Day 8 - Bernadette Marie

Bestselling Author Bernadette Marie is known for building families readers want to be part of. Her series The Keller Family has graced bestseller charts since its release in 2011. Since then she has authored and published over thirty books. 

The married mother of five sons promises romances with a Happily Ever After always…and says she can write it because she lives it.

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Seeing the future is a curse that Abigail Weston has carried her entire life. Knowing how and when someone will be hurt, or the whereabouts of missing people, haunts her enough to move away from the town that no longer trusts her.

When real estate developer Carson Stone meets the intuitive Abigail, he can't help but feel the connection to her and wonder if love at first sight is possible, especially since they share a passion for old buildings. She believes they all should remain, while he builds new ones in their place.

No matter Abigail's feelings for Carson, knowing that their future is to be together does not ensure them a happily ever after, especially if she can't figure out what the other side is trying to show her--because in her visions Carson's future is dark and cold.

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Top Ten List:

1.   Tell us about things you enjoy — what you do for fun or personal satisfaction besides writing? 

a.   I have recently taken up loom knitting. I do this when I leave my office each night. I also enjoy yoga!

2.   What is the thing you struggle with the most while writing? And how do you defeat it? 

a.   Really the only struggle I have is getting enough time to write. I'm the CEO of 3 companies and that takes a big chunk of my time. 

3.   What are your future projects? 

a.   I am currently working on 3 projects. My 8th Walker Family Series book called Beginnings, a new paranormal romance called The House on Whisper Hill, and a Christmas romance, A Christmas Wedding Bouquet.

4.   What is the “message” of your writing?

a.   My purpose in my writing is to give everyone who reads my novels a moment of happily ever after. I like to walk away from books feeling refreshed and hopeful.

5.   Are your characters/stories/scenes, etc. based on anything in real life? 

a.   I find that it's a game to me to trickle in some real life into every story. So if I know you personally, you might be there!

6.   Have you done anything writing-related, besides actually writing your books, that seemed to get a lot of positive response? Something that encouraged you? 

a.   My blog, This House of Boys, is a great writing release that gets many great reviews. It's about raising 5 teenage sons. Also, I wrote a lot in high school, which was always met with great feedback and I went on to study journalism in college.

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Day 7 - Lillith Black

Lillith Black lives in Southern California, where she enjoys sun and warm weather and writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance.

She loves a good book; her favorite genres are paranormal romance, sci-fi and fairy tales. Her favorite shows include Doctor Who, Stranger Things and X-files. Her favorite book hero is Sherlock Holmes and, when she travels, she spends her evenings in the hotel room binging on Forensic Science.

She is currently working on a vampire romance Love Me or Bite Me.

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He was born to love her, but will she allow herself to be loved? 

Amaris comes from a poor broken family where she was never loved. On the night of her 19th birthday, she meets Gustavo, handsome, eloquent, wealthy. When he tells her that he is destined to love her, she rejects the idea, but the mysterious sparks that fly every time they touch, stop her in her tracks.

Gustavo reveals to Amaris that they both belong to an ancient order of the Moon, and he is born to be only with her, to love and protect her. When she falls violently sick, and only Gustavo knows how to save her, they are forced to travel across the world where Amaris discovers her true self and wakes up the powers that could start a war between two feuding ancient clans.

When the fight breaks out, and Gustavo and others are kidnapped, Amaris has to accept who she is and step into her power to save the ones she loves.

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Q&A With The Author:

1.   Tell us about things you enjoy — what you do for fun or personal satisfaction besides writing?

a.   I love to sing and go to karaoke any chance I get. I also have a karaoke app on my phone

b.   I love reading and can get easily lost in a book for hours, not hearing anything that’s going on around me

c.   I do yoga and tai chi – they make me strong, flexible and happy

2.   What is the thing you struggle with the most while writing? And how do you defeat it?

a.   Getting distracted by the social media and household chores. To combat these, I go to the library where all I do is write, turn off the wifi on my computer and put my phone on airplane mode. I also remind myself that if I feel like procrastinating that means I’m dealing with fear and there should be no fear in writing.

3.   What are your future projects?

a.   I’m about to release my vampire romance novel “Love Me or Bite Me” and I began to write second installment in my YA series, the Sleepwalker Chronicles. This year I’m also planning to write and publish 2^nd book in the Gifted by the Moon series and 2^nd book in the Love Me or Bite me series. In 2019 all 3 series will get complete with the 3^rd book in each.

4.   What is the “message” of your writing? 

a.   The message in my books is the message of empowerment. I want young women to find their voice, their strength, their light and then shine it onto others. As much as my books are about romance, my heroines are no damsels in distress. They are strong and can take care of themselves. Their men are proud to be by their sides.

5.   Are your characters/stories/scenes, etc. based on anything in real life?

a.   Since my books are all in a paranormal realm, the characters in them are all made up, but I do get influenced by the character traits of people around me and some of the experiences from my own life. I do like for my stories to take place in real places, so far I have “visited” Sweet Home, Oregon, Canadian Rockies, Malibu, California, Quito, Ecuador, Denver, Colorado and Seattle, Washington.

6.   Have you done anything writing-related, besides actually writing your books, that seemed to get a lot of positive response? Something that encouraged you?

a.   I have done some fun stuff related to the world of writing and books in the past few years. I have attended several writers’ conferences, been part of a writing group, participated in NaNoWriMo and also shared a booth at the WonderCon in Anaheim where I got to talk to readers and share my book. At the last conference I got to participate in a late-night critique circle led by my editor, Robert Yehling, and it was lot of fun interacting with other authors, giving them perspective on their work and cheering them on.

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Day 6 - Ines Bautista-Yao

Ines Bautista-Yao is the author of One Crazy Summer, What’s in your Heart, Only A Kiss, When Sparks Fly, All That Glitters, and Someday With You. She has also written several short stories. Among them are “Plain Vanilla,” “A Captured Dream,” one of the four short stories in Sola Musica: Love Notes from a Festival, “Things I’ll Never Say,” part of the Summit Books anthology Coming of Age, and “Before the Sun Rises,” part of the Ateneo University Press anthology Friend Zones. 

She is the former editor-in-chief of Candy and K-Zone magazines and a former high school and college English and Literature teacher. She is also a wife and mom who lives in the Philippines with her husband and two little girls. Her books are available digitally on Amazon and Buqo.ph.

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Twenty-four-year-old photographer's apprentice Regina has always felt like the plain, dull orange next to the shiny red apple that is her best friend Lana. But then she meets Ben—the first guy to ever break Lana's heart, and the first guy to ever make Regina feel that he only has eyes for her. 

As Regina finds herself falling hard for Ben, she also finds herself breaking all the rules of best-friendship. Will she give up the love of her life for Lana, or will she finally realize that she deserves her share of the spotlight, too?

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Top Ten List:

My top 10 fun facts about me

1. I won best actress in my freshman school play

2. I’m the eldest granddaughter on both sides

3. When I was a senior in high school, my mom convinced me to cut my hair really short for the first time in my life. I loved it but I’m never doing it again!

4. I was crowned queen of our senior ball but I’m pretty sure it was because my teachers made the decision haha!

5. I used to read my stories aloud to my classmates underneath the huge trees in school

6. After graduation, I played a prank on my boss since it was my last day on the job.

7. For an exam I gave my high school students, I pretended I was kidnapped and they had to figure out the answers to save me. I enlisted other students to answer any possible questions because I was still officially “missing.”

8. Watching Star Trek makes me happy.

9. So does watching romantic comedies.

10. While writing my first book, I tried as much as possible to make my main character different from me. But no matter what I did, friends and family still said they could hear my voice while they read it! 

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Day 5 - Hannah R. Conway

Hannah R. Conway is a military wife, mother of two, middle school teacher, and speaker. Her novels are a deployment experience of their own, threaded with faith, and filled with twists and turns sure to thrill, and encourage. Hannah is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, and My book Therapy. She and her family live near Nashville, Tennessee.

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"Life heats up for Leanna Wilson when an accident claims her parent’s lives. Her dreams of a high profile law career are reduced to rubble when she returns home to assume custody of her sister, Brie. Without the financial means to take legal custody of her sister—or a binding will to place her safely in her arms—Leanna’s future becomes more uncertain than ever. Already prepared for a blazing custody battle, with less than capable relatives, Leanna’s world is set ablaze when her ex-fiancé complicates matters in an attempt to destroy her future and her faith. US Army, SSG Garrison Burke has spent the last few years alone—balancing flag and fatherhood since the tragic death of his wife. Facing deployment, Garrison is desperate to find a safe caretaker for his son, Ezra—preferably anywhere but the abusive home he grew up in. So, when Leanna Wilson walks unexpectedly back into his life, he’s not sure if she’s a blessing or a curse. More importantly, Garrison cannot seem to forget how he betrayed Leanna many years ago. Yet, as Leanna and Garrison begin to run out of time, they start to see that the solution to their problems might lie within each other, but will they forget the past and allow their broken hearts to mend? As sparks begin to fly and their love is rekindled, a marriage of convenience will either make their wildest dreams come true or cause their best-laid plans to go up in smoke."

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Top Ten List:

1.     I have an “Irish Twin”. My brother and I are eleven months a part, which makes us “Irish Twins”.

2.     I was the first person in my family to graduate college.

3.     When I was a little girl, I once…or twice… stole eggs out of the refrigerator in an attempt to save the baby chickens from doom. Ha.

4.     Trampolines are my enemy. I broke my ankle on one and have sneered at them sense.

5.     Melted chocolate, mixed with peanut butter, Rice Krispies, and sliced bananas is one of my favorite desserts.

6.     I have never watched “It’s a Wonderful Life”. I’m not opposed, just haven’t made it a priority.

7.     I love, love, love to travel. Anywhere really, especially places of historical significance.

8.     My hubby and I did our DNA test from ancestry.com, and found out I’m more British than Western European (Germany & France)! Then I discovered a Revolutionary War Patriot in my family heritage! So now I’m applying for the Daughters of the American Revolution.

9.     I wrote my first “novel” in the 1^st grade. It may or may not have been about ponies.

10. My taste in music is quite eclectic, and always meant to be played as loud as possible—and weather permitting, windows rolled down.

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Day 4 - Zina Abbot

ZINA ABBOTT is the pen name used by Robyn Echols for her adult Golden Oaks series which includes Family Secrets, the first book in the series, and her historical novels.

Except for the first year of her life, Robyn has lived in California. She started her young life in San Diego and has had gradually moved northward. She has been writing since she was in junior high school.

After working several jobs, including that of being a rural carrier and union steward for the California Rural Letter Carriers' Association, she has spent years learning and teaching family history topics. She enjoys focusing on history from a genealogist's perspective by seeking out the details of everyday life in the past. Several of her family history articles have been published in genealogy magazines.

She resides with her husband in California near the "Gateway to Yosemite." When she is not piecing together novel plots and characters, she enjoys piecing together quilt blocks.

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In 1868, Otto Atwell has a 160 acre homestead near Abilene, Kansas and a limp as a result of an arrow shot in his low back while with the 16th Kansas Cavalry on the Powder River Expedition in 1865. What he doesn’t have is a wife. Then again, what woman would want to marry a cripple? 

Libby Jones comes to Junction City as a mail order bride. Not only does the man who sent for her reject her, he tries to sell her to the local brothel to recoup his fee. Otto offers to marry her, but she rejects him in favor of a job with his relatives. 

Will Otto’s offer still stand when trouble from Libby’s past catches up with her?

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Top Ten List:

10 Fun Facts About Myself

1.  I’m not a fun person—I tend to be serious.

2.  I’ll go to an organizational meeting with a speaker or class before I’ll go to a social party.

3.  I’m analytical and sometimes suffer from “analysis paralysis.”

4.  I like to quilt rather than sew garments because l like doing the math to create new block designs.

5.  The other fun part of quilting for me is to put together colors and fabric patterns I don’t think will look good together – but in the end, they do!

6.  I like photography, but I’m not a professional. Thank goodness for digital cameras and photo-editing programs.

7.  I love to create digital memes, banners and blog post headers.

8.  I belong to my county genealogical society.

9.  My idea of camping is staying in a fifth wheel or a trailer—with internet access.

10.  I’d rather be reading.

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