Your hostess for this clash is Lisa Lickel.
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Please welcome our other two finalists for the Clash of the Historic Covers.
We have now reached the maximum capacity the survey poll can handle. Thank you so much for your votes. You may continue to leave comments to enter the drawing to receive a copy of the winning book. On Friday the The Cover that Best Sets the Mood for the Title will be revealed, along with the winner of the book.
The question, again: Which cover best sets the mood for the title?
About the author:
Maggie's question for you: Is there a specific topic they’d like to see written about the West before 1900’s.
About the book:
When Catharine Olsen leaves Holland for Wyoming as a mail-order bride, she
brings some extra baggage with her: two sisters, her mother's set of Blue
Willow china, and a tragic past. As she steps off the train, Peter Andersen is
glad to see that she is everything her letters showed her to be. But he is a
bit perturbed by her unexpected companions. How will he support them all? And
what other secrets might Catharine be keeping from him?
Filled with sweet romance and vivid characters, Deeply Devoted highlights a clash of cultures as a highborn European and a simple wheat farmer learn to love one another and trust God with the past--and the future.
This book is also available in Kindle.
About the author:
Catherine was busy working as an occupational therapist and raising her family, when a special song sparked a story within her. She lives with her husband in Nebraska, and, weather permitting, loves to write on her back porch.
4. If you’re browsing in a bookstore and plan to buy a book you’ve never heard of for something different to read, what influences your purchase?
Cathy's question for you: What is your favorite book cover and why?
About the book:
This book is also available in Kindle.
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Please welcome our other two finalists for the Clash of the Historic Covers.
We have now reached the maximum capacity the survey poll can handle. Thank you so much for your votes. You may continue to leave comments to enter the drawing to receive a copy of the winning book. On Friday the The Cover that Best Sets the Mood for the Title will be revealed, along with the winner of the book.
The question, again: Which cover best sets the mood for the title?
About the author:
1.
What is your favorite part of the whole book publishing
experience? On which part do you spend the most time?
My favorite part is writing my
story and see what unfolds. I spend a lot of time on research for my novels
then later as much as I can on marketing to get the word out to readers about
them.
I love interacting with other
authors and of course my readers!
2.
Why write historical and where did the idea come from
for this book?
I have always enjoyed reading the
history of times gone by and the West. I read Zane Grey book’s when I was young
and always hankered to go to Colorado never knowing that one day I would live
there for nearly eight years. So it was just natural for me. The idea for this
book came quite suddenly when my agent said my publisher wanted another
proposal when I was completing Heart of the West series. I prayed about it
because I had no concrete idea at the time, then wandered into my dining room
admiring what my Blue Willow dishes in my hutch. God gave me the idea of using
Blue Willow china as a theme in the stories for my new series right then—just
like a lightning bolt!
3.
How much influence did you have on the cover design? If
you could change anything about the experience of getting the perfect cover,
what would it be?
Oh, this was the fun part! When they asked what I
envisioned for the cover, I told them I’d like my heroine to be burdened and
thoughtful, wearing a crisp white Battenberg blouse. I wanted a Blue Willow
plate behind her as part of her past and book theme. They did that exactly and
I was overjoyed with the gorgeous cover! They also kept my title. That’s always
nice. I wouldn’t change a thing about the experience.
4.
If you’re browsing in a bookstore and plan to buy a
book you’ve never heard of for something different to read, what influences
your purchase?
I’m a sucker for packaging so I’d say the cover design
causes me to lift the book from Kindle or off the shelf—even if I don’t know
the author.
Maggie's question for you: Is there a specific topic they’d like to see written about the West before 1900’s.
About the book:
Deeply Devoted ~ Back Cover:
A Blue Willow tea set, a tragic
past, a worn letter, and devotion to her two younger sisters, is all that mail
order bride Catharine Olsen brings from Amsterdam to Cheyenne, WY to meet her
future husband. Peter is a gentle, but
hard-working wheat farmer, who doesn't realize the extent his meddling mother
will go to in order to discredit his bride after he decides not to marry the
lady she chose for him. Will Catharine's secret past threaten the idyllic life
she has created with her new husband?
Filled with sweet romance and vivid characters, Deeply Devoted highlights a clash of cultures as a highborn European and a simple wheat farmer learn to love one another and trust God with the past--and the future.
This book is also available in Kindle.
Catherine was busy working as an occupational therapist and raising her family, when a special song sparked a story within her. She lives with her husband in Nebraska, and, weather permitting, loves to write on her back porch.
1. What is your favorite part of the whole book publishing experience? On which part do you spend the most time?
I love when the seed of an idea bursts into full flower! Then comes the challenge of painting that flower with words onto the page - that's what takes the most time.
2. Why write historical and where did the idea come from for this book?
3. How much influence did you have on the cover design? If you could change anything about the experience of getting the perfect cover, what would it be?
Thomas Nelson generously involves the author in the cover process. My editor asked for ideas, and photos or descriptions of the characters. They had the perfect dress - LynneGentry.com has a photo of the publisher's closet. Most importantly of all, they captured the mood of the story - Susannah's reticence and her distance from Jesse. I wouldn't change a thing!
4. If you’re browsing in a bookstore and plan to buy a book you’ve never heard of for something different to read, what influences your purchase?
One of the blessings of being a member of American Christian Fiction Writers is meeting so many wonderful authors. Every visit to a bookstore is an occasion to celebrate a friend's new release. So while a gorgeous or intriguing cover encourages me to pick up a book, the author is the reason to bring it home.
About the book:
When
Susannah goes to Dakota territory as a mail-order bride she finds something she
never dreamed she would—true love.
With no
prospects for marriage and her parents recently deceased, Susannah Underhill
agrees to go west to the Dakota territory to marry her minister’s homesteading
brother, Jesse. But Susannah is painfully shy, doesn’t see herself as worthy of
love from either a husband or from God, and lives in constant fear that Jesse
is going to ship her back to Detroit.
In
spite of her petite size and the fact that Susannah doesn’t look like she could
survive on the prairie, Jesse quickly discovers that his new wife is a greater
blessing than he even hoped for. The years she spent as her father’s veterinary
assistant allow her to save Jesse’s ox and twin calves and to help neighboring
farmers with their animals.
But
Susannah’s feelings of unworthiness are deeply rooted, and she can’t believe
that Jesse’s praise—or the tenderness and love he shows—could possibly last.
The thawing of her heart seems almost as distant as Spring in the midst of the
winter blanketing the Dakota prairie.
