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Winnie wrote: "Debra wrote: "...Twins have always fascinated me. I think it would be fun to interview several of them. Identical, to see if they've ever switched places and the results of doing that, and paternal..."Wow, how kewl that you have identical twin daughters. Did you ever get them mixed up? Or your husband?
That's too cute about the homeroom teachers doing an experiment by switching them.
My daughter lost a set of twin boys when she was five and half months pregnant. :-(
Debra - so sorry to hear about your sister's lost, that must have been a terrible time for her and your family. As for ever getting them mixed up, it was sometimes tough to tell them apart when they were babies. Thankfully one of them had dimples and the other didn't so if I could ever get them to smile I was home free :)
I still on rare occassions call them by the wrong name if I'm not paying close enough attention and they sure give me a hard time when it happens :)
the book sounds interesting. I have read others where a women had issues trying to run a business. This sounds like a good read cos of that.What sort of research did you have to do.
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When my boys were younger we always dressed Brendan in blue and Jamie in green or grey. People who knew us but couldn't tell them apart could always remember, "Brendan in blue." :)
Winnie wrote: "Debra - so sorry to hear about your sister's lost, that must have been a terrible time for her and your family. As for ever getting them mixed up, it was sometimes tough to tell them apart when ..."
It was a hard time for us. Now we'll never have grandchildren.
That's funny about you getting them mixed up once in a while until they smiled. hehe too cute.
Ausjenny wrote: "the book sounds interesting. I have read others where a women had issues trying to run a business. This sounds like a good read cos of that.What sort of research did you have to do."
Hi Aussie Jenny!!! I had to do research on what all was needed for theatres, how to do a show. Even if there were theatres around back then. I also did a lot of research on Hot Sulphur Springs. I patterned my story after that town. I love that place. It is only 17 miles from where I used to live on the ranch. Some of the things in the book are true, like the Indians and the hot mineral springs. And I did a lot more of the typical kind of research that goes along with writing.
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Debra, I really liked the idea of the business being dinner theatre. I think that would be so much more interesting than some more purely commercial businesses.
Thanks so much for visiting with us and giving us an introduction to Harrison, Abby and the boys!
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Rounding out our June Q&A week is LIH reader favorite, Winnie Griggs! Her June book The Bride Next Door has one of my favorite themes - marriage of convenience. Thanks for taking part in our chats this week, Winnie!
Winnie, I love the name of your town -- Turnabout Texas! How did you come up with that? Also, I see this story is part of your Texas Grooms series. Can you tell us a bit about the series and how the stories are connected?
Winnie How many more books will be in the Texas Grooms series and what will you be working on if the series is coming to an end?Debra I always enjoy mail order bride stories so you are on a good path!
Winnie, I can't wait to read this. Love, love, love marriage of convenience stories!! Plus, I really enjoy your books!
Deborah wrote: ...Winnie, I love the name of your town -- Turnabout Texas! How did you come up with that? Also, I see this story is part of your Texas Grooms series. Can you tell us a bit about the series and how the stories are connected? "Thanks for the intro Deborah. I LOVE coming up with fun names for my small towns and spend as much time on getting those just right as I do my characters. This series of stories is about people turning their lives around and getting fresh starts so this particular town name just seemed to fit.
As far as the connecting thread for the series, in the first book we have Reggie, the heroine, who wants to adopt her orphaned nephew , but she's only the boy's step-aunt, not a true blood relative. Her grandfather, who is Jack's closest blood relative, wants to see her married so he sets a plan in motion to force her hand. He'll contest the adoption unless she marries one of 3 men he sends to her from Philadelphia. He also sends a fourth man to act as his agent in the process. The men all have something to gain by participating, but each is hoping she'll pick one of the others. And she doesn't want any of them. Not only is she outraged by the ultimatum but she has her own secrets she's trying to protect.
Anyway, that's a rather long explanation, butthis series of books follows each of the men in turn as they settle down and build lives for themselves in Turnabout.
Laura AKA Loves 2 Read Romance wrote: "Winnie How many more books will be in the Texas Grooms series and what will you be working on if the series is coming to an end? ..."Laura, there will be four books in all in this series, one for each of the men introduced in the first book, Handpicked Husband. This book features Everett, who is a cynic and a bit of a dandy. He's a newspaper reporter by trade and he moved to Turnabout basically because he didn't have much choice, but he's determined to make his way back to a big city newspaper as soon as possible.
The next story, which comes out in October, features Chance Dawson, the youngest of the four men and a sweet-talking charmer. He's the black sheep of his prominent family and he's been more or less drifting through life and now he's trying to find some purpose.
The fourth book, which I'm in the midst of writing now, will feature Mitch Parker, a bear of a man who is a schoolteacher and who has a dark tragedy in his past.
After I finish up this series I have a couple of thoughts for what I might do next. There are a few secondary characters in Turnabout whose stories I'm itching to tell, so I may stay with Turnabout for a few more books. On the other hand, there's another idea that's been really tugging at me for a while so I may turn to that one. I'll be discussing both options with my editor, but I have to get this book done first :)
Debra wrote: "Winnie, I can't wait to read this. Love, love, love marriage of convenience stories!! Plus, I really enjoy your books!"Thanks Debra! And marriage of convenience and mail order bride stories are two of my favorite tropes as well!
Hello Winnie, This series sounds like a great one, I like the name of Daisy, makes me think of Daisy and lil abner stories...I like reading about starting over stories too. Is there a real town called Turnabout? cute name and will be interesting following all these men in stories.
thanks for sharing with us.
Paula-O wrote: "Hello Winnie, This series sounds like a great one, I like the name of Daisy, makes me think of Daisy and lil abner stories...I like reading about starting over stories too. Is there a real town..."
Hi Paula. LOL on Lil Abner - I remember that comic strip and liked Daisy, but that's not who this character was named for.
And no, when I name my fitional towns I do some research to make certain I haven't inadvertantly picked the name of a real town in that state
Well, as the other three books this week have featured children, I'm going to ask you Winnie: does this book has children in it too?Debra - I love the marriage of convenience, mail-order brides & lost loves reunited stories. And if children feature in it, so much the better!
And on the identical twins front, my mum's cousin dressed one of her boys in red & the other blue. Only they did like to swap throughtout the day as they enjoyed throughly confusing everyone!
Wendy wrote: "Well, as the other three books this week have featured children, I'm going to ask you Winnie: does this book has children in it too?..."Wendy, I usually do have young children in my books but not this one. However, the hero's rather adventurous fifteen year old sister shows up unexpectedly on the scene and ends up playing a fairly large part. It's funny - I had originally intended for her to be a minor secondary character but she really spoke to me as I was writing and ended up having a much larger role. In fact I enjoyed her so much I may have to give her her own story one day :)
Funny how those secondary characters like to be noticed.She sounds interesting. I like the premise of this series.
Ausjenny wrote: "Funny how those secondary characters like to be noticed.She sounds interesting. I like the premise of this series."
Thanks Jenny! It's been a really fun series to work on.
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And the winners in this month's giveaway are:
Jane
Wendy
Barbara
Laura
Congratulations, ladies! And thanks to everyone for stopping by to chat. Come back next month July 1-5 to find out all about the new books!
Congrats Jane,Wendy,Barbara and Laura, many thanks to the authors for their comments and sharing books..really enjoyed the multiple births comments and about the books too...
Congrats Jane, Wendy, & Barbara! Thanks authors for coming by and sharing with us each month. I always look forward to these Q&As.
Congratulations Jane, Barbara & Laura!Thanks Deborah for again hosting the Q&A, & thanks to all the authors who shared the inside info & who offered their books.
Congratulations Jane, Wendy, and Laura. Thank you to the authors for the time they spend here with us!
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You'd hardly guess they were twins, now. One is very lean and clean shaven, the other is heavier and has a beard. They're pretty good pals, though, which is very nice.