Linda Carroll-Bradd's Blog, page 29

First review--A 5 star

My Christmas novelette, Gingerbread Wishes, received its first review on Amazon, and one here on Goodreads. I'm so happy that readers are enjoying the sweet story.
http://amzn.com/B00HGUZSMC

Hero being interviewed

Today my blog guest is author Krista Ames who is on the last day of her release tour for HARPER'S WISH, a sweet contemporary novella released by Roane Publishing. Read about the story and enter the rafflecopter giveaway.
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Sweetwater Springs Christmas sale

SWEETWATER SPRINGS CHRISTMAS has a 4.9 star rating on Amazon, is in the top ten on two Amazon lists, and is on a countdown sale through 1/6/14. Only 99 cents for this anthology of 14 sweet and poignant holiday stories presented by eleven western historical authors and set in 1895 small-town Montana. “My best book of the year” commented one reviewer. “Nicely paced and well tied together” from another reviewer.

http://amzn.com/B00G06W3SA

Interview with Lynn Lovegreen

On my blog today to start off the new year is an interview with author Lynn Lovegreen. She shares details about researching her Alaska frontier story, Fools Gold, and what she hopes each of her stories provides to her readers. This novel has received several 5-star reviews on Amazon.
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New release--Gingerbread Wishes

In the midst of shopping and wrapping frenzy last week, I released a short story that occurs right before the holiday but can be enjoyed at any time of year. This is the first title in the Sugar & Spice Bakery series.

Tora can’t wait to sell the family bakery run by generations of Hammond women and seek excitement outside of Dorado, Texas. Widower Jordan Dawson, the town’s star quarterback from a decade ago, returns to his hometown with plans to develop a sporting goods store. He also hopes a small town Christmas will cheer up his five-year-old daughter, Jenna, still recovering from the loss of her mother. Will the spark of interest Tora sees in Jordan’s eyes be the excitement she’s looking for?

Gingerbread Wishes

Character Interviedw

There's a post today on Sarah Grimm's blog featuring a quickie character interview of Richelle Quaid from WISHES ON A STAR, a short story in the historical anthology, SWEETWATER SPRINGS CHRISTMAS. Stop by and learn about my suffragette heroine in 1895.
http://www.authorsarahgrimm.blogspot....

Ethnic customs and food enrich writing

Since I've been researching customs and foods for recent works, I shared that information on two blogs recently.

Holiday customs add to an author's depiction of a character's ethnic background. On Wednesday, my post appeared on Scribbler's Sojourn.
http://terrirochenski.blogspot.com

Including ethnic foods in a scene can serve as a conversation addition but also reveals a bit of that character's past. That post is the Friday Fun in The Ladies Cave.
http://theladiescave.blogspot.ca/2013...

I hope you'll stop by and read about the stories where I used these techniques.

How Rejection turned into a big contract

Vonnie Davis spills all the details on how a rejection turned into a big-time contract on my blog today.
Check out Musings About The Writing Life to learn the details.
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Countdown to Christmas Giveaway

Authors from multiple genres got together to compile a package that includes 21 prizes. Easy entry until December 15th to become eligible either from my website
www.lindacarroll-bradd.com
or from the Giveaway button on my Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Linda-C...

Guest interview--Andrea Downing

Author of Loveland and Lawless Love, Andrea Downing, reveals a bit of her life history and what spurned her to write in her chosen genre of western historicals today on my blog.
http://blog.lindacarroll-bradd.com