B-DAY BASH GUEST AUTHOR: JESSICA NELSON

Please welcome author Jessica Nelson to the B-DAY BASH party!!! Ms. Nelson was one of the very first cyber friends I made as I began blogging regularly this year (or somewhat regularly ;-) ). I reviewed her Love Inspired Historical release here. I'm so grateful she's visiting and partying with us. She's offering a $10 Amazon gift card to a special entry!!






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Welcome!




What inspires your writing? 




Hmmm, I don't know specifically.
I tend to daydream a lot...sometimes meeting someone will spark an idea.




I'm a big daydreamer too! Can you briefly tell us your journey to publication? 




Writing, research, more writing, submitting, rejections, more writing, more
submitting, more rejections, more writing, more submitting....and a wonderful
e-mail. :-)




What is your favorite/worst part of the writing/publishing
process? 




My favorite is revisions and submitting! There's so much potential. My
least favorite part is the waiting. Patience isn't my strong suit. lol Thank
goodness for chocolate!




I've discovered I like revisions for that very reason. Chocolate is great! What has been your most memorable experience as a published
author? 




I think the support from my family, friends and blogger pals took me
surprise and blew me away. I felt so blessed, honored, humbled....lol It was
wonderful.




So tell us a little about your book. What prompted this
story? 




My book is about a talkative socialite with big plans for her future but
life keeps getting in the way. There's a rugged cowboy with some secrets
too....:-) Research prompted the setting and plot. I'm not sure who inspired
the characters, though I've come to realize my heroine is a little like my mom.







Which character do you relate to the most and why? 




Ooh, good
question. I think I relate most to Mary but I admire Gracie, my heroine. I
would eavesdrop too, like Gracie does, but I hope I never get caught!! lol




Which character did you find most difficult to craft and
why? 




Great question. I'm not sure. This book was written over several years and
so the characters evolved as I did. I think Gracie took the most work because I
had to try to balance her strong personality so that she didn't keep polarizing
readers. Literally, in contest submissions and reader critiques, half would
love her and half would hate her. So yeah, she took some work. :-)




In each novel, I name a character after a family member. Do
you have a writing quirk or tag/tell? 




Oooh, good question! Not in my
historical, but I realized in my unpublished contemporaries that each hero has
a specific scent, ranging from cinnamon to Cool Water cologne.




What is your favorite book/television show? Do either of
these mediums influence your writing? How? 




I adore the show House and WISH I
could write dialogue like the House writers. I have many favorite authors and
I'm sure they've inspired and influenced me in ways I don't even realize.




What advice would you give aspiring authors? 




NEVER give up.
Keep working and learning and hoping. Eat lots of chocolate. *wink*




Where can readers find you? 




I love hanging at my blog
BookingIt http://jessicanelson7590.blogspot.com/

but I can also be found on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/#!/jessica.nelson.12

and Twitter https://twitter.com/Jessica_Nelson7




Anything you like to ask readers of this post? 




Sure. Who is
the most memorable character you've ever read? And if you were going to write a
character, what are the top two traits your character would have?




Thanks so much for inviting me over, Tori!




Bio


















Jessica Nelson,
in keeping with her romantic inclinations, married two days after she graduated
high school. She believes romance happens every day, and thinks the greatest,
most intense romance comes from a God who woos people to himself with
passionate tenderness. When Jessica is not chasing her three beautiful, wild
little boys around the living room, she can be found staring into space as she
plots her next story. Or she might be daydreaming about a raspberry mocha from
Starbucks. Or thinking about what kind of chocolate she should have for dinner
that night. She could be thinking of any number of things, really. One thing is
for certain, she is blessed with a wonderful family and a lovely life.














Website: http://www.jessicanelson.net/




Blurb



Any other socialite would view being packed off to a remote Oregon ranch as a punishment. But Gracelyn Riley knows that this is her opportunity to become a real reporter. If she can make her name through an interview with the elusive hero known as Striker, then she'll never have to depend on anyone ever again.



Rancher Trevor Cruz can't believe his secret identity is being endangered by an overly chatty city girl. But if there's one thing he knows, it's that Gracie's pretty little snooping nose is bound to get her in trouble. So he'll use her determination to find "Striker" to keep an eye on her…and stick close by her side.



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