This clash's host: Jennifer Slattery
Shellie Neumeier, author of excerpt A, holds a degree in Secondary Education from the UW-Madison. Her first YA novel, Driven, released 3/2011 and The Wishing Ring will be available 2/2012
Married for almost 20 years, Shellie and her husband have four wonderful kiddos and two goofy greyhounds. After receiving her undergraduate degree from the UW-Madison, she acquired an early childhood education certificate and served in youth, children’s, special needs and family ministries.
She enjoys teaching her teens how to drive and chauffeuring her preteens across Wisconsin. Once in a while, she gets to read big people books (the kind without pictures) and loves it.
Shellie writes because it keeps her away from her husband’s power tools and because every now and then, she doesn’t have the choice, it just takes over.
What readers have to say about her Clash competing novel, Driven:
"A must have for any teen. The Christian based book is a breath of fresh air."
"Writing to teens, [Shellie Neumeier] captures the drama and angst of the age group as well as the durability of friendships and faith."
"Driven is a book that has you thinking about spiritual battles right from the first page! What an amazing story!" (Read the back cover blurb for Driven here.)
Hop over to Amazon to order a copy of Driven Now!
Julie Carobini, author of excerpt B, taken from her novel Fade to Blue, has penned five seaside novels and hundreds of magazine articles. She has also edited a variety of books. Julie lives with her family in California.
Julie Carobini’s idea of a favorite day includes sipping a latte and walking to the beach with her husband, Dan, and Charlie the Dog. She’s a happy mom to three kiddos in three very different stages: college, high school, and middle school. Julie has been writing magazine articles for twenty years and books for five, but sometimes dreams of chucking it all to crew for one of the yachts that takes tourists to the nearby Channel Islands.
Here's what readers have to say about her Clash competing novel, Fade to Blue:
"Julie Carobini is the queen of the summer romance - she writes the perfect books to read while laying out under the sun soaking up the rays."
"Fade to Blue is an insightful contemporary Christian Otter Bay relationship drama.... With a profound underlying message that you can pray for others but like that proverbial horse not make them drink the water of faith."
(Read the back cover blurb for Fade to Blue here.)
Hop over to Amazon to order a copy of Fade to Blue now!
Come back next week to learn more about these great authors and their COTT worthy novels. In the meantime, do you have any questions for these lovely ladies?
I do! Shellie, ever spook yourself out when writing about spiritual warfare type stuff?
Julie, have you been to the Hearst Castle? If so, tell us about it. If not, tell us what you find most intriguing about the castle.
Shellie Neumeier, author of excerpt A, holds a degree in Secondary Education from the UW-Madison. Her first YA novel, Driven, released 3/2011 and The Wishing Ring will be available 2/2012
Married for almost 20 years, Shellie and her husband have four wonderful kiddos and two goofy greyhounds. After receiving her undergraduate degree from the UW-Madison, she acquired an early childhood education certificate and served in youth, children’s, special needs and family ministries.
She enjoys teaching her teens how to drive and chauffeuring her preteens across Wisconsin. Once in a while, she gets to read big people books (the kind without pictures) and loves it.
Shellie writes because it keeps her away from her husband’s power tools and because every now and then, she doesn’t have the choice, it just takes over.
What readers have to say about her Clash competing novel, Driven:
"A must have for any teen. The Christian based book is a breath of fresh air."
"Writing to teens, [Shellie Neumeier] captures the drama and angst of the age group as well as the durability of friendships and faith."
"Driven is a book that has you thinking about spiritual battles right from the first page! What an amazing story!" (Read the back cover blurb for Driven here.)
Hop over to Amazon to order a copy of Driven Now!
Julie Carobini, author of excerpt B, taken from her novel Fade to Blue, has penned five seaside novels and hundreds of magazine articles. She has also edited a variety of books. Julie lives with her family in California.
Julie Carobini’s idea of a favorite day includes sipping a latte and walking to the beach with her husband, Dan, and Charlie the Dog. She’s a happy mom to three kiddos in three very different stages: college, high school, and middle school. Julie has been writing magazine articles for twenty years and books for five, but sometimes dreams of chucking it all to crew for one of the yachts that takes tourists to the nearby Channel Islands.
Here's what readers have to say about her Clash competing novel, Fade to Blue:
"Julie Carobini is the queen of the summer romance - she writes the perfect books to read while laying out under the sun soaking up the rays."
"Fade to Blue is an insightful contemporary Christian Otter Bay relationship drama.... With a profound underlying message that you can pray for others but like that proverbial horse not make them drink the water of faith."
(Read the back cover blurb for Fade to Blue here.)
Hop over to Amazon to order a copy of Fade to Blue now!
Come back next week to learn more about these great authors and their COTT worthy novels. In the meantime, do you have any questions for these lovely ladies?
I do! Shellie, ever spook yourself out when writing about spiritual warfare type stuff?
Julie, have you been to the Hearst Castle? If so, tell us about it. If not, tell us what you find most intriguing about the castle.
