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sentence, it dawned on my how very calm and almost boring the phrase is
compared to how I’m really feeling. The ole ticker is beating at double time,
and there’s a gigantic “Yahoo!!‘ forcibly kept under control, hanging in the back
of my throat. Happy doesn’t really cover my excitement, more like a maniacal
kind of joy.
first book published it’s an extremely notable time. It elevates her to a
professional level””in her own mind. (At least it did in mine!) But then when
the second book is written, it proves she’s not what they refer to as a
one-book wonder. If a contract for the work also follows, well that’s the
confirmation that she’s now a multi-published author””adds more esteem””if you
get what I mean. Since this book is actually the 4th in my Vicarage
Bench Series you might ask yourself why am I experiencing such a response.
The fact of the matter is that this is my first full-length contracted
manuscript, and for me that constitutes a huge stepping-stone. It proves to me, I can write long as well as short and that’s huge.
Dani Howard’s spirit becomes magically united with reporter, Troy Brennan. He’s
everything a girl could want in a man, and during their time together, she
falls deeply in love. Though she must return to her own pregnant body, she
gains his promise to come to her birthday party in seven days time where they
will meet in person and continue their romance.
sixteen-year-old spirit invader. He’s so infatuated that when renowned author,
beautiful Ellie Ward, comes on to him, as hauntingly familiar and attractive as
he finds her, he’s honor bound to stay true to his young love””or is he?
thrown out.”
I’ll close my eyes.”
known. And she was only sixteen years old.
explain? I’m thinking to take out a long-term lease if you’re planning to
homestead.”
doesn’t bother you at all.” He loved hearing her cheeky laughter, but not
nearly as much as he liked the warmth flooding over his internal self.
Exuberance filled him, and he had to admit to getting hooked on the high.
tomorrow’s Saturday, and that’s the day we’ll be able to undo the switch.
Right. Here goes””and don’t interrupt, no matter how silly it seems. The fact is
““ well, it really is the rose bush.”
She was telling the truth. A magic rose bush! “Holy cow!”
precisely twelve noon each Saturday until the changeover occurs to get me back
there. He’ll prick my finger in hopes that you will also prick yours at the
same time. He knows I’m aware of the magic and how it works, because he’ll know
I read all his notes about a similar case he investigated last year. I
accidentally knocked them off his table, the notes that is, and probably didn’t
get them back in their correct order. It’s what started this whole thing.”
other women who had the same experience.”
Tears, a physical reaction to release overwhelming pain, weren’t available to
her. Emotions too advanced for a young girl tore away rose-coloured glasses,
wounding, maturing. Her almost seventeen-year-old psyche had started connecting
to him in a way that confused her. Every moment she’d shared his life, little
bits of her soul had shifted to him until there wasn’t much left he didn’t own.
since I’m rather hooked on these highs, within a very short time of finalizing
the edits on Together Again, I started revamping other manuscripts that
have sat around for some time. The work kept me busy for months. Then a few
days after the New Year, Wild Rose put out a statement that said all Christmas
stories for 2011 needed to be in by March 1st.
months I could probably whip up a novella for the series with a holiday theme,
I let the plotting begin. Before I knew it, there I was working at a feverish
pace. I had imagined a wonderful, humorous tale full of Christmassy delights,
one that would follow the same spirit-travel theme as the others in the
Vicarage Bench chain. My imagination built and molded a tale where an
adorable but conniving heroine invades the body of our hero, a cranky but
gorgeous workaholic. He’s recently inherited his widowed mother and has agreed
to move to a town of her choice and open a new accounting office.
festivities that he’s ever wanted to be involved in. But of course it’s
Christmas, and who better than someone lurking inside him to realize he’s not
nearly as heard-hearted as he tries to make out. Love grows between them as
they search for the way to put her back in her own body. Their romance is
anything but smooth, and obstacles that stand in their way make them strive all
the harder for their happy ending.
young love finding each other during such a happy time. But I made it very
difficult for them. Between snowstorms, a meddlesome mum, needy babies and an
absent Dr. Andrews, they have their hands full. Makes the reader want them to
have their happy ending all the more.
a full-length manuscript, and after I sent it away, they in turn sent me a
contract and the “high’ began all over again. This new book is called “Together for Christmas”.
all night. And it’s happened more than once, trust me.
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showcasing the famous screenwriter and author Michael Hauge. Also plan to be at the Emerald City conference in October in Seattle. So, if any of you reading this blog plan to intend, please come up and say Hi.
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