Thank you so much for having me on Novel
Natterings, LaVerne. I love your site!
I’d like to introduce myself to your
readers. I grew up in a small farming town in Oklahoma. I recently left the
‘fascinating’ {Did you catch the sarcasm there?} world of oil and gas
accounting to pursue my passion of writing full time. GRAVE SECRETS is my debut
novel and I’m actually loving getting out and introducing people to my story.
No one is exempt. I’ll ask the lady at the post office, tag agency, utility
company (wherever) if they read, hand them a book mark, then launch into
promoting my book. I’m actually getting kinda brazen about it. The thing is,
there are romance readers everywhere! Which is a good thing for us. LOL
This morning a friend sent me a quote…or he
might have made it up, I’m not sure, but I’d like to share it.
“The
only person you have to be better than today, is the person you were
yesterday.”
Too true. As writers, that’s what we have
to do – make each story, each book, better than the last. If we don’t we’re
sliding backwards and that isn’t what we want to do. We have to continually
strive to improve our craft as much as we possibly can.
The friend I mentioned above bought my book
at my debut book signing last Saturday.
I later got a note telling
me he’d read it in one afternoon. Wow. That’s one fast reader! He said it had
just enough sex in it to keep him interested. Didn’t say anything about the
plot, the characters, the suspense or the surprise ending. Just the sex. (And
there isn’t that much of it!) Guess it’s a guy thing. LOL At any rate, I hope he at least passed it on
to his girlfriend so she could read it, too.
I’m not sure what his expectations were
regarding my book, and I don’t think I disappointed him. But what about the next
book? Will the writing be up to par? Will it have ‘just enough sex’ to hold his
attention? I’ll have to finish writing the book and sell it before I’ll know, now
won’t I?
Here’s an excerpt that I’m sure my friend
enjoyed.
Sara’s sobs, the first he’d
heard from her, broke through his stupor. Was this the
reason behind those dark circles under her eyes? The logical side of his brain
said to back out of the room and get the hell out of the house. He didn’t need
another mental case in his life, didn’t need the responsibility, and later the
guilt, when he failed them.
Instead, he gathered her in his arms, then pressed her head
against his shoulder. She cried so hard, her entire body shook, and her keening
touched him in places he’d thought long dead. He had the feeling this was the
first time she’d truly cried since they’d dug up her husband’s body. No wonder
there were so many tears.
His shirt was soaked. He didn’t care. He forgot about his
mom, about how Sara could already be headed down the same road and simply held
her close. When the tears had abated and she’d blown her nose on the
handkerchief he’d offered, he kissed the top of her head, whispering it would
be all right. She looked up at him, parting her lips. Remnants of tears still
trailed down her cheeks. Without thinking, he lowered his head and gently
pressed his lips to hers to comfort her.
Sara had been clinging to his shirt, but now moved her arms
around his neck, pulling him closer. She opened for him, inviting. Am I out of my mind? He
couldn’t get involved with a client. Or a suspect. Sara Adams fell into both
categories.
He chuckled to himself. He was about to make the biggest
mistake of his life, but right now he didn’t care. When she whimpered he
scooped her into his arms, her weight a turn-on by itself, and strode across
the hall to the nearest bed he could find.
Thank
you again for letting me visit Novel Natterings. I’ve enjoyed myself immensely!
Oh,
and I’ll be giving away a free digital copy of my book at the end of my blog
tour to one lucky commenter. So comment often! Drop by my website for a listing
of the other location on my tour. http://www.lindatrout.com
Buy Links:
The Wild
Rose Press:
Print: http://tinyurl.com/d4cxc7h
Digital: http://tinyurl.com/cann8jz
Amazon:
I like to think my writing improves with each word I write. The more I write, the better I get. I hope. But how do you know? For that matter, how do you know your first book is any good? Well, for starters, it wouldn’t have sold, but beyond that you want to know how the reading public will perceive it.
Good question Linda. Perfect to ask our commenters. Have any of you felt the urge to contact an author after reading a book of theirs and if so - what was it that made you act? I'd love to know :)
Thank you for visiting Linda and all the very best for sales and the rest of your tour!
