    1. Hmm...great question! I've never thought about it. I guess anything is possible, though I don't plan to at this time. Other irons in the fire already and all that.

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  14. Naomi I enjoy your books about the Great Lakes and the timber cutters in WI. Have you traveled on the lakes to give you inspiration? I didn't realize how dangerous those waters could be till I read several books about the lakes. How did the timber cutters inspire you to write those books?
    Brenda W
    lemonade050 (at) hotmail (dot) (com)

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    1. I have only done a tiny bit of kayaking on Lake Superior, but I do live next door and spend a fair amount of time on the shoreline. You can't live here and not be seeped into the mystique of the lake(s) and their history. Growing up in Wisconsin, the woods are part of my being. We have dear friends who are loggers, and my son also logged for a while out of high school.

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  15. All authors for MMM, if you could go back in time which Era of history would you enjoy the most to be a live at that time.
    marilynridgway78 (at)gmail (dot) come

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  16. For All the Author's! Who or what Inspired You to become a Writer? Thank You Sarahbaby601973(at)gmail(dot)com

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